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HA Statistics

HM Sociology

HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform

HQ The family. Marriage. Women

HS Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.

HT Communities. Classes. Races

HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare

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Gender Lessons Patriarchy, Sextyping & Schools by Scott Richardson
Publication Date: 2015

Gender Lessons takes an in-depth look at how schools institutionalize gender--how kids are taught the rules and expectations of performing masculinity and femininity.
Intersectionality As Critical Social Theory by Patricia Hill Collins
Publication Date: 2019-08-23

In Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory Patricia Hill Collins offers a set of analytical tools for those wishing to develop intersectionality's capability to theorize social inequality in ways that would facilitate social change.
Japanese Society and Lay Participation in Criminal Justice by Masahiro Fujita
Publication Date: 2018-06-09

This book describes the state of the lay participation system in criminal justice, saiban-in seido, in Japanese society.
Social Purpose for Canada by Michael Oliver (Editor)
Publication Date: 1961-12-15

A number of writers well known for their articles and books on the Canadian cultural, social, and political sense come together here to take up vital questions.

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