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SOCIOLOGY

Counter and Subculture Research Essay

The following are on reserve in the Library Media Center on the Homework Shelf. 

• Websites
• Nonfiction
• Reference

Websites

• American Mafia

• The Amish: History, Beliefs, Practices, etc.

• Amish Life FAQ

• Deaf Resource Library

• Gang Research. Net

• Homeless Home Page

• Native American History and Culture

• Native American Nations

• National Youth Gang Center

• PBS: Klu Klux Klan

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Nonfiction

• Andryszewski, Tricia.  Communities of the Faithful: American Religious Movements outside the Mainstream.  Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook, c1997. 291.9 And

Explores seven distinctive American religious communities which derived from Judaism, Christianity, or Islam; included are Amish, Shakers, Mormans, Catholic Workers, Nation of Islam, Lubavitcher Hasidim, and Quakers.

• Chalmers, David Mark.  Hooded Americanism: The First Century Of The Ku Klux Klan, 1865-1965.  Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1965.363.973 Cha 

• Gottfried, Ted.  Homelessness: Whose Problem Is It?  Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook, 1999.  305.5 Got
  Discusses the issue of homelessness, examining who the homeless are, how they become that way, and differing views on how to deal with the problem.
  

• Hate Groups: Opposing Viewpoints.  San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, c2004. 364.15 Hat 

Presents various articles which discuss opposing viewopoints about the seriousness of hate crimes, what motivates people to hate, if certain groups pose a threat to tolerance, and how society should respond to hate crimes.

• The Homeless: Opposing Viewpoints.  San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, c1996. 362.58 Hom 

Opposing viewpoints on the issues of the homeless, debating what the causes are and what the government and society could do.

• People and Cultures.  New York: Oxford, 1992.  304.2 Peo
  Over 200 photos and 100 maps, diagrams, pieces of art work, and text provide examples of the cultural systems and people around the world.

• Nolt, Steven M.  A History of the Amish.  Intercourse, Pa.: Good Books, c2003.289.7 Nol                    

  Chronicles the history of the Amish people from the sect's origins in sixteenth-century Europe through its life in twenty-first-century North America, discussing the societal changes and challenges they have faced over the course of nearly five centuries.

• Parks, Peggy J.  Gangs.  San Diego, Calf.: ReferencePoint Press, 2011.  364.1 Par
  Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full-color illustrations, this title examines the serious problem of gangs.

• White Supremacy Groups.  Detroit, Mich.: Greenhaven Press, 2008.  320.5 Whi
  Contains thirteen essays that offer varying perspectives on white supremacy groups, including reasons white Americans should build separate communities and groups, the Belgian Nationalist Party's promotion of extremism and xenophobia, the role of women in white nationalist organizations, white supremist singers spread hate, and other topics; and provides contact information for organization and a bibliography.

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Reference

• Arlon, Penelope.  How People Live.  New York : DK, 2003.  Ref 306 Arl 

  Describes different parts of the world and how people live in each, from the Eskimos and Inuit of the Arctic to the Amish and Maya of North America and the Asante and Zulu of Africa.

• Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century America.  Detroit, Mich.: UXL, 2002.  REF 306 Bow

Recounts the enduring products, innovative trends, and fun fads of the past ten decades. In 5 volumes.

• Encyclopedia of North American Indians.  Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. Ref 970.004 Enc
  Compilation of information about North American Indians, with descriptions of 100 tribes and major languages, biographies from different regions and eras, overviews of significant topics, historical eras, and cultural traditions, and definitions of terms and events.

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