The English Constitution

The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot

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Author: Walter Bagehot

Principles of Sociological Inquiry – Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

Principles of Sociological Inquiry: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods provides balanced coverage of qualitative and quantitative approaches by integrating a variety of examples from recent and classic sociological research. The text challenges students to debate and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of both approaches. Finally, one of the most important goals of Principles of Sociological Inquiry: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods is to introduce students to the core principles of social research in a way that is straightforward and engaging. As such, the text reflects public sociology’s emphasis on making sociology accessible and readable. Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Linking Methods With Theory Chapter 3: Research Ethics Chapter 4: Beginning a Research Project Chapter 5: Research Design Chapter 6: Defining and Measuring Concepts Chapter 7: Sampling Chapter 8: Survey Research: A Quantitative Technique Chapter 9: Interviews: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches Chapter 10: Field Research: A Qualitative Technique Chapter 11: Unobtrusive Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches Chapter 12: Other Methods of Data Collection and Analysis Chapter 13: Sharing Your Work Chapter 14: Reading and Understanding Social Research Chapter 15: Research Methods in the Real World

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Amy Blackstone

What We Now Know about Race and Ethnicity

Attempts of nineteenth-century writers to establish “race” as a biological concept failed after Charles Darwin opened the door to a new world of knowledge. Yet this word already had a place in the organization of everyday life and in ordinary English language usage. This book explains how the idea of race became so important in the USA, generating conceptual confusion that can now be clarified. Developing an international approach, it reviews references to “race,” “racism,” and “ethnicity” in sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and comparative politics and identifies promising lines of research that may make it possible to supersede misleading notions of race in the social sciences.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Michael Banton

Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World

The founders of sociology in the United States wanted to make a difference. A central aim of the sociologists of the Chicago school was to use sociological knowledge to achieve social reform. A related aim of sociologists like Jane Addams, W.E.B. DuBois, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett and others since was to use sociological knowledge to understand and alleviate gender, racial, and class inequality. Steve Barkan’s Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World makes sociology relevant for today’s students by balancing traditional coverage with a fresh approach that takes them back to sociology’s American roots in the use of sociological knowledge for social reform. Print on demand edition available here: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469659282/sociology/

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Steve Barkan

Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life

The book is supported by discussion of relevant theory and research in cultural sociology.Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life has stressed learner-centered teaching with the instructor taking on the role of a facilitator of learning. As such, it is expected the instructor will serve as the mediator between the content of this book and learners’ understanding of material on multiple and higher levels. This book does not offer a set of rules in teaching cultural sociology, but rather suggests content and applications to consider and modify as needed by the ever-changing dynamics of instructors and learners.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Vera Kennedy

Art Appreciation

Art Appreciation thoroughly investigates how quality is determined and created by artists in order to evaluate and appreciate art on a deeper level. This course emphasizes why each topic contributes to valuing a piece of art and provides the necessary knowledge to do so. Students are first introduced to the elements and principles of art and the importance of artists’ context and perspective. The course then covers different periods in art history, different techniques in art, and how to research and evaluate art.

Material Type: Full Course, Textbook

Author: Wendy Riley

Art Appreciation (ART 100)

This is an exploration of visual art forms and their cultural connections for the student with little experience in the visual arts. The course includes a brief study of art history and in depth studies of the elements, media, and methods used in creative process and thought. Visual and performing arts are part of the Humanities: academic disciplines that study the human condition and, in addition to the arts, include languages, literature, law, history and religion. This course will teach students to develop a five-step system for understanding visual art in all forms based on description, analysis, meaning, context and judgment.Login: guest_oclPassword: ocl

Material Type: Full Course, Homework/Assignment, Lecture Notes, Lesson Plan, Reading, Syllabus

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource [Complete Collection of Lessons]

This course explores the world’s visual arts, focusing on the development of visual awareness, assessment, and appreciation by examining a variety of styles from various periods and cultures while emphasizing the development of a common visual language. The materials are meant to foster a broader understanding of the role of visual art in human culture and experience from the prehistoric through the contemporary. This is an Open Educational Resource (OER), an openly licensed educational material designed to replace a traditional textbook.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Marie Porterfield Barry

Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning

Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of Art. Authored by four USG faculty members with advance degrees in the arts, this textbooks offers up-to-date original scholarship. It includes over 400 high-quality images illustrating the history of art, its technical applications, and its many uses. Combining the best elements of both a traditional textbook and a reader, it introduces such issues in art as its meaning and purpose; its meaning and purpose; its structure, material, and form; and its diverse effects on our lives. Its digital nature allows students to follow links to applicable sources and videos, expanding the students’ educational experiences beyond the textbook. Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning provides a new and free alternative to traditional textbooks, making it an invaluable resource in our modern age of technology and advancement.

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Jeffery LeMieux, Pamela Sachant, Peggy Blood, Rita Tekippe

Guide to Ancient Egyptian Art

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Ancient Egyptian art.

Material Type: Reading

Guide to Ancient Aegean Art

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for the Ancient Aegean, including Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean art.

Material Type: Reading, Textbook

Authors: Beth Harris, Ruth Ezra, Steven Zucker

Guide to Ancient Etruscan Art

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for the Ancient Etruscan art.

Material Type: Reading, Textbook

Authors: Beth Harris, Ruth Ezra, Steven Zucker

Guide to Ancient Greek Art

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Ancient Greek art.

Material Type: Reading, Textbook

Authors: Beth Harris, Ruth Ezra, Steven Zucker

Guide to Italian art in the 1300s

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Italian art in the 1300s.

Material Type: Reading, Textbook

Authors: Beth Harris, Ruth Ezra, Steven Zucker

Smarthistory: Africa

Here you can find all the introductory content you'll need to begin your exploration of the art of Africa.

Material Type: Reading

Smarthistory: Oceania

The Pacific Ocean is seen to connect rather than separate the many islands of Oceania. From monumental sculpture to woven armor, navigation charts, feather capes, and more.

Material Type: Reading

Smarthistory: Asia

Discover thousands of years of art from the world's largest continent. From monumental palaces to rock-cut cave temples, golden crowns to painted scrolls.

Material Type: Reading

Smarthistory: Prehistoric Art

Mankind has been making art for at least 100,000 years. From painted rock to carved bone, tiny sculptures to monumental stele, prehistoric art gives clues to human creativity.

Material Type: Reading

Art History

The history of Art is long and varied, spanning tens of thousands of years from ancient paintings on the walls of caves to the glow of computer-generated images on the screens of the 21st century.

Material Type: Textbook

Gothic Art

The Gothic style brought both divine light and soaring height to medieval churches.

Material Type: Lesson