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American Journal of Sociology Publication Info

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Vol. 114, No. 2, September 2008
Issue Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/588735
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    Contributors(pp. i-ii)  
    DOI: 10.1086/594998
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/594998
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    Localism and the Limits of Political Brokerage: Evidence from Revolutionary Vermont(pp. 287-331)  
    Henning Hillmann
    DOI: 10.1086/590646
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/590646
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    Putting Social Context into Text: The Semiotics of E‐mail Interaction(pp. 332-370)  
    Daniel A. Menchik, Xiaoli Tian
    DOI: 10.1086/590650
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/590650
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    Dynamics of Networks if Everyone Strives for Structural Holes(pp. 371-407)  
    Vincent Buskens, Arnout van de Rijt
    DOI: 10.1086/590674
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/590674
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    Partisans without Constraint: Political Polarization and Trends in American Public Opinion(pp. 408-446)  
    Delia Baldassarri, Andrew Gelman
    DOI: 10.1086/590649
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/590649
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    Off‐Scheduling within Dual‐Earner Couples: An Unequal and Negative Externality for Family Time(pp. 447-490)  
    Laurent Lesnard
    DOI: 10.1086/590648
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/590648
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    Less Crime, More Punishment(pp. 491-527)  
    Mark Cooney, Callie Harbin Burt
    DOI: 10.1086/592425
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/592425
  8. Book Reviews
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      Paper Families: Identity, Immigration Administration, and Chinese Exclusion by Estelle T. Lau(pp. 528-530)  
      Paper Families: Identity, Immigration Administration, and Chinese Exclusion  by Estelle T. Lau
      Review by: Min Zhou
      DOI: 10.1086/595591
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595591
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      Exotic Commodities: Modern Objects and Everyday Life in China by Frank Dikotter(pp. 530-532)  
      Exotic Commodities: Modern Objects and Everyday Life in China  by Frank Dikotter
      Review by: Omar Lizardo
      DOI: 10.1086/595592
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595592
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      Class Acts: Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels by Rachel Sherman(pp. 533-535)  
      Class Acts: Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels  by Rachel Sherman
      Review by: Debra Osnowitz
      DOI: 10.1086/595593
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595593
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      Working‐Class White: The Making and Unmaking of Race Relations by Monica McDermott(pp. 535-537)  
      Working‐Class White: The Making and Unmaking of Race Relations  by Monica McDermott
      Review by: Yvonne D. Newsome
      DOI: 10.1086/595594
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595594
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      Redress for Historical Injustices in the United States: On Reparations for Slavery, Jim Crow, and Their Legacies, edited by Michael T. Martin and Marilyn Yaquinto(pp. 537-539)  
      Redress for Historical Injustices in the United States: On Reparations for Slavery, Jim Crow, and Their Legacies  by Michael T. Martin; Marilyn Yaquinto
      Review by: Joe R. Feagin
      DOI: 10.1086/595595
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595595
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      Betrayals: The Unpredictability of Human Relations by Gabriella Turnaturi(pp. 540-541)  
      Betrayals: The Unpredictability of Human Relations  by Gabriella Turnaturi
      Review by: Gary Alan Fine
      DOI: 10.1086/595596
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595596
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      Forbidden Fruit: Sex and Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers by Mark D. Regnerus(pp. 542-544)  
      Forbidden Fruit: Sex and Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers  by Mark D. Regnerus
      Review by: Anthony Paik
      DOI: 10.1086/595597
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595597
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      Children at Play: An American History by Howard Chudacoff(pp. 544-546)  
      Children at Play: An American History  by Howard Chudacoff
      Review by: Mitchell L. Stevens
      DOI: 10.1086/595598
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595598
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      Generative Social Science: Studies in Agent‐Based Computational Modeling by Joshua M. Epstein(pp. 546-549)  
      Generative Social Science: Studies in Agent‐Based Computational Modeling  by Joshua M. Epstein
      Review by: Michael Macy
      DOI: 10.1086/595599
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595599
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      Chutes and Ladders: Navigating the Low‐Wage Labor Market by Katherine S. Newman(pp. 549-551)  
      Chutes and Ladders: Navigating the Low‐Wage Labor Market  by Katherine S. Newman
      Review by: Joya Misra
      DOI: 10.1086/595600
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595600
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      Janitors, Street Vendors, and Activists: The Lives of Mexican Immigrants in Silicon Valley by Christian Zlolniski(pp. 551-553)  
      Janitors, Street Vendors, and Activists: The Lives of Mexican Immigrants in Silicon Valley  by Christian Zlolniski
      Review by: Pablo Vila
      DOI: 10.1086/595601
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595601
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      L.A. Story: Immigrant Workers and the Future of the U.S. Labor Movement by Ruth Milkman(pp. 553-555)  
      L.A. Story: Immigrant Workers and the Future of the U.S. Labor Movement  by Ruth Milkman
      Review by: Kim Voss
      DOI: 10.1086/595602
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595602
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      Transforming the City: Community Organizing and the Challenge of Political Change, edited by Marion Orr(pp. 555-558)  
      Transforming the City: Community Organizing and the Challenge of Political Change  by Marion Orr
      Review by: Peter Dobkin Hall
      DOI: 10.1086/595603
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595603
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      Unruly Immigrants: Rights, Activism, and Transnational South Asian Politics in the United States by Monisha Das Gupta(pp. 558-559)  
      Unruly Immigrants: Rights, Activism, and Transnational South Asian Politics in the United States  by Monisha Das Gupta
      Review by: Grace Kao
      DOI: 10.1086/595604
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595604
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      Beyond Belief: India and the Politics of Postcolonial Nationalism by Srirupa Roy(pp. 560-562)  
      Beyond Belief: India and the Politics of Postcolonial Nationalism  by Srirupa Roy
      Review by: Manali Desai
      DOI: 10.1086/595605
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595605
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      Law and Disorder in the Postcolony, edited by Jean Comaroff and John L. Comaroff(pp. 562-564)  
      Law and Disorder in the Postcolony  by Jean Comaroff; John L. Comaroff
      Review by: Giovanni Arrighi
      DOI: 10.1086/595606
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595606
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      Conflict and Peace Building in Divided Societies by Anthony Oberschall(pp. 564-566)  
      Conflict and Peace Building in Divided Societies  by Anthony Oberschall
      Review by: Theodore Caplow
      DOI: 10.1086/595607
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595607
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      State Repression and the Domestic Democratic Peace by Christian Davenport(pp. 566-568)  
      State Repression and the Domestic Democratic Peace  by Christian Davenport
      Review by: Alan Emery
      DOI: 10.1086/595608
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595608
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      After the Fall of the Wall: Life Courses in the Transformation of East Germany, edited by Martin Diewald, Anne Goedicke, and Karl Ulrich Mayer(pp. 568-570)  
      After the Fall of the Wall: Life Courses in the Transformation of East Germany  by Martin Diewald; Anne Goedicke; Karl Ulrich Mayer
      Review by: Thomas A. DiPrete
      DOI: 10.1086/595609
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595609
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      Deadly Worlds: The Emotional Costs of Globalization by Charles Lemert and Anthony Elliott(pp. 570-572)  
      Deadly Worlds: The Emotional Costs of Globalization  by Charles Lemert; Anthony Elliott
      Review by: Steven M. Tipton
      DOI: 10.1086/595610
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595610
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      AIDS and the Ecology of Poverty by Eileen Stillwaggon(pp. 573-575)  
      AIDS and the Ecology of Poverty  by Eileen Stillwaggon
      Review by: Carol A. Heimer
      DOI: 10.1086/595611
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595611