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Vol. 115, No. 1, July 2009
Issue Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/597790
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    Masthead
    DOI: 10.1086/648335
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/648335
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    Contributors(p. v)  
    DOI: 10.1086/605882
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605882
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    Combining Preferences and Processes: An Integrated Approach to Black‐White Labor Market Inequality(pp. 1-38)  
    Sabino Kornrich
    DOI: 10.1086/597792
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/597792
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    Greed and Contingency: State Fiscal Crises and Imperial Failure in Early Modern Europe(pp. 39-73)  
    Richard Lachmann
    DOI: 10.1086/597793
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/597793
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    Murder by Structure: Dominance Relations and the Social Structure of Gang Homicide(pp. 74-128)  
    Andrew V. Papachristos
    DOI: 10.1086/597791
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/597791
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    How Do People Transform Landscapes? A Sociological Perspective on Suburban Sprawl and Tropical Deforestation(pp. 129-154)  
    Thomas K. Rudel
    DOI: 10.1086/597794
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/597794
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    Targeting Capital: A Cultural Economy Approach to Understanding the Efficacy of Two Anti–Genetic Engineering Movements(pp. 155-202)  
    Rachel Schurman, William Munro
    DOI: 10.1086/597795
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/597795
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    Revolutions, Crackdowns, and Quiescence: Communal Elites and Democratic Mobilization in Southeast Asia(pp. 203-254)  
    Dan Slater
    DOI: 10.1086/597796
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/597796
  9. Book Reviews
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      The Technology of Policing: Crime Mapping, Information Technology, and the Rationality of Crime Control by Peter K. Manning(pp. 255-257)  
      The Technology of Policing: Crime Mapping, Information Technology, and the Rationality of Crime Control  by Peter K.  Manning
      Review by: Mathieu Deflem
      DOI: 10.1086/605733
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605733
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      Inventing Fear of Crime: Criminology and the Politics of Anxiety by Murray Lee(pp. 257-259)  
      Inventing Fear of Crime: Criminology and the Politics of Anxiety  by Murray  Lee
      Review by: Martin D. Schwartz
      DOI: 10.1086/605734
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605734
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      Ruling Oneself Out: A Theory of Collective Abdications by Ivan Ermakoff(pp. 259-261)  
      Ruling Oneself Out: A Theory of Collective Abdications  by Ivan Ermakoff
      Review by: Robin Wagner‐Pacifici
      DOI: 10.1086/605735
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605735
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      The Familial State: Ruling Families and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe by Julia Adams(pp. 261-264)  
      The Familial State: Ruling Families and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe  by Julia Adams
      Review by: William H. Sewell, Jr.
      DOI: 10.1086/605736
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605736
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      The Craftsman by Richard Sennett(pp. 265-267)  
      The Craftsman  by Richard  Sennett
      Review by: Jeffrey C. Goldfarb
      DOI: 10.1086/605737
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605737
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      Disciplining Statistics: Demography and Vital Statistics in France and England, 1830–1885 by Libby Schweber(pp. 267-269)  
      Disciplining Statistics: Demography and Vital Statistics in France and England, 1830–1885  by Libby  Schweber
      Review by: Matthew Connelly
      DOI: 10.1086/605738
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605738
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      Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research by Steven Epstein(pp. 269-271)  
      Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research  by Steven  Epstein
      Review by: Deborah B. Gould
      DOI: 10.1086/605739
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605739
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      Dangerous Frames: How Ideas about Race and Gender Shape Public Opinion by Nicolas J. G. Winter(pp. 271-273)  
      Dangerous Frames: How Ideas about Race and Gender Shape Public Opinion  by Nicolas J. G.  Winter
      Review by: Deana A. Rohlinger
      DOI: 10.1086/605740
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605740
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      Working‐Class Lesbian Life: Classed Outsiders by Yvette Taylor(pp. 273-275)  
      Working‐Class Lesbian Life: Classed Outsiders  by Yvette  Taylor
      Review by: Elizabeth McDermott
      DOI: 10.1086/605741
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605741
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      Living through the Hoop: High School Basketball, Race, and the American Dream by Reuben A. Buford May(pp. 275-277)  
      Living through the Hoop: High School Basketball, Race, and the American Dream  by Reuben A.  Buford May
      Review by: Black Hawk Hancock
      DOI: 10.1086/605742
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605742
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      God and Government in the Ghetto: The Politics of Church‐State Collaboration in Black America by Michael Lee Owens(pp. 278-280)  
      God and Government in the Ghetto: The Politics of Church‐State Collaboration in Black America  by Michael Lee  Owens
      Review by: Judith Birgen
      DOI: 10.1086/605743
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605743
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      Diaspora Conversions: Black Carib Religion and the Recovery of Africa by Paul Christopher Johnson(pp. 280-282)  
      Diaspora Conversions: Black Carib Religion and the Recovery of Africa  by Paul Christopher  Johnson
      Review by: Sharon Erickson Nepstad
      DOI: 10.1086/605744
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605744
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      For Better or For Worse: Vietnamese International Marriages in the New Global Economy by Hung Cam Thai(pp. 282-284)  
      For Better or For Worse: Vietnamese International Marriages in the New Global Economy  by Hung Cam  Thai
      Review by: Filiz Garip
      DOI: 10.1086/605745
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605745
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      New Faces in New Places: The Changing Geography of American Immigration, edited by Douglas S. Massey(pp. 284-286)  
      New Faces in New Places: The Changing Geography of American Immigration  by Douglas S.  Massey
      Review by: Steven A. Camarota
      DOI: 10.1086/605746
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605746
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      Democracy in Europe: The EU and National Polities by Vivien A. Schmidt(pp. 286-288)  
      Democracy in Europe: The EU and National Polities  by Vivien A.  Schmidt
      Review by: Adrian Favell
      DOI: 10.1086/605747
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605747
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      The Devil’s Handwriting: Precoloniality and the German Colonial State in Qingdao, Samoa, and Southwest Africa by George Steinmetz(pp. 289-291)  
      The Devil’s Handwriting: Precoloniality and the German Colonial State in Qingdao, Samoa, and Southwest Africa  by George  Steinmetz
      Review by: Peter Geschiere
      DOI: 10.1086/605748
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605748
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      War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe by Victoria Tin‐bor Hui(pp. 291-293)  
      War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe  by Victoria  Tin‐bor Hui
      Review by: Mark Elvin
      DOI: 10.1086/605749
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605749
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      Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the Twenty‐first Century by Giovanni Arrighi(pp. 293-295)  
      Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the Twenty‐first Century  by Giovanni  Arrighi
      Review by: Frank Dobbin
      DOI: 10.1086/605750
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605750
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      From Communists to Foreign Capitalists: The Social Foundations of Foreign Direct Investment in Postsocialist Europe by Nina Bandelj(pp. 296-298)  
      From Communists to Foreign Capitalists: The Social Foundations of Foreign Direct Investment in Postsocialist Europe  by Nina  Bandelj
      Review by: Johanna Bockman
      DOI: 10.1086/605751
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605751
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      The Red Queen among Organizations: How Competitiveness Evolves by William P. Barnett(pp. 298-300)  
      The Red Queen among Organizations: How Competitiveness Evolves  by William P.  Barnett
      Review by: David Knoke
      DOI: 10.1086/605752
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605752
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      The Price of Independence: The Economics of Early Adulthood, edited by Sheldon Danziger and Cecilia Elena Rouse(pp. 300-302)  
      The Price of Independence: The Economics of Early Adulthood  by Sheldon  Danziger; Cecilia Elena  Rouse
      Review by: Wolfgang Lehmann
      DOI: 10.1086/605753
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605753
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      Everyone Is NOT Doing It: Abstinence and Personal Identity by Jamie L. Mullaney(pp. 302-304)  
      Everyone Is NOT Doing It: Abstinence and Personal Identity  by Jamie L. Mullaney
      Review by: Micki McGee
      DOI: 10.1086/605754
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605754
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      Unmarried Couples with Children, edited by Paula England and Kathryn Edin(pp. 304-307)  
      Unmarried Couples with Children  by Paula  England; Kathryn  Edin
      Review by: Daniel T. Lichter
      DOI: 10.1086/605755
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605755
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      Contesting Communities: The Transformation of Workplace Charity by Emily Barman(pp. 307-309)  
      Contesting Communities: The Transformation of Workplace Charity  by Emily  Barman
      Review by: Peter Dobkin Hall
      DOI: 10.1086/605756
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605756
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      Pop Finance: Investment Clubs and the New Investor Populism by Brooke Harrington(pp. 309-312)  
      Pop Finance: Investment Clubs and the New Investor Populism  by Brooke  Harrington
      Review by: Kieran Healy
      DOI: 10.1086/605757
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605757
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      On the Edge of Commitment: Educational Attainment and Race in the United States by Stephen L. Morgan(pp. 312-314)  
      On the Edge of Commitment: Educational Attainment and Race in the United States  by Stephen L.  Morgan
      Review by: Meir Yaish
      DOI: 10.1086/605758
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605758
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      The Sociology of Spatial Inequality, edited by Linda M. Lobao, Gregory Hooks, and Ann R. Tickamyer(pp. 314-316)  
      The Sociology of Spatial Inequality  by Linda M.  Lobao; Gregory  Hooks; Ann R.  Tickamyer
      Review by: Martina Löw
      DOI: 10.1086/605759
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605759
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      Spaces of Colonialism: Delhi’s Urban Governmentalities by Stephen Legg(pp. 316-317)  
      Spaces of Colonialism: Delhi’s Urban Governmentalities  by Stephen Legg
      Review by: Arvind Rajagopal
      DOI: 10.1086/605760
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605760
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      Getting the Goods: Ports, Labor, and the Logistics Revolution by Edna Bonacich(pp. 317-319)  
      Getting the Goods: Ports, Labor, and the Logistics Revolution  by Edna  Bonacich
      Review by: Brian Slack
      DOI: 10.1086/605761
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605761
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      New Tech, New Ties: How Mobile Communication Is Reshaping Social Cohesion by Rich Ling(pp. 320-322)  
      New Tech, New Ties: How Mobile Communication Is Reshaping Social Cohesion  by Rich  Ling
      Review by: Hans Geser
      DOI: 10.1086/605762
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605762
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      The Rise of the Meritocracy, 1870–2033 by Michael Young(pp. 322-326)  
      The Rise of the Meritocracy, 1870–2033  by Michael Young
      Review by: Barbara Celarent
      DOI: 10.1086/605763
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605763