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Biosociology of Dominance and Deference » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Allan Mazur
ISBN-13: 9780742536937, ISBN-10: 0742536939
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: August 2005
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Allan Mazur

Book Synopsis

This short, engaging volume develops new and sociologically sophisticated concepts to bring the fields of biology and sociology together. It is about the social biology of face-to-face dominance interactions and explores the evolution of behavior through connections among biology, language, culture, and socialization. Meant to be a self-contained exploration_sociologists would require no prior knowledge of biology; biologists would require no prior knowledge of sociology_this book is a fun, informative supplement for courses throughout sociology and the social sciences.

Table of Contents

1Fish ...1
2... and people5
3Evolution19
4Soft parts and behavior29
5Primates45
6Status signs65
7Allocating ranks79
8Conversation93
9Testosterone109
10Violence131
11Take a chimp, add language, melt the glaciers ...151
AppStress-induced coalitions161

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