Robert Burgess: 18 books

Appropriate as a supplemental text to courses in Sociology. Providing an overview grounded in research. Developments in Sociology focuses on the major areas of theoretical, methodological and substantive developments in sociology. Each author takes a field of study in which they are an acknowledged expert and highlights the way in which the subject has developed over the last fifty years.

First published in 1925, The City is a trailblazing text in urban history, urban sociology, and urban studies. Its innovative combination of ethnographic observation and social science theory epitomized the Chicago school of sociology. Robert E. Park, Ernest W. Burgess, and their collaborators were...

In this fast-paced true account of people who have risked their lives to go where no modern man has ever gone, author Robert F. Burgess whose non-fiction books take readers from sinkings, salvages and shipwrecks into the world’s most dangerous underwater caverns, now describes true accounts of divers...

Consider how it must feel to find yourself the center of attraction for a very large circling tiger shark and when you fire your spear at the animal he takes spear and gun away from you leaving you wondering what you have to offer him when he returns. This happened to the author, Bill Royal,...

Praise for Crime Classification Manual "The very first book by and for criminal justice professionals in the major case fields. . . . The skills, techniques, and proactive approaches offered are creatively concrete and worthy of replication across the country. . . . Heartily recommended for...

This anthology of hard-to-find primary documents provides a solid overview of the foundations of American media studies. Focusing on mass communication and society and how this research fits into larger patterns of social thought, this valuable collection features key texts covering the media studies...

Over the past several decades the seeming escalation of crimes involving sexually deviant, coercive, and aggressive behavior has become an increasingly serious problem, manifested in costs to both victims and society at large. The long-term psychological impact of sexual assault on adult and child...

In Vietnamese the word is “Ma.” It means “Ghost.” That’s the name the enemy gave their deadliest, most dangerous, and most elusive sniper the Viet Cong had working for them with an incredibly high number of kills during the Vietnam War. His trademark was his elusiveness. By night or by day...

From the story: Squinting through his cigar smoke that hung like a gray fog over his drab gray desk Colonel Radar Ryan decided to hold off on the bad news. “You had a different name last time we talked,” he told the marine sergeant sitting across from him. Harry Landon laughed....

Imaginarium 2013: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing is a reprint anthology to be published annually by ChiZine Publications, collecting speculative short fiction and poetry (science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, etc.) that represents the best work produced by Canadian writers. Canadian...

For several decades, interest in the British Romantics’ theorizations and representations of the world beyond their national borders has been guided by postcolonial and, more recently, transatlantic paradigms. GlobalRomanticism: Origins, Orientations, andEngagements, 1760–1820 charts a new intellectual...

Who are the men committing the rising number of serial homicides in the U.S. -- and why do they kill? The increase in these violent crimes over the past decade has created an urgent need for more and better information about these men: their crime scene patterns, violent acts, and above all, their...

You won’t see it on the television news. You won’t read about it in the newspapers. Yet it happens regularly and it is extremely newsworthy. But in truth no one even cares to talk about it. Sooner or later, however, someone spills the beans, and it’s out. Others meanwhile try to hush...