Books written by Allan Mazur
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Biosociology of Dominance and Deference
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Implausible Beliefs: In the Bible, Astrology, and UFOs
Personality is also a factor, sometimes abetted by stressful or lonely life situations. Lucidly written, this is a provocative and informative contribution to social psychology, sociology, religion, political science, and American studies.
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True Warnings and False Alarms: Evaluating Fears about the Health Risks of Technology, 1948-1971
I focus on taconite rather than asbestos in assessing the warning against Reserve Mining Company's pollution of Lake Superior (Case 21) because Lawless mentions asbestos only peripherally, entitling this case “Taconite Pollution of Lake ...
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A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect at Love Canal
Borrowing the multi-viewpoint technique of the classic Japanese film RASHOMON, sociologist/engineer Allan Mazur reveals that there are many--often conflicting--versions of what occurred at Love Canal.
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Implausible Beliefs: In the Bible, Astrology, and UFOs
Personality is also a factor, sometimes abetted by stressful or lonely life situations. Lucidly written, this is a provocative and informative contribution to social psychology, sociology, religion, political science, and American studies.
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True Warnings and False Alarms: Evaluating Fears about the Health Risks of Technology, 1948-1971
Are genetically modified foods a cause for concern? Addressing one of the most vexing problems in risk policy, Allan Mazur asks how we can tell, at an early stage, how seriously we should take a new warning.
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Ice Ages: Their Social and Natural History
... the Creative Explosion not occur until 50 kya? Were some important linguistic mutations, or some further brain evolution invisible in the fossil record, introduced midway along the sapiens lineage? Is the dating of the Upper Paleolithic ...
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Global Social Problems
Beginning with a broad history of how humanity came to be divided along its present major social cleavages, the text then turns to the specific problems of war, social inequality, population, and resources and environment.