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A study in the sociology of the Shakespearean literature, this book explores patterns of meanings and searches for the underlying cognitive structures of action. Such oddities as Shakespeare's motherless daughter characters and his manipulation of various social roles are examined. The plays and the demography and ecology of 17th century London provide the background for theoretical research on social permanence and change.

The multidisciplinary nature of the field of aging and the sheer volume of published material make researching and keeping current with new developments in the field quite difficult. This reference book offers comprehensive strategies for accessing information on the psychological, social, biological, and medical aspects of aging. The types of information sources covered include: handbooks, directories, and encyclopedias, indexes and abstracts...

?The most readable and informative work on structuralism to date. Zito begins with a clever, abstract discussion of various kinds of systems and then leads the reader gently into the particular tenets of structuralism as a theory and a method. He covers all of the major theorists ... illuminating differences among them and from other social-scientific paradigms. Zito has a knack for anticipating everything scholars always wanted to know about ...

Argues that there is a decrease in the use of word language, upon which meaning is predicated. The author considers examples including the increase in iconographic impacts, the routinization of ritual, and the efforts to control information.