Tabla de Contenidos: “…Contents: papers arising from the 1988 Conference of the Association of Social Anthropology, on the subject of "The Social Construction of Youth, Maturation and Ageing".…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Interviewing as research -- The interview as a conversation -- Postmodern thought, hermeneutics, phenomenology and dialectics -- Qualitative research in science and in practice -- Thematizing and designing an interview study -- Ethical issues of interviews -- The interview situation -- Quality of the interview -- From speech to text -- The 1000-page question -- Methods of analysis -- The plurality of interpretations -- The social construction of validity -- Improving interview reports -- Conversations about interviews.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Ordained by nature : biology constructs the sexes -- Spanning the world : cross-cultural constructions of gender -- "So, that explains it" : psychological perspectives on gender development -- Inequality and difference : the social construction of gender relations -- Gendered identities, gendered institutions. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Minority carriers and the first two transistors / Michael Riordan and Lillian Hoddeson -- From germanium to silicon : a history of change in the technology of the semiconductor / Philip Seidenberg -- Complementarity, cooperation, and collective innovation : materials research in the semiconductor industry / Daniel Holbrook -- Jack Avins : the essence of engineering / Andrew Goldstein -- The social construction of the microprocessor : a Japanese and American story / William Aspray -- A review of U.K. government involvement in the field of semiconductor technology within the research establishments / P.R. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Stratigraphy : establishing a sequence from excavated archaeological evidence -- Seriation : ordering archaeological evidence by stylistic differences -- Constructing a regional chronology -- Modes of production, divisions of labor, and social reproduction -- Time and place as operating conditions in production -- The construction and transformation of regional landscapes -- Social divisions of labor, class structures, and state formation -- State formation : conquest abroad, repression at home -- Frontier societies : state formation and uneven development -- State formation and the reorganization of social production and reproduction -- The social construction of gender, ethnicity, and race -- Class struggle and resistance.…”