SOSIOLOGI SASTRA TOKOH UTAMA DALAM NOVEL PETUALANGAN TOM SAWYER KARYA MARK TWAIN

Tom Sawyer and the Construction of Value

This paper challenges the common assumption that economic agents know their tastes. After reviewing previous research showing that valuation of ordinary products and experiences can be manipulated by non-normative cues, we present three studies showing that in some cases people do not have a pre-existing sense of whether an experience is good or bad—even when they have experienced a sample of i...

Mark Twain in His Times

This interpretive archive, drawn largely from the resources of the Barrett Collection, focuses on how "Mark Twain" and his works were created and defined, marketed and performed, reviewed and appreciated. The goal is to allow readers, scholars, students and teachers to see what Mark Twain and His Times said about each other, in a way that can speak to us today. Contained here are dozens of text...

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Tom Sawyer and the construction of value Dan

This paper challenges the common assumption that economic agents know their tastes. After reviewing previous research showing that valuation of ordinary products and experiences can be manipulated by non-normative cues, we present three studies showing that in some cases people do not have a pre-existing sense of whether an experience is good or bad—even when they have experienced a sample of i...

Engaging significant others: the Tom Sawyer approach to case management.

I recent years, case management approaches with severely mentally ill clients have focused on assertive, in vivo interventions by case managers with small caseloads (1,2). Although these interventions are demonstrably effective (2), economic pressures have led many programs to increase caseloads and decrease intensity of case management services. In this column, I will discuss ways in which soc...