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Pomona Talk Mon., April 9, 2012 7 pm

Apr.06.2012

I'm speaking at Cal Poly Pomona in the Centaurus Room in the Bronco Student Center from 7 - 9 pm. Joining me to discuss my book Globalization and the Demolition of Society will be Professor D.D. Wills, Chair of the Department of Geography and Anthropology and Professor John Lloyd, Professor of History. The event is sponsored by Alpha Kappa Delta, the Sociology Honor Society.

Dennis's Latest Blogs

Oct.11.2012 - 10:04 am
By Dennis Loo As Rebecca Solnit put it in admonishing the Left to support Obama’s re-election: Obama may be killing innocent children abroad, but that’s not new for American...
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Mar.03.2012 - 9:17 pm
Update: In today's New York Times (3/3/12), in the lead story about the February 21st burning by U.S. personnel in Afghanistan of Muslim holy books, including at least four...
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Feb.16.2012 - 10:07 pm
When a player is playing that well, he doesn’t come out of nowhere. It seems like he comes out of nowhere. Go back and take a look, and the skill level was probably there from...
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Feb.01.2012 - 8:03 am
Part 1 can be read here. Part 2 is here. A friend at Red Room, where the first two of my article series are also posted, commented on my "Dirty, Pretty Things: Apple, Inc. and...
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Comments from Dennis

Jan.30.2012 - 7:37 am
In response to: Dirty, Pretty Things Part 2
Tim: I'm going to be elaborating on these questions in the third installment of this series, which will be posted...
Jan.29.2012 - 11:09 pm
In response to: Dirty, Pretty Things Part 2
Hi Tim: The best way for me to answer this is to recommend that you read my series on China 1989 because it provides...
Jan.28.2012 - 9:05 pm
In response to: Dirty, Pretty Things: Apple, Inc. and China
Tim: Thanks for continuing the conversation. There's a distinction that should be made here between industrial...
Jan.27.2012 - 10:41 pm
In response to: Dirty, Pretty Things: Apple, Inc. and China
Thanks for your insights Tim and good to hear from you! The only place I'd argue with you is in your last sentence, as...
Dec.21.2011 - 10:29 am
In response to: Why "the Lesser of Two Evils" Isn't
Thanks Eric : )

Published Reviews

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Feb.01.2012
Published by Choice
"Sociologist Loo ... has written an atypical book for an academic sociologist: it is well-written and jargon-free; requires no prior understanding of sociological theories,...