<DIV>Some of Weber's most trenchant essays on sociology and economic issues. Many of these works have been translated expressly for this volume and include: &quot;The Concept of Social Action,&quot; &quot;Power, Authority, and Imperative Control,&quot; &quot;Bureaucreatic Authority,&quot; &quot;The Distribution of Power within the Political Community,&quot; &quot;The Chinese Literati,&quot; &quot;The Origins of Modern Capitalism,&quot; &quot;Judaism, Christianity, and the Socioeconomic Order,&quot; &quot;Definition of Sociology,&quot; &quot;Ideal-Type Constructs,&quot; &quot;Science as a Vocation,&quot; and other essays.</DIV>