Alexander J MyersWilliam G. Staples is currently Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Kansas, the oldest sociology department in the United States. His books include Power, Profits, and Patriarchy: The Social Organization of Work at a Britih Metal Trades Firm, 1791-1922 (with Clifford L. Staples) (2001), Everyday Surveillance: Vigilance and Visibility in Postmodern Life (2000), and Castles of Our Conscience: Social Control and the American State, 1800-1985 (1991). Read More Read Less