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Familiar Past?: Archaeologies of Later Historical Britain by Sarah Tarlow
RRP: $49.01$43.06The Familiar Past surveys material culture from 1500 to the present day. Fourteen case studies, grouped under related topics, include discussion of issues such as: * the origins of modernity in urban contexts * the historical anthropology of food * the... -
Law and Social Change by Sharyn L. Roach Anleu 9781412945608
RRP: $67.08$54.33This is a timely new edition of Sharyn L Roach Anleu's invaluable introduction to the sociology of law and its role as a social institution and social process. Discussing current theory and key empirical research from a diverse range of perspectives Law... -
Contemporary British Society Nicholas Abercrombie (University of Lancaster) 9780745622972
RRP: $32.24$29.42The third edition of the highly-acclaimed Contemporary British Society is the only textbook to provide comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the social structure of modern Britain. Completely revised and updated, this new edition employs the very... -
Transforming Behaviour: Pro-social Modelling in Practice Sally Cherry 9781843929277
RRP: $49.01$43.06Pro-social modelling refers to the process by which the worker acts as a good motivating role model in order to bring out the best in people. The worker engages the client in an empathetic relationship within which they actively reinforce pro-social... -
Decolonizing Ethnography: Undocumented Immigrants and New Directions in Social Science by Carolina Alonso Bejarano
RRP: $25.79$22.63In August 2011, ethnographers Carolina Alonso Bejarano and Daniel M. Goldstein began a research project on undocumented immigration in the United States by volunteering at a center for migrant workers in New Jersey. Two years later, Lucia Lopez Juarez... -
Conspiracies Declassified: The Skeptoid Guide to the Truth Behind the Theories by Brian Dunning 9781507206997
$15.25A collection of the wildest conspiracies to ever exist, from mind control experiments to lizard people, this book explores, debunks-and sometimes proves-the secret stories that don't quite make it into the history books.What's fact and what's fiction?... -
The Ashgate Research Companion to Queer Theory Noreen Giffney 9781138505834
RRP: $64.49$57.41This interdisciplinary volume of thirty original essays engages with four key concerns of queer theoretical work - identity, discourse, normativity and relationality. The terms 'queer' and 'theory' are put under interrogation by a combination of... -
Using Visual Data in Qualitative Research by Marcus Banks
RRP: $46.43$38.07This book helps students and scholars get started on the exciting journey of using visual data in social research. It covers the many uses a researcher can make of images, from creating images as a part of the research process to collecting and analyzing... -
Person-Centred Work with Children and Young People: UK Practitioner Experiences by Suzanne Keys 9781906254018
RRP: $28.38$26.57This is a book by practitioners for practitioners. Love, respect and time for listening to children and young people are what the person-centred psychotherapists and psychologists contributing to this volume have in common. They do this in a multiplicity... -
A Peculiar Indifference: The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America by Elliott Currie
RRP: $18.05$14.32About 170,000 Black Americans have died in homicides just since the year 2000. Violence takes more years of life from Black men than cancer, stroke, and diabetes combined; a young Black man in the United States has a fifteen times greater chance of dying... -
Finding Blindness: International Constructions and Deconstructions David Bolt (Liverpool Hope University, UK) 9781032229928
RRP: $45.14$39.80This edited volume explores blindness as a construct with which we the contributors engage as part of our social existence and/or academic research. Irrespective of eye conditions, or the lack thereof, blindness is an understanding at which we have all... -
The Fantasy of Feminist History by Joan Wallach Scott
RRP: $25.79$22.63In The Fantasy of Feminist History, Joan Wallach Scott argues that feminist perspectives on history are enriched by psychoanalytic concepts, particularly fantasy. Tracing the evolution of her thinking about gender over the course of her career, the... -
The Archaeology of Urbanism in Ancient Egypt: From the Predynastic Period to the End of the Middle Kingdom by Nadine Moeller
RRP: $47.72$37.90In this book, Nadine Moeller challenges prevailing views on Egypt's non-urban past and argues for Egypt as an early urban society. She traces the emergence of urban features during the Predynastic period up to the disintegration of the powerful Middle... -
Rebuilding Lives after Domestic Violence: Understanding Long-Term Outcomes by Hilary Abrahams
RRP: $38.69$37.53Rebuilding Lives after Domestic Violence examines in-depth the long-term outcomes for women who have suffered domestic violence and abuse, based on interviews conducted over seven years.Through these interviews the author reveals the factors which help... -
Using Narrative in Social Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches by Jane Elliott 9781412900416
RRP: $65.79$53.33'Jane Elliott's examination of the use of "narrative" within the broad context of social science inquiry is a must-read for both qualitative and quantitative researchers, novice and expert alike' - Journal of Advanced Nursing `This important... -
A Goddess in Motion: Visual Creativity in the Cult of Maria Lionza by Roger Canals 9781800733718
RRP: $36.06$29.13The current practice of the cult of Maria Lionza is one of the most important and yet unexplored religious practices in Venezuela. Based on long-term fieldwork, this book explores the role of images and visual culture within the cult. By adopting a... -
The Emotional Politics of Research Collaboration Gabriele Griffin 9781138952584
RRP: $49.01$43.06Research collaboration in the form of networks, projects and centers has become one of the dominant modes of engaging in research, especially funded research, across all academic domains. However, there has been little research on the processes of such... -
State Crime in the Global Age William Chambliss (Professor of Sociology, George Washington University, USA) 9781843927037
RRP: $51.59$45.23State Crime in the Global Age brings together original writings from leading scholars in the field to explore the many ways that the use and abuse of state power results in grave social harms that outweigh, by far, the consequences of ordinary street... -
Wildlife Criminology Angus Nurse (Nottingham Trent University) 9781529204391
RRP: $28.37$22.20This illuminating study explores crimes against, and involving, wildlife and the resultant social harms. The authors go well beyond basic conceptions of animal-related crime, such as illicit trade, for a deeper exploration of wildlife criminology,... -
Refugee Cities: How Afghans Changed Urban Pakistan by Dr Sanaa Alimia
RRP: $39.99$35.29Situated between the 1970s Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan and the post-2001 War on Terror, Refugee Cities tells the story of how global wars affect everyday life for Afghans who have been living as refugees in Pakistan. This book provides a... -
An Inconvenient Minority: The Ivy League Admissions Cases and the Attack on Asian American Excellence by Kenny Xu
RRP: $33.53$22.38From a journalist on the frontlines of the Students for Fair Admission (SFFA) v. Harvard case comes a probing examination of affirmative action, the false narrative of American meritocracy, and the attack on Asian American excellence with its... -
A Glossary for Doing Postqualitative, New Materialist and Critical Posthumanist Research Across Disciplines by Karin Murris
RRP: $56.75$49.59A Glossary for Doing Postqualitative, New Materialist and Critical Posthumanist Research Across Disciplines gives novices and experienced researchers clear and comprehensible introductions to theories, paradigm shifts and key concepts in postqualitative,... -
Child Poverty in Wales: Exploring the Challenges for Schooling Future Generations by Lori Beckett 9781837720606
RRP: $25.79$19.65This edited book is about child poverty in Wales, specifically in a local school-community that identified its causes and effects, the challenges it poses for schooling future generations, and a series of local solutions that personify Wales's devolved... -
Advanced Introduction to Critical Global Development Uma Kothari 9781800376090
RRP: $20.58$19.04Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid... -
Representing the Nation: A Reader: Histories, Heritage, Museums by David Boswell
RRP: $46.43$43.86Gathering key writings from leading thinkers in cultural studies, cultural history, and museum studies, Representing the Nation: A reader explores the role cultural institutions play in creating and shaping our sense of ourselves as a nation.With an... -
Stolen Life by Fred Moten 9780822370581
RRP: $29.66$25.81"Taken as a trilogy, consent not to be a single being is a monumental accomplishment: a brilliant theoretical intervention that might be best described as a powerful case for blackness as a category of analysis."-Brent Hayes Edwards, author of... -
Comparative Media History: An Introduction: 1789 to the Present Jane L. Chapman (University of Lincoln) 9780745632438
RRP: $38.69$34.88Comparative Media History is a unique thematic textbook which introduces students to the key ideas underpinning media development. It is an essential first step to a better understanding of both the media industry today and the way in which it evolved... -
Archives of Flesh: African America, Spain, and Post-Humanist Critique by Robert F. Reid-Pharr 9781479843626
RRP: $32.24$27.95Enlists the principles of post-humanist critique in order to investigate decades of intimate dialogues between African American and Spanish intellectuals In Archives of Flesh, Robert Reid-Pharr reveals the deep history of intellectual engagement... -
The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institution by Lila Corwin Berman 9780691170732
RRP: $49.02$38.71The first comprehensive history of American Jewish philanthropy and its influence on democracy and capitalismFor years, American Jewish philanthropy has been celebrated as the proudest product of Jewish endeavors in the United States, its virtues... -
On Women by Susan Sontag
RRP: $20.64$11.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250876850Author Susan SontagFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 140mm * 23mm -
Beautiful Angiola: The Lost Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales of Laura Gonzenbach by Jack Zipes
RRP: $45.14$41.09In one of the most startling literary discoveries of recent years, Jack Zipes has uncovered this neglected treasure trove of Sicilian folk and fairy tales. Like the Grimm brothers before her, Laura Gonzenbach, a talented Swiss-German born in Sicily, set... -
Poverty is not Natural by George Curtis 9780856835254
RRP: $12.84$11.47The author raises some fundamental questions about the distribution of wealth. Why is it that those who produce the wealth, the workers, receive only a small portion of what they have produced? Why are there so many unemployed and so cannot provide for... -
Deviant Bodies: Critical Perspectives on Difference in Science and Popular Culture by Jennifer Terry
RRP: $32.24$28.47". . . the papers in Deviant Bodies reveal an ongoing Western preoccupation with the sources of identity and human character." -Times Literary Supplement"Highly recommended for cultural studies . . . " -The Reader's Review"It would be useful for... -
Anonymous Is a Woman: A Global Chronicle of Gender Inequality by Nina Ansary 9780986406454
RRP: $27.08$17.88Next Generation Indie Book Award "Grand Prize/First Place Winner Nonfiction" Next Generation Indie Book Award "First Place Winner Women's Issues Nonfiction" Next Generation Indie Book Award "First Place Winner Education/Academic" IndieReader Discovery... -
Cold War Women: The International Activities of American Women's Organisations by Helen Laville 9780719080449
RRP: $25.79$19.65For too long, American women have been hidden in the history of the Cold War. In *Cold War women* Helen Laville recovers their significance by examining the activities and ambitions of American women's organisations in the long period of uneasy peace... -
Toxic Heritage: Legacies, Futures, and Environmental Injustice Elizabeth Kryder-Reid (Indiana University, USA.) 9781032429977
RRP: $47.72$42.48Toxic Heritage addresses the heritage value of contamination and toxic sites and provides the first in-depth examination of toxic heritage as a global issue.Bringing together case studies, visual essays, and substantive chapters written by leading... -
Organisations and Management in Social Work: Everyday Action for Change by Mark Hughes
RRP: $50.30$41.25As a social worker, you could work in a variety of different organisations, each with their own purpose, culture and structure. Understanding and examining the complex issues involved in the management and organisational context of social work practice... -
The Depths of Russia: Oil, Power, and Culture after Socialism by Douglas Rogers 9780801456589
RRP: $36.11$31.66Russia is among the world's leading oil producers, sitting atop the planet's eighth largest reserves. Like other oil-producing nations, it has been profoundly transformed by the oil industry. In The Depths of Russia, Douglas Rogers offers a nuanced and... -
America's New Vaccine Wars: California and the New Politics of Mandates by Mark C. Navin 9780197613238
RRP: $29.66$28.60Bioethicist Mark Navin and policy scholar Katie Attwell explore the evolution of American childhood vaccination policy through the prism of political history, contemporary parenthood, and diverse governance strategies. America's New Vaccine Wars focuses... -
Integrating Analyses in Mixed Methods Research by Patricia Bazeley 9781412961868
RRP: $49.01$40.61Integrating Analyses in Mixed Methods Research goes beyond mixed methods research design and data collection, providing a pragmatic discussion of the challenges of effectively integrating data to facilitate a more comprehensive and rigorous level of...