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Caribbean Migrations: The Legacies of Colonialism by Anke Birkenmaier 9781978814493
RRP: £43.00£37.502021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title With mass migration changing the configuration of societies worldwide, we can look to the Caribbean to reflect on the long-standing, entangled relations between countries and areas as uneven in size and influence as... -
Opting Out: Women Messing with Marriage around the World by Joanna Davidson 9781978830110
RRP: £124.00£107.04Women around the world are opting out of marriage. Through nuanced ethnographic accounts of the ways that women are moving the needle on marital norms and practices, Opting Out reveals the conditions that make this widespread phenomenon possible in... -
The Korporate Kannibal Kookbook by Brad Blanton 9781450742535
RRP: £18.00£12.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781450742535Author Brad BlantonFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Independent PublisherPublisher Independent PublisherWeight(grams) 535gDimensions(mm)... -
The Thinking Woman by Julienne van Loon 9781978820081
RRP: £64.00£55.24While women have struggled to gain recognition in the discipline of philosophy, there is no shortage of brilliant female thinkers. What can these women teach us about ethics, politics, and the nature of existence, and how might we relate these big ideas... -
Feminist Narratives and the Sociology of Religion by Nancy Nason-Clark 9780759101982
£44.85Despite the steady growth of feminism in sociology, little attention has been paid to feminist research on religion. Nason-Clark and Neitz begin to fill this gap, asking leading feminist sociologists of religion to reflect on their work and lives. In... -
From Here to Eternity: Ernst Haeckel and Scientific Faith by Mario A. Di Gregorio 9783525569726
£39.28This study attempts to shed some light on the origin, sources, structure, significance and consequences of the theory of Ernst Haeckel.About the AuthorDr. Mario A. Di Gregorio ist Professor fA"r Wissenschaftsgeschichte an der UniversitAt Aquila (Italien)... -
Understanding Institutionalized Collective Remittances: The Mexican Tres Por UNO Program in Zacatecas by Carlos Gustavo Villela 9783832537036
£61.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783832537036Author Carlos Gustavo VillelaFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint Logos Verlag Berlin GmbHPublisher Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH -
Gifts and Interests by A. Vandevelde 9789042908147
RRP: £32.00£31.49According to a common understanding of economics, economists attempt to understand and explain societal reality in the light of individual self-interest. For them, a gift is no exception to this, except for the slight and misleading veil of altruism... -
Climate Variability and Change in the Rift Valley and Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia:: Local Knowledge, Impacts and Adaptation by Abate Mekuriaw Bizuneh 9783832535247
£60.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783832535247Author Abate Mekuriaw BizunehFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Logos Verlag Berlin GmbHPublisher Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH -
The Vanishing Society by Juan Antonio Roche C�rcel 9783832533533
£49.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783832533533Author Juan Antonio Roche C�rcelFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Logos Verlag Berlin GmbHPublisher Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH -
American Studies Today: New Research Agendas by Winfried Fluck 9783825360948
RRP: £74.00£60.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783825360948Author Winfried FluckFormat HardbackPage Count 486Imprint Universitatsverlag WinterPublisher Universitatsverlag WinterWeight(grams) 657g -
Social Costs of Economic Transformation in Central Europe by Nicholas Mercuro 9780762301539
RRP: £85.99£71.47This volume is devoted to post-communist Central Europe and is divided into three parts. The first part covers some general issues of social theory and politics, ranging from the chances for social-liberalism under post-communism, through a new dichotomy... -
Writing History in the Soviet Union: Making the Past Work by Arup Banerji 9781032653006
RRP: £39.99£35.46The history of the Soviet Union has been charted in several studies over the decades. These depictions while combining accuracy, elegance, readability and imaginativeness, have failed to draw attention to the political and academic environment within... -
The Philosophy of Risk by John C Chicken 9780727726667
RRP: £41.00£34.39This book gives decision-makers a logical overall philosophy of risk that will enable them to make sound and consistently defensible decisions about the acceptability of risk. The authors examine a variety of activities - as diverse as major industrial... -
Humanitarianism: Global Issues, Challenges and Perspectives of the 21st Century by Joseph Marchesseault 9781536151091
RRP: £72.99£58.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781536151091Author Joseph MarchesseaultFormat PaperbackPage Count 135Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Don't Take It Personally: Personalness and Impersonality in Social Life by Eviatar Zerubavel 9780197691342
RRP: £16.99£14.71Along with the concepts of social role, social group, social network, social class, and social structure, the notion of impersonality is one of the pillars of the sociological imagination: the ability to think beyond individuals and see them as members... -
The Indian Economy: Issues, Policies and Performance by Rajib Bhattacharyya 9781032510637
RRP: £135.00£117.68This book provides a detailed structured analysis of the transition that has taken place in the Indian economy since independence to the present times (including the period of COVID-19 pandemic). Analysing objectives, achievements and failure of... -
Transitions: The Fragility of Democracy by Juan A. Roche C�rcel 9783832542740
£55.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783832542740Author Juan A. Roche C�rcelFormat PaperbackPage Count 213Imprint Logos Verlag Berlin GmbHPublisher Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH -
After the Coup: An Ethnographic Reframing of Guatemala 1954 by Timothy J. Smith 9780252077845
RRP: £18.99£16.72This exceptional collection revisits the aftermath of the 1954 coup that ousted the democratically elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz. Contributors frame the impact of 1954 not only in terms of the liberal reforms and coffee revolutions of the... -
Union Renegades: Miners, Capitalism, and Organizing in the Gilded Age by Dana M. Caldemeyer 9780252085406
RRP: £25.99£22.49In the late nineteenth century, Midwestern miners often had to decide if joining a union was in their interest. Arguing that these workers were neither pro-union nor anti-union, Dana M. Caldemeyer shows that they acted according to what they believed... -
Emotional Landscapes: Love, Gender, and Migration by Marcelo J. Borges 9780252085390
RRP: £23.99£20.84Love and its attendant emotions not only spur migration—they forge our response to the people who leave their homes in search of new lives. Emotional Landscapes looks at the power of love, and the words we use to express it, to explore the immigration... -
Ethnic Dissent and Empowerment: Economic Migration between Vietnam and Malaysia by Angie Ngoc Tran 9780252043369
RRP: £103.00£89.14Vietnam annually sends a half million laborers to work at low-skill jobs abroad. Angie Ngọc Trần concentrates on ethnicity, class, and gender to examine how migrant workers belonging to the Kinh, Hoa, Hrê, Khmer, and Chãm ethnic groups challenge a... -
Black Queer Freedom: Spaces of Injury and Paths of Desire by GerShun Avilez 9780252043376
RRP: £91.00£78.92Whether engaged in same-sex desire or gender nonconformity, black queer individuals live with being perceived as a threat while simultaneously being subjected to the threat of physical, psychological, and socioeconomical injury. Attending to and... -
The Huawei Model: The Rise of China's Technology Giant by Yun Wen 9780252043437
RRP: £91.00£78.92In 2019, the United States' trade war with China expanded to blacklist the Chinese tech titan Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. The resulting attention showed the information and communications technology (ICT) firm entwined with China's political-economic... -
Ethical Encounters: Transnational Feminism, Human Rights, and War Cinema in Bangladesh by Elora Halim Chowdhury 9781439922248
RRP: £91.00£78.92An exploration of the intersection of feminism, human rights, and memory, Ethical Encounters examines contemporary, woman-centered Muktijuddho cinema-features and documentaries that focus on the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. Elora Chowdhury shows... -
No Votes for Women: The New York State Anti-Suffrage Movement by Susan Goodier 9780252037474
RRP: £91.00£78.92No Votes for Women explores the complicated history of the suffrage movement in New York State by delving into the stories of women who opposed the expansion of voting rights to women. Susan Goodier finds that conservative women who fought against... -
Puerto Rican Chicago: Schooling the City, 1940-1977 by Mirelsie Velazquez 9780252086281
RRP: £20.99£18.37The postwar migration of Puerto Rican men and women to Chicago brought thousands of their children into city schools. These children's classroom experience continued the colonial project begun in their homeland, where American ideologies had dominated... -
Policing the Police: Knowledge Management in Law Enforcement by Petter Gottschalk 9781607417651
RRP: £97.99£65.49There seems to be a tendency to consider police crime as a result of bad practice, lack of resources or mismanagement, rather than acts of criminals. However, examples illustrate that criminal acts are intentionally carried out by police officers on duty... -
Black Indians and Freedmen: The African Methodist Episcopal Church and Indigenous Americans, 1816-1916 by Christina Dickerson-Cousin 9780252044212
RRP: £91.00£78.92Often seen as ethnically monolithic, the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in fact successfully pursued evangelism among diverse communities of indigenous peoples and Black Indians. Christina Dickerson-Cousin tells the little-known story of the... -
On Gangs by Scott H. Decker 9781439920633
RRP: £115.00£99.36Gangs are multifaceted and varied, so any attempt to understand them cannot be restricted to a singular approach. On Gangs provides a diverse and comprehensive survey of the available theories for understanding this social issue as well as the broad... -
Demographic Analysis by Bernard Benjamin 9780367720667
£94.39First published in 1968, Demographic Analysis was written to provide a comprehensive account of demographic methods for those with a need to understand population movements. The book provides an introduction to some of the key tools used by... -
Making Their Days Happen: Paid Personal Assistance Services Supporting People with Disability Living in Their Homes and Communities by Lisa I. Iezzoni 9781439920763
RRP: £24.99£21.67Most Americans-even those with significant disability-want to live in their homes and communities. Unpaid family members or friends often work as "informal" caregivers, helping those who need assistance- and many feel they have no option but to... -
Invisible People: Stories of Lives at the Margins by Alex Tizon 9781439918319
RRP: £13.99£12.59"Somewhere in the tangle of the subject's burden and the subject's desire is your story."-Alex Tizon Every human being has an epic story. The late Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Alex Tizon told the epic stories of marginalized people-from lonely... -
Vehicles of Decolonization: Public Transit in the Palestinian West Bank by Maryam S. Griffin 9781439920787
RRP: £86.00£74.67Examining the border-enclosure strategy Israel uses to impose Palestinian im/mobilization, Maryam Griffin considers the ways public transportation in the Palestinian West Bank is a constant site of social struggle. Her illuminating book, Vehicles of... -
From Improvement to City Planning: Spatial Management in Cincinnati from the Early Republic through the Civil War Decade by Henry C. Binford 9781439920848
RRP: £104.00£90.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439920848Author Henry C. BinfordFormat HardbackPage Count 373Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 152g -
COMPUGIRLS: How Girls of Color Find and Define Themselves in the Digital Age by Kimberly A. Scott 9780252086137
RRP: £20.99£18.37What does is it mean for girls of color to become techno-social change agents--individuals who fuse technological savvy with a deep understanding of society in order to analyze and confront inequality? Kimberly A. Scott explores this question and others... -
Manifest Technique: Hip Hop, Empire, and Visionary Filipino American Culture by Mark R. Villegas 9780252043789
RRP: £91.00£78.92An obscured vanguard in hip hop Filipino Americans have been innovators and collaborators in hip hop since the culture's early days. But despite the success of artists like Apl.de.Ap of the Black Eyed Peas and superstar producer Chad Hugo, the genre's... -
Model Machines: A History of the Asian as Automaton by Long T. Bui 9781439922330
RRP: £91.00£78.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439922330Author Long T. BuiFormat HardbackPage Count 305Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 152g -
Before Crips: Fussin', Cussin', and Discussin' among South Los Angeles Juvenile Gangs by John C. Quicker 9781439921975
RRP: £96.00£83.59Professor John Quicker and Akil Batani-Khalfani, aka Bird, met in Quicker's classroom and soon developed an easy rapport. As Bird shared his knowledge of the Slausons-a legendary 1950s/1960s gang in Los Angeles that pre-dated the infamous Crips and... -
Professional Power and Social Welfare by Profesor Paul Wilding 9781032741413
RRP: £86.99£75.54First published in 1982, Professional Power and Social Welfare examines the nature, extent and significance of professional power in the broad area of social welfare. Paul Wilding fills a major gap in the literature of the welfare professions. He looks...