Sociology

An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power.Hatshepsut—the daughter of a...

This compilation showcases the most famous murders, suicides, unexplained deaths, scandalous romances, illegitimate children, cover-ups, and more. Starting ...

All parents face the same challenges when it comes to their children's safety: whom to trust, whom to distrust, what to believe, what to doubt, what to fea...

one Of The Funniest And Most Unusual Books Of The Year....gross, Educational, And Unexpectedly Sidesplitting.—entertainment Weekly the New Yorker in The T...

If contemporary culture were a school, with all the tasks and expectations meted out by modern life as its curriculum, would anyone graduate? In the spirit...

Book by Fowke, Edith (collect and ed)Categories: Politics & Social SciencesSociology

America's cities are being rapidly transformed by a sinister and homogenous design. A new Kind of urbanism—manipulative, dispersed, and hostile to traditi...

Acclaimed by instructors and students alike for its fresh, innovative approach to the discipline, Elements of Sociology is back and better than ever. Filled...

J. Elspeth Stuckey. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 129-140).Categories: Education & TeachingSchools & Teaching

The United States holds the dubious distinction of having the most unequal income distribution of any advanced industrialized nation. While other developed...

February 2016. Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Tareq Hadhad Was Worried About His Father: Isam Did Not Know What To Do With His Life. Before The War Began In Syria...

This Volume Shows How Public And Private Forms Of Power Regulate Three Main Aspects Of Social Reproduction: Biological Reproduction; Reproduction Of Labour ...

Korean artist Daria Song’s sequel to The Time Garden takes readers on a visual journey into a magical nighttime world seen through the eyes of a fairy.Th...

New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics provides a comprehensive lexicon of semiotic concepts, defining over 500 critical terms. The authors address key aspects ...

One of the most talked-about books in years, A Nation of Victims established Charles Sykes as a persuasive, witty, and controversial commentator on America...

Traces The History Of Emancipation And Its Impact On The Civil War, Discussing How Lincoln And The Republicans Fought Primarily For Freeing Slaves Throughou...

During the 1980s, capitalism triumphantly secured its global reach, anti-communist ideologies hammered home socialism's inherent failure, the New Left incre...

Here are the most remarkable stories imaginable of maroons, castaways, and other survivors from the 1500s to the present - their moral dilemmas, their per...

In the tradition of Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestion...

Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives.Three t...

canada's Health Care, Which Comprises A Myriad Of Institutions And Practices, Is Often Referred To As Canada's Best-loved Social Programme. This Support I...

A new edition of the highly acclaimed book Multiculturalism and "The Politics of Recognition," this paperback brings together an even wider range of leadin...

Product Description THE #1 BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE WRITERS' TRUST BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICYA compelling political memoir of leadership and s...

NPR Book of the Year 2020 Electric Literature: One of 55 Books by Women and Nonbinary Writers of Color to Read in 2020 Lit Hub & The Millions: Most A...

Worldly Philosopher Chronicles The Times And Writings Of Albert O. Hirschman, One Of The Twentieth Century's Most Original And Provocative Thinkers. In This...

Cutting-edge thinkers on the origins of civilization, the Giza pyramids, pre-Columbian and early America, and the power of human consciousness • With co...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER\A vivid and meticulous true-crime story that exposes the deep fractures in a system that repeatedly fails to protect women, whil...

Through Careful, Thoughtful Examination Of The Nature And Workings Of Race, Racism, And White Supremacy, The Contributors - An All-white Group Of Theologian...

Introduction To International Development Integrates The Work Of Leading Experts From Disciplines As Varied As Geography, History, Sociology, Political Scie...

Series: a href="http://www.oupcanada.com/tcs/"Themes in Canadian Sociology/a Children in Canada Today explores the process through which children become mem...

The Historical Foundations Of Women's Power In The Creation Of The American Welfare State, 1830-1930 / Kathryn Kish Sklar -- Borderlands: Women, Voluntary A...

The project that captured a nation's imagination. The instructions were simple, but the results were extraordinary. "You are invited to anonymously con...

Combining richly detailed empirical research on transnational connections with bold and imaginative theoretical argument, this innovative study offers fres...

it S Been Ten Years Since Mitch Albom First Shared The Wisdom Of Morrie Schwartz With The World. Now Twelve Million Copies Later In A New Foreword, Mitch ...

Issues of movement – of people, things, information and ideas – are central to people's lives and to most organisations. From oil wars to SMS texting, ...

Culinary Historian Michael W. Twitty Brings A Fresh Perspective To Our Most Divisive Cultural Issue, Race, In This Illuminating Memoir Of Southern Cuisine A...

A former United Church minister massacres his family. What led to this act of femicide, and why were his victims forgotten? On May 2, 1963, Robert Killins,...

For readers of The Glass Castle and Wild, a stunning new memoir about family, loss and the struggle for a better future #1 International Bestseller Tara We...

Move over zombies and adolescent vampires. There’s a new threat in town-and it’s only twelve inches tall. How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack is...

A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of the Year A Quill & Quire Book of the Year A CBC Books Nonfiction Book of the Year A Maclean's 20 Books You Need to Re...

In This Thoughtful Treatise Spurred By The 2015 Death Of African-american Academic Sandra Bland In Jail After A Traffic Stop, New Yorker Writer Gladwell (th...

the Ways In Which Knowledge Relates To Power Have Been Much Discussed In Radical Education Theory. New Emphasis On The Role Of Gender And The Growing Debate...

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in gover...

Examines Ethical Dilemmas Found Within The Field Of Medicine In Canada. The Author Includes Real-life Stories As Well As His Own Experiences As A Patient Wi...

The films of Hitchcock, Welles and Godard; the aesthetics of photography and the technology of cinema; art and revolution in Russia and in Mexico; the avant...

In This Translation, Michel De Certeau Anticipates Current Debates Surrounding Multicultralism And Social Diversity, Providing A Prescient Critique Of Ident...

This hands-on guide offers practical advice on all aspects of science communication. It features a tightly interwoven fabric of issues: product types, targe...

With bracing clarity, James Elkins explores why images are taken to be more intricate and hard to describe in the twentieth century than they had been in an...