Sociology

Ever since its emergence in colonial-era Cuba, Afro-Cuban Santería (or Lucumí) has displayed a complex dynamic of continuity and change in its institution...

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

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

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,...

this Guide Summarizes Lessons Learned By Studying Successful Community-building Initiatives In Hundreds Of Neighborhoods Across The U.s. It Outlines What Lo...

Canadian children are safer now than at any other time in history. So why are we so fearful for them? When they’re young, we drive them to playdates, fill...

Challenges the scientific theories on the establishment of civilization and technology • Contains 42 essays by 17 key thinkers in the fields of alternat...

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...

Political scandals have become a pervasive feature of many societies today. From Profumo to the cash-for-questions scandal, from Watergate to the Clinton-L...

Drug Use and Abuse takes an interdisciplinary approach in its coverage of current drug issues. Replete with Canadian examples, it weaves psychological, hist...

Sports In Society Provides A Comprehensive Introduction To Understanding The Issues And Controversies Surrounding Sports In Society. Coakley Delivers A Crit...

Shortlisted for the 2023 Fred Kerner Book AwardA Miramichi Reader Best Fiction of 2022"Wan is a masterpiece. This beautiful, painterly, sublime, and sonical...

Today’s busier, faster society is waging an undeclared war on childhood. With too much stuff, too many choices, and too little time, children can become a...

Lucid And Accessible, What Is Anthropology? Draws Examples From Current Affairs As Well As Previous Anthropological Studies. Eriksen Looks At The History Of...

“It is one of only a few studies to apply the results of surveys and interviews to form an analysis from a social perspective. It is also important becaus...

V. 1. Issues And Strategies For Elementary Teachers -- V. 2. Issues And Strategies For Secondary Teachers. Roland Case, Penney Clark, Editors. Includes Bibl...

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...

An internationally renowned palliative care physician offers guidance on living with a terminal illness. Based on research funded by the Soros Foundation an...

In Iconology, W. J. T. Mitchell asked what images are, how they differ from words, and why these questions have been such a source of contention for centur...

Accessible And Illuminating, This Text Is Both A Map And Toolkit For Successfully Navigating The Maze Of Social Statistics. A Five-step Learning Model, Appl...

This Title Provides An Introduction To International Relations (ir), Supporting Over 300,000 Students Taking Their First Steps In Ir And Beyond. From Intern...

Using Research From His Food And Brand Lab At Cornell University, An Expert In Eating Behavior Reveals How Innovative, Inexpensive Design Changes Can Make I...

Euphoric will guide you on your journey to an alcohol-free lifestyle, putting the focus on happiness, well-being and self-love to create the life you want.\...

Waking At Lou's -- A Considerable Trauma -- Footprints -- The Top Of Their Games -- No Bed, No Breakfast -- The Woman In The Castle -- Motion Sickness -- A ...

As A Commentator, Citizen, And Advisor, Daniel Yankelovich Has Had A Long Career Reporting And Analyzing National Issues, Trends, And Opinions. Here, He Sha...

The contested creation of free movement—for people and goods—in the Schengen area of EuropeEurope is a place of free movement among nations—or is it? ...

The first volume of #HipHopEd: The Compilation on Hip-hop Education brings together veteran and emerging scholars, practitioners and students from a variety...

Robert Sobel. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [244]-246.Categories: Politics & Social SciencesSociology

The sad, tender, and extremely funny memoir of a boyhood few thought he would survive, including the unforgettable mother and hilarious grandmother who rais...

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

Text: English, German (translation)Categories: Politics & Social Sciences SociologyReference

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...

In This Definitive And Meticulously Researched Account Of The Jewish Experience In Canada, Award-winning And Critically Acclaimed Author Allan Levine Docume...

In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his...

Based, In Part, On Dr. Brian Goldman's Personal Search Around The World, From Canada To Brazil, India To Japan, To Rediscover And Rekindle His Own Capacity ...

Narcissism — a very positive and inflated view of the self — is everywhere. It's what you have if you're a politician and you've strayed from your wife...

Janet Lunn, Christopher Moore ; Illustrated By Alan Daniel. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 312) And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Science...

How anyone can become a data ninja From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as...

For anyone who has pondered the vastness of our universe, the rich variety of our planet, and the endlessly fascinating world of knowledge that surrounds us...

Traditional Economics Assumes Rational Actors. Early In His Research, Thaler Realized These Spock-like Automatons Were Nothing Like Real People. Whether Buy...

For the first time since it originally appeared, this classic work has been newly typeset in an easy-to-read modern typeface, making reading, studying, con...

The comprehensive critical biography of silent-screen star Marion Davies, who fittingly referred to herself as "the captain of my soul."\From Marion Davies'...

This Philosophical Critique Of Psychoanalysis Takes Psychoanalysis Seriously But Not As Unchallengeable Dogma. Pt. 1. Under The Rule Of The Reality Principl...

liz Goldwyn's Lifelong Fascination With The Inimitable Glamour Of Classic Burlesque Inspired Her To Spend The Past Eight Years Corresponding With, Visitin...

selected Extracts From Max Weber's Writings Which Reflect The Full Range Of His Concerns.Categories: Politics & Social SciencesSociology

A classic work, Munitions of the mind traces how propaganda has formed part of the fabric of conflict since the dawn of warfare, and how in its broadest d...

Dizzy Gillespie has secured his place in the jazz pantheon as one of the most expressive and virtuosic improvisers in the history of music. But he was much...

To thousands of young people, emigration has been the golden bridge by which they have passed from an apparently hopeless childhood to lives of useful serv...