Sociology

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ForewordChapter IUnderstanding Family Violence from a Societal PerspectiveFamily: Haven or NightmareApplying a Social PerspectiveThe Violence of SocietyThe ...

Poverty ended for Angie Peter's family in one generation because of the intervention of ordinary people who cared. Just Act is an inspirational guide for pe...

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Mama, do you love me? Yes I do Dear One. How much? In this universal story, a child tests the limits of independence and comfortingly learns that a parent'...

Examines The History, Art, Architecture, Languages, Literatures, Society, And Religion Of Biblical Israel And Early Judaism And Christianity. In The Beginni...

In Her First Work Of Nonfiction, Winner Of The 2018 Unesco City Of Literature Paul Engle Prize Dina Nayeri--an Author Whose Exploration Of The Exile's Predi...

A celebration of feminine beauty, athleticism, wisdom, and skill—Women Who Dare profiles twenty of America’s most inspiring women climbers ranging from ...

This important contribution to the sociology of religion provides an analysis that clarifies the often ironic interaction between religion and society. Be...

Publisher's Description: Religious Diversity Exists Whenever Seemingly Sincere, Knowledgeable Individuals Hold Incompatible Beliefs On The Same Religious Is...

Multiculturalism Has Been The Subject Of Cover Stories In Time And Newsweek And Other Newspapers And Magazines Around America. A Leading Literary And Cultur...

Out of the 100 million women—almost 11 million in the United States alone—who are on the pill, roughly 60 percent take it for non-contraceptive reasons...

How did you feel after your last interaction with another person? Did that person — your spouse, best friend, coworker, or even a stranger — "fill your ...

Alan Gordon Shows That While Individual Memory Is Crucial To Establishing And Maintaining Identity, Public Memory Is Contested Terrain - Official Customs An...

In The Summer Of 2010, Photographer Brandon Stanton Began An Ambitious Project -- To Single-handedly Create A Photographic Census Of New York City. The Phot...

The award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid-20th century Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that be...

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Most Incidents Of Urban Unrest In Recent Decades - Including The Riots In France, Britain And Other Western Countries - Have Followed Lethal Interactions Be...

In This Groundbreaking And Timely Book, Antiracist Educator Robin Diangelo Deftly Illuminates The Phenomenon Of White Fragility. Referring To The Defensive ...

A Biography Of Alexa Mcdonough, Former Leader Of The Nova Scotia And Federal Ndp. Alexa Mcdonoughs Impact On Canadian Politics Cannot Be Measured Solely By ...

In Post-Truth? Facts and Faithfulness, Jeffrey Dudiak explores the fissures and fractures that vex our so-called “post-truth” era, searching for a deepe...

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Introduction To Los Angeles : City And Region / Edward W. Soja And Allen J. Scott -- The First American City / Richard S. Weinstein -- Hetero-architecture A...

In order to think theoretically about our global age it is important to understand how the global has been conceived historically. 'Eurafrica' was an intell...

Jarvis Jay Masters Has Taken An Extraordinary Journey Of Faith. Strangely Enough, His Moment Of Enlightenment Came Behind The Bars Of San Quentin's Death Ro...

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

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

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 ...

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

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...

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

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...

Drawing Material From Dozens Of Divided Societies, This Text Constructs A Theory Of Ethnic Conflict, Relating Ethnic Affiliations To Kinship And Intergroup ...

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As A Child, Victoria Spry Was Brutally Beaten, Neglected And Starved By The Woman She Called Mummy. To The Outside World Eunice Spry Was A Devoted Parent, B...

The supplemented edition of this important reader includes a substantive new introduction by the author on the changing nature of feminist methodology. It t...

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Reformulates Immigrant Rights Movements Within A Transnational Analysis Of Capitalism, Labor Exploitation, Settler Colonialism, State Building, And Racializ...

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Ideas, Products, Messages And Behaviors Spread Just Like Viruses Do. Behavior Can Ripple Outward Until A Critical Mass Or Tipping Point Is Reached, Changing...

Identifies The Qualities Of Successful People, Maintaining That Culture, Family, And Idiosyncratic Factors Can Have A Decisive Impact On Shaping High Achiev...

Communications, Philosophy, Film And Video, Digital Culture: Media Studies Straddles An Astounding Array Of Fields And Disciplines And Produces A Vocabulary...

A story-based guide to the techniques of shamanic healing• Details indigenous medicine tools and soul healing techniques, including diagnosis and energy c...

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The Routledge Handbook Of The Politics Of Migration In Europe Provides A Rigorous And Critical Examination Of What Is Exceptional About The European Politic...

Sex, and death. All of Marguerite Duras's writings are suffused with the certitude that absolute love is both necessary (sex) ... and impossible to achieve ...