Social Science Books

The Neolithic Demographic Transition and Its Consequences (Hardcover)

The transition from hunting and gathering to farming - the Neolithic Revolution - was one of the most signi cant cultural processes in human history that forever changed the face of humanity. Natu an communities (15 100-12 000Cal BP) (all dates in... more

Handbook of U.S. Latino Psychology: Developmental and Community-Based Perspectives (Hardcover)

Congratulations to Aida Hurtado and Karina Cervantez- winners of the 2009 Women of Color Psychologies Award! This award given by the Association of Women in Psychology Association is voted on by AWP members for contributions of new knowledge and... more

Culturally Proficient Education: An Asset-Based Response to Conditions of Poverty (Paperback)

Develop culturally proficient policies and practices that create opportunities for students of poverty! Countering the perspective that students from poverty come to school with deficits that prevent them from learning this resource offers educators... more

Pre-Owned Culturally Proficient Education: An Asset-Based Response to Conditions of Poverty (Paperback)

Develop culturally proficient policies and practices that create opportunities for students of poverty! Countering the perspective that students from poverty come to school with deficits that prevent them from learning this resource offers educators... more

Human Ecology: Contemporary Research and Practice (Hardcover)

This book arose from the need to develop accessible research-based case study material which addresses contemporary issues and problems in the rapidly evolving field of human ecology. Academic political and indeed public interest in the... more

Frontiers in Sociology and Social Research: Frontiers in Sociology of Education (Hardcover)

Scholarly analysis in the sociology of education has burgeoned in recent decades. In this forward-looking volume the contributors examine cutting-edge research findings and techniques to explore new directions in sociology of education research.... more

Handbook of Quantitative Criminology (Hardcover)

Quantitative criminology has certainly come a long way since I was ?rst introduced to a largely qualitative criminology some 40 years ago when I was recruited to lead a task force on science and technology for the President s Commission on Law... more

Theoretical Principles of Sociology Volume 2: Microdynamics (Hardcover)

This book explores the effects of microdynamics such as interactions among individuals on larger social systems from corporate and categoric units to institutional domains stratification systems community networks societies and inter-societal systems. more

New Perspectives on Old Stones: Analytical Approaches to Paleolithic Technologies (Hardcover)

As the study of Palaeolithic technologies moves towards a more analytical approach it is necessary to determine a consistent procedural framework. The contributions to this timely and comprehensive volume do just that. This volume incorporates a... more

Geojournal Library: Geography Culture and Education (Paperback)

An important challenge for our world is to understand how cultural understanding and geographical education can be linked and used to improve the global society. We readily accept that our world is constituted by numerous groups of people who are... more

Understanding Population Trends and Processes: Fertility Living Arrangements Care and Mobility: Understanding Population Trends and Processes - Volume 1 (Hardcover)

Many parts of the world are experiencing rapid demographic restructuring resulting in an ageing population with increasingly significant work and care pressures on cohorts less able or willing to provide support. This book examines some of the... more

Terrorism Within Comparative International Context: The Counter-Terrorism Response and Preparedness (Hardcover)

The introductory chapter of this book presents the concepts of the bene?ts inherent in the study of comparative approach for an effective counterterrorism response on the local law enforcement level and overviews the inception of the project.... more

Geojournal Library: Spatial Analysis and Modeling in Geographical Transformation Process: Gis-Based Applications (Hardcover)

Currently spatial analysis is becoming more important than ever because enormous volumes of spatial data are available from different sources such as GPS Remote Sensing and others. This book deals with spatial analysis and modelling. It provides a... more

Contemporary Social Work Studies Indigenous Social Work around the World: Towards Culturally Relevant Education and Practice (Hardcover)

How can mainstream Western social work learn from and in turn help advance indigenous practice? This volume brings together prominent international scholars involved in both Western and indigenous social work across the globe - including James... more

The World of Mexican Migrants (Paperback)

Widely praised as a splendid addition to the literature on the great wave of post-1970 immigration from Mexico-as a result of which an estimated 6 million undocumented Mexican migrants now live in the United States-The World of Mexican Migrants by... more

School Principal: Managing in Public (Paperback)

When we think about school principals most of us imagine a figure of vague yet intimidating authority--for an elementary school student being sent to the principal s office is roughly on par with a trip to Orwell s Room 101. But with School... more

Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools : Closing the Achievement Gap in America s Classrooms

9780807750711. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 181. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 181 p. Contains: Line drawings black & white Tables black & white Figures Charts. Multicultural Education. While race and culture... more

Indigenous Studies: Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Cities: Transformations and Continuities (Paperback)

Since the 1970s Aboriginal people have been more likely to live in Canadian cities than on reserves or in rural areas. Aboriginal rural-to-urban migration and the development of urban Aboriginal communities represent one of the most significant... more

Analytical Sociology and Social Mechanisms (Paperback)

Mechanisms are very much a part of social life. For example we can see that inequality has tended to increase over time and that cities can become segregated. But how do such mechanisms work? Analytical sociology is an influential approach to... more

Space Place and Violence: Violence and the Embodied Geographies of Race Sex and Gender (Paperback)

Direct interpersonal violence is a pervasive yet often mundane feature of our day-to-day lives; paradoxically violence is both ordinary and extraordinary. Violence in other words is often hidden in plain sight. Space Place and Violence seeks to... more

From Demons to Dracula : The Creation of the Modern Vampire Myth (Paperback)

In blood-soaked lore handed down the centuries the vampire is a monster of endless fascination: from Bram Stoker s Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer this seductive lover of blood haunts popular culture and inhabits our darkest imaginings. The... more

Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture (Paperback)

A lively examination of the spirit and practices that have made the indie movement into a powerful cultural phenomenon You know the look: skinny jeans Chuck Taylors perfectly mussed bed-head hair; You know the music: Modest Mouse the Shins Pavement.... more

Women of Color and Feminism : Seal Studies (Paperback)

In this Seal Studies title author and professor Maythee Rojas offers a look at the intricate crossroads of being a woman of color. Women of Color and Feminism tackles the question of how women of color experience feminism and how race and... more

The Chora of Croton 1: The Neolithic Settlement at Capo Alfiere (Hardcover)

From 1974 to the present the Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICA) at the University of Texas at Austin has carried out archaeological excavations and surveys in ancient territories (chorae) in southern Italy. This wide-ranging investigation... more

Playing on the Edge: Sadomasochism Risk and Intimacy (Paperback)

Representations of consensual sadomasochism range from the dark seedy undergrounds of crime thrillers to the fetishized pornographic images of sitcoms and erotica. In this pathbreaking book ethnographer Staci Newmahr delves into the social space of... more

College Fear Factor: How Students and Professors Misunderstand One Another (Paperback)

They re not the students strolling across the bucolic liberal arts campuses where their grandfathers played football. They are first-generation college students--children of immigrants and blue-collar workers--who know that their hopes for success... more

Mind Set!: Eleven Ways to Change the Way You See--And Create--The Future (Paperback)

In his seminal works Megatrends and Megatrends 2000 John Naisbitt proved himself one of the most far-sighted and accurate observers of our fast-changing world. Mind Set! goes beyond that by disclosing the secret of forecasting. Naisbitt gives away... more

Leisureville: Adventures in a World Without Children (Paperback)

When his next-door neighbors in a quaint New England town suddenly pick up and move to a gated retired community in Florida called The Villages Andrew Blechman is astonished by their stories so he goes to investigate. Larger than Manhattan with a... more

Critical Black Studies: Black Genders and Sexualities (Paperback)

Cutting across the humanities and social sciences and situated in sites across the black diaspora the work in this book collectively challenges notions that we are living in a post-racial age and instead argue for the specificity of black cultural... more

Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and I: Surrounded : Palestinian Soldiers in the Israeli Military (Hardcover)

The captivating story of a controversial group of Palestinians who volunteer to serve in the Israeli military. more

Communication in the Public Interest: Packaging Terrorism: Co-Opting the News for Politics and Profit (Hardcover)

Packaging Terrorism investigates how American media have identified and covered international terrorism and violence since September 11 2001. Compares US coverage with that of British and Arab media Discusses the priorities assumptions political... more

American Hunks: The Muscular Male Body in Popular Culture 1860-1970 (Paperback)

The American hunk is a cultural icon: the image of the chiseled well-built male body has been promoted and exploited for commercial use for over 125 years whether in movies magazines advertisements or on consumer products not only in America but... more

Life and Death on Mt. Everest: Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering (Paperback)

The Sherpas were dead two more victims of an attempt to scale Mt. Everest. Members of a French climbing expedition sensitive perhaps about leaving the bodies where they could not be recovered rolled them off a steep mountain face. One body however... more

Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity Music Difference and the Residue of Race Book 5 (Hardcover)

Race and music seem fatally entwined in a way that involves both creative ethnic hybridity and ongoing problems of racism. This book presents a sociological analysis of this enduring relationship and asks: how are ideas of race critical to the... more

The Ethnicity Reader (Paperback)

The second edition of The Ethnicity Reader offers a comprehensive and engaging selection of readings for students of sociology politics international relations and race relations. Updated with a large proportion of new readings and extended... more

Routledge Arabic Linguistics Islamist Rhetoric: Language and Culture in Contemporary Egypt (Hardcover)

Islamism in Egypt is more diversified in terms of its sociology and ideology than is usually assumed. Through linguistic analysis of Islamist rhetoric this book sheds light upon attitudes towards other Muslims religious authority and secular... more

Ethnographer s Toolkit Second Edition: Designing and Conducting Ethnographic Research : An Introduction (Edition 2) (Paperback)

This first volume of the Ethnographer s Toolkit provides a practical straightforward introduction to ethnography and ethnographic practice to the student and novice fieldworker. more

Social Behaviour (Paperback)

Humans live in large and extensive societies and spend much of their time interacting socially. Likewise most other animals also interact socially. Social behaviour is of constant fascination to biologists and psychologists of many disciplines from... more