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R.N. Sharma
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• Author(s): R.N. Sharma • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: Creative Writing, FictionThe book is a collection of very interesting and readable pieces of narrations/short stories earlier published by the author in differ...
View full detailsEducation For Development Of Talent And Creativity
Umrao Singh Chaudhari
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• Author(s): Umrao Singh Chaudhari • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: Education & PsychologyThe main objective of producing this book is to reawaken the teachers, educational administrators and parents to the chall...
View full detailsRacism (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Ali Rattansi
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• Author(s): Ali Rattansi • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: DiscriminationThere is often a demand for a short, sharp definition of racism, for example as captured in the popular f...
View full detailsCaste :
Surinder S.Jodhka
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• Author(s): Surinder S.Jodhka • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThe Oxford India Short Introductions are concise, stimulating, and accessible guides to different aspects of India. Combining authori...
View full detailsEgyptian Myth (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Geraldine Pinch
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• Author(s): Geraldine Pinch • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Folklore & MythologyEgyptian myths articulated the core values of one of the longest lasting civilizations in history, and myths of...
View full detailsLeading Ladies: The New Wave of Female Politicians in India
Venu Agrahari Dhingra
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• Author(s): Anne Frank • Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: political science,social science Leading Ladies: The New Wave of Female Polit...
View full detailsUnderstanding Disability
Michael Oliver
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• Author(s): Michael Oliver • Publisher: Bloomsbury • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Acad Indi
Sociology of India
Abhijit Kundu, Nupurnima Yadav
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• Author(s): Abhijit Kundu | Nupurnima Yadav • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: Sociology and AnthropologyThis new textbook traces the evolution and development of sociology as a field of study in India and enumertes t...
View full detailsViolence, Martyrdom And Partition : A Daughter's Testimony
Nonica Datta
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• Author(s): Nonica Datta • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: DiscriminationThis book presents the oral testimony of Subhashini (1914 2003), head of a well-known Arya Samaj institution devoted to wome...
View full detailsDemography (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Sarah Harper
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• Author(s): Sarah Harper • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: DemographyAbout the Book The generation into which each person is born, the demographic composition of that cohort, a...
View full detailsThe Phobic And The Erotic: The Politics of Sexualities in Contemporary India
Subhabrata Bhattacharyya
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• Author(s): Subhabrata Bhattacharyya • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Gender StudiesA flamboyantly eclectic anthology that explodes the myths about the lines which divide us - t...
View full detailsThe Gift of Fear
Gavin de Becker
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• Author(s): Gavin de Becker • Publisher: MixGD • Publisher Imprint: MixGD • Subject: Bio-Science and AgricultureIn this work, Gavin de Becker, the man Oprah Winfrey calls the US's leading expert on violent behaviour, shows you how to spot even s...
View full detailsCase Study Research: What Why and How?
Peter Swanborn
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• Author(s): Peter Swanborn • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: Sage South Asia • Subject: Sociology and AnthropologyHow should case studies be selected? Is case study methodology fundamentally different to that of other methods? ...
View full detailsThe Philosophy Of Money
Georg Simmel
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• Author(s): Georg Simmel • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge Classics • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Money & Monetary PolicyWith a new foreword by Charles Lemert'Its greatness...lies in ceaseless and varied use of...
View full detailsFeminism: a Paradigm Shift
Neeru Tandon
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• Author(s): Neeru Tandon • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: English LiteratureMost urban people are familiar with the word Feminism, but the understanding of it remains vague and there is a general rejection of its re...
View full detailsThe Hellenistic Age (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Peter Thonemann
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• Author(s): Peter Thonemann • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Ancient - GreeceThe three centuries which followed the conquests of Alexander are perhaps the most thrilling of all periods of ancient ...
View full detailsThe Book of Japanese Folklore: An Encyclopedia of the Spirits, Monsters, and Yokai of Japanese Myth: The Stories of the Mischievous Kappa, Trickster K
Thersa Matsuura
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• Author(s): Thersa Matsuura • Publisher: MIXBZ • Publisher Imprint: MIXBZ • Subject: Encyclopaedias and References • BISAC: Folklore & MythologyDiscover everything you've ever wondered about the legendary spirits, creatures, and figures of J...
View full detailsThe Prisons We Broke
Baby Kamble, Translated from the Marathi by Maya Pandit
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• Author(s): Baby Kamble, Translated from the Marathi by Maya Pandit • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralWriting on the lives of the Mahars of Maharashtra, Baby Kamble re...
View full detailsCollected Essays Oip
Srinivas M.N.
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• Author(s): Srinivas M.N. • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: EssaysThis is the definitive collection of essays by renowned Indian sociologist M. N. Srinivas. Methodologically rig...
View full detailsThe Laws Of Human Nature
Greene, Robert
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• Author(s): Greene, Robert • Publisher: Profile Books Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Profile Books
The 48 Laws Of Power
Greene, Robert
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• Author(s): Greene, Robert • Publisher: Profile Books Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Profile BooksDrawn from 3,000 years of the history of power, this guide helps readers achieve for themselves what Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, Louis XIV and Ma...
View full detailsFamily, Kinship, and Marriage in India
Uberoi Patricia (Ed)
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• Author(s): Uberoi Patricia (Ed) • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialIndia is the second most populous nation in the world, but the dynamics of Indian daily life are no...
View full detailsDoing Sociology in India
Sujata Patel
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• Author(s): Sujata Patel • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThis important volume on the history of sociology in India locates scholars, scholarship, theories, perspectives, and practi...
View full detailsUrban Studies :
Patel Sujata & Kushal Deb, Kushal Deb
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• Author(s): Patel Sujata & Kushal Deb | Kushal Deb • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UPDrawing from some of the most influential studies conducted on Indian cities--Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata--U...
View full detailsSocial Hegemony in Contemporary India
R. Thirunavukkarasu
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• Author(s): R. Thirunavukkarasu • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThis edited book offers insights into the social inequalities that plague India and ...
View full detailsNation Nationalism and the Public Sphere: Religious Politics in India
Ishita Banerjee- Dube, Avishek Ray
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• Author(s): Ishita Banerjee- Dube | Avishek Ray • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • Subject: Sociology and AnthropologyFrom the shaping of identities and belongings through to current reconfigurations of nation, gove...
View full detailsMapping Dalit Feminism: Towards an Intersectional Standpoint
Anandita Pan
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• Author(s): Anandita Pan • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: Sage Stree • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralIn this path-breaking study, a first in many ways, Anandita Pan argues that dalit women are...
View full detailsKnowing Our Rights: Women, Family, Laws And Customs In The Muslim World
Women Living Under Muslim Laws
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• Author(s): Women Living Under Muslim Laws • Publisher: Zubaan • Publisher Imprint: Zubaan • Subject: Law and CriminologyThis text forms part of the international synthesis of the Women & Law in the Muslim World Programme and is based on som...
View full detailsIntroduction to Social Work
Bishnu Mohan Dash
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• Author(s): Bishnu Mohan Dash • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGETexts • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Social WorkThis textbook offers a lucid and comprehensive understanding of social work. Providing a broad...
View full detailsHindi Is Our Ground English Is Our Sky
LaDousa
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• Author(s): LaDousa • Publisher: Cambridge UP • Publisher Imprint: Foundation Books • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
Her-Self: Gender and Early Writings of Malayali Women 1898–1938
J. Devika, J Devika
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• Author(s): J. Devika | J Devika • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: Sage Stree • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Sociology - General'Texts that Dazzle.' V. Geetha, Foreword Translated for the first time into Engl...
View full detailsThe Business of Sex
Laxmi Murthy, Saraswathi Seshu
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• Author(s): Laxmi Murthy | Saraswathi Seshu • Publisher: Zubaan • Publisher Imprint: Zubaan • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Gender StudiesMainstream feminist discourse has failed to fully engage with commercial sex work. In a seri...
View full detailsGay Writers In Search Of The Divine: Hinduism And Homosexuality In The Lives And Writings Of Edward
Antony Copley
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• Author(s): Antony Copley • Publisher: Yoda Press • Publisher Imprint: Yoda Press • Subject: English LiteratureThis is an exploration of how three English writers-Edward Carpenter, E.M. Forster, and Christopher Isherwood-all three of whom shared...
View full detailsAn Invitation To Environmental Sociology
Michael Mayerfeld Bell
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• Author(s): Michael Mayerfeld Bell • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: Sage South Asia • Subject: Earth-Science/EnvironmentKey Features Improves the exposition and integration of the unifying concept of ecological dialogue Develo...
View full detailsIndian Society, Institutions And Change
Rajendra K. Sharma
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• Author(s): Rajendra K. Sharma • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: Sociology and AnthropologyThe book highlights the nature and features of Indian Society and the charges that has taken place in various social institut...
View full detailsTeacher Education: Issues and Innovation
Lokanath Mishra
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• Author(s): Lokanath Mishra • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: Education & PsychologyThe entire fabric of any modern and progressive country is built upon the quality, dedication, competency, and commitment of tea...
View full detailsSocial Disorganisation
Rajendra K. Sharma
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• Author(s): Rajendra K. Sharma • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: Sociology and AnthropologySocial Disorganisation covers university syllabi in Sociology in the papers of Social Disorganization, Social Disorganisation...
View full detailsSamajik Vighatan
Ram Nath Sharma, R.K. Sharma
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• Author(s): Ram Nath Sharma | R.K. Sharma • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: Sociology and Anthropologyयह पुस्तक समस्त भारतीय विश्वविद्यालयों में बी०ए० तथा एम०ए० समाजशास्त्र विषय में सामाजिक वैकारिकी, सामाजिक विघटन, भ...
View full detailsLabour And Industrial Relations Law
T. Vijaya Kumar
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• Author(s): T. Vijaya Kumar • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: Law and CriminologyLabour law mediates the relationship between workers, employers, trade unions and the government. Collective labour law bounds up with ...
View full detailsIndian Society And Culture
Padma Charan Dhal, Kalyani Jena, Nalini Prava Mohanty
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• Author(s): Padma Charan Dhal | Kalyani Jena | Nalini Prava Mohanty • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: Sociology and AnthropologyIndia at present is on the threshold of socio-economic revolution and each sector is dev...
View full detailsAudyogik Samajshastra
Dr. Rajendra Kumar Sharma
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• Author(s): Dr. Rajendra Kumar Sharma • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: Sociology and Anthropologyयह पुस्तक जैसा कि इसके नाम से ही स्पष्ट है, भारतीय विश्वविद्यालयों में समाजशास्त्र विषय में औद्योगिक समाजशास्त्र की पा...
View full detailsThe Naxalities And Their Ideology The Naxalities And Their Ideology, Third Edition
Ray Rabindra
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• Author(s): Ray Rabindra • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialThe Naxalites take their name from an uprising of workers in the tea gardens of the north Bengal countryside, near Naxalb...
View full detailsThe Dalit Movement In India Local Practices, Global Connections
Hardtmann Eva-Maria
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• Author(s): Hardtmann Eva-Maria • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialThe Dalit Movement in India traces new 'practices' and discourses among Dalit activists since t...
View full detailsThe Fieldworker And The Field Problems and Challenges in Sociological Investigation
Srinivas M N Shah A M & Ramaswamy E A/A.M. Shah/E.A. Ramaswamy
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• Author(s): Srinivas M N Shah A M & Ramaswamy E A/A.M. Shah/E.A. Ramaswamy • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThis is a paperback of a 1979 hardback which broke new ground in social investigatio...
View full detailsSociology of Law
DevaIndra
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• Author(s): DevaIndra • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Developing & Emerging CountriesThis collection of 21 essays analyses the relationship between legal and social systems...
View full detailsSocial Ecology
Ramachandra Guha
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• Author(s): Ramachandra Guha • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralSocial Ecology brings together a selection of pioneering essays on a subject of increasing inter...
View full detailsMethodology And Fieldwork
Srivastava Vinay Kumar
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• Author(s): Srivastava Vinay Kumar • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: MethodologyThis volume contains an account, written by well-known scholars, of the research methods used in s...
View full detailsWomen Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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• Author(s): Clarissa Pinkola Estes • Publisher: Ballantine Books • Publisher Imprint: Ballantine Books • BISAC: Folklore & MythologyFrom the Inside FlapUPDATED, WITH NEW MATERIAL BY THE AUTHOR"WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES isn't just another...
View full detailsFreemasonry (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Andreas Onnerfors
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• Author(s): Andreas Onnerfors • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Freemasonry & Secret SocietiesFreemasonry is one of the oldest and most widespread voluntary organizations in the world. Over the...
View full detailsAn Essay on the Principle of Population
Thomas Malthus
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• Author(s): Thomas Malthus • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: DemographyAs the world's population continues to grow at a frighteningly rapid rate, Malthus's classic warning agai...
View full detailsSocial Work (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Sally Holland
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• Author(s): Sally Holland • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Social WorkSocial workers spend their time trying to ease social suffering. They encounter the extreme casualties of s...
View full detailsJuice: A History of Female Ejaculation
Stephanie Haerdle
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• Author(s): Stephanie Haerdle • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Human Sexuality (see also Psychology - Human Sexuality)The fascinating, little-known history of female sex fluids through the millennia. For over 2000 y...
View full detailsPerspectives In Sociology
E.C. Cuff/Others
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• Author(s): E.C. Cuff/Others • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Rout India • Subject: Sociology and AnthropologyFrom its first edition in 1979, Perspectives in Sociology has provided generations of undergraduates with a clear...
View full detailsHindutva and Dalits: Perspectives for Understanding Communal Praxis
Anand Teltumbde
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• Author(s): Anand Teltumbde • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: Sage Samya • Subject: Sociology and AnthropologyReading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can...
View full detailsWomen And Social Reform in Modern India (Two Volume Set)
Sumit Sarkar and Tanika Sarkar (Eds.)
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• Author(s): Sumit Sarkar and Tanika Sarkar (Eds.) • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt LtdThe subject of social reforms has routinely formed a part of Indian history texts. The word 'reforms' conjures u...
View full detailsWives and Widows at Work: Women's Labour in Agrarian Bengal, Then and Now
Deepita Chakravarty
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• Author(s): Deepita Chakravarty • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd • BISAC: Women's StudiesHistory seems to stand still in Bengal, a province which once played a pioneering role in the nineteenth-...
View full detailsMarxism and Class Analysis
Beteille Andre
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• Author(s): Beteille Andre • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UPMarxism has played a crucial role--directly and indirectly--in the development of social analysis in India. This collection of essays addresses the contemporary sign...
View full detailsScience and the Raj
Tom Sant
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• Author(s): Tom Sant • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current AffairsExplores the link between science, technology, and the process of colonialization in the context of British India. This second edit...
View full detailsContemporary Sociology
M. Francis Abraham
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• Author(s): M. Francis Abraham • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThis revised and updated edition of the highly successful sociology textbook, Contemporary Sociology, continues to thr...
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