Sociology and Anthropology

From being a tiny, non-descript village of the Malwa region in the ancient times, a strife-torn principality under the tutelage of a Pathan dynasty...

Beyond the Woman Question both revisits and interrogates some of the central tenets of the ‘woman uestion’ as it emerged in colonial India andshape...

About the Book Few figures in cinema history are as towering as Russian filmmaker and theorist Sergei Mikhailovitch Eisenstein (1898–1948). Not o...

About the Book The knowledge disseminated by universities and mobilized by states to govern populations has been globally dominant for more than a ...

About the Book K. G. Subramanyan is one of the most influential Indian artists, teachers, and theorists of the twentieth century. Born in 1924, Sub...

About the Book Social work practice with children, young people and families is complex, highly skilled - and fascinating. Writing about social wor...

About the Book - Beads of Arunachal Pradesh describes the cultural importance of different beads among the people of north-east India in general an...

About the Book Anthony Crosland's The Future of Socialism (1956) provided a creed for governments of the centre left. Now Peter Hain revisits this ...

About the Book Chris Beckett′s new book on assessment and intervention in social work practice covers the core topics for qualifying social work st...

About the Book Asian Americans are the fastest growing minority population in the country. Moreover, they provide a wonderful lens on the experienc...

About the Book Over the last three decades, Sheba Chhachhi has developed an art practice that traverses the fields of documentary photography, inst...

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This volume consists of nine case studies which collectively illustrate that the course and outcome of capitalist modernization has not been the sa...

About the Book Western aid is in decline. Non-traditional development actors from the developing countries and elsewhere are in the ascendant. A ne...

About the Book Many people consider themselves to be both environmentalists and supporters of animal welfare and rights. Yet, despite the many issu...

This innovative textbook introduces the readers to key theories, themes, and concepts in the discipline of sociology and helps them to develop as a...

This book is an authentic interpretation of over 400 Indian concepts and practices derived from a personal exploration of India, over a period of 5...

About the Book American Technology brings together ten fascinating and important stories of the ways in which Americans, from colonial times to the...

About the Book With more than one million people currently infected and half a million already dead, the U.S. ranks among the top ten most severe A...

In this imposing new volume, Saurabh Dube writes against the grain of understandings which often set up objects of intellectual inquiry as the sing...

About the Book What role should racial difference play in the American workplace? As a nation, we rely on civil rights law to address this question...

About the Book Abortion has remained one of the most volatile and polarizing issues in the United States for over four decades. Americans are more ...

About the Book Human security is a key element in the measure of well-being, and a hot topic in anthropology and development studies. A World of In...

India has made remarkable headway in reducing the prevalence of infectious diseases and extending people’s life expectancy. But despite all the pro...

About the Book French cultural theorist and urbanist Paul Virilio is best known for his writings on media, technology, and architecture. Gathered h...

About the Book French cultural theorist and urbanist Paul virilio is best known for his writings on media, technology, and architecture. Gathered h...

In A Village Goes Mobile, Sirpa Tenhunen examines how the mobile telephone has contributed to social change in rural India. Tenhunen's long-term et...

About the Book The Second Edition of Qualitative Research provides a refreshing introduction to doing and debating qualitative research. The author...

A People`s History of India 7 - Society and Culture in Post-Mauryan India, C. 200 BC-AD 300 [Paperback] Irfan Habib

A History of Humanity completes the remarkable story of the worldwide human community by including the unique insights of symbolic history alongsid...

About the Book The idea that gender equality in education has been achieved is now a staple of public debate. As a result, educational policies and...

About the Book The rapid development of democracy and political freedoms has created new and sophisticated psychology-based methods of influencing ...

About the Book Selected by Choice as a 2012 Outstanding Academic Title Awarded a 2012 PROSE Honorable Mention as a Single Volume Reference/Humanit...

A novel model of care—integrating education, treatment and social and emotional development—that addresses the issues of people with disability Thi...

About the Book Are global standards of aid, assistance and redistribution achievable in practice? These 8 essays assesses fields including humanita...

In Blind Spot, Myriam Tadessé exposes the difficulty, even the impossibility, for France to truly understand and celebrate the lived realities of m...

No other German has shaped the history of early-modern Europe more than Martin Luther. In this comprehensive and balanced biography we see Luther ...

This book is a pioneering attempt to study Mughal Indian polity and the dynamics of family, kinship and caste through Riti Kal literature. The lite...

I enjoyed success too early, married the wrong man, and hung out with the wrong people; too many men have likewise and I’ve liked too many men. Fra...

Variations in ceramics are culturally significant. These are an expression of the functions that they are meant to perform, the identity of a commu...

Essays by Adorno on art and cinema, available in English for the first time. In Without Model, Theodor W. Adorno strikingly demonstrates the inte...

This series of books from Learning Matters is aimed at busy social work and health care practitioners, particularly in the context of integrated he...

This volume stems from the understanding that historiographical analyses of the Gita's reception overlook the element of its translation. It begins...

The new, tenth edition of Social Psychology is a fully revised and sweeping look into the social forces that make us who we are. Real-life examples...

"An extremely valuable source of reading, information, and guidance for my policing students. It covers all the topical issues." Johannes Oosthuize...