Terence - Sociology 1

In The Historic Turn in the Human Sciences eleven scholars widely known for their interdisciplinary work investigate one of the most striking developments in the intellectual world today: the return……続きを見る

This is the biography of a pioneer aeronaut, Charles Henry Brown, whose life-long obsession with aerostation took him from his native Great Britain to Australia and India. The story of his quest for……続きを見る

As pesquisas do etnobotânico Terence McKenna, relatadas em O Pão dos Deuses, versando a relação ancestral dos seres humanos com as substâncias químicas, abrem uma porta para o divino e sugerem uma s……続きを見る

Un fascinante estudio del ritual y el simbolismo para comprender nuestra historia. Este libro, editado por dos reputados historiadores británicos, expone cómo el «invento de las tradiciones» fue un ……続きを見る

Social scientists seek to develop systematic ways to understand how people make meaning and how the meanings they make shape them and the world in which they live. But how do we measure such process……続きを見る

This book examines the efforts of the government in Scotland to manage the increase of migrants travelling to Britain at the end of the nineteenth century. Focussing on the period between 1885 and 1……続きを見る

2020 American Express NGen Leadership Award **We don't care about what we don't see.**Countless people are invisible to us. We overlook the poor and homeless, partly because we don't share much sp……続きを見る

In the early 1970s many sociologists, particularly radical theorists of crime and deviance, had rejected the belief that sociological knowledge was objective or value-free. Their work, often with go……続きを見る

Après un essai sur la littérature, Présence d’esprit, et de nombreux romans, Mathieu Terence nous offre ici un traité philosophique construit comme une démonstration mathématique. Il nous propose un……続きを見る

The use of images, particularly photography, has been steadily gaining popularity in academia, but there has not yet been a book that deals with the act and process of photo-taking in the field. Dra……続きを見る

We see it all the time: organizations strive to persuade the public to change beliefs or behavior through expensive, expansive media campaigns. Designers painstakingly craft clear, resonant, and cul……続きを見る

The Asian Financial Crisis dramatically illustrated the vulnerability of financial markets in emerging, transitional, and advanced economies. In response, international organizations insisted that l……続きを見る

Behind the twenty-first-century curtain of "colorblind" public sentiment lies an often-ignored reality shared by many African American malesーracism continues to thrive and often drastically affects……続きを見る

Social scientists seek to develop systematic ways to understand how people make meaning and how the meanings they make shape them and the world in which they live. But how do we measure such process……続きを見る

This edited volume in American constitutionalism places the Supreme Court’s declaration of same-sex marriage rights in U.S. v. Windsor (2013) and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) within the context of th……続きを見る

How do individuals inscribe their spiritual identities and diasporic ethnicities in the city? Through a series of sociological and photographic essays, Terence Heng maps the various rituals, collect……続きを見る

In an age of increasingly fragmented migration, consumption, and globalisation, how do diasporic individuals navigate their ethnic identities? Diasporas, Weddings and the Trajectories of Ethnicity i……続きを見る

This is Volume IV of fifteen in the Sociology of Law and Criminology Series. Originally published in 1957 this study looks at social ecology and offer a clear exposition of the merits as well as the……続きを見る

This book looks in detail at the journeys to asylum in Asia which are largely neglected in the media and academic analyses, despite Asia becoming the most essential region for asylum, receiving refu……続きを見る

This is Volume XIII of fifteen in a series on the Sociology of Law and Criminology. Originally published in 1963, this is a sociological Study of an English Prison. 続きを見る

The Global Agenda for Social Justice provides accessible insights into some of the world’s most pressing social problems and proposes international public policy responses to those problems. Written……続きを見る

For all the debates about black males and their role in American society, there has been little attention to a dangerous and growing trend: the overprescription of Ritalin and other behavioral drugs……続きを見る

The seminal history of Ireland’s most unusual century, thoroughly updated for the new millennium. With its starting point the bloody creation of the Irish Free State in 1922, Ireland: A Social and C……続きを見る

This book explores this inherent contradiction present in most facets of Singaporean media, cultural and political discourses, and identifies the key regulatory strategies and technologies that the ……続きを見る

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the contemporary English-language theatre field in Singapore. It describes Singapore theatre as a politically dynamic field that is often a site for……続きを見る