ａｓａ - Social & Cultural Studies 2

Understand Thailand’s important symbols, icons, and social practices Thailand’s culture is unlike any other. Travelers attempting to fully immerse themselves in all that this tourist destination has……続きを見る

First published in 1984, Toynbee Hall, The First Hundred Years is not just a centenary study, but a personal contribution to the continuing history of Toynbee Hall, which is the Universities’ settle……続きを見る

Drawing on theory from anthropology, sociology, organisation studies and philosophy, this book addresses how the perception, communication and management of risk is shaped by culturally informed and……続きを見る

This vintage book contains Asa Gray’s 1889 collection of essays on the subject of Darwinism. The articles champion the theory of evolution from a botanical standpoint, but also seek to reconcile Dar……続きを見る

A murder, just four hours before the Royal Duchess is scheduled to sail for Alaska, and inspector Solomon Hunter and his assistant, Talcott Weems, are summoned to investigate this latest mystery. Th……続きを見る

The importance of the global rural-urban matrix is often overlooked due to urban-normativity. But sometimes agrarian populism and a pastoral rural imaginary result in the equally fallacy of a rural-……続きを見る

Moving beyond the question of whether an area of scholarly investigation can truly be characterized as 'legal', Exploiting the Limits of Law combats the often unhelpful constraints of law's subject-……続きを見る

Changing Relations of Welfare is concerned with the complexities of family relations and practices in the recent past and how these have been imagined, addressed or elided in present policy making. ……続きを見る

Berger’s slim, user-friendly volume on academic writing is a gift to linguistically-stressed academics. Author of 60 published books, the author speaks to junior scholars and graduate students about……続きを見る

In this entirely sophisticated and scholarly account of political culture, Arthur Asa Berger shows how the variety of cultural preferences creates the foundations of communication theory. Using the ……続きを見る

This book offers a semiotically informed ethnographic study of contemporary culture in Rajasthan and India. It adapts the methodology of analyzing cultures found in Roland Barthes' semiotic portrait……続きを見る

In 1946, William Bullitt, the first U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, U.S. Ambassador to France at the outbreak of the Second World War, and onetime close advisor to FDR, wrote the first book-len……続きを見る

This book provides a cultural studies analysis of Millennials and their impact on American culture and society. Beginning with an introduction that touches upon which part of the population is descr……続きを見る

Sweden has gained a worldwide reputation for its family friendly policies and the high share of women in paid employment. This book discusses the particular importance of early activation policies i……続きを見る

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the implementation, functioning, and impact of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), cornerstone of Venezuelan foreign policy ……続きを見る

This book is a history of Canada's role in the world as well as the impact of world events on Canada. Starting from the country's quasi-independence from Britain in 1867, its analysis moves through ……続きを見る

Entangled Terrains: Empire, Identity, and Memories of Guantánamo explores the challenges and conflicts of life in the transnational spaces between Cuba and the United States by examining the lived e……続きを見る

Perspectives on Everyday Life: A Cross Disciplinary Cultural Analysis makes the argument for studying everyday life through a combination of introductory theoretical approaches and a grouping of app……続きを見る

The sixth edition of this approachable text draws on both academic and applied perspectives to offer a lively critique of contemporary advertising’s effects on American character and culture. Berger……続きを見る

The fifth edition of this approachable text draws on both academic and applied perspectives to offer a lively critique of contemporary advertising’s effects on American character and culture. Berger……続きを見る

Beer and Society: How We Make Beer and Beer Makes Us takes readers on a lively journey through the social, cultural, and economic dimensions of the modern beer world. This book illustrates that beer……続きを見る

"The estimate of Little Crow written by Dr. Asa Daniels...closed his tribute to Little Crow with...had their treatment been just, humane and generous, the Outbreak of 1862 would never have occurred.……続きを見る

Trump’s Followers: A Socio-Semiotic Analysis uses semiotic theory, psychoanalytic theory, and sociological theory to analyze Donald Trump’s followers and to understand what motivates them and explai……続きを見る

Trodde du att striden om kärnkraften var över? Den har knappt börjat. Med katastrofen i Fukushima i färskt minne, och med en generation av reaktorer som börjar knaka i fogarna, är frågan om kärnkraf……続きを見る

Idag är snittåldern för en förstagångsföderska i Sverige cirka trettio år. En hel kvinnogeneration har vuxit upp med p-piller och andra möjligheter att skydda sig, ofta ovetande om att det kan vara ……続きを見る

"I de borgerliga salongerna är populism ett skällsord, men vi vill ta fram det friska som trots allt finns i den folkliga reaktionen mot de senaste tre decenniernas hämningslösa kapitalism. I vissa ……続きを見る

Despite the last days of Rome being around 1,500 years ago, the shadow of its empire – and what those who lived in it had to say – still looms large over modern politics. Indeed, we would not think ……続きを見る

In the early twentieth century, money, power, and reputation were king. With outlaws like Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson roaming the streets, it was a lawless time, with lawless individuals t……続きを見る

在假新聞 ＆ 另類事實蔓延的後真相時代，哲學家出手的時刻到了！ 瑞典最酷哲學家 瑞典學院院士， 從哲學和心理學的觀點指出當代知識所遭遇的威脅， 並為讀者提供防禦反擊所需的思想工具。 ☆★售出包括徳國 挪威 芬……続きを見る

This book presents new ways of approaching photographic discourse from a queer perspective, offering discussions on what a queering methodology for photography may entail by drawing links between ar……続きを見る