F - Sociology 1

First published in 2005. This book, a collection of lectures delivered at King's College, London in 1925, is a brilliant tribute to the spirit of chivalry. Lectures on the historical context of chiv……続きを見る

This is Volume XVII of twenty-two in a collection on Social Theory and Methodology. Originally published in 1958, this book presents an essay in aid of a deeper understanding of the history of ideas. 続きを見る

This is Volume XII of a series of eighteen on Public Policy, Welfare and Social Work. Originally published in 1968. The title Social Services in British Industry might seem a contradiction in terms.……続きを見る

Discover the remarkable woman behind the legend. Discover Christine Jorgensen’s remarkable, inspirational journey to become the woman she always knew she should have been. Becoming a Woman: A Biogra……続きを見る

This book focuses on social and cultural trends in present-day Hadrami Arab societies in Eastern and Central Indonesia, and the history of the Hadrami Arab people, which demonstrates an early form o……続きを見る

Since the 1980s there has been a growing billion dollar business producing porcelain collectible dolls. Avertised in Sunday newspapers and mailbox fliers, even Marie Osmond, an avid collector hersel……続きを見る

Disrupting Dark Networks focuses on how social network analysis can be used to craft strategies to track, destabilize and disrupt covert and illegal networks. The book begins with an overview of the……続きを見る

Gay Ethics is an anthology that addresses ethical questions involving key moral issues of today--sexual morality, outing, gay and lesbian marriages, military service, anti-discrimination laws, affir……続きを見る

The main feature of this book is a discussion of 'role analysis' and its relevance to social structure. Arguing that the role system of a society is the matrix of its social structure, the author pr……続きを見る

Disciplining the Poor explains the transformation of poverty governance over the past forty yearsーwhy it happened, how it works today, and how it affects people. In the process, it clarifies the ce……続きを見る

First published in 1998. An examination of the main branches of social work in Great Britain and their development from their confused beginnings to the state they reached by the nineteenth century.……続きを見る

Jews of the Dutch Caribbean addresses identity and ethnicity, through a detailed study of a little-known group in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. It asks readers to take a broad perspective on the co……続きを見る

Ever since its first publication in 1932, Sorcerers of Dobu has been recognized as one of the great triumphs of anthropological research and interpretation in the field of ethnography. A rich source……続きを見る

Love and Anger: Essays on AIDS, Activism, and Politics is one of the first books to take an interdisciplinary approach to AIDS activism and politics by looking at the literary response to the diseas……続きを見る

Over the past several decades, researchers as well as social policymakers and educators have acknowledged the importance that fathers play in their children's lives. A good deal of research on fathe……続きを見る

The human body is not a given fact; it is not, as Descartes believed, a “machine made up of flesh and bones.” The body is acquired, achieved, and learned. It is thus full of mimetic and mnemonic imp……続きを見る

Constrained by shrinking budgets, can colleges do more to improve the quality of education? And can students get more out of college without paying higher tuition? Daniel Chambliss and Christopher T……続きを見る

This is the first book-length study of the rich fiction that has emerged from the AIDS crisis. Examining first the ways in which scientific discourse on AIDS has reflected ideologies of gender and s……続きを見る

Though it may be surprising in today's political context, in which the term "socialism" is often uttered like a profane insult, this political school of thought was quite popular in the early twenti……続きを見る

The authors provide stepping stones for rural and small-town agencies to make the organizational changes needed for community policing to take hold. The book introduces the concept of community poli……続きを見る

Pour nos enfants, la radiesthésie, la radionique et le magnétisme nous sont d'une aide inestimable. Dès sa naissance, vous pouvez ménager à votre bébé une agréable prise de contact avec la vie et vo……続きを見る

La beauté, le rajeunissement et la prolongation de la vie sont du domaine des possibilités actuelles Déjà, les progrès de la médecine et l'amélioration des conditions sociales permettent une prolong……続きを見る

Interdisciplinarity has seemingly become a paradigm for modern and meaningful research. Clearly, the interdisciplinary modus of deliberation enables to unfold relevant but quite different disciplina……続きを見る

This book was first published in 1977. In bringing together psychology and urban design there is always the risk of alienating specialists in both fields. The psychologist may resent the failure to ……続きを見る

This book argues that information communication technologies are not creating new forms of social structure, but rather altering long-standing institutions and amplifying existing trends of social c……続きを見る

This is Volume III of eighteen in a series on the Sociology of Work and Organisation. First published in 1964, this is a study of policy; of why and how the United Kingdom has developed financial pr……続きを見る

The Dragon Myth appears in numerous languages; it can be found with minor variations in English, Russian, Swedish, German, French, Japanese and Swahili. The author of this work presents the Celtic v……続きを見る

This book develops a sociologically informed theory of constitutionalism in the global realm, addressing both national and transnational forms of constitutional ordering. The book begins with the ar……続きを見る

The study of advertising and its treatment of utopian appeal enhance our understanding of consumer culture. By looking into the advertising page, we also look into consumers’ desires and the process……続きを見る

To an increasing extent, nationals of Third World countries are protesting against the tendency of foreign theoreticians and observers to study their problems - political problems in particular - in……続きを見る