Friedman - Social & Cultural Studies 1

Step into the high-stakes world of America's founding fathers in the third volume of Neal W. Friedman's gripping historical series. As You Sow, You Shall Reap brings to life the intense political ri……続きを見る

Explaining why social movements and labor activists run into obstacles, and how these can be overcome, this book draws valuable sociological and strategic lessons from the drivers’ ten-week wildcat ……続きを見る

不只是美國法律史，也是美國社會生活史 一本影響美國法律史及社會史研究的劃時代巨著 榮獲「美國年度最優秀法學著作獎」及「崔尼爾書獎」 訴求人人平等的美國如何面對種族歧視的歷史？ 作為民主大國為何採用繁複耗……続きを見る

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A powerful and persuasive discussion about economics, freedom, and the relationship between the two, from today’s brightest economist. In this classic book on the free marke……続きを見る

This open access book investigates the ways in which young people around the world are prepared to undertake their roles as citizens. It presents the international results from the third cycle of th……続きを見る

Fundamentals of Community Design for Wellbeing addresses the need to rethink the philosophy and form of residential environments due to recent social, economic, environmental, and cultural shifts, i……続きを見る

In recent years, the justices of the Supreme Court have ruled definitively on such issues as abortion, school prayer, and military tribunals in the war on terror. They decided one of American histor……続きを見る

A brilliant investigation of globalization, the most significant socioeconomic trend in the world today, and how it is affecting everything we do-economically, politically, and culturally-abroad and……続きを見る

I remember the first time I was sent to look for a dead body. Not the first time I saw one, but rather the first time I was sent to look for one. Hold on, let's back up a minute. My name is Joshua S……続きを見る

As this bestseller predicted, Trump has only grown more erratic and dangerous as the pressures on him mount. This new edition includes new essays bringing the book up to dateーbecause this is still ……続きを見る

A major American legal thinker, the late Ronald Dworkin also helped shape new dispensations in the Global South. In South Africa, in particular, his work has been fiercely debated in the context of ……続きを見る

In Mallparks**, Michael T. Friedman observes that as cathedrals represented power relations in medieval towns and skyscrapers epitomized those within industrial cities, sports stadiums exemplify urb……続きを見る

The financial crisis has been blamed on reckless bankers, irrational exuberance, government support of mortgages for the poor, financial deregulation, and expansionary monetary policy. Specialists i……続きを見る

"At a time when policing in America is at a crossroads, Barry Friedman provides much-needed insight, analysis, and direction in his thoughtful new book. Unwarranted illuminates many of the often ign……続きを見る

This provocative work offers an anthropological analysis of the phenomenon of political correctness, both as a general phenomenon of communication, in which associations in space and time take prece……続きを見る

Within the already heavily polarised debate on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, parallels between Israel and apartheid South Africa remain highly contentious. A number of prominent academic and pol……続きを見る

How much is a human life worth? Individuals, families, companies, and governments routinely place a price on human life. The calculations that underlie these price tags are often buried in technical……続きを見る

Playing to Win: Raising Children in a Competitive Culture follows the path of elementary school-age children involved in competitive dance, youth travel soccer, and scholastic chess. Why do American……続きを見る

The book explores essential principles and practices for planning and designing sustainable refugee shelters. With millions of people forced to flee their homes annually due to conflict, environment……続きを見る

Politicians continually tell us that anyone can get ahead. But is that really true? This important, best-selling book takes readers behind the closed doors of elite employers to reveal how class aff……続きを見る

This discerning and timely study revitalizes Weber’s ideas, applying them to welfare state redistributions and synthesizing them with major issues in political science, law, public administration, s……続きを見る

“Conventional analysis suffers from a profound failure of imagination. It imagines passing clouds to be permanent and is blind to powerful, long-term shifts taking place in full view of the world.” ……続きを見る

This Independence Day edition of The World is Flat 3.0 includes an an exclusive preview of That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back, by Thomas L.……続きを見る

In 2022 The Washington Post called her the Jackie Robinson of collegiate women's basketball coaching. Now Marian E. Washington shares her compelling life story, tracing her humble roots in rural Pen……続きを見る

2020: China erlebt eine gravierende Krise, ausgelöst durch Konflikte zwischen armer und reicher Bevölkerung, und verschwindet von der Weltbühne. 2050: Polen überflügelt Deutschland wirtschaftlich un……続きを見る

THE TERRORIST MASSACRE COMMITTED BY HAMAS AGAINST INNOCENT ISRAELIS ON OCTOBER 7, 2023 BROUGHT GREAT TRAUMA TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL. BUT IT ALSO HAS BROUGHT GREAT CLARITY. It is this clarity that tel……続きを見る

二十世紀上半葉，上海成為多樣化娛樂的中心。在這裡，女性登上舞臺和銀幕，吸引大眾的「女性娛樂」開始蓬勃發展，這種現象也逐步傳播到日本。透過電影、無線及有線廣播、報刊雜誌、戲劇、舞蹈、體育、旅行等各種娛……続きを見る

What is the role of the senses in how we understand the world? Cognitive sociology has long addressed the way we perceive or imagine boundaries in our ordinary lives, but Asia Friedman pushes this q……続きを見る

This book conducts an examination of the international legal regime of the continental shelf through the lens of international relations (IR), with a primary focus on global governance theory. Prese……続きを見る

**The Economist, Best Books of 2024 The Times, Best Ideas Books of 2024 A uniquely data-rich analysis of the British elite from the Victorian era to today: who gets in, how they get there, what they……続きを見る