Home Schooling and Home Education provides an original account of home education and examines ways in which the discourses of home education are understood and contextualised in different countries, such as the UK and USA.
Home Schooling and Home Education provides an original account of home education and examines ways in which the discourses of home education are understood and contextualised in different countries, such as the UK and USA.
First published in 1979, this book looks at every aspect of the life and work of Elizabeth Gaskell, including her lesser known novels and writings - especially those concerning life in the industrial north of Victorian England.
First published in 1979, this book looks at every aspect of the life and work of Elizabeth Gaskell, including her lesser known novels and writings - especially those concerning life in the industrial north of Victorian England.
The 21st Century in the United States continues to be marked by persistent disparities between members of different classes, races, genders, and sexual orientations.
The 21st Century in the United States continues to be marked by persistent disparities between members of different classes, races, genders, and sexual orientations.
First published in 1981, this book represents the first comprehensive examination of Victorian society's preoccupation with the 'notion of the gentleman' and how this was reflected in the literature of the time.
First published in 1981, this book represents the first comprehensive examination of Victorian society's preoccupation with the 'notion of the gentleman' and how this was reflected in the literature of the time.
First published in 1969, this book asserts that two concepts, structure and praxis, make it impractical for scholars to ignore the necessity of a theory of the novel - with the term 'classical novel' used to cover western fiction.
First published in 1969, this book asserts that two concepts, structure and praxis, make it impractical for scholars to ignore the necessity of a theory of the novel - with the term 'classical novel' used to cover western fiction.
Since the beginning of social life human societies have faced the problem how to distribute the results of collaborative activities among the participants.
Since the beginning of social life human societies have faced the problem how to distribute the results of collaborative activities among the participants.
From drugging kids into attention and reviving behaviorism to biometric measurements of teaching and learning Scripted Bodies exposes a brave new world of education in the age of repression.
From drugging kids into attention and reviving behaviorism to biometric measurements of teaching and learning Scripted Bodies exposes a brave new world of education in the age of repression.
First published in 1993, this book presents a biography of a central figure in the development of both the labour movement and British politics in the first half of the twentieth century.
First published in 1993, this book presents a biography of a central figure in the development of both the labour movement and British politics in the first half of the twentieth century.
This sociological classic shows how the railroad tramp's status as a deviant changed from frontier itinerant to post settlement vagrant; from class conscious proletariat in the Depression to the damaged post WWII vet.
This sociological classic shows how the railroad tramp's status as a deviant changed from frontier itinerant to post settlement vagrant; from class conscious proletariat in the Depression to the damaged post WWII vet.
This book uses qualitative data to explore the experiences and ideas of African Americans confronting and constructing gentrification in Washington, D.
This book uses qualitative data to explore the experiences and ideas of African Americans confronting and constructing gentrification in Washington, D.
American Mythologies examines eleven myths that form part of the storehouse of present-day American mythologies, elucidating the nature of contemporary myths by investigating their ideological sub-terrain.
American Mythologies examines eleven myths that form part of the storehouse of present-day American mythologies, elucidating the nature of contemporary myths by investigating their ideological sub-terrain.