Social and cultural anthropology

History of the British West Indies (1954) examines the history of the islands of the Caribbean from their first discovery, through the periods of colonisation and slavery, and up to the beginnings of their status as independent nations.

This book uses cutting-edge work in neuroscience, social sciences, and humanities to explore the interactions of culture, mind, and brain.

This book provides a critical perspective on technology, answering the questions of why technologies often disappoint.

While many terms relate to One Health, the idea remains the same: to think outside a chosen area of specialty and work collaboratively as part of a team to improve health status around the world.

This book explores the journey of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as it is interpreted and translated from International Human Rights Law into domestic law and policy in different cultural contexts.

It is common to think of the Arctic as remote, perched at the farthest reaches of the world-a simple and harmonious, isolated utopia.

This book provides an in-depth study of Japanese whaling culture, emphasizing how the Japanese have considered whales and whaling in relation to their understanding of nature and religion.

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to the world of consumption, covering different topics and including sociological, economic and marketing aspects.

This edited book documents practices of learning-oriented language assessment through practitioner research and research syntheses.

This book explores the transnational mobility, everyday life and digital media use of childcare workers living and working abroad.

Mumbai / Bombay is a quintessential urban expression which represents the questions and puzzles related to Indian urbanity.

This volume explores political culture, especially the catastrophic elements of the global social order emerging in the twenty-first century.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

In a twenty-first-century global economy, in which multinational companies coordinate and collaborate withpartners and clientele around the world, it is usually English that is the parlance of business, research, technology, and finance.

This new book examines whether television can be used as a tool not just for capitalism, but for democracy.

One of the only guides to the prehistoric archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula that engages with key anthropological and archaeological debates.

Over half of England's secondary schools are now academies.

Pestizide, Feinstaub, Lärm – all das wirkt täglich unbemerkt auf uns und unser Wohlbefinden.

This volume investigates the links between the incidence of diet-related cancers and dietary patterns within Europe.

Managing the demands of the workplace and the responsibilities of the rest of your life can be tricky, especially when you're a driven leader who wants to succeed.

Who are the Jews--a race, a people, a religious group?

The Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Arts and Culture offers a comprehensive overview of sociology of art and culture, focusing especially - though not exclusively - on the visual arts, literature, music, and digital culture.

Dietary Supplementation in Sport and Exercise removes the myths associated with many dietary supplements.

Black Studies is a hugely important, and yet undervalued, academic field of enquiry that is marked by its disciplinary absence and omission from academic curricula in Britain.

A lively indictment of American culture's pervasive use of the psychotherapeutic metaphor to explain behaviours, a habit that has crossed the Atlantic in recent years, arguing that psychotherapy and excessive individualism has only ensured the continuance of social problems.

Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing.

With the rapid growth and interest in food studies around the U.

The Road: Indian Tribes and Political Liberty offers a rigorous constitutional and methodological rethinking of the United States' relationship to Indigenous polities.

This book primarily examines human-animal and human-plant interactions in Asian forests (Southeast Asia and Japan) and inland waters (China).

This book is based on a series of lectures, which begin with a look at the history of the language that we use in order to encode our knowledge, particularly our scientific knowledge, i.

Workable Sisterhood is an empirical look at sixteen HIV-positive women who have a history of drug use, conflict with the law, or a history of working in the sex trade.

This book highlights the expansion of the influential Pentecostal Hillsong Church global megachurch network from Australia across global cities.

A medical research pioneer reveals "e;how food choices that support biodiversity can save lives, shield us from novel infections, and protect the planet"e; (Joel Fuhrman, MD, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Eat to Live).

This volume provides systematic, interdisciplinary, and intercultural impulses for a phenomenological pedagogy of emotions, feelings, and moods without subordinating them to the logocentric dualism of emotion and rationality.

This book offers an in-depth analysis of the interrelationship between long-standing caste discrimination in Nepal, its vicious circle of impact upon the Dalit groups and the changes brought by the recent political transformations.

Full translation together with detailed introduction, commentary and discussion of terminology.

Der Mensch ist als Person für sein Handeln verantwortlich.

Practical Social Justice brings together the mentorship experiences of a diverse group of leaders across business, academia, and the public sector.

A state-of-the-art reference on educational ethnography edited by leading journal editors This book brings an international group of writers together to offer an authoritative state-of-the-art review of, and critical reflection on, educational ethnography as it is being theorized and practiced today from rural and remote settings to virtual and visual posts.

The current situation regarding labeling and defining dietary fiber in the United States and many other countries is arbitrary due to its reliance on analytical methods as opposed to an accurate definition that includes its role in health.

Drawing on ethnographic inquiry and the anthropological literature on doubt and atheism, this volume explores people's reluctance to pursue religion.

This book delves into the intricate interplay between air and water quality issues, shedding light on the interconnectedness of these vital components of our ecosystem.

This book critically analyses the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, UNESCO's latest and ground-breaking treaty in the area of cultural heritage protection.

Incorporating research carried out over the last twenty years, this book documents the personal and collective responses of Chinese migrants and refugees to the prejudice and discrimination they have experienced.

The Nutrition and Health series has been very fortunate to have each of the volumes recognized by rating services, such as Doody's, as valuable contributions for health professionals and individuals interested in the most up-to-date and balanced information from the experts in nutrition.