Sociology

In 1861, the great journalist and social advocate Henry Mayhew published London Labour and the London Poor, an oral history of those living and working on the streets of Victorian London.

'An explosive new book' Daily Mail'[A] careful, comprehensive interrogation of every major Facebook scandal.

'A refreshingly healthy take on social media and particularly good on body image' Lorraine Candy, Sunday TimesThe teen years are tough - for teens and for parents.

At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Great Britain ranked thirty-sixth in the medals table, finishing below countries like Algeria, Belgium and Kazakhstan.

The delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention blocked the establishment of Christianity as a national religion.

Weary of the long path to become a parent?

Where does the nation-state end and globalization begin?

The complex relationships between altruists, beneficiaries, and brokers in the global effort to fight AIDS in AfricaIn the wake of the AIDS pandemic, legions of organizations and compassionate individuals descended on Africa from faraway places to offer their help and save lives.

Beyond the Market launches a sociological investigation into economic efficiency.

The opponents of legal recognition for same-sex marriage frequently appeal to a "e;Judeo-Christian"e; tradition.

Three Worlds of Relief examines the role of race and immigration in the development of the American social welfare system by comparing how blacks, Mexicans, and European immigrants were treated by welfare policies during the Progressive Era and the New Deal.

Why do British pubs have such curious names?

Few people have the opportunity to change the face of modern medicine.

Walking has never been a more popular pastime and nowhere is more beautiful for walkers to explore than Ireland.

Is our world becoming too complex and too fast-paced to manage?

In this classic work of psychology John Bowlby examines the processes that take place in attachment and separation and shows how experimental studies of children provide us with a recognizable behaviour pattern which is confirmed by discoveries in the biological sciences.

What happens to us as we die?

AS RECOMMENDED BY PHILIPPA PERRY IN THE GUARDIAN:'This is about learning what adaptations you may unconsciously have built up throughout your life and how much easier it is to connect after we have let those defences go'Have you ever met someone who seems to get their way in every conversation they have?

The Hacker Ethic takes us on a journey through fundamental questions about life in the information age - a trip of constant surprises, after which our time and our lives can be seen from unexpected perspectives.

The dizzying exuberance of the Internet driven marketplace offers unprecedented opportunities and an ever-expanding choice of deals, products, investments, and jobs - ranging from the merely attractive to the nearly irresistible for the people with the right talent and skills.

Scholars have long argued over whether the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, which ended more than a century of religious conflict arising from the Protestant Reformations, inaugurated the modern sovereign-state system.

With his acclaimed Eat Right 4 Your Type diet series, Dr Peter D'Adamo started a health craze which proved that when it comes to dieting, one plan does not fit all.

Q: Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?

Written by one of America's leading political thinkers, this is a book about the good, the bad, and the ugly of identity politics.

Ita Doyle: 'In all my life I have lived in two houses, had two jobs, and one husband.

In his 1932 classic dystopian novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley depicted a future society in thrall to science and regulated by sophisticated methods of social control.

Should governments save people from themselves?

Is management a profession?

What makes a family happy?

Pregnancy and childbirth remains a mystical and magical time, characterised by feelings of hope, uncertainty and worry.

Activate your 'skinny gene' with The Alternate-Day Diet, by James B Johnson.

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Embrace a healthy and natural lifestyle in 2020 with this delicious collection of over 110 paleo-inspired recipes __________This is heavenly food which is also incredibly good for you; the type of food that your body was designed to eat.

Somewhere in the 1970s liberals in the United States lost their way.

Although the current economic crisis creates a sense of urgency, we have always had and will always have a large number of people who are unemployed.

What would you do if you suddenly became rich?

Each October, as the Day of the Dead draws near, Mexican markets overflow with decorated breads, fanciful paper cutouts, and whimsical toy skulls and skeletons.

Gendered Talk at Work examines how women and men negotiate their gender identities as well as their professional roles in everyday workplace communication.

It aims to provide the practitioner with a description of depression, an explanation of factors that contribute to mood disorders and guidance on their assessment and treatment in adolescence.

In Food in the Ancient World, a respected classicist and a practising world-class chef explore a millennium of eating and drinking.

This wide-ranging reader locates supply chain management, lean production and related practice within the holistic concept of total product systems.

Such diverse thinkers as Lao-Tze, Confucius, and U.

In Death, Mourning, and Burial, an indispensable introduction to the anthropology of death, readers will find a rich selection of some of the finest ethnographic work on this fascinating topic.

This collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by prominent international scholars covers the most important issues comprising the sociology of culture.

Women, Family, and Work is a collection of original essays on a wide variety of topics related to the economics of gender and the family.

Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year AwardA novel economic interpretation of how religions have become so powerful in the modern worldReligion in the twenty-first century is alive and well across the world, despite its apparent decline in North America and parts of Europe.

How the words we use-and don't use-reinforce dominant cultural normsWhy is the term "e;openly gay"e; so widely used but "e;openly straight"e; is not?

The world of money is being transformed as households and organizations face changing economies, and new currencies and payment systems like Bitcoin and Apple Pay gain ground.

How the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite, and how their consumer habits affect us allIn today's world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite.