Sociology and anthropology

Memorializing Pearl Harbor examines the challenge of representing history at the site of the attack that brought America into World War II.

The most comprehensive major academic textbook available on its topic, this classic text presents the most important research studies in the field.

Serious research into the causes and implications of anaging population is a relatively recent phenomenon.

Few subjects of social scientific inquiry need interpretive analysis more than the topic of racial politics, yet most US political science employs a narrowly behavioralist orientation.

This book offers both marketing and sales professionals a rare combined insight into both worlds to continuously capture customer intelligence and create value, by blending detailed research with academic rigor and commercial experience of the authors in both Europe and North America.

Das Einstellungsinterview ist die am weitesten verbreitete Methode der Personalauswahl und, wenn es richtig durchgeführt wird, auch die vielseitigste und erfolgreichste.

Dali is a small region on a high plateau in Southeast Asia.

Presents a clear and structured analysis of the Philosophy of Social Science across each of its main disciplines: Anthropology, Sociology, History, Economics and Geography.

The Lives of Foster Carers analyzes the contradictions, conflicts, and ambiguities experienced by foster carers arising from the inter-penetrations of public bureaucracy and private family life.

The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the world's fourth most important food crop after maize, rice and wheat with 377 million tonnes fresh-weight of tubers produced in 2016 from 19.

This book explores the experiences of Muslims in the United States as they interact with the health care system during serious illness and end-of-life care.

'Mercenaries', 'cheats', 'destroying the soul of (English) football', 'destroying the link between football clubs and their supporters': foreign football players have been accused of being at the origin of all the ills of contemporary football.

A Sculptor's Manual focuses on the methods involved in sculpture.

This book explores why animals, at some point, disappeared from the realm and scope of sociology.

Winner of the American Sociological Association's 'Distinguished Book Award' in the Religion category.

A greatly expanded and heavily revised second edition, this popular guide provides instructions and clear examples for running analyses of variance (ANOVA) and several other related statistical tests of significance with SPSS.

This book examines three years of Beyonce's career as a pop mega star using critical race, feminist and performance studies methodologies.

Decades after independence for most African states, the struggle for decolonization is still incomplete, as demonstrated by the fact that Africa remains associated in many Western minds with chaos, illness, and disorder.

Over the course of the last ten years the issue of debt has become a serious problem that threatens to destroy the global socio-economic system and ruin the everyday lives of millions of people.

Im Rahmen des Projekts "Fachwissen in der Politik.

The volume addresses the pertinent need to examine childhood trauma revolving around themes of war, sexual abuse, and disability.

Effective feedback, whether it's meant for your boss, your peers, or your direct reports, is built around three ideas.

In the early 2000s, the central government of China encouraged all of the nation's registered minorities to "e;salvage, sort, synthesize, and elevate"e; folk medical knowledges in an effort to create local health care systems comparable to the nationally supported institutions of traditional Chinese medicine.

Human Resource Management and Ethics at Work dives deep into understanding ethical human resources practice, including professional codes of conduct and what it means to be an ethical human resources professional.

This book offers readers a comprehensive introduction to the functions of the government in contemporary China.

This edited volume comprehensively highlights recent advances in the metabolism, nutrition, physiology, and pathobiology of amino acids in all the systems of humans and other animals (including livestock, poultry, companion animals, and fish).

This lively and engaging book conducts a thorough review of the current research literature in developmental psychology and socialisation, and then clearly links theory to practical applications in both clinical and everyday situations.

The contributions here cover the major socio-economic, political, cultural and sporting dimensions of the 1998 World Cup.

Examining the conditions that not only blocked attempts to make America great again but also actively made the country worse, Why America Didn't Become Great Again identifies those organizations, institutions, politicians, and prominent characters in the forefront of the economic and social policies - ultimately asking who is responsible.

Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century is the first book in over twenty years to examine the international media's coverage of sub-Saharan Africa.

Published in 1999.

It is often claimed that we live in an expert society, a society where more and more individuals take expert roles in increasingly narrow fields.

In the wake of the 9/11 tragedy recent political and religious conflicts, attention to religious violence has increased exponentially.

To truly understand your intimate relationships, you must read this book!

Changing one's diet not only improves physical health, but benefits mood, behaviour and cognitive function at a fundamental level.

Developed by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), The ASMBS Textbook of Bariatric Surgery provides a comprehensive guide of information dealing with the ever evolving field of bariatric surgery.

A novel and ground-breaking analysis of the prosecution of environmental harm before the International Criminal Court, addressing both the substance and procedure.

This wide-ranging handbook presents in-depth discussions on the array of subspecialties that comprise the field of sociological theory.

Without of course adopting a Platonic metaphysics, the eighteenth-century philosophes were Grecophiles who regarded the Athenian philosophers as their intellectual forbearers and mentors.

There is a widespread concern today with the role and experiences of ethnic and religious minorities, and their potential for conflict and harmony with 'host communities' and with each other, especially in towns.

Prison Segregation: The Limits of Law explores the use of segregation in English prisons by examining how law is used and experienced, and how human rights are upheld.

This fifth edition of the first true textbook on the death penalty engages the reader with a full account of the arguments and issues surrounding capital punishment.

Quinoa rose to global stardom pitched as an unparalleled sustainable development opportunity that heralded a bright future for rural communities devastated by decades of rural-urban migration, civil war, and state neglect.

Seafarer & Community (1973) examines life on shipboard and how the communities which rely on the sea for their livelihood exist.

This book represents the first critical examination of the social, cultural, and political significance of mountain biking in contemporary societies.

How do young people participate in democratic societies?

The astonishing new story of human originsWas Darwin wrong when he traced our origins to Africa?