Society & culture: general books

This book offers a timely intervention in the discourses around transhumanism, posthumanism, and phenomenology,...  Read More >>

This book examines child poverty in four welfare states: Australia, New Zealand, Finland and Sweden. The recent...  Read More >>

Anna Keyser Baker's diary offers a rare view of post-Civil War Philadelphia through the reflections of a devout...  Read More >>

The book uses phenomenology, postphenomenology, and mediation theory as a framework to analyze how we perceive the...  Read More >>

A highly illustrated examination of the history of colour through its interrelation with dress in Europe in the...  Read More >>

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A major contribution to O’odham studies and Southwest history, Martínez offers a new perspective on the life and...  Read More >>

The winner of the German Book Prize 2024- a woman finds solace in her interactions with internet scammers in this...  Read More >>

From Orwell Prize-winning journalist Daniel Lavelle comes a wild road trip chasing aliens through the UFO heartlands...  Read More >>

This haunting and immersive book shines a light on the dark history of Ireland and the Magdalene Laundries When...  Read More >>

Examines wealthy Indian matriarchs as essential makers of states-and ideas of 'the state'-in pre- and early colonial...  Read More >>

Celebrates the contribution of diasporas and immigrants in the rise of United States  Read More >>

Drawing on a wide range of source materials from across Scotland, this sourcebook provides new insights into women's...  Read More >>

This volume makes a major contribution to Scottish, British and comparative gender, women's and labour history by...  Read More >>

Combines intellectual and cultural history to explore how men and women experienced the Scottish Enlightenment....  Read More >>

This book examines the issue of abortion from a social science perspective, allowing us to make sense of the context...  Read More >>

Examines the climactic and economic origins of the last national famine to occur in Scotland  Read More >>

Liberate Your Business draws on anti-capitalist, feminist, and liberatory frameworks to show how systems shape our...  Read More >>

A chilling documentary history of the most notorious cults of the past two thousand years, from the Celtic druids...  Read More >>

Featuring extensive revisions and updates, the Second Edition of The Sociology of Gender: An Introduction to Theory...  Read More >>

In the US, the most common contraceptive methods rely on women's time, labor, and vulnerability to risk. Comparatively...  Read More >>

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How the Internet lost its way and how to fix it  Read More >>

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