Society & culture: general books

First published in 1978, The Sex Role System traces the phenomenon of sex role stereotyping through many different...  Read More >>

First published in 1991, Managing Mothers (now with a new preface by the authors) provides a detailed, authoritative...  Read More >>

First published in 1988, Looka Yonder! analyses important and ambivalent terrain of American populism across a range...  Read More >>

First published in 1978, Israel focuses on the pluralistic structure of Israel and its internal conflicts. Dr Smooha...  Read More >>

Pat Macpherson’s Reflecting on Jane Eyre (first published in 1989) shows how the novel itself can be the territory...  Read More >>

Reflecting on The Bell Jar (first published in 1991) acknowledges the repressive post-war regime of social hygiene....  Read More >>

First published in 1988, Crossing Boundaries challenges existing disciplines and fields of study from a feminist...  Read More >>

First published in 1983, The Feral Classroom argues that the experience of schooling needs to be understood in terms...  Read More >>

In the 1980s feminist geography offered a stimulating new approach to the subject, providing fresh perspectives...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1929, this volume discusses the early effects of the industrial revolution – the condition...  Read More >>

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First published in 1981 and now with a new preface by the renowned scholar Jeffrey Weeks, this book discusses the...  Read More >>

Social Change in the South Pacific (1957) summarises the results of applying historical and contemporary fieldwork...  Read More >>

Palestine of the Jews (1919) examines the history of Jewish Palestine, from 4,000 years ago to the early twentieth...  Read More >>

Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan (1924) was one of the first guides to Japanese illustration, and remains...  Read More >>

First published in 1982, Augustan England provides ample substance to reinforce the thesis that the years from 1680...  Read More >>

Architecture and Social Behavior (1977) presents the findings from a five year programme of research concerned with...  Read More >>

First published in 2001, The Criminalisation of Stalking fills a much-needed gap by drawing upon a range of methodologies...  Read More >>

First published in 1934, International Narcotics Control is concerned with dangerous drugs solely as a subject of...  Read More >>

First Published in 1967, An Introduction to Administration for Social Workers argues that the tasks of social workers...  Read More >>

First Published in 1990, Moscow Graffiti is a unique and unprecedented look at the graffiti that began to appear...  Read More >>

First Published in 1946, The English Local Government System has undoubtedly been one of the most successful introductory...  Read More >>

First published in 1992, The Inward Gaze looks at men’s fantasies and self-images from a wide range of texts (notably...  Read More >>

Although the role of the teacher has been extensively explored, the role of the pupil has received very little attention...  Read More >>

From society belle in turn-of-the-century Seattle, to editor of Harper’s Bazaar and lady of a vast Scottish Highland...  Read More >>