Society & Social Sciences books

Policing the beats exposes the long history of policing Black music from the era of colonial slavery to the present...  Read More >>

Eight Septembers: a Woman on Wall Street From 9/11 to Lehman is a gripping memoir that captures the tumultuous landscape...  Read More >>

Policing the beats exposes the long history of policing Black music from the era of colonial slavery to the present...  Read More >>

A variety of essays by Mansfield scholars presenting criticism on Katherine Mansfield's relationship to London  Read More >>

Examines three dynamic and overlapping communities of women and adolescent girls who challenged Japanese gender...  Read More >>

This volume in offers a definitive account of newspaper and periodical press activity across Britain and Ireland...  Read More >>

Studies the diplomatic and cultural implications of the exchange of symbolic objects in the ancient world  Read More >>

Offers a new understanding of doubt in Montaigne's Essais and early modern intellectual culture  Read More >>

Argues for a rethinking of sexuality as a constellation, rather than substantive identity.  Read More >>

Explores the impact of Enlightenment philosophers in Scotland on the development of sociology.  Read More >>

Investigates how the power of stories shapes war's legacy for veterans and societies  Read More >>

Explores the role of gender in shaping premodern Scottish identity and history  Read More >>

Critically re-reads Turkey's history with a focus on the interactions between religion, politics and society.  Read More >>

Explores Persian tribespeople's changing ethics, feelings and lifeways in tough times.  Read More >>

This second volume in the critical edition reproduces more than 170 lectures delivered by Alfred North Whitehead...  Read More >>

This is a unique collection of essays examining nineteenth-century British and Irish newspaper and periodical history...  Read More >>

Explores the militarisation of education and youth in contemporary China  Read More >>

Explores the centrality of hope to political thought and policy practice in the Anthropocene  Read More >>

When nineteen-year-old Prince took the stage to perform “I Wanna Be Your Lover” on American Bandstand, those who...  Read More >>

Examines theories of divine ideas from approximately 1250-1325 AD (St Bonaventure through Ockham). This is the only...  Read More >>

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“In the modern world,” author James Jay Carafano asserts, “winning online could be the key to being free, safe,...  Read More >>

After George H. W. Bush lost his re-election bid to Bill Clinton in 1992, John Robert Greene’s verdict on the 41st...  Read More >>

A reflection on the nature of the seminal work of the German architect Hans Döllgast (1891-1974) and his relevance...  Read More >>

Elaborating on the transformative role of teachers' unions, the text argues that their mission extends well beyond...  Read More >>