Society & Social Sciences books

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Highlighting the bottom-up influences of China's largest platform firms and its citizens, this book examines China's...  Read More >>

Outlines British literature's relation to global empire from the 16th century to the present. Twenty-one chapters...  Read More >>

What happens when states experience a rapid increase in resource wealth? This study examines the significant diamond...  Read More >>

Hubris is now a term of art in a number of academic disciplines and remains a hotly debated topic in Classics. This...  Read More >>

Research is not just theoretical, but a direct description of the actions and choices that teachers make every day....  Read More >>

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From British country homes to Republican Spain and civil rights America, the inspiring, wildly entertaining story...  Read More >>

This edited volume challenges the hegemonic ideologies that underpin contemporary planning thought and practice,...  Read More >>

This book provides a profound overview of historical trauma and its long-term effects through eight global case...  Read More >>

Indigenous and tribal communities often make claims to territory citing their longstanding ties to the land. Since...  Read More >>

The innocence of childhood does not protect against exposure to stress. This Element discusses research on stress...  Read More >>

This Element considers the vectors of Africa–China engagements, how they contribute to industrialization prospects,...  Read More >>

This Element deals with the relationship between cognition, understood as the process of acquiring and developing...  Read More >>

This Element presents an analysis of campaign finance in city council elections in four midsize Massachusetts cities....  Read More >>

This Element introduces key areas of consideration for education researchers seeking to use GenAI, including examining...  Read More >>

This Element examines the historical context and intellectual implications of the Thomistic revival inaugurated...  Read More >>

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This timely collection reflects a coming together of academics, gender and development practitioners and activists...  Read More >>

A practical guide to more fully achieving a meritocratic society. As America's most vaunted cultural value, meritocracy...  Read More >>

Today, we are caught in a shame spiral a vortex of mutual shaming that pervades everything from politics to social...  Read More >>

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Mid-twentieth-century student activism is a pivotal chapter in American history. While college activism has been...  Read More >>

""A microhistory in the form of a biography of Jane Welborn Spurgin, an outspoken supporter of the Revolution whose...  Read More >>

Inside Data Science examines how data scientists defined their professional role and identity, offering an empirically...  Read More >>