Sociology & anthropology books

Climate change is already influencing how and where people live. In North, Jesse M. Keenan argues that America is...  Read More >>

Like biological species and languages, many musical and other cultural practices around the world are at risk. In...  Read More >>

An invaluable resource for readers seeking to understand the history and practice of folk music and song across...  Read More >>

A comprehensive Handbook covering past, present, and likely future developments in the anthropology of religion,...  Read More >>

Vikki Bell examines how archives of contemporary political violence in South America create new possibilities for...  Read More >>

Wild Partners traces the history of the Maututu Nakanai of West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.  Read More >>

First published in 2000, Divided by Faith has become a landmark book for understanding race and religion in the...  Read More >>

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A sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for...  Read More >>

Bones and the Bereaved is not a book about avoiding grief-it's a book about making something sacred from it. Written...  Read More >>

Spatial Analysis for Complex Territorial Systems: Geo-information Technologies and European Official Statistics...  Read More >>

Since its inauguration in 1960, Brazil's capital city, Brasília, has become an internationally recognized center...  Read More >>

An investigative, close reading of the private lives of American boys through a collection of photographs  Read More >>

This five-volume set, CCIS 2819–2823, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on...  Read More >>

An investigative, close reading of the private lives of American boys through a collection of photographs  Read More >>

Capital is Rana Dasgupta's Orwell Prize-shortlisted non-fiction debut: an unsparing, lyrical portrait of class and...  Read More >>

The book is written for the general reader concerned with ideological polarization in the world today. It analyses...  Read More >>

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The author of Out of Thin Air, winner of the Margaret Mead Award 2022, journeys through different cultures to find...  Read More >>

This book contributes to understandings of linguistic anthropology within the context of the wider Persianate world,...  Read More >>

The first referenced history of the tricolour and national symbols, rewriting myths uncovered along the road to...  Read More >>

This open access handbook offers a state-of-the-art overview of theoretical perspectives, empirical insights and...  Read More >>

Prokrastination, das bewusste Aufschieben wichtiger Aufgaben trotz negativer Konsequenzen, ist ein weit verbreitetes...  Read More >>

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A concise, intuitive monograph that demystifies statistical sampling theory—especially as applied to elections and...  Read More >>