Sociology & anthropology books

This book offers an in-depth exploration of the Lahu people's religious and cultural transformations from the late...  Read More >>

This book explores the role and agency of stories and storytelling in understanding places and in revealing how...  Read More >>

A stunning, thought-provoking exploration of how maps shape our understanding of the world.  Read More >>

An electrifying, thought-provoking exploration of how the digital era is reshaping our world, by bestselling, Women's...  Read More >>

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A comprehensive and transdisciplinary collection of current research on apocalypticism and millennialism  Read More >>

Why Muslims in South India observe hierarchical intra-communal relationships despite the egalitarianism of their...  Read More >>

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Ethnologist Elsdon Best spent many years documenting the culture, beliefs, customs and whakapapa of the Ngai Tuhoe...  Read More >>

Raka Shome explores the logics of governmentality of contemporary Hindu Nationalism in India and the ways it inscribes...  Read More >>

Ethical and moral concerns about food and diet commonly feature in individuals' religious identities and expressions....  Read More >>

Why Muslims in South India observe hierarchical intra-communal relationships despite the egalitarianism of their...  Read More >>

A riveting history of vampire panics across cultures and down through the millennia and why killing the dead is...  Read More >>

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Using Tim Hortons as a case study, this book examines how the Canadian dream is leveraged by institutions across...  Read More >>

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This book chronicles the first research project ever conducted at underwater hotels.  Read More >>

Wie wird jüdische Identität innerhalb der deutschen jüdischen Gemeinschaft heute verhandelt und wer gilt als „authentisch“...  Read More >>

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