Sociology & anthropology books

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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 >>

Working for Ford (1984) describes what it is like to work in a car factory, often in the words of the workers themselves....  Read More >>

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

Economic Organization of the British Coal Industry (1934) is a study that shows on the one hand the organization...  Read More >>

The Stationers’ Company (1960) examines the corporate existence, under one name or another, of the Stationers’ Company...  Read More >>

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

The Little Book of Hogmanay is a feast of information exploring the history, folklore, tales, customs, food, drink...  Read More >>

First published in 1927, this title represents an attempt at a more synthetic type of treatment of the field than...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1986, this book was a major contribution to the national debate about racism, racial justice...  Read More >>

Eliminating Sexual Harassment at Work (1994) gives a clear picture of what sexual harassment is, the effects it...  Read More >>

Graduates (1972) examines the careers of UK graduates for six years following their successful completion of their...  Read More >>

Financial Aid through Social Work (1979) examines the way in which financial aid through social work has been used...  Read More >>

Climbing the Ladder (1986) looks at the fundamentals for women breaking the glass ceiling, examining the barriers...  Read More >>

In the book Sex Education (first published in 1989), Philip Meredith focuses upon the British situation to investigate...  Read More >>

First published in 1981, The British Business Elite is a study of the attitudes to class, status and power of top...  Read More >>

First published in 1970, Ethics of Industrial Man explores the interrelationship between people’s experience of...  Read More >>

First published in 1929, Before the Bluestockings is a study of the individual lives and the position of educated...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1976 and again in 1988 under the current title, the author describes, examines and introduces...  Read More >>

First published in 1992, this book (now with a new preface by the author) explains changes in the period up to AD...  Read More >>

Dr Róheim, a young Hungarian anthropologist, whose work had already attracted the attention of English authorities,...  Read More >>

Britons Abroad (1968) takes the lid off nine 1960s package tours, mainly in Europe, revealing the kind of people...  Read More >>

First published in 1939, Principles of Economic Sociology has a two-fold object: first, to develop an economic theory...  Read More >>

The third volume of the graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's global phenomenon and smash Sunday Times number-one...  Read More >>

This book investigates the spaces where architecture and computer science share a common set of assumptions and...  Read More >>