Sociology & anthropology books

Maral Jefroudi presents a comprehensive picture of one of the largest migration waves in contemporary history by...  Read More >>

Unbiased, authoritative, and comprehensive, this work examines the history of the movement for women's equality...  Read More >>

The first book-length study of South African composer and choral director, Mzilikazi Khumalo, and his role within...  Read More >>

How do metaverse technologies change how we communicate with each other? This book explores how existing metaverse...  Read More >>

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

A seminal work for queer theory and non-Western feminism that challenges the historical universality of Western...  Read More >>

A polemic contrast of the idea of a collectivist, humanist culture of traditional African matriarchal heritage with...  Read More >>

What did it mean to possess something – or someone – in eighteenth-century Britain? This study examines the meaning...  Read More >>

A challenge to western anthropologists to recognize their own class-based, patriarchal ways of thinking about Africa...  Read More >>

This undergraduate biological psychology textbook introduces a new generation to the research opportunities offered...  Read More >>

A wide-ranging overview of the historical evolution, current characteristics, and social impact of marriage and...  Read More >>

Examining the phenomenon of deception from a variety of perspectives and in a multitude of contexts, this encyclopedia...  Read More >>

This insightful volume on the culture of hair through human history and around the globe has been updated and revised...  Read More >>

This important volume offers readers an in-depth understanding of women's sexuality around the world, bringing to...  Read More >>

The history of insects in the Renaissance period.  Read More >>

The history of insects in the Modern age.  Read More >>

The history of insects in the age of Enlightenment  Read More >>

The history of insects in the age of Industry  Read More >>

The history of insects in the Medieval Age.  Read More >>

The history of insects in classical antiquity  Read More >>

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 9th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2025,...  Read More >>

„Haltung“ ist in der Sozialpädagogik ein vielbeachteter Begriff mit einer langen Tradition. Umso bemerkenswerter...  Read More >>

This groundbreaking book challenges dominant narratives by drawing on an 18-month multimodal ethnography with children...  Read More >>

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

The Who, What, and Where of America: Understanding the American Community Survey pulls details from the American...  Read More >>