Sociology & anthropology books

This accessible book offers a detailed guide to a wide range of methodological concepts, both those of a more philosophical...  Read More >>

Are women the same as or different from men? Should women seek ‘equality’ with men or admit their ‘difference’?...  Read More >>

First published in 1992, Women and Attempted Suicide suggests that two factors have contributed to this failure...  Read More >>

Comics, Activism, Feminisms explores how comic art, activism, and feminisms are intertwined from both historical...  Read More >>

This book explores the gendered experience of disability. It investigates how women with disabilities fare in society...  Read More >>

This persuasive volume develops a novel approach to medical education and the medical humanities, making a case...  Read More >>

This volume explores the life, work, and impact of the Peruvian thinker José Carlos Mariátegui (1894-1930), particularly...  Read More >>

This book examines the newly-emergent field of military design thinking, how it has been developed inside and outside...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the historical and sociological dimensions of scientists working in laboratories in India,...  Read More >>

In Global Capitalism (originally published in 1991), Richard Peet surveys the various approaches made by social...  Read More >>

First published in 1988, the book presents a vivid account of the reality of life with chronic illness­–from perspective...  Read More >>

First published in 1990, Delivering Motherhood (now with a new preface) is the first comprehensive study on the...  Read More >>

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The updated third edition of this book scrutinizes anew the history of anthropological theory. Covering key concepts...  Read More >>

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“Council democracy” is a particular form of democratic socialism that strives towards democratic self-governance...  Read More >>

This vivid account by a prominent doctor reports the challenges of offering and receiving abortion services through...  Read More >>

The book examines philosophical and sociological approaches within critical theory and more widely from the vantage...  Read More >>

Explores the costs, risks, and unfreedoms produced alongside migrant regularization in Southeast Asia. Traversing...  Read More >>

Brings together historians and specialists from Japan, the US, and Europe to address sport’s ties to corporate and...  Read More >>