Society & culture: general books

First published in 1923, Feminism in Greek Literature explores the representation of women in ancient Greek literature....  Read More >>

First Published in 1990, Moscow Graffiti is a unique and unprecedented look at the graffiti that began to appear...  Read More >>

First published in 1991, Managing Mothers (now with a new preface by the authors) provides a detailed, authoritative...  Read More >>

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

A major reinterpretation of the relationship between the history of the working class and the history of British...  Read More >>

First published in 1981, The Logic of Poverty consists of eight essays that look at rural structure and the role...  Read More >>

First Published in 1971, The Festivals of Nepal describes the most important festivals from the country, which have...  Read More >>

First Published 1975, The Latin American Peasant is not a historian’s book, the presentation is rather sociological....  Read More >>

Originally published in 1982, From Author to Reader, first of its kind, is a complete review of books in modern...  Read More >>

First published in 1957, Literary Criticism: A Short History traces our aesthetic heritage from its classical origins...  Read More >>

First published in 1959, The People of the Dead Sea Scrolls gives a complete pictorial record of the dramatic story...  Read More >>

First published in 1992, Latin America in the Time of Cholera questions many ideas regarding the advent of a new...  Read More >>

This volume, originally published in 1995, assesses the network idea by applying a common perspective on network...  Read More >>

First published in 1985, The Military in South American Politics analyses the nature of military involvement in...  Read More >>

First published in 1969, The Liberation of Work considers how to ‘liberate’ work, so that It flows freely, happily,...  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 1988, Looka Yonder! analyses important and ambivalent terrain of American populism across a range...  Read More >>

Palestine of the Jews (1919) examines the history of Jewish Palestine, from 4,000 years ago to the early twentieth...  Read More >>

Kinship and Marriage in the Soviet Union (1984) presents articles by established Soviet anthropologists, writing...  Read More >>

Ethnic Relations in the USSR (1986) focuses on popular ethnic attitudes and behaviour among the various nations...  Read More >>

First published in 1967, Love Songs of Chandidās provides an informative introduction which makes vividly clear...  Read More >>

In the 1980s feminist geography offered a stimulating new approach to the subject, providing fresh perspectives...  Read More >>

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

Feminism has put the critical study of men and masculinities firmly on to the academic agenda. First published in...  Read More >>

First published in 1982, D. H. Lawrence and Feminism discusses Lawrence’s works by examining it in relation to aspects...  Read More >>