Society & culture: general books

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What Cities Say: A Social Interpretation of Urban Patterns and Forms

What Cities Say: A Social Interpretation of Urban Patterns...

Author: Emily Talen (Professor of Urbanism, Professor of Urbanism, University of Chicago)
ISBN: 9780197647769
Format: Hardback
$181.95

Cities come in all shapes and sizes, with different patterns and forms. Streets might be strictly gridded or curvilinear....  Read More >>

Children's Literature and Imaginative Geography

Children's Literature and Imaginative Geography

Author: Aïda Hudson
ISBN: 9781771126731
Format: Paperback
$113.49

Where do children travel when they read a story? In this collection, contributors explore the imaginative geography...  Read More >>

Korean Folktales: Classic Stories from Korea's Enchanted Past

Korean Folktales: Classic Stories from Korea's Enchanted...

Author: Kim So-Un ,  Frances Carpenter
ISBN: 9780804857758
Format: Paperback
$19.99

Fifty-five delightful tales offering fascinating windows into the Korean psyche. Told with wit and pathos, this...  Read More >>

Crafting Museum Social Media for Social Inclusion Work

Crafting Museum Social Media for Social Inclusion Work...

Author: Cassandra Kist
ISBN: 9781032526201
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Crafting Museum Social Media for Social Inclusion Work investigates if and how social media can be integrated into...  Read More >>

Athens: A Rapidly Changing Metropolis in the European South

Athens: A Rapidly Changing Metropolis in the European...

Author: Thomas Maloutas
ISBN: 9781032659787
Format: Hardback
$105.00

This book looks at the current trends in Athens, the capital city of Greece, and focuses on the processes of globalization...  Read More >>

Drop Me Around the Corner

Drop Me Around the Corner

Author: Tracy Bouvier
ISBN: 9798888244944
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Imagine life is like a sitcom starring your eccentric, single father who can never get enough attention. His physical...  Read More >>

From the Nation-Building Debate to the Bolsa Família Program: Whiteness, Gender, and Poverty in Brazil

From the Nation-Building Debate to the Bolsa Família...

Author: Beatriz Junqueira Lage Carbone
ISBN: 9783593517834
Format: Paperback
$72.95

An examination of struggles over race and gender in contemporary Brazil, as reflected in conflicts over a national...  Read More >>

Close Encounters: Exploring the Mysteries of Alien Abductions

Close Encounters: Exploring the Mysteries of Alien Abductions...

Author: Warren Agius
ISBN: 9781801521413
Format: Paperback
$54.99

An investigation into abductions by extra-terrestrial beings: captivating accounts from the edge of the universe....  Read More >>

The Women Who Saved Catholic England: Risking All to Protect Tudor and Stuart Priests

The Women Who Saved Catholic England: Risking All to...

Author: Martyn R Beardsley
ISBN: 9781399042307
Format: Hardback
$59.99

Much has been written about the historical persecution of Catholics. Priests in particular became prime targets...  Read More >>

Don't Call Us Girls: Women’s Activism, Protest and Actions in the Vietnam War

Don't Call Us Girls: Women’s Activism, Protest and Actions...

Author: Barbara Leonora Tischler
ISBN: 9781399066068
Format: Hardback
$75.00

Don't Call Us Girls examines the importance of women's participation in the Civil Rights Movement in the United...  Read More >>

Queer Disability through History: The Queer and Disabled Movements through their Personalities

Queer Disability through History: The Queer and Disabled...

Author: Daisy Holder
ISBN: 9781399050579
Format: Hardback
$59.99

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The Most Maligned Women in History

The Most Maligned Women in History

Author: Samantha Morris
ISBN: 9781399005333
Format: Hardback
$59.99

Throughout history women, from the lowliest of the working classes to the highest echelons of society have been...  Read More >>

Birth in Times of Despair: Reproductive Violence on the US-Mexico Border

Birth in Times of Despair: Reproductive Violence on...

Author: Carina Heckert
ISBN: 9781479832071
Format: Paperback
$66.99

""Birth in Times of Despair delves into the various forms of maternal harm on the US-Mexico border as they relate...  Read More >>

Spy Plane: Inside Baltimore's Surveillance Experiment

Spy Plane: Inside Baltimore's Surveillance Experiment...

Author: Benjamin H. Snyder
ISBN: 9780520396036
Format: Paperback
$45.95

An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at one of America's most controversial experiments in police surveillance. In...  Read More >>

Intoxicating Pleasures: The Reinvention of Wine, Beer, and Whiskey after Prohibition

Intoxicating Pleasures: The Reinvention of Wine, Beer,...

Author: Lisa Sheryl Jacobson
ISBN: 9780520401105
Format: Paperback
$49.95

In popular memory the repeal of US Prohibition in 1933 signaled alcohol's decisive triumph in a decades-long culture...  Read More >>

The Fourth Invasion: Decolonizing Histories, Extractivism, and Maya Resistance in Guatemala

The Fourth Invasion: Decolonizing Histories, Extractivism,...

Author: Giovanni Batz
ISBN: 9780520401730
Format: Paperback
$57.95

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing...  Read More >>

Scripting Suicide in Japan

Scripting Suicide in Japan

Author: Kirsten Cather
ISBN: 9780520400269
Format: Paperback
$57.95

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing...  Read More >>

Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums

Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything...

Author: Jeremy Braddock
ISBN: 9780520398528
Format: Paperback
$45.95

A cultural clearinghouse of the American 1960s and '70s as told through the story of the period's most important...  Read More >>

Urban Myths

Urban Myths

Author: Andreas Markides
ISBN: 9781805145073
Format: Paperback
$28.44

Urban Myths considers several eternal themes like Greed, Hubris, Happiness and Duty that one encounters not only...  Read More >>

The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America

The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting...

Author: Nicholas F. Jacobs ,  Daniel Shea
ISBN: 9780231218573
Format: Paperback
$41.95

This pathbreaking book pinpoints forces behind the rise of the “rural voter”—a new political identity that combines...  Read More >>

Charleston: An Archaeology of Life in a Coastal Community

Charleston: An Archaeology of Life in a Coastal Community...

Author: Martha A. Zierden ,  Elizabeth J. Reitz
ISBN: 9780813080819
Format: Paperback
$73.92

In Charleston, Zierden and Reitz weave archaeology and history to illuminate this vibrant, densely packed Atlantic...  Read More >>

Church, State and Study: Essays

Church, State and Study: Essays

Author: Ernest Barker
ISBN: 9781032888934
Format: Hardback
$189.00

First published in 1930, Church, State and Study presents a collection of lectures by Professor Ernest Barker. All...  Read More >>

The Festivals of Nepal

The Festivals of Nepal

Author: Mary M. Anderson
ISBN: 9781032888804
Format: Hardback
$221.00

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

Making Jazz in Contemporary Japan: A Passionate Search for Self-Expression

Making Jazz in Contemporary Japan: A Passionate Search...

Author: Marie Buscatto (University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France)
ISBN: 9781032603872
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Making Jazz in Contemporary Japan explores the ways in which Japanese jazz musicians express themselves through...  Read More >>

Use of Groups in Social Work Practice

Use of Groups in Social Work Practice

Author: Bernard Davies
ISBN: 9781032886138
Format: Hardback
$179.00

First Published in 1975, Use of Groups in Social Work Practice seeks to encourage caseworkers to use groups as an...  Read More >>

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