Sociology & anthropology books

Framing both Somalia and Scotland as sites of marginality in the matrices of colonial power, it tracks through a...  Read More >>

Practicing Digital Ethnography introduces the methods, concepts, and practices of conducting ethnographic research...  Read More >>

How do we know if racism really exists? And, if it does, how big a problem is it for the outcomes of people of colour?...  Read More >>

This book unlocks the transformative potential of Micro Human Efforts (MHE) in the domain of disaster resilience...  Read More >>

Life lessons from those who have survived cardiac arrest and clinical death, from the author of Critical.   Read More >>

Written by a leading scholar in the field, this bestselling text offers an unparalleled analysis of the cultural...  Read More >>

You are a leader. Not because you have a title, but because you wake up every day committed to the well-being and...  Read More >>

Cultural Mavericks takes readers inside the world of independent bookselling in China, showing how a wide range...  Read More >>

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Cultural Mavericks takes readers inside the world of independent bookselling in China, showing how a wide range...  Read More >>

What makes human activity meaningful? This book explores how social, economic and political forces have shaped...  Read More >>

A seminal study on police violence in Germany, giving voice to victims and exposing systemic failures. Police...  Read More >>

An ethnographic study alongside refused and destitute asylum seekers in Manchester and the employees and volunteers...  Read More >>

How college students in mixed-status families are affected by immigration policies Focusing on Latinx students...  Read More >>

Explores how the function, norms, and meaning of artists' names in Chinese modernity have been misunderstood. Challenging...  Read More >>

Globale Ungleichheiten können sich auf vielfältige Weise äußern. Gibt es dabei einen Zusammenhang zwischen sozialer...  Read More >>

This book provides a systematic synopsis of this highly active but disconnected field of research on underrepresented...  Read More >>

This book analyses search engines as indexing systems: structures of social memory, designed to organise information...  Read More >>

As AI takes hold across the planet and wealthy nations seek to position themselves as global leaders of this new...  Read More >>

An exploration of how the coronation of Charles III was experienced as a social and cultural event using the views...  Read More >>

The Extinction of Experience explores the way a broad range of technologies, from the microwave to the sophisticated...  Read More >>

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How are the intimate relations of marriage and wider social change connected? Combining interviews, family histories,...  Read More >>

This is the first scholarly monograph that systematically presents and applies Bavinck’s theological anthropology...  Read More >>

Challenges the idea that America has moved beyond racial discrimination and identifies the ways in which racial...  Read More >>