Sociology: customs & traditions books

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The Material Culture of Basketry: Practice, Skill and Embodied Knowledge

The Material Culture of Basketry: Practice, Skill and...

Author: Stephanie Bunn (University of St Andrews, UK) ,  Victoria Mitchell (Norwich University of the Arts, UK)
ISBN: 9781350359901
Format: Paperback
$56.99

This book celebrates basketry as a culturally significant skilled practice and as a theoretically rich discipline...  Read More >>

Small Island, Large Ocean: Mauritius and the Indian Ocean World

Small Island, Large Ocean: Mauritius and the Indian...

Author: Burkhard Schnepel
ISBN: 9781032498263
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Change: How to Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity

Change: How to Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity

Author: Curtis Bateman ,  Marche Pleshette
ISBN: 9781642507942
Format: Hardback
$52.77

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Bridging Boundaries: Love and Inter-Caste Marriages in the Indian Subcontinent

Bridging Boundaries: Love and Inter-Caste Marriages...

Author: C P Kumar
ISBN: 9798398429633
Format: Paperback
$19.54

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Bushmeat: Culture, Economy and Conservation in Central Africa

Bushmeat: Culture, Economy and Conservation in Central...

Author: Theodore Trefon
ISBN: 9780197746370
Format: Paperback
$79.07

A detailed investigation of the environmental, social and economic consequences of wild meat consumption in the...  Read More >>

Contemporary German–Chinese Cultures in Dialogue

Contemporary German–Chinese Cultures in Dialogue

Author: Haina Jin ,  Anna Stecher
ISBN: 9783031267789
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This book provides a unique perspective on contemporary German and Chinese cultural encounters. Moving away from...  Read More >>

Understanding America's Gun Culture

Understanding America's Gun Culture

Author: Lisa Fisher ,  Craig Hovey
ISBN: 9781793625151
Format: Paperback
$67.99

Drawing on a wide variety of disciplines and presenting perspectives on both sides of the gun debate, Understanding...  Read More >>

Narrative Productions of Meanings: Exploring the Work of Stories in Social Life

Narrative Productions of Meanings: Exploring the Work...

Author: Donileen R. Loseke
ISBN: 9781498577793
Format: Paperback
$67.99

Narrative Productions of Meaning explores how stories, ranging from self-stories to those told by media, social...  Read More >>

Disaster Archipelago: Locating Vulnerability and Resilience in the Philippines

Disaster Archipelago: Locating Vulnerability and Resilience...

Author: Maria Carinnes P. Alejandria ,  Will Smith
ISBN: 9781498569958
Format: Paperback
$72.99

This interdisciplinary collection examines the complex nature of disaster—typhoons, floods, earthquakes, and drought—in...  Read More >>

Resilient Kitchens: American Immigrant Cooking in a Time of Crisis, Essays and Recipes

Resilient Kitchens: American Immigrant Cooking in a...

Author: Philip Gleissner ,  Harry Eli Kashdan
ISBN: 9781978832510
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Resilient Kitchens is a stimulating collection of essays about the lives of immigrants in the United States before...  Read More >>

Saints, Miracles, and Social Problems in Italian Renaissance Art

Saints, Miracles, and Social Problems in Italian Renaissance...

Author: Diana Bullen Presciutti (University of Essex)
ISBN: 9781009300834
Format: Hardback
$258.75

The book reveals how images of saints' miracles shaped perceptions of social problems related to gender, sexuality,...  Read More >>

Homemaking in the Russian-Speaking Diaspora: Material Culture, Language and Identity

Homemaking in the Russian-Speaking Diaspora: Material...

Author: Maria Yelenevskaya ,  Ekaterina Protassova
ISBN: 9781474494496
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Examines the material culture of Russian-speaking migrants  Read More >>

Leading Masonic Organizations: The Tragedy of Fraternal Politics

Leading Masonic Organizations: The Tragedy of Fraternal...

Author: Ashley Moye
ISBN: 9781662937620
Format: Paperback
$23.73

Fraternal politics is a thing in all fraternities, sororities, and social clubs. This book discusses fraternal politics...  Read More >>

Sneaky Showbiz

Sneaky Showbiz

Author: Simo Ben ,  Isabel Arocha
ISBN: 9781667891514
Format: Paperback
$32.99

"Sneaky Showbiz Has odo los rumores. Has visto los titulares. Pero ahora es el momento de revelar el salaz y pecaminosamente...  Read More >>

Magical Healing Trees in Slavic Folklore

Magical Healing Trees in Slavic Folklore

Author: Ronesa Aveela
ISBN: 9781949397420
Format: Hardback
$139.89

Highlights folklore and historical facts about 21 healing and magical trees from Slavic folklore and other traditions....  Read More >>

The Tribe of Sylvan: Threshold of European Man's Ascendance

The Tribe of Sylvan: Threshold of European Man's Ascendance...

Author: Phillip Hathaway
ISBN: 9781737826118
Format: Paperback
$92.37

"""A sparkling constellation of clear thinking in which the reader with a vigorous zest for inquiry will not be...  Read More >>

The Fall and Rise of the English Upper Class: Houses, Kinship and Capital Since 1945

The Fall and Rise of the English Upper Class: Houses,...

Author: Daniel R. Smith
ISBN: 9781526157010
Format: Hardback
$195.00

Charting the decline and recent resurgence of the landed gentry in British public life, The fall and rise of the...  Read More >>

Enduring Polygamy: Plural Marriage and Social Change in an African Metropolis

Enduring Polygamy: Plural Marriage and Social Change...

Author: Bruce Whitehouse
ISBN: 9781978831131
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Through an approach of cultural relativism, the book offers an open-minded but unflinching perspective on a contested...  Read More >>

Enduring Polygamy: Plural Marriage and Social Change in an African Metropolis

Enduring Polygamy: Plural Marriage and Social Change...

Author: Bruce Whitehouse
ISBN: 9781978831148
Format: Hardback
$316.80

Enduring Polygamy explores sweeping social changes in urban Africa through the lens of plural marriage. The book...  Read More >>

Magical Healing Trees in Slavic Folklore

Magical Healing Trees in Slavic Folklore

Author: Ronesa Aveela
ISBN: 9781949397413
Format: Paperback
$108.21

Highlights folklore and historical facts about 21 healing and magical trees from Slavic folklore and other traditions....  Read More >>

Creation and Creativity in Indigenous Lowland South America: Anthropological Perspectives

Creation and Creativity in Indigenous Lowland South...

Author: Ernst Halbmayer ,  Anne Goletz
ISBN: 9781805390060
Format: Hardback
$256.16

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The Throne: 1,000 Years of British Coronations

The Throne: 1,000 Years of British Coronations

Author: Ian Lloyd
ISBN: 9781803992860
Format: Hardback
$42.99

The eventful history of British coronations from 1066 to the present day.  Read More >>

Dying Abroad: The Political Afterlives of Migration in Europe

Dying Abroad: The Political Afterlives of Migration...

Author: Osman Balkan (University of Pennsylvania)
ISBN: 9781009288583
Format: Hardback
$219.94

In Dying Abroad, Osman Balkan examines the political significance of death and dying in the context of international...  Read More >>

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