Sociology: customs & traditions books

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On Display: Instagram, the Self, and the City

On Display: Instagram, the Self, and the City

Author: John D. Boy (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Leiden University) ,  Justus Uitermark (Professor of Urban Geography, Professor of Urban Geography, University of Amsterdam)
ISBN: 9780197629444
Format: Paperback
$53.95

Two billion people around the world use Instagram, but so far social scientists have done little research on the...  Read More >>

Mega Events, Urban Transformations and Social Citizenship: A Multi-Disciplinary Analysis for An Epistemological Foresight

Mega Events, Urban Transformations and Social Citizenship:...

Author: Naomi C. Hanakata ,  Filippo Bignami
ISBN: 9780367625733
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book provides theoretical and empirical perspectives on the urban impact of mega-events globally. It takes...  Read More >>

The Cannabis Social Club

The Cannabis Social Club

Author: Mafalda Pardal
ISBN: 9780367519087
Format: Paperback
$83.99

As cannabis legalization reforms are underway, there is some concern that non-profit, middle ground options may...  Read More >>

Managing and Leveraging Events: Business and Social Dimensions

Managing and Leveraging Events: Business and Social...

Author: Nico Schulenkorf (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) ,  Katie Schlenker
ISBN: 9781032123110
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book explores and advances the latest concepts and developments in event management theory and practice.  Read More >>

Food Consumption in Medieval Iberia: A Socio-economic Analysis, 13th-15th Centuries

Food Consumption in Medieval Iberia: A Socio-economic...

Author: Juan Vicente García Marsilla
ISBN: 9781032234991
Format: Paperback
$83.99

In this book all the implications and meanings that food had on the Iberian Peninsula between the 13th and 15th...  Read More >>

“Weltbeziehung”: The Study of our Relationship to the World

“Weltbeziehung”: The Study of our Relationship to the...

Author: Bettina Hollstein ,  Harmut Rosa
ISBN: 9783593518206
Format: Paperback
$74.95

"An interdisciplinary explication of the theory of ""Weltbeziehung"" or ""relationship to the world."" Human beings...  Read More >>

Etiquette and Taboos around the World: A Geographic Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Customs

Etiquette and Taboos around the World: A Geographic...

Author: Ken Taylor ,  Victoria R. Williams (Independent writer and researcher, UK)
ISBN: 9798765120316
Format: Paperback
$59.99

"An interesting resource for learning about the cultural differences and characteristics of people across the globe,...  Read More >>

The Light of Asia: A History of Western Fascination with the East

The Light of Asia: A History of Western Fascination...

Author: Christopher Harding
ISBN: 9780241434444
Format: Hardback
$65.00

This various, rich and enjoyable book tells the story of the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North...  Read More >>

Universal Beauty: Exploring Cultures, Trends, and Traditions

Universal Beauty: Exploring Cultures, Trends, and Traditions...

Author: Aditya Joshi
ISBN: 9798869092021
Format: Paperback
$60.72

സൗന്ദര്യത്തിന്റെ നിർവചനം സംസ്]കാരങ്ങൾക്കും യുഗങ്ങൾക്കും അപ്പുറംസൗന്ദര്യം എന്നത് ഒരു ആത്മനിഷ്ഠമായ അനുഭവമാണ്, എന്നാൽ...  Read More >>

Jacob Campo Weyerman’s Comments on the Customs and Manners of his Time: A Merry Moralist

Jacob Campo Weyerman’s Comments on the Customs and Manners...

Author: Lyckle de Vries
ISBN: 9789004543485
Format: Hardback
$366.96

Weyerman was the author and editor of a satirical weekly periodical of which two volumes are analysed here. They...  Read More >>

Bayou Born: Exploring Creole Identity

Bayou Born: Exploring Creole Identity

Author: Jwanna Savoie-Powell
ISBN: 9781456643515
Format: Paperback
$39.47

"Embark on a Soulful Journey Through the Heart of Creole Life Step into a world where the rush of zydeco rhythms...  Read More >>

Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022

Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022

Author: Frank Trentmann
ISBN: 9781524732912
Format: Hardback
$132.00

"""A gripping and nuanced history of the German people from the Second World War to the present day, including hugely...  Read More >>

Siam: Its Government, Manners, Customs, &c.

Siam: Its Government, Manners, Customs, &c.

Author: N a McDonald
ISBN: 9789357933049
Format: Paperback
$43.85

Siam: Its Government, Manners, Customs, &c., is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important...  Read More >>

Automating Empathy: Decoding Technologies that Gauge Intimate Life

Automating Empathy: Decoding Technologies that Gauge...

Author: Andrew McStay (Professor of Technology and Society and Director of The Emotional AI Lab, Professor of Technology and Society and Director of The Emotional AI Lab, Bangor University)
ISBN: 9780197615553
Format: Paperback
$66.95

Drawing insights across ethics, philosophy, and policy, Automating Empathy offers a critical exploration of technologies...  Read More >>

The Secret of Victorious Black

The Secret of Victorious Black

Author: Sérgio Júnior ,  Sergio Junior
ISBN: 9798876329363
Format: Paperback
$52.80

Men are inherently free, masters of their destiny, transcending attributes like skin color, religion, sexuality,...  Read More >>

Neoliberalism and Labor Displacement in Panama: Contested Public Space and the Disenfranchisement of Street Vendors

Neoliberalism and Labor Displacement in Panama: Contested...

Author: María Luisa Amado
ISBN: 9781666918946
Format: Hardback
$277.20

This bookexamines the simultaneous increase of informal sector employment and decreasing access to space for people...  Read More >>

Slow Culture and the American Dream: A Slow and Curvy Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century

Slow Culture and the American Dream: A Slow and Curvy...

Author: Mary Caputi
ISBN: 9781793642424
Format: Paperback
$67.99

The book first chronicles the origins of the Slow Food movement in Italy in the 1980s followed by various outgrowths:...  Read More >>

The Year In Ireland: Irish Calendar Customs

The Year In Ireland: Irish Calendar Customs

Author: Mr Kevin Danaher
ISBN: 9781856350938
Format: Paperback
$80.36

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A Journey into Indian Mentality

A Journey into Indian Mentality

Author: C P Kumar
ISBN: 9798224578986
Format: Paperback
$29.54

"Embark on a captivating exploration of the intricate tapestry that weaves the fabric of Indian mentality with the...  Read More >>

A Short Discourse Concerning Pestilential Contagion, and the Methods to Be Used to Prevent It

A Short Discourse Concerning Pestilential Contagion,...

Author: Richard Mead
ISBN: 9789357931502
Format: Paperback
$38.89

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Chinese Semiotic Thoughts in the Pre-imperial Age

Chinese Semiotic Thoughts in the Pre-imperial Age

Author: Dong Zhu ,  Wei Ren
ISBN: 9789819959853
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book examines practices on the relationship between sign and meaning in the Pre-Imperial period of China from...  Read More >>

A Witches' Canon Part 3: The Nice and Naughty of Operative Witchcraft

A Witches' Canon Part 3: The Nice and Naughty of Operative...

Author: Roy H Blunden
ISBN: 9781525587603
Format: Paperback
$73.89

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Worship, Ritual, and Pentecostal Spirituality-as-Theology: A Rhythm that Connects our Hearts with God

Worship, Ritual, and Pentecostal Spirituality-as-Theology:...

Author: Martina Björkander
ISBN: 9789004682429
Format: Paperback
$200.64

Vibrant worship music is part of the Charismatic liturgy all around the world and a key aspect of Pentecostal spirituality....  Read More >>

Narrating the Many Autisms: Identity, Agency, Mattering

Narrating the Many Autisms: Identity, Agency, Mattering...

Author: Anna Stenning (University of Worcester, UK)
ISBN: 9780367478384
Format: Hardback
$273.00

A stirring and meaningful departure from atomized accounts of neurological difference, Narrating the Many Autisms...  Read More >>

Emotional Expressionism: Television Serialization, the Melodramatic Mode, and Socioemotionality

Emotional Expressionism: Television Serialization, the...

Author: E. Deidre Pribram
ISBN: 9781793646781
Format: Hardback
$186.00

Exploring emotions as social relations through the lens of dramatic television serials, this book investigates the...  Read More >>

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