Rethinking the Roots of Terrorism seeks to explain why terrorism occurs. This study provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary survey that investigates the motivations,... Læs mere
An interdisciplinary study of retail crime as a cultural phenomenon, drawing on economics, criminology and management to present a comprehensive explanation for the growth in retail... Læs mere
How is The Simpsons a satirical artwork engaged with important social, political, and cultural issues? In time for the twenty-fifth anniversary, Henry offers the... Læs mere
This book analyses post-migration social networks via the notion of superdiversity. Using cluster analytic pattern detection... Læs mere
The idea of social injustice is pivotal to much contemporary moral and political philosophy. Starting from a comprehensive and engaging account of the... Læs mere
Taking a close look at ordinary people 'telling their own story', Nancy Thumim explores self-representations in contemporary digital culture in settings as diverse as reality TV, online storytelling, and oral histories displayed in museums.
This book shows how the individual constructs a self from the thousands of colloquial identities provided by a society's culture, and reveals how the individual... Læs mere
The relationship between the Adventist church and society at large has always been ambiguous. He begins by looking at the church's history,... Læs mere
The resolution of the civil war in El Salvador coincided with the end of the Cold War. After two years of negotiations and a decade-long effort to implement the peace accords, this work examines how peace was made and whether it has endured.
This lively, lucid book undertakes a detailed and provocative study of Shakespeare's fascination with clowns, fools, and fooling. Through close reading of plays over... Læs mere
The first academic study of this subject is an entertaining look at the search for Sasquatch which considers not just the nature of monsters... Læs mere
Sisters in the Brotherhoods is an oral-history-based study of women who have, against considerable odds, broken the gender barrier to blue-collar employment in various trades in New York City beginning in the 1970s.