This book explores globalization through a historical and anthropological study of how familiar soft drinks such as Coke and Pepsi became valued as more than mere commodities.
Anthropologist Alexander Alland provides the most comprehensive overview of the recent history of research on race and IQ, offering critiques of the biological... Læs mere
This book examines how the concept of the poet as a male professional emerged during the Restoration and eighteenth century.
The women in the family which ruled 13th-century Castile used various means, strategies and patronages to secure their... Læs mere
Although all published biographical information on Toni Morrison agrees that her birth name was Chloe Anthony Wofford, John Duvall's book challenges this claim.
Remaking the Conquering Heroes shows that American policymakers and Army officers had to confront and take control over a lawless US military in the aftermath of World War II.
Nationalism and other forms of group identity underlie many of the destructive conflicts the world is experiencing today.
Numerous studies explore immigration policies of individual receiving countries. In general, immigration policy literature tends to be a-theoretic, to focus on specific periods and particular countries, and constitutes an array of discrete bits.
This book is a synthetic historiography of present-day international relations theory, a critical analysis of the continuing diversity and complexity of enduring themes through a sustained focus on the analysis of the empirical evidence accumulated by social scientists.
This distinguished anthology presents for the first time in English travel essays by Arabic writers who have visited... Læs mere
This edition presents Jonathan Swift's most important Irish writings in both prose and verse, together with an introduction, head notes and annotations that shed new light on the full context and significance of each piece.
What happens when a new social technology is imposed on the established social technology of the school? Drawing on research conducted... Læs mere