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Best Seller | Handbook of U.S. Latino Psychology: Developmental and Community-Based Perspectives (Hardcover) Congratulations to Aida Hurtado and Karina Cervantez- winners of the 2009 Women of Color Psychologies Award! This award given by the Association of Women in Psychology Association is voted on by AWP members for contributions of new knowledge and... more | $257.31 $213.84 FREE shipping go to store |
Culturally Proficient Education: An Asset-Based Response to Conditions of Poverty (Paperback) Develop culturally proficient policies and practices that create opportunities for students of poverty! Countering the perspective that students from poverty come to school with deficits that prevent them from learning this resource offers educators... more | $32.17 $25.26 FREE shipping go to store |
Human Ecology: Contemporary Research and Practice (Hardcover) This book arose from the need to develop accessible research-based case study material which addresses contemporary issues and problems in the rapidly evolving field of human ecology. Academic political and indeed public interest in the environmental... more | $64.93 $57.98 FREE shipping go to store |
Frontiers in Sociology and Social Research: Frontiers in Sociology of Education (Hardcover) Scholarly analysis in the sociology of education has burgeoned in recent decades. In this forward-looking volume the contributors examine cutting-edge research findings and techniques to explore new directions in sociology of education research.... more | $151.04 $135.23 FREE shipping go to store |
Handbook of Quantitative Criminology (Hardcover) Quantitative criminology has certainly come a long way since I was ?rst introduced to a largely qualitative criminology some 40 years ago when I was recruited to lead a task force on science and technology for the President s Commission on Law... more | $195.77 $151.04 FREE shipping go to store |
New Perspectives on Old Stones: Analytical Approaches to Paleolithic Technologies (Hardcover) As the study of Palaeolithic technologies moves towards a more analytical approach it is necessary to determine a consistent procedural framework. The contributions to this timely and comprehensive volume do just that. This volume incorporates a broad... more | $145.39 $107.81 FREE shipping go to store |
Many parts of the world are experiencing rapid demographic restructuring resulting in an ageing population with increasingly significant work and care pressures on cohorts less able or willing to provide support. This book examines some of the... more | $90.00 $80.43 FREE shipping go to store |
The introductory chapter of this book presents the concepts of the bene?ts inherent in the study of comparative approach for an effective counterterrorism response on the local law enforcement level and overviews the inception of the project.... more | go to store |
9780073528229. New condition. Hard cover. 5th Revised ed. Language: English. Pages: 512. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 512 p. Contains: Illustrations. This groundbreaking text is the first to take a life course perspective examining the relationship... more | $202.46 $73.03 FREE shipping go to store |
Currently spatial analysis is becoming more important than ever because enormous volumes of spatial data are available from different sources such as GPS Remote Sensing and others. This book deals with spatial analysis and modelling. It provides a... more | FREE shipping go to store |
Broadcasting Cable the Internet and Beyond: An Introduction to Modern Electronic Media (Paperback) This survey of the field of modern electronic media includes the new technologies regulations programming and competition that affect our world and the broadcasting industry. The text conveys the excitement of the industry in a highly accessible style... more | FREE shipping go to store |
How can mainstream Western social work learn from and in turn help advance indigenous practice? This volume brings together prominent international scholars involved in both Western and indigenous social work across the globe - including James Midgley... more | FREE shipping go to store |
The World of Mexican Migrants (Paperback) Widely praised as a splendid addition to the literature on the great wave of post-1970 immigration from Mexico-as a result of which an estimated 6 million undocumented Mexican migrants now live in the United States-The World of Mexican Migrants by... more | go to store |
School Principal : Managing in Public (Paperback) When we think about school principals most of us imagine a figure of vague yet intimidating authority--for an elementary school student being sent to the principal s office is roughly on par with a trip to Orwell s Room 101. But with School Principal... more | $35.49 $31.90 FREE shipping go to store |
Since the 1970s Aboriginal people have been more likely to live in Canadian cities than on reserves or in rural areas. Aboriginal rural-to-urban migration and the development of urban Aboriginal communities represent one of the most significant shifts... more | FREE shipping go to store |
Analytical Sociology and Social Mechanisms (Paperback) Mechanisms are very much a part of social life. For example we can see that inequality has tended to increase over time and that cities can become segregated. But how do such mechanisms work? Analytical sociology is an influential approach to sociology... more | FREE shipping go to store |
Space Place and Violence: Violence and the Embodied Geographies of Race Sex and Gender (Paperback) Direct interpersonal violence is a pervasive yet often mundane feature of our day-to-day lives; paradoxically violence is both ordinary and extraordinary. Violence in other words is often hidden in plain sight. Space Place and Violence seeks to uncover... more | $56.95 $47.19 FREE shipping go to store |
From Demons to Dracula : The Creation of the Modern Vampire Myth (Paperback) In blood-soaked lore handed down the centuries the vampire is a monster of endless fascination: from Bram Stoker s Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer this seductive lover of blood haunts popular culture and inhabits our darkest imaginings. The... more | FREE shipping go to store |
Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture (Paperback) A lively examination of the spirit and practices that have made the indie movement into a powerful cultural phenomenon You know the look: skinny jeans Chuck Taylors perfectly mussed bed-head hair; You know the music: Modest Mouse the Shins Pavement.... more | go to store |
Women of Color and Feminism : Seal Studies (Paperback) In this Seal Studies title author and professor Maythee Rojas offers a look at the intricate crossroads of being a woman of color. Women of Color and Feminism tackles the question of how women of color experience feminism and how race and... more | go to store |
The Chora of Croton 1 : The Neolithic Settlement at Capo Alfiere (Hardcover) The third volume of archaeological investigations in southern Italy by the Institute of Classical Archaeology that will present a wealth of new information about the region’s ancient rural economy and culture. more | FREE shipping go to store |
Playing on the Edge: Sadomasochism Risk and Intimacy (Paperback) Representations of consensual sadomasochism range from the dark seedy undergrounds of crime thrillers to the fetishized pornographic images of sitcoms and erotica. In this pathbreaking book ethnographer Staci Newmahr delves into the social space of a... more | go to store |
Adoption by Lesbians and Gay Men: A New Dimension in Family Diversity (Hardcover) The practice of adoption has changed dramatically over the past half century with profound implications for children and families. Perhaps the most remarkable and controversial transformation during this time has been the growing willingness of... more | $92.66 $68.07 FREE shipping go to store |
Mind Set!: Eleven Ways to Change the Way You See--And Create--The Future (Paperback) In his seminal works Megatrends and Megatrends 2000 John Naisbitt proved himself one of the most far-sighted and accurate observers of our fast-changing world. Mind Set! goes beyond that by disclosing the secret of forecasting. Naisbitt gives away the... more | $13.64 $11.57 go to store |
Leisureville: Adventures in a World Without Children (Paperback) When his next-door neighbors in a quaint New England town suddenly pick up and move to a gated retired community in Florida called The Villages Andrew Blechman is astonished by their stories so he goes to investigate. Larger than Manhattan with a golf... more | go to store |
Critical Black Studies: Black Genders and Sexualities (Paperback) Cutting across the humanities and social sciences and situated in sites across the black diaspora the work in this book collectively challenges notions that we are living in a post-racial age and instead argue for the specificity of black cultural... more | FREE shipping go to store |
The captivating story of a controversial group of Palestinians who volunteer to serve in the Israeli military. more | $19.74 $15.78 go to store |
Packaging Terrorism investigates how American media have identified and covered international terrorism and violence since September 11 2001. Compares US coverage with that of British and Arab media Discusses the priorities assumptions political... more | FREE shipping go to store |
Life and Death on Mt. Everest: Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering (Paperback) The Sherpas were dead two more victims of an attempt to scale Mt. Everest. Members of a French climbing expedition sensitive perhaps about leaving the bodies where they could not be recovered rolled them off a steep mountain face. One body however... more | FREE shipping go to store |
Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity Music Difference and the Residue of Race Book 5 (Hardcover) Race and music seem fatally entwined in a way that involves both creative ethnic hybridity and ongoing problems of racism. This book presents a sociological analysis of this enduring relationship and asks: how are ideas of race critical to the... more | FREE shipping go to store |
The Ethnicity Reader (Paperback) The second edition of The Ethnicity Reader offers a comprehensive and engaging selection of readings for students of sociology politics international relations and race relations. Updated with a large proportion of new readings and extended editorial... more | FREE shipping go to store |
Islamism in Egypt is more diversified in terms of its sociology and ideology than is usually assumed. Through linguistic analysis of Islamist rhetoric this book sheds light upon attitudes towards other Muslims religious authority and secular society.... more | $203.63 $165.00 FREE shipping go to store |
This first volume of the Ethnographer s Toolkit provides a practical straightforward introduction to ethnography and ethnographic practice to the student and novice fieldworker. more | $45.86 $43.09 FREE shipping go to store |
Humans live in large and extensive societies and spend much of their time interacting socially. Likewise most other animals also interact socially. Social behaviour is of constant fascination to biologists and psychologists of many disciplines from... more | $44.60 $32.35 go to store |
Cultural Studies: Making It Like a Man: Canadian Masculinities in Practice (Paperback) Making It Like a Man: Canadian Masculinities in Practice is a collection of essays on the practice of masculinities in Canadian arts and cultures where to make it like a man is to participate in the cultural sociological and historical fluidity of ways... more | FREE shipping go to store |
Mexican Americans Across Generations: Immigrant Families Racial Realities (Paperback) Outstanding Academic Title from 2011 by Choice Magazine While newly arrived immigrants are often the focus of public concern and debate many Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans have resided in the United States for generations. Latinos are the... more | $34.23 $29.85 go to store |
The Guy s Guide to Feminism (Paperback) Written by and for men the ultimate guide to becoming a strong male ally in the 21st century In just one generation age-old ideas about women have been swept aside . . . but what does that have to do with men? Authors Michael Kaufman and Michael Kimmel... more | $13.54 $10.71 go to store |
The Great Shift : Co-Creating a New World for 2012 and Beyond (Paperback) This is a Brand New book in excellent condition. Format: Paperback Author: Lee Carroll Kryon Thomas Kenyon Patricia Cori ISBN10: 1578634571 ISBN13: 9781578634576 This extraordinary book brings together many sources of important information on the... more | $18.95 $12.51 go to store |
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