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Professions and Patriarchy
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 63.95This impressive and original study is one of the first books to combine mainstream sociology with feminism in exploring the subject of the professions and power. This is an important addition to the corpus of feminist scholarship... It provides fresh insights into the way in which male power has been used to limit the employment aspirations of women... more...
Japan's New Middle Class; the Salary Man and His Family in a Tokyo Suburb
University of California Press 1971; US$ 12.95London Calling
Bloomsbury Publishing 2003; US$ 109.95Symbolizing both commerce and culture, London has always been a magnet for the ambitions of the middle classes. However, the past three decades have witnessed a dramatic fragmentation in inner-city Londons social map. New and highly distinctive middl e-class neighbourhoods have sprung up where embattled workers seek to combat the deleterious effects... more...
The Aristocratic Temper of Greek Civilization
Oxford University Press 1992; US$ 17.99This work is both a defence of the importance of aristocrats in Greek society and a reassessment of their social, cultural and political roles. more...
German Professions, 1800-1950
Oxford University Press 1990; US$ 149.99A comprehensive view of 19th-century German history is described in this study of the professions, from law and medicine to engineering, social work and psychology, as well as the special cases of the civil service and the military. more...
Politics of Self-Expression
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 44.95The 1930s to 1950s witnessed the rise and dominance of a political culture across much of North India which combined unprecedented levels of mobilization and organization with an effective de-politicization of politics. On the one hand obsessed with world events, people also came to understand politics as a question of personal morality and achievement.... more...
War on the Middle Class
Penguin Group US 2006; US$ 15.00Lou Dobbs's bestselling exposé of the silent assault on the living standards of ordinary Americans Millions of TV viewers have known Lou Dobbs for years as the Walter Cronkite of economics coverage, and now the anchor has become the preeminent champion of the common man and the good of the national interest, who tells uncomfortable truths in... more...
Amazing Grace
HarperCollins 2007; US$ 10.99Amazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833). This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce's extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural reformer, and member of Parliament. At the center of this heroic life was a passionate twenty-year fight to abolish the British slave... more...
Dalits in India
SAGE India 2009; US$ 39.95Dalits in India: Search for Common Destiny explores the status of Dalits in the. country by presenting all-India and state-level analyses of various human development. and related social and economic indicators. It provides a comprehensive understanding. of the processes and dynamics that exclude them from mainstream development and. are causative... more...
Caste, Culture and Hegemony
SAGE India 2004; US$ 24.95It is widely believed that, because of its exceptional social development, the caste system in colonial Bengal differed considerably from the rest of India. Through a study of the complex interplay between caste, culture and power, this book convincingly demonstrates that Bengali Hindu society preserved the essentials of caste discrimination in colonial... more...









