The Leading eBooks Store Online
for Kindle Fire, Apple, Android, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...
Construction Workers, U.S.A.
ABC-CLIO 1999; US$ 161.00A lively, personalized account incorporating objective analysis and solid information accumulated over 42 years, this book presents a graphic picture of the construction industry from an insider's point of view. The volume focuses on the culture of construction workers, the management style of contractors, and the structural and organizational nature... more...
Human Trafficking, Human Misery
ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 45.00Virtually all countries in the world are affected by the scourge of human trafficking, either as a source, transit, or destination country, or combination thereof. While countries have long focused on international trafficking, internal movement and exploitation within countries may be even more prevalent than trans-border trafficking. Patterns of... more...
Alchemies of Violence
SAGE India 2004; US$ 64.95The several trading castes known generically as `Marwaris` are among the most powerful and wealthy groups in India. While they have spread throughout India and beyond, their homeland is Rajasthan. This absorbing book explores their origin myths and the manner in which these myths construct and express their social identities. Lawrence Babb draws attention... more...
The Gladiator
Da Capo Press 2008; US$ 15.00Take "a lively, voyeuristic glimpse into the ancient world" of the gladiator (Publishers Weekly) 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...
The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century León and Castile
Cambridge University Press 1997; US$ 49.00An examination of the nature and role of the aristocracy in twelfth-century Spain. more...
Memories of Class (Routledge Revivals)
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 41.95First published in 1982, Professor Bauman?s discussion of the mechanism of class formation and institutionalisation of class conflict argues that our understanding of changes in social and political structure has been hindered by the freezing of concepts of class in the ice-age of industrial society. He investigates the impact of historical memory... more...
Middle Class Families
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 255.00As increased access to employment and educational opportunities brought dramatic changes to women's lives, sociologists began to look at the effect of women's changing roles on their children and families. Based on empirical investigations and personal experience, the studies included in The Sociology of Gender and the Family set of the International... more...
Working Class in Britain, The
I.B.Tauris 2003; US$ 23.50Who made up the working class in Britain, who were the ordinary men and women and what were their aspirations? The first generation of postwar British labour historians tended to be preoccupied with working class activism. The Working Class in Britain attempts to chart not only this struggle, but to describe and analyse the rich and varied tapestry... more...









