The Leading eBooks Store Online
for Kindle Fire, Apple, Android, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...
Researching Amongst Elites
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 104.95Presenting the latest empirical case studies from Canada, the USA and Australia, this volume explores the challenges and difficulties involved in conducting research amongst the rich and elite, whilst shedding light on the manner in which power is harnessed, protected and controlled to manage and manipulate resources. A demonstration of the importance... more...
A History of the Protection of Regional Cultural Minorities in Europe
Palgrave Macmillan 2000; US$ 185.00Antony Alcock recounts four stages in the history of regional cultural minority protection: protection of religious minorities and the rise of cultural nationalism before 1914; attempts to assimilate minorities between the wars together with the League of Nations' system of protection; neglect of the complex issues in minority protection after 1945,... more...
Muslim networks and transnational communities in and across Europe
BRILL 2003; US$ 163.00The topic of this collection of articles is the increasingly transnational nature of Islam in Europe as well as the mechanisms by which the transnationalism is activated, especially the media. The papers integrate specific case studies with more general and thematic considerations. more...
Realizing Community
Routledge 2002; US$ 41.95Contributes various new analyses and approaches to the issue of community - such as destabilization in the global context, cultural absoluteness, separation of community and culture, compartmentalized communities. more...
Making our Way through the World
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 34.00Examines internal conversations and their influence on how people make their way through the world. more...
The African Diaspora in the United States and Europe
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 114.95This book examines the Ghanaian diaspora in North America, a group which has grown substantially since 1980, and offers a fascinating lens on some of the key themes of the 'new migration' including transnationalism, identity, social networks, remittances, economic integration and citizenship. Using original empirical data, the author also investigates... more...
Class, Individualization and Late Modernity
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 95.00This book puts to the test the prominent claim that social class has declined in importance in an era of affluence, choice and the waning of tradition. Arguing against this view, this study vividly uncovers the multiple ways in which class stubbornly persists. more...
Hell's Angel
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99Due to copyright restrictions, this eBook may not contain all of the images available in the print edition. Narrated by the visionary founding member, Hell's Angel provides a fascinating all-access pass to the secret world of the notorious Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club. Sonny Barger recounts the birth of the original Oakland Hell's Angels and the... more...
Beyond Communities of Practice
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 26.00This book consists of a set of studies exploring the concept of 'communities of practice'. 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...









