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Categories in Text and Talk
SAGE Publications 2000; US$ 24.50This is the first practical book on how to apply Harvey Sacks' membership categorization analysis technique, an increasingly influential method for conversation analysis. Categorization analysis is a method for the study of situated social action and offers a complementary method to the traditional sequential analysis used in the study of naturally... more...
Bobos in Paradise
Simon & Schuster 2010; US$ 15.99Do you believe that spending $15,000 on a media center is vulgar, but that spending $15,000 on a slate shower stall is a sign that you are at one with the Zenlike rhythms of nature? Do you work for one of those visionary software companies where people come to work wearing hiking boots and glacier glasses, as if a wall of ice were about to come sliding... more...
Best Friends, Worst Enemies
Random House Publishing Group 2001; US$ 14.95Friends broaden our children?s horizons, share their joys and secrets, and accompany them on their journeys into ever wider worlds. But friends can also gossip and betray, tease and exclude. Children can cause untold suffering, not only for their peers but for parents as well. In this wise and insightful book, psychologist Michael Thompson, Ph.D.,... more...
Understanding Social Divisions
SAGE Publications 2005; US$ 62.00The study of social divisions has dominated research within the social sciences since the nineteenth century. Understanding Social Divisions addresses the full range of social divisions in one volume while also considering the nature of social division in itself, in a comprehensive and accessible overview. more...
Towards Enabling Geographies
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 99.95Towards Enabling Geographies' brings together leading scholars to showcase the 'second wave' of geographical studies concerned with disability and embodied differences. The book demonstrates the value of a spatial conceptualization of disability and disablement, whilst examining how this conceptualization can be further developed and refined. more...
Geographies of Children, Youth and Families
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 47.95This edited collection brings together international experts from the vibrant and growing field of geographies of children, youth and families. Designed as an introduction to the topic, this book provides an overview of current conceptual and theoretical debates surrounding geographies of children, youth and families, and gives a wide range of... more...
China's New Creative Clusters
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 155.00Recognising that creativity is a major driving force in the post-industrial economy, the Chinese government has recently established a range of "creative clusters" ? industrial parks devoted to media industries, and arts districts ? in order to promote the development of the creative industries. This book examines these new creative clusters, outlining... more...
The Disability Studies Reader
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 69.95The Fourth Edition of the Disability Studies Reader breaks new ground by emphasizing the global, transgender, homonational, and posthuman conceptions of disability. Including physical disabilities, but exploring issues around pain, mental disability, and invisible disabilities, this edition explores more varieties of bodily and mental experience.... more...
Black Politics
Allen & Unwin 2009; US$ 31.81Drawing on extensive interviews with activists and politicians, ùBlack Politicsú explains the dynamics of Aboriginal politics. It reveals the challenges and tensions that have shaped community, regional and national relations over the past 25 years. more...
The Lakotas and the Black Hills
Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 22.95A concise and engrossing account of the Lakota and the battle to regain their homeland. The Lakota Indians made their home in the majestic Black Hills mountain range during the last millennium, drawing on the hills' endless bounty for physical and spiritual sustenance. Yet the arrival of white settlers brought the Lakotas into inexorable conflict... more...









