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Blood on the Tracks
PM Press 2011; US$ 16.00After serving in the Vietnam War, S. Brian Willson became a radical, nonviolent peace protester and pacifist, and this memoir details the drastic governmental and social change he has spent his life fighting for. Chronicling his personal struggle with a government he believes to be unjust, Willson sheds light on the various incarnations of his protests... more...
The Elgar Companion to Recent Economic Methodology
Edward Elgar Publishing 2012; US$ 60.00Economics methodology has traditionally been associated with logical positivism in the vein of Milton Friedman, Karl Popper, Imre Lakatos and Thomas Kuhn. However, the emergence and proliferation of new research programs in economics has stimulated many novel developments in economic methodology. This impressive Companion critically examines these... more...
Introduction to Mathematical Sociology
Princeton University Press 2012; US$ 45.00Mathematical models and computer simulations of complex social systems have become everyday tools in sociology. Yet until now, students had no up-to-date textbook from which to learn these techniques. Introduction to Mathematical Sociology fills this gap, providing undergraduates with a comprehensive, self-contained primer on the mathematical tools... more...
AQA AS Sociology Student Unit Guide: Unit 2 Education and Sociological Methods
Hodder Education 2012; US$ 15.98Focused revision for your best possible grade. more...
The Heritage of War
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 44.95The Heritage of War is an interdisciplinary study of the ways in which heritage is mobilized in remembering war, and in reconstructing landscapes, political systems and identities after conflict. It examines the deeply contested nature of war heritage in a series of places and contexts, highlighting the modes by which governments, communities, and... more...
Why Nations Go to War
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 9.95The United States has been involved in many wars, sometimes for noble causes like defeating Nazism, and, at other times, it has compromised its own ideals, leading to a lot of soul searching and regrets. Some wars are celebrated as glorious achievements (World War II), some are ?forgotten? (Korea), and some are ?ignored? (Afghanistan). The current... more...
Researching Social Life
SAGE Publications 2008; US$ 80.00This core text covers the whole range of methods from quantitative to qualitative in a down-to-earth and unthreatening manner, including grounded theory and mixed methods. Packed with student-friendly features, it is a must-have textbook for students on social research methods courses in any discipline. more...
Cultural Commons
Edward Elgar Publishing 2012; US$ 40.00This compelling book offers a fresh and novel approach to study cultural and artistic expression from the perspective of 'the commons'. It demonstrates how identifying cultures as shared resources is useful in eliciting the main factors and social dilemmas affecting the production and evolution of cultural expression. Adopting the unifying... more...
Sociology as Social Criticism (Routledge Revivals)
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95First published in 1975, this collection of essays embodies a conception of sociological thought as a critical analysis of social theories and doctrines, of social institutions and political regimes, of recent social movements. They deal, in particular, with some conservative versions of sociology and with attempts to develop more radical theories;... more...
Understanding the Culture of Markets
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 135.00How does culture impact economic life? Is culture like a ball and chain that actors must lug around as they pursue their material interests? Or, is culture like a tool-kit from which entrepreneurs can draw resources to aid them in their efforts? Or, is being immersed in a culture like wearing a pair of blinders? Or, is culture like wearing a pair... more...









