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Ideas of Landscape discusses the current theory and practice of landscape archaeology and offers an alternative agenda for landscape archaeology that …

Ghosts of Memory provides an overview of literature on relatedness and memory and then moves beyond traditional approaches to the subject, exploring t…

Gender is one of the most important topics in the field of sociology, and as a system of social practices it inspires a multitude of theoretical appro…

Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China’s major cities. It deals with a diversity of…

In this book Jorge Larrain discusses three of the most important concepts in the social sciences: ideology, reason and cultural identity.

This introduction to the archaeology of Asia focuses on case studies from the region’s last 10,000 years of history. Comprises fifteen chapters by som…

Drawing on social theory and offering numerous case studies, Archaeologies of Materiality is one of the first books to explore materiality across time…

This wide-ranging and accessible book provides a thorough overview of the key debates in gender and political theory.

Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China’s major cities. It deals with a diversity of…

Can sociology help us to tackle environmental problems? What can sociology tell us about the nature of the environment and about the origins and conse…

This book is a state-of-the-art introduction to the archaeology of Oceania, covering both Australia and the Pacific Islands. The first text to provide…

Containing close to 3,000 words and definitions, Dictionary of Artifacts is an indispensable reference for anyone working within the field of archaeol…

In this book Hilary Rose develops new terms for thinking about science and feminism, locating the feminist criticism of science as both integral to th…

In this second volume of The Information Age trilogy, with an extensive new preface following the recent global economic crisis, Manuel Castells deals…

Is there a future for sociology? To many, sociology seems to have lost its way. Born of the ideas of Auguste Comte in the nineteenth century, sociolog…

Environmental Social Science offers a new synthesis of environmental studies, defining the nature of human-environment interactions and providing the …

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists fro…

Prostitution is still the subject of intense controversy among feminists but theoretical and political analyses are often only loosely grounded in emp…

This important Manifesto argues that we still need a concept of society in order to make sense of the forces which structure our lives. Written by lea…

Is there a future for sociology? To many, sociology seems to have lost its way. Born of the ideas of Auguste Comte in the nineteenth century, sociolog…

With the ever-increasing functionalities of information and communication technologies, as well as the spatial and temporal transformations brought ab…

Liveness is a persistent and much-debated concept in media studies. Until recently, it was associated primarily with broadcast media, and television i…

This new book brings together Doreen Massey's key writings on three areas central to a range of disciplines. In addition, the author reflects on the d…

Re-reading Popular Culture is an entertaining investigation of the meanings and value of popular culture today. It explores the theme of cultural citi…

This major study develops a new account of modernity and its relation to the self. Building upon the ideas set out in The Consequences of Modernity, G…

This book provides a lively and thoughtful introduction to ecological anthropology by examining the evolving relations between human communities and n…

With a lively and engaging style, Myths for the Masses provides a critical, interdisciplinary, and historically informed statement about communication…

This introductory textbook offers a concise and lucid account of the main developments in contemporary feminist thinking, and demonstrates the central…

In this new book, Ulrich Beck and the journalist Johannes Willms engage in a series of accessible conversations that reveal and explore the key elemen…

This major study develops a new account of modernity and its relation to the self. Building upon the ideas set out in The Consequences of Modernity, G…

This book brings together a range of anthropological writings that are inspired by the French philosopher Michel Foucault and examine Foucault’s contr…

Critical Cultural Policy Studies: A Reader brings together classic statements and contemporary views that illustrate how everyday culture is as much a…

In recent years, questions about men and boys have aroused remarkable media interest, public concern and controversy. Across the world, health service…

Why can't a man be more like a woman? seems to be the catchcry of modern management gurus. They claim to be revaluing feminine «soft» skills as qualit…

This bold and accessible study of human languages and communication explores issues which are at the forefront of today's globalized society. The huma…

This is the first book which examines the nature and significance of a feminist critique in anthropology. It offers a clear introduction to, and balan…

Written by a renowned scholar of critical race theory, The Threat of Race explores how the concept of race has been historically produced and how it c…

The relationship between space and politics is explored through a study of French urban policy. Drawing upon the political thought of Jacques Rancière…

In this major new work, Thompson develops an original account of ideology and relates it to the analysis of culture and mass communication in modern S…

Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In The Constitution of Society he outlines the distinc…

We Share Walls: Language, Land, and Gender in Berber Morocco explores how political economic shifts over the last century have reshaped the language p…

Written by a renowned scholar of critical race theory, The Threat of Race explores how the concept of race has been historically produced and how it c…

Cities, War and Terrorism is the first book to look critically at the ways in which warfare, terrorism and counter-terrorism policies intersect in cit…

This is one of the first systematic discussions of the nature of trust as a means of social cohesion, discussing the works of leading social theorists…

Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In The Constitution of Society he outlines the distinc…