Social Science
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 | Analytic NarrativesJust how do social scientists draw broad, applicable principles of political order from specific historical examples? In ANALYTIC NARRATIVES, five senior scholars offer a new and ambitious methodological response to this important question. Their essays...On Sale |
 | Rice As Self : Japanese Identities Through TimeAre we what we eat? What does food reveal about how we live and how we think of ourselves in relation to others? Why do people have a strong attachment to their own cuisine and an aversion to the foodways of others? In this engaging account of the crucial...On Sale |
 | Black Corona - Race and the Politics of Place in an Urban CommunityIn Black Corona, Steven Gregory examines political culture and activism in an African-American neighborhood in New York City. Using historical and ethnographic research, he challenges the view that black urban communities are 'socially disorganized'....On Sale |
 | Star & Other KoreanThe short story is a genre that Korean writers have made their own, reflecting a long literary tradition in which the short story is the major form of fiction writing. Collected in this volume are eight stories by leading contemporary writers of Korea...On Sale |
 | 'The Hour of Eugenics': Race, Gender, and Nation in Latin AmericaThis book addresses the scientific and social movement known as eugenics, a word invented in 1883 (from the Greek eugenes, meaning 'wellborn') by the British scientist Francis Galton to encompass the social uses to which knowledge of heredity could be...On Sale |
 | Acid Dreams : The Complete Social History of LSD - The CIA, the Sixties, and BeyondAcid Dreams : The Complete Social History of LSD - The CIA, the Sixties, and BeyondOn Sale |
 | Mea Culpa: A Sociology of Apology and ReconciliationMea Culpa: A Sociology of Apology and ReconciliationOn Sale |
 | Open the Social Sciences : Report of the Gulbenkian Commission on the Restructuring of the Social SciencesConcerned about the worldwide state of the social sciences-the relations among disciplines, and their relationship with both the humanities and the natural sciences-the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, based in Lisbon, established in 1933 the Gulbenkian...On Sale |
 | The Sexual ContractThe Sexual ContractOn Sale |
 | Works and Lives : The Anthropologist As Author'America's most renowned cultural anthropologist...analyzes the literary forms of several anthropologist notables.'-Richard A. Scweder, The New York Times Book ReviewOn Sale |
 | Anti-Semite and Jew : An Exploration of the Etiology of Hate...On Sale |
 | The Myth of the Negro PastIn his unprecedented study of black history and culture, Herskovits reveals a rich African heritage in religious and secular life, the language and the arts of the Americas.On Sale |
 | One-Dimensional ManOriginally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in the ensuing decade of radical political change. This second edition, newly introduced by Marcuse scholar Douglas Kellner, presents Marcuse's best-selling...On Sale |
 | The Secret History of Gender: Women, Men, and Power in Late Colonial MexicoIn this innovative study of gender relations in late colonial Mexico (ca. 1760-1821), Steve Stern analyzes the historical connections between gender, power, and politics in the lives of peasants, Indians, and other marginalized peoples. Through vignettes...On Sale |
 | Casing a Promised Land : The Autobiography of an Organizational Detective As Cultural EthnographerNow available for the first time in paperback and expanded by a new chapter and an afterword entitled ''Surrendering to the Mystery, ' or The Sooner You Arrive, the Further You Have to Go', this ground-breaking study by H. L. Goodall, Jr., examines what...On Sale |
 | Flowerdew Hundred : The Archaeology of a Virginia Plantation, 1619-1864Archaeologists James Deetz draws from fragments of pottery, broken weapons, and building stones the drama of our past- both its intimate domestic stories and its grand historical moments.On Sale |
 | Wounds of the Spirit : Black Women, Violence and Resistance EthicsIn Wounds of the Spirit, Traci West employs first person accounts -- from slave narratives to contemporary interviews to Tina Turner's autobiography -- to document a historical legacy of violence against black women in the United States. West, a black...On Sale |
 | Songs My Mother Sang to Me: An Oral History of Mexican American WomenSongs My Mother Sang to Me: An Oral History of Mexican American WomenOn Sale |
 | Changing Sex: Transsexualism, Technology, and the Idea of Gender'Building upon earlier critiques of the medical management of gender, Hausman provides a rich analysis of the significance of technology on this century's shift from looking for the 'true' sex to the 'best' one. Having tracked down valuable and fascinating...On Sale |
 | Undocumented in L. A. : An Immigrant's StoryYamileth's daily experiences mirror the hopes and frustrations of women and men who confront new cultural, economic, and political environments. Author Dianne Walta Hart's long and close relationship with Yamileth allows her to observe the newcomer's...On Sale |
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