Society & Culture: General

A scientific exploration of the advanced ancient civilization known as Doggerland or Fairland that disappeared 5,000 years ago. New marine archaeol...

A thought-provoking history of communications that challenges ideas about freedom of speech and democracy. At the heart of democracy lies a contrad...

'This is a vital book. Hand this out in schools, in the workplace, everywhere. It's also beautifully written.' Olivia Colman'Brilliant. Patriarchy ...

The book presents an authoritative assessment of Norbert Elias (18971990). It recognizes Elias as one of the major contributors to the development ...

Postdevelopment in Practice critically engages with recent trends in postdevelopment and critical development studies that have destabilised the co...

1971 was a great year for cinema. Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Dario Argento, Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, Sergio Leone, George Lucas, Sam Pecki...

If we seal off the past, how will we ever know the truth? In 1942, in Nazi-occupied Poland, a Jewish child was smuggled out of the Warsaw ghetto i...

A tale of kings and conquests and high-sea adventures A must-read for those interested in the history of spices. Shrabani Basu, author of Victori...

Religion and the Public Sphere: New Conversations explores the changing contribution of religion to public life today. Bringing together a diverse ...

Development theory and practice are often taught in a manner that strips them of their historical context and obscures alternative intellectual ass...

Legitimating Television: Media Convergence and Cultural Status explores how and why television is gaining a new level of cultural respectability in...

Anomie, strain and subcultural theories are among the leading theories of crime. Anomie theories state that crime results from the failure of soc...