Sociology & Anthropology

The American family has come a long way from the days of the idealized family portrayed in iconic television shows of the 1950s and 1960s. The four...

From the earliest burial mounds to todays simple street shrines, Boneyards: Detroit Under Ground reveals how Metro Detroiters have interred their d...

How do governments and societies use prison to respond to underlying and fundamental social, economic and political issues? Using data on world imp...

Theory a magical glow has emanated from this word since the sixties.  Theory was more than just a succession of ideas: it was an article of faith,...

Brilliant horsemen and great fighters, the Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across the grasslands of the Asian steppe from the Altai...

In this fascinating follow-up to the bestselling Information is Beautiful and Knowledge is Beautiful, the king of infographics David McCandless use...

Controlling national borders has once again become a key concern of contemporary states and a highly contentious issue in social and political life...

This primer guides young poets towards a deeper understanding of how poetry can function in their lives, while introducing the art in an exciting n...