Sociology: Customs & Traditions

The West feels lost. Brexit, Trump, the coronavirus: we hurtle from one crisis to another, lacking definition, terrified that our best days are beh...

How do British pavements remain free of dog mess? Why are paths not littered with cigarette butts or roads not lined with abandoned cars? What does...

First held in 1987, Jaialdi is the United States's largest Basque festival and takes place in Boise every five years. Through vivid photography and...

Although the debate over same-sex marriage in the United States has ended, no one seems to know what lies on the horizon. The conversation about wh...

This guide is an excellent introduction to Basel Fasnacht, the traditional and colourful carnival that marks the end of the fasting season and take...

The contributors to Bringing Back the Social into the Sociology of Religion explore how 'bringing the social back into the sociology of religion' m...

Why do millions of people attend the victory parades of winning sports teams, travel across the world to attend a carnival, march and chant for soc...

An important and timely book Philippa GregoryPoignant, unique and thought-provoking All About HistoryThis introduces new readers, in the most acc...

In China, the art and practice of drinking tea is about much more than merely soaking leaves in a cup of hot water. The tradition is rooted in Daoi...

The British Isles have long been steeped in a rich heritage of ceremony and tradition, and there are few artefacts that evoke this culture so stron...

Fifty years into my life journey I realise that, while I love remote wild places and the peoples I meet there, it is in forests that I find the gre...

A Brit Different is a celebration of the weird and wonderful contests that help to make Britain great. The book covers 50 of our most eccentric eve...

Ranch families in the twenty-first century face many challenges, from competition with agribusiness corporations to tax laws that encourage develop...

The Magpie and the Wardrobe - A Curiosity of Folklore, Magic and Spells, is a lovingly curated compendium of time-honoured traditions and curious c...

Another wonderful new series from the top 10 bestselling author of The Cornish Midwife, Jo Bartlett. Welcome to Seabreeze Farm.Unhappy with life in...

In The Book of Christmas, best-selling author and acclaimed historian, Christopher Winn, casts a revealing eye over the stories, myths and legends ...

The Japanese Tea Ceremony is a detailed examination of the five-centuries-old tea ceremonyor Cha-no-Yu in Japanese, literally hot water for teaa co...