Series: Critical Concepts in Religious StudiesThis eight volume set represents the main streams of thought that converged together in the first decades of the twentieth century to inform thinking abo
An expert on organic gardening explains how to create the finest compost from ingredients found around the house, in a handbook that includes step-by-step photographs and instructions on practical com
This book, first published in 1982 by Ellis Horwood Limited and Tavistock Publications Limited, examines French sociologist Emile Durkheim's achievements and situates them in their social and intellec
Series: New AccentsThis facsimile set of eight books presents early contributions to the development of the sociology of education from the 1920s through to the 1950s - the period in which it emerged
This text outlines the ways in which contemporary trends - political, social and economic - give rise to public debates about policies concerned with culture. A range of theoretical issues are explore
Emile Durkheim is regarded as a "founding father" of sociology, and is studied in all basic sociology courses. This handy textbook is a key collection of translations from Durkheim's major works.
In this volume Mayo discusses the Hawthorne experiments, relating the findings about human relations within the Hawthorne plant to the social environment in the surrounding Chicago area. The Chicago S
The influential authors significantly update their popular introductory text that invites students to reflect on their lives in the context of the combustible leap from modern to postmodern life. They
The influential authors significantly update their popular introductory text that invites students to reflect on their lives in the context of the combustible leap from modern to postmodern life. They
The massive depopulation of state mental hospitals in the 1950s (known as "deinstitutionalization") posed special challenges to mental health consumers in need of intensive psychiatric treatment. No l
Alexander (sociology, Yale U.) et al. supply students with an introductory textbook on sociology that focuses on trends in contemporary society and real social issues, and contrasts modern and postmod
Paul B. Thompson addresses ethical issues in food ads, local diets, food labelling, agricultural pollutants, and sustainability in five new essays that pick up where his book From Field to Fork left o
