Sciences Sociales

50 Vetoes: How States Can Stop the Obama Health Care Law

de Michael F. Cannon

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) remains vulnerable to repeal, largely because Congress and the Supreme Court have granted each state the power to veto major provisions of the law before...

Soils, Climate and Society: Archaeological Investigations in Ancient America

de John D. Wingard & Sue Eileen Hayes

Much recent archaeological research focuses on social forces as the impetus for cultural change. Soils, Climate and Society, however, focuses on the complex relationship between human populations and the physical...

Class Conflict: The Pursuit and History of American Justice

de Gregory C. Leavitt

In a just society the law not only applies to all equally, but also arises from the consent of the people it embraces. As such, justice implies that people have access to governance. A just society provides...

Cities Are Good for You: The Genius of the Metropolis

de Leo Hollis

Fascinating, entertaining, radical and impassioned, Cities Are Good for You is a rallying cry for 21st-Century living

Containing Coexistence: America, Russia, and the "Finnish Solution," 1945-1956

de Jussi M. Hanhimäki

Containing Coexistence: America, Russia, and the "Finnish Solution," 1945-1956, is the first full-scale study of Finland's role in Soviet-American relations during the onset of the cold war. Cold war Finland...

Single Woman of a Certain Age: Romantic Escapades, Shifting Shapes, and Serene Independence

de Jane Ganahl

This timely book assembles a chorus of sophisticated, edgy, and humorous voices on the topic of being unmarried in one's prime.

Alcohol: Social Drinking in Cultural Context

de Janet Chrzan

Alcohol: Social Drinking in Cultural Context critically examines alcohol use across cultures and through time. This short text is a framework for students to self-consciously examine their beliefs about and...

Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice

de Rebekah Modrak & Bill Anthes

To fully understand photography, it is essential to study both the theoretical and the technical.

In an accessible yet complex way, Rebekah Modrak and Bill Anthes explore photographic theory, history and technique...

The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo

de Saskia Sassen

This classic work chronicles how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers for the global economy and in the process underwent a series of massive and parallel changes. What distinguishes Sassen's theoretical...

Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence

de Ephraim Kahana

For Israel_more so than for any other state_an effective Intelligence Community has been a matter of life and death. Over the past half-century or so, Israel has created and refined what is broadly regarded...

Historical Dictionary of Terrorism

de Stephen Sloan & Sean K. Anderson

This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Terrorism significantly expands on the second edition through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries...

Historical Dictionary of Sexspionage

de Nigel West

In the realm of human behavior, sex can be the catalyst for risky or reckless conduct. The Historical Dictionary of Sexspionage explores this behavior through a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and...

Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Intelligence

de Ephraim Kahana & Muhammad Suwaed

The Historical Dictionary of Middle East Intelligence addresses intelligence issues in the region from ancient history and the Middle Ages through modern times, covering the decline of the Ottoman Empire, intelligence...

Historical Dictionary of Naval Intelligence

de Nigel West

The Historical Dictionary of Naval Intelligence relates the long and fascinating history of naval intelligence through a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary...

Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East

de Roger S. Bagnall

Most of the everyday writing from the ancient world-that is, informal writing not intended for a long life or wide public distribution-has perished. Reinterpreting the silences and blanks of the historical record,...

Everyone's a Winner: Life in Our Congratulatory Culture

de Joel Best

Every kindergarten soccer player gets a trophy. Many high schools name dozens of seniors as valedictorians-of the same class. Cars sport bumper stickers that read "USA-Number 1." Prizes proliferate in every...

A Glance at Work . Educational Perspectives

de Vanna Boffo

The topics of work flexibility, precarious jobs, and the relationship between work, the market and production are subjects that are widely debated in the sociological, philosophical, economic and political spheres....

Refuge

de Adrie Kusserow

An anthropologist writes poems about globalization, culture, war, and fieldwork in South Sudan, Uganda, Botswana, and across the world.

South Park Conservatives: The Revolt Against Liberal Media Bias

de Brian C. Anderson

South Park Conservatives: The Revolt Against Liberal Media Bias by Brian C. Anderson

Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, And Other Foreign Menaces To Our Shores

de Michelle Malkin

Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, And Other Foreign Menaces To Our Shores by Michelle Malkin