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David Inglis,Christopher Thorpe
Social theory is a crucial resource, a rich collection of insights into how human beings think and act, and how contemporary social life is constructed. Featuring new material on Actor-Network…
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Wide-ranging introduction to social theory that carefully avoids simplification of ideas whilst presenting theories in an accessible language for students. Inspired by the authors own teaching and dissatisfaction with current…
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David Inglis,John Hughson
A guide to the complex field of the sociological study of culture. It offers a discussion and analysis of the complex field of the sociology of culture, and how it…
Confronting Culture offers a clear and accessible discussion and analysis of the complex field of the sociology of culture, and how it compares with approaches developed within cultural studies. *…
David Nelson Inglis
/b, b/This scholarly work offers a detailed comparison of the historical figure of Cyrano de Bergerac, the 17th-century French author and duelist, with the dramatic portrayal of the same character…
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David Rittenhouse Inglis
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Henry David Inglis, Matthew Scholefield
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
A guide to various issues involving globalization and the production, distribution and consumption of food. It demonstrates the central role of food in many of the crucial and most controversial…
The Globalization of Wine is a one-stop guide to understanding wine across the world today. Examining a broad range of developments in the wine world, it considers the social, cultural…
Henry David Inglis,George Cruikshank
Title: Rambles in the footsteps of Don Quixote. With illustrations by G. Cruikshank.
Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
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A cutting edge exploration of this vital sociological sub-discipline. 40 original chapters offering a much needed international approach to cultural sociology.
Using work from contributors across a range of disciplinary backgrounds and locations, this book explores the use of the veil to form the most comprehensive book ever conceived on this…
How do fashions in drinks work, and how are drinks fashions related to changing trends in clothes and apparel? These twin questions are posed and answered by the book Drinks…
A comprehensive guide to understanding wine across the world today, explaining how recent changes in the global production and consumption of wine have transformed the industry.
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'Nature' is perhaps the most contested term in the social sciences. These volumes contain the main contributions that have been made within the area and includes a new introduction which…
Drawing on a wide variety of disciplines, this fascinating four-volume collection covers anthropology, sociology, psychology, history, cultural history, land economy, and, outside of the arts and social sciences, disciplines such…
John Hughson (University of Central Lancashire, UK),David Inglis (University of Aberdeen, UK),Marcus W. Free
Sport is an important part of cultural life, yet until recently it has tended to remain on the margins of academic cultural studies. This textbook puts sport in the spotlight…
David 1825-1877 Inglis
Efforts to miniaturize sensing and diagnostic devices and to integrate multiple functions into one device have caused massive growth in the field of microfluidics and this integration is now recognized…
This collection offers a comprehensive guide to the sociology of the body. The central focus is on understanding sociology through the body; what is often described as re-reading sociology in…
Captain James Cook is justly famous for his explorations of the southern Pacific Ocean, but his contributions to the exploration of the northern Pacific and the Arctic are arguably equally…
Andy Bennett,Les Back,Laura Desfor Edles,Margaret Gibson,David Inglis
Cultural Sociology: An Introduction is the first dedicated student textbook to address cultural sociology as a legitimate model for sociological thinking and research. Highly renowned authors present a rich overview…
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Addressing culture as a focus for understanding the processes and systems of relations through which societies are arranged, this book sets out the key antecedents contributing to the emergence of…
Simon Stewart,Sally Inglis,Anna Hawkes
This is a practical book for nurses on the management of patients with chronic cardiac disease. With the number of patients who have survived a heart attack but need continuous…
Sir Walter Scott
A new edition of Woodstock based on the first edition but emended in the light of readings in the manuscript and proofs that were misread.
Mary D. Sheriff
An issue of French Historical Studies.
The fifth instalment of Prototype's annual anthology: a space for new work, open to all and free from formal guidelines or restrictions. Poetry, prose, visual work and experiments in between.