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Research Methods in Social Relations

ISBN: 9780155061392

841,36 PLN (BRUTTO)
This book has been a classic in the field, due in part to the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). Their involvement in this project has helped to bring prominent authors on board. Last published in 1991 this stellar text has been significantly revised by Dr. Charles Judd and by a new coauthor, prominent psychologist Rick Hoyle. Dr. Hoyle is well known in the research methods and statistics area, as well as being active in APA, APS, MPA, and many other professional organizations. He
The Dobe Ju/'Hoansi

ISBN: 9780155063334

215,40 PLN (BRUTTO)
This classic, bestselling study of the Kung San, foragers of the Dobe area of the Kalahari Desert describes a people's reactions to the forces of modernization, detailing relatively recent changes to Kung rituals, beliefs, social structure, marriage and kinship system. It documents their determination to take hold of their own destiny-despite exploitation of their habitat and relentless development-to assert their political rights and revitalize their communities. Use of the name Ju/'hoansi (meaning "real
Women in Modern America

ISBN: 9780155063501

415,87 PLN (BRUTTO)
This brief text examines the broad themes that have shaped women's experiences in the United States from 1890 to the present day. Students are invited to investigate the ways in which notions of gender difference have changed over time, as well as how a wide variety of women have both created and responded to shifting, often controversial cultural, political, and social roles.
Social Thought Into the 21st Century

ISBN: 9780155064027

644,98 PLN (BRUTTO)
This text focuses on social philosophers and theorists who have made important contributions to contemporary social thought. Emphasizing that social thinkers are involved with profound humanistic and scientific problems, the Sixth Edition of SOCIAL THOUGHT demonstrates how the academic concerns of social thinkers balance theory with humanistic concerns.
Readings in Deviant Behavior: Classic and Contemporary

ISBN: 9780155064386

530,43 PLN (BRUTTO)
READINGS IN DEVIANT BEHAVIOR: CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY brings together over 50 articles in 16 chapters. The text is organized traditionally, beginning with a discussion on the nature of deviance followed by material on theories and perspectives to explain deviance and ending with articles that discuss forms of deviant behavior. Each chapter begins with an introduction and concludes with questions for discussion. The mix of contemporary and classic readings explores the theoretical approaches to deviant and
Study Guide for Kornblum/Smith's Sociology: The Central Questions

ISBN: 9780155065703

280,86 PLN (BRUTTO)
To accomplish your course goals, use this study guide to enhance your understanding of the text content and to be better prepared for quizzes and tests. This convenient manual helps you assimilate and master the information encountered in the text through the use of practice exercises and applications, comprehensive review tools, and additional helpful resources.
Hybrid Workbook for Kornblum/Smith's Sociology: The Central Questions

ISBN: 9780155065949

325,86 PLN (BRUTTO)
Our Lives, Our Worlds: A Thematic Reader

ISBN: 9780155068735

379,05 PLN (BRUTTO)
Organized around eight broad themes, OUR LIVES, OUR WORLDS includes more writing instruction than most readers.
Sociology: Your Compass for a New World [With Infotrac]

ISBN: 9780155072121

399,51 PLN (BRUTTO)
This balanced, mainstream, totally up-to-date text is characterized by its focus on the connection between oneself and the social world. It teaches students "how" to think, rather than just "what" to think, draws the connection between objectivity and subjectivity in sociological research, and places an emphasis on the importance of diversity and the global perspective. Students have to navigate a world that is increasingly complex and confusing. SOCIOLOGY: YOUR COMPASS FOR A NEW WORLD will help them do jus
Farther to Go: Readings and Cases in African-American Politics

ISBN: 9780155072329

374,96 PLN (BRUTTO)
Part documentary anthology, part literature review, and part bibliography, FARTHER TO GO gives students a thorough historical grounding in the field of racial politics. Dr. Gilliam imparts a strong working knowledge of the civil rights movement, as well as the cultural, economic, and psychological nuances underlying the relationship between the black community and the political system. To that end, the text presents significant court cases, speeches, and statutes that allow students to discover the texture
Sociology: An Introduction

ISBN: 9780155073913

428,14 PLN (BRUTTO)
This book features useful examples, frequent applications to real-world living, and cross-cultural perspectives. The author writes with a precision and clarity lacking in many sociology texts and makes the presentation of sociology both informative and interesting. The author's love of the field is apparent on every page of this involving text, and students will appreciate the way that Doob tells the story of sociology by presenting sociology as a set of accounts or narratives about specific sociological is
Equality Deferred: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in America Since 1945

ISBN: 9780155074149

244,04 PLN (BRUTTO)
Issues of diversity have been and remain a key aspect of contemporary America. James Olson draws on his experience as a distinguished scholar and teacher to develop a portrait that encompasses various ethnic groups in the U.S.-including African American, Native American, Hispanics, and immigrants from a variety of nations. In this brief text, he sketches the ever-changing ethnic portrait of America, incorporating the most relevant scholarship on the civil rights crusade, immigration quotas, various militant
This High and Holy Moment: The First National Women's Rights Convention, Worcester, 1850

ISBN: 9780155079410

309,50 PLN (BRUTTO)
This documentary narrative focuses on the first national women's rights convention and the period of history surrounding it. Assessing the convention within the context of 1850s ante-bellum reform efforts, the author presents relevant documents without bias, allowing students to come to their own conclusions about this critical period in American history.
Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society

ISBN: 9780155080898

223,58 PLN (BRUTTO)
One of the few case studies of undocumented immigrants available, this insightful anthropological analysis humanizes a group of people too often reduced to statistics and stereotypes. The hardships of Hispanic migration are conveyed in the immigrants' own voices while the author's voice raises questions about power, stereotypes, settlement, and incorporation into American society.
Understanding Culture's Influence on Behavior

ISBN: 9780155083400

608,16 PLN (BRUTTO)
Written in a lively, engaging style with many examples to illustrate complex concepts, this text helps readers to understand the influence of intercultural interactions in their own lives. It introduces students to disciplines, including cross-cultural psychology, intercultural communication, and international organizational behavior, that study culture's influence on human behavior. It covers a wide range of topics, such as schooling, work, gender, socialization of children, and health. This solid treatmen
Skin and Bones: The Management of People and Natural Resources in Shellcracker Haven, Florida

ISBN: 9780155084766

223,58 PLN (BRUTTO)
Skin and Bones relates the history of Shellcracker Haven, a community pseudonym, to the development of fresh water fish and wildlife management in the state of Florida. It examines the clash of worldviews between community residents who are personally invested and locally sensitive to the ecosystem that has fed their families for several generations, and biologist resource managers who rely on detached science-based models and political sensitivity when making policy decisions. Skin and Bones challenges rea
Sociology: The Central Questions

ISBN: 9780155085626

559,07 PLN (BRUTTO)
This concise yet thorough treatment of sociology is organized around a set of central questions and integrates classic and current research with analyses of trends affecting society. Written by the best-selling author of SOCIOLOGY IN A CHANGING WORLD, William Kornblum's brief text incorporates many of his most popular features (such as Mapping Social Change) while new features and the text's unique approach give this book its own distinct voice and perspective.
From the Bush: The Front Line of Health Care in a Caribbean Village

ISBN: 9780155085671

215,40 PLN (BRUTTO)
This case study will be the first to deal with a topic in medical anthropology. It explores the world of folk medicine in the Caribbean (Dominica) - local beliefs and practices concerning how the body functions and malfunctions and the home remedies Dominicans use to cure common illnesses. The case study goes beyond discussing the exotic medical system of a developing country (which includes sorcery and folk-illnesses) to discuss how folk medicine flourishes in industrialized countries in a way that is litt
New Jersey Is Not Blue Nor Is Pennsylvania Scarlet Readings in Ecology: Anthropological and Geographical Approach

ISBN: 9780155128453

194,94 PLN (BRUTTO)
An ecology reader that unites the anthropological and geographical concerns of our planet where the concerns of the person and the planet are considered a continuum.
Ethics and Its Applications

ISBN: 9780155245105

174,69 PLN (BRUTTO)
Key Issues in the Afro-American Experience, Volume I to 1877

ISBN: 9780155483712

436,33 PLN (BRUTTO)
Brings together 27 essays - 24 written specifically for these volumes - on critical issues of the black American experience. Essays deal with theoretical as well as historical issues, and often present conflicting views on the same topic.
Transformation of Myth Through Time: An Anthology of Readings

ISBN: 9780155923355

293,13 PLN (BRUTTO)
The Urban Experience

ISBN: 9780155934986

190,85 PLN (BRUTTO)
The Story of the Fisherman and the Turtle Princess

ISBN: 9780155996939

63,87 PLN (BRUTTO)
The story of The Fisherman and the Turtle Princess is a delightful wellknown Japanese folktale retol
My Tears Spoiled My Aim: And Other Reflections on Southern Culture

ISBN: 9780156000062

55,47 PLN (BRUTTO)
With characteristic tongue-in-cheek wit, Reed tackles the questions, Just what is "the South" today? Where is it? Why are Southerners so devoted to it? Instructional maps include "Where Kudzu Grows" and "States Mentioned in Country Music Lyrics."
Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness

ISBN: 9780156006538

63,87 PLN (BRUTTO)
In Becoming Human, noted anthropologist and renaissance man Ian Tattersall explores what makes us uniquely human, the qualities that set us apart from our ancestors, and the significance of our knowledge. A worldwide tour of discovery, Tattersall takes the reader from 30,000-year-old cave paintings in France and anthropological digs in Africa, to examining human behavior in a New York restaurant. And by offering wisdom gleaned from fossil remains, primate behavior, prehistoric art, and archaeology, Tattersa
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery

ISBN: 9780156008549

63,15 PLN (BRUTTO)
A riveting narrative history of America, from the 1607 landing in Jamestown to the brink of the Civil War, Africans in America tells the shared history of Africans and Europeans as seen through the lens of slavery. It is told from the point of view of the Africans who arrived in shackles and endured the terrible dichotomy of this new land founded on the ideal of liberty but dedicated to the perpetuation of slavery. Meticulously researched, this book weaves together the experiences of the colonists, slaves,
Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America

ISBN: 9780156013369

57,98 PLN (BRUTTO)
In 1987, a group of Lubavitchers, one of the most orthodox and zealous of the Jewish sects, opened a kosher slaughterhouse just outside tiny Postville, Iowa (pop. 1,465). When the business became a worldwide success, Postville found itself both revived and divided. The town's initial welcome of the Jews turned into confusion, dismay, and even disgust. By 1997, the town had engineered a vote on what everyone agreed was actually a referendum: whether or not these Jews should stay.
The quiet, restrained Io
It's the Little Things: Everyday Interactions That Anger, Annoy, and Divide the Races

ISBN: 9780156013482

55,40 PLN (BRUTTO)
New York Times veteran Lena Williams candidly explores the everyday occurrences that strain racial relations, reaching a conclusion that "no one could disagree with" (The New York Times Book Review)
Although we no longer live in a legally segregated society, the division between blacks and whites never seems to go away. We work together, go to school together, and live near each other, but beneath it all there is a level of misunderstanding that breeds mistrust and a level of miscommunication that gener
The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community

ISBN: 9780156027373

55,40 PLN (BRUTTO)
Over the past decade, Mary Pipher has been a great source of wisdom, helping us to better understand our family members. Now she connects us with the newest members of the American family--refugees. In cities all over the country, refugees arrive daily. Lost Boys from Sudan, survivors from Kosovo, families fleeing Afghanistan and Vietnam: they come with nothing but the desire to experience the American dream. Their endurance in the face of tragedy and their ability to hold on to the virtues of family, love,
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose

ISBN: 9780156028646

60,56 PLN (BRUTTO)
In this, her first collection of nonfiction, Alice Walker speaks out as a
black woman, writer, mother, and feminist in thirty-six pieces ranging
from the personal to the political. Among the contents are essays about
other writers, accounts of the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the
antinuclear movement of the 1980s, and a vivid memoir of a scarring
childhood injury and her daughter's healing words.
Hippo Eats Dwarf: A Field Guide to Hoaxes and Other B.S.

ISBN: 9780156030830

55,40 PLN (BRUTTO)
Can you grow a bonsai kitten? Should you stock up on dehydrated water? Is it easy to order human-flavored tofu? Or is this all just B.S.?
In a world of lip synching, breast implants, payola punditry, and staged reality shows, it's hard to know the real from the fake. Hippo Eats Dwarf is the essential field guide to today's Misinformation Age. Whether you're deciphering political doublespeak or trying to decide whether to forward that virus warning, hoaxpert Alex Boese provides the guidelines you need. F
Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers

ISBN: 9780156033770

55,40 PLN (BRUTTO)
When Cris Beam moved to Los Angeles, she thought she might volunteer just a few hours at a school for gay and transgender kids. Instead, she found herself drawn deeply into the pained and powerful group of transgirls she discovered. Transparent introduces four: Christina, Dominique, Foxxjazell, and Ariel. As they accept Cris into their world, she shows it to us--a dizzying mix of familiar teenage cliques and crushes and far less familiar challenges, such as how to morph your body on a few dollars a day. Fun
A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation

ISBN: 9780156034517

57,85 PLN (BRUTTO)
Slave narratives are extremely rare; very few are first-person accounts by slaves who freed themselves.Now two newly uncovered narratives, and the biographies of the men who wrote them, join that exclusive group.Wallace Turnage was a teenage field hand on an Alabama plantation, John Washington an urban slave in Virginia.They never met. But both saw opportunity in the chaos of the CivilWar, both escaped north, and both left remarkable accounts of their flights to freedom.
This book is more than their narr
God's Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America

ISBN: 9780156034999

58,41 PLN (BRUTTO)

Since 2000, America's most ambitious young evangelicals have been making their way to Patrick Henry College, a small Christian school just outside the nation's capital. Most of them are homeschoolers whose idealism and discipline put the average American teenager to shame. And God's Harvard grooms these students to be the elite of tomorrow, dispatching them to the front lines of politics, entertainment, and science, to wage the battle to take back a godless nation. Hanna Rosin spent a year and a half emb

Character and Social Structure: The Psychology of Social Institutions

ISBN: 9780156167598

92,00 PLN (BRUTTO)
A synthesis of biology and psychology that examines man's institutional structures, and the interaction of the individual and society.
Crises of the Republic: Lying in Politics; Civil Disobedience; On Violence; Thoughts on Politics and Revolution

ISBN: 9780156232005

57,98 PLN (BRUTTO)
A collection of studies in which Arendt, from the standpoint of a political philosopher, views the crises of the 1960s and early 1970s as challenges to the american form of government. Index.
Essential Anatomy of Britain: Democracy in Crisis

ISBN: 9780156290586

61,07 PLN (BRUTTO)
This thoroughly revised edition of a classic examines the recent deterioration of democratic representation in Great Britain. New Preface by the Author; Index.
Extremes: Reflections on Human Behavior

ISBN: 9780156295604

80,66 PLN (BRUTTO)
Fourteen essays that chart humanity from the saintly to the monstrous. Extremes convincingly shows, through its bizarre tales-all documented, all true-how unnatural human nature can be. Translated by Johan Theron. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
Familiar Faces Hidden Lives: The Story of Homosexual Men in America Today

ISBN: 9780156301206

64,01 PLN (BRUTTO)
A former senior health-services official speaks honestly and plainly about what it is like to be gay in America. A classic of gay history. Introduction by Randy Shilts.
The Founding of New Societies: Studies in the History of the United States, Latin America, South Africa, Canada and Australia

ISBN: 9780156327282

69,61 PLN (BRUTTO)
Hartz elaborates his widly discussed "fragment theory" of new societies and projects some of its implications for the modern age.
Gypsy Folk

ISBN: 9780156379892

77,87 PLN (BRUTTO)
Stretching back many centuries to its origins in India, the Gypsy oral tradition has accumulated a vast, diverse treasury of folktales. The eighty tales in this volume are gathered from thirty-one different countries. Each tale has a headnote elucidating the tale's background. Index; photographs.
Ideology and Utopia: An Introduction to the Sociology (740) of Knowledge

ISBN: 9780156439558

83,46 PLN (BRUTTO)
Mannheim, a pioneer in the field of SOCIOLOGY (740), here analyzes the ideologies that are used to stabilize a social order and the wish-dreams that are employed when any transformation of that same order is attempted. Translated and with a Foreword by Louis Wirth and Edward Shils; Preface by Wirth; Indices.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

ISBN: 9780156443500

61,07 PLN (BRUTTO)
An authentic autobiographical account of slave life in the South from the 1820s to the 1840s. To escape sexual exploitation by her master, Brent ran away and hid in an attic crawl space that became her home for seven years of unbelievable physical hardship. Edited by L. Maria Child; Introduction by Walter Teller.
Italian Folktales

ISBN: 9780156454896

83,82 PLN (BRUTTO)
Chosen as one of the New York Times's ten best books in the year of its original publication, this collection immediately won a cherished place among lovers of the tale and vaulted Calvino into the ranks of the great folklorists. Introduction by the Author; illustrations. Translated by George Martin. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
Mask of State: Watergate Portrait

ISBN: 9780156573023

66,81 PLN (BRUTTO)
During the Watergate hearings, McCarthy wrote eight reports telling of deceit and arrogance in the Nixon administration. She revised and amplified those reports for this book and added a Postscript on the Nixon pardon.
Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture

ISBN: 9780156595506

128,25 PLN (BRUTTO)
The first of two classic studies that examined the daily life of a typical small american city-in actuality, Muncie, Indiana-in the mid-1920s, using the approach of social anthropology. Of enduring interest to students of SOCIOLOGY (740), these works inspired an acclaimed six-part television series. Foreword by Clark Wissler; Index.
The Nature of Social Science

ISBN: 9780156654258

58,41 PLN (BRUTTO)
A discussion of the social sciences and of their relation to the physical and biological sciences. Homans believes that these all form a single science, sharing the same subject and explanatory principles.
Origins of the Russian Intelligentsia: The Eighteenth-Century Nobility

ISBN: 9780156701501

77,87 PLN (BRUTTO)
Marc Raeff investigates the early development of the Russian intelligentsia, a unique social and political force that was instrumental in westernizing its country and fermenting the revolutionary movement.
A Room of One's Own

ISBN: 9780156787338

52,81 PLN (BRUTTO)
Why is it that men, and not women, have always had power, wealth, and fame? Woolf cites the two keys to freedom: fixed income and one's own room. Foreword by Mary Gordon.

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