Roderick Floud & Robert W. Fogel 
Changing Body [PDF ebook] 
Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700

Adolescence is one of the most turbulent yet exciting phases in life. Increased autonomy brings with it new health risks ranging from drugs and sexually transmitted disease, to eating disorders and s …

This book describes the experiences of undocumented migrants, all around the world, bringing to life the challenges they face from the moment they consider leaving their country of origin, until the …

Somatechnics highlights the reciprocal bond between the sôma and the techné of  »the body » and the techniques in which bodies are formed and transformed as crafted responses to the world around us. …

Feminism as a method, a movement, a critique, and an identity has been the subject of debates, contestations and revisions in recent years, yet contemporary global developments and political upheaval …

This volume advocates a shift from the social constructivism found in the work of Thomas Luckmann and Peter Berger, to a communicative constructivism that acknowledges communication as an embodied fo …

The aim of this volume is to promote a bio-behavioral focus for indigenous plant …

For at least a half-century, there has been active debate on the nature of the economy between classical and neoclassical economists and advocates of a more -substantivist- approach (most recently, …

First published in 1998. Adolescent development and well-being are both affected by socio-political change, political violence, immigrant status and various types of cultural, social and …

As featured on Sunday Brunch and Woman »s Hour  »A really interesting proper analysis of the ins and outs of love. A kind of marvellous feat. » Richard Curtis Poets, philosophers and artist …

This book provides an accessible and balanced introduction to positive psychology scholarship and its applications, incorporating an overview of the development of positive psychology. Positive Psych …