Philippe Bourgois 
In Search of Respect [PDF ebook] 
Selling Crack in El Barrio

The Cult of the Victim-Veteran explores the pool of American post- Vietnam War angst that rightists began plying in the 1980s. Ronald Reagan’s 1984 proclamation of a new ‘Morning in America’ encoded …

Originally published in 1986, reissued here with a new preface,  this study of the origins and early development of family conciliation services in Britain outlines their philosophy, methods of …

This book aims to provide theoretical and empirical interpretations of certain phenomena in the development of China”s cultural industry. Using the film and television industries as the major cases, …

This title was first published in 2003. Since independence in 1947, India has undergone a phase of rapid urbanization. New planning laws have been passed, new organizations established, public policy …

Originally published in 1980, this volume reviews the demographic patterns of fertility, marriage and mortality with reference to developed societies in the 19th and 20th centuries in Western Europe …

Successful learning is as much about emotion as it is about cognition Discover how to manage the emotional dynamics of learning success and build strong relationships in order to realize profound ach …

Two Cree women tell the story of how they took on the Canadian government and helped change the lives of thousands. This oral autobiography of two remarkable Cree women tells their life stories again …

The second edition of Managing Clinical Risk is an authoritative guide on how to engage in risk assessment and management practice in evidence-based, accountable and effective ways. Over the course o …

During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, general levels of alcohol consumption had risen considerably in all parts of the world. In association with this, there was a proliferation of alcohol-related probl …