Kevin Robins 
Into the Image [EPUB ebook] 
Culture and Politics in the Field of Vision

A broad analysis of the phenomenon of American migration to Israel. The major focus is on the who, when, and where of American immigration to Israel, but it is the ‘why’ of this aliya which constitut …

In this truly one-of-a-kind book, Ascher introduces the mathematical ideas of people in traditional, or ”small-scale”, cultures often omitted from discussion of mathematics. Topics such as ”Number …

In a further development of the nature-nurture debate, this collection of articles questions how the human mind influences the content and organization of culture. In the study of mental activity, ca …

Dutch planning is widely known and admired for its ambitions and its achievements. This book provides, for the first time, a comprehensive description and analysis in English of its full range of pol …

From their inception, video games quickly became a major new arena of popular entertainment. Beginning with very primitive games, they quickly evolved into interactive animated works, many of which n …

The end of the Cold War forced Western donors to rethink their aid relations with Africa. This book looks at two of these donors, France and Britain, and asks whether the development programmes of th …

Announcements in the 1970s and 1980s of the death of kinship and descent as subjects of anthropological study were highly premature. These subjects continue routinely to be encountered in the course …

This book is a collection of original case studies describing anthropological knowledge successfully translated into action. It describes the targeted problem or issue, his or her role as an anthropo …

This book offers a short and accessible introduction to criminology. Written in a clear and direct style, criminological theories are made more accessible for undergraduates, and the workings of the …

In the past few years the topic of work and ageing has received much public and professional interest. The progressive ‘greying’ of the population and its impact on work is a problem of widespread an …