Cheng Lu Wang 
Exploring the Rise of Fandom in Contemporary Consumer Culture [PDF ebook] 

When it was published twenty years ago, Rethinking What Works with Offenders made a major contribution to criminological knowledge on why people stopped offending, and the impact the probation servic …

In two volumes these books review and expand the theory that poverty in the world”s poorest regions could be alleviated by providing small loans to micro-entrepreneurs. Volume 1 provides detailed an …

The Global Beauty Industry is an interdisciplinary text that uses beauty to explore topics of gender, race, class, colorism, nation, bodies, multiculturalism, transnationalism, and intersectionality. …

New scientific discoveries, technologies and techniques often find their way into the space and equipment of domestic and professional kitchens. Using approaches based on anthropology, archaeology an …

<i>Cannabiz</i> tells one the most important political and business stories of our generation: the transformation of a counterculture movement into a growth industry with staggering poten …

First published in 1972, this book on Weber”s methodological writings is today regarded as a modern classic in its field. In this new expanded edition, the author has revised and updated the origina …

This book takes a radical look at organizational crime and deviance through the prism of Cultural Theory derived from anthropology. It does so through case studies and by introducing new concepts suc …

An estimated 600 million people now live in informal or ”squatter” settlements in the rapidly growing cities of the developing world. With such settlements often lacking basic necessities, there is …

Peter Jeffrey Mackie writes in his introduction to The Keeper ”s Book that ”Sport and love of sport is part of the great heritage of our race.” He believes that sport and sportsmanship are what ke …

Representing a significant survey and evaluation of major media literacy projects in the U.S. and selected countries throughout the world, this book covers all aspects of critical viewing skills. It …