Religion Across Borders examines both personal and organizational networks that exist between members in U.S. immigrant religious communities and individuals and religious institutions left behind. Bu
A textbook on gaining access to field settings for qualitative researchers in the social sciences. Prescriptive advice and a series of vignettes from actual research projects.
Marvin Harris is arguably the most influential, prolific anthropological theorist of our time. This book brings together many of the strands of his work of the past two decades into a unified, contemp
Bringing critical theory to bear on questions of gerontology, Maugans corrects gerontology's traditional leanings.Aging Parents, Ambivalent Baby Boomers includes reflections on the society rather than
Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ topped box office charts and changed the American religious conversation. The controversies it raised remain unsettled. InAfter 'The Passion' Is Gone: American R
Theodore Rosenof details how realignment theory emerged as the predominant explanation of electoral change and how, after decades of analysis, it remains a subject of continuing influence and controve
W. E. B. Du Bois's 'reform writings'—with the intention of reforming immoral and unethical behavior—appeared in periodicals directed toward or written on behalf of the African American community. Now
Creating Connections looks at the public understanding of research (PUR) and how it affects what science museums do. What are the opportunities and critical issues in PUR? What strategies are working
What did California look like before Hollywood? Before the Gold Rush? Before the missions? Brian Fagan, the best known popular archaeology writer in America, is your tour guide on a fascinating trip a
After defining life history research and providing an example of researching the researcher (Knowles on Cole, both at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education), social scientists explore methodologi
Incorporating case studies, the voices of real people, and biblical stories, this book shows how the wisdom of the scriptures can provide us concrete ways of redefining difficult situations and appro
Archaeologists working with restoration and conservation organizations and projects in Europe and North America grapple with some of the theoretical and ethical concerns involving the reconstruction o
This classic volume, edited by Sydel Silverman, presents the insiders' reflection of distinguished contemporary anthropologists on nine prominent figures who helped shape the discipline. This is one o
Unpublished book manuscript and related correspondence by famous symbolic interactionist Herbert Blumer concerning the work of George Herbert Mead, the founder of symbolic interactionism. Includes an
Prompted by the overt omission of Muncie's black community from the famous study by Lynd and Lynd, Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture, the authors uncover the neglected part of the story o
Writing for parents, teachers, social workers, and others who interact with children, clinical psychologist Flannery (director, Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Kent State U.) offer
This new collection turns a critical anthropological eye on the nature of health policy internationally. The authors reveal the prevailing social inequalities that often represent significant threats
