This detailed, comparative account compares the rise of the newspaper press in Britain and France, and assesses how it influenced political life and political culture. Coverage is thorough, looking ... more »

The 1832 Reform Act was a watershed in the history of modern Britain, affecting the constitution of parliament and the course of all subsequent legislation. Eric Evans updates and extends his classi... more »

In an examination of talk shows such as Kilroy and The Oprah Winfrey Show the authors analyse the `experts' contribution, the conventions of the genre and the dangers and oppportunities of televised... more »

An international text drawing from research and case material. The authors review the use of psychology in Law and identify a powerful collusion between the two fields which works actively against t... more »

This book is a classic and authoritative introduction to the history, sociolgy, theory and politics of students and teachers of media and communication studies.

How is comedy related to its institutional context? Neale and Krutnik, in this wide-ranging discussion of the genre, propose that comedy always involves deviation from aesthetic and cultural convent... more »

A lucid account of culture in an age of globalization. The author engages with theoretical debates about culture and globalization and raises issues of how we think and live today.

The first collection of cultural studies essays from Australia, selected and introduced for an international readership.

Gelder examines the vampire in its various film and narrative manifestations, placing the vampires in their cultural contexts. The author draws upon films such as Murnau's Nosferatu and books such a... more »

Designed for use on introductory sociology courses, Family Studies is the first UK text book in the subject. Each chapter is designed to work as an individual unit of study in a course on family lif... more »

Includes over 250 case vignettes and role plays, step-by-step practical instruction drawn from years of experience and an easy-to-use cross reference system. A much needed resource helping the train... more »

Designed as a companion to Understanding Popular Culture, Reading the Popular is a series of readings about today's cultural phenomena. The book highlights the conflicting responses popular culture ... more »

This book, by a scientist, is not a textbook on English grammar: nor is it just one more book on how to write a technical report, or a thesis, or a paper for publication. It is about all the ways in... more »

This book is a general introduction to managing business enterprises in China, aimed specifically at Western and non-Chinese businesses and managers, particularly those with limited experience of Ch... more »

A no-nonsense, practical guide to project work for sociology students, written by experienced teachers.

Clothing is a key element in the construction of cinematic identities. This book is an innovative examination of the importance of clothes in film and makes new links between cinema, fashion, gender... more »

Provides a fundamental examination of the conceptual framework within which archaeology is practised today. The relation between theoretical paradigms and everyday archaeological practice is critica... more »

The Making of Citizens explores the impact of contemporary new programming on the young, asking why it is failing to capture the interest and attention of young viewers.

The increasing number of "missing girls" in much of South and East Asia provides the disturbing focus of this key title. It is unique in its positive attention to daughter discrimination in these re... more »

Multi-disciplinary contributors share their experience of using stories as therapy, with children and adults. They provide a theoretical framework, examples of stories with therapeutic value and pra... more »

Using an information processing approach, the authors consider evidence from speech production, face recognition and word recognition to develop a new functional model of the production and recognit... more »

An exploration of the efficacy of art therapy as a treatment for drug and alcohol dependency. Using recent research, literature reviews and clinical case studies, practitioners from a variety of dis... more »

The book provides a fascinating overview of Israel's wars with the Palestinians and the Arabs. It is an exciting and informative history which analyses the effects of fifty years of constant conflic... more »

The first modern study of the ancient fairytale, it bridges a major gap between the study of the ancient world and the wider world of oral culture, and will be of immense value and interest to stude... more »