This highlights the complex relationship between migration and development by examining the concepts and facts behind the main forms of movement. The resultant implications for planners and policy-m... more »

David Barrat gives a clear account of how and why sociologists have studied the media. He looks at the arguments about the effects of different media on their audiences, and the impact of new techno... more »

This second edition forms a comprehensive glossary of the concepts most likely to be encountered in the study of communication and culture. The new edition has over sixty new entries and many more r... more »

Uses detailed case material to show how counselling strategies can be used with clients seeking careers guidance. Offers guidance in structuring interviews and discusses important issues affecting w... more »

Details the major gods and goddesses and presents a broad survey of others, giving a vivid picture of the complexity and richness of the imagery of Egyptian mythology. A comprehensive handbook to be... more »

In this extensively revised and restructured new edition of Globalization , Malcolm Waters provides a user-friendly introduction to the main arguments about the globalization process. ... more »

This landmark book shows how much Victorian and Edwardian Roman archaeologists were influenced by their own experience of empire in their interpretation of archaeological evidence.

Using data obtained from participant observation and interviews, Bodybuilding, Drugs and Risk explores bodybuilding subculture from the perspective of the bodybuilder.

Presents a concise analysis of the complex interrelationships between trade, aid and development. The world's shifting patterns of trade is illustrated with case studies from Asia, Africa, and Centr... more »

Television has a powerful impact on our beliefs and can be used as a propaganda tool. Philo examines these issues by inviting groups of viewers to write their own news programmes, based on pictures ... more »

This original title by Josephine Klein provides a detailed picture of how young infants experience life and how this affects later personality traits and chracteristics

Describes and assesses England's foreign policy during the second half of the sixteenth century. It includes coverage of relationships with foreign powers, the effect of the Reformation, war with Sp... more »

Fire-raising is an increasing problem. The motives of fire-raisers are complex and their behaviour hard to change. Prins examines the size of the problem, its investigation and motivation, leading t... more »

Psychopathology is a psychologically based account of the major mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety and mood disorders as well as eating disorders. more »

This book brings together for the first time the work of John Bowlby and post-Bowlbian research. As well as providing insights into the history of the psychoanalytic movement it shows how Attachment... more »

This synthesis presents an accessible introduction to one of the major themes of 20th-century world history namely, the decolonization of Africa.

In this title, Ruth Henig analyzes the reasons as to why World War Two broke out, a very controversial historic topic. She considers the long-term factors that contributed to the war and a number of... more »

Most of our communication skills are learnt without us consciously trying to work at them. This book sets out what those skills are and how to develop them mainly focusing on practical teaching stra... more »

Explaining the essential political character of hunger, Young exposes popular myths and identifies positive changes where prevailing inequalities and ideologies are challenged, making a world where ... more »

Examines the outbreak, events themselves and the aftermath of the Great War, and the political, social and economic effects on the European countries involved.

This second edition, substantially revised, provides an introduction to current theory and research in the psychology of personality and examines this work from the perspective of contructivism.more »

An accessible and concise introduction to European expansion overseas during the early modern period. It is the ideal guide to a controversial and essential topic of world history.

Each aspect of the Industrial Revolution in Britain is discussed in depth, focusing on the important debates and reviewing the most recent research.

First book to trace the history of Analytical Psychology from its origins in 1913 to present day. Thomas Kirsch has been personally involved in many aspects of Jungian history and is well equipped t... more »

The standard work on this complex period in Arab history is available once again with the addition of a new introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship ... more »