Gabriel Kolko argues that victory in 1975 caught the Communists unprepared to deal with the reconstruction of a war-torn nation. Based on extensive research and experience, the book is a vivid potr... more »

This book considers the world's most popular form of television drama, the soap opera, and investigates both its cultural specificity and its reception in other cultures.

This book draws on the full range of Baudrillard's work and is essential reading for students of sociology, feminist theory and cultural theory.

Using detailed studies of the marketing of Motown, Michael Jackson and the artist formerly known as Prince, Cashmore explores how black culture has been converted into a commodity, usually in the in... more »

A look at the archaeological and literary evidence relating to Pompeii from the viewpoint of social scientist, architect and geographer which enhances our understanding of the Roman world. more »

An invaluable, clear guide to social constructionism for all perplexed students who want to begin to understand this difficult area.

Introductory text which guides the student of design history through the delights and difficulties of the subject, highlighting various approaches to study.

A practical guide for teachers on how to approach media education. The author offers helpful ways in to teaching about media institutions as well as more accessible areas such as soaps, advertising ... more »

This book explains the tactics you can use to write technical material - ranging from reports to manuals - in a coherent, readable style. The author discusses in detail choices of vocabulary, phrasi... more »

The area of children's thinking has had increased interest in recent times with a lot of research going on. Meadow's examines the different models of cognition and considers how children aquire thes... more »

Fiske's essential text aims to equip the reader with a range of methods of analysing examples of communication in our society, together with a critical awareness of the theories underpinning them.more »

Men's domination of the public domain is obvious, yet this is often ignored in social and political analyses. This major new text examines the problems of `public men' within `public patriarchies'.<... more »

Both a detailed, wide ranging history of the church in the eighteenth century and a fresh and stimulating re-evaluation of the nature of Anglicanism and its role in society.

A fascinating survey of society in Italy from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries - from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.

Describes the ways psychoanalytic ideas can be adapted and used in a wide variety of community settings to help children who are emotionally disturbed or who have been physically or sexually abused.... more »

This newly up-dated second edition provides a concise and comprehensive exploration of the complex variations to which a language is subject. The English language has spread a lot over the last few ... more »

This dictionary provides a unique source of reference for psychoanalysts in training and in practice. Placing Lacan's ideas in their clinical context, it is also an ideal companion for readers in ot... more »

Dangerous Offenders invites us to rethink the received wisdom on violent and sexual offenders, who seem so feared and so widely debated in this era of unparalleled affluence. Invaluable for students... more »

A stimulating book for social scientists considering the issues involved when deciding upon their research design.

Combining insight from a variety of linguistic perspectives including Hallidayan functional linguistics and relevance theory, Tony Bex demonstrates how written texts operate within society to convey... more »

This bestselling guide to the developments in the history of British and Irish literature uniquely charts the main features of literary language development, highlights key language topics and spans... more »

This text provides a summary of current issues in psychology, discussing topics from areas as wide as cognitive, developmental, physiological, social and applied psychology. The chapters provide an ... more »

Explores the economic problems all individuals have to solve across the course of their lives.

This is the first introductory sociology text to look at Britain in terms of its geographical position within Europe and its political and economic situation as a member of the European Union.more »

This highly readable text provides a clear overview of the whole field of child development form birth to adolescence. A wide range of disaplines are used which show how these add to our understandi... more »