Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom is an entertaining and engaging guide to global economic history told for the first …
George Hall - teacher, historian, engineer, and computer analyst - uniquely draws upon the competing perspectives of traditional science, the …
When did fidgety children begin to suffer from attention deficit disorder? How did frightened people come to be called paranoid? …
This book is written around the central message that collectivist societies produce security, but destroy trust. In collectivist societies, people …
The main intention of this book is to bring together contributions from biology, cognitive science, and the humanities for a …
The idea of the present study is basically a simple one. It attempts to reconcile the concept of social evolution …
If we place women at the center of our account of China’s last two centuries, how does this change our …
Drawing on the expertise of archaeologists, historians, biblical scholars, and social-science interpreters who have devoted a significant amount of time …
Fight Club is, on one level, pop-culture phenomena and on another, a deeply philosophical and satirical exploration of modern life. …
This distinctive volume offers a thorough examination of the ways in which meaning comes to be shaped. Editors Stephen Reese, …
A guide for teachers to teaching the media. Hart focuses on television, the press, radio and pop music. Addressing familiar …
Science is a defining feature of the modern world, and popular science is where most of us make sense of …
Everything you need to know about new media in one accessible, easy to navigate volume! From Facebook to the iPhone, …
It’s not just computers—hacking is everywhere. Legendary cybersecurity expert and New York Times best-selling author Bruce Schneier reveals how using …
Systems Thinking and E-Participation: ICT in the Governance of Society provides a systemic-based inquiry platform to explore boundaries, limits, and …
This book centres on the use of the Bible within contemporary digital social media culture and gives an overview of …
A revelatory exploration of the hottest trend in technology and the dramatic impact it will have on the economy, science, …
A new way of looking at the medieval castle-as a cultural reflection of the society that produced it, seen through …
Most people are both repelled and intrigued by the images of cold-blooded, conscienceless murderers that increasingly populate our movies, television …
Ranging from broad inquiries into the roles of economics and sociology in the explanation of technological change to an argument …
The key message of this book is that heterogeneity should be seen as an intrinsic and indispensable element of knowledge …
In this intriguing study, Jacques Le Goff, one of the most esteemed contemporary French historians of the Middle Ages, presents …
Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous …
On the experience of moral confusion -- The myth of barter -- Primordial debts -- Cruelty and redemption -- A …
This collection of essays focuses on all aspects of the emerging field of pharmacogenomics except the science that underpins it. …
Recent lively debate about the ethical and regulatory dimensions of developments in genetics has sidelined societal and cultural aspects, which …
Uses primary documents from the annals of Art in Cinema, one of this country's most influential film societies, to reveal …
First published in 1951 Arnold Hausers commanding work presents an account of the development and meaning of art from its …
We began as savages, and savagery has served us well—it got us where we are. But how do our tribal …
Current theories and views on the differences in the 'mind' of human societies depend very much on a dichotomy between …
Is Gen Z resistant to growing up? A leading developmental psychologist and an expert in the college student experience debunk …
