A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright
$10.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
Explains how our current predicament - the runaway growth in human population, consumption and technology, and the consequent pressure this places on earth, air and water - is as old as civilization. We need to understand the patterns of progress to avoid a disasterous outcome. "Ronald Wright is an hist ...Show more
Reading the Past: Current Approaches to Interpretation in Archaeology by Ian Hodder
$12.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: good
The third edition of this classic introduction to archaeological theory and method has been fully updated to address the rapid development of theoretical debate throughout the discipline. Ian Hodder and Scott Hutson argue that archaeologists must consider a variety of perspectives in the complex and unc ...Show more
The Vagenda by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
$16.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
As students, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett and Holly Baxter spent a lot of time laughing at magazine pieces entitled things like '50 Sex Tips to Please Your Man'. Particularly the ones that encouraged bringing baked goods into the bedroom, or instructed on how to remove cellulite from your arse using coffee gr ...Show more
The Official Fahrenheit 9/11 Reader by Michael Moore
$12.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
Bush-blasting, box-office-busting, Oscar-storming: Mike's turning up the heat . . .Fahrenheit 9/11 is the scorching cinema sensation that's sent waves of shock and awe across the globe. Now you can get the facts behind the most talked about film of the year. Here Mike gives you the full, explosive trans ...Show more
How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions by Francis Wheen
$12.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: good
An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century. An intellectual call to arms, Francis Wheen's Sunday Times bestseller is one of 2004's most talked about books. In 1979 two events occurred that would shape the next twenty-five years. In Britain, an era of weary con ...Show more
After the Fact: Two Countries, Four Decades, One Anthropologist by Clifford Geertz
$14.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Series: Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures | Reading Level: very good
"Suppose," Clifford Geertz suggests, "having entangled yourself every now and again over four decades or so in the goings-on in two provincial towns, one a Southeast Asian bend in the road, one a North African outpost and passage point, you wished to say something about how those goings-on had changed." ...Show more
The Cultural Studies Reader by Simon During (Editor)
$18.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: good
The first edition of established itself as the leading textbook in the field, providing the ideal introduction for students to this exciting and influential discipline. This expanded second edition offers: * 38 essays including 18 new articles * an editor's preface succinctly introducing each article * ...Show more
Images of Aging - Cultural Representations of Later Life by Mike Featherstone (Editor); Andrew Wernick (Editor)
$15.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
We all have a finite life-span. We are born, we get old and we die. Given the universiality of the ageing process, it is remarkable that there is almost a complete absence of study of culture and self-image of the middle aged and old. Images of Ageing: Cultural Representations of Later Life changes this ...Show more
Scientific Practice and Ordinary Action - Ethnomethodology and Social Studies of Science by Michael Lynch
$20.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
Philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science have grown increasingly interested in the daily practices of scientists. Recent studies have drawn linkages between scientific innovations and more ordinary procedures, craft skills, and sources of sponsorship. These studies dispute the idea that sci ...Show more
The Losing Battle with Islam by David Selbourne
$18.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
In this comprehensive study of the Islamic revival from 1947 to the present, historian David Selbourne traces in detail the complex causes motivating the rise of Muslim fundamentalism in many countries and the West's largely uncomprehending response to it. He frankly describes the hostilities, cruelties ...Show more
On Character - Essays by James Q. Wilson
$14.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Series: Landmarks of Contemporary Political Thought Ser. | Reading Level: very good
James Q. Wilson is the former president of the American Political Science Association and adviser to four presidents on issues related to crime, drug abuse, education, and other crises of American cutlure. In this book, he has produced a provocative series of essays related to character development and ...Show more
Childhood Under Siege : How Big Business Ruthlessly Targets Children by Joel Bakan
$14.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
Throws a light on the ruthless manipulation of children by big business - and on society's failure to protect them. Children, it argues, are now perceived as a resource to be mined for profit. It takes us on a dystopian journey through a world of cynical exploitation, callous neglect, ill-informed paren ...Show more