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Everything you ever wanted to know about anthropology, from its origins and evolution, to the key concepts and the major figures, past and present.

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An Introducing Graphic Guide to the father of modern anthropology.

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Sociology: A Graphic Guide traces the discipline's history and explains the intricacies of its major thinkers from Comte and Marx to Baudrillard and beyond.

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Another brand new Graphic Guide, on a sometimes baffling but crucial subject, straddling science, philosophy and everyday life.

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Documenting socio-historical characteristics rather than providing a theological interpretation, Muslims Making Australia Home covers interrelated Islamic themes in the sociology of religion by noting how these themes reappear in cultural history.

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Drawing from the stories of survival within the cities of the Global South like Accra, Ghana, this book sheds light on the extraordinary resolve of street and working children and redefines the street as a resource on which they build their lives.

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Drawing from the stories of survival within the cities of the Global South like Accra, Ghana, this book sheds light on the extraordinary resolve of street and working children and redefines the street as a resource on which they build their lives.

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Our obsession with speed is deeply entrenched in our cultures, politics and interaction with technology. Critically appraising the existing literature on the notion of speed, this book sheds light on the contemporary challenges associated with the 21st century and offers a unique map of multiple socio-technical and human dimensions of speed.

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Demonstrating the relevance of theory to political and policy debates and practice, this dynamic and fully updated second edition helps students to grasp the real-life implications of social policy theory. It includes a new chapter featuring debates around disability, sexuality and the environment.

(Paperback, 9th edition)

Flannery ignites the population debate and asks how many people Australia can really support. He argues that there is no conflict between maintaining the highest standard of human rights and achieving an environmentally sustainable population for Australia.

(Paperback, 12th edition)

Australia's British inheritance is a paradox that has preoccupied much of Malouf's fiction, and now it gives rise to a brilliant essay exploring Australia's connection with our one-time 'mother-country'. Malouf ponders the strengths and weaknesses, the values and illusions of Australia's complex relationship with England.

(Paperback, 19th edition)

Australians are relaxed and comfortable with the Liberal Party. What is the party doing right What is its core appeal to Australian voters Has John Howard made a dramatic break with the past, or is he simply our robert Menzies

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Aboriginal health workers are employed by primary health care services to help bridge the gap between the Western medical clinic and their own kin. This book portrays the unique healing practice offered by Aboriginal health workers and urges that practical steps be taken to bolster their holistic approach.

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This text examines issues such as the importance of cultural analysis, representation, ethics, advocacy, reflexivity, the limitations and advantages of short-term and long-term research, and the relationship between "pure" and "applied" anthropology.

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A history of Allawah Grove Settlement, Guildford, Perth which provided low budget housing for Aboriginal families. Former residents and workers reflect on their time at Allawah Grove during the 50s and 60s and the aim of this publication is to provide a balance between the sometimes unsympathic facts and memories of those who lived

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