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A guide to over 2200 reference sources for the social sciences. This work includes information on geography, business, economics, information technology, anthropology, history and law. Sources covered include directories, biographies, theses, dictionaries, statistical sources and reviews.

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This reference book provides a summary of what we know about parents and the parent-child relationship. Through more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries, the volume synthesizes the present state of research on parenting.

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An account of life in an American nursing home. The author addresses the contradictory attitudes American society shows towards the facilities and the ageing process itself - the tension between caring and curing, morality and mortality, privacy and supervision and selfishness and altruism.

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This book tells the story of the 'world of crime' in Sao Paulo. In so doing, it presents a new framework to understand urban conflict in many other contexts. -- .

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This collection focuses on the way the legacies of empire, race and colonialism persist in the present: from the early days of settler colonialism to contemporary extractive industries, from direct colonial rule to racist border regimes.

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The Essential Hirschman brings together some of the finest essays in the social sciences, written by one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkers. Albert O. Hirschman was a master essayist, one who possessed the rare ability to blend the precision of economics with the elegance of literary imagination. In an age in which

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This work draws upon the full range of Wallerstein's social scientific scholarship, from his research on contemporary African politics, to his study of the modern world-system and essays on the new structures of knowledge emerging from the crisis of the capitalist world-economy.

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This study addresses the two most controversial issues in surrogate motherhood: the commercial aspect of the practice and the issue of parental rights. The commercial aspect of surrogacy makes it a potentially profitable business, not only for the surrogates but also for the brokers who facilitate the arrangements.

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A team of researcher-clinicians from the Center for Family Learning offers a carefully articulated, clinically tested model for treating a broad range of family marital problems.

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In analyzing the social and economic factors underlying the decline of fertility in nineteenth-century France. Etienne van de Walle found that official statistics for the period were incomplete and inaccurate. He thus undertook a full reconstruction. In this volume, he presents a detailed discussion of the methodology used to correct and to supplem

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A leading archaeologist addresses the complex puzzle about the origins of the first humans to settle in America, reassessing common myths about early human migration and lifestyle.

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A conflict resolution specialist explores the nature of disputes that become intractable quagmires, and offers cutting edge methods for solving them

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Offers a searing indictment of the many influential practices in the social sciences and humanities. The author best known for his critique of rational choice theory, argues that scholars have fallen prey to inward-looking myopia that results from - and perpetuates - a flight from reality. He also answers many critics of his views.

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Examines earlier and future phases of society.

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A look at the histories and experiences of French immigrants in the USA. Jacqueline Lindenfeld, a French-born American anthropologist, explores the makings of French identity and distinguishes French immigrants from other Americans.

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This volume examines the histories and experiences of French immigrants in the USA. Jacqueline Lindenfeld, a French-born American anthropologist, explores the makings of French identity and distinguishes French immigrants from other Americans.