History of Science in Society. A Reader, Paperback - Lesley Cormack

Beginning with the birth of science in the ancient Greeks, the collection contains just about every major textual source in the growth of science, ...

Detailed, engaging, and beautifully written, the fourth edition of A History of Science in Society explores the many ways in which science and soci...

Beginning with the birth of the scientific method, through the Scientific Revolution to the present day, The History of Science in Bite-sized Chunk...

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This ambitious volume paints a rich picture of the tools and techniques of printing, publishing, and reading that shaped the ideas and practices th...

Information: A Reader provides an introduction to the concept of information in historical, literary, and cultural studies. It features excerpts fr...

Aims to bring together classic perspectives on violence, putting into productive conversation the thought of theorists and activists, including Han...

Brings together some of the seminal interventions which have structured the development of stardom and celebrity studies, while crucially combining...

Militarization: A Reader offers an anthropological perspective on militarization's origin and sustained presence as a cultural process in its full ...

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Today's College Students: A Reader looks at a wide variety of student groups and identities, which sets it apart from other texts on contemporary c...

Publisher: SAGE Publications IncNumber of pages: 416Collection: Published in Association with The Open UniversityPublication date: 2001Dimensions: ...

First published in 1986 with a second edition in 1996, Feminist Literary Theory: A Reader constitutes one of the classic texts of second-into-third...

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New Historicism and Cultural Materialism have become two of the most powerful and appealing movements in modern criticism. This reader pulls the di...

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Mothers, Mothering and Motherhood across Cultural Differences, the first-ever Reader on the subject matter, examines the meaning and practice of mo...

This anthology collects the texts that defined the concept of biopolitics, which has become so significant throughout the humanities and social sci...

Increasingly, experts recognize that gender has affected urban planning and the design of the spaces where we live and work. Too often, urban and s...

This is a guide to the field of women's autobiography. The 39 essays explore narratives across the centuries, including testimonies, diaries, memoi...

Gathers the philosophical writing on race produced by the luminaries of the European Enlightenment. This book explores through the primary texts th...

A collection of original essays, primary source lectures, and previously published material in the overlapping fields of security studies, politica...

The second edition of Secret Intelligence: A Reader brings together key essays from the field of intelligence studies, blending classic works on co...

The new edition of Language and Gender: A Reader responds to the wealth of research that has shaped the field since its initial publication in 1998...

This second edition of Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education and Care is a foundational text that presents contemporary theories, debates, an...

Conspiracy theories have been a part of the American experience since colonial times. There is a rich literature on conspiracies involving, among o...

Reducere. Building on the intellectual and political momentum that established the Critical Ethnic Studies Association, this Reader inaugurates a radical res...

The Essential Nawal El Saadawi gathers together a wide range of Saadawi's writing. From novellas and short stories to essays on politics, culture, ...

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Reducere. Introduces new approaches, theoretical trends, and understudied topics in Latinx Studies This groundbreaking work offers a multidisciplinary, socia...

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The fascinating story of the women of Cairo's decadent interwar nightlife and entertainment industry, which celebrates these feminist cultural icon...

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In The Value of Science in Space Exploration, James S.J. Schwartz provides a thoughtful and rigorous defense of the view that space exploration act...

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Provides the reader with an impressive selection of articles on the history of education from a broad base, including a new introduction from the e...

An updated edition of this accessible critical reader, with additional chapters including an introduction that contextualises the rise of each theo...

Reducere. As the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in Asia and host the first annual gay pride in the Sinophone Pacific, Taiwan is a historic center ...

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Publisher: Hatje CantzAuthor(s): Julia VossIllustration(s): 30 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 140 ...

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Drawing on medieval sources from western Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Muslim world, this book will fascinate anyone interested in the hist...

Publisher: Museum of Modern ArtAuthor(s): Phil TaylorIllustration(s): 100 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimen...

Reducere. P. J. O'Rourke has had a prolific career as one of America's most celebrated humorists. But that career almost didn't happen. As he explains it, "I...

Suitable for students of art history as well as those seeking an understanding of art and of the cultural and historical context in which it is mad...

Reducere. American Literary Cultures highlights literature written by regional authors--particularly those of Texas and the Southwest--and includes readings ...