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  • The Roads to Sata

    A 2000-mile walk through Japan

    by Alan Booth ...
    'A memorable, oddly beautiful book' Wall Street Journal'A marvellous glimpse of the Japan that rarely peeks through the country's public image' Washington PostOne sunny spring morning in the 1970s, an unlikely Englishman set out on a pilgrimage that would take him across the entire length of Japan. Travelling only along small back roads, Alan Booth travelled on foot from Soya, the country's ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • Looking for the Lost

    Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan

    by Alan Booth ...
    A VIBRANT, MEDITATIVE WALK IN SEARCH OF THE SOUL OF JAPANTraveling by foot through mountains and villages, Alan Booth found a Japan far removed from the stereotypes familiar to Westerners. Whether retracing the footsteps of ancient warriors or detailing the encroachments of suburban sprawl, he unerringly finds the telling detail, the unexpected transformation, the everyday drama that brings this ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Road to Full Employment

    Edited by Sean Glynn, Alan Booth ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Employment and Unemployment
    First published in 1987. This volume explores the inter-war unemployment problem and the development of economic and social policy in relation to that problem. Contemporary policies and levels of unemployment can only be compared with the inter-war period and in recent years economists and other commentators have increasingly turned their attention to the 1930s.This book is written by a group of ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Alone Together

    How Marriage in America Is Changing

    by Paul R. Amato, Alan Booth, David R. Johnson, Stacy J. Rogers ...
    Based on two studies of marital quality in America twenty years apart, Alone Together shows that while the divorce rate has leveled off, spouses are spending less time together. The authors argue that marriage is an adaptable institution, and in accommodating the changes that have occurred in society, it has become a less cohesive, yet less confining arrangement. ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Men in Families

    When Do They Get involved? What Difference Does It Make?

    Edited by Alan Booth, Ann C. Crouter ...
    Series series Penn State University Family Issues Symposia Series
    Recently, the roles of fathers and husbands in families have been recognized as important issues. They appear in legislation aimed at deadbeat dads, social movements including the Million Man March and Promise Keepers, in the development of advocacy groups, and in think tanks. Therefore, contemporary research on men in family relationships has very mixed results. Some studies show that fathers ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Does It Take A Village?

    Community Effects on Children, Adolescents, and Families

    Edited by Alan Booth, Ann C. Crouter ...
    Series series Penn State University Family Issues Symposia Series
    Does It Take a Village? focuses on the mechanisms that link community characteristics to the functioning of the families and individuals within them--community norms, economic opportunities, reference groups for assessing relative deprivation, and social support networks. Contributors underscore those features of communities that represent risk factors for children, adolescents, and their families ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Biosocial Foundations of Family Processes

    Edited by Alan Booth, Susan M. McHale, Nancy S Landale ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Biosocial Research Contributions to Family Processes and Problems, based on the 17th annual National Symposium on Family Issues, examines biosocial models and processes in the context of the family. Research on both biological and social/environmental influences on behavior, health, and development is represented, including behavioral endocrinology, behavior genetics, neuroscience, evolutionary ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The British Economy in the Twentieth Century

    by Alan Booth ...
    Series series British Studies Series
    It is commonplace to assume that the twentieth-century British economy has failed, falling from the world's richest industrial country in 1900 to one of the poorest nations of Western Europe in 2000. Manufacturing is inevitably the centre of this failure: British industrial managers cannot organise the proverbial 'knees-up' in a brewery; British workers are idle and greedy; its financial system is ... Read more

    $121.99 USD

  • Teaching History at University

    Enhancing Learning and Understanding

    by Alan Booth ...
    Alan Booth draws on a wide range of international research as well as the reflections and experiences of university historians, linking theory and practice. Teaching History at University examines how high-quality history teaching and learning can be achieved in today's universities worldwide. This is an essential resource for university teachers and all those who are responsible for ensuring the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Managing the Modern Workplace

    Productivity, Politics and Workplace Culture in Postwar Britain

    by Alan Booth ...
    A recurring theme in the history of modern Britain in the twentieth-century has been the failure of its manufacturing industry and the record of disorder and conflict in the industrial workplace. This image was reinforced by the evidence of national strikes from the 1960s until 1984. This emphasis on decline and disorder in British manufacturing has distorted our understanding of workplace ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Romance and Sex in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood

    Risks and Opportunities

    Edited by Alan Booth, Ann C. Crouter, Anastasia Snyder ...
    Series series Psychology Press & Routledge Classic Editions
    In this classic editiontop scholars in family research examine the nature and origin of adolescents’ contemporary patterns of sexual and romantic relationships, from the evolutionary roots of these behaviors to policies and programs that represent best practices for addressing these issues in schools and communities. The text offers interdisciplinary expertise from scholars of psychology, social ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Families and Child Health

    Edited by Nancy S Landale, Alan Booth, Susan M McHale ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    In recent years, there has been an explosion of research on the early origins of adult health. A growing body of evidence documents that maternal health before conception, prenatal and perinatal exposures, and conditions in childhood play critical roles in health over the life course. Scientific understanding of the multiple and interacting influences on child health and their role in later health ... Read more

    $89.09 USD