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  • The Palgrave Handbook of Social Theory in Health, Illness and Medicine

    Edited by F. Collyer ...
    This wide-reaching handbook offers a new perspective on the sociology of health, illness and medicine by stressing the importance of social theory. Examining a range of classic and contemporary female and male theorists from across the globe, it explores various issues including chronic illness, counselling and the rising problems of obesity. ... Read more

    $215.99 USD

  • Mapping the Sociology of Health and Medicine

    America, Britain and Australia Compared

    by F. Collyer ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book studies the sociology of health and medicine across three different countries, the USA, UK and Australia, examining the nature of disciplines and their specialties and posing sociological questions about the formation of intellectual fields and their social relations. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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    Making Sense Through Inquiry, Third Edition

    by Alan Sears, James Cairns ...
    This highly original and compelling book offers an introduction to the art and science of social inquiry, including the theoretical and methodological frameworks that support that inquiry. The new edition offers coverage of post-modernism and Indigenous ways of knowing, as well as a discussion of the research process and how to communicate arguments effectively. The result is a book that blends ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Quarantined

    Life and Death at William Head Station, 1872-1959

    by Peter Johnson ...
    Vancouver Island in the late nineteenth century was a major port of entry for people from all walks of life. But for many, the sense of hope that had sustained them through rough sea voyages came to an abrupt halt as soon as they reached land. Quarantined is the heart-wrenching true story of the thousands of forgotten people who arrived on our shores only to be felled by disease, in an era when ... Read more

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  • Pale Rider

    The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World

    by Laura Spinney ...
    **The haunting story of a virus that triggered the worst pandemic of modern times“Both a saga of tragedies and a detective story.” —The Guardian**The flu pandemic of 1918–1920 was one of the greatest human disasters of all time. It infected a third of the people on Earth—from the poorest immigrants of New York City to the king of Spain, Franz Kafka, Mahatma Gandhi, and Woodrow Wilson. But despite ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Little Red Book

    by Anonymous ...
    Filled with practical information for those first days of sober living, this little book:* offers newcomers advice about the program, how long it takes, and what to look for in a sponsor* provides in-depth discussions of each of the Twelve Steps and related character defects* poses common questions about AA and helping others, identifying where to find answers in the Big Book* features non-sexist ... Read more

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  • Political Analysis Using R

    by James E. Monogan III ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This book provides a narrative of how R can be useful in the analysis of public administration, public policy, and political science data specifically, in addition to the social sciences more broadly. It can serve as a textbook and reference manual for students and independent researchers who wish to use R for the first time or broaden their skill set with the program. While the book uses data ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Planet Obesity: How We're Eating Ourselves And The Planet To Death

    by Garry Egger & Boyd Swinburn ...
    Explores how affluence and the development of new technologies has come at a huge, and potentially devastating, cost - an epidemic of obesity and a world clogged by waste. Obesity is 'collateral damage in the battle for modernity'. It's an unintended but unavoidable consequence of economic progress. Obesity is not a disease but a signal. It's the canary in the coalmine, which should alert us to ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Feminist Methodologies for Critical Researchers

    Bridging Differences

    by Joey Sprague ...
    Series series Gender Lens
    This accessible text on social research methodology teaches students of sociology and related disciplines how standard methods can be adapted toward critical ends. The second edition has been updated throughout to incorporate the latest critical scholarship, enhanced discussion of qualitative methods, new material on global issues, sex/sexuality/gender, new discussion of intersectionality, how ... Read more

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  • Demons

    Our changing attitudes to alcohol, tobacco, and drugs

    by Virginia Berridge ...
    Tabloid headlines attack the binge drinking of young women. Debates about the classification of cannabis continue, while major public health campaigns seek to reduce and ultimately eliminate smoking through health warnings and legislation. But the history of public health is not a simple one of changing attitudes resulting from increased medical knowledge, though that has played a key role, for ... Read more

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  • Maths Meets Myths: Quantitative Approaches to Ancient Narratives

    Edited by Ralph Kenna, Máirín MacCarron, Pádraig MacCarron ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    With an emphasis on exploring measurable aspects of ancient narratives, Maths Meets Myths sets out to investigate age-old material with new techniques. This book collects, for the first time, novel quantitative approaches to studying sources from the past, such as chronicles, epics, folktales, and myths. It contributes significantly to recent efforts in bringing together natural scientists and ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • How Politics Makes Us Sick

    Neoliberal Epidemics

    by T. Schrecker, C. Bambra ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Ted Schrecker and Clare Bambra argue that the obesity, insecurity, austerity and inequality that result from neoliberal (or 'market fundamentalist') policies are hazardous to our health, asserting that these neoliberal epidemics require a political cure. ... Read more

    $98.09 USD