This work offers an introduction to the central debates in sexuality research. Among the issues examined are the social and cultural dimensions of sex, human sexuality and sex research. more » more »

... east and west, which still exist in post-unification Germany. Dividing and Uniting Germany covers all important aspects of the subject including: * the role of the allies in the post-war division of the country * the integration of West and East Germany into their respective blocs * the problems of ... more »

Higgs presents a history of gay space in cities from early modern times to the present. Providing an interdisciplinary analysis of extensive source material - diaries, poems, legal accounts and journalism, he explores the reality of gay space. more »

This book gathers together for the first time J.S. Mill's On Liberty and a selection of important essays by the eminent scholars Isaiah Berlin, Alan Ryan, John Rees C.L. Ten and Richard Wollheim on Mill's seminal work. more »

The collection addresses theoretical and policy issues connecting age and generation with the family and social policy. It focuses both on cross-cultural comparison within societies and analysis based on a range of societies. more »

A collection of internationally recognised scholars address the postmodern shake-up of theory, culture and politics, which has led to a new encounter between the humanities and the discourses of rel... more » more »

In this work Tim Ingold offers a persuasive approach to understanding how human beings perceive their surroundings. He argues that what we are used to calling cultural variation consists, in the first place, of variations in skill. Neither innate nor acquired, skills are grown, incorporated into the ... more »

A collection of sixteen autobiographical essays by Africans in America, Afro-Caribbean and bi-racial college students, which explore the process of self-discovery and realization of cultural identity. They are accompanied by commentary from prominent African-American scholars Jewelle Taylor Gibbs and ... more »

... . But what does this mean, both theoretically and practically, terms of a `new'' agenda? The focus of this book is upon four main issues: * economic development * security * the environment * human rights These are of course not in themselves new issues, but during the period of the Cold War they were ... more »

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First published in 1986, this book is an authoritative collection of the major sources for Roman Britain. It incorporates extracts from the main literary sources, and a substantial collection of inscriptions, coins, and artefacts. more »

... issues of mining communities in research spanning a period of 4,500 years. The volume considers themes which are relatively new to archaeology: * the social context of production * gender * power and labour exploitation * imperialism and colonialism * production and technology. more »