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  • Cultural Identity and Archaeology

    The Construction of European Communities

    Edited by P. Graves-Brown, Sian Jones, C.S. Gamble ...
    Cultural identity is a key area of debate in contemporary Europe. Despite widespread use of the past in the construction of ethnic, national and European identity, theories of cultural identity have been neglected in archaeology. Focusing on the interrelationships between concepts of cultural identity today and the interpretation of past cultural groups, Cultural Identity and Archaeology offers ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

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  • The houses of history

    A critical reader in history and theory, second edition

    by Anna Green, Kathleen Troup ...
    The houses of history is a clear, jargon-free introduction to the major theoretical approaches employed by historians. This innovative critical reader provides accessible introductions to fourteen schools of thought, from the empiricist to the postcolonial, including chapters on Marxist history, Freud and psychohistory, the Annales, historical sociology, narrative, gender, public history and the ... Read more

    $29.69 CAD

  • On History

    by Prof Eric Hobsbawm ...
    The theory and practice of history and its relevance to the modern world, by Britains greatest radical historian. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Fatal Conceit

    The Errors of Socialism

    by F. A. Hayek ...
    A critique of socialism by the Nobel Prize–winning economist: "The energy and precision with which Mr. Hayek sweeps away his opposition is impressive." — The Wall Street JournalIn this work, F.A. Hayek—a pioneer in monetary theory and proponent of libertarian philosophy—gives the main arguments for the free-market case and presents his manifesto on the "errors of socialism." Hayek argues that ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Archaeological Theory

    An Introduction

    by Matthew Johnson ...
    Archaeological Theory, 2nd Edition is the most current and comprehensive introduction to the field available. Thoroughly revised and updated, this engaging text offers students an ideal entry point to the major concepts and ongoing debates in archaeological research.New edition of a popular introductory text that explores the increasing diversity of approaches to archaeological theoryFeatures more ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • The Social Animal

    by W. G. Runciman ...
    The Social Animal is a classic investigation of human beings as social animals.The Social Animal is a short, wide-ranging, witty and accessible book that sets out the present extent of our knowledge about how human societies and institutions really work, and what motivates the people who live within them.W. G. Runciman’s superb book is a welcome corrective to the view that there are no societies, ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Karl Polanyi

    The Limits of the Market

    by Gareth Dale ...
    Series series Key Contemporary Thinkers
    Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation is generally acclaimed as being among the most influential works of economic history in the twentieth century, and remains as vital in the current historical conjuncture as it was in his own. In its critique of nineteenth-century "market fundamentalism" it reads as a warning to our own neoliberal age, and is widely touted as a prophetic guidebook for those ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • What is the History of Knowledge?

    by Peter Burke ...
    Series series What is History?
    What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, ‘knowledges in the plural’) and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge or from cultural history. Leading cultural historian, Peter Burke, draws upon examples of this ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Language and Identity

    An introduction

    by John Edwards ...
    Series series Key Topics in Sociolinguistics
    The language we use forms an important part of our sense of who we are - of our identity. This book outlines the relationship between our identity as members of groups - ethnic, national, religious and gender - and the language varieties important to each group. What is a language? What is a dialect? Are there such things as language 'rights'? Must every national group have its own unique language ... Read more

    $62.39 CAD

  • Key Concepts in Classical Social Theory

    by Alex Law ...
    Series series SAGE Key Concepts series
    This book's individual entries introduce, explain and contextualise the key topics within classical social theory. Definitions, summaries and key words are developed throughout with careful cross-referencing allowing students to move effortlessly between core ideas and themes.</p... ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • History and Cultural Theory

    by Simon Gunn ...
    In recent times there has been recognition of the growing influence of cultural theory on historical writing. Foucault, Bourdieu, Butler and Spivak are just some of the thinkers whose ideas have been taken up and deployed by historians.What are these ideas and where do they come from? How have cultural theorists thought about 'history'? And how have historians applied theoretical insights to ... Read more

    $120.92 CAD

  • The Eurasian Miracle

    by Jack Goody ...
    The idea of long-term European dominance is characteristic of most evolutionary theories of human culture and society in the nineteenth century. It was commonly believed that there was a natural progression from Antiquity through Feudalism to Capitalism which could not have taken place elsewhere. Today there are many who still believe that this progression was part of a European miracle that ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD