...more

This book offers a theory of those formal properties of art that are apt to afford strong aesthetic experience - a proje......more

We’re here to study what forms the basis, the adherence and the coercion in Arab-Muslim societies: sacrality. A sacralit......more

Policing and Intelligence in the Global Big Data Era, Volume I, the first of a two volume set, presents a rich and uniqu......more

The son of an industrialist who wanted to abolish private property. A Jew who didn’t want anything to do with Judaism. A......more

This open access book focuses on the distinctive experiences of freelance and self-employed live performers in the UK’s ......more

The central theme of the research presented here is to understand the alternative processes of social insertion and the ......more

The general objective of this book was to understand the role of memory in the identity reconstruction and resocializati......more

...more

An incisive look at the system of addiction pervasive in Western society today....more

This book is a critical comparative study of Jotirao Phule and Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, modern India’s two most prominent......more

This volume brings together top articles on feminist political theory published in Contemporary Political Theory. With c......more

In the decade since the UN SDG agenda was established, how much progress have we really made? What can we be doing to en......more

This handbook builds on the growing research interest in practices of valuation throughout contemporary society. It will......more

This book is a collaborative volume that uplifts and explores the intellectual activism and scholarly contributions of B......more

Within the last four years, the death of George Floyd brought a new level of urgency to understanding police violence; t......more

Within the last four years, the death of George Floyd brought a new level of urgency to understanding police violence; t......more

...more

This book draws together interdisciplinary perspectives to examine the legal, moral, and socio-spatial regulation of sex......more

This book is part of the study of the determinants of non-use of full immunization among children aged 12 to 23 months i......more

...more

​This book provides a comprehensive overview of the spirit of Chinese Confucianism, which is usually regarded as one of ......more

Throughout history, the functions and roles of borders have been continuously changing. They can only be understood in t......more

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) is one of the most important women contributors to classical sociology, primarily b......more

James Wise was Civil Surgeon of Dacca for ten years and in that capacity had great opportunities of observing the social......more

The world has become obsessed with the Western notions of progress, development, and globalization, the latter a form of......more

In Search of Stability seeks to understand the economics of money through a narrative on the history of the rupee. The p......more

The battle of Actium waged in 31 BC and the annexation of Egypt in 30 BC to the Roman Empire opened up avenues for incre......more

Revolutionary and evolutionary theorists have very different views about change; Fein writes in favour of evolution. He ......more

This anthology vastly expands our understanding of the much-misconstructed history of early modern Bengal and seeks to r......more

Global public health is of growing concern to most governments and populations, nowhere more so than in Asia, the world’......more

This compiled and edited collection engages with a theme which is increasingly attracting scholarly attention, namely, r......more

This book stages a timely discussion about the centrality of identity politics to theatre and performance studies. It ac......more

In today’s individualized, culturally diverse and globalized society, many sociologists have concluded that the conceptu......more

The end of apartheid has triggered massive illegal immigration into South Africa from all parts of Africa and beyond. Al......more

Kenneth Burke, founder of the critical method of dramatism, believed that motives and attitudes are constantly generated......more

If there is anything to be learned from the history of American architecture it is that it reflects the American adventu......more

After the ceasefire, a group of architects and planners from the American University of Beirut formed the Reconstruction......more

Somewhere in the world, in the next forty seconds, a person is going to commit suicide. Globally, suicides account for 5......more

The rise of China has transformed Sino-US relations in the 21st century. Although the United States remains atop the glo......more

Understanding Pakistan: Emerging Voices from India is the outcome of a national seminar for research scholars on Pakista......more

Why is the Smithsonian more than the "Nation’s Attic?" Or more than a museum complex? As Wilton S. Dillon shows, the Smi......more

This book is the first publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past, Presen......more

The writings in this edition explore historical and contemporary issues in Ethiopia as the country underwent change and ......more

Caste is a contested terrain in India’s society and polity. This book explores contemporary realities of caste in rural ......more

Theories of citizenship from the West - pre-eminently those by T.H. Marshall - provide only a limited insight into East ......more

Chinese nationalism is powered by a narrative of China’s century of shame and humiliation in the hands of imperialist po......more

As the world’s biggest polluter, the environmental challenges that China faces in controlling its airborne emissions are......more

This pioneering work traces migration of Indian traders to Russia, Iran, West Asia and South-East Asia in medieval times......more

Addiction Treatment is an ethnography that compares two types of residential drug-free treatment programs--religious, fa......more

Covering the history of medieval and early modern India, from the eighth to the eighteenth centuries, this volume is par......more

Reputable scholars have long charged that symbolic interactionism, which is based on the principle of "sociality," disco......more

This book is the third publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past, presen......more

This is the first book to analyse the mass violence that occurred during the earliest episode of postwar colonial violen......more

Privacy and data protection are recognized as fundamental human rights. Recent developments, however, indicate that secu......more

This volume is a festschrift for Damodar Ramaji SarDesai (b. 1931), Professor Emeritus of History at the University of C......more

DNA Barcoding has been promoted since 2003 as a new, fast, digital genomics-based means of identifying natural species b......more

Popular Cinema in Bengal marks a decisive turn in studies of Bengali language cinema by shifting the focus from auteur a......more

Diverse Spaces of Childhood and Youth focuses on the diverse spaces and discourses of children and youth globally. The c......more

Each suicide is as unique as the individuals involved, especially if one examines the nature of the act and to what exte......more

The essays in the volume deal with a broad range factors integral to Indian history in the early modern era. They unfold......more

Population ageing - a growth in the proportion of a population that is in older age - is now occurring in every region a......more

While higher education is still far from universal in the United States, it plays an increasingly large role in shaping ......more

A PDF version of this book is available for free in Open Access at www.tandfebooks.com. It has been made available under......more

This is the fourth publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past, Present an......more

This ground-breaking volume is a follow-up to Intellectuals and Their Publics. In contrast to the earlier book, which wa......more

Cultural Studies has evolved and continues to evolve primarily along regional lines. However uncomfortable this might be......more

Recent years have seen the development of a growing international literature on restorative justice, community justice a......more

In this collection, academics from both sides of the Atlantic analyze the confluence of a politician, a process, and a p......more

This book examines the socio-economic factors in the rise and development of nationalism in the Tamil-speaking region of......more

The Arab tribes of Iraq differ widely in custom but remain in all essentials of thought and conduct a distinctive and un......more

Israelis with a Russian accent have been part of Israel’s social, cultural and economic landscape for over 20 years. The......more

This book makes the first volume of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy’s Soziologie available in English for the first time since i......more

Although the field of disability services and societal understanding of disability issues have advanced in recent decade......more

South Asia is famous for its monuments, past and present. Monuments have been created, destroyed and rescued by competin......more