"Childhood" In Crisis?

Editor : Phil Scraton

Master eBook ISBN : 0-203-21450-1

No of pages :240

Originally Published : 7 May 1997

Status : Available [You may read this title]

Examining debates concerning children and young people, this text discusses the "politics of childhood", focusing on topics such as: the family; education and schooling; mental health; crime and justice; and sexuality. ......  more »»

"Educating Children with Fragile X Syndrome - A Multi-Professional View

Editor : Denise Dew-Hughes

Master eBook ISBN : 0-203-56153-8

No of pages :208

Originally Published : 30 Oct 2003

Status : Available [You may read this title]

This book provides invaluable information, support and guidance on educating a child with Fragile X, background on the origins of this syndrome, and what the implications are for such a child's teaching and learning. ......  more »»

"In Search of Human Nature

Author : Mary Clark

Master eBook ISBN : 0-203-98713-6

No of pages :576

Originally Published : 24 Oct 2002

Status : Available [You may read this title]

In this magisterial new work, biologist Mary Clark argues that the Western view of human nature is built around highly atomistic and ideological framework that encourages us to think about the world and ourselves in the wrong way. ......  more »»

"Race", Racism and Psychology - Towards a Reflexive History

Author : Graham Richards

Master eBook ISBN : 0-203-35985-2

No of pages :392

Originally Published : 27 Nov 1997

Status : Available [You may read this title]

This book presents a controversial analysis of the debates surrounding race in the psychological literature of this century. Graham Richards contextualizes some famous studies to present the basis of their outlook on "race" and "racism". ......  more »»

"Second Edition" of The General Theory Vol 2 - Edited by G. C. Harcourt and P. A. Riach

Master eBook ISBN : 0-203-98472-2

No of pages :450

Originally Published : 1 Feb 1997

Status : Available [You may read this title]

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"That's Funny You Don't Look Like A Teacher!" - Interrogating Images and Identity in Popular Culture

Author : Weber Weber, Claudia Mitchell

Book Series : The World of Childhood and Adolescence, 3

Master eBook ISBN : 0-203-45356-5

No of pages :168

Originally Published : 28 Apr 1995

Status : Available [You may read this title]

Explores the images of teachers and teaching that permeate the lives of Children And Adults, Shaping In Unrecognised Ways Their Notions Of Whom teachers are and what they do. The text shows how it is possible to analyse drawings of teachers, television programmes, films, cartoons and comics. ......  more »»

"This Female Man of God" - Women and Spiritual Power in the Patristic Age, 350-450 AD

Author : Gillian Cloke

Master eBook ISBN : 0-203-42254-6

No of pages :256

Originally Published : 19 Jan 1995

Status : Available [You may read this title]

Takes a valuable and timely look at the contribution of women to the newly legitimate Christian Church. Examples include women who passed themselves off as men in order to serve God. ......  more »»

'Adolescence', Pregnancy and Abortion - Constructing a Threat of Degeneration

Author : Catriona I. Macleod

Master eBook ISBN : 0-203-84490-4

No of pages :184

Originally Published : 16 Jun 2010

Status : Available [You may read this title]

This book outlines a critical view of "teenage pregnancy" and abortion, arguing that the negative view of these issues relies on a particular understanding of adolescence. ......  more »»

'Bread and Circuses'

Editor : Tim Cornell, Dr Kathryn Lomas

Master eBook ISBN : 0-203-99494-9

No of pages :192

Originally Published : 19 Sep 2002

Status : Available [You may read this title]

Cities in the ancient world relied on private generosity to provide many basic amenities. This collection of essays by leading scholars explores the important phenomenon of benefaction and public patronage in Roman Italy. ......  more »»

'Hinduism' in Modern Indonesia

Author : Martin Ramstedt

Master eBook ISBN : 0-203-98727-6

No of pages :304

Originally Published : 11 Jun 2003

Status : Available [You may read this title]

This book provides new data and perspectives on the development of 'world religion' in post-colonial societies from the early twentieth century to the present day. ......  more »»