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Examines the often overlooked role of gossip and rumor in creating power in small Melanesian communities. This title suggests that our understanding of both Melanesian leadership and the power of words to construct social reality is greatly enhanced by attention to gossip and rumor.

Tells the story of a way of life organized in terms of physical self-development. Using the insights of anthropology, this title presents ethnography of the wrestler's physique that elucidates the somatic structure of the wrestler's identity and ideology.

Approaching 19th-century French industrial development from the perspective of consumerism, this study examines the important goods industries, such as furniture, apparel and interior decorations, to show how consumers' tastes promoted industrial specialization.

A study of Simon Newcomb - nation's most celebrated scientist in the United States in the late 19th century. It traces the development of his faith in science and ranges over topics of public debate, from the reform of economic theory to the recasting of the debate between science and religion.

A study of Georges Valois, the writer, publisher and political organizer who stood at the centre of the French fascist movement. Based on an examination of sources from private letters to police archives, it gives a portrait of one of the founders of radical socialism.

Provides an introduction to the critical theory of German Romanticism and demonstrates how its approach to the metaphorical and linguistic nature of knowledge is very much alive in contemporary philosophy and literary theory.

Examines a Peruvian highland community where rural resistance has been endemic for over a century. This title explores the way in which the villagers' daily economic interests and their political struggles contribute to their social and political identity.

This is a survey of Stoic and Epicurian ideas about the soul - an introduction to two ancient schools whose belief in the soul's physicality offers parallels to modern approaches in the philosophy of mind. Annas incorporates recent thinking on Hellenistic philosophy of mind.

Presents a general account of the evangelical challenge to Catholic predominance, with a focus on the collision with liberation theology in Central America. This title interprets the 'invasion of the sects' as an evangelical awakening, part of a wider religious reformation which could redefine the basis of Latin American politics.

Tracing the life course of American teenagers in the mid-twentieth century, this book presents a historical portrait of growing up.

A study that makes a case for very deep roots of Eastern European backwardness. It states that while economics may limit the freedom of action of political players, it does not determine political outcomes. It offers a theoretically complex synthesis that demonstrates the interaction of politics and economics.

Using the transformation of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) as a case study, this monograph suggests that single-party systems have an inherent tendency to become "party-states", or single-party regimes in which the head of state uses the party as a means of control.

This expose of the US health care system uncovers the dark side of physician practice. Using interviews with doctors and federal, state and private officials, it reveals the practices of doctors who profit from needless surgery, overcharge for services and test excessively.

An account of the author's journey through portions of southwest India while he was on sick leave from the British Indian army. It provides a look at the people who inhabited a part of India that was generally off the beaten track in the nineteenth century.

Faced with the decline of the traditional family and the explosive growth of the over-65 population, the Japanese are looking for new ways to care for their elders. This study documents the birth of a major social phenomenon in Japan - the planned retirement community.

Focuses on the history of African-American religion from the slavery period to the present. Beginning with an essay on the importance of the story of Exodus among African-American Christians and concluding with a work on Martin Luther King, Jr's religious development, this title illuminates the fusion of African and Christian traditions.

Songs by the Andrews Sisters and Lawrence Welk blasted from phonographs, lilted over the radio, and dazzled television viewers across the country. This book traces the popularization of old-time ethnic music from the turn of the century to the 1960s.

Analyzing Wharton's life and writings, the author demonstrates how interrelated identity systems are reflected in Wharton's work. From sexual repression and a celibate marriage to the discovery of passion in a love affair, Wharton's sexual education embraced a range of experiences and emotions.

This study aims to make the reading of German sociologist Georg Simmel's magnum opus, "The Philosophy of Money", more accessible to would-be readers. It explores Simmel's thought, offering a new appreciation of the originality of his social theories, first made available in 1900.

This volume discusses the interaction between pilgrims and sacred sites from the tenth century to the present. From the perspectives of literature, art, history, religion, politics and anthropology, the essays focus on China's most famous pilgrimage mountains as well as lesser known sites.

The main theme of this treatise is that important aspects of religious representation are constrained by the human mind. The author uses experimental results from developmental psychology to explain why certain religious representations are acquired and stored in the brain.

Madhu Natisar Nath is a Rajasthani farmer with no formal schooling. He is also a singer, a musician, and a storyteller. This book features Madhu Nath's oral performances of two linked tales about the legendary Indian kings, Bharthari of Ujjain and Gopi Chand of Bengal.

Recounts the development of physics in Soviet Russia up to World War II. This title focuses on Leningrad, center of Soviet physics until the late 1930s, discusses the impact of scientific, cultural, and political revolution on physicists' research and professional aspirations.

An ethnography of a small New Zealand farming community, articulating the cultural system beneath the social hierarchy. It addresses such questions as: Where do we get our notions of social hierarchy and personal worth? And what underlies our beliefs about the goals worth aiming for, the persons we hope to become?

In December of 1845, Muhammad as-Saffar was sent by the reigning Moroccan sultan on a diplomatic mission to Paris. During the journey, as-Saffar took notes and upon his return he wrote this travel account which enlarges our understanding of the relationship between 19th-century Morocco and France.