Leslie Lenkowsky, "When Ideas Mattered: A Nathan Glazer Reader"
English | ISBN: 141286416X | 2016 | 362 pages | EPUB | 483 KB
Sociologist Nathan Glazer's remarkably long and productive career as a New York intellectual spans seven decades from the Great Depression era to the late twentieth century. A voracious intellect with a perpetual sense of curiosity, he defies easy labelling. When Ideas Mattered is a critical volume, but it also contains autobiographical essays Glazer has written over the years to explain the evolution of his own thought.
Brian Gresko, "When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experienc"
English | ISBN: 0425269248 | 2014 | 304 pages | EPUB | 1128 KB
From some of today's most critically acclaimed writers-including Dennis Lehane, Justin Cronin, Andre Dubus III, and Benjamin Percy-comes a rich collection of essays on what it means to be a dad.
M. V. Lee Badgett, "When Gay People Get Married: What Happens When Societies Legalize Same-Sex Marriage"
English | ISBN: 0814709303 | 2010 | 307 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Winner of the 2010 Distinguished Book Award from the American Psychological Association's 44th Division (the Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues)
Martin Nunlee, "When Did We All Become Middle Class?"
English | ISBN: 1138655252 | 2016 | 200 pages | EPUB | 1163 KB
In When Did We All Become Middle Class?, Martin Nunlee discusses how a lack of class identity gives people a false sense of their relationship to power, which has made the US population accept the myth that they live in a meritocracy. This book examines social class within the framework of psychological tendencies, everyday interactions, institutions and pervasive cultural ideas to show how Americans have shifted from general concerns of social and economic equality to fragmented interests groups.
Stuart Connor, "What's Your Problem?: Making Sense of Social Problems and the Policy Process"
English | ISBN: 1909330493 | 2013 | 144 pages | EPUB | 796 KB
This lively book provides an essential introduction to the critical analysis of social problems and the policy process. It argues that policy does not just have an impact of people's lives, but that people can and should have an impact on policy.
Tilman Smith, "What's Up with White Women?: Unpacking Sexism and White Privilege in Pursuit of Racial Justice"
English | ISBN: 0865719616 | 2021 | 264 pages | EPUB | 613 KB
As a white woman, ask yourself: are you upholding or fighting racism?
Brian Whitaker, "What's Really Wrong With The Middle East"
English | 2010 | ISBN: 0863566243 | EPUB | pages: 384 | 0.4 mb
"A passionate call for political and social change in Arab countries . . . and a stern critique of the status quo."Jeremy Bowen, BBC Middle East editor
Thomas J. Scheff, "What's Love Got to Do with It?: Emotions and Relationships in Popular Songs"
English | ISBN: 1594518157 | 2011 | 176 pages | EPUB | 665 KB
What do pop songs have to say about love? Surprisingly, this book shows that most popular love songs express much more about alienation, infatuation, estrangement, jealousy, and heartbreak than about love. Scheff takes the reader on a tour of popular lyrics from 80 years of American song to reveal the emotional and relational meaning of lyrics. He shows that popular love songs typically steer listeners away from a healthy connection to the emotions surrounding love. Readers will gain a deeper understanding of love songs while appreciating the author's suggestions for how listeners and artists could enrich the art of the love song.
Yew Peng Ng, "What's In The Name? How The Streets And Villages In Singapore Got Their Names"
English | ISBN: 9813221399 | 2017 | 464 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
"Through painstaking research into historical documents and past newspaper reports, the author has unearthed many original findings of the source of street names. The result is a fascinating account of how street names first came about and how they have changed with historical events and cultural trends. Never before has such a deeply-researched and thorough account of the history of street names in Singapore been published. This book should not be missed by anyone with an interest in how Singapore history has been captured in street names, and will be a valuable addition to reference collections on Singapore culture and history." Hong Hai Former Dean, Nanyang Business School, NTU and Former Singapore Member of Parliament Since 1819, more than 6,200 place (street and village) names divided into more than 3,900 name groups were known in Singapore. Based on digitised historical newspapers, dated back to 1830, municipal records and Malay dictionaries, the origins, meanings and date of naming for many place names are uncovered. As part of Singapore history, place names known since 1936 are recorded in this book. Although place names are fairly static in nature, there have been more than 100 name changes. The naming trends transitioned from English to Malay and then back to English names. Discover that Toa Payoh was not named after a big swamp, Anderson Road was named before John Anderson, a former Governor, took up his job and many more new findings in this exciting book. This book is a complete listing of all place names since 1936, together with the most comprehensive annotations to date - a first in Singapore. It is also the only book of its kind that analyses naming trends. Information on the origins or date of naming was based on primary sources such as old maps, minutes of municipal meetings, Chinese books and digitised newspapers.
Frank Furedi, "What's Happened To The University?: A sociological exploration of its infantilisation"
English | ISBN: 1138212938 | 2016 | 206 pages | EPUB | 741 KB
The radical transformation that universities are undergoing today is no less far-reaching than the upheavals that it experienced in the 1960s. However today, when almost 50 per cent of young people participate in higher education, what occurs in universities matters directly to the whole of society.