Ergebnis für "Briefe" in Soziologie

Bloomsbury presents A Brief Introduction to Social Work Theory by David Howe & Darren Hill, read by David Thorpe. As a social worker, you must make sense of complex situations and determine the needs of various individuals. As star constellations offer a guide by which to navigate, social work...

From breasts and orgasms to periods, pregnancies, and menopause—A Brief History of the Female Body is a fascinating science book explaining the mysteries of the female body through an evolutionary lens.

In this unprecedented deep dive into inner-city gang life, Mark Bowden takes listeners inside a Baltimore gang, offers an in-depth portrait of its notorious leader, and chronicles the 2016 FBI investigation that landed eight gang members in prison.

The brilliant and disturbing 100-year history of modern terrorism and car bombs—the ubiquitous weapon of urban mass destruction On a September day in 1920, an angry Italian anarchist named Mario Buda exploded a horse-drawn wagon filled with dynamite and iron scrap near New York's Wall Street...

Explore the global history of human rights and social movements as dissidents fight to dismantle ancient hierarchies. Perfect for an educational morning commute, this empowering non-fiction journey reveals how ordinary citizens demanded political citizenship, labor rights, and emancipation...

Discover the eye-opening history of human kinship and how marriage evolved as our ultimate societal survival strategy. Perfect for an insightful commute, this captivating sociological journey traces domestic life from early foraging bands to modern digital households. Rather than following a...

Trace the sweeping history of human bereavement to see how ancient mourning rituals help us process profound loss today. From prehistoric gravesites to modern digital memorials, humanity has constantly adapted its approach to death. This evocative exploration reveals that the need to honor our...

Trace the profound cultural history of mortality to understand how humanity confronts and ritualizes our inevitable end. Perfect for a thoughtful commute or an evening of deep reflection, this captivating narrative shifts the focus from clinical facts to evolving human beliefs. Discover how...

Trace the sociological history of human partnerships to understand how ancient survival alliances shaped modern romance. Far from a rigid, timeless ideal, the union of two people is actually a fierce, adaptable strategy for conquering changing cultural landscapes. Whether you are actively...

Transform your daily commute into an eye-opening journey through the global history of economic inequality. From the first agricultural surpluses to modern digital monopolies, grasp how power, institutions, and technology dictate who thrives. This thought-provoking narrative breaks down complex...

Explore the roots of human inequality in this historical sociology deep dive into how power and wealth divide societies. Perfect for your daily commute, this eye-opening journey transforms complex economic shifts into an engaging narrative. Grasp why structured layers of privilege emerged and...

Trace the origins of systemic inequality and discover how ancient social hierarchies transformed birth into rigid destiny. Perfect for a thought-provoking commute, this calm and empathetic history explores how ideas of purity, divine order, and inherited labor hardened into an inflexible...

Uncover how scattered nomadic foragers conquered the chaos of shared spaces to build today's complex urban societies. Whether navigating a crowded morning commute or unwinding with an educational deep dive, this immersive history redefines how we view civilization. Discover the incredible...

Who is the richest person in the world, ever? Does where you were born affect how much money you'll earn over a lifetime? How would we know? Why, beyond the idle curiosity, do these questions even matter? In The Haves and the Have-Nots, Branko Milanovic, one of the world's leading experts on wealth, poverty, and the gap that separates them, explains these and other mysteries of how wealth is unevenly spread throughout our world, now and through time.

Trace a ruined metropolis's rise from the ashes of the Korean War to a hyper-modern tech capital in this gripping urban history. Perfect for an inspiring daily commute or immersive travel prep, this fast-paced narrative sweeps you through decades of breakneck industrialization and cultural...

Uncover how the social construct of race built systemic inequality in this eye-opening historical deep dive. Perfect for an educational commute, this empathetic narrative maps the long road from early cultural prejudice to modern structural discrimination. Moving calmly through centuries of...

As the United Kingdom left the European Union, during a period of international and domestic turmoil, London found itself at a turning point. This critical moment presents an opportunity to look back, with a distinctive perspective, a focus on London in its national and, perhaps even more importantly, its international contexts, rather than on the city in isolation. It is the interactions of London that Black considers, and he does so in order to address the question as to why London became the foremost international city, how it sustained that position and what its future holds. 

No one could have predicted even two years ago that an African American would take the oath of office as president of the United States in January of 2009. For many, the occasion marks the climax to the civil rights movement and the fulfillment of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream that Americans could be judged on the content of their character and not the color of their skin. This collection, with about 400 letters from Americans of all walks of life, is being created to stand as a symbol of this exciting moment in history.

One word binds us all: geography. We are all geographers, human beings who care about the places we think of as 'home' - our habitat. And yet we have lost touch with the connection between our actions and the state of the planet that we all share. We need a new myth, a new narrative that...

Ainda estamos aqui: uma breve parte de nossa história negra é uma obra que traz reflexões relevantes acerca do racismo e suas consequências para a população negra deste país. A autora trata de temas necessários a serem discutidos para uma sociedade mais igual como a luta antirracista, projeto de eugenia, lei de cotas, representatividade, militância negra e racismo enquanto estrutura.