Sociology & Anthropology

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Power in the Holocene The Rise of Social Inequality From: Power View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, Heinberg explores physical as well as social power, as well as the ways in which humans have obtained power over each other, including warfare, predation, the wealth pump, state …	Richard Heinberg	67	2021	$6.70 Add
From Power in the Pleistocene On Spears, Fires, Furs, Words, and Flutes - And Why Men Are Such Power-Hogs From: Power View New Society Publishers	This chapter describes prehistoric forms of human power, including stone tools, fire, animal skins, and language.	Richard Heinberg	43	2021	$4.30 Add
From NEW! Power Protects Itself Part 1. Who Gets to Lead? From: Women Winning Office View Between The Lines	In Power Protects Itself Nash explores some of the many barriers women face when entering politics. A few of the barriers examined in the chapter include systemic biases, Westminster …	Peggy Nash	6	2022	$0.60 Add
Power Shift The Longest Revolution House of Anansi Press	Bestselling author, journalist, and human rights activist Sally Armstrong argues that humankind requires the equal status of women and girls. The facts are indisputable. When women get even a bit …	Sally Armstrong	330	2019	View
From Powerless and Powerful Identities Hegemony and Supreme Power From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	Powerless and Powerful Identities, explores the space between Gramsci’s hegemony, the idea that the very acceptance of power as dominance renders one powerless, and the philosophy of …	Cyndi Suarez	11	2018	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Pre-trial Support From: Child Victims in Canada’s Justice System View Irwin Law Inc.	Chapter Fourteen Pre-trial Support examines the support services for Children who are required to testify in court, either as a victim of or a witness to a crime, before the trial. This chapter …	Jack Reynolds; Jo-Anne Hughes; Loree Armstrong Beniuk	7	2022	$0.70 Add
From Precarious Work How Lax Employment Standards Perpetuate Poverty From: Persistent Poverty View Between The Lines		Mary Gellatly	10	2010	$1.00 Add
From Precarious Work Requires Precarious Workers From: Essential Work Disposable Workers View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter specifically follows the rise of temporary placement agencies as a tool of employers to utilize undocumented, precarious and racialized migrants for capital. The shift from …	Mostafa Henaway	12	2023	$1.20 Add
From Preface From: To Wawa with Love View James Lorimer and Company	Briefly discusses the living conditions in the northern mining towns in the 1940s and outlines how the authors family ended up going to one.	Tom Douglas	3	2012	$0.30 Add
From Preface How This Book Came to Be From: Standing on High Ground View Between The Lines	Rosemary Cornell, Adrienne Robnies, and Tim Bray, discuss how this book came to be. First of their meeting while resisting the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) in 2018, and the work it …	Adrienne Drobnies; Rosemary Cornell; Tim Bray	2	2024	$0.20 Add
From Preface From: "At the Barricades" View Irwin Law Inc.	Professor Borovoy describes how the memoir came to be written.	Alan Borovoy	5	2014	$0.50 Add
From Preface From: The Teen Sex Trade View Formac Publishing	The author, a young black Nova Scotian, outlines her methodology for writing this book and the decision to publish under her real name but maintain pseudonyms for any other individual connected …	Jade M. Brooks	7	2017	$0.70 Add
From Preface Why Write This Book? From: Quiet No More View James Lorimer and Company	Outlines the authors history of Activism and how he came to the point of writing this book. His qualifications on the subject and the focus of the book	Joel D. Harden	7	2013	$0.70 Add
From Preface From: False Security View Irwin Law Inc.	Legal analyses of various aspects of Canadian national security law expressed in Bill C-51.	Craig Forcese; Kent Roach	8	2015	$0.80 Add
From Preface From: Mediator's Handbook View New Society Publishers	The handbook focusses on round-the-table mediations with up to eight participants, where the mediators primarily faciliate discussions and decisions to meet particpants’ goals for the …	Caroline C. Packard; Eileen Stief; Jennifer E. Beer	2	2012	$0.20 Add
From Preface Teaching Peace From: Educating for Action View New Society Publishers	In an age of endless war, when history is in perpetual mourning, groaning under the burden of class oppression, peace is a necessary practice. In a world redolent of George Orwell’s novel …	Peter McLaren	7	2014	$0.70 Add