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Articles, News, Promotions and Updates from Routledge and the Taylor & Francis Group.
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Sociologists Backstage, Book of the Month, May 2011
"The stories in Sociologists Backstage tell how the contributors, who differ in so many ways, dealed with the situations they found themselves in as they did their research, and how who they were and what they had become in their lives intersected with those situations. The stories will fascinate you, and give you a lot to think about as you go ahead with your own research adventure." —from the foreword by Howard Becker
Request your complimentary exam copy today!
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Featured Book: Transforming Urban Waterfronts
Transforming Urban Waterfronts engages with major theoretical debates and empirical findings on the ways waterfronts transform and have been transformed in port-cities in North and South America, Europe, the Caribbean. It is be a valuable resource for teaching faculty, students, and any audience interested in a broad scope of issues within the field of urban studies.
Recommend this book to your librarian.
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Featured Book: Geographies of the Haitian Diaspora
Geographies of the Haitian Diaspora, edited by Regine O. Jackson (Emory University), brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to explore how Haitian communities differ across time and place, as well as how migrants adjust to new economic, political and racial realities.
Recommend this book to your university librarian.
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Envisioning Landscapes, Making Worlds, Book of the Month, May 2011
Envisioning Landscapes, Making Worlds contains over 25 contributions from leading scholars who have engaged this vital intellectual project from various perspectives, both inside and outside of the field of geography. It is required reading for students, scholars, and interested general readers seeking to understand the new synergies and creative interplay emerging from this broad intellectual engagement with meaning and geographic experience.
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New Development Studies Catalog - Available Now!
New and upcoming titles available to browse online or Download
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Interview With Poverty Capital Author, Ananya Roy
Routledge author discusses microfinance with the Institute for policy Studies' Josh Leon
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Karen Sternheimer’s Celebrity Culture Blog!
Read the author of Celebrity Culture and the American Dream's sociological and historical perspectives on current celebrity events.
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eFocus on Race and Ethnicity - eBook Collection for Libraries
Race and ethnicity have been at the forefront of both academic debate and social issues for many decades. This exciting new resource offers access to important and wide ranging contributions to the study of race, taking in cultural, social, political, legal and economic aspects of the subject.
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eFocus on Development Studies - eBook Collection for Libraries
This impressive collection represents global coverage of Development Studies with a combination of thematic and case studies covering the global south - Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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Routledge Education Author of the Month May 2011: Julie S. Vargas
"The test of a contribution ultimately lies in its effects. It pleases me when my students succeed, and I value their feedback, especially when they mention that what I taught them helped them in the classroom. I grew up with the motto of leaving the world a better place than you found it. I hope my teaching and writing will fulfill that goal."
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