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Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law: Multinationals and Corporate Social Responsibility: Limitations and Opportunities in International Law (Hardcover)

The corporate social responsibility ( CSR ) movement has been described as one of the most important social movements of our time. This book looks at what the CSR movement means for multinationals for states and for international law. International law... more

Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law: Multinationals and Corporate Social Responsibility: Limitations and Opportunities in International Law (Paperback)

The corporate social responsibility ( CSR ) movement has been described as one of the most important social movements of our time. This book looks at what the CSR movement means for multinationals for states and for international law. International law... more

Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories: Lost Londons: Change Crime and Control in the Capital City 1550-1660 (Paperback)

A major study of the transformation of early modern London. By focusing on policing prosecution and the language and perceptions of the authorities and the underclasses Paul Griffiths explores the swift growth of London and the changes to its cultures... more

Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History: The Dynastic State and the Army Under Louis XIV (Paperback)

This book presents a new interpretation of the development of the French army during the personal rule of Louis XIV. Based on massive archival research it examines the army not only as a military institution but also as a political social and economic... more

Cambridge Classical Studies: Emperor and Senators in the Reign of Constantius II (Paperback)

In this book Muriel Moser investigates the relationship between the emperors Constantine I and his son Constantius II (AD 312-361) and the senators of Constantinople and Rome. She examines and contextualizes the integration of the social elites of Rome... more

Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth: Morality and Masculinity in the Carolingian Empire (Hardcover)

What did it mean to be a Frankish nobleman in an age of reform? How could Carolingian lay nobles maintain their masculinity and their social position while adhering to new and stricter moral demands by reformers concerning behaviour in war sexual... more

Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History: Politics Society and Civil War in Warwickshire 1620-1660 (Paperback)

This book discusses the origins impact and aftermath of the Civil War in Warwickshire examining administration religion and politics in their social context. The focus is mainly on the landed élite but the importance of relationships between members... more

Cambridge Studies in the History of the People s Republic of: Reproductive Realities in Modern China: Birth Control and Abortion 1911-2021 (Hardcover)

Lasting from 1979 to 2015 China s One Child Policy is often remembered as one of the most ambitious social engineering projects to date and considered emblematic of global efforts to regulate population growth during the twentieth century. Drawing on a... more

Cambridge Latin American Studies: A Colonial Book Market (Hardcover)

This volume provides a wholly original social history of books in late colonial Peru. From the second half of the eighteenth century onward workshops in Lima and transoceanic imports supplied the market with unprecedented quantities of print... more

Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies: Elites and Decolonization in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)

Decolonization changed the spatial order of the globe the imagination of men and women around the world and established images of the globe. Both individuals and social groups shaped decolonization itself: this volume puts agency squarely at the centre... more

Cambridge Studies in Archaeology: Death and Memory in Early Medieval Britain (Paperback)

How were the dead remembered in early medieval Britain? Originally published in 2006 this innovative study demonstrates how perceptions of the past and the dead and hence social identities were constructed through mortuary practices and commemoration... more

Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History: Friends Neighbours Sinners: Religious Difference and English Society 1689-1750 (Hardcover)

Friends Neighbours Sinners demonstrates the fundamental ways in which religious difference shaped English society in the first half of the eighteenth century. By examining the social subtleties of interactions between people of differing beliefs and... more

Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic History: Firms Networks and Business Values: The British and American Cotton Industries Since 1750 (Paperback)

This book explores the long term forces shaping business attitudes in the British and American cotton industries from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Mary Rose traces the social political and developmental differences of the two nations and... more

Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society: Race Religion and Law in Colonial India (Hardcover)

How did British rule in India transform persons from lower social classes? Could Indians from such classes rise in the world by marrying Europeans and embracing their religion and customs? This book explores such questions by examining the intriguing... more

Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth: Legal Practice and the Written Word in the Early Middle Ages: Frankish Formulae C.500 1000 (Paperback)

Legal formularies are books of model legal documents compiled by early medieval scribes for their own use and that of their pupils. A major source for the history of early medieval Europe they document social relations beyond the narrow world of the... more

Pre-Owned Territorial Ambitions and the Gardens of Versailles (Paperback 9780521599597) by Chandra Mukerji

9780521599597. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Pages: 420. Trade paperback (US). 420 p. Cambridge Cultural Social Studies . 150 Halftones unspecified. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. In seventeenth-century France land took... more

Pre-Owned Patriots Politics and the Oklahoma City Bombing (Paperback 9780521694193) by Stuart A. Wright

9780521694193. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Trade paperback (US). Contains: Tables. Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics. 8 tables. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. This book explores social... more

Pre-Owned Belonging in the Two Berlins: Kin State Nation: 86 (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Series Number 86) Paperback

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Pre-Owned Outline of a Theory of Practice: 16 (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Series Number 16) Paperback

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Cambridge Studies in Social Theory Religion and Politics: Religion Class Coalitions and Welfare States (Hardcover)

This book radically revises established knowledge in comparative welfare state studies and introduces a new perspective on how religion shaped modern social protection systems. The interplay of societal cleavage structures and electoral rules produced... more

Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology: The New Racism in Europe (Hardcover)

Immigration is among the most contested issues in Western Europe. Studies commonly focus on political activity and the plight of minorities but this book breaks new ground in its emphasis on the everyday reactions of Italians to immigration nationalism... more

Pre-Owned Kinship and Marriage: An Anthropological Perspective: 50 (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) Paperback

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Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology: Education and Identity in Rural France: The Politics of Schooling (Hardcover)

Drawing on an ethnographic study of a remote community in the Auvergne Dr. Reed-Danahay challenges conventional views about the operation of the French school system. She shows how parents subvert and resist the ideological messages of the teachers and... more

Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology: Bartered Brides: Politics Gender and Marriage in an Afghan Tribal Society (Hardcover)

Bartered Brides is a detailed study of marriage among the Maduzai a tribal society in Afghan Turkistan. It is the first study of the area which looks in depth at both the domestic aspects of marriage and its relation to the productive and reproductive... more

Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology: People of the Sea: Identity and Descent Among the Vezo of Madagascar (Hardcover)

The Vezo are fishing people of western Madagascar. The identity of the Vezo is not fixed by descent; rather it is established by what they do. They are people of the sea distinguished from the farmers around them by their economic specialism. Ethnicity... more

Cambridge Studies in Work and Social Inequality: Rights Of Passage: Social Change And The Transition From Youth To Adulthood (Paperback)

First Published in 1995. This original and timely analysis of the transition from youth to adulthood breaks with traditional ideas about the labour market and demographic processes and makes an important and general contribution to understanding social... more

Cambridge Cultural Social Studies: French Revolutionary Syndicalism and the Public Sphere (Paperback)

This study explores the interaction of the Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) with the French public sphere between 1900 and 1920. The CGT supported federalist worker control of industry and by World War I had developed a distinctively... more

Pre-Owned World Conqueror and World Renouncer: A Study of Buddhism and Polity in Thailand against a (Paperback 9780521292900) by S. J. Tambiah

9780521292900. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Pages: 568. Trade paperback (US). 568 p. Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology . Worked examples or Exercises. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. World Conqueror... more

Pre-Owned The Buddhist Saints of the Forest and the Cult of Amulets (Paperback 9780521277877) by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

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Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics: The Civil Rights Movement and the Logic of Social Change (Hardcover)

Social movements have wrought dramatic changes upon American society. This observation necessarily raises the question: Why do some movements succeed in their endeavors while others fail? This book answers this question by introducing an analytical... more

Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture: Sonnet Sequences and Social Distinction in Renaissance England (Paperback)

Why were sonnet sequences popular in Renaissance England? In this study Christopher Warley suggests that sonneteers created a vocabulary to describe and to invent new forms of social distinction before an explicit language of social class existed. The... more

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics: Big Data and the Welfare State: How the Information Revolution Threatens Social Solidarity (Paperback)

A core principle of the welfare state is that everyone pays taxes or contributions in exchange for universal insurance against social risks such as sickness old age unemployment and plain bad luck. This solidarity principle assumes that everyone is a... more

Pre-Owned Hungary s Negotiated Revolution: Economic Reform Social Change and Political Succession: 101 (Cambridge Russian Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies Series Number Paperback

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Pre-Owned Mass Religious Ritual and Intergroup Tolerance: The Muslim Pilgrims Paradox (Hardcover 9781107191853) by Mikhail A. Alexseev Sufian N. Zhemukhov

9781107191853. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Pages: 240. 240 p. Cambridge Studies in Social Theory Religion and Politics . Worked examples or Exercises. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Under what conditions does in-group... more

Pre-Owned Difference Troubles: Queering Social Theory and Sexual Politics (Paperback 9780521599702) by Steven Seidman

9780521599702. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Pages: 322. Trade paperback (US). 322 p. Cambridge Cultural Social Studies . Worked examples or Exercises. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Difference Troubles first published... more

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics: When Movements Become Parties: The Bolivian Mas in Comparative Perspective (Paperback)

Why do some parties formed by social movements develop top-down structures while others stay more open and responsive to their social bases? The first rigorous comparative study of movement-based parties this book shows not only how movements can form... more

Cambridge Studies in Cultural Systems: Rank and Rivalry: The Politics of Inequality in Rural West Bengal (Paperback)

Anthropological enquiry is best done by attending equally to both social and cultural material. This is the view propounded here by Marvin Davis who uses such an holistic approach to develop an original perspective on hierarchy and politics in rural... more

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics: The Evolution of Modern States (Hardcover)

The Evolution of Modern States is a significant contribution to the literatures on political economy globalization historical institutionalism and social science methodology. The book begins with a simple question: Why do rich capitalist democracies... more