Sociology: Recent submissions

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    • Holyoak and Torremans Intellectual Property Law 

      Torremans, Paul (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      Holyoak and Torremans Intellectual Property Law provides readers with a clear introduction to UK intellectual property law, whilst carefully placing the law in its global context and acknowledging the influence of EU and ...

    • American law: an introduction 

      Friedman, Lawrence Meir; Hayden, Grant M. (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      This work provides an introduction to the American legal system for a broad readership. Its focus is on law in practice, on the role of the law in American society, and how the social context affects the living law of the ...

    • A Portable Cosmos: Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World 

      Jones, Alexander (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Terracotta Army, ancient artifacts have long fascinated the modern world. However, the importance of some discoveries is not always immediately understood. This was the case in 1901 when ...

    • Econophysics and Physical Economics 

      Richmond, Peter; Mimkes, Jurgen; Hutzler, Stefan (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      An understanding of the behaviour of financial assets and the evolution of economies has never been as important as today. This book looks at these complex systems from the perspective of the physicist. So called 'econophysics' ...

    • Global Cities and Global Order 

      Curtis, Simon, (Oxford University Press, 2018)
      The re-emergence of the city from the long shadow of the state in the late-twentieth century was facilitated by the state itself. The unprecedented size and scale of today's global cities and mega cities owe their conditions ...

    • Power and public finance at Rome (264-49 BCE) 

      Tan, James (Oxford University Press, 2018)
      In the first study of fiscal sociology in the Roman Republic, James Tan argues that much of Roman politics was defined by changes in the fiscal system. Tan offers a new conception of the Roman Republic by showing that ...

    • Solutions Manual to Accompany Organic Chemistry 

      Clayden, Jonathan; Warren, Stuart (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      The solutions manual to accompany Organic Chemistry provides fully explained solutions to all the problems that are featured in the second edition of Organic Chemistry. FEATURES - Detailed worked solutions to all of the ...

    • Classical World Literatures: Sino-Japanese and Greco-Roman Comparisons 

      Denecke, Wiebke (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      Ever since Karl Jaspers's "axial age" paradigm, there have been a number of influential studies comparing ancient East Asian and Greco-Roman history and culture. However, to date there has been no comparative study involving ...

    • Without Copyrights: Piracy, Publishing, and the Public Domain 

      Spoo, Robert (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      The names of James Joyce and Ezra Pound ring out in the annals of literary modernism, but few recognize the name of Samuel Roth. A brash, business-savvy entrepreneur, Roth made a name--and a profit--for himself as the ...

    • Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know 

      Paarlberg, Robert (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      The politics of food is changing fast. In rich countries, obesity is now a more serious problem than hunger. Consumers once satisfied with cheap and convenient food now want food that is also safe, nutritious, fresh, and ...

    • WRONG: Nine Economic Policy Disasters and What We Can Learn from Them 

      Grossman, Richard S. (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      In recent years, the world has been rocked by major economic crises, most notably the devastating collapse of Lehman Brothers, the largest bankruptcy in American history, which triggered the breathtakingly destructive ...

    • Governance of International Banking: The Financial Trilemma 

      Schoenmaker, Dirk (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the business model of international banks is under pressure. Regulators across the world are retrenching to national lines by applying restrictions on cross-border banking. Applying ...

    • Climate-Challenged Society 

      Dryzek, John S.; Norgaard, Richard B.; Schlosberg, David (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      This book is an original, accessible, and thought-provoking introduction to the severe and broad-ranging challenges that climate change presents and how societies can respond. It synthesizes and deploys cutting-edge ...

    • Rethinking Economic Development, Growth, and Institutions 

      Ros, Jaime (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      Why are some countries richer than others? Why do some economies grow so much faster than others do? Do economies tend to converge to similar levels of per capita income? Or is catching up simply impossible? If modern ...

    • American Legal History: A Very Short Introduction 

      White, G. Edward (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      Law has played a central role in American history. From colonial times to the present, law has not just reflected the changing society in which legal decisions have been made-it has played a powerful role in shaping that ...

    • Analysis of Multiple Dependent Variables 

      Dattalo, Patrick (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      Multivariate procedures allow social workers and other human services researchers to analyze complex, multidimensional social problems and interventions in ways that minimize oversimplification. This pocket guide provides ...

    • EU Energy Law and Policy : A Critical Account 

      Talus, Kim (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      A critical overview of European Union energy law and policy, this book takes a law-in-context approach as it examines the development of EU energy law from the 1950s to the present day. It discusses the development of EU ...

    • Colliding Continents : A geological exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, and Tibet 

      Searle, Mike (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      The crash of the Indian plate into Asia is the biggest known collision in geological history, and it continues today. The result is the Himalaya and Karakoram - one of the largest mountain ranges on Earth. The Karakoram ...

    • China Dreams: 20 Visions of the Future 

      Callahan, William A. (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      After celebrating their country's three decades of fantastic economic success, many Chinese are now asking, "What comes next?" How can China convert its growing economic power into political and cultural influence around ...

    • Pathways to industrialization in the twenty-first century : new challenges and emerging paradigms 

      Szirmai, Adam; Naudé, Wim A.; Alcorta, Ludovico (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      This book is about the past, present, and future role of industrialization in economic development. Industrialization refers to the sustained structural transformation of a traditional economy into a modern economy driven ...