Sociology Books

An entertaining account of why the English act as they do

Advantages: usually entertaining, highly perceptive and sometimes illuminating
Disadvantages: perhaps too much written about class indicators

‘Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour’ is an intriguing title, so it’s a bit of a shame that this is all it is possible to find out about the book without opening it. What I mean is that a list of (often repetitive) quotations fro ...

brokenangelkisses 28.12.2009 ·
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Review of Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour: Ahe Hidden Rules of English Behaviour - Kate Fox

Drug Wars

Advantages: Quality of writing, interesting stories, compassion for and engagement with humans at centre
Disadvantages: Grim, ever changing situation means book will probably be out of date fast

More than 38,000 people have been killed in the last 3 years in what Ed Vulliamy argues is an unacknowledged war, on the long border (2,100 miles) between Mexico and the United States. The war is between drug trafficking gangs over control of the ...

elkiedee 18.02.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Amexica: War Along the Borderline - Ed Vulliamy

Where Did Our Mods Go?

Advantages: Easy to dip in and out of. Fascinating
Disadvantages: Finished too soon!

...I suppose this title if listed under the Sociology section as the powers that be couldn't decide where to pigeon-hole it. In some ways, it's the same with the subculture known as Mod. Over the years Mod has changed and evolved with the times. An almost ch ...

charliecroker63 07.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Sharper Word: A Mod Anthology - Paolo Hewitt

One of the best books I've ever read.

Advantages: Short, Manageable, Down-to-Earth, Life-Changing.
Disadvantages: Can go into more detail in some places.

This book was a delight to read. Anybody who has an interest in Philosophy or is Agnostic or Atheist should read this. It is also good for Christian's who want to go back to basics, but if I could I would distribute it to anyone who can read! Lewis' analo ...

AJaySee 08.04.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Mere Christianity - C. S. Lewis