Social Sciences
Social science is the branch of science devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of society", established in the 19th century. In addition to sociology, it now encompasses a wide array of academic disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, economics, human geography, linguistics, management science, media studies, political science, psychology, and history. (For a more detailed list of sub-disciplines within the social sciences see: Outline of social science.) Positivist social scientists use methods resembling those of the natural sciences as …
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 25 October 2024 English
Between Composers unveils the previously unpublished correspondence between Canadian composers Norma Beecroft and Harry Somers from 1959 to 1960. The letters detail the downfall of their romance, trace their artistic …
from the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Awards to Scholarly Publications … Publications Program, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada …
UCP: University of Calgary Press · 20 October 2024 English
Essential for understanding and mobilizing public health efforts.
Moreover, in line with its intersections with social sciences,7 public health activities are — or should …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Approaching the novels of early Quebec through the counterintuitive lens of the sacred, Lisa Gasbarrone challenges negative views of these novels as dated and even unreadable for the contemporary reader. …
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
The Great Right North charts the growth of far-right groups in Canada, illuminating how official and unofficial government attention generates the context in which they flourish. Breaking new ground by …
from the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Awards to Scholarly Publications … Publications Program, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Critic, translator, essayist, and gay man, Édouard Roditi (1910–1992) was a singular witness to the twentieth century. His writings over six decades are a unique account of a life lived …
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Slings & Arrows, starring Susan Coyne, Paul Gross, Don McKellar, and Mark McKinney as members of the New Burbage Theatre Festival, was heralded by television critics as one of the …
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Vancouver, British Columbia, now reports “no religion” as its leading religious identity, putting it in the vanguard of a trend happening across North America. What does this mean for the …
from the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Awards to Scholarly Publications … Publications Program, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. … us that practical theology is unlike the social sciences in that there is an end or telos that transcends …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Sanctuary in Pieces documents the evolving nature of sanctuary in settler societies. Drawing on archival research and interviews in Montreal/Mooniyaang/Tiohtià:ke, Madokoro explores the history of protection and hospitality over two …
from the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Awards to Scholarly Publications … Publications Program, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada … the financial support I received from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Fulbright … University), and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Carleton University). Throughout this research … this book began with a project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Through detailed analyses of nineteenth-century spirit photography, horror films, ghost-hunting reality television, and the viral internet phenomenon “Slender Man,” Poetics of the Paranormal shows how the figure of the ghost …
from the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Awards to Scholarly Publications … Publications Program, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada … book was made possible by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada … called a “spectral turn” in the humanities and social sciences, a turn initiated by the publication of Jacques … industrial analyses in the hu- manities and social sciences, with particular attention paid to the pro- …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
A thorough account of the cultural achievements of the anthropologist and media scholar Edmund Snow Carpenter.
Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Awards to Scholarly Publications … Publications Program, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada …
