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National Read a Book Day 2022

September 6th marks National Read a Book Day in the United States. To celebrate, we want to share what the Berghahn staff is currently reading and a scholarly reading from Berghahn Books we recommend for you.

¶ Posted 06 September 2022 † Berghahn Journals § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: anthropology, archaeology, Berghahn Open Anthro, books, currently reading, fiction, film, film studies, heritage studies, history, live arts, museum studies, national read a book day, non-fiction, Open Access, Shakespeare, women's history, women's studies

Born on April 15: Durkheim, the ‘founding father’ of sociology

“Social man…is the masterpiece of existence.” ― Émile Durkheim (April 15, 1858 – November 15, 1917)

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Resilience and transformation in the Vietnamese marketplace

by Kirsten W. Endres, author of Market Frictions: Trade and Urbanization at the Vietnam-China Border

¶ Posted 30 November 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: anthropology, books

Myths around Men

by Dr Robin A Hadley, author of How is a Man Supposed to be a Man

¶ Posted 22 November 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: anthropology, gender studies, masculinity, parenthood, Sexuality

Marcel Mauss, a gift to the social sciences

Marcel Mauss (May 10, 1872—Feb. 10, 1950), celebrated author of The Gift and nephew of Émile Durkheim, was a French sociologist and anthropologist whose contributions include a highly original comparative study of the relation between forms of exchange and social structure. His views on the theory and method of ethnology are thought to have influenced […]

¶ Posted 10 May 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Events § New Book Releases § New Journal Issues ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: anthropology, Durkheim, Durkheimian Studies, Emile Durkheim, ethnography, ethnology, Marcel Mauss, prayer

Karl Marx as a Young Journalist

By Rolf Hosfeld Excerpted by Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography by Rolf Hosfeld, Translated from the German by Bernard Heise Karl Marx was born May 5, 1818. As a young man he was a journalist and an editor for Rheinische Zeitung, a liberal-socialist newspaper published in Germany. The paper was previously edited by Adolf Friedrich […]

¶ Posted 05 May 2021 † Berghahn Author § Blog § Chapter Excerpt § Meet the Author ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: anthropology, economics, Germany, history, journalism, karl marx, marxism, social theory

Titles for May Day

May Day, also called International Workers’ Day, is observed in many countries on May 1. It commemorates the historic struggles and gains of worker and labor movements worldwide.

¶ Posted 01 May 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog § New Book Releases ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: Haymarket Riot, history, labor history, labor studies, May Day, protest, protest series, social movements, social protest

Excerpt: Autism and Affordances of Achievement

Excerpted from Olga Solomon’s “Autism and Affordances of Achievement: Narrative Genres and Parenting Practices,” in The Social Life of Achievement THE SOCIAL LIFE OF ACHIEVEMENTEdited by Nicholas J. Long and Henrietta MooreVol. 2, Wyse Series in Social Anthropology What happens when people “achieve”? Why do reactions to “achievement” vary so profoundly? And how might an […]

¶ Posted 02 April 2021 † Berghahn Author § Blog § Chapter Excerpt ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: #LightUpWithBlue, #LightUpWithKindness, achievement, anthropology, autism, narrative studies, social anthropology, world autism awareness day, Wyse, wyse series in social anthropology

International Translation Day

According to the United Nations, International Translation Day is “an opportunity to pay tribute to the work of language professionals, which plays an important role in bringing nations together, facilitating dialogue, understanding and cooperation.”

¶ Posted 30 September 2020 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Events ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: anthropology, film, film studies, German translation, history, translation

Texts for Teaching

Our textbooks and paperbacks are perfectly suited for teaching beyond the traditional classroom, in remote learning environments and with large class sizes. View our list of recent and featured titles suitable for courses below (available in eBook and paperback) and visit the title links for format options and freely available introductions.

¶ Posted 11 September 2020 † Berghahn Books § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: anthropology, anthropology of religion, Archaeological Fiction, archaeology, books for courses, Dance and Performance Studies, environmental studies, film and television studies, film studies, Food and Nutrition, food studies, heritage, heritage studies, history, mobility studies, museum studies, new in paperback, paperbacks, textbooks, texts for teaching, travel and tourism

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