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Books in the Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries (CHUP) series

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  • - Walking and Talking New York
    by Jonathan R. Wynn
    £26.49 - 74.49

    Everyone wants to visit New York at least once. The Big Apple is a global tourist destination with a dizzying array of attractions throughout the five boroughs. This title provides long history of tour-giving across the globe as well as the ups and downs of New York's tour guide industry in the wake of 9/11.

  • - Living and Dying with Wildland Firefighters
    by Matthew Desmond
    £23.99

    Explores the heart and soul of a wildland firefighter. This book shows that these firefighters aren't adrenaline junkies or romantic heroes, as they're so often portrayed.

  • - Migrant Lives, Landscapes, and Journeys
    by Caroline Knowles & Douglas Harper
    £24.99 - 74.49

    In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city's status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. This book presents a tour of Hong Kong city's post colonial urban landscape.

  • by Colin Jerolmack
    £27.49 - 74.49

    Drawing on more than three years of fieldwork across three continents, the author traces our complex and often contradictory relationship with these versatile animals in public spaces such as Venice's Piazza San Marco and London's Trafalgar Square and in working-class and immigrant communities of pigeon breeders in New York and Berlin.

  • - High-poverty Education in New York and Amsterdam
    by Bowen Paulle
    £81.49

    From both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, the author paints an intimate portrait of how students and teachers actually cope, in real time, with the chronic stress, peer group dynamics, and subtle power politics of urban educational spaces in the perpetual shadow of aggression.

  • - Inside the World of Young Middle-Class Drug Dealers
    by Richard Wright & Scott Jacques
    £23.99 - 74.49

    When we think about young people dealing drugs, we tend to picture it happening on urban streets, in disadvantaged, crime - ridden neighborhoods. The authors offer an ethnography of the culture of suburban drug dealers. It will be of interest to scholars and policy makers alike.

  • - The Micro-Politics of Interpersonal Conflict
    by Robert M. Emerson
    £29.99 - 91.49

    From roommate disputes to family arguments, trouble is inevitable in interpersonal relationships. The author explores the beginnings and development of the conflicts that occur in our relationships with the people we regularly encounter - family members, intimate partners, coworkers, and others - and the common responses to such troubles.

  • - The Consequences of Newborn Genetic Screening
    by Stefan Timmermans & Mara Buchbinder
    £17.49 - 74.49

    Suitable for scholars of medicine, public health, and public policy, this title evaluates the consequences and benefits of state-mandated newborn screening - and the larger policy questions they raise about the inherent inequalities in American medical care that limit the effectiveness of this potentially lifesaving technology.

  • by Michele de La Pradelle
    £23.99 - 74.49

    Lays bare the mechanisms of the contemporary outdoor market by providing a definitive account of the centuries-old institution at Carpentras, a city near Avignon in the south of France famous for its quintessential public street market. This book offers captivating descriptions of goods and the friendly exchanges between buyers and sellers.

  • - Novel Lbq Identities in Four Small Cities
    by Japonica Brown-Saracino
    £29.99 - 83.99

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