History and Social Theory, Paperback - Peter Burke

* A new, fully updated edition of a now classic text. * The text has been completely revised to take into account developments of the past 14 years...

DescriptionThis book examines the nature of unmasking in social theory, in revolutionary movements and in popular culture. Unmasking is not the sam...

The first three editions of this bestselling book have established A Social History of the Media as a classic, providing a masterful overview of co...

This book provides a critical analysis of key areas of research and debate about racial and ethnic relations, including race and social relations, ...

The Fashioned Body provides a wide-ranging and original overview of fashion and dress from an historical and sociological perspective. Where once f...

In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the invention of p...

3rd edition.Revised edition of this accessible and hugely popular introduction, it includes all major thinkers, issues and debates in classical and...

Arguably the most important contribution to social theory in fifty years, James Coleman's Foundations erects a unified conceptual structure, capabl...

What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of know...

This book draws on the work of anthropologist Alfred Gell to reinstate the importance of the object in art and society. Rather than presenting art ...

Reducere. Social scientists have long resisted the radical ideas known as postcolonial thought, while postcolonial scholars have critiqued the social science...

Social theory is a crucial resource for the social sciences. It provides rich insights into how human beings think and act and how contemporary soc...

DescriptionIn Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory Patricia Hill Collins offers a set of analytical tools for those wishing to develop inter...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): Peter BurkeNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 227 x 155 x 27Cover type: Paperback / softbackRe...

What is Cultural History? has established itself as an essential guide to what cultural historians do and how they do it. Now fully updated in its ...

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Political Communication and Social Theory presents an advanced and challenging text for students and scholars of political communication and mass m...

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Combining research from renowned philosophers, cognitive scientists, neuroscientists, and social theorists, this book demonstrates the pragmatist n...

In this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance.

Reducere. Hybrid Renaissance introduces the idea that the Renaissance in Italy, elsewhere in Europe, and in the world beyond Europe is an example of cultural...

Reducere. Feminist social theory and female body experience are the twin themes of Iris Marion Young's twelve outstanding essays written over the past decade...

DescriptionEyewitnessing evaluates the place and potency of images among other kinds of historical evidence. By reviewing the many varieties of ima...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): A MeghjiNumber of pages: 182Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 138 x 216 x 28Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

The concept of cultural history has in the last few decades come to the fore of historical research into early modern Europe. Due in no small part ...

Reducere. In this path-breaking book, David Garland argues that punishment is a complex social institution that affects both social relations and cultural me...

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Reducere. In the 20th century, historians began arguing for new ways of doing history. This "new history" movement called for a total history open to explori...

Reducere. Edited by Peter J. Kivisto, this acclaimed collection of accessible primary source readings enables students to experience "firsthand" a wide range...

Reducere. Polimatul. O istorie culturala de la Leonardo da Vinci la Susan Sontag Prima istorie a polimatului occidental, din secolul al XV-lea pana in prezen...

Fiecare epoca s-a considerat mai cunoscatoare decat cele de dinaintea ei. Urmasii Renasterii au privit Evul Mediu ca pe o era a intunericului, gand...

Eyewitnessing evaluates the place of images among other kinds of historical evidence. By reviewing the many varieties of images by region, period a...

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The remarkable story of Western polymaths from the fifteenth century to the present day

Reducere. DescriptionJack Barrett is an ambitious member of parliament with no time or desire for a wife. When he catches the Duke of Eastleigh's sister snea...