The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective, Paperback - Arjun Appadurai

Reducere. The contributors to this volume examine how things are sold and traded in a variety of social and cultural settings, both present and past. Bridgin...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Arjun AppaduraiNumber of pages: 248Collection: Public WorldsPublication date: 1996Dimensions: 22...

Providing a conceptually framework for understanding sources of global violence, this title describes how the nation-state has grown ambivalent abo...

Reducere. We live in a world of technical systems designed in accordance with technical disciplines and operated by technically trained personnel-a unique so...

Who makes our cities, and what part do everyday users have in the design of cities? This book powerfully shows that city-making is a social process...

An original and compelling account of the social nature of music and its interplay with the wider society to which it belongs. Crossley explores th...

An original and compelling account of the social nature of music and its interplay with the wider society to which it belongs. Crossley explores th...

Reducere. In 1980, William H. Whyte published the findings from his revolutionary Street Life Project in The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. Both the book...

Questions about the nature of money have gained a new urgency in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Even as many people have less of it,...

Reducere. In this theoretically sophisticated study of indigenous oral narratives, Julie Cruikshank moves beyond the text to explore the social significance ...

The Social Life of Greylag Geese: Patterns, Mechanisms and Evolutionary Function in an Avian Model System - Isabella B. R. Scheiber, Brigitte M. Weib,

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Rashmi SadanaIllustration(s): 25 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 274Publication date: 2021Dim...

The globalized nature of modern organizations presents new and intimidating challenges for effective relationship building. This book brings togeth...

In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released a report designed to facilitate reconciliation between the Canadian state and Indigenous ...

This book offers an invaluable look at what cultural anthropologists do when they are in the field. Through fascinating and often entertaining acco...

Reducere. A rooted and honest presentation of our deep traditions, symbolism and culture. A chronological journey through the traditions we today take for gr...

Reducere. Beer is an ancient alcoholic drink which, although produced through a more complex process than wine, was developed by a wide range of cultures to ...

Pentru o intelegere mai profunda a culorilor, lucrarea porneste de la o trecere in revista a istoriei simbolisticii acestora, accesul fiind pus pe ...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Amanda WeidmanIllustration(s): 16 b-w illustrations, 1 tableNumber of pages: 270Collection: Sou...

Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits isthe first book to explore the long-range cultural legacy of slavery through commonpla...

This timely collection of essays explores British attitudes to Continental Europe that explain the Brexit decision. Addressing British-European ent...

Publisher: Cengage Learning, IncAuthor(s): Susan (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) AndreattaNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2017Di...

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Reducere. Praise for the classic guide to gaining a psychological advantagein investment and trading "The Investor's Quotient is destined to go down in histo...

Reducere. Strong leadership in the church is exactly what God had in mind. However, very few people understand the biblical pattern for church leadership. El...

A fun, cute and inspirational gift book about taking the time to enjoy the everyday and finding happiness in the little things.

Publisher: UCL PressPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 234 x 156Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Michael HauskellerRedescopera farmecul le...

Explore failure, fear, hope, joy, prayer, and peace as you consider God's character, the work of Jesus, and what the Bible teaches us about these t...

Reducere. The Unknown Cultural Revolution challenges the established narrative of China's Cultural Revolution, which assumes that this period of great social...

Reducere. This is no typical undercover story. This is a human story. Whom will you root for?Follow Tee, an undercover cop, as he attempts to infiltrate a de...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and his experience trading derivatives, Edward LiPuma theorizes the profound social dimensions of derivatives mar...

Critical Autoethnography: Intersecting Cultural Identities in Everyday Life, Second Edition, examines the development of the field of critical auto...