The Sociology of Consumption

The Sociology of Consumption: A Global Approach offers college students, scholars, and interested readers a state-of-the-art overview of consumptio...

Reducere. About the AuthorNathaniel G. Chapman is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Arkansas Tech University. H...

The Globalization of Wine is a one-stop guide to understanding wine across the world today. Examining a broad range of developments in the wine wor...

Subsistence Agriculture in the US fills this gap in the existing literature by examining the lived experiences of people taking part in subsistence...

DescriptionWidely acclaimed insight on the human condition, updated to view modern issues through a sociological lens Now in its third edition, Thi...

Schools have failed our individual needs, supporting false and misleading notions of 'progress' and development fostered by the belief that ever-in...

DescriptionA celebration of beer--its science, its history, and its impact on human culture What can beer teach us about biology, history, and the ...

DescriptionA material analysis of the sign which deepens Marx's critique of political economy for spectacular times. What if the problems of modern...

DescriptionSports, and the fans that follow them, are everywhere. Sport Fans: The Psychology and Social Impact of Fandom examines the affective, be...

Description Impoverished, indebted, and underdeveloped at the close of World War II, Romania underwent dramatic changes as part of its transition t...

Reassembling the Collection presents innovative approaches to the study of historical and contemporary engagements between museums and the various ...

DescriptionThe Stars Down to Earth shows us a stunningly prescient Adorno. Haunted by the ugly side of American culture industries he used the diff...

Reducere. Description"A poor person is not someone who has little, but one who needs infinitely more, and more, and more." Thus spoke Jos Mujica, then the Pr...

From large-scale cattle farming to water pollution, meat-- more than any other food--has had an enormous impact on our environment. Historically, A...