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Politics Of Consumption - Material Culture And Citizenship In Europe And America

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 This volume explores the emergence of the rational consuming individual in modern economic thought; the moral and ideological values consumers have attached to their relationships with commodities; and the practices and theories of consumer citizenship within the state.
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Consuming Germany In The Cold War

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 Focuses on the competing types of consumer societies that developed over time in the two Germanies and the legacy each left. This book assesses why East Germany increasingly fell behind in this competition and how the failure to create a viable socialist "consumer society" in the East helped lead to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
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Histories Of Leisure

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 How have leisure regimes in Europe evolved since the eighteenth century? Why has leisure culture crystallized around particular practices, sites and objects? Dealing with such questions, this book provides a historical overview of modern leisure in a range of manifestations: travel, entertainment, sports, fashion, 'taste' and more.
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Triangular Trading

by Neville Gabie; Illustration: Neville Gabie

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The Boy Is Made Of Plastic

by Alistair Robinson, Andres Leventin e Paul Housley

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North And South

by Billy Bragg, Peter Davidson e Robert Blackson

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Paul Rooney - Songs And Routines

by Paul Rooney

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Consuming Germany In The Cold War

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 Sitting in the ruins of the Third Reich, most Germans wanted to know which of the two post-war German states would erase the material traces of their wartime suffering most quickly and most thoroughly. This book focuses on the competing types of consumer societies that developed over time in the two Germanies and the legacy each left.
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Immigrant Entrepreneurs - Venturing Abroad In The Age Of Globalization

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 This work states that immigrant entrepreneurship rose dramatically in the 20th century and has had a huge impact on urban life. Not only has immigrant business revitalized derelict shopping streets, but it has also introduced "exotic" products of social cohesion.
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Caviar With Champagne - Common Luxury And The Ideals Of The Good Life In Stalin'S Russia

by Jukka Gronow

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 Stalin's Russia is best known for its political repression, forced collectivization and general poverty. This work presents a different aspect of Stalin's rule - the creation of a luxury goods society.
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Cuba - Island Of Dreams

by Antoni (University Of Nottingham, Uk.) Kapcia

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 What is at the root of the continuity and success of the Cuban "Revolution" and in what sense can it be termed a "revolution"? This study of Cuba examines its history and revolutionary transformation through the evolution of ideology and myth.
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Animal Revolution - Changing Attitudes Towards Speciesism

by Richard D. Ryder

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 When Richard Ryder coined the phrase "speciesism" over 20 years ago, animal rights was very much a minority concern. Today, the animal rights movement is well-established across the globe and continues to gain momentum. This work looks at the developments and recent history of this movement.
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Water, Leisure And Culture - European Historical Perspectives

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 Addresses how using water for relaxation intersects with ideas about class, gender, nationality and consumption. It explores the ways Europeans have turned to water for pleasure, relaxation and profit over the last 200 years as the enjoyment of free time developed from a privilege to a right.
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Histories Of Leisure

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 How have leisure regimes in Europe evolved since the eighteenth century? Why has leisure culture crystallized around particular practices, sites and objects? Dealing with such questions, this book provides a historical overview of modern leisure in a range of manifestations: travel, entertainment, sports, fashion, 'taste' and more.
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The Shorn Women - Gender And Punishment In Liberation France

by Fabrice Virgili

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 At the end of World War II, over 20,000 French people accused of collaboration with Germany endured a particularly humiliating act of revenge: their heads were shaved in public. Nearly all those punished were women. This book sheds light on these acts of retribution and reveals that, a vast number of those women accused were actually innocent.
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Protestants, Catholics And Jews In Germany, 1800-1914

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 In the course of the 19th century, the boundaries that divided Protestants, Catholics and Jews in Germany were redrawn. Contrary to popular belief, these groups co-existed in common space, and interacted in complex ways. This book lays the foundation for a new kind of religious history.
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Playboys In Paradise - Masculinity, Youth And Leisure-Style In Modern America

by Bill Osgerby

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 Charts middle-class America's move towards an ethos of conspicuous consumption and sexual license during the fifties and sixties. This book looks at the interconnected changes that took place for American youth culture and masculinity as consumption and leisure established themselves as the dominant features of middle-class life.
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Making And Remaking Italy - The Cultivation Of National Identity Around The Risorgimento

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 This work considers many of the ways in which national identity was imagined, implemented and contested within Italian culture before, during and after the period of Italian unification in the mid-19th century.
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German Travel Cultures

by Rudy Koshar

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 Travel guides are a part of contemporary culture, but we know relatively little about their importance to the evolution of tourism. Germany produced the international standard for travel handbooks, the Baedeker. This work discusses the history of tourist guides over the past two centuries.
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Kurdistan - Crafting Of National Selves

by Christopher Houston

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 Under the Ottoman Empire, Kurdistan was the name given to the province in which the Kurds, a nomadic non-Arab ethnic group, formed the largest population. This work features the history of Kurdistan, its people, history and culture. It considers the plight of the oppressed Kurdish minority in the modern nations of Iraq, Iran and Turkey.
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German Travel Cultures

by Rudy Koshar

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 Travel guides are a part of contemporary culture, but we know relatively little about their importance to the evolution of tourism. Germany produced the international standard for travel handbooks, the Baedeker. This work discusses the history of tourist guides over the past two centuries.
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Candle Activity Fun

by Juliet David; Illustration: Jan Smith

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 Includes a brief story strapline per spread with a pointer to applicable Bible story and scripture reference, 2 pages colour stickers, 16 pages - dot to dot, colour and stickers, and counting application. This book is useful for Sunday School prize giving, holiday clubs, and group activities.
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Plasma Chemistry And Catalysis In Gases And Liquids

by Vi Parvulescu

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 Plasma-related methods have been a hot topic in recent years owing to their promising environmental applications. This book considers the central aspects in plasma chemistry and plasma catalysis by focusing on going green.
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Bioactive Heterocyclic Compound Classes - Pharmaceuticals And Agrochemicals

by C Lamberth

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 Filling a gap in the market, this one-stop reference is the first to present important pharmaceuticals as well as agrochemical pesticides in two handy volumes. Each of the around 50 chapters concisely covers one class of heterocycles, strictly structured for ease of use.
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