Cultures of Selling: Perspectives on Consumption and Society Since 1700 1138262781, 9781138262782

Cultures of Selling: Perspectives on Consumption and Society Since 1700 0754650464, 2005024150, 9780754650461, 9781138262782, 9781315258652

The study of consumption and its relationship to cultural and social values has become a vibrant and important field in

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Salvadoran Imaginaries: Mediated Identities and Cultures of Consumption 9780813564630

Ravaged by civil war throughout the 1980s and 1990s, El Salvador has now emerged as a study in contradictions. It is a c

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Transnational Struggles for Recognition: New Perspectives on Civil Society since the 20th Century 9781785333125

Now more than ever, “recognition” represents a critical concept for social movements, both as a strategic tool and an im

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Global Perspectives on Amateur Film Histories and Cultures 0253052025, 9780253052025

For too long, the field of amateur cinema has focused on North America and Europe. In Global Perspectives on Amateur Fil

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Translating Cultures: Perspectives on Translation and Anthropology 9781474215879

The task of the anthropologist is to take ideas, concepts and beliefs from one culture and translate them into first ano

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Global Perspectives on Sport and Physical Cultures 9781134821822, 9781138682436

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Alcohol, Psychiatry and Society: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, C. 1700–1990s 1526159406, 9781526159403

The medicalisation of alcohol use has become a prominent discourse that guides policy makers and impacts public percepti

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Gender in Scottish History Since 1700 9780748626397

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748617616); But the story of Scotland's past is being told with littl

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The Khat Controversy: Stimulating the Debate on Drugs (Cultures of Consumption) [1 ed.] 1845202503, 9781845202507

Khat. A harmless natural stimulant or a lethal epidemic sweeping through the international drugs trade? Khat is a natura

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Critical Perspectives on Classicism in Japanese Painting, 1600-1700 9780824862046

In the West, classical art—inextricably linked to concerns of a ruling or dominant class—commonly refers to art with tra

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