wyszukanych pozycji: 14
Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First
ISBN: 9780062456328 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 880 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) -Empire of Things isn't just an insightful and surprisingly entertaining read, but a crucial one.---NPR What we consume has become a central--perhaps the central--feature of modern life. Our economies live or die by spending, we increasingly define ourselves by our possessions, and this ever-richer lifestyle has had an extraordinary impact on our planet. How have we come to live with so much stuff, and how has this changed the course of history? In Empire of Things, Frank Trentmann unfolds the... -Empire of Things isn't just an insightful and surprisingly entertaining read, but a cr... |
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205,54 zł |
Paradoxes of Civil Society: New Perspectives on Modern German and British History
ISBN: 9781571811424 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "Civil Society" has been experiencing a global renaissance among social movements and political thinkers during the last two decades. This collection of original papers by junior and senior scholars offers an important comparative-historical dimension to the debate by examining the historical roots of civil society in Germany and Britain from the seventeenth-century revolutions to the beginning of the welfare state. "Civil Society" has been experiencing a global renaissance among social movements and political thinkers during the last two decades. This collect... |
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558,21 zł |
The Making of the Consumer: Knowledge, Power and Identity in the Modern World
ISBN: 9781845202484 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Ranging from the United States to contemporary Papua New Guinea, and from the European Union to China, this book discusses the evolution of the consumer in economics, law, and anthropology; the political contestation of water and tea, as well as shopping in modern Europe, and the current refashioning of consumer identities in East Germany, in multinational stores in China, and in public debates about the effect of consumerism on childhood and citizenship in Europe and North America. Bringing together international experts from history, law, economics, anthropology, and media studies, this... Ranging from the United States to contemporary Papua New Guinea, and from the European Union to China, this book discusses the evolution of the con... |
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678,21 zł |
Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022
ISBN: 9781524732912 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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216,30 zł |
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Consumption
ISBN: 9780199689460 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 714 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The term 'consumption' covers the desire for goods and services, their acquisition, use, and disposal. The study of consumption has grown enormously in recent years, and it has been the subject of major historiographical debates: did the eighteenth century bring a consumer revolution? Was there a great divergence between East and West? Did the twentieth century see the triumph of global consumerism? Questions of consumption have become defining topics in all branches of history, from gender and labour history to political history and cultural studies.
The Oxford Handbook of the History of... The term 'consumption' covers the desire for goods and services, their acquisition, use, and disposal. The study of consumption has grown enormously i...
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208,89 zł |
Paradoxes of Civil Society: New Perspectives on Modern German and British History
ISBN: 9781571811431 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. " This book] does an admirable job of making our understanding of civil society both more elaborated and more complex. Bringing together theoretical and historical perspectives, and insisting on the significance of the comparative, these essays provide an important resource for researchers, teachers and students." - Catherine Hall, "It is fitting to recognize ways in which civil society may produce conformity and inequality; it is also fitting to recognize how it allows for challenges to insularity and discrimination. This volume succeeds admirably in fostering an appropriately nuanced and...
" This book] does an admirable job of making our understanding of civil society both more elaborated and more complex. Bringing together theoretical a...
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145,81 zł |
Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First
ISBN: 9780141028743 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 880 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 'Magnificent ... groundbreaking ... a triumph' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads 'A masterpiece, a delight to read ... a rare and beautiful thing' Gerard DeGroot, The Times What we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more as consumers than workers, and even public services are presented to us as products in a supermarket. In this monumental study, acclaimed historian Frank Trentmann unfolds the extraordinary history that has shaped our material world, from late Ming China, Renaissance Italy and the British empire...
'Magnificent ... groundbreaking ... a triumph' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads 'A masterpiece, a delight to read ... a rare and beautiful th...
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97,59 zł |
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Consumption
ISBN: 9780199561216 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 714 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The study of the desire, acquisition, use, and disposal of goods and services, consumption, has grown enormously in recent years, and has been the subject of major historiographical debates: did the eighteenth century bring a consumer revolution? Was there a great divergence between East and West? Did the twentieth century see the triumph of global consumerism? Questions of consumption have become defining topics in all branches of history, from gender and labour history to political history and cultural studies.
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Consumption offers a timely overview... The study of the desire, acquisition, use, and disposal of goods and services, consumption, has grown enormously in recent years, and has been the sub...
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710,59 zł |
Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022
ISBN: 9780141985848 / Miękka / 2024 / 880 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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97,59 zł |
The Making of the Consumer: Knowledge, Power and Identity in the Modern World
ISBN: 9781845202491 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Ranging from the United States to contemporary Papua New Guinea, and from the European Union to China, this book discusses the evolution of the consumer in economics, law, and anthropology; the political contestation of water and tea, as well as shopping in modern Europe, and the current refashioning of consumer identities in East Germany, in multinational stores in China, and in public debates about the effect of consumerism on childhood and citizenship in Europe and North America. Bringing together international experts from history, law, economics, anthropology, and media studies, this... Ranging from the United States to contemporary Papua New Guinea, and from the European Union to China, this book discusses the evolution of the con... |
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203,41 zł |
Free Trade Nation: Commerce, Consumption, and Civil Society in Modern Britain
ISBN: 9780199567324 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. One of Britain's defining contributions to the modern world, Free Trade united civil society and commerce and gave birth to consumer power. In this book, Frank Trentmann shows how the doctrine of Free Trade contributed to the growth of a democratic culture in Britain--and how it fell apart.
Far from the cold economic doctrine of today, in an earlier battle over globalization Free Trade was a passionately held ideal, central to public life and national identity. Free Trade inspired popular entertainment and advertising, in seaside resorts, shows, and shopping streets. It mobilized an... One of Britain's defining contributions to the modern world, Free Trade united civil society and commerce and gave birth to consumer power. In this bo...
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226,18 zł |
Food and Conflict in Europe in the Age of the Two World Wars
ISBN: 9781403986849 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This volume examines conflicts over food and their implications for European societies in the first half of the Twentieth century. Food shortages and famines, fears of deprivation, and food regulations and controls were a shared European experience in this period. Conflicts over food, however, developed differently in different regions, under different regimes, and within different social groups. These developments had stark consequences for social solidarity and physical survival. Ranging across Europe, from Scandinavia and Britain to Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union, this volume explores...
This volume examines conflicts over food and their implications for European societies in the first half of the Twentieth century. Food shortages and ...
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194,08 zł |
Infrastructures in Practice: The Dynamics of Demand in Networked Societies
ISBN: 9781138476042 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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704,29 zł |
Citizenship and Consumption
ISBN: 9780230553460 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This book provides a timely forum for current thinking on consumption and citizenship, exploring overlaps and tensions between them. Experts from history, theory, media studies, law, and civil society, retrieve alternative traditions of consumption and citizenship in West and East, and evaluate the civic prospects of consumption for the future.
This book provides a timely forum for current thinking on consumption and citizenship, exploring overlaps and tensions between them. Experts from hist...
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465,84 zł |