This work is a survey of the enormous number of writings on consumption produced over the last decade. The theorization of consumption is something which increasingly dominates economic, political and social debate - whether parent, passenger or patient, we are all consumers. This book includes contributions from leading researchers in the field. There are chapters on consumption studies in anthropology, consumer behaviour, economics, geography, history, media studies, psychology and sociology. This is an interdisciplinary overview which provides new theories, critical analyses and the latest...

Aimed at non-specialist primary teachers, this book offers support for the two attainment targets of the national curriculum in art - investigating and making, and knowledge and understanding. It uses examples and materials to explore various areas of children's development in art making and understanding, and also aims to equip teachers with strategies for developing their own understanding and appreciation of the subject. Units included cover such areas as: children's motivation to make art; developing co-operative work with artists in schools; learning about art from other cultures;...

This text examines midwives' lives and work in the 19th and 20th centuries on a national and international scale. Focusing on six countries from Europe, the approach is interdisciplinary with the studies written by a diverse team of social, medical and midwifery historians, sociologists, and those with experience in delivering childbirth services. Questioning many conventional historical assumptions, this book seeks to provide a better understanding of the effect on midwives of the unprecedented progress of science in general and obstetric science in particular from the late-19th century. The...