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53 produkter
Future
A Recent History
Häftad, 2009
285 kr
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The future is not a fixed idea but a highly variable one that reflects the values of those who are imagining it. By studying the ways that visionaries imagined the future-particularly that of America-in the past century, much can be learned about the cultural dynamics of the time. In this social …
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Postwar Television Advertising and the American Dream
Häftad, 2002
340 kr
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This book is a history of how television advertising rose to become a defining force in American culture in the two decades after World War II.
Supernatural America
A Cultural History
Inbunden, 2011
646 kr
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This book is much more than an authoritative and compelling look at the cultural history of the supernatural over the last century in America—it also explains why we want to believe.The supernatural—psychic phenomena (telepathy, clairvoyance, or ESP), communicating with the dead, and the sighting …
Supernatural America
A Cultural History
E-bok, 2011
723 kr
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This book is much more than an authoritative and compelling look at the cultural history of the supernatural over the last century in America—it also explains why we want to believe. The supernatural—psychic phenomena (telepathy, clairvoyance, or ESP), communicating with the dead, and the sighting …
New York City 1964
A Cultural History
Häftad, 2014
384 kr
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New York City 1964: A Cultural History is, as the title makes clear, a cultural history of New York City in the year 1964. The book focuses on five seminal events that occurred in the city that pivotal year: (1) the ""British Invasion,"" i.e., arrival of The Beatles in New York in February; (2) the …
Shrink
A Cultural History of Psychoanalysis in America
Inbunden, 2013
380 kr
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“Psychology has stepped down from the university chair into the marketplace” was how the New York Times put it in 1926. Another commentator in 1929 was more biting. Psychoanalysis, he said, had over a generation, “converted the human scene into a neurotic.” Freud first used the word around 1895, …
Remembering America
How We Have Told Our Past
Inbunden, 2015
357 kr
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American history is ubiquitous, underscoring everything from food to travel to architecture and design. It is also emotionally charged, frequently crossing paths with political and legal issues. In Remembering America, Lawrence R. Samuel examines the place that American history has occupied within …
Death, American Style
A Cultural History of Dying in America
Häftad, 2017
461 kr
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The notion of one day disappearing from the earth forever is contrary to many of America’s defining cultural values, with death and dying viewed as “un-American” experiences. Arguing that death and dying may be our last major taboo, this book shows how death and dying became almost unmentionable …
Freud on Madison Avenue
Motivation Research and Subliminal Advertising in America
E-bok, 2011
427 kr
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What do consumers really want? In the mid-twentieth century, many marketing executives sought to answer this question by looking to the theories of Sigmund Freud and his followers. By the 1950s, Freudian psychology had become the adman's most powerful new tool, promising to plumb the depths of …
Freud on Madison Avenue
Motivation Research and Subliminal Advertising in America
Häftad, 2013
344 kr
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What do consumers really want? In the mid-twentieth century, many marketing executives sought to answer this question by looking to the theories of Sigmund Freud and his followers. By the 1950s, Freudian psychology had become the adman's most powerful new tool, promising to plumb the depths of …
Aging in America
A Cultural History
Inbunden, 2017
475 kr
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Aging is a preoccupation shared by beauty bloggers, serious journalists, scientists, doctors, celebrities-arguably all of adult America, given the pervasiveness of the crusade against it in popular culture and the media. We take our youth-oriented culture as a given but, as Lawrence R. Samuel …
Aging in America
A Cultural History
E-bok, 2017
571 kr
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Aging is a preoccupation shared by beauty bloggers, serious journalists, scientists, doctors, celebrities-arguably all of adult America, given the pervasiveness of the crusade against it in popular culture and the media. We take our youth-oriented culture as a given but, as Lawrence R. Samuel …
End of the Innocence
The 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair
E-bok, 2010
268 kr
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From April 1964 to October 1965, some 52 million people from around the world flocked to the New York World’s Fair, an experience that lives on in the memory of many individuals and in America’s collective consciousness. Taking a perceptive look back at "the last of the great world’s fairs," Samuel …
American Dream
A Cultural History
E-bok, 2012
339 kr
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There is no better way to understand America than by understanding the cultural history of the American Dream. Rather than just a powerful philosophy or ideology, the Dream is thoroughly woven into the fabric of everyday life, playing a vital role in who we are, what we do, and why we do it. No …
Age Friendly
Ending Ageism in America
E-bok, 2021
570 kr
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Age Friendly: Ending Ageism in America is a rallying call to make the United States a more equitable and just nation in terms of age. "Age friendliness" means being inclusive towards older people as workers, consumers, and citizens, something that can’t be said to exist today. The United States …
Age Friendly
Ending Ageism in America
E-bok, 2021
589 kr
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Age Friendly: Ending Ageism in America is a rallying call to make the United States a more equitable and just nation in terms of age. "Age friendliness" means being inclusive towards older people as workers, consumers, and citizens, something that can’t be said to exist today. The United States …
Diversity in the United States
A Cultural History of the Past Century
E-bok, 2023
767 kr
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Diversity in the United States: A Cultural History of the Past Century is a cultural history of diversity in the United States over the past 100 years. Diversity—defined here as Americans of different racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds—is currently very much in the national conversation. …
Diversity in the United States
A Cultural History of the Past Century
E-bok, 2023
767 kr
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Diversity in the United States: A Cultural History of the Past Century is a cultural history of diversity in the United States over the past 100 years. Diversity—defined here as Americans of different racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds—is currently very much in the national conversation. …
Age Friendly
Ending Ageism in America
Häftad, 2021
518 kr
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Age Friendly: Ending Ageism in America is a rallying call to make the United States a more equitable and just nation in terms of age. "Age friendliness" means being inclusive towards older people as workers, consumers, and citizens, something that can’t be said to exist today. The United States …
Age Friendly
Ending Ageism in America
Inbunden, 2021
2600 kr
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Age Friendly: Ending Ageism in America is a rallying call to make the United States a more equitable and just nation in terms of age. "Age friendliness" means being inclusive towards older people as workers, consumers, and citizens, something that can’t be said to exist today. The United States …
Diversity in the United States
A Cultural History of the Past Century
Häftad, 2023
655 kr
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Diversity in the United States: A Cultural History of the Past Century is a cultural history of diversity in the United States over the past 100 years. Diversity—defined here as Americans of different racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds—is currently very much in the national conversation. The …
Diversity in the United States
A Cultural History of the Past Century
Inbunden, 2023
2600 kr
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Diversity in the United States: A Cultural History of the Past Century is a cultural history of diversity in the United States over the past 100 years. Diversity—defined here as Americans of different racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds—is currently very much in the national conversation. The …
Boomers 3.0
Marketing to Baby Boomers in Their Third Act of Life
Inbunden, 2017
665 kr
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Capitalizing on what is arguably the most important social phenomenon of our time and place—the aging of America—this book shows organizations how to market specifically to baby boomers in their third act of life.The graying of America is undeniable, with an estimated 10,000 boomers turning 65 …
Boomers 3.0
Marketing to Baby Boomers in Their Third Act of Life
E-bok, 2017
679 kr
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Capitalizing on what is arguably the most important social phenomenon of our time and place—the aging of America—this book shows organizations how to market specifically to baby boomers in their third act of life. The graying of America is undeniable, with an estimated 10,000 boomers turning 65 …
Sexidemic
A Cultural History of Sex in America
Inbunden, 2013
739 kr
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Sexidemic is the first real cultural history of sexuality in the United States since the end of World War II. For a people who supposedly love sex, the author argues, Americans have had no shortage of problems with it. Since the end of World War II, in fact, we’ve had a contentious relationship …
Sexidemic
A Cultural History of Sex in America
E-bok, 2013
803 kr
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Sexidemic is the first real cultural history of sexuality in the United States since the end of World War II. For a people who supposedly love sex, the author argues, Americans have had no shortage of problems with it. Since the end of World War II, in fact, we’ve had a contentious relationship …
Death, American Style
A Cultural History of Dying in America
E-bok, 2013
514 kr
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The notion of one day disappearing from the earth forever is contrary to many of America’s defining cultural values, with death and dying viewed as “un-American” experiences. Arguing that death and dying may be our last major taboo, this book shows how death and dying became almost unmentionable …
American Fatherhood
A Cultural History
Inbunden, 2015
584 kr
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American Fatherhood: A Cultural History traces changes in what it means to be a dad in America, from the 1960s through today. The book begins with an overview of fatherhood in America from the “founding fathers” through the 1950s and progresses to the role of fathers as they were encouraged to move …
