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7 produkter
The Fabric of Civilization
How Textiles Made the World
Häftad, 2021
217 kr
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The story of humanity is the story of textiles-as old as civilization itself. Textiles created empires and powered invention. They established trade routes and drew nations' borders. Since the first thread was spun, fabric has driven technology, business, politics, and culture. In The Fabric of …
The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness
Häftad, 2004
247 kr
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Substance of Style
How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness
E-bok, 2009
101 kr
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Whether it''s sleek leather pants, a shiny new Apple computer, or a designer toaster, we make important decisions as consumers every day based on our sensory experience. Sensory appeals are everywhere, and they are intensifying, radically changing how Americans live and work. The twenty-first …
"The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise and Progress "
Häftad, 1999
267 kr
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Today we have greater wealth, health, opportunity, and choice than at any time in history. Yet a chorus of intellectuals and politicians laments our current condition -- as slaves to technology, coarsened by popular culture, and insecure in the face of economic change. The future, they tell us, is …
Future and Its Enemies
The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise,
E-bok, 2011
182 kr
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Today we have greater wealth, health, opportunity, and choice than at any time in history. Yet a chorus of intellectuals and politicians laments our current condition -- as slaves to technology, coarsened by popular culture, and insecure in the face of economic change. The future, they tell us, is …
Power of Glamour
Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion
E-bok, 2013
306 kr
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In provocative detail with more than one hundred illustrations, critically acclaimed author Virginia Postrel separates glamour from glitz, revealing what qualities make a person, an object, a setting, or an experience glamorous. What is it that creates that pleasurable pang of desire—the feeling of …
