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Smoke Signals
Women, Smoking and Visual Culture
Inbunden, 2006
2197 kr
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Every year, thousands of women attempt to kick their smoking habit because it is an unhealthy, expensive addiction. And every year, thousands do not quit because of nicotine cravings and because smoking has an image which is almost as addictive as the cigarette itself. It is seductive and alluring …
Smoke Signals
Women, Smoking and Visual Culture
Häftad, 2006
591 kr
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Every year, thousands of women attempt to kick their smoking habit because it is an unhealthy, expensive addiction. And every year, thousands do not quit because of nicotine cravings and because smoking has an image which is almost as addictive as the cigarette itself. It is seductive and alluring …
Histories of Leisure
Av Rudy Koshar
E-bok, 2002
624 kr
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In the wake of the American and French revolutions, European culture saw the evolution of a new leisure regime never previously enjoyed. Now we speak of modern leisure societies, but the history of leisure, its experiences and expectations, its scope and variability, still remains largely a matter …
Consuming Germany in the Cold War
E-bok, 2003
562 kr
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Sitting in the ruins of the Third Reich, most Germans wanted to know which of the two post-war German states would erase the material traces of their wartime suffering most quickly and most thoroughly. Consumption and the quality of everyday life quickly became important battlefields upon which the …
Politics of Consumption
Material Culture and Citizenship in Europe and America
Av Martin Daunton, Matthew Hilton
E-bok, 2001
610 kr
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Objects and commodities have frequently been studied to assess their position within consumer - or material - culture, but all too rarely have scholars examined the politics that lie behind that culture. This book fills the gap and explores the political and state structures that have shaped the …
Commercial Cultures
Economies, Practices, Spaces
Av Daniel Miller, Frank Mort m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
1848 kr
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Why do fashion houses pay exorbitant rents for retail space in London and New York from which they sell very few clothes? Why are some mothers happy to buy and sell children's clothes from charity shops and thrift stores while others insist on the latest brand names for their children? What does …
Commercial Cultures
Economies, Practices, Spaces
Av Daniel Miller, Frank Mort m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
503 kr
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Why do fashion houses pay exorbitant rents for retail space in London and New York from which they sell very few clothes? Why are some mothers happy to buy and sell children's clothes from charity shops and thrift stores while others insist on the latest brand names for their children? What does …
German Travel Cultures
Av Rudy Koshar
Inbunden, 2000
1905 kr
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Travel guidebooks are an important part of contemporary culture, but we know relatively little about their history and importance to the evolution of tourism. Germany not only produced the first international standard for travel handbooks, the Baedeker, but also became a major tourist destination …
German Travel Cultures
Av Rudy Koshar
Häftad, 2000
518 kr
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Travel guidebooks are an important part of contemporary culture, but we know relatively little about their history and importance to the evolution of tourism. Germany not only produced the first international standard for travel handbooks, the Baedeker, but also became a major tourist destination …
Politics of Consumption
Material Culture and Citizenship in Europe and America
Av Martin Daunton, Matthew Hilton
Inbunden, 2001
1985 kr
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Objects and commodities have frequently been studied to assess their position within consumer - or material - culture, but all too rarely have scholars examined the politics that lie behind that culture. This book fills the gap and explores the political and state structures that have shaped the …
Politics of Consumption
Material Culture and Citizenship in Europe and America
Av Martin Daunton, Matthew Hilton
Häftad, 2001
572 kr
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Objects and commodities have frequently been studied to assess their position within consumer - or material - culture, but all too rarely have scholars examined the politics that lie behind that culture. This book fills the gap and explores the political and state structures that have shaped the …
Museums and Modernity
Art Galleries and the Making of Modern Culture
Av Nick Prior
Inbunden, 2002
1844 kr
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Short-listed for the Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2003Museums have been the subject of intense debate in recent years and their history and development raise important questions. What was modern about the art museum? Why did museums emerge when and where they did? How were museums involved with the …
Museums and Modernity
Art Galleries and the Making of Modern Culture
Av Nick Prior
Häftad, 2002
501 kr
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Short-listed for the Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2003Museums have been the subject of intense debate in recent years and their history and development raise important questions. What was modern about the art museum? Why did museums emerge when and where they did? How were museums involved with the …
Histories of Leisure
Av Rudy Koshar
Inbunden, 2002
1985 kr
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In the wake of the American and French revolutions, European culture saw the evolution of a new leisure regime never previously enjoyed. Now we speak of modern leisure societies, but the history of leisure, its experiences and expectations, its scope and variability, still remains largely a matter …
Histories of Leisure
Av Rudy Koshar
Häftad, 2002
572 kr
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In the wake of the American and French revolutions, European culture saw the evolution of a new leisure regime never previously enjoyed. Now we speak of modern leisure societies, but the history of leisure, its experiences and expectations, its scope and variability, still remains largely a matter …
Water, Leisure and Culture
European Historical Perspectives
Av Bruce Tabb, Susan C. Anderson
Inbunden, 2002
1899 kr
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Dancing on the beach after a swim in the Mediterranean, taking the waters in fashionable Baden-Baden, boating on the Black Sea - the myriad uses of water imply that the term itself possesses multiple meanings. Focusing on Europe, this book addresses how using water for relaxation intersects with …
Water, Leisure and Culture
European Historical Perspectives
Av Bruce Tabb, Susan C. Anderson
Häftad, 2002
516 kr
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Dancing on the beach after a swim in the Mediterranean, taking the waters in fashionable Baden-Baden, boating on the Black Sea - the myriad uses of water imply that the term itself possesses multiple meanings. Focusing on Europe, this book addresses how using water for relaxation intersects with …
Caviar with Champagne
Common Luxury and the Ideals of the Good Life in Stalin's Russia
Av Jukka Gronow
Inbunden, 2003
1899 kr
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'Life has become more joyous, comrades.' Josef Stalin, 1936Stalin's Russia is best known for its political repression, forced collectivization and general poverty. Caviar with Champagne presents an altogether different aspect of Stalin's rule that has never been fully analyzed - the creation of a …
Caviar with Champagne
Common Luxury and the Ideals of the Good Life in Stalin's Russia
Av Jukka Gronow
Häftad, 2003
516 kr
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'Life has become more joyous, comrades.' Josef Stalin, 1936Stalin's Russia is best known for its political repression, forced collectivization and general poverty. Caviar with Champagne presents an altogether different aspect of Stalin's rule that has never been fully analyzed - the creation of a …
Consuming Germany in the Cold War
Inbunden, 2003
1899 kr
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Sitting in the ruins of the Third Reich, most Germans wanted to know which of the two post-war German states would erase the material traces of their wartime suffering most quickly and most thoroughly. Consumption and the quality of everyday life quickly became important battlefields upon which the …
Consuming Germany in the Cold War
Häftad, 2003
516 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Sitting in the ruins of the Third Reich, most Germans wanted to know which of the two post-war German states would erase the material traces of their wartime suffering most quickly and most thoroughly. Consumption and the quality of everyday life quickly became important battlefields upon which the …
