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Can we put an end to sweatshops? Can we put an end to sweatshops? Archon Fung,Dara O'Rourke,Charles Sabel,Archon Fung "Knowing that information about the conditions of workers around the world can influence what consumers buy and what governments regulate, Dara O'Rourke, Archon Fung, and Charles Sabel argue that mak… OL12227132W
Poems Poems Percy Bysshe Shelley A brief introduction to the life of Shelley, called the poet of "uncompromising spirit," and his most praised works, some extracted from the whole, others presented in full. OL14853463W
Cool Rules Cool Rules Dick Pountain,David Robins An attempt to pin down the lasting legacy of the 1960s. Although everyone wrote off the "counterculture" as a failed experiment, in fact its values have stealthily taken over western societies and fo… OL15347924W
Cultura libre de Estado Cultura libre de Estado Jaron Rowan Este libro comparte algunas preguntas y reflexiones sobre el papel de la cultura en un momento político tan frenético como incierto. ¿Puede la efervescencia cultural que se generó en torno al 15M tra… OL17363721W
Producción cultural y prácticas instituyentes Producción cultural y prácticas instituyentes transform Este libro busca revertir el sentido común sobre la producción cultural y los procesos actuales de constitución de la así llamada clase creativa. Su planteamiento de partida arranca de la afirmación … OL17718525W
Myth, meaning, and performance Myth, meaning, and performance Lisa McCormick,Ron Eyerman v, 166 p. : 24 cm OL18381346W
Anti-Japan Anti-Japan Leo T. S. Ching Although the Japanese empire rapidly dissolved following the end of World War II, the memories, mourning, and trauma of the nation's imperial exploits continue to haunt Korea, China, and Taiwan. In '… OL19797992W
Go wild Go wild John J. Ratey In GO WILD, Harvard Medical School Professor John Ratey, MD, and journalist Richard Manning reveal that although civilization has rapidly evolved, our bodies have not kept pace. This mismatch affects… OL19978282W
The Forty-nine Steps The Forty-nine Steps Roberto Calasso "In books lauded as brilliant, exhilarating, and profound, Roberto Calasso has revealed the unexpected intersections of ancient and modern through topics ranging from Greek and Indian mythology to wh… OL2039381W
Building the Inclusive City Building the Inclusive City Victor Santiago Pineda This Open Access book is an anthropological urban study of the Emirate of Dubai, its institutions, and their evolution. It provides a contemporary history of disability in city planning from a non-We… OL20906014W
The Birth of Thought in the Spanish Language The Birth of Thought in the Spanish Language Ilia Galán Díez 1 online resource OL20924858W
Forests and Food Forests and Food Bhaskar Vira "As population estimates for 2050 reach over 9 billion, issues of food security and nutrition have been dominating academic and policy debates. A total of 805 million people are undernourished worldw… OL20931333W
French Cycling French Cycling Hugh Dauncey French Cycling: a Social and Cultural History aims to provide a balanced and detailed analytical survey of the complex leisure activity, sport, and industry that is cycling in France. Identifying key… OL20931656W
Fabricating the Absolute Fake - Revised Edition Fabricating the Absolute Fake - Revised Edition Jaap Kooijman When rock star Bono told Oprah Winfrey that America is an ideal that is supposed to be contagious, the talk show host was moved to tears. Such an imagined America, rather than the nation-state USA, i… OL20932182W
Polemik in den Schriften Melchior Hoffmans Polemik in den Schriften Melchior Hoffmans Kerstin Lundström Polemik in den Schriften Melchior Hoffmans. Inszenierungen rhetorischer Streitkultur in der Reformationszeit? is a study of pamphlets written as a reaction to, and attempt for, expansion of the Luthe… OL20932505W
By-roads and hidden treasures By-roads and hidden treasures Ross Gibson,Chris Gibson,Paul Ashton What is keeping people strong in isolated and under-populated locales, and how much of that is cultural? In 2008 the Cultural Asset Mapping for Regional Australia (CAMRA) project was born with the ve… OL22323755W
Identitätsräume Identitätsräume Brigitte Hipfl Eine der zentralen Debatten der Cultural Studies beschäftigt sich mit dem Zusammenspiel von Medien und Identität. Die vorliegende Aufsatzsammlung liefert hier einen neuen Ansatzpunkt, indem ihre Beit… OL23497560W
Magazines, Tourism, and Nation-Building in Mexico Magazines, Tourism, and Nation-Building in Mexico Claire Lindsay This open access book discusses the relationship between periodicals, tourism, and nation-building in Mexico. It enquires into how magazines, a staple form of the promotional apparatus of tourism sin… OL23498988W
Culturas híbridas Culturas híbridas Néstor García Canclini "El libro es una especie de sociología de la cultura aplicada a América Latina. Aunque los temas son muy concretos, el enfoque del autor tiende a ser filosófico. Tradición y modernidad son los do… OL850558W
Reinventing Collapse Reinventing Collapse Dmitry Orlov In the waning days of the American empire, we find ourselves mired in political crisis, with our foreign policy coming under sharp criticism and our economy in steep decline. These trends mirror the … OL9529490W
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