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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
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
Queer Theory Queer Theory William J. Spurlin,Stephen Whittle,Carol Queen,Alessandra Tanesini,Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick,Peter Hegarty,Marjorie Garber,Larry Kramer,Cheryl Chase,Indra Windh,Del Lagrace Volcano,Patrick Califia-Rice,Hall, Donald E.,Judith Butler,Mark Norris Lance,Suzanna Danuta Walters,Mandy Merck Queer Theory is one of the most contested and intellectually complex movements in contemporary sexual politics. Where did it come from, and what does it do? Is queer theory only for queers? If you ha… OL18420272W
The State of world population 2000 The State of world population 2000 Nafis Sadik,United Nations Population Fund,United Nations Population Fund. 76p. : 30 cm OL18915445W
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
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
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
Making the Black Jacobins Making the Black Jacobins Rachel Douglas C. L. R. James's The Black Jacobins remains one of the great works of the twentieth century and the cornerstone of Haitian revolutionary studies. In Making The Black Jacobins, Rachel Douglas traces t… OL21642554W
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
Cultural studies and critical theory Cultural studies and critical theory Patrick Fuery Cultural Studies and Critical Theory explores questions of culture, representation, gender, power, sexuality, and the postmodern. What is culture? And why is it divided into high, middle, and popular… OL2854434W
Typecasting Typecasting Elizabeth Ewen,Stuart Ewen "In this work of popular history, Ewen & Ewen expose the pivotal developments that have made stereotypes a persistent, common language. Moving across centuries and continents in thirty eloquent vigne… OL5099398W
Las Tejanas Las Tejanas Teresa Palomo Acosta,Ruthe Winegarten "Teresa Palomo Acosta and Ruthe Winegarten have gathered and distilled a wide range of information to create this important resource. They offer one of the first detailed accounts of Tejanas' lives i… OL5954102W
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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