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  • 1
    ISBN: 9780199331116
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 242 Seiten)
    DDC: 305
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: This volume brings together a collection of ten original essays which present new analyses of social and relational equality in philosophy and political theory. The essays analyze the nature of social equality and its relationship with justice and with politics.
    Abstract: Cover -- Social Equality -- Copyright -- Contents -- David Miller-Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- The Nature and Distinctiveness of Social Equality: An Introduction -- Part I The Nature of Social Equality -- 1 The Practice of Equality -- 2 Relational Equality, Non-Domination, and Vulnerability -- 3 Conceptions and Dimensions of Social Equality -- 4 To Praise and to Scorn: The Problem of Inequalities of Esteem for Social Egalitarianism -- 5 Being Equals: Analyzing the Nature of Social Egalitarian Relationships -- Part II The Relationship between Equality, Justice, and Politics -- 6 Justice, Respect, and Treating People as Equals -- 7 Social Equality-Or Just Justice? -- 8 The Principles and the Presumption of Equality -- 9 On the Scope and Grounds of Social Equality -- 10 Social Equality and Social Inequality -- Bibliography -- Index.
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  • 2
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 0199373612 , 9780199373611
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Urbatsch, Robert Families' values
    DDC: 306.2
    Keywords: Political socialization ; Political psychology ; Families Political aspects ; Political participation Social aspects ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Families ; Political aspects ; Political participation ; Social aspects ; Political psychology ; Political socialization ; Familie ; Politische Sozialisation ; Wertorientierung ; Politische Einstellung ; Electronic books
    Abstract: One of the central questions in politics is from where people derive their tastes and opinions. Why do some people embrace the free market, while others prefer an interventionist state? From where do preferences for a vigorous foreign policy or for sterner policing of moral issues come? As has been shown, political preferences may be influenced by perceived benefits, the media, or public intellectuals, but less is known about the influence of family on political attitudes. Some mechanisms of family influence are well-known: people tend to share their parents' political philosophies, while those with young children have heightened concern for child-related policies such as education. But family dynamics are likely to have far richer and more varied effects on political attitudes than those traditionally considered. Families' Values considers the ways that the everyday behaviors of family members systematically and unconsciously influence political preferences. For example, does having a mother who works outside the home lead children, when grown-up, to have more liberal ideologies? Or, might having a son who could potentially be drafted into the armed forces influence a parent to become a pacifist? Drawing on surveys from the United States and the United Kingdom, R. Urbatsch looks at the ways in which parents, siblings, birth order, gender, and socioeconomics influence opinions on issues from war, to the welfare state, to abortion. Through compelling analysis, he demonstrates that our family relationships play an enormously crucial and multi-faceted role in the way that we experience, learn about, and practice politics
    Abstract: What we know about families and why we should know more -- The conservative children of stay-at-home mothers -- The ideological pull of siblings -- Birth order revisited : attitudes towards morality -- Girls are from mars, boys are from venus: children and militarism -- Children, economic insecurity, and support for big government -- Conclusion: it's all relatives -- Appendix: Statistical models and technical details.
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  • 3
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 0199908060 , 0199908079 , 9780199908066 , 9780199908073
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (210 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als McCracken, Angela B . Beauty trade
    DDC: 306.4/613
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    Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture ; Frau ; Gesellschaft ; Beauty, Personal Social aspects ; Beauty, Personal Economic aspects ; Cosmetics industry Social aspects ; Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) ; Teenage girls ; Women Identity ; Selbstbild ; Schönheitsideal ; Jugend ; Körperbild ; Mode ; Globalisierung ; Electronic books ; Jugend ; Mode ; Selbstbild ; Schönheitsideal ; Körperbild ; Globalisierung
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Seeing the Global Economy of Beauty Through Gender Lenses -- 2. Here Comes the Quinceanera: Isn't She Beautiful? -- 3. Princess Dresses, Sexy Dances, and Eye Shadow: The Construction of a Global Political Economy of Beauty Through a Makeover -- 4. Beauty and the Quince: A Reproductive Economy View -- 5. Beauty Has a Price: The Global Productive Economy of Beauty -- 6. Different Brands of Beauty: Subcultures and the Global Virtual Economy
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  • 4
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 0191510432 , 9780191510434
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2nd edition
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Castells, Manuel, 1942- author Communication power
    DDC: 302.23
    Keywords: Communication and technology ; Communication ; Power (Social sciences) ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Media Studies ; Technologies de l'information et de la communication ; Réseaux de communication ; Internet ; Médias ; Communication de masse ; Aspects politiques ; Société de l'information ; Analyse sociologique ; Etudes de cas ; Réseaux sociaux en ligne ; Communication ; Communication and technology ; Power (Social sciences) ; Informationsgesellschaft ; Vernetzung ; Massenmedien ; Massenkommunikation ; Internet ; Kommunikationsverhalten ; Macht ; Meinungsbildung ; Kommunikation ; sociala aspekter ; Internet ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; List of Tables; Digital Networks and the Culture of the Autonomy: Introduction to the 2013 Edition; Opening; 1 Power in the Network Society; What is Power?; State and Power in the Global Age; Networks; The Global Network Society; The Network State; Power in the Networks; Power and Counterpower in the Network Society; Conclusion: Understanding Power Relationships in the Global Network Society; 2 Communication in the Digital Age; A Communication Revolution?
    Abstract: Conquering the Minds, Conquering Iraq, Conquering Washington: From Misinformation to MystificationThe Power of the Frame; 4 Programming Communication Networks: Media Politics, Scandal Politics, and the Crisis of Democracy; Power-making by Image-making; The Killing (Semantic) Fields: Media Politics at Work; The Politics of Scandal; The State and Media Politics: Propaganda and Control; The Demise of Public Trust and the Crisis of Political Legitimacy; Crisis of Democracy?; 5 Reprogramming Communication Networks: Social Movements, Insurgent Politics, and the New Public Space
    Abstract: Technological Convergence and the New Multimedia System: From Mass Communication to Mass Self-communicationThe Organization and Management of Communication: Global Multimedia Business Networks; The Politics of Regulatory Policies; Cultural Change in a Globalized World; The Creative Audience; Communication in the Global Digital Age; 3 Networks of Mind and Power; The Windmills of the Mind; Emotion, Cognition, and Politics; Emotion and Cognition in Political Campaigns; The Politics of Beliefs; The Framing of the Mind
    Abstract: Warming Up to Global Warming: The Environmental Movement and the New Culture of NatureThe Network is the Message: Global Movements against Corporate Globalization; Mobil-izing Resistance: Wireless Communication and Insurgent Communities of Practice; "Yes, We Can!" The 2008 Obama Presidential Primary Campaign; Reprogramming Networks, Rewiring Minds, Changing the World; Conclusion: Toward a Communication Theory of Power; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
    Abstract: We live in the midst of a revolution in communication technologies that affects the way in which people feel, think, and behave. The media have become the space where power strategies are played out. In the current technological context mass communication goes beyond traditional media and includes the Internet and mobile communication. In this wide-ranging and powerful book, Manuel Castells analyses the transformation of the global media industry by this revolution in communication technologies. He argues that a new communication system, mass self-communication, has emerged, and power relation
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  • 5
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 0191641804 , 9780191641800
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (367 pages)
    Edition: First edition
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Economic crisis, quality of work, and social integration
    DDC: 306.36094
    Keywords: Quality of work life ; Financial crises ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Financial crises ; Quality of work life ; Europe ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1. Economic Crisis, the Quality of Work, and Social Integration: Issues and Context / Duncan Gallie -- 2. Economic Crisis and Employment Change: The Great Regression / Michael Tahlin -- 3. Distribution in the Downturn / Michael Tahlin -- 4. Continuing Training in Times of Economic Crisis / Martina Dieckhoff -- 5. Job Control, Work Intensity, and Work Stress / Ying Zhou -- 6. Insecurity and the Peripheral Workforce / Hande Inanc -- 7. Work-Family Conflict and Economic Change / Helen Russell -- 8. Economic Downturn and Work Motivation / Nadia Steiber -- 9. Unemployment and Subjective Well-Being / Frances McGinnity -- 10. Economic Crisis, Political Legitimacy, and Social Cohesion / Javier Polavieja -- 11. Economic Crisis, Country Variations, and Institutional Structure / Duncan Gallie.
    Abstract: The quality of working life has been central to the sociological agenda for several decades, and has also been increasingly salient as a policy issue, and for companies. This book breaks new ground in the study of the quality of work by providing a rigorous comparative assessment of the way it has been affected by the economic crisis. It examines the implications of the crisis on developments in skills and training, employees' control over their jobs, and the pressure of work and job security
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  • 6
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199860159 , 0199860157
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xvi, 409 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version China goes global
    DDC: 303.48251
    Keywords: Globalization China ; Globalization ; Globalization ; International economic relations ; Grandes puissances ; Nouvel ordre mondial ; Relations économiques internationales ; Politique internationale ; Mondialisation ; Politique étrangère ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Globalisierung ; HISTORY ; Asia ; China ; Economic policy ; Globalization ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Globalization ; China Foreign economic relations ; China Economic policy ; 2000- ; China ; China Foreign economic relations ; China Economic policy 2000- ; China Foreign economic relations ; China Economic policy 2000- ; China ; Chine ; China ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Most global citizens are well aware of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy. Indeed, China has famously become the "workshop of the world." Yet, while China watchers have shed much light on the country's internal dynamics--China's politics, its vast social changes, and its economic development--few have focused on how this increasingly powerful nation has become more active and assertive throughout the world. In China Goes Global, eminent China scholar David Shambaugh delivers the book that the world has been waiting for--a sweeping account of China's growing prominence on the international stage. Thirty years ago, China's role in global affairs beyond its immediate East Asian periphery was decidedly minor and it had little geostrategic power. As Shambaugh charts, though, China's expanding economic power has allowed it to extend its reach virtually everywhere--from mineral mines in Africa, to currency markets in the West, to oilfields in the Middle East, to agribusiness in Latin America, to the factories of East Asia. Shambaugh offers an enlightening look into the manifestations of China's global ambitions: its extensive commercial footprint, its growing military power, its increasing cultural influence or "soft power," its diplomatic activity, and its new prominence in global governance institutions. But Shambaugh is no alarmist. In this balanced and well-researched volume, he argues that China's global presence is more broad than deep and that China still lacks the influence befitting a major world power--what he terms a "partial power." He draws on his decades of China-watching and his deep knowledge of the subject, and exploits a wide variety of previously untapped sources, to shed valuable light on China's current and future roles in world affairs"--
    Abstract: "Most global citizens are well aware of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy. Indeed, China has famously become the "workshop of the world." Yet, while China watchers have shed much light on the country's internal dynamics--China's politics, its vast social changes, and its economic development--few have focused on how this increasingly powerful nation has become more active and assertive throughout the world. In China Goes Global, eminent China scholar David Shambaugh delivers the book that the world has been waiting for--a sweeping account of China's growing prominence on the international stage. Thirty years ago, China's role in global affairs beyond its immediate East Asian periphery was decidedly minor and it had little geostrategic power. As Shambaugh charts, though, China's expanding economic power has allowed it to extend its reach virtually everywhere--from mineral mines in Africa, to currency markets in the West, to oilfields in the Middle East, to agribusiness in Latin America, to the factories of East Asia. Shambaugh offers an enlightening look into the manifestations of China's global ambitions: its extensive commercial footprint, its growing military power, its increasing cultural influence or "soft power," its diplomatic activity, and its new prominence in global governance institutions. But Shambaugh is no alarmist. In this balanced and well-researched volume, he argues that China's global presence is more broad than deep and that China still lacks the influence befitting a major world power--what he terms a "partial power." He draws on his decades of China-watching and his deep knowledge of the subject, and exploits a wide variety of previously untapped sources, to shed valuable light on China's current and future roles in world affairs"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Understanding China's global impactChina's global identities -- China's global diplomatic presence -- China and global governance -- China's global economic presence -- China's global cultural presence -- China's global security presence -- Coping with a globalized China.
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 0199945187 , 0199333173 , 9780199945184 , 9780199333172
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (231 p)
    Series Statement: Oxford studies in sociolinguistics
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Multilingualism and the periphery
    DDC: 306.44/6
    Keywords: Sociolinguistics ; Multicultural education Cross-cultural studies ; Multilingualism Social aspects ; Multilingualism Cross-cultural studies ; Multicultural education ; Multilingualism ; Multilingualism ; Social aspects ; Sociolinguistics ; Languages & Literatures ; Philology & Linguistics ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Linguistics ; Sociolinguistics ; Cross-cultural studies ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contributors""; ""1. Multilingualism and the Periphery""; ""2. Repositioning the Multilingual Periphery: Class, Language, and Transnational Markets in Francophone Canada""; ""3. What Makes Art Acadian?""; ""4. Tourism and Gender in Linguistic Minority Communities""; ""5. Heteroglossic Authenticity in Sámi Heritage Tourism""; ""6. Linguistic Creativity in Corsican Tourist Context""; ""7. �Translation in Progress�: Centralizing and Peripheralizing Tensions in the Practices of Commercial Actors in Minority Language Sites""
    Abstract: ""8. Welsh Tea: The Centring and Decentring of Wales and the Welsh Language""""9. The (De- )Centring Spaces of Airports: Framing Mobility and Multilingualism""; ""10. The Career of a Diacritical Sign: Language in Spatial Representations and Representational Spaces""; ""11. The Peripheral Multilingualism Lens: A Fruitful and Challenging Way Forward?""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""S""; ""T""; ""W""
    Abstract: This volume examines the complexities of the processes and practices of multilingualism in a wide range of economic, cultural, political and physical peripheral sites and spaces (tourism, education, indigenous and minority language rights and politics, gender relations, marketing, airports) in different geographic locations (Austria, Canada, Corsica, Catalonia, Finland, Ireland, Patagonia, Spain, Slovenia, U.S.A., Wales)
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  • 8
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780191663642
    Language: English
    Pages: xii, 287 p.
    DDC: 306.2
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    Keywords: Political culture ; Political science ; Electronic books
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  • 9
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 019998932X , 9780199989324
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xi, 212 pages)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.]
    Parallel Title: Print version Black ethnics
    DDC: 305.896/073
    Keywords: Blacks Attitudes ; African Americans Employment ; Blacks Employment ; African Americans Relations with West Indians ; African Americans Relations with Africans ; Labor unions ; African Americans Attitudes ; African Americans Race identity ; Blacks Race identity ; United States Race relations ; Electronic books
    Description / Table of Contents: A theory of black elevated minority status"Where did you come from and what should I call you?" : how a NYC labor union explains changing demographics -- Political participation and the socialization of Blacks into unions and the polity -- "You win some, you lose some" : hard work and the Black pursuit of the American dream -- Union leadership and policy choices : trends in neutral and racial government policies.
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 0199970793 , 9780199970797
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 228 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Dijck, José van Culture of connectivity
    DDC: 302.30285
    Keywords: Social media History ; Online social networks History ; COMPUTERS ; Web ; Social Networking ; Réseaux sociaux en ligne ; Analyse sociologique ; Online social networks ; Social media ; Soziale Software ; Sociale media ; Culturele aspecten ; Sociala medier ; historia ; Sociala nätverk online ; historia ; History ; Geschiedenis (vorm) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Engineering sociality in a culture of connectivity -- Disassembling platforms, reassembling sociality -- Facebook and the imperative of sharing -- Twitter and the paradox of following and trending -- Flickr between communities and commerce -- YouTube: the intimate connection between television and video sharing -- Wikipedia and the neutrality principle -- The ecosystem of connective media: lock in, fence off, opt out?
    Abstract: "Social media penetrate our lives: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and many other platforms define daily habits of communication and creative production. This book studies the rise of social media, providing both a historical and a critical analysis of the emergence of major platforms in the context of a rapidly changing ecosystem of connective media. Author José van Dijck offers an analytical prism that can be used to view techno-cultural as well as socio-economic aspects of this transformation as well as to examine shared ideological principles between major social media platforms. This fascinating study will appeal to all readers interested in social media."--Publisher's website
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780191644627 , 0191644625 , 1283834901 , 9781283834902
    Language: English
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Nicolini, Davide Practice theory, work, and organization
    DDC: 306.36072
    Keywords: Organization Research ; Methodology ; Organization Case studies ; Research ; Methodology ; Work Research ; Methodology ; Work Case studies ; Research ; Methodology ; Work Case studies Research ; Methodology ; Work Research ; Methodology ; Organization Case studies Research ; Methodology ; Organization Research ; Methodology ; Educational evaluation ; Evaluation research (Social action programs) ; Organization ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Organization ; Research ; Methodology ; Organisationsteori ; Organisation ; forskning ; metodik ; Arbete ; forskning ; metodik ; Case studies ; Electronic books ; Electronic books Electronic books
    Abstract: What is practice theory? Where do practice theories come from? What do they say? Do they really offer something new to the study of work and organization? In setting out to answer these questions, this book provides a rigorous yet accessible introduction to contemporary theories of practice, discussing their distinctive contribution to work and organization studies. Practice theories are a set of conceptual tools and methodologies for investigating, analysing, and representing everyday practice through written text, language, images, and behaviour. Drawing on a variety of theoretical traditions, they have explored the idea that phenomena such as knowledge, meaning, science, power, organized activity, sociality, and institutions are rooted in practice. The book first examines the origins of the idea of practice. Recognizing that a unified theory of practice does not exist, the central chapters of the book then discuss the theory and concepts of the main scholarly traditions that have, collectively, contributed to the 'practice turn' in social and organization studies. Each of the central chapters concludes with a fully worked example of the theory in application. Practice theories have become of increasing interest for management and organizational scholars in recent years, and this book is an advanced introduction to the complexities of the area for academics, researchers, and graduate students in organization studies, management, and across the social sciences
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199720712 , 0199720711
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xxxii, 416 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Slave narratives after slavery
    DDC: 306.362092
    Keywords: Slaves Biography ; Southern States ; Slaves Social conditions ; 19th century ; Southern States ; African Americans Biography ; Slaves' writings, American ; African Americans Biography ; Slaves Social conditions 19th century ; Slaves Biography ; Social Science Southern States ; African Americans ; Slaves ; Slaves ; Social conditions ; Slaves' writings, American ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Social Scientists & Psychologists ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Slavery ; Biographies ; Southern States ; Electronic books ; Electronic books Biography ; Biografie ; Autobiographie ; Quelle
    Abstract: The pre-Civil War autobiographies of famous fugitives such as Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, and Harriet Jacobs form the bedrock of the African American narrative tradition. After emancipation arrived in 1865, former slaves continued to write about their experience of enslavement and their upward struggle to realize the promise of freedom and citizenship. Slave Narratives After Slavery reprints five of the most important and revealing first-person narratives of slavery and freedom published after 1865. Elizabeth Keckley's controversial Behind the Scenes (1868) introduced white Americ
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199781119 , 0199781117
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (x, 354 pages) , illustrations, maps
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Blower, Brooke Lindy, 1976- Becoming Americans in Paris
    DDC: 305.81304436109042
    Keywords: Americans History ; 20th century ; France ; Paris ; Politics and culture History ; 20th century ; France ; Paris ; Political culture History ; 20th century ; United States ; Politics and culture History 20th century ; Political culture History 20th century ; Americans History 20th century ; 20th century ; American influences ; Civilization ; French influences ; Paris ; Paris (France) ; Relations ; Social Science ; Americans ; France ; History ; Intellectual life ; Political culture ; Politics and culture ; United States ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Civilization ; French influences ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; International relations ; Civilization ; American influences ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; Paris (France) Intellectual life ; 20th century ; United States Relations ; France ; France Relations ; United States ; United States Civilization ; French influences ; France Civilization ; American influences ; France ; France ; Paris ; United States ; France Relations ; United States Civilization ; French influences ; France Civilization ; American influences ; Paris (France) Intellectual life 20th century ; United States Relations ; France ; Paris ; Electronic books ; Electronic books History
    Abstract: Americans often look back on Paris between the world wars as a charming escape from the enduring inequalities and reactionary politics of the United States. In this bold and original study, Brooke Blower shows that nothing could be further from the truth. She reveals the breadth of American activities in the capital, the lessons visitors drew from their stay, and the passionate responses they elicited from others. For many sojourners-not just for the most famous expatriate artists and writers- Paris served as an important crossroads, a place where Americans reimagined their position in the wor
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    ISBN: 9780199792382 , 0199792380
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xi, 386 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hale, Grace Elizabeth Nation of outsiders
    DDC: 306.0973
    Keywords: Popular culture History ; 20th century ; United States ; Middle class whites Social conditions ; 20th century ; United States ; Middle class History ; 20th century ; United States ; Dissenters History ; 20th century ; United States ; Counterculture History ; 20th century ; United States ; Social psychology History ; 20th century ; United States ; Popular culture History 20th century ; Middle class whites Social conditions 20th century ; Middle class History 20th century ; Dissenters History 20th century ; Counterculture History 20th century ; Social psychology History 20th century ; 20th century ; Social conditions ; Social life and customs ; Whites ; Social Science ; Counterculture ; Dissenters ; History ; Middle class ; Popular culture ; Social psychology ; United States ; Manners and customs ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Whites ; Social conditions ; Weiße ; Massenkultur ; Gegenkultur ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; United States Social life and customs ; 20th century ; United States Social life and customs 20th century ; USA ; Electronic books
    Abstract: At mid-century, Americans increasingly fell in love with characters like Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye and Marlon Brando's Johnny in The Wild One, musicians like Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan, and activists like the members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. These emotions enabled some middle-class whites to cut free of their own histories and identify with those who, while lacking economic, political, or social privilege, seemed to possess instead vital cultural resources and a depth of feeling not found in "grey flannel" America. In this wide-ranging and vivid
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199910014 , 0199910014
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (x, 194 pages) , illustrations.
    Series Statement: Oxford studies in sociolinguistics
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Holmes, Janet, 1947- Leadership, discourse and ethnicity
    DDC: 306.44
    Keywords: Communication in management ; Diversity in the workplace ; Leadership ; Sociolinguistics ; Leadership ; Sociolinguistics ; Soziolinguistik ; Management ; Führung ; Whakawhitiwhitinga kōrero ; Rangahau o te noho-ā-iwi ; Hui ; Diversity in the workplace ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Linguistics ; Sociolinguistics ; Communication in management ; Neuseeland ; Electronic book ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Approaching the analysis of leadership ethnicity --Collecting the data --Constructing leadership through language --Business meetings --Relational talk at work --Co-leadership --Maori leadership at work --Learning from intercultural research --Transcription conventions.
    Abstract: This is the first book in the field of workplace discourse to examine the relationships among leadership, ethnicity, and language use
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199830206 , 0199830207
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xvi, 299 p.)
    Series Statement: Oxford ritual series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Ritual, media, and conflict
    DDC: 390
    Keywords: Rites and ceremonies ; Ritual ; Social conflict ; Culture conflict ; Mass media and culture ; Communication and culture ; Communication and culture ; Culture conflict ; Mass media and culture ; Rites and ceremonies ; Ritual ; Social conflict ; Ritus ; Medien ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Customs & Traditions ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Here, an interdisciplinary team of 24 scholars locates, describes, and explores cases in which media-driven rituals or ritually saturated media instigate, disseminate, or escalate conflict. Each chapter, built around global and local examples of ritualized, mediatized conflict, is multi-authored
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    ISBN: 0195378008 , 9780195378009 , 9780199703227 , 0199703221
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    Pages: Online Ressource (viii, 281 p.) , ill.
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    Series Statement: Transgressing boundaries
    Series Statement: studies in Black politics and Black communities
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cohen, Cathy J., 1961- Democracy remixed
    Former Title: Black youth and the future of American politics
    DDC: 305.23508996073
    Keywords: African American youth Social conditions ; African American youth Political activity ; African American youth Social conditions ; African American youth Political activity ; Social Science ; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Life Stages ; Adolescence ; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Life Stages ; Teenagers ; African American youth ; Political activity ; Politics and government ; Race relations ; Electronic books ; United States Race relations ; United States Politics and government ; Electronic books ; United States Politics and government ; United States Race relations ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: While Barack Obama's victory led many to believe that America's racial divide had significantly narrowed, the lived experience of many black youth belie this. Young black Americans today continue to be plagued by low levels of employment, high levels of incarceration, and a profound lack of trust in the government and broader political community. Yet discussions of why this is have been largely anecdotal, often putting the blame on black youth themselves--even when the commentators are also black. Think of the criticisms that Bill Cosby has leveled, for example. In Democracy Remixed, award-win
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    ISBN: 9780191572982 , 0191572985
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    Pages: Online Ressource (xv, 130 p.) , ill.
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    Series Statement: Very short introductions
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Floridi, Luciano, 1964- Information
    DDC: 306.42
    Keywords: Knowledge, Sociology of ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Knowledge, Sociology of ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; Information ; Einführung ; Electronic books Einführung ; Electronic books ; Einführung ; Einführung ; Einführung ; Einführung ; Einführung
    Abstract: Acknowledgments --List of illustrations --List of tables --Introduction --The Information revolution --The Language of information --Mathematical information --Semantic information --Physical information --Biological information --Economic information --The Ethics of information --Epilogue:The Marriage of physis and techne --References --Index.
    Abstract: Luciano Floridi unpacks this fundamental concept - what information is, how it is measured, its value and meaning - cutting across the sciences and humanities, from DNA to the Internet, and the ethical issues related to privacy, copyright and accessibility
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    ISBN: 9780199705917 , 0199705917 , 9780195374100 , 019537410X
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    Pages: Online Ressource (viii, 306 p.)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Baumeister, Roy F Is there anything good about men?
    DDC: 305.3109
    Keywords: Men ; Men in popular culture ; Equality ; Social Science ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Gender Studies ; Equality ; Men ; Men in popular culture ; Geschlechterpsychologie ; Gleichberechtigung ; Geschlechterrolle ; Mann ; Kultur ; Mann ; Geschlechtsrolle ; Geschlechtsrolle ; Mann ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Have men really been engaged in a centuries-old conspiracy to exploit and oppress women? Have the essential differences between men and women really been erased? Have men now become unnecessary? Are they good for anything at all? In Is There Anything Good About Men?, Roy Baumeister offers provocative answers to these and many other questions about the current state of manhood in America. Baumeister argues that relations between men and women are now and have always been more cooperative than antagonistic, that men and women are different in basic ways, and that successful cultures capitalize o
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    ISBN: 9780191576195 , 0191576190
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    Pages: Online Ressource (ix, 266 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Print version Eavesdropping
    DDC: 306.44
    Keywords: Communication Psychological aspects ; Eavesdropping History ; Eavesdropping Psychological aspects ; Sociolinguistics ; Eavesdropping History ; Eavesdropping Psychological aspects ; Communication Psychological aspects ; Sociolinguistics ; Eavesdropping Psychological aspects ; Communication Psychological aspects ; Eavesdropping History ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Linguistics ; Sociolinguistics ; Communication ; Psychological aspects ; Eavesdropping ; Sociolinguistics ; History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Eavesdropping is a form of human communication in which the information gained is stolen. It encompasses cheating to get unfair advantage, espionage to uncover secrets, and supervision to maintain power. John Locke considers the biological drive behind this behaviour as well as its social implications and consequences
    Description / Table of Contents: Passionate spectatorsUnder the leaves -- Open-plan living -- Reluctant domestication -- Privacy, intimacy, and the selves -- Personal power and social control -- Passionate exhibitors -- What will the servants say? -- Virtual eaves -- Intimacy by theft.
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    ISBN: 9780191576461 , 0191576468 , 9780199557974 , 0199557977
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    Pages: Online Ressource (xvi, 214 p.) , ill.
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    Series Statement: Biographies of disease
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Gilman, Sander L Obesity
    DDC: 306.4613
    Keywords: Body image Social aspects ; Body image Social aspects ; History ; Obesity Social aspects ; Obesity Social aspects ; History ; Body image Social aspects ; History ; Obesity Social aspects ; Obesity Social aspects ; History ; Body image Social aspects ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Body image ; Social aspects ; Obesity ; Social aspects ; Kultur ; Übergewicht ; History ; Electronic books ; Electronic books History
    Abstract: According to the World Health Organization we are in the midst of a global obesity crisis. Is obesity a disease itself or a symptom of underlying physiological or psychological illnesses? Is it a sign of social excess and therefore not a disease in the medical sense at all? Is it really 'new'? Sander L. Gilman, a leading authority in the social and cultural history of the body, presents a fascinating account of the history of obesity, looking at the changing attitudes towards the body, from regarding it as 'God's temple' to more mechanical and practical concerns from the Enlightenment onwards
    Abstract: The exemplary patient -- Obesity from the Ancients to the beginning of the Modern Age -- Obesity from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment -- The battle between science and morality for the cure of obesity -- A somatic or psychological treatment of obesity -- New causes; new solutions for obesity -- The "Orient" battles obesity -- Globesity and the Public's health.
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    ISBN: 9780199708246 , 019970824X
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    Pages: Online Ressource (viii, 243 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als King, Charles, 1967- Extreme politics
    DDC: 305.800947
    Keywords: Minorities Europe, Eastern ; Ethnic conflict Europe, Eastern ; Political violence Europe, Eastern ; Regionalism Europe, Eastern ; Nationalism Europe, Eastern ; Political violence ; Regionalism ; Nationalism ; Minorities ; Ethnic conflict ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Ethnic conflict ; Ethnic relations ; Political aspects ; Minorities ; Nationalism ; Politics and government ; Political violence ; Regionalism ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; Europe, Eastern Ethnic relations ; Political aspects ; Europe, Eastern Politics and government ; 1989- ; Europe, Eastern ; Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1989- ; Europe, Eastern Ethnic relations ; Political aspects ; Eastern Europe ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Why do some violent conflicts endure across the centuries, while others become dimly remembered ancient struggles among forgotten peoples? Is nationalism really the powerful force that it appeared to be in the 1990s? In this wide-ranging and readable set of essays, Charles King examines the conceptual intersection of nationalist ideology, social violence, and the political transformation of Europe and Eurasia over the last two decades. The end of communism seemed to usher in a period of radical change-an era of "extreme politics" that pitted nations, ethnic groups, and violent entrep
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    ISBN: 9780199701902 , 0199701903
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    Pages: Online Ressource (327 p.)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Davies, Sharon L., 1960- Rising road
    DDC: 306.8460976178109042
    Keywords: Interracial marriage History ; 20th century ; Alabama ; Birmingham ; Anti-Catholicism History ; 20th century ; Alabama ; Birmingham ; Murder History ; 20th century ; Alabama ; Birmingham ; Alabama ; Birmingham ; Anti-Catholicism History 20th century ; Murder History 20th century ; Interracial marriage History 20th century ; Anti-Catholicism ; Interracial marriage ; Murder ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; Marriage & Family ; History ; Alabama ; Birmingham ; Electronic books History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: It was among the most notorious criminal cases of its day. On August 11, 1921, in Birmingham, Alabama, a Methodist minister named Edwin Stephenson shot and killed a Catholic priest, James Coyle, in broad daylight and in front of numerous witnesses. The killer's motive? The priest had married Stephenson's eighteen-year-old daughter Ruth--who had secretly converted to Catholicism three months earlier--to Pedro Gussman, a Puerto Rican migrant and practicing Catholic. Having all but disappeared from historical memory, the murder of Father Coyle and the trial of Rev. Stephenson that followed are vi
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    ISBN: 9780199736782 , 0199736782
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    Pages: Online Ressource (xv, 270 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Ceci, Stephen J Mathematics of sex
    DDC: 305.435
    Keywords: Women in mathematics Social aspects ; Women in science Social aspects ; Women in science Social aspects ; Women in mathematics Social aspects ; Social Science ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies ; Women in science ; Social aspects ; Mathematische Begabung ; Geschlechtsunterschied ; Soziokultureller Faktor ; Frau ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Nearly half of all physicians and biologists are females, as are the majority of new psychologists, veterinarians, and dentists, suggesting that women have achieved equality with men in the workforce. But the ranks of professionals in math-intensive careers remain lopsidedly male; up to 93% of tenure-track academic positions in some of the most mathematically-oriented fields are held by men. Three main explanations have been advanced to explain the dearth of women in math-intensive careers, and in The Mathematics of Sex Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams describe and dissect the evidence for each. The first explanation involves innate ability--male brains are physiologically optimized to perform advanced mathematical and spatial operations; the second is that social and cultural biases inhibit females' training and success in mathematical fields; the third alleges that women are less interested in math-intensive careers than are men, preferring people-oriented pursuits. Drawing on research in endocrinology, economics, sociology, education, genetics, and psychology to arrive at their own unique, evidence-based conclusion, the authors argue that the problem is due to certain choices that women (but not men) are compelled to make in our society; that women tend not to favor math-intensive careers for certain reasons, and that sex differences in math and spatial ability cannot adequately explain the scarcity of women in these fields. The Mathematics of Sex represents the first time such a thorough synthesis of data has been carried out to solve the puzzle of women's under-representation in math-intensive careers. The result is a readable, engaging account suitable not only for academics in an array of disciplines, but for general readers as well--including educators, science policymakers, parents of daughters, and anyone intellectually curious about a key controversy of our time."--Jacket
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    ISBN: 9780191574559 , 0191574554
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    Pages: Online Ressource (199 pages) , illustrations, maps
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Skyrms, Brian Signals
    DDC: 302.2
    Keywords: Communication ; Signs and symbols ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Communication Studies ; Communication ; Signs and symbols ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Brian Skyrms presents a fascinating exploration of how fundamental signals are to our world. He uses a variety of tools -- theories of signaling games, information, evolution, and learning -- to investigate how meaning and communication develop. He shows how signaling games themselves evolve, and introduces a new model of learning with invention. The juxtaposition of atomic signals leads to complex signals, as the natural product of gradual process. Signals operate innetworks of senders and receivers at all levels of life. Information is transmitted, but it is also processed in various ways. T
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    ISBN: 1417592486 , 9781417592487
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    Pages: Online Ressource (268 p.)
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    Series Statement: Oxford medical publications
    Parallel Title: Print version End of adolescence
    Former Title: EOA
    DDC: 305.235
    Keywords: Adolescence ; Teenagers ; Adolescent psychology ; Adolescence ; Teenagers ; Adolescent psychology ; Adolescent Psychology ; Adolescent Development ; Psychology, Adolescent ; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Life Stages ; Adolescence ; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Life Stages ; Teenagers ; Adolescence ; Adolescent psychology ; Teenagers ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; Child & Youth Development ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: On television, in the newspapers, even in textbooks of psychology, the teen years are portrayed as 'bad news'. Adolescents are seen as moody, rebellious, promiscuous, immature, aggressive and lazy. This controversial new book puts forward an entirely new way of looking at adolescence. It will be of great value to parents of teenagers and those whose children are just about to become teenagers, as well as teachers, psychologists, and anyone whose work brings them intouch with young people
    Abstract: The unpopular age -- The invention of adolescence -- Teens in the family -- More cheerful than moody -- Everyday hassles, conflict, and crime -- Sex : same hormones, different lives -- Alcohol, drugs : having fun or playing with fire? -- Eating well and feeling good -- Schools : the solution or the problem? -- Leisure and work -- Joining up the teens again.
    Description / Table of Contents: The unpopular ageThe invention of adolescence -- Teens in the family -- More cheerful than moody -- Everyday hassles, conflict, and crime -- Sex : same hormones, different lives -- Alcohol, drugs : having fun or playing with fire? -- Eating well and feeling good -- Schools : the solution or the problem? -- Leisure and work -- Joining up the teens again.
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    ISBN: 9780191532863 , 019153286X , 019924488X , 9780199244881
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    Pages: Online Ressource (xix, 371 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Political choice in Britain
    DDC: 306.2
    Keywords: Elections Great Britain ; Voting Great Britain ; Political parties Great Britain ; Political culture Great Britain ; Élections Grande-Bretagne ; Vote Grande-Bretagne ; Partis politiques Grande-Bretagne ; Culture politique Grande-Bretagne ; Great Britain ; Elections ; Voting ; Political parties ; Political culture ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Elections ; Political culture ; Political parties ; Voting ; Kiesgedrag ; Verkiezingen ; Empirisch sociaal onderzoek ; Politieke participatie ; Great Britain ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Statistik 1964-2001
    Abstract: Why do people vote as they do? Indeed, why do they vote at all? What do they think about elections and democracy? This book addresses these questions by focusing on the explanatory power of rival sociological and 'individual rationality' models
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    ISBN: 9781435607040 , 143560704X
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    Pages: Online Ressource (xi, 254 p.)
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    Series Statement: Oxford readings in feminism
    Parallel Title: Print version Contemporary French feminism
    DDC: 305.420944
    Keywords: Feminism France ; Féminisme France ; France ; Feminism ; Feminism ; Feminisme ; Feminism ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Feminism & Feminist Theory ; France ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Have we entered a historical moment of 'post-feminism'? This volume presents a timely and convincing 'no'. These essays demonstrate that there is a new generation of French women who take up questions of equality and difference from a position distinct from either first or second wave feminism, a position that often attempts to move beyond the binary of equality and/or difference to a new form of the individual. - ;Have we entered a historical moment of 'post-feminism'? This volume presents a timely and convincing 'no'. These essays demonstrate that there is a new generation of French women wh
    Abstract: Introduction : The swell of the third wave / Lisa Walsh -- Difference/indifference between the sexes / Françoise Collin -- A deceptive universalism / Gisèle Halimi -- Versions of difference / Sylvaine Agacinski -- Masculine/feminine : the thought of the difference / Françoise Héritier -- A little learning : women and (intellectual) work / Michèle Le Dœuff -- The meaning of equality / Julia Kristeva -- The difference between the sexes, a historical difference / Geneviève Fraisse -- Genealogy of masculinity / Monique Schneider -- The excess visibility of an invisible sex or the privileges of the formless / Claire Nahon -- The prescribed sex / Sabine Prokhoris -- Is love a place of sexuated knowledge? / Alain Badiou -- Is it necessary to look for the universal in the difference between the sexes? / Monique David-Ménard.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction : The swell of the third wave / Lisa WalshDifference/indifference between the sexes / Françoise Collin -- A deceptive universalism / Gisèle Halimi -- Versions of difference / Sylvaine Agacinski -- Masculine/feminine : the thought of the difference / Françoise Héritier -- A little learning : women and (intellectual) work / Michèle Le Dœuff -- The meaning of equality / Julia Kristeva -- The difference between the sexes, a historical difference / Geneviève Fraisse -- Genealogy of masculinity / Monique Schneider -- The excess visibility of an invisible sex or the privileges of the formless / Claire Nahon -- The prescribed sex / Sabine Prokhoris -- Is love a place of sexuated knowledge? / Alain Badiou -- Is it necessary to look for the universal in the difference between the sexes? / Monique David-Ménard.
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    ISBN: 019280359X , 9780192803597 , 9780191539381 , 0191539384
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    Pages: Online Ressource (147 p.) , ill., maps.
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    Series Statement: Very short introductions 86
    Parallel Title: Print version Globalization
    DDC: 303.482
    Keywords: Globalization ; Globalization ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Globalization ; Globalization ; Globalization ; Internationalisatie ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Einführung ; Einführung
    Abstract: This work offers a stimulating introduction to globalisation and its varying impacts across, between, and within societies. It is a readable book that contributes to a better understanding of the crucial aspects and dimensions of the developments and transformations that go by the name of globalisation
    Description / Table of Contents: Globalization: a contested concept.Is globalization a new phenomenon? -- The economic dimension of globalization. -- The political dimension of globalization. -- The cultural dimension of globalization. -- The ideological dimension of globalization. -- Challenges to globalism. -- Assessing the future of globalization.
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    ISBN: 9781280535307 , 019514533X , 9780195145335 , 0195145348 , 9780195145342 , 128053530X , 9780198033233 , 0198033230 , 0195185102 , 9780195185102
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (x, 242 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Print version Embracing the East
    DDC: 305.40973
    Keywords: Women, White Race identity ; United States ; Women, White Ethnic identity ; United States ; Orientalism Social aspects ; United States ; Public opinion United States ; East and West History ; Public opinion ; East and West History ; Orientalism Social aspects ; Women, White Race identity ; Women, White Ethnic identity ; East and West History ; Women, White Ethnic identity ; Women, White Race identity ; Orientalism Social aspects ; Public opinion ; Literature ; Orientalism ; Social aspects ; Public opinion ; Public opinion, American ; Race relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies ; East and West ; Ethnic relations ; History ; Asia Foreign public opinion, American ; Asia In literature ; United States Race relations ; United States Ethnic relations ; Asia Foreign public opinion, American ; United States Race relations ; United States Ethnic relations ; Asia In literature ; Asia Foreign public opinion, American ; United States Race relations ; United States Ethnic relations ; Asia In literature ; Asia ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: As exemplified by Madame Butterfly, East-West relations have often been expressed as the relations between the masculine, dominant West and the feminine, submissive East. Yet, this binary model does not account for the important role of white women in the construction of Orientalism. Mari Yoshihara's study examines a wide range of white women who were attracted to Japan and China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and shows how, through their engagement with Asia, these women found new forms of expression, power, and freedom that were often denied to them in other realms of their lives in America. She demonstrates how white women's attraction to Asia shaped and was shaped by a complex mix of exoticism for the foreign, admiration for the refined, desire for power and control, and love and compassion for the people of Asia. Through concrete historical narratives and careful textual analysis, she examines the ideological context for America's changing discourse about Asia and interrogates the power and appeal--as well as the problems and limitations--of American Orientalism for white women's explorations of their identities.; Combining the analysis of race and gender in the United States and the study of U.S.-Asian relations, Yoshihara's work represents the transnational direction of scholarship in American Studies and U.S. history. In addition, this interdisciplinary work brings together diverse materials and approaches, including cultural history, material culture, visual arts, performance studies, and literary analysis
    Description / Table of Contents: Materializing AsiaPerforming Asia -- Authorizing Asia.
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    ISBN: 9780195348347 , 0195348346
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    Pages: Online Ressource (xiv, 258 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Print version Harlan, Lindsey Goddesses' henchmen
    DDC: 306.09544
    Keywords: Rajasthan (India) Social life and customs ; Hero worship India ; Rajasthan ; Nationalism Religious aspects ; India ; Rajasthan ; Rajasthan (India) Social life and customs ; Hero worship ; Nationalism Religious aspects ; Rajasthan (India) Social life and customs ; Hero worship ; Nationalism Religious aspects ; Rajasthan (India) India ; Rajasthan ; Hero worship ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Nationalism ; Religious aspects ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; India ; Rajasthan ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Rajputs ruled the vast majority of the kingdoms that were joined together after Indian independence to form the state of Rajasthan, "Land of Kings." An important part of Rajput religion is the worship of "heroes" who have died in battle. This practice has attained new significance in recent years, as right-wing Hindu activists have deployed narratives about heroism in Rajput wars with Muslim emperors. In this book, Lindsey Harlan explores the idea of the Rajput hero. She is particularly interested in the role played by gender in stories about heroes and in their worship
    Abstract: Contents; Illustrations; Note on Transliteration; 1. Introduction; 2. The Land of Heroes: Rajasthani Soil and Rajput Blood; 3. Heroic Story: Slaughter and Glory; 4. Heroic Story Frames: Liberation, Perfection, and Seclusion; 5. Heroic Song: End of the Story and Beyond; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
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    ISBN: 9780198035275 , 0198035276
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    Pages: Online Ressource (vii, 258 p.)
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    Parallel Title: Print version New anti-Catholicism
    DDC: 305.62073
    Keywords: Anti-Catholicism United States ; United States ; Anti-Catholicism ; Anti-Catholicism ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; Anti-Catholicism ; United States ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Anti-Catholicism has a long history in America. And as Philip Jenkins argues in The new anti-Catholicism, this virulent strain of hatred--once thought dead--is alive and well in our nation, but few people seem to notice, or care. A statement that is seen as racist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic, or homophobic can haunt a speaker for years, writes Jenkins, but it is still possible to make hostile and vituperative public statements about Roman Catholicism without fear of serious repercussions. Jenkins shines a light on anti-Catholic sentiment in American society and illuminates its causes, looking closely at gay and feminist anti-Catholicism, anti-Catholic rhetoric and imagery in the media, and the anti-Catholicism of the academic world. For newspapers and newsmagazines, for television news and in movies, for major book publishers, the Catholic Church has come to provide a grossly stereotyped public villain. Catholic opinions, doctrines, and individual leaders are frequently the butt of harsh satire. Indeed, the notion that the church is a deadly enemy of women, the idea of Catholic misogyny, is commonly accepted in the news media and in popular culture, says Jenkins. And the recent pedophile priest scandal, he shows, has revived many ancient anti-Catholic stereotypes. It was said that with the election of John F. Kennedy, anti-Catholicism in America was dead. This provocative new book corrects that illusion, drawing attention to this important issue
    Description / Table of Contents: Limits of hatredThe Catholic menace -- Catholics and liberals -- The Church hates women -- The Church kills gays -- Catholics and the news media -- "The perp walk of sacramental perverts" : the pedophile priest crisis -- Catholics in movies and television -- Black legends : rewriting Catholic history -- The end of prejudice?
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    ISBN: 9780198031031 , 0198031033
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    Pages: Online Ressource (viii, 262 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lienhard, John H., 1930- Engines of our ingenuity
    DDC: 303.483
    Keywords: Technology Social aspects ; Creative ability in technology ; Technology Social aspects ; Technology ; SCIENCE ; Philosophy & Social Aspects ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Social Aspects ; Creative ability in technology ; Technology ; Social aspects ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Millions of people have listened to John H. Lienhard's radio program "The Engines of Our Ingenuity." In this fascinating book, Lienhard gathers his reflections on the nature of technology, culture, and human inventiveness. The book brims with insightful observations. Lienhard writes that the history of technology is a history of us--we are the machines we create. Thus farming dramatically changed the rhythms of human life and redirected history. War seldom fuels invention--radar, jets, and the digital computer all emerged before World War II began. And the medieval Church was a drivi
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    ISBN: 1423774728 , 9781423774723 , 1280564237 , 9781280564239
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    Pages: Online Ressource (126 p.) , ill.
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    Series Statement: Oxford portraits
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kenschaft, Lori J Lydia Maria Child
    DDC: 303.484092
    Keywords: Child, Lydia Maria Francis 1802-1880 Juvenile literature ; Child, Lydia Maria Francis 1802-1880 Child, Lydia Maria 1802-1880 ; 1800 - 1899 ; Child, Lydia Maria Juvenile literature ; Child, Lydia Maria ; Women social reformers Biography ; Juvenile literature ; United States ; Women abolitionists Biography ; Juvenile literature ; United States ; Authors, American Biography ; Juvenile literature ; 19th century ; Abolitionists ; Women Biography ; United States ; Authors, American ; Women abolitionists Biography ; Juvenile literature ; Women social reformers Biography ; Juvenile literature ; JUVENILE NONFICTION ; Biography & Autobiography ; General ; Authors, American ; Women abolitionists ; Women social reformers ; JUVENILE NONFICTION ; Social Science ; General ; Biographies ; Juvenile works ; United States ; Electronic books ; Electronic books Biography ; Juvenile works ; Biografie
    Abstract: A biography of the popular writer who, in the mid-nineteenth century, gave up her literary success to fight for the abolition of slavery, for women's rights, and for the fair treatment of American Indians
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    ISBN: 1280532297 , 9781280532290 , 9780195148534 , 0195148533 , 142378488X , 9781423784883
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xxxiii, 73 p.) , ill.
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Narrative of the life of Henry Box Brown
    DDC: 305.567092
    Keywords: Brown, Henry Box 1816- ; Brown, Henry Box ; Brown, Henry Box ; Brown, Henry Box Brown, Henry Box 1816- ; Brown, Henry Box ; Fugitive slaves Biography ; Virginia ; African Americans Biography ; Virginia ; Slavery History ; Virginia ; African American abolitionists Biography ; Virginia ; Electronic books ; Slavery History ; African American abolitionists Biography ; African Americans Biography ; Fugitive slaves Biography ; African American abolitionists Biography ; Slavery History ; Fugitive slaves Biography ; African Americans Biography ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Social Scientists & Psychologists ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; African American abolitionists ; African Americans ; Fugitive slaves ; Slavery ; Biographies ; History ; Virginia ; Electronic book ; Electronic books Biography ; History ; Biografie
    Abstract: Richard Newman provides a 25-page introduction to a revised autobiography of Henry Box Brown, a fugitive slave who in 1849 devised his own escape to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Virginia to an anti-slavery office in Philadelphia
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    ISBN: 9780191538926 , 0191538922 , 0585486115 , 9780585486116
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    Pages: Online Ressource (157 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Print version Terrorism
    DDC: 303.625
    Keywords: Terrorism ; Terrorism ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Terrorism ; Terrorism ; Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book charts a path through the outpouring of efforts to understand and explain modern terrorism, by asking what makes terrorism different from other forms of political, military action; what makes it effective; and what can be done about it. It unravels complex central questions such as whether terrorists are criminals, whether terrorism is a kind of war, what kind of threat terrorism represents, how far media publicity sustains terrorism, and whether democracy is especially vulnerable to terrorist attack. It examines the historical, ideological, and local roots of terrorist violence, and the success of specific terrorist and anti-terrorist campaigns in the more distant as well as the recent past
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    ISBN: 9780195140378 , 0195140370 , 9780195140385 , 0195140389 , 9780195349849 , 0195349849
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (viii, 204 p.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Oxford studies in sociolinguistics
    Parallel Title: Print version Place to stand
    DDC: 306.440977311
    Keywords: English language Social aspects ; Illinois ; Chicago ; Bars (Drinking establishments) Social aspects ; Illinois ; Chicago ; English language Spoken English ; Illinois ; Chicago ; English language Dialects ; Illinois ; Chicago ; Rhetoric Political aspects ; Illinois ; Chicago ; Oral communication Illinois ; Chicago ; English language Illinois ; Chicago ; Working class Illinois ; Chicago ; Persuasion (Rhetoric) ; English language Spoken English ; English language Dialects ; Rhetoric Political aspects ; Oral communication ; English language ; Working class ; Bars (Drinking establishments) Social aspects ; English language Social aspects ; English language Dialects ; Rhetoric Political aspects ; Oral communication ; English language ; Working class ; Persuasion (Rhetoric) ; English language Spoken English ; Bars (Drinking establishments) Social aspects ; English language Social aspects ; Electronic books ; Language and languages ; Manners and customs ; Oral communication ; Persuasion (Rhetoric) ; Politics and government ; Rhetoric ; Political aspects ; Working class ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Linguistics ; Sociolinguistics ; Bars (Drinking establishments) ; Social aspects ; English language ; English language ; Spoken English ; English language ; Dialects ; English language ; Social aspects ; Chicago (Ill.) Social life and customs ; Chicago (Ill.) Politics and government ; Chicago (Ill.) Languages ; Illinois ; Chicago ; Chicago (Ill.) Politics and government ; Chicago (Ill.) Languages ; Chicago (Ill.) Social life and customs ; Chicago (Ill.) Languages ; Chicago (Ill.) Social life and customs ; Chicago (Ill.) Politics and government ; Illinois ; Chicago ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
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    ISBN: 9780198021407
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 698 p) , Diagramme
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Eley, Geoff, 1949 - Forging democracy
    DDC: 940.28
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    Keywords: Communism ; Europe ; History ; Democracy ; Europe ; History ; Sex role ; Europe ; History ; Socialism ; Europe ; History ; Electronic books ; Demokratiebewegung ; Soziale Bewegung ; Protestbewegung ; Arbeiterbewegung ; Linke, die ; Geschichte, 19. Jh. ; Geschichte, 20. Jh. ; Geschichte ; Europa ; Kommunismus ; Sozialismus ; Europa ; Die Linke ; Demokratisierung ; Geschichte 1850-2000 ; Europa ; Demokratie ; Sozialismus ; Die Linke ; Geschichte 1848-2000 ; Europa ; Die Linke
    Abstract: Seeking neither to praise nor condemn, this text gives a history of the European Left's successes and failures; its high watermarks and its low tides; its accomplishments, insufficiencies, and excesses; and its formative, lasting influence on the political landscape of the West
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    ISBN: 9780195348842 , 0195348842
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xvi, 376 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Print version Navigating public opinion
    DDC: 303.380973
    Keywords: Public opinion United States ; Public opinion polls United States ; Public opinion ; Public opinion polls ; Public opinion polls ; Public opinion ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Public opinion ; Public opinion polls ; Publieke opinie ; Opinieonderzoek ; Democratie ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Do politicians listen to the public? How often and when? Or are the views of the public manipulated or used strategically by political and economic elites? Navigating Public Opinion brings together leading scholars of American politics to assess and debate these questions. It describes how the relationship between opinion and policy has changed over time; how key political actors use public opinion to formulate domestic and foreign policy; and how new measurement techniques might improve our understanding of public opinion in contemporary polling and survey research. The distinguished contribu
    Note: Includes bibliographical references. - Description based on print version record , How policymakers misperceive U.S. public opinion on foreign policy , Navigating public opinion : an introduction , Public opinion and congressional action on labor market opportunities, 1942-2000 , Authority and limitations of polls , Anatomy of survey-based experiments , Probabilistic polling , Future of polling : relational iference and the survey instruments , Sovereign status of survey data , Value of polls in promoting good government and democracy , Semi-sovereign public , Impact of public opinion on public policy : the state of the debate , Public opinion and policy : causal flow in a macro system model , Politics and policymaking in the real world : crafted talk and the loss of democratic responsiveness , Panderers or shirkers? Politicians and public opinion , Polls, priming, and the politics of welfare reform , Power elite, public policy, and public opinion , Policy elites invoke public opinion : polls, policy debates, and the future of social security , How state-level policy managers "read" public opinion , Public opinion, foreign policy, and deomocracy : how presidents use public opinion
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    ISBN: 9780198030003 , 0198030002
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xvii, 198 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Print version Spartan women
    DDC: 305.409389
    Keywords: Women Greece ; Sparta (Extinct city) ; Women ; Women ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies ; Social conditions ; Women ; Vrouwen ; Griekse oudheid ; Femme ; Condition sociale ; Éducation ; Famille ; Sparta (Extinct city) Social conditions ; Sparte (Ville ancienne) ; Europe ; Sparta (Extinct city) ; Sparta (Extinct city) Social conditions ; Sparta (Extinct city) Social conditions ; Greece ; Sparta (Extinct city) ; Sparte (Ville ancienne) ; Electronic book ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Publisher description: Sparta, which existed from 800 B.C. until A.D. 200, was renowned in the ancient world as a stoic and martial city-state, and most of what we know about Sparta concerns its military history and male-dominated social structure. Yet Spartan women were in many ways among the most liberated of the ancient world, receiving formal instruction in poetry, music, dance, and physical education. And the most famous of mythic Greek women, Helen of Troy, was originally a Spartan. Written by one of the leading authorities on women in antiquity, Spartan Women seeks to reconstruct the lives and the world of Sparta's women, including how their legal status changed over time and how they held on to their surprising autonomy. In this book, Sarah Pomeroy covers over a thousand years in the lives of Sparta's women from both the elite and lower classes. This is the first book-length examination of Spartan women, and Pomeroy comprehensively analyzes ancient texts and archaeological evidence to construct the history of these elusive though much noticed women
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.Education2.Becoming a wife3.The creation of mothers4.Elite women5.The lower classes6.Women and religion.
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    ISBN: 9780195352320 , 0195352327
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (x, 290 pages) , illustrations.
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Oxford studies in sociolinguistics
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Language of turn and sequence
    DDC: 302.3
    Keywords: Analyse de la conversation ; Conversation analysis ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Negotiating ; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Interpersonal Relations ; Conversation analysis ; Discourse analysis ; Sprecherwechsel ; Sprechakt ; Pragmatik ; Konversationsanalyse ; Antwort ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: 1. Introduction, Cecilia E. Ford, Barbara A. Fox, and Sandra A. Thompson. 2. Constituency and the Grammar of Turn Increments, Cecilia E. Ford, Barbara A. Fox, and Sandra A. Thompson. 3. Cultivating Prayer, Lisa Capps and Elinor Ochs. 4. Producing Sense with Nonsense Syllables: Turn and Sequence in Conversations with a Man with Severe Aphasia, Charles Goodwin, Marjorie H. Goodwin, and David Olsher. 5. Contingent Achievement of Co-Tellership in a Japanese Conversation: An Analysis of Talk, Gaze and Gesture, Makoto Hayashi, Junko Mori, and Tomoyo Tagaki. 6. Saying What Wasn't Said: Negative Obser
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    ISBN: 9780191593963 , 0191593966
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xviii, 349 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Virtual society?
    DDC: 303.4833
    Keywords: Information technology Social aspects ; Internet Social aspects ; Technologie de l'information Aspect social ; Internet Aspect social ; Information technology Social aspects ; Internet Social aspects ; Social Science ; COMPUTERS ; Information Technology ; Information technology ; Social aspects ; Internet ; Social aspects ; Soziologie ; Online-Community ; Computerunterstützte Kommunikation ; Virtuele werkelijkheid ; ICT ; Sociale aspecten ; Informatietechnologie ; Internet (impactos sociais) ; Tecnologia da informação (aspectos sociais) ; Internet ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Almost all aspects of social, cultural, economic and political life stand to be affected by the new electronic technologies. Virtual Society? is one vision of the consequential impact of these technologies. But to what extent and in what ways are the Internet and other electronic technologies really changing our lives? To what extent are we moving to a 'virtual society'? This collection provides a comprehensive set of detailed empirical studies of the genesis and use of these new technologies, ranging widely across application areas: from cyber-caf--eacute--;s to new media; email and organizat
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    ISBN: 9780191518218 , 0191518212
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 780 pages)
    DDC: 941.07
    Keywords: 1700 - 1899 ; Geschichte 1776-1832 ; Geschichte 1776 ; Romanticism ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy ; HISTORY. ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture ; Civilization ; Intellectual life ; Romanticism ; Geschichte ; Romanticism ; Kultur ; Romantik ; Großbritannien ; Großbritannien ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wörterbuch ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Wörterbuch ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Großbritannien ; Kultur ; Geschichte 1776-1832 ; Romantik ; Kultur ; Großbritannien ; Geschichte 1776
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Notes to Readers; Essay Contributors; Entry Contributors; INTRODUCTION: A Romantic Age Companion; PART ONE; Index to Part One; PART TWO; Illustration Acknowledgements , The Romantic period in British culture was an era of extraordinarily diverse and original achievements in literature and the arts, accomplished in a time of great political and social upheaval. This book is the first major interdisciplinary reference guide to provide a broad cultural and historical perspective which presents the aesthetic achievements of great literary figures like Wordsworth and Coleridge, their followers and opponents, alongside their counterparts in the field of. art, music, design, science, and the history of ideas, within a comprehensive picture of the period. Forty long
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    ISBN: 9780199771899 , 0199771898
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xii, 338 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Print version Unbending gender
    DDC: 306.36
    Keywords: Work and family United States ; Sexual division of labor United States ; Mothers Employment ; United States ; Families Economic aspects ; United States ; Work and family Forecasting ; United States ; USA ; United States ; Work and family Forecasting ; Sexual division of labor ; Mothers Employment ; Families Economic aspects ; Work and family ; Families Economic aspects ; Work and family Forecasting ; Mothers Employment ; Sexual division of labor ; Work and family ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Families ; Economic aspects ; Mothers ; Employment ; Sexual division of labor ; Work and family ; Work and family ; Forecasting ; Arbeit ; Familienleben ; Geschlechterrolle ; Sekseverschillen ; Arbeid ; Gezin ; Arbeidsverdeling ; United States ; USA ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Unbending gender in social life -- Is domesticity dead? -- From full commodification to reconstructive feminism -- Deconstructing the ideal-worker norm in market work -- Deconstructing the ideal-worker norm in family entitlements -- Unbending gender talk (including feminism) -- How domesticity's gender wars take on elements of class and race conflict -- Do women share an ethic of care: domesticity's descriptions of men and women -- Do women need special treatment? Do feminists need equality? -- New paradigm theorized: domesticity in drag
    Description / Table of Contents: Unbending gender in social lifeIs domesticity dead? -- From full commodification to reconstructive feminism -- Deconstructing the ideal-worker norm in market work -- Deconstructing the ideal-worker norm in family entitlements -- Unbending gender talk (including feminism) -- How domesticity's gender wars take on elements of class and race conflict -- Do women share an ethic of care: domesticity's descriptions of men and women -- Do women need special treatment? Do feminists need equality? -- New paradigm theorized: domesticity in drag.
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    ISBN: 0195137752 , 9781280473784 , 9780195137750 , 0195137760 , 9780195137767 , 160256423X , 9781602564237 , 9780198031505 , 0198031505 , 1280473789
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (x, 218 p.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Schmid, Carol L Politics of language
    DDC: 306.44973
    Keywords: Nationalism United States ; Pluralism (Social sciences) United States ; Nationalisme États-Unis ; Pluralisme États-Unis ; Nationalism ; Cultural pluralism ; Mehrsprachigkeit ; Multikulturelle Gesellschaft ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Linguistics ; Sociolinguistics ; Cultural pluralism ; Language and languages ; Political aspects ; Nationalism ; Taalpolitiek ; Sprachpolitik ; United States Languages ; Political aspects ; Canada Languages ; Political aspects ; Switzerland Languages ; Political aspects ; États-Unis Langues ; Aspect politique ; Canada Langues ; Aspect politique ; Suisse Langues ; Aspect politique ; USA ; Kanada ; Schweiz ; Canada ; Switzerland ; United States ; Canada Languages ; Political aspects ; Switzerland Languages ; Political aspects ; United States Languages ; Political aspects ; Canada ; Switzerland ; United States ; USA ; Kanada ; Schweiz ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: This volume surveys and analyzes the historical background of recent controversies over language in the US, and compares the country to two official multilingual societies: Canada and Switzerland.;This book should be suitable for courses in linguistics, political science, and sociology. It is intended for undergraduate students and graduate students interested in the relationship between language and race, ethnic relations, and political sociology
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    ISBN: 9780195349863 , 0195349865
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (315 p.)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Crouch, Margaret A., 1956- Thinking about sexual harassment
    DDC: 305.3
    Keywords: Harcèlement sexuel ; Sexual harassment ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Gender Studies ; Sexual harassment ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This illuminating work on one of today's most provocative issues provides all the necessary information for careful, critical thinking about the concept of sexual harassment. Consisting mainly of two parts, it first traces the construction of the concept of sexual harassment from the original public uses of the term to its definitions in the law, in legal cases, and in empirical research. It then analyzes philosophical definitions of sexual harassment and a number of issues that have arisen in the law, including the reasonable woman standard and whether same-sex harassment should be considered
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    ISBN: 9780195143836 , 0195143833 , 1280531509 , 9781280531507 , 9780198032892 , 0198032897
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (x, 257 p.) , ill., map.
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Triumph of sociobiology
    DDC: 304.5
    Keywords: Sociobiologie ; Sociobiology ; Sociobiology ; Sociobiología ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Essays ; Sociobiology ; Electronic book ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In The Triumph of Sociobiology, John Alcock reviews the controversy that has surrounded evolutionary studies of human social behavior following the 1975 publication of E.O. Wilson's classic, Sociobiology, The New Synthesis. Denounced vehemently as an "ideology" that has justified social evils and inequalities, sociobiology has survived the assault. Twenty-five years after the field was named by Wilson, the approach he championed has successfully demonstrated its value in the study of animal behavior, including the behavior of our own species. Yet, misconceptions remain-to our disadvantage. In this straight-forward, objective approach to the sociobiology debate, noted animal behaviorist John Alcock illuminates how sociobiologists study behavior in all species. He confronts the chief scientific and ideological objections head on, with a compelling analysis of case histories that involve such topics as sexual jealousy, beauty, gender difference, parent-offspring relations, and rape. In so doing, he shows that sociobiology provides the most satisfactory scientific analysis of social behavior available today.; Alcock challenges the notion that sociobiology depends on genetic determinism while showing the shortcoming of competing approaches that rely on cultural or environmental determinism. He also presents the practical applications of sociobiology and the progress sociobiological research has made in the search for a more complete understanding of human activities. His reminder that "natural" behavior is not "moral" behavior should quiet opponents fearing misapplication of evolutionary theory to our species. The key misconceptions about this evolutionary field are dissected one by one as the author shows why sociobiologists have had so much success in explaining the puzzling and fascinating social behavior of nonhuman animals and humans alike
    Description / Table of Contents: What is sociobiology?What sociobiologists study -- Sociobiology and genes -- Sociobiology and science -- Science and reality -- What have sociobiologists discovered? -- The problem with cultural determinism -- Sociobiology and human culture -- The practical applications of sociobiology -- The triumph of sociobiology.
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    ISBN: 9780195131475 , 0195131479 , 1280472758 , 9781280472756 , 9780195351262 , 0195351266
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (viii, 266 p.) , ill., 1 map.
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    Parallel Title: Print version Political culture and secession in Mississippi
    DDC: 306.20976209034
    Keywords: Political culture History ; 19th century ; Mississippi ; Political parties History ; 19th century ; Mississippi ; Secession Mississippi ; Political parties History 19th century ; Secession ; Political culture History 19th century ; Political culture History 19th century ; Secession ; Political parties History 19th century ; Electronic books ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Political culture ; Political parties ; Politics and government ; Secession ; History ; Mississippi Politics and government ; To 1865 ; Mississippi ; Mississippi Politics and government To 1865 ; Mississippi Politics and government To 1865 ; Mississippi ; Electronic book ; Electronic books History
    Abstract: Political Culture and Secession in Mississippi explores the connections between gender, honour, and electoral politics, and argues that secession resulted from the demands and implications of masculinity within the state's antiparty political culture. Using evidence from local election returns, rural newspapers, manuscripts, and numerous county records, the work sketches a new picture of the varied and colourful world of local politics. It also advances a model of political culture that draws from several disciplines, mixing social science and traditional political history with anthropology and gender and ritual studies.; Mississippi's political culture evolved as a system that relied on face-to-face relationships and personal reputation, organized around neighbourhood networks of friends and extended kin. The intimate, public nature of this local setting allowed voters to assess each candidate's individual status and fitness for public leadership. Above all other masculine virtues, men valued independence and physical courage, but also reliability and loyalty to community. The political culture offered numerous chances to demonstrate all of these (sometimes contradictory) qualities, and like duelling and other male rituals, voting and running for office helped set the boundaries of class and power. It mediated between the conflicting values of nineteenth-century American egalitarianism and democracy and the South's exaggerated patriarchal hierarchy, which was sustained by honour and slavery.; But the political system functioned effectively only as long as it remained a personal exercise between individuals, divorced from the bureaucratic anonymity of institutional parties. Therefore, the state's dominant political culture was its local, fiercely loyal antiparty tradition that conflated the distinction between men as individuals and as public leaders or representatives. This turned all political conflict into a personal exchange, and explains why Mississippians assessed rhetoric in any public context as a real or potential insult. The political culture, then, dictated men's visceral reaction to the Republicans' anti-Southern free soil programme. Although Republicanism violated their sense of home, the exaggeration and violence of their reaction sprang from their non-institutional political culture. The sectional controversy engaged men where they measured themselves, in public, with and against their peers, and linked their understanding of masculinity with formal politics, through which the voters actually brought about secession
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    ISBN: 0191578525 , 019210019X , 0198607660 , 0198608462 , 058548628X , 9780191578526 , 9780192100191 , 9780198607663 , 9780198608462 , 9780585486284
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 398/.0942/03
    Keywords: Folklore / Angleterre / Dictionnaires anglais ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology ; Folklore ; Manners and customs ; Volkscultuur ; Folklore Dictionaries ; Volkskultur ; Brauch ; Mythos ; Aberglaube ; Volkskunde ; Großbritannien ; England ; Wörterbuch ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic reference sources Dictionaries ; Wörterbuch ; Großbritannien ; Volkskunde ; Großbritannien ; Aberglaube ; Großbritannien ; Mythos ; Großbritannien ; Brauch ; England ; Volkskultur ; Großbritannien ; Volkskultur ; England ; Volkskunde
    Note: "First published 2000. Reissued with new covers 2003"--Oxford reference online premium website , Provides information on English folklore, beliefs, oral performances, and calendar customs. Includes articles on oral and performance genres such as cheese rolling, morris dancing, and rushbearing, superstitions such as crossing fingers and wishbones, beliefs like fairy rings and frog showers, and calendar customs from April Fool's Day to St. Valentine's Day , Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-411) , Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Introduction; Abbreviations; List of Plates; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Bibliography
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    ISBN: 9780191522512 , 0191522511
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (vi, 172 p.)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Calhoun, Cheshire Feminism, the family, and the politics of the closet
    DDC: 305.489664
    Keywords: Lesbian feminism United States ; Lesbian feminist theory United States ; Lesbians Identity ; United States ; Sexual orientation Political aspects ; United States ; Oppression (Psychology) Political aspects ; United States ; Lesbians Political activity ; United States ; Gay men Political activity ; United States ; Lesbian feminism ; Lesbian feminist theory ; Lesbians Identity ; Sexual orientation Political aspects ; Oppression (Psychology) Political aspects ; Lesbians Political activity ; Gay men Political activity ; Social Science United States ; Lesbian feminism ; Lesbian feminist theory ; Lesbians ; Identity ; Lesbians ; Political activity ; Oppression (Psychology) ; Political aspects ; Sexual orientation ; Political aspects ; Gleichheit ; Politische Beteiligung ; Lesbe ; Feminismus ; Homosexualität ; Féminisme ; Lesbianisme ; Homosexuels ; Droits ; États-Unis ; Homosexuels ; Activité politique ; États-Unis ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies ; Gay men ; Political activity ; United States ; USA ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This text is about placing sexual orientation politics within feminist theorizing. It is also about defining the central political issues confronting lesbian and gay men
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-168) and index. - Description based on print version record
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780195121629 , 0195121627 , 1423760077 , 9781423760078
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (x, 269 p.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Religion in America series
    Parallel Title: Print version God forbid
    DDC: 306.70973
    Keywords: Sexual ethics United States ; Sex Religious aspects ; United States ; Sex and law United States ; Morale sexuelle États-Unis ; Sexualité Aspect religieux ; États-Unis ; Sexualité et droit États-Unis ; United States ; Sexual ethics ; Sex Religious aspects ; Sex and law ; Sex Religious aspects ; Sexual ethics ; Sex and law ; Sex ; Religious aspects ; Sexual ethics ; Religion ; Sexualethik ; SELF-HELP ; Sexual Instruction ; Sex and law ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Human Sexuality ; United States ; USA ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Decentering sex: rethinking Jewish sexual ethics / Judith Plaskow -- The social construction of sexuality: implications for the churches / Christine E. Gudorf -- Public, pubic, and private: religion in political discourse / Kathleen M. Sands -- Church, feminism, and family / Rosemary Radford Ruether -- Why sexual regulation?: family values and social movements / Janet R. Jakobsen -- Religious liberty, same-sex marriage, and the case of Reconstructionist Judaism / Rebecca T. Alpert -- The policing of poor Black women's sexual reproduction / Traci C. West -- Too sexy for words: the changing vocabulary of religious ethics / Mary E. Hunt -- The Bible, heterosexism, and the American public discussion of sexual orientation / L. William Countryman -- Religion and reproductive policy / Daniel C. Maguire -- Reproductive technologies: ethical and religious issues / Thomas A. Shannon -- "To make martyrs of their children": "female genital mutilation", religious legitimation, and the Constitution / James McBride -- Politicians, pastors, and pimps: Christianity and prostitution policies / Rita Nakashima Brock.
    Description / Table of Contents: Decentering sex: rethinking Jewish sexual ethics / Judith PlaskowThe social construction of sexuality: implications for the churches / Christine E. Gudorf -- Public, pubic, and private: religion in political discourse / Kathleen M. Sands -- Church, feminism, and family / Rosemary Radford Ruether -- Why sexual regulation?: family values and social movements / Janet R. Jakobsen -- Religious liberty, same-sex marriage, and the case of Reconstructionist Judaism / Rebecca T. Alpert -- The policing of poor Black women's sexual reproduction / Traci C. West -- Too sexy for words: the changing vocabulary of religious ethics / Mary E. Hunt -- The Bible, heterosexism, and the American public discussion of sexual orientation / L. William Countryman -- Religion and reproductive policy / Daniel C. Maguire -- Reproductive technologies: ethical and religious issues / Thomas A. Shannon -- "To make martyrs of their children": "female genital mutilation", religious legitimation, and the Constitution / James McBride -- Politicians, pastors, and pimps: Christianity and prostitution policies / Rita Nakashima Brock.
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780195131826 , 0195131827 , 1280472820 , 9781280472824 , 1429401370 , 9781429401371
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (viii, 278 p.) , ill.
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Americans and their weather
    DDC: 304.250973
    Keywords: Climatology Social aspects ; Weather Social aspects ; Nature Effect of human beings on ; Climatic changes Environmental aspects ; Climatology Social aspects ; Weather Social aspects ; Nature Effect of human beings on ; Climatic changes ; Climatic changes Environmental aspects ; Nature Effect of human beings on ; Weather Social aspects ; Climatology Social aspects ; Electronic books ; Climatic changes ; Climatology ; Social aspects ; Nature ; Effect of human beings on ; Weather ; Social aspects ; Klimaat ; Klimaatveranderingen ; Weer ; Sociale aspecten ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Human Geography ; United States Climate ; Social aspects ; United States Climate ; Social aspects ; United States Climate ; Social aspects ; United States Climate ; United States ; United States ; Electronic book ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This revealing book synthesizes research from many fields to offer the first complete history of the roles played by weather and climate in American life from colonial times to the present. Author William B. Meyer characterizes weather events as neutral phenomena that are inherently neither hazards nor resources, but can become either depending on the activities with which they interact. Meyer documents the ways in which different kinds of weather throughout history have represented hazards and resources not only for such exposed outdoor pursuits as agriculture, warfare, transportation, construction, and recreation, but for other realms of life ranging from manufacturing to migration to human health. He points out that while the weather and climate by themselves have never determined the course of human events, their significance as been continuously altered for better and for worse by the evolution of American life
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 1429403713 , 9781429403719
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xv, 309 p.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics 25
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Puckett, Anita, 1949- Seldom ask, never tell
    DDC: 306.0974
    Keywords: Sociology, Urban United States ; Sociology, Urban ; Economic history ; Social conditions ; Sociology, Urban ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Appalachian Region Social conditions ; Appalachian Region Economic conditions ; Appalachian Region ; United States ; Appalachian Region Social conditions ; Appalachian Region Economic conditions ; Appalachian Region ; United States ; Electronic books
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 0191542490 , 1280445238 , 9780191542497 , 9780198206323 , 9781280445231
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 476 p., [8] p. of plates)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 304.60902
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    Keywords: Geschichte 1000-1500 ; Demografie ; Ideeëngeschiedenis ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography ; Demography ; Population ; Geschichte ; Population History ; Demography History ; Demographie ; Electronic books ; Demographie ; Geschichte 1000-1500
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-452) and indexes , Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction to medieval demographic thought -- PART 1. THE CHURCH AND GENERATION -- 2. Marriage and the Church's marriage-texts -- Appendix: Guide to Peter the Lombard's Four Books of Sentences -- 3. William of Auvergne -- 4. Equal or unequal numbers of men and women -- 5. The precept of marriage and sufficient multiplication -- 6. Avoidance of offspring (i): the general picture -- 7. Avoidance of offspring (ii): Canon law and Sentences commentaries -- 8. Avoidance of offspring (iii): the pastoral picture -- Appendix: William of Pagula, Oculus sacerdotis -- PART 2. THE MAP OF THE WORLD -- 9. Inhabitation of the world -- PART 3. ARISTOTLE AND MULTITUDE -- 10. Animals and life-span -- 11. The Politics (i): reception -- 12. The Politics (ii): age at marriage -- 13. The Politics (iii): multitude -- PART 4. THE LIGHT OF COMMON DAY -- 14. The bulging circuit of Florence -- Epigraph: The climate of thought , "By 1300 medieval men and women were beginning to measure multitude, counting, for example, numbers of boys and girls being baptized. Their mental capacity to grapple with population, to get its measure, was developing, and this book describes how medieval people thought about population through both the texts which contained their thought and the medieval realities which shaped it. They found many topics, such as the history of population and variations between polygamy, monogamy, and virginity, in theology. Crusade and travel literature supplied the themes of Muslim polygamy, military numbers, the colonization of the Holy Land, and the populations of Mongolia and China. Translations of Aristotle provided not only new themes and but also a new vocabulary with which to think about population." "In this new study Peter Biller challenges the view that medieval thought was fundamentally abstract. He investigates medieval thought's capacity to deal with concrete contemporary realities, and sets academic discussions of population alongside the medieval facts of 'birth, and copulation, and death'."--Publisher description
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