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Sociology of China
An Introduction
This textbook introduces sociology and Chinese society. Drawing on 50+ years of combined experience and the expertise of an author born in China, this unique fusion of perspectives enlightens readers as they explore Chinese culture, norms, history, and society.
This textbook introduces sociology and Chinese society. Drawing on 50+ years of combined experience and the expertise of an author born in China, this unique fusion of perspectives enlightens readers as they explore Chinese culture, norms, history, and society.
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Culinary Aspects of Ancient Rome
Ars Cibaria
A thrilling gastronomic journey through the Roman Empire. This book explores the cookery of social elites and common households, shedding light on the significance of the banquet and the simple act of sharing food, while offering new findings on ancient recipes and technologies.
A thrilling gastronomic journey through the Roman Empire. This book explores the cookery of social elites and common households, shedding light on the significance of the banquet and the simple act of sharing food, while offering new findings on ancient recipes and technologies.
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Revisiting Centres and Peripheries in Iberian Studies
Culture, History and Socio-economic Change
This volume gathers fresh research from international scholars investigating the multiple tensions between the centre and periphery of the Iberian cultural system. Topics range from the situation in Catalonia to transoceanic postcolonial relations, history, memory, and fiction.
This volume gathers fresh research from international scholars investigating the multiple tensions between the centre and periphery of the Iberian cultural system. Topics range from the situation in Catalonia to transoceanic postcolonial relations, history, memory, and fiction.
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This volume offers innovative research on Iberian Studies from a transnational, interdisciplinary perspective. Core themes include memory, historical revisionism, dialogues between Portugal and Spain, and transatlantic crossings that connect Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
This volume offers innovative research on Iberian Studies from a transnational, interdisciplinary perspective. Core themes include memory, historical revisionism, dialogues between Portugal and Spain, and transatlantic crossings that connect Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
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This book moves beyond state-centric politics to explore how communities and leaders shape socio-political identities. It emphasizes the importance of identities and narratives within the cultural, religious, and social contexts of the Middle East and Mediterranean region.
This book moves beyond state-centric politics to explore how communities and leaders shape socio-political identities. It emphasizes the importance of identities and narratives within the cultural, religious, and social contexts of the Middle East and Mediterranean region.
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This volume brings together innovative research across Iberian Studies. The collection includes cutting-edge work on memory politics, dictatorships, the Spanish Civil War, and colonial exchanges, exploring themes of migration, resistance, trauma, sexuality, and feminism.
This volume brings together innovative research across Iberian Studies. The collection includes cutting-edge work on memory politics, dictatorships, the Spanish Civil War, and colonial exchanges, exploring themes of migration, resistance, trauma, sexuality, and feminism.
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Varian Studies Volume Three
A Varian Symposium
Roman emperor Varius (AD 218–222) is far less known than his mythical avatar, Heliogabalus. This book contains studies of the historical emperor, his Syrian sun god Elagabal, and the legendary avatar who thrives in literature, the arts, and popular culture.
Roman emperor Varius (AD 218–222) is far less known than his mythical avatar, Heliogabalus. This book contains studies of the historical emperor, his Syrian sun god Elagabal, and the legendary avatar who thrives in literature, the arts, and popular culture.
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What is the American Dream? This family history, spanning four centuries, finds an answer in the preserved, untold stories of the author’s Mormon ancestors. Their dream was a cautionary tale: a nightmare where coming to America was often not worth the sacrifice.
What is the American Dream? This family history, spanning four centuries, finds an answer in the preserved, untold stories of the author’s Mormon ancestors. Their dream was a cautionary tale: a nightmare where coming to America was often not worth the sacrifice.
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Early Football Professionalism in Sheffield
Following the Money
Professional football's origins are often linked to Lancashire, but this book reveals the true story of its beginnings in Sheffield. This is the first in-depth study of the early importation and payment of players, told through the lives of the individuals involved.
Professional football’s origins are often linked to Lancashire, but this book reveals the true story of its beginnings in Sheffield. This is the first in-depth study of the early importation and payment of players, told through the lives of the individuals involved.
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The History of Fair City Athletic Football Club
The Boots on Balhousie
In the 19th century Scottish football boom, many clubs rose but few survived. This is the story of one such club, Fair City Athletic, which blossomed in Perth to become the city’s predominant team, but missed by a whisker making it onto the major stage when seemingly well-set.
In the 19th century Scottish football boom, many clubs rose but few survived. This is the story of one such club, Fair City Athletic, which blossomed in Perth to become the city’s predominant team, but missed by a whisker making it onto the major stage when seemingly well-set.
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News over Five Millennia
News Reporters, Historians, Messengers and Dramatists
Concentrating on the past 200 years, this book studies messengers and newsmen, focusing on news agency journalists. The book will appeal to historians, social scientists, linguists, media professionals and “news addicts”.
Concentrating on the past 200 years, this book studies messengers and newsmen, focusing on news agency journalists. The book will appeal to historians, social scientists, linguists, media professionals and “news addicts”.
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This volume of innovative research in Iberian Studies extends beyond Spain and Portugal to explore transnational connections with Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Its scope ranges from the nineteenth century to the effects of the Catalan independence crisis and Brexit.
This volume of innovative research in Iberian Studies extends beyond Spain and Portugal to explore transnational connections with Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Its scope ranges from the nineteenth century to the effects of the Catalan independence crisis and Brexit.
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Contested Histories and Politics of People
Theorizing Subalternity
Subaltern Studies unearths subsumed narratives and subjugated knowledges to counter hegemonic domination. It critiques power manipulated by colonialism and elite nationalists, and challenges the neo-colonial politics that continue to alter history.
Subaltern Studies unearths subsumed narratives and subjugated knowledges to counter hegemonic domination. It critiques power manipulated by colonialism and elite nationalists, and challenges the neo-colonial politics that continue to alter history.
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The people of a small town absorbed by Mexico City share memories of the games, food, and streets of their past. This book presents a way to build a future that rescues the community’s identity, which still binds them together in spite of the city's segregating trends.
The people of a small town absorbed by Mexico City share memories of the games, food, and streets of their past. This book presents a way to build a future that rescues the community’s identity, which still binds them together in spite of the city’s segregating trends.
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Mapping the History of Folklore Studies
Centres, Borderlands and Shared Spaces
The articles here provide rich insights into the historical dynamics of folkloristic thought with its shifting geographies, shared spaces, centres and borderlands. By focusing on intellectual collaboration, they reveal the limitations inherent in current scholarship.
The articles here provide rich insights into the historical dynamics of folkloristic thought with its shifting geographies, shared spaces, centres and borderlands. By focusing on intellectual collaboration, they reveal the limitations inherent in current scholarship.
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Reinventing Capitalism in New Zealand
History, Structure, Practice and Social Class
White settlers began to arrive in New Zealand in numbers during the 1840s, and sought with their colonial ambitions to reinvent capitalism in a new land. Wilkes traces the shape of this reinvention, and the slow emergence of New Zealand’s particular form of class structure.
White settlers began to arrive in New Zealand in numbers during the 1840s, and sought with their colonial ambitions to reinvent capitalism in a new land. Wilkes traces the shape of this reinvention, and the slow emergence of New Zealand’s particular form of class structure.
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At heart, this is a tale of humanity’s poignant relationship with nature. Told in illustrated vignettes, it explores the role of plants in love, murder, and the rise and fall of empires, selecting moments from history and science that amaze, shock, or move us to disbelief.
At heart, this is a tale of humanity’s poignant relationship with nature. Told in illustrated vignettes, it explores the role of plants in love, murder, and the rise and fall of empires, selecting moments from history and science that amaze, shock, or move us to disbelief.
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The Flaneur in Nineteenth-Century British Literary Culture
“The Worlds of London Unknown”
Vila-Cabanes explores a great array of texts, making an essential contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the prehistory and history of the British flaneur from the early eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, with a special focus on the nineteenth century.
Vila-Cabanes explores a great array of texts, making an essential contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the prehistory and history of the British flaneur from the early eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, with a special focus on the nineteenth century.
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This book analyzes the life satisfaction of older Germans as the household's role in providing a better later life diminishes. Using quantitative statistics, it uncovers unexpected findings, making it a worthy read for scholars, students, and older people concerned with ageing.
This book analyzes the life satisfaction of older Germans as the household’s role in providing a better later life diminishes. Using quantitative statistics, it uncovers unexpected findings, making it a worthy read for scholars, students, and older people concerned with ageing.
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Over the past century, Americans transformed from citizens to consumers, their identities defined by how they spent money. This history argues that while unsustainable, consumer culture has consistently served as a principal source of meaning and purpose in people’s lives.
Over the past century, Americans transformed from citizens to consumers, their identities defined by how they spent money. This history argues that while unsustainable, consumer culture has consistently served as a principal source of meaning and purpose in people’s lives.
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