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Repackage of a classic sociology text in which the author developes the idea of resistance to social and economic pressures.

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To remain unconsumed by consumer society--this was the goal, pursued through a world of subtle and practical means, that beckoned throughout the ... More

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John Hellman describes the rise and fall of the Ecole Nationale des Cadres, set up after the defeat of France in 1940 to train an elite drawn from ... More

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"You said that you would not fail to improve yourself according to my teaching and correction, and you would do everything in your power to behave ... More

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This book discusses in a historical context how Christianity has been adopted in Southern Tanzania.

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By examining the ongoing tension between popular and official religion in Europe, this collection of essays contributes significantly to the ... More

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A comprehensive social history of the cultural studies movement, with a strong political focus.

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For several decades, a political discourse, which incites exclusion and hatred against those who are perceived as different, has been gaining ground, ... More

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The physical signs of Roman Catholicism pervade the Mexican countryside. Colonial churches and neighborhood chapels, wayside shrines, and mountaintop ... More

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The voice of the E generation takes a look at clubbing.

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Between 1914 and 1918, German anthropologists conducted their work in the midst of full-scale war. The discipline was relatively new in German ... More

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In Raids on Human Consciousness Arthur Redding examines the contention that violence, be it the mass product of revolutionary uprising or a private ... More

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However one looks at violence -- as an instrument of bureaucracy or ideology; as a product of racial, gender, or class antagonisms; or as the ... More

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Perhaps no world city has so many resonances, on so many levels, as Paris. Cafe society, "demi-monde," the intellectual life, film-makers and writers ... More

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Located on the fringes of Paris, Montmartre attracted artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, Steinlen, and Jules Cheret. By the beginning of the ... More

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The uniquely prominent role of French intellectuals in European cultural and political life following World War II is the focus of Tony Judt's newest ... More

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This alphabetical listing provides a guide to all aspects of contemporary French society. Political institutions, acronyms, cultural phenomena, ... More

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