About this title: Now revised to include new words and updated essays, Keywords focuses on the sociology of language, demonstrating how the key words we use to understand our society take on new meanings and how these changes reflect the political bent and values of society.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Not Given
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780195198546ISBN:0195198549
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. "In KEYWORDS Raymond Williams traces the history of one-hundred fifty-five words in the English language, demonstrating how their meanings have gradually been altered or how they acquired new or additional meanings over the passage of time. More than this, Williams describes the complex interaction between the changed meanings of words, how these changes affect people's concepts and how people's concepts are once again changed by the changes ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Flamingo
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780006540212ISBN:000654021X
Description: Good. Cover and pages may have some wear or writing. Binding is tight. We ship daily Monday-Friday. Delivery Confirmation included on all domestic orders. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780195204698ISBN:0195204697
Description: Acceptable. Average reading condition. There are portions of the book that are highlighted and have hand written notes. There is wear and tear present. This item was a donation to Goodwill of Greater Washington. Thank you for your purchase. Your order will be processed within 2 business days of receipt. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Flamingo
Date Published: 08/09/1983
ISBN-13:9780006540212ISBN:000654021X
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Flamingo
Date Published: 08/09/1983
ISBN-13:9780006540212ISBN:000654021X
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Edition: REV SUB
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780195204698ISBN:0195204697
Description: Now revised to include new words and updated essays, Keywords focuses on the sociology of language, demonstrating how the key words we use to understand our society take on new meanings and how these changes reflect the political bent and values of s... read more
"Williams, more than any other theorist or critic, was my inspiration is grad school and beyond -- possibly because he was the most humanist of the Cultural Theory Gods, possibly just because he was the most lucid (and, possibly, those two things are related). Though other books of his had a greater impact in my thinking -- especially Television: Technology and Cultural Form and Marxism and Literature -- Keywords, which is essentially an OED of the major terms and ideas on Cultural Studies, was indispensible in helping understand just what he, and I, were trying to get at."
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