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Rikke Toft Nørgård, Ronald Barnett og Søren S. E. Bengtsen
Not long ago, it was understood that universities and culture were intimately related. However, to a large extent, that understanding has faded. Culture and the University confronts this situation. Wr
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Peter J. Richerson og Robert Boyd
How do biological, psychological, sociological, and cultural factors combine to change societies over the long run? Boyd and Richerson explore how genetic and cultural factors interact, under the infl
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The University of Chicago Press
Examines two episodes in the recent history of black film - the ascendancy of Spike Lee and the proliferation of "hood" films such as "Boyz N the Hood" and "Menace II Society". This text argues that b
974 kr.
The University of Chicago Press
This text explores American culture from the mid-19th century to 1920 through the lens of one episode: the campaign led by Alexander Graham Bell and other prominent Americans to suppress the use of si
314 kr.
The University of Chicago Press
The year 1819 in England was notable for the quality, value and topicality of its literature, while parliamentary and political reforms were widely demanded, especially by "Romantic" writers. This boo
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The University of Chicago Press
At the start of the 18th century, literary "characters" referred as much to letters and typefaces as it did to persons in books. However, this text shows how, by the 19th century, characters in books
969 kr.
The University of Chicago Press
At the start of the 18th century, literary "characters" referred as much to letters and typefaces as it did to persons in books. However, this text shows how, by the 19th century, characters in books
370 kr.
The University of Chicago Press
The artful use of one's free time was a discipline perfected by the French in the 19th century. Casinos, alpine hiking, hotel dinners, romantic gardens, and lavish parks were all part of France's grow
969 kr.
The University of Chicago Press
Our lives are filled with objectsones that we carry with us, that define our homes, that serve practical purposes, and that hold sentimental value. When they are broken, lost, left behind, or removed
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The University of Chicago Press
An evocative symbol of the 1960s was its youth counterculture. This study reveals that the youthful revolutionaries were augmented by such unlikely allies as the advertising industry and the men's clo
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The University of Chicago Press
Charles Darwin changed the course of scientific thinking by showing how evolution accounts for the stunning diversity and biological complexity of life on earth. Recently, there has also been increase
370 kr.
The University of Chicago Press
In "Authors of the Storm", Gary Alan Fine offers an inside look at how meteorologists and forecasters predict the weather. Through field observation and interviews, Fine finds a supremely hard-working
972 kr.
The University of Chicago Press
Poor migrants made up a growing class of workers in late sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. By 1650, half of England's rural population consisted of homeless and itinerant laborers. "Unsettle
969 kr.
The University of Chicago Press
Newly published lectures by Foucault on critique, Enlightenment, and the care of the self —now in paperback. On May 27, 1978, Michel Foucault gave a lecture to the French Society of Philosophy where h
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The University of Chicago Press
Bookselling has evolved from an arena dominated by independent bookstores to one in which chain stores have significant market share. Yet unlike other retail industries, bookselling should be "above"
314 kr.
The University of Chicago Press
Between the catastrophic flood of the Tiber River in 1557 and the death of the "engineering pope" Sixtus V in 1590, the city of Rome was transformed by intense activity involving building construction
469 kr.
The University of Chicago Press
The recent history of cultural exchange between France and the United States would appear to be defined by "freedom fries" and boycotts against Beaujolais - or, on the other side of the Atlantic, by e
379 kr.
The University of Chicago Press
By the end of the nineteenth century, Victorians were seeking rational explanations for the world in which they lived. The radical ideas of Charles Darwin had shaken traditional religious beliefs. Sig
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Yale University Press
New observations on the persistence of God in modern times and why “authentic” atheism is so very hard to come by How to live in a supposedly faithless world threatened by religious fundamentalism? Te
144,95 kr.
The University of Chicago Press
Culture and Value - Ludwig Wittgenstein - Paperback Bog - The University of Chicago Press - 1984 - Engelsk - Booktok.dk - vi har over 400.000 produkter på webshoppen. Fri fragt og fremragende score på
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Indiana University Press
In the early 1400s, Iranian elites began migrating to the Deccan plateau of southern India. Lured to the region for many reasons, these poets, traders, statesmen, and artists of all kinds left an inde
306 kr.
The University of Chicago Press
What do our clothes say about who we are or who we think we are? How does the way we dress communicate messages about our identity? Is the desire to be "in fashion" universal, or is it unique to Weste
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The University of Chicago Press
In this concise introduction to the history of cartography, Norman J. W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the present day. A wealth of illustrations, includ
398 kr.
The University of Chicago Press
The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of
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