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An engrossing review of the development of global consumerism and its impact on sociological issues.

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Intended for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in US politics, business and government, this text offers insights about the impact of consumer "issue networks" in public policy-making in Congress in the 1980s and 1990s. It describes the activities of consumer lobbyists in recent years.

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Clothing the body is a complicated act of daily existence. Drawing on ethnographic knowledge to connect theory and practice, this text reveals links between material culture, social and economic forces and personal performance to explain clothing choices through time and across cultures.

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Clothing the body is a complicated act of daily existence. Drawing on ethnographic knowledge to connect theory and practice, this text reveals links between material culture, social and economic forces and personal performance to explain clothing choices through time and across cultures.

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Sitting in the ruins of the Third Reich, most Germans wanted to know which of the two post-war German states would erase the material traces of their wartime suffering most quickly and most thoroughly. This book focuses on the competing types of consumer societies that developed over time in the two Germanies and the legacy each left.

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Sitting in the ruins of the Third Reich, most Germans wanted to know which of the two post-war German states would erase the material traces of their wartime suffering most quickly and most thoroughly. This book focuses on the competing types of consumer societies that developed over time in the two Germanies and the legacy each left.

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According to Linn, corporate marketing has become a societal problem as complex and harmful as racism or pollution, and is so pervasive that it should be tackled by public policy rather than leaving things solely to beleaguered parents.

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Today, we live in an age where consumption and consuming have become dominant practices - so dominant they allow little room for alternatives. Consumption has become a global phenomenon.

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Today, we live in an age where consumption and consuming have become dominant practices - so dominant they allow little room for alternatives. Consumption has become a global phenomenon.

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Contemporary American Immigrants provides an overview to the immigration history of three of the largest groups of Asian immigrants to the United States--Filipinos, Koreans, and Chinese.

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Contemporary Anti-Muslim Politics provides a succinct but potent critique of the foreign policies of Western nations toward majority Muslim nations. For decades, foreign policies that rely on exclusion, ghettoization, and war have triggered conflict escalation with majority Muslim nations and caused an increase in extremist activity.

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Contemporary Anti-Muslim Politics provides a succinct but potent critique of the foreign policies of Western nations toward majority Muslim nations. For decades, foreign policies that rely on exclusion, ghettoization, and war have triggered conflict escalation with majority Muslim nations and caused an increase in extremist activity.

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Describing "apocalyptic" as a rhetorical genre of discourse, Brummett examines scholarly and theological studies to demonstrate their relevance to contemporary apocalyptic, and then considers a variety of "real" apocalyptic as examples of these rhetorical discourses at work.

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"A thought-provoking and jargon-free introduction to British politics, society, culture and geography. Filled with topical case studies, the latest empirical data and analysis, this new edition shows readers how and why Britain has become the country that it is today"--

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Contemporary Conversations on Immigration in the United States shows the complexity of migrant experiences, advocating for immigration as a social issue rather than a social problem, and understanding that immigration rests on larger units of meaning structured by time and place.

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Contemporary Conversations on Immigration in the United States shows the complexity of migrant experiences, advocating for immigration as a social issue rather than a social problem, and understanding that immigration rests on larger units of meaning structured by time and place.

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This work argues that Africology, the Afrocentric study of African phenomena, represents an oasis of innovation in progressive venues. It brings together some of the most discussed theorists and intellectuals in the field of Africology and offers new interpretations and analys...

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A sourcebook on gay US fiction writers aiming for recognition of this emergent area of literary study. The works are examined in a gay literary context and each entry includes biographical details, an interpretive summary of works, an overview of critical reception, and bibliographies.

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Alphabetically arranged entries present 62 contemporary gay American poets and dramatists.

While the majority of included writers are younger artists who came of age in the post-Stonewall U.S., some are older authors whose work has continued or persisted into recent decades.