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Not only do they describe the most famous collections in such libraries as the University of Texas at Austin, the Library of Congress, and the Oliveira Lima Library at Catholic University, they have also uncovered some obscure materials.

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Looks at the changes in women's mass circulation journals since at the end of the 19th century.

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Now more than ever, we live in a society where we covet new and shiny things. Not only has consumption risen dramatically over the last 60 years, but we are damaging the environment at the same time. That is why buying quality and why Tara Buttons Buy Me Once brand has such popular appeal.

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Engages an assortment of people in the worlds of politics, society, art, sport, music and architecture.

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Tells the story of how military-civil relations have evolved in Germany. Focusing on the introduction and development of military conscription, this book looks at its relationship to state citizenship, nation building, gender formation and the concept of violence. This book examines how civil society deals with institutionalized violence.

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Tells the story of how military-civil relations have evolved in Germany. Focusing on the introduction and development of military conscription, this book looks at its relationship to state citizenship, nation building, gender formation and the concept of violence. This book examines how civil society deals with institutionalized violence.

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Aims to introduce young Americans to diverse Latino cultures and to build cultural awareness among Hispanic students. This book also helps bridge the generations in Hispanic families. It concludes with a glossary of cooking terms and techniques, utensils, and ingredients and a general bibliography.

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Tackling a neglected part of the story of how food reaches our tables, A Theory of Grocery Shopping links the lived experience of shoppers and retail managers with information from nutritionists, governments, journalists and marketers to provide new insights into the contradictory messages shaping the way we shop for food.

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Tackling a neglected part of the story of how food reaches our tables, A Theory of Grocery Shopping links the lived experience of shoppers and retail managers with information from nutritionists, governments, journalists and marketers to provide new insights into the contradictory messages shaping the way we shop for food.

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Tracing public and critical responses to TV from its pioneering days, this work gathers and gives context to the reactions of those who saw television's early broadcasts. It also shows how social and media critics, literary and visual artists, and others expressed their charmed or chagrinned responses to television in its earliest decades.

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Eight teams share their research about live performing arts during the COVID-19 pandemic, reflecting on digital innovations and analogue adaptations in dance and theatre, accessibility and community-building, and on how the pandemic impacted on artists and companies.

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The book traces gender ideologies in the Balkans through emancipating womens roles during socialism and the hyper-sexualization of women in advertising and media in the post-socialist transition. It uses a cultural/critical approach to understand advertisings effects on post-socialist societies and gender identities.

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An examination of the important public policy issue of how advocacy groups affect the entertainment industry. It brings together the wide-ranging viewpoints of media advocates, media lawyers, academics and entertainment industry representatives.

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This book analyses video games like Grand Theft Auto and Resident Evil as aesthetic objects. Drawing on philosophical theories of art from Kant to Ranciere, it focuses on what games feel like to players and argues that their appeal can only be adequately understood by relating them to developments in contemporary art and recent cultural history.