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Exploring sugar's reputation as one of the most beloved yet reviled substances that we consume, this compelling history of the infamous ingredient is peopled with determined adventurers, relentless sugar barons and greedy plantation owners.

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In Taking Their Word, Arias complicates notions of the cultural production of Central America, from Mexico in the North to Panama in the South. With this groundbreaking work, Arias establishes the importance of Central American literature and provides a frame for future studies of the region's culture.

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In a world ever more complex and media-saturated, what is the value of the truth This text provides an examination of how television, magazines, film and museums influence the way our society conceptualizes such issues as citizenship, democracy, nationhood, globalization, truth and fiction.

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Bengal was the first "modern" province in India - the first, that is, to undergo a forced encounter with Western modernity. From this point of view, the writers in this book consider what the case of Bengal says about the workings of Western modernity in a colonial setting.

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As the world marvelled at a black family moving into the White House, arguments raged over whether America's race relations had truly been transformed. This book looks at the hard facts of life for minorities on both side of the Atlantic, providing an illuminating comparative picture of diversity. -- .

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The Arc and the machine is an important and timely book. It insists on the centrality of narrative to informational culture, and forces a re-appraisal of how information technology, read as a material cultural form, is understood in relation to the questions of innovation and transformation. -- .

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Making sense of public identities, online and offline

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"Arguing that philosophical and historical views of the era have long been hopelessly confused, Vincenzo Ferrone makes the case that it is only by separating these views and taking an approach grounded in social and cultural history that we can begin to grasp what the Enlightenment was--and why it is still relevant today"--Dust jacket flap.

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There are over 1,000 McDonald's on French soil. And two Disney theme parks have opened near Paris in the last two decades. From McDonald's and Coca-Cola to free markets and foreign policy, this book looks closely at the conflicts and contradictions of France's relationship to American politics and culture.

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The evolution and meaning of our love affair with Apple and its devices

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Now available in b-format paperback, this is an acclaimed exploration of the conception of 'north' as represented in art, literature and myth.

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For as long as mankind has had to work for a living, people who work have disparaged those who prefer not to. This glossary playfully explores the etymology and history of hundreds of idler-specific terms and phrases, while offering a foundation for a new mode of thinking about work and labor.

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A fascinating, revealing history of the "Indian" image mythologized by popular Canadian culture since 1850, propagating stereotypes that exist to this day.

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In 101 humorous flash satires, Larry-bob Roberts dishes up thought-provoking ideas about contemporary politics and culture from a queer perspective.

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Twelve new entries enhance this classic illustrated historical romp.

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The principal aim of this book is to bring together in one publication those writings on clothes and fashion by Roland Barthes, which have yet to be translated into English.

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Journalist and parent, Zoe Williams provides a provocative critique to modern parenting, the antithesis of contemporary 'how to' guides.

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