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This study of Manchester football during the period 1840 to 1919, by leading sports historian Gary James, contextualises the sport's emergence, development and establishment through to its position as the city's leading team sport, and identifies the communities who developed football. -- .

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This is the definitive account of the shift in popular music and youth culture that took place in the 1980s. It draws on interviews with DJs, record company bosses, musicians, producers and fans to outline a transition in pop thinking from the obsession with style and packaging to content, socially conscious lyrics and a new authenticity.

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Focuses on popular American entertainment. This book covers six forms of entertainment: vaudeville, recorded sound, radio, movies, television, and spectator sports. It is intended for students and general readers interested in the development and history of one of the largest and most lucrative industries.

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There are over 1,000 McDonald's on French soil. Two Disney theme parks have opened near Paris in the last two decades. And American-inspired vocabulary such as "le weekend" has been absorbed into the French language. But as former French president Jacques Chirac put it: "The U.S. finds France unbearably pretentious. And we find the U.S. unbearably

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In this brilliant smart-thinking book about the power and influence of social media, Professor Sinan Aral shows how hyper-socialization has profoundly changed us.

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The #1 "New York Times"-bestselling series continues to prove that there are plenty of things in this world no one needs to know about. Here is the most fascinatingly trivial collection of factoids yet compiled to satisfy idle curiosities.

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The perfect anti-valentine: a whirlwind tour through love's most crushing moments. Featuring anecdotes from history, literature, culture, art and music, "The Little Book of Heartbreak" shares the entertaining, empowering and occasionally absurd things that happen when love is on its last legs.

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Separates the nonsense from the fabulous and shows that falling in love with an It bag doesn't mean you have the IQ of an It girl. This book shows how to wear shorts without looking like an extra in "Hamlet", what to spend money on, and what not to, and why only harpists should wear velvet.

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Undertakes a coherent and comprehensive consideration of the depiction of naval warfare in the cinema. This book focuses on the examination of the films which seeks to determine whether the distinctive characteristics of naval film narratives justify their categorisation as a separate genre or sub-genre in popular cinema.

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This book explores how the next generation of teen and young adult heroines in popular culture are creating a new feminist ideal for the 21st century.

Representations of a teenage girl who is unique or special occur again and again in coming-of-age stories.

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A study of the Bond phenomenon and its relation to the rise of playboy culture from the 1960s onwards. -- .

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From Seattle anarchist punks to UK Asian underground music, Canadian female X-Files fans to Australian dance cultures, this book draws on a variety of international case studies to investigate the new relationships among youth subcultural music, politics and taste. It questions the possibility of what might be termed post-subcultural studies.

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From Seattle anarchist punks to UK Asian underground music, Canadian female "X-Files" fans to Australian dance cultures, this book draws on a variety of international case studies to investigate the relationships among youth subcultural music, politics and taste. It also questions the relevance of what might be termed post-subcultural studies.

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What do we do when things go wrong A quick fix can hide the problem rather than solve it. To make real progress we need to take time for the slow fix.

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Initially shunned by many in the Christian community when it made its television debut, after four hundred (and counting) episodes, and a feature-length film, few can deny that "The Simpsons" exhibits an astute understanding of Christianity in American culture. This book explores the theological voice of "The Simpsons".

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