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Theory of the Leisure Class(2009) VEBLEN, THORSTEINVeblen's landmark study of affluent American society exposes the 'pecuniary culture' and 'conspicuous consumption' that results when unessential goods are exploited at the expense of production of true value. This new edition examines Veblen's still pertiVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Aristocrats(1995) TILLYARD, STELLAA fascinating insight into 18th century aristocratic life through the lives of the four Lennox sisters, the great grandchildren of Charles II, whose extraordinary lives spanned the period 1740-1832.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Other End of the Needle(2020) LANE, DAVID C.Demonstrates that tattooing is more complex than simply the tattoos that people wear. Using qualitative data and an accessible writing style, sociologist Dave Lane explains the complexity of tattoo work as a type of social activity. His central argument iVezava: Mehka57,03 € -
Race and the Undeserving Poor(2018) SHILLIAM, PROFESSOR ROBBIE (JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY)A major new work that charts the historical development of a postcolonial settlement that has given rise to a racialized distintion between the "deserving" and "undeserving" poor, the latest incarnation of which is a distinction between a deserving, negleVezava: Mehka47,51 € -
Insanity, Identity and Empire(2021) COLEBORNE, CATHARINE (HEAD OF SCHOOL)Based on over 3000 institutional records, Coleborne's study will have wider relevance outside of the history of medicine and psychiatry. It has a global perspective but focuses on specific destinations, and in so doing, contributes in an innovative way toVezava: Mehka30,89 € -
Freedom From the Market(2021) KONCZAL, MIKE"The progressive economics writer redefines the national conversation about American freedom"--Vezava: Trda29,33 € -
Stories from a Migrant City(2020) ROGALY, BENTaking a biographical approach, the book explores the causes and consequences of moving or staying put in the context of class inequality and racisms, and looks for commonalities between people often seen as irredeemably divided. -- .Vezava: Mehka35,63 € -
Contingent Citizens(2019) HULL, ELIZABETHContingent Citizens examines the ambiguous state of South Africa’s public sector workers and the implications for contemporary understandings of citizenship.Vezava: Mehka8,31 € -
Gentleman's Mistress(2019) THORNTON, TIM,CARLTON, KATHARINEThis book explores continuities in the extra-marital relationships of the gentry and nobility in the north of England. A major contribution to debates on sex and marriage, family, kinship and gender, it challenges assumptions about the impact of ProtestanVezava: Trda77,52 € -
Trade Wars Are Class Wars - How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace(2021) MATTHEW C. KLEINVezava: Mehka17,52 € -
Richer, The Poorer(2021) LANSLEY, STEWART (TOWNSEND CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL POVERTY RESEARCH, THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL)This landmark book charts the rollercoaster history of both rich and poor, and the mechanisms that link them. Stewart Lansley examines the ideological rifts that have driven society back to the divisions of the past and asks why rich and poor citizens arVezava: Mehka33,25 € -
Rise of the Right(2017) WINLOW, SIMON (NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY),HALL, STEVE (TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY),TREADWELL, JAMES (STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY)This book is the first to offer an uncompromising look at the English Defence League (EDL), aiming to alter thinking about working-class politics and the rise of right-wing nationalism in de-industrialised English towns and cities.Vezava: Mehka23,27 € -
Smashing It(2019)An empowering celebration of writings and artworks by working class artists in the UK, also providing advice on how to access funding in the artsVezava: Mehka20,07 €
