The Social History of Art: Naturalism, Impressionism, ...
 Proves that intellectual history has advanced since 1950: A very nice introduction to the volume points out the intellectual confusions and tensions throughout. A crude marxism and psychologism overlies a fairly traditional stylistic chronology. One [... more]
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A Social History of Soviet Trade: Trade Policy, Retail ...
Author: Julie Hessler Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 381.1094709041 EAN: 9780691114927 ISBN: 0691114927 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: 2004-02-02 [... more]
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Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD: The ...
entertaining, informative and insightful: I extremely enjoyed reading this book, and have recommended this book to many of my friends, regardless of whether or not they are interested in drugs. the story is absorbing and entertaining, packed with [... more]
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Penguin Social History Of Britain English Society In The ...
Immensely interesting!: I enjoyed this book so much that I look forward to reading more of Porter's books. Some readers may find it necessary to keep a dictionary close by, but don't let this put you off if you are interested in the social history of [... more]
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A Social History of Knowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot
The References are Great! The style...: In 'A Social History of Knowledge,' Peter Burke provides a thorogh introduction to the evolution of knowledge throughout the Renaissance and Enlightenment. This book is a great read for anyone interested in how we [... more]
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America Calling: A Social History of the Telephone to 1940
Technology in the modern age: By using the telephone as a case study, Fischer examines the role of technology as an instrument in modern life. The first chapter provides a terrific overview of the academic literature on technology, though given the time [... more]
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Urge to Splurge, The : A Social History of Shopping
From stalls to malls: Books on buying and selling are beset with perils. Issues, from exploitation through gender politics to environmental ethics rise like vipers from the grass. Do you deplore the "Christmas rush" as "over-commercilized? [... more]
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Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San ...
Impressive Addition to Chinese American Woman's History: Through Unbound Feet, Judy Yung explores the history of Chinese American women in San Francisco from the turn of the century to the Second World War using the Chinese custom of footbinding and the [... more]
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The Social History of Art
Proves that intellectual history has advanced since 1950: A very nice introduction to the volume points out the intellectual confusions and tensions throughout. A crude marxism and psychologism overlies a fairly traditional stylistic chronology. One [... more]
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Rock And Roll: A Social History
Boring.: About the errors subject, I can point two right now: he says that Van Halen's first album was produced by Gene SImmons from Kiss!!! It was not! It was produced by Donn Landee!! Simmons only helped the band a little bit in their beginning! He [... more]
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The Machine in America: A Social History of Technology
Pretexts, Motives and The Valid Human Life: Pursell's acknowledged primary debt to Leo (The Machine in the Garden) Marx says a lot about his perspective in this nicely paced, often fascinating work of U.S. social history. Perhaps the best way to [... more]
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Popped Culture: A Social History of Popcorn in America
Dry popcorn needing lots of butter: "Popcorn is America's gift to the world, and what a wonderful, fun-filled bequest it is." Such is the very last line in the narrative section of POPPED CULTURE: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF POPCORN IN AMERICA. This [... more]
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