Homer - Social & Cultural Studies 2

Fredric Jameson has been described as "probably the most important cultural critic writing in English today" and he is widely acknowledged as the foremost proponent for the tradition of critical the……続きを見る

Shining a light on the deadly health consequences of incarceration. Finalist in the PROSE Award for Best Book in Anthropology, Criminology, and Sociology by the Association of American Publishers Ka……続きを見る

Nils Petter Gleditsch International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) & Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trond heim This book could ……続きを見る

David Riesman’s The Lonely Crowd: A Study in the Changing American Character is one of the best-known books in the history of sociology – holding a mirror up to contemporary America and showing the ……続きを見る

In the years following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, several polls show that at least 48% of all Americans, and an even greater number worldwide, do not believe the U.S. government's ……続きを見る

Disc jockey Alan Freed coined the term "rock and roll" in the 1950s. Rooted in rockabilly, rhythm and blues, country and western, gospel, and pop, the genre was popularized by performers like Elvis ……続きを見る

Science and technology are responsible for almost every advance in our modern quality of life. Yet science isn't just about laboratories, telescopes and particle accelerators. Public policy exerts a……続きを見る

It's fall, 1959, and Homer "Sonny" Hickam and his fellow Rocket Boys are in their senior year at Big Creek High, launching handbuilt rockets that soar thousands of feet into the West Virginia sky. B……続きを見る

Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he ……続きを見る

In the summer of 1977, drug smuggling was rampant in the southern Arizona desert. Using horses, smugglers made a massive profit, as these horse trains were much more difficult to detectuntil the Uni……続きを見る

The Lord's Resistance Army is Africa's most persistent and notorious 'terrorist' group. Led by the mysterious Joseph Kony, it has committed a series of horrific human rights abuses, including massac……続きを見る

Nicias is not a historian, he is an eyewitness and a survivor, and while the book is written in the context of his personal experiences, knowledge and conjectures of the events of the time, Nicias’……続きを見る

A look back at the untimely deaths of some of the rising stars in the film world....When someone disappears, there is a whole mess of factors to consider. Sometimes, it's a simple as someone steppin……続きを見る

Do tattoos make the criminal? Is someone who has committed crimes more or less likely to get a tattoo? Of course, no extensive study has been done - and it's silly to suggest that tattoos can make s……続きを見る

Many people have different experiences with the Catholic church, that much is for sure. Despite the scandals, there can be no way to definitively say whether it's the church itself, or the bad apple……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Individuum, Gruppe, Gesellschaft, Note: 1,7, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Institut für Soziologie), Veranstaltung: Transzendental……続きを見る

Essay aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Individuum, Gruppe, Gesellschaft, Note: 1,7, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Veranstaltung: Transzendentalsoziologie: Über die Bedingung der……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Individuum, Gruppe, Gesellschaft, Note: 2,0, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Institut für Soziologie), 14 Quellen im Literaturverzei……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Recht, Kriminalität abw. Verhalten, Note: 1,0, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Insitut für Soziologie), 25 Quellen im Literaturverze……続きを見る

This is the first comprehensive analysis of the work of Fredric Jameson, one of the most important cultural critics writing today. Homer provides a clear exposition and appraisal of Jameson's theori……続きを見る

Hasat, bağ, bahçe veya tarlada olgunlaşan ürünlerin kesilerek, koparılarak, biçilerek veya sökülerek toplanma işlemi veya sürecine verilen isimdir. Mecazi anlamda ise bir işten alınan iyi sonuç deme……続きを見る

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is one of Africa's most notorious armed rebel groups, having operated across Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of ……続きを見る

La fruticultura es, sin duda alguna, una de las actividades más emocionantes del ámbito agrícola. En todas las épocas, las frutas han jugado un papel muy importante en la nutrición del hombre. El ho……続きを見る

Journey with Ulysses as he battles to bring his victorious, but decimated, troops home from the Trojan War, dogged by the wrath of the god Poseidon at every turn. Having been away for twenty years, ……続きを見る

The Iliad: Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and despair, and honor and glory. The recent major motion pic……続きを見る

The Iliad: Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and despair, and honor and glory. The major motion picture He……続きを見る

A obra tem por objetivo fazer uma análise do conteúdo econômico, jurídico e contábil que permeia a crise na atividade empresarial, sob o enfoque da análise econômica do direito (AED) e da Lei de Rec……続きを見る