A Cauldron of Anxiety: Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century (Briggs William)(Paperback)

A Cauldron of Anxiety: Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century (Briggs William)(Paperback)

The veritable tsunami of anxieties that are affecting individual lives, the increasingly dysfunctional nature of society and the potential catastrophes of global conflict and of climate change, have a common cause. The inability of capitalism or the state to respond to existential crises and

Capitalism Without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy (Haskel Jonathan)(Paperback)

Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, and software, than in tangible assets, like machinery, buildings, and computers. For all sorts of businesses, the

Stagecoach in the Twenty-First Century (Jenkinson Keith A.)(Paperback)

Keith A. Jenkinson looks at the story of Stagecoach in the twenty-first century, with a array of rare and previously unpublished

Surrogate Warfare: The Transformation of War in the Twenty-First Century (Krieg Andreas)(Paperback)

This book explores the emerging phenomenon of 'surrogate warfare' in twenty-first century conflict. The popular notion of war is that it is fought en masse by one military versus the other state's military. But the reality today is that both state and non-state actors are increasingly looking to

Twenty-First-Century Hollywood: Rebooting the System (Archer Neil)(Paperback)

Twenty-First-Century Hollywood looks into the contexts of studio film production in the new century in order to understand what shapes the style and content of present-day cinema. In an era dominated in box-office terms by the franchise and the family film, this book combines close textual readings

Merchants of Culture - The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century (Thompson John B.)(Paperback / softback)

The Age of Football - The Global Game in the Twenty-first Century (Goldblatt David)(Pevná vazba)

The critically acclaimed global story of football in the twenty-first

Language, Capitalism, Colonialism: Toward a Critical History (Heller Monica)(Paperback)

Heller and McElhinny reinterpret sociolinguistics for the twenty-first century with an original approach to the study of language that is situated in the political and economic contexts of colonialism and

Trans Kids: Being Gendered in the Twenty-First Century (Meadow Tey)(Paperback)

Trans Kids is a trenchant ethnographic and interview-based study of the first generation of families affirming and facilitating gender nonconformity in children. Earlier generations of parents sent such children for psychiatric treatment aimed at a cure, but today, many parents agree to call their

Art + Science Now (Wilson Stephen)(Paperback)

In the twenty-first century, some of the most dynamic works of art are being produced not in the studio but in the laboratory, where artists probe cultural, philosophical, and social questions connected with cutting-edge scientific and technological research. Their work ranges across

The Twenty-First Century Performance Reader (Brayshaw Teresa)(Paperback)

The Twenty-First Century Performance Reader combines extracts from over 70 international practitioners, companies, collectives and makers from the fields of Dance, Theatre, Music, Live and Performance Art, and Activism to form an essential sourcebook for students, researchers and practitioners

Joss Whedon (Bignell Jonathan)(Paperback)

A comprehensive analysis of Whedon's role in shaping the twenty-first-century TV landscape, featuring unique access to drafts of scripts and other source material. The book offers both detailed assessments of individual episodes and overarching histories of production. An essential and timely

Splinters in Your Eye: Essays on the Frankfurt School (Jay Martin)(Paperback)

Assessing the legacy of the Frankfurt School in the twenty-first century Although successive generations of the Frankfurt School have attempted to adapt Critical Theory to new circumstances, the work done by its founding members continues in the 21st century to unsettle conventional wisdom about

The Oxford Handbook of War (Lindley-French Julian)(Paperback)

The Oxford Handbook of War is the definitive analysis of war in the twenty-first century. With over forty senior authors from academia, government and the armed forces world-wide the Handbook explores the history, theory, ethics and practice of war. The Handbook first considers the fundamental

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century (Bruder Jessica)(Paperback)

From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on

Contemporary British Television Drama (Chapman James)(Paperback)

The early twenty-first century has seen the emergence of a new style of television drama in Britain that adopts the professional practices and production values of high-end American television while remaining emphatically 'British' in content and outlook. This book analyses eight of these dramas -

Toward a Theology of Psychological Disorder (Webb Marcia)(Paperback)

How do Christians in the twenty-first century understand psychological disorders? What does Scripture have to teach us about these conditions? Marcia Webb examines attitudes about psychological disorder in the church today, and compares them to the scriptural testimony. She offers theological and

A New History of the Future in 100 Objects: A Fiction (Hon Adrian)(Paperback)

Imagining the history of the twenty-first century through its artifacts, from silent messaging systems to artificial worlds on asteroids.In the year 2082, a curator looks back at the twenty-first century, offering a history of the era through a series of objects and artifacts. He reminisces about

Class After Industry: A Complex Realist Approach (Byrne David)(Pevná vazba)

The transition to twenty-first century post-industrial capitalism from the 'welfare' industrial capitalism of the twentieth century, has affected the ways in which class is lived in terms of relational inequality and the factors that structure identity. Class After Industry takes a complex realist

Wealth of Nations - Books IV-V (Smith Adam)(Paperback / softback)

The classic economic treatise that inspired Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century With this landmark treatise on political economy, Adam Smith paved the way for modern capitalism, arguing that a truly free market - fired by competition yet guided as if by an 'invisible hand' to

Chinese Martial Arts (Lorge Peter a.)(Paperback)

In the global world of the twenty-first century, martial arts are practiced for self-defense and sporting purposes only. However, for thousands of years, they were a central feature of military practice in China and essential for the smooth functioning of society. Individuals who were adept in

Rebooting Clausewitz - 'On War' in the Twenty-First Century (Coker Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

An accessible and entertainingly written primer to the most influential book in the history of Western

The World of Indicators: The Making of Governmental Knowledge Through Quantification (Rottenburg Richard)(Paperback)

The twenty-first century has seen a further dramatic increase in the use of quantitative knowledge for governing social life after its explosion in the 1980s. Indicators and rankings play an increasing role in the way governmental and non-governmental organizations distribute attention, make

Lives in Architecture: Terry Farrell (Farrell Terry)(Paperback)

Terry Farrell is one of Britain's most influential architects of the twenty-first century. Offering a compelling personal account of his life in architecture as an influential postmodern designer, architect-planner and principal of a leading global practice, this autobiography includes anecdotes