Shopping in Jail: Ideas, Essays, and Stories for the Increasingly Real Twenty-First Century (Coupland Douglas)(Paperback)

Shopping in Jail: Ideas, Essays, and Stories for the Increasingly Real Twenty-First Century (Coupland Douglas)(Paperback)

In Douglas Coupland's writing, the doldrums of a world afflicted by the pains of dotcom booms and busts, the ascendency of subcultures to pop cultures, and the subsequent struggle for identity are counterbalanced by droll, personal, and incisive analyses. This collection of nonfiction essays

Bit Rot (Coupland Douglas)(Paperback / softback)

In Bit Rot, Douglas Coupland explores the different ways in which twentieth-century notions of the future are being shredded, and creates a gem of the digital age. you can't stop with just one. 'Bit rot' is a term used in digital archiving to describe the way digital files can spontaneously and

General Intellects: Twenty-Five Thinkers for the Twenty-First Century (Wark McKenzie)(Paperback)

A guide to the thinkers and the ideas that will shape the future What happened to the public intellectuals that used to challenge and inform us? Who is the Sartre or De Beauvoir of the internet age? General Intellects argues that we no longer have such singular figures, but we do have general

Anthropology in the Meantime: Experimental Ethnography, Theory, and Method for the Twenty-First Century (Fischer Michael M. J.)(Paperback)

In Anthropology in the Meantime Michael M. J. Fischer draws on his real world, multi-causal, multi-scale, and multi-locale research to rebuild theory for the twenty-first century. Providing a history and inventory of experimental methods and frameworks in anthropology from the 1920s to the present,

Macroeconomics for Professionals (Lipschitz Leslie)(Paperback)

Understanding macroeconomic developments and policies in the twenty-first century is daunting: policy-makers face the combined challenges of supporting economic activity and employment, keeping inflation low and risks of financial crises at bay, and navigating the ever-tighter linkages of

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

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

Rivals in Arms, 10: The Rise of Uk-France Defence Relations in the Twenty-First Century (Pannier Alice)(Paperback)

As the UK leaves the European Union and as the multilateral order is increasingly under stress, bilateral security links are more important than ever. Among such relationships, the UK-France partnership has become particularly critical in the past decades. Alice Pannier's Rivals in Arms reveals the

Britain and Africa in the Twenty-First Century: Between Ambition and Pragmatism (Beswick Danielle)(Pevná vazba)

Britain and Africa in the twenty-first century offers the first book-length study of how Britain's relationship with Africa has fared since the fall of the 1997-2010 New Labour

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

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

Making and Remaking Saints in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Atkins Gareth)(Paperback)

This original collection of essays examines for the first time the place of 'saints' and sanctity in nineteenth-century

Falsehood and Fallacy: How to Think, Read, and Write in the Twenty-First Century (Kilcrease Bethany)(Paperback)

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

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

An Analysis of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Broten Nick)(Paperback)

Thomas Piketty is a fine example of an evaluative thinker. In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, he not only provides detailed and sustained explanations of why he sees existing arguments relating to income and wealth distribution as flawed, but also gives us very detailed evaluations of the

Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century (Springsted Eric O.)(Paperback)

This in-depth study examines the social, religious, and philosophical thought of Simone Weil.Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century presents a comprehensive analysis of Weil's interdisciplinary thought, focusing especially on the depth of its challenge to contemporary philosophical and religious

Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat (Milkman Ruth)(Paperback)

Immigration has been a contentious issue for decades, but in the twenty-first century it has moved to center stage, propelled by an immigrant threat narrative that blames foreign-born workers, and especially the undocumented, for the collapsing living standards of American workers. According to

The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World (Slaughter Anne-Marie)(Paperback)

From a renowned foreign-policy expert, a new paradigm for strategy in the twenty-first century In 1961, Thomas Schelling's The Strategy of Conflict used game theory to radically reenvision the U.S.-Soviet relationship and establish the basis of international relations for the rest of the Cold War

Generation X - Tales for an Accelerated Culture (Coupland Douglas)(Paperback / softback)

Andy, Dag and Claire represent the new generation - Generation

Ten Survival Skills for a World in Flux - Thomas Fletcher

To thrive in the twenty-first century, we all need to understand the challenges coming our way. And start adapting, now.We all know there are major, overlapping, global crises ahead of humanity: climate change, mass migration, new warfare, big tech, further pandemics, authoritarian capitalism

Environmental Policy - New Directions for the Twenty-First Century(Paperback / softback)

On the Emergence and Understanding of Asian Global Leadership (de Cremer David)(Paperback)

In the twenty-first century, it is necessary for Asia to step up and assume a larger leadership role on the global stage, commensurate with its economic weight and interests. Eighty-eight percent of the increase in the numbers of the middle class in the next five years will take place in Asia,

The Princeton Guide to Historical Research (Schrag Zachary)(Paperback)

The essential handbook for doing historical research in the twenty-first century The Princeton Guide to Historical Research provides students, scholars, and professionals with the skills they need to practice the historian's craft in the digital age, while never losing sight of the fundamental