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Friend of the Family: An Undercover Agent in the Mafia
D. Lea JacobsJacobs offers the story of FBI undercover agent Edgar Robb and his 20 years of experience as a member of the Mafia.
The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs
PreviewDivided into four parts: I. Jacobs, Urban Philosopher; II. Jacobs, Urban Economist; II. Jacobs, Urban Sociologist; and IV. Jacobs, Urban Designer, the book evaluates the impact of Jacobs's writings and activism on the city, the professions ...
Economic Lives: How Culture Shapes the Economy
Viviana A. ZelizerThis work has transformed the field into a flourishing and increasingly influential discipline. No one has played a greater role in this development than Viviana Zelizer, one of the world's leading sociologists.
Jane Jacobs: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
Jane JacobsThese interviews capture Jacobs at her very best and are an essential reminder of why Jacobs was—and remains—unrivaled in her analyses and her ability to cut through cant and received wisdom. From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Working Press of the Nation
More editionsPaul M. Sheptow Publisher Bruce Anderson Managing Editor Joanne Jacobs _ New Products Editor Joanne Jacobs News Editor Joanne Jacobs . Joanne Jacobs . Joanne Jacobs . . Book Review Editor Photo Editor Associate Editor ...
The Body in the Library
PreviewViviana Zelizer has traced the transition from a value system that considered such things as "death, life, human organs ... 36 Viviana A. Rotman Zelizer, Morals and Markets: The Development of Life Insurance in the United States (New York ...
A.J. Jacobs Omnibus: The Know-It-All, The Year of Living ...
A. J. JacobsAn eBook boxed set that features the first three of A.J. Jacobs's riotous—and surprisingly informative—ventures into experiential journalism.
A NEGOCIAÇAO DA INTIMIDADE
VIVIANA A. ZELIZERNa vida pessoal, as pessoas podem considerar essencial separar a economia da intimidade. A autora se utiliza do exemplo dos relacionamentos amorosos no local de trabalho. Neste livro, Viviana Zelizer propõe um desafio a essa visão.
Constructing Brotherhood: Class, Gender, and Fraternalism
Mary Ann ClawsonThe obstacles to the practice of insuring human life, Viviana A. Zelizer has argued, were primarily cultural, located in “a value ... 17 Viviana A. Rotman Zelizer, Morals and Markets: The Development of Life Insurance in the United States (New ...
The New Kinship: Constructing Donor-Conceived Families
Naomi R. CahnSee Viviana Zelizer, The Social Meaning of Money (1994); Viviana A. Zelizer, Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children (1985). See, e. g., Ieanne Boydston, Home and Work: Housework, Wages, and the Ideology of ...
The Social Meaning of Money
Viviana A. Rotman ZelizerArguing against this conventional wisdom, Viviana Zelizer, a distinguished social scientist and prize-winning author, shows how people have invented their own forms of currency, earmarking money in ways that baffle market theorists, ...
Morals and Markets: The Development of Life Insurance in the ...
Viviana A. Rotm ZelizerViviana A. Rotman Zelizer combines economic history and a sociological perspective to advance a novel interpretation of the life insurance industry. The book pioneered a cultural approach to the analysis of morally controversial markets.
The Book on Equity Vol. Maxims
Micheal Gaboury(19) 19 Patton v. McClure, Mart. & Yerg., 339; Moses v. Sanford, 2 Lea, 655. (20) 20 Pilcher v. Smith, 2 Head, 211; Latimer v. Rogers, 3 Head, 692. (21) 21 Galbraith v. Lunsford, 3 Pick., 89; Howell v. Hale, 5 Lea, 405; Hanks v. Polsom, 11 Lea ...
The Purchase of Intimacy
Viviana A. ZelizerIn The Purchase of Intimacy, Viviana Zelizer mounts a provocative challenge to this view.
La signification sociale de l'argent
Viviana A. Rotman ZelizerL'argent, un intermédiaire impersonnel qui vient standardiser et désincarner les rapports sociaux, voire les corrompre ? À l'encontre de ces idées communément répandues chez les économistes, Viviana Zelizer montre combien les ...
A Study Guide for W. W. Jacobs's "Monkey's Paw"
Gale, Cengage Learning“W. W. Jacobs,” in Supernatural Fiction Writers, Vol. I, edited by E. F. Bleiler, Scribner, 1985, pp. 38387. Donaldson writes a brief description of Jacobs's supernatural tales, including “The Monkey's Paw,” which he calls Jacobs's best. Harding ...
Delphi Complete Works of W. W. Jacobs (Illustrated):
W. W. JacobsW. W. Jacobs. The Complete Works of W. W. JACOBS By Delphi Classics, 2016 COPYRIGHT Complete Works of W. W. Jacobs First published in.
Morals and Markets: The Development of Life Insurance in the ...
Viviana A. Rotman ZelizerViviana A. Rotman Zelizer combines economic history and a sociological perspective to advance a novel interpretation of the life insurance industry. The book pioneered a cultural approach to the analysis of morally controversial markets.
The Decline of Sentiment: American Film in the 1920s
Lea JacobsSeeking to characterise the radical shifts in taste that changed American life in the Jazz Age, Jacob documents the fims and film genres that were considered old-fashioned, as well as those considered more innovative, and looks closely at ...
Film Rhythm after Sound: Technology, Music, and Performance
Lea JacobsFilm Rhythm after Sound analyzes this evolution via close examination of important prototypes of early sound filmmaking, as well as contemporary discussions of rhythm, tempo, and pacing.
Film Rhythm After Sound: Technology, Music, and Performance
Lea JacobsFor a discussion of silent-film-accompaniment practices for animation see Daniel Goldmark, “Before Willie: Reconsidering Music and the Animated Cartoon of the 1920s,” in Beyond the Soundtrack: Representing Music In Cinema, ed. Daniel ...
The Wages of Sin: Censorship and the Fallen Woman Film, ...
Lea JacobsExamines how film censors and producers treated the "fallen woman" or "sex picture" subject.
Brunette Ambition
Lea MicheleSupplemented with never-before-seen photos and revealing anecdotes, it’s the book Lea wishes she’d had in her teens and early twenties: A practical and inspirational guide to harnessing tenacity and passion and living the fullest life, ...
Contemporary Perspectives on Jane Jacobs: Reassessing the ...
Dirk SchubertThe Battle for Gotham, New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs. New York, NY: Nation Books; Klemek, C., 2007. Jane Jacobs' Urban Village: Well Preserved or Cast Adrift? Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, ...
Many Cargoes
W. W. JacobsThis early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1896 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
Short Cruises
W. W. JacobsThis early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1906 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
The Lady of the Barge
W. W. JacobsThis early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
Sailors' Knots
W. W. JacobsThis early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1909 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
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