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UNINA9910451268703321 |
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Shields Rob <1961-> |
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The virtual [[electronic resource] /] / Rob Shields |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003 |
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1-280-11237-9 |
0-203-98718-7 |
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[Textbook] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Information society |
Virtual reality - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-233) and index. |
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BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The return of the virtual; 2 The virtual and the real; 3 Digital virtualities; 4 Virtual Africa; 5 Joystick generation: cyberpunks, camkids and family life; 6 Work: virtual working; 7 Business sense for a virtual world; 8 Risk culture, trust and the virtual; 9 The future of the virtual; Notes; References; Index |
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This book looks at the origins and the many contemporary meanings of the virtual. Rob Shields shows how the construction of virtual worlds has a long history. He examines the many forms of faith and hysteria that have surrounded computer technologies in recent years. Moving beyond the technologies themselves he shows how the virtual plays a role in our daily lives at every level. The virtual is also an essential concept needed to manage innovation and risk. It is real but not actual, ideal but not abstract. The virtual, he argues, has become one of the key organizing principles of contemporar |
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UNINA9910784693703321 |
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Autore |
Burnett John <1925-2006., > |
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Liquid pleasures : a social history of drinks in modern Britain / / John Burnett |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
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1-134-78879-7 |
1-280-33299-9 |
1-134-78880-0 |
0-203-17096-2 |
0-203-01985-7 |
9786610332991 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Beverages - Great Britain - History |
Beverages - Social aspects - Great Britain |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-244) and index. |
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Liquid Pleasures A Social History of Drinks in Modern Britain; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Introduction; 1. Water: 'The most useful and necessary part of the creation'; 2. Milk: 'No finer investment'?; 3. Tea: the cup that cheers; 4. Coffee: 'I like coffee, I like tea . . .'; 5. Soft drinks: from cordial waters to Coca-Cola; 6. Beer: 'A moral species of beverage'; 7. Wine: 'Use a little wine . . .'; 8. Spirits: 'Water of Life'; Conspectus; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index |
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Drinking has always meant much more than satisfying the thirst. Drinking can be a necessity, a comfort, an indulgence or a social activity. Liquid Pleasures is an engrossing study of the social history of drinks in Britain from the late seventeenth century to the present. From the first cup of tea at breakfast to mid-morning coffee, to an eveining beer and a 'night-cap', John Burnett discusses individual drinks and drinking patterns which have varied not least with personal taste but also with age, gender, region and class. He shows how different ages have viewed the same drink a |
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