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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781000903321

Autore

Davis James C

Titolo

Commerce in Color [[electronic resource] ] : Race, Consumer Culture, and American Literature, 1893-1933

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-59772-8

9786612597725

0-472-02607-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Collana

Class : Culture

Disciplina

810.9/3553

Soggetti

African American consumers -- Social conditions

American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism

Consumption (Economics) in literature

Material culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Racism in popular culture

American literature - History and criticism - 20th century - United States

Consumption (Economics) in literature - History - 20th century - United States

Material culture - History - 20th century

Popular culture - Social conditions

African American consumers

American Literature

English

Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. No Place of Race: Consumer Culture's Critical Tradition; 2. ""Stage Business"" as Citizenship: Ida B. Wells at the World's Columbian Exposition; 3. Thrown into Relief: Distinction Making in The American Scene; 4. Race-changes as Exchanges: The Autobiography of an Ex-coloured Man; 5. A Black Culture Industry:



Public Relations and the ""New Negro"" at Boni and Liveright; 6. Confessions of the Flesh: The Mass Public in Epidermal Trouble in Nathanael West's Miss Lonelyhearts and George Schuyler's Black No More; Conclusion: Leaving Muncie; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816504203321

Autore

Brockmann Michaela <1964-, >

Titolo

Knowledge, skills and competence in the European labour market : what's in a vocational qualification? / / Michaela Brockmann, Linda Clarke and Christopher Winch ; with George Hanf, Philippe Mehaut and Anneke Westerhuis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-70966-5

1-283-43508-X

9786613435088

1-136-70967-3

0-203-81479-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ClarkeLinda <1947->

HanfGeorge

MehautPhilippe

WesterhuisAnneke

WinchChristopher

Disciplina

331.11/42094

Soggetti

Vocational qualifications - European Union countries

Vocational education - European Union countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

2. EU Initiatives In Cross-National Recognition of Skills and Qualifications: Philippe Méhaut and Christopher Winch3. Savoir - The Organizing Principle of French VET: Philippe Méhaut; 4. The Changing Relevance of the Beruf: Georg Hanf; 5. The Meaning of Competence: Anneke Westerhuis; 6. Skill - A Concept Manufactured in England?: Christopher Winch; 7. Trade? Job? Or Occupation? The Development of Occupational Labour Markets for Bricklaying andLorry Driving: Linda



Clarke; 8. Higher Education Qualifications: Convergence and Divergence in Software Engineering and Nursing: Michaela Brockmann

Sommario/riassunto

For the free movement of labour across the European Union, establishing transparency and comparability of qualifications across member states is vital.This book examines how qualifications, knowledge, skills and competences are understood in different national contexts and trans-nationally and reveals a complex picture of differences and similarities both within and between countries. Against the background of EU policy initiatives, and in particular the European Qualifications Framework, an important focus is on the prospects and difficulties of establishing cross-national recogniti