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UNINA9910791715003321 |
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Autore |
Ritzer George |
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Titolo |
Expressing America : a critique of the global credit card society / / George Ritzer |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London : , : Pine Forge, , 1995 |
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0-8039-9069-3 |
1-4522-4311-5 |
1-4522-4666-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 240 pages) |
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Collana |
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The Pine Forge Press social science library |
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Credit cards - Social aspects - United States |
Consumption (Economics) - United States |
Consumer credit - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-230) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - The Credit Card: Private Troubles and Public Issues; Chapter 2 - Socio-History of the Credit Card: We Probably won't Recognize the Credit Card Field by the End of the Century; Chapter 3 - Credit Card Debt: Beware the Plastic Loan Shark; Chapter 4 - Credit Card Fraud: Screw You, Mac-I Got Mine; Chapter 5 - Secrecy, Privacy, and Credit Cards: Who isn't in Their Files?; Chapter 6 - Credit Cards, Fast-Food Restaurants, and Rationalization: All You Need is 42 Digits to Make One Long-Distance Phone Call; Chapter 7 - An American Express: The Culture that Conquered the World; Appendix; Endnotes; Index |
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In this book the author explains what the credit card tells us, both good and bad, about the essence of the modern US and why and how the credit card is helping to transform much of the world. |
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UNINA9910869163903321 |
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Titolo |
Transnational Family Relations of German Emigrants / / edited by Marcel Erlinghagen, Karsten Hank |
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Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2024 |
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[1st ed. 2024.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (177 pages) |
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Collana |
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Familienforschung, , 2567-0956 |
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Sociology |
Social groups |
Emigration and immigration - Social aspects |
Demography |
Population |
Emigration and immigration |
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging |
Sociology of Migration |
Population and Demography |
Human Migration |
Spatial Demography |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Studying transnational family relations: Challenges and avenues for future research -- Parents’ ethnic origin and the emigration of German nationals: An explorative study of return and onward migration -- Transnational intergenerational relationships of German emigrants: Frequency of contacts and financial Transfers -- Family Relations and social integration of German emigrants and remigrants -- Decision-making in repeatedly migrating couples: role conformism, power shift, or package deal? -- Living arrangements of transnational couples -- Dynamics of satisfaction with family relations in emigrating and remigrating couples. |
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Drawing on unique data from the German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study (GERPS), the present book comprises empirical studies on various aspects of recent German emigrants’ transnational relationships to core family members, specifically intimate partners, parents, and children. Moreover, we reflect on conceptual and empirical challenges in previous work on transnational family relations, suggesting avenues for future research. We thereby aim to strengthen the integration of two closely related strands of social research – the sociologies of migration and families – and add an important new facet to the study of transnational families more generally. About the Editors Dr. Marcel Erlinghagen is Professor of Sociology at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Dr. Karsten Hank is Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology (ISS) at the University of Cologne. |
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