Autore	Charlton James I.
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1998]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (215 p.)
Disciplina	323.3
Soggetto topico	People with disabilities - Civil rights People with disabilities - Social conditions Discrimination against people with disabilities Sociology of disability Stigma (Social psychology)
Soggetto non controllato	academic cognitive disability colonialism degradation dependency developmental disabilities disability oppression disability rights disability studies disability equality european history impairment inequality interviews literary criticism oppression physical disability power racism scholarly self determination self reliance sensory disability sexism social justice theoretical third world true story western world
ISBN	1-280-09047-2 9786613520357 0-520-92544-0 0-585-04779-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- The Argument -- Acknowledgments -- People Interviewed -- Part I. Introduction -- Part II. Disability Oppression and Everyday Life -- Part III. Empowerment and Organization -- Part IV. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910828722203321

Autore	Löfgren Orvar
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1999
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (337 p.)
Disciplina	910.4
Collana	California studies in critical human geography
Soggetto topico	Travel Holidays
Soggetto non controllato	business contemporary tourism contemporary world cottage cruise industry cruise destinations economics ecotour fashion holidays photography pop culture tourism tourist travel industry travel travelers trek vacation home vacation industry vacation property vacation rental vacation vacationing western world
ISBN	1-280-09310-2 9786613520388 0-520-92899-7 0-585-27204-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: LANDSCAPES AND MINDSCAPES -- PART TWO: GETAWAYS -- PART THREE: BETWEEN THE LOCAL AND THE GLOBAL -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910778861103321

Autore	Frank Andre Gunder <1929-2005.>
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (416 p.)
Disciplina	337
Soggetto topico	International economic relations - History Capitalism - History Competition, International - History Economic history
Soggetto non controllato	academic american colonies asia asian history colonialism demographics east asia eastern world economy eurocentrism global economy global historiography history industrial world industrialization international relations marx marxism philosophy scholarly social history social theory theorists weber western world world economy world market
ISBN	1-283-37357-2 9786613373571 0-520-92131-3 0-585-05442-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction To Real World History Vs. Eurocentric Social Theory -- 2. The Global Trade Carousel 1400-1800 -- 3. Money Went Around The World And Made The World Go Round -- 4. The Global Economy: Comparisons And Relations -- 5. Horizontally Integrative Macrohistory -- 6. Why Did The West Win (Temporarily -- 7. Historiographic Conclusions And Theoretical Implications -- References -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910778864903321

Autore	Macdonald Cameron Lynne
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (288 p.)
Disciplina	306.874/3
Soggetto topico	Au pairs Child care Child care services Motherhood Nannies
Soggetto non controllato	american nannies attachment au pairs career paths caregivers childcare providers childrearing complex bonds conflicts contemporary motherhood cultural perspective cultural social europe gender hired mothers immigrant caregivers maternity micropolitics modern issues motherhood mothering nannies nonfiction paid care paid childcare parenthood parenting professional women relationships social tensions western world women in the workforce work schedules
ISBN	1-283-27737-9 9786613277374 0-520-94781-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction: Childcare on Trial -- 2. Mother-Employers: Blanket Accountability at Home and at Work -- 3. Nannies on the Market -- 4. "They're Too Poor and They All Smoke": Ethnic Logics and Childcare Hiring Decisions -- 5. Managing a Home-Centered Childhood: Intensive Mothering by Proxy -- 6. Creating Shadow Mothers -- 7. The "Third-Parent" Ideal -- 8. Nanny Resistance Strategies -- 9. Partnerships: Seeking a New Model -- 10. Untangling the Mother-Nanny Knot -- Appendix: Research Methods -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910785306503321

Autore	Urban Hugh B.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2003]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (390 p.)
Disciplina	294 294.5/514
Soggetto topico	Tantric Buddhism Tantrism
Soggetto non controllato	anthropology buddhism buddhist tradition comparative religion contemporary religion critical theory cultural phenomena east and west eastern philosophy european scholars faith and spirituality hinduism india indian religions jainism nonfiction physical experiences political power religious lives religious practices religious secrecy religious studies sensuality sex sexual politics sexuality tantra western thought western world world religions
ISBN	1-282-35961-4 1-59734-932-1 9786612359613 9781417525533 0-520-93689-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Diagnosing the "Disease" of Tantra -- 1. The Golden Age of the Vedas and the Dark Age of Kàlí: Tantrism, Orientalism, and the Bengal Renaissance -- 2. Sacrificing White Goats to the Goddess: Tantra and Political Violence in Colonial India -- 3. India's Darkest Heart: Tantra in the Literary Imagination -- 4. Deodorized Tantra: Sex, Scandal, Secrecy, and Censorship in the Works of John Woodroffe and Swami Vivekananda -- 5. Religion for the Age of Darkness: Tantra and the History of Religions in the Twentieth Century -- 6. The Cult of Ecstasy: Meldings of East and West in a New Age of Tantra -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910783156203321