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Type: educational

Status: to read

Author: Paco Underhill

Tags: culture consumerism

2006-02-22

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Type: documentary

Status: to read

Authors: Bernard_Henri Levy Charlotte Mandell

Tags: america culture

2006-02-19

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Type: educational

Status: I recommend

Author: Johan Huizinga

Tags: history culture netherlands

Description: 14-15th Century art, thought, religion, and daily life in France and the Netherlands gives14-15th Century art, thought, religion, and daily life in France and the Netherlands gives way to full Renaissance. ...

2006-02-18

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Type: educational

Status: I recommend

Author: Hillel Schwartz

Tags: culture reproduction

Description: Publisher's Note: "An unprecedented attempt to make sense of the Western fascinationPublisher's Note: "An unprecedented attempt to make sense of the Western fascination with replicas, duplicates, and twins. Through intriguing historical analysis and case studies in contemporary culture, Schwartz investigates most varieties of simulacra, while working through a range of modernist, feminist, and postmodern theories about copies and mechanical reproduction. 60 illustrations."...

2006-02-17

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Type: documentary

Status: I recommend

Author: Greg Critser

Tags: america culture food obesity

Description: Publisher's Note: "Critser engages every aspect of American life to determine howPublisher's Note: "Critser engages every aspect of American life to determine how Americans have made themselves the second fattest people on the planet (after South Sea Islanders). "Fat Land" grapples with the expanding American waistline by tracing surprising connections among class, politics, culture, and economics."...

2006-02-17

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Type: educational

Status: I recommend

Authors: Jody Gladding Michel Pastoureau

Tags: design history culture patterns textiles

Description: Publisher's note: "What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have inPublisher's note: "What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and "The Devil's Cloth" tells readers why."...

2006-02-17

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Type: educational

Status: I recommend

Author: Simon Garfield

Tags: design history culture textiles chemistry color

Description: Publisher's Note: "Born of a laboratory accident, mauve--this odd shade of purple--revolutionizedPublisher's Note: "Born of a laboratory accident, mauve--this odd shade of purple--revolutionized fashion, industry, and the practice of science. Mauve became the most desirable shade in the fashion houses of Paris and London in the late 1800s and sparked new interest in the industrial applications of chemistry research. of color illustrations."...

2006-02-17