Social Customs

Author : E. P. Thompson
Publisher : New Press/ORIM
ISBN 13 : 1620972166
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Customs in Common written by E. P. Thompson and published by New Press/ORIM. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “meticulously researched, elegantly argued and deeply humane” sequel to the landmark volume of social history, The Making of the English Working Class (The New York Times Book Review). This remarkable study investigates the gradual disappearance of a range of cultural customs against the backdrop of the great upheavals of the eighteenth century. As villagers were subjected to a legal system increasingly hostile to custom, they tried both to resist and to preserve tradition, becoming, as E. P. Thompson explains, “rebellious, but rebellious in defense of custom.” Although some historians have written of riotous peasants of England and Wales as if they were mainly a problem for magistrates and governments, for Thompson it is the rulers, landowners, and governments who were a problem for the people, whose exuberant culture preceded the formation of working-class institutions and consciousness. Essential reading for all those intrigued by English history, Customs in Common has a special relevance today, as traditional economies are being replaced by market economies throughout the world. The rich scholarship and depth of insight in Thompson’s work offer many clues to understanding contemporary changes around the globe. “[This] long-awaited collection . . . is a signal contribution . . . [from] the person most responsible for inspiring the revival of American labor history during the past thirty years.” —The Nation “This book signals the return to historical writing of one of the most eloquent, powerful and independent voices of our time. At his best he is capable of a passionate, sardonic eloquence which is unequalled.” —The Observer

Author : Florence Howe Hall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.VU/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Customs written by Florence Howe Hall and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Huysseune Michel
Publisher : EMIL
ISBN 13 : 8866802956
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Theory and Social Customs: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Volney, and Constant written by Huysseune Michel and published by EMIL. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political Theory and Social Customs: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Volney, and Constant provides novel insights on how these authors’ reflections on social customs influenced their contributions to political theory. Through his journey to Italy, Montesquieu developed a theoretical model on social customs and their relation to political systems. In the Constitutional Project for Corsica, Rousseau inserted his discussion of Corsican mores within an analysis of the power dynamics between centre and periphery. Volney’s evaluations of customs in the Middle East and the United States show how the French revolution impacted his conceptualization of politics and cultural difference. Constant based his political theory on the different societal mores of the ancients and the moderns.

Author : Thomas HARRIOT (of Feltham.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harriot's Challenge. Teetotalism and the Maine-Law repudiated; or, the social customs of England and their practical remedy written by Thomas HARRIOT (of Feltham.) and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Solmaz Sharif
Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 1644451697
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Customs written by Solmaz Sharif and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2023 CLMP Firecracker Award for Poetry Winner of the 2023 Northern California Book Award for Poetry Finalist for the 2023 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award Finalist for the 2022 L.A. Times Book Prize for Poetry Longlisted for the 2023 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award In Customs, Solmaz Sharif examines what it means to exist in the nowhere of the arrivals terminal, a continual series of checkpoints, officers, searches, and questionings that become a relentless experience of America. With resignation and austerity, these poems trace a pointed indoctrination to the customs of the nation-state and the English language, and the realities they impose upon the imagination, the paces they put us through. While Sharif critiques the culture of performed social skills and poetry itself—its foreclosures, affects, successes—she begins to write her way out to the other side of acceptability and toward freedom. Customs is a brilliant, excoriating new collection by a poet whose unfolding works are among the groundbreaking literature of our time.

Author : Maud C. Cooke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.A6/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Etiquette written by Maud C. Cooke and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James M. Vardaman
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462902391
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Etiquette Today written by James M. Vardaman and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise guide for business people or tourists, Japanese Etiquette Today contains vital information for navigating tricky Japanese social interactions. Japan today "looks" more and more Western, principles governing social and business relations become harder to see. Most foreigners know that Japanese etiquette differs from that of other countries, but few people know the extent of the differences. It is this diversity that first attracted the authors of Japanese Etiquette Today, a book written to make working and living in Japan enjoyable and rewarding experiences. The authors look at a variety of formal and informal occasions governed by subtle rules--visiting a Japanese office and home, giving and returning gifts, attending weddings and funerals, and much more. The result is an informal overview of Japanese society and a manual of practical advice on getting a long in that society. Complete with essential vocabulary and phrases, this handy guidebook explains what to do and perhaps more important what not to do, what to say, what to wear, indeed, whatever you need to observe the complex rules of modern Japanese etiquette.

Author : Florence Howe Hall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Customs written by Florence Howe Hall and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ken Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440838216
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Etiquette and Taboos around the World written by Ken Taylor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interesting resource for learning about the cultural differences and characteristics of people across the globe, this encyclopedia covers the "do's" and "don'ts" of a breadth of countries and major ethnic groups. Readers of this one-volume reference will gain useful knowledge of what travelers should and shouldn't do when in countries outside of the United States. After a general introduction, approximately 100 alphabetically arranged entries cover topics such as greeting and meeting, appearance and dress, table manners, body language, social situations and hospitality, verbal communications, business etiquette, religious etiquette, gift-giving, and even "netiquette" regarding social media. Sidebars and images throughout make the text more accessible and engaging, and additional readings at the end of each entry as well as the bibliography offer opportunities for further research on the subject. The content also directly supports the National Geography Standards and the AP Human Geography curriculum for high school students as they learn about the cultural differences and characteristics of people in major ethnic groups across the globe.

Author : David E. Long
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 031306279X
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture and Customs of Saudi Arabia written by David E. Long and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-07-30 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saudi Arabia is a young nation with an ancient history. It is one of the most conservative traditional societies in the world grappling with the impact of modernization wrought by the influx of great oil wealth beginning only in the mid twentieth century. Saudi culture is in constant flux, and the culture gap between the West and Saudi Islamic culture is wide. Culture and Customs of Saudi Arabia is the first cultural overview of country and provides timely, authoritative insight into a major Middle Eastern power. The Saudis are a proud people with a closed society, but circumstances have caused them to play an important role in current world affairs. The author has lived and worked in Saudi Arabia and has extensively used his contacts there to provide up-to-date material. Saudi culture developed through age-old interactions between the Arabian peoples and their harsh desert environment. Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam, and the basic Islamic values of Saudi culture have remained to this day. The themes of an ancient desert society infused with Islam values on a collision course with modernity are interplayed throughout chapters on the land, people, and history, traditional Islamic culture and modernization, the extended family and gender roles, cuisine and dress, social customs, rites of passage, and holidays, communication and mass media, and artistic expression. Color photos and a map, chronology, and glossary round out the narrative.