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Der große Roman über die letzten Tage des britischen Empires jetzt endlich als Taschenbuch. Indien 1857: George Fleury, ein junger Angehöriger der britischen Oberschicht, reist zu dem isolierten britischen Außenposten Krishnapur. Von dort soll er über den positiven Einfluss von Zivilisation und Fortschritt auf das vermeintlich rückständige Indien berichten. Gerüchte von Unruhen und Aufständen erreichen die Stadt, das Land ist in Aufruhr, doch...

The Spirit of the Sixties explains how and why the personal became political when Sixties activists confronted the institutions of American postwar culture. The Spirit of the Sixties uses political personalism to explain how and why the personal became political when Sixties activists confronted the institutions of American postwar culture. After establishing its origins in the Catholic Worker movement, the Beat generation, the civil rights mo...

Loved and hated, visited and avoided, seemingly everywhere yet endlessly the same, malls occupy a special place in American life. What, then, is this invention that evokes such strong and contradictory emotions in Americans? In many ways malls represent the apotheosis of American consumerism, and this synthetic and wide-ranging investigation is an eye-popping tour of American culture's values and beliefs. Like your favorite mall, One Nation un...

The Spirit of the Sixties explains how and why the personal became political when Sixties activists confronted the institutions of American postwar culture. The Spirit of the Sixties uses political personalism to explain how and why the personal became political when Sixties activists confronted the institutions of American postwar culture. After establishing its origins in the Catholic Worker movement, the Beat generation, the civil rights mo...

Stately oaks, ivy-covered walls, the opposite sex -- these are the things that likely come to mind for most Americans when they think about the "nature" of college. But the real nature of college is hidden in plain sight: it's flowing out of the keg, it's woven into the mascots on our T-shirts. Engaging in a deep and richly entertaining study of "campus ecology, " "The Nature of College" explores one day in the life of the average student, que...