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“claudio e benzecry”

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  • The Perfect Fit

    Creative Work in the Global Shoe Industry

    by Claudio E. Benzecry ...
    The Perfect Fit shows us how globalization works through the many people and places involved in making women's shoes.We know a lot about how clothing and shoes are made cheaply, but very little about the process when they are made beautifully. In The Perfect Fit, Claudio E. Benzecry looks at the craft that goes into designing shoes for women in the US market, revealing that this creative process ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Social Theory Now

    Edited by Claudio E. Benzecry, Monika Krause, Isaac Ariail Reed ...
    The landscape of social theory has changed significantly over the three decades since the publication of Anthony Giddens and Jonathan Turner's seminal Social Theory Today. Sociologists in the twenty-first century desperately need a new agenda centered around central questions of social theory. In Social Theory Now, Claudio E. Benzecry, Monika Krause, and Isaac Ariail Reed set a new course for ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Opera Fanatic

    Ethnography of an Obsession

    by Claudio E. Benzecry ...
    Though some dismiss opera as old-fashioned, it shows no sign of disappearing from the world’s stage. So why do audiences continue to flock to it? Given its association with wealth, one might imagine that opera tickets function as a status symbol. But while a desire to hobnob with the upper crust might motivate the occasional operagoer, for hardcore fans the real answer, according to The Opera ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

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  • Habermas

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  • Extra Bold

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    **Extra Bold is the inclusive, practical, and informative (design) career guide for everyone!Part textbook and part comic book, zine, manifesto, survival guide, and self-help manual, Extra Bold is filled with stories and ideas that don't show up in other career books or design overviews.**• Both pragmatic and inquisitive, the book explores power structures in the workplace and how to navigate them ... Read more

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  • A Dictionary of Sociology

    by John Scott ...
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  • The Constitution of Society

    Outline of the Theory of Structuration

    by Anthony Giddens ...
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  • Social Theory and Modern Sociology

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    An Introduction

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