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Culture in History
Joseph Melling (Ed.)
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Description for Culture in History
Paperback. Reviews the role of culture in social explanation. Contributors examine the relationship between the economic and the cultural. They agree that the boundaries of production and consumption are themselves cultural constructs, but offer various remedies for the problems created by this. Editor(s): Melling, Joseph; Barry, Jonathan. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
This volume of interdisciplinary essays brings together leading academics from the fields of history, economic history, politics and sociology to review and take forward a series of debates on the role of culture in social explanation. The book is aimed at those involved in cultural studies, but is particularly concerned with the relationship between the economic and the cultural. The contributors suggest that the boundaries of production and consumption are themselves cultural constructs, formed by changing conceptions of economic and cultural explanation, but offer very different approaches to resolving the problems created by this.
This volume of interdisciplinary essays brings together leading academics from the fields of history, economic history, politics and sociology to review and take forward a series of debates on the role of culture in social explanation. The book is aimed at those involved in cultural studies, but is particularly concerned with the relationship between the economic and the cultural. The contributors suggest that the boundaries of production and consumption are themselves cultural constructs, formed by changing conceptions of economic and cultural explanation, but offer very different approaches to resolving the problems created by this.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780859893800
SKU
V9780859893800
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About Joseph Melling (Ed.)
Joseph Melling is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. Jonathan Barry is Professor of History at the University of Exeter.
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