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  | | Time(1st Edition) by Barbara Adam Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2004 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-2778-6, ISBN: 0-7456-2778-1 "What is time? How has our relationship to time changed through history and how does time structure our social lives? In this lively introduction, Barbara Adam explores the changing ways in which time has been understood and how this knowledge is embedded in cultural practices. She takes the reader on a journey of discovery that extends from ancient mythology and classical philosophy to the contemporary social world of high-speed comp ..." |
 | | Timewatch(1st Edition) The Social Analysis of Time by Barbara Adam, Adam Of Bremen Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 1995 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-1461-8, ISBN: 0-7456-1461-2 "Timewatch In this book the author moves beyond the time of clocks and calendars in order to study time as embedded in social interactions, structures, practices and knowledge, in artefacts, in the body, and in the environment. Adam suggests ways not merely to deconstruct but to reconstruct both common--sense and social science understanding. Full description" |
 | | Timescapes of Modernity(1st Edition) The Environment and Invisible Hazards (Global Environmental Change) by Barbara Adam Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1998 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-16275-3, ISBN: 0-415-16275-0 "Time is the invisible other that works outside and beyond the reach of our senses. Thinking of the environment as a timescape allows us to see the hazards of an industrial way of life. The invisible becomes tangible and we begin to recognize processes that work below the surface until they materialize as symptoms - sometime, somewhere. This text focuses on time to facilitate a deeper understanding of the interactions between environment ..." |
 | | The Risk Society and Beyond(1st Edition) Critical Issues for Social Theory by Editor-Professor Barbara Adam, Ulrich Beck, Joost Van Loon, Borin Van Loon Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2000 by Sage Publications Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-7619-6469-8, ISBN: 0-7619-6469-X |
 | | Time and Social Theory(Updated) by Barbara Adam Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 1994 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-1407-6, ISBN: 0-7456-1407-8 "Time is at the forefront of contemporary scholarly inquiry across the natural sciences and the humanities. Yet the social sciences have remained substantially isolated from time--related concerns. This book argues that time should be a key part of social theory and focuses concern upon issues which have emerged as central to an understanding of todaya s social world. Through her analysis of time Barbara Adam shows that our contemporary ..." |
 | | Environmental Risks and the Media(1st Edition) by Stuart Allan, Barbara Adam, Cynthia Carter, Ulrich Beck, Cynthia. Adam Carter, Professor Barbara Adam Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 1999 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-21447-6, ISBN: 0-415-21447-5 "Environmental Risks and the Media explores the ways in which environmental risks, threats and hazards are represented, transformed and contested by the media. At a time when popular conceptions of the environment as a stable, natural world with which humanity interferes are being increasingly contested, the medias methods of encouraging audiences to think about environmental risks - from the BSE or 'mad cow' crisis to global climate ch ..." |
 | | Time Politics by Barbara Adam Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-85649-851-7, ISBN: 1-85649-851-4 |
 | | Bridging Time Theory and Practice Exploring the Time Politics of Food by Barbara Adam Loose Leaf, 60 Pages, Published by University Of Wales College Of Cardiff,School Of Social Sciences,Social Research Unit ISBN-13: 978-1-86182-017-4, ISBN: 1-86182-017-8 |
 | | Fodor's Vietnam(4th Edition) with a Side Trip to Angkor Wat (Full-color Travel Guide) by Fodor's Travel Guides, Fodor S., Barbara Adam, Duncan Forgan, Sophie Friedman, Caroline Mills, Adrian Vrettos, Fodors Zhu Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2015 by Fodor's ISBN-13: 978-1-101-87822-4, ISBN: 1-101-87822-3 "Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. Buzzing cities, world-class cuisine, dramatic landscapes, and welcoming locals give Vietnam a distinct character and have made the country increasingly popular with American travelers. From Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta to the capital city of Hanoi and the northern highlands, Fodor's revitalized new edition has the ..." |
 | | Theorizing Culture Critique by Barbara Adam, Stuart Allan 306 Pages, Published 2015 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-134-21961-2, ISBN: 1-134-21961-X "responses - manifested by Eagleton, Baudrillard and Jameson - emerge in relation to the recalcitrant object, ... Culture, for Eagleton, supplements biological human nature, itfulfils the lack in biological being, the needs that cannot besatisfied ..." |
 | | Time and Social Theory by Barbara Adam Published 2013 ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-7851-1, ISBN: 0-7456-7851-3 |
 | | Timewatch The Social Analysis of Time by Barbara Adam 216 Pages, Published 2013 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-7670-8, ISBN: 0-7456-7670-7 "In this book the author moves beyond the time of clocks and calendars in order to study time as embedded in social interactions, structures, practices and knowledge, in artefacts, in the body, and in the environment." |
 | | Time on Our Side(1st Edition) Why We All Need a Shorter Working Week by Robert Skidelsky, Tim Jackson, Juliet B. Schor, Anna Coote, Jane Franklin, Dan Farley, Barbara Adam Hardcover, 226 Pages, Published 2013 by New Economics Foundation ISBN-13: 978-1-908506-39-9, ISBN: 1-908506-39-3 "A coherent, comprehensive and highly suggestive account which considers time in relation to vital political issues including the environment, socio-economic inequality, gender equality and care. This highly analytical exploration of the politics of time and the asymmetries between clocks, work, wages, the seasons of the day and the cycles of life reveal time as the one resource in human life that is absolutely scarce. Thinking the unt ..." |
 | | Timewatch The Social Analysis of Time by Barbara Adam 216 Pages, Published 2013 by John Wiley & Sons ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-6554-2, ISBN: 0-7456-6554-3 "I would further like to thank Stuart Allan, Jane Lones and Fiona Mackie for reading the entire script as well as Colin Hay and Alessandra Tanesini for comments on single chapters; their constructive criticisms were invaluable and very much appreciated. My special thanks, however, go to my husband and colleague Jan Adam whose critical comment and unflinching support underpin all I have written. Moreover, none of my work would be pos ..." |
 | | Time and Social Theory by Barbara Adam Published 2013 ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-6938-0, ISBN: 0-7456-6938-7 |
 | | Timewatch the Social Analysis of Time by Barbara Adam Published 2013 ISBN-13: 978-1-299-67889-7, ISBN: 1-299-67889-0 |
 | | Time and Social Theory by Barbara Adam 200 Pages, Published 2013 by John Wiley & Sons ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-6939-7, ISBN: 0-7456-6939-5 "Amherst: Universityof Massachusetts Press. Fraser, J.T. 1981b: Towards an Integrated Understanding of Time. Introduction to the Second Edition, The Voices of Time. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, xxv xlix. Fraser, J.T.1982: The GenesisandEvolution of Time. Brighton: Harvester Press. Fraser, J.T. 1987: Time the Familiar Stranger. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. Fraser, J.T., Haber,F.C. andMueller, G. H. (eds) ..." |
 | | Timewatch The Social Analysis of Time by Barbara Adam Published 2013 ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-6553-5, ISBN: 0-7456-6553-5 |
 | | Making Time Time and Management in Modern Organizations by Barbara Adam, Richard Whipp, Ida Sabelis Published 2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-281-34582-0, ISBN: 1-281-34582-2 |
 | | The Risk Society and Beyond Critical Issues for Social Theory by Ulrich Beck, Barbara Adam, Joost Van Loon 240 Pages, Published 2009 by Sage ISBN-13: 978-1-84920-206-0, ISBN: 1-84920-206-0 "Acknowledgements This chapter is based on shared work with Sol Picciotto (see for example, Picciotto and Haines, 1999). ... Ialso thank Kevin Boden, Anthony Giddens, Nigel Thrift, John Urry and the editors for their comments, and Joost van ..." |
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