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  • A European Youth Revolt

    European Perspectives on Youth Protest and Social Movements in the 1980s

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    During the early 1980s, large parts of Europe were swept with riots and youth revolts. Radicalised young people occupied buildings and clashed with the police in cities such as Zurich, Berlin and Amsterdam, while in Great Britain and France, 'migrant' youths protested fiercely against their underprivileged position and police brutality. Was there a link between the youth revolts in different ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Researching Subcultures, Myth and Memory

    Series series History (R0)
    This book brings together contributions that analyse how subcultural myths develop and how they can be studied. Through critical engagement with (history) writing and other sources on subcultures by contemporaries, veterans, popular media and researchers, it aims to establish: how stories and histories of subcultures emerge and become canonized through the process of mythification; which ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • City Is Ours

    Squatting and Autonomous Movements in Europe from the 1970s to the Present

    Squatters and autonomous movements have been in the forefront of radical politics in Europe for nearly a half-century—from struggles against urban renewal and gentrification, to large-scale peace and environmental campaigns, to spearheading the antiausterity protests sweeping the continent.Through the compilation of the local movement histories of eight different cities—including Amsterdam, Berlin ... Read more

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  • Moral Crusades in an Age of Mistrust

    The Jimmy Savile Scandal

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    Ethnographic Studies of School Playtimes

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Drawing on ethnographic accounts of children's media-referenced play, this book explores children's engagement with media cultures and playground experiences, analyzing a range of issues such as learning, fantasy, communication and identity. ... Read more

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    Changing Technologies = Changing Childhoods?

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    Beyond Jamie's School Dinners

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  • The Next Revolution

    Popular Assemblies and the Promise of Direct Democracy

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