Presents the study of the everyday civic and social relations that are observed in suburban localities, in this case in...
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Like his father Leopold, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was dependent on a court aristocracy in whose eyes he was little more...
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Contains two shorter books - "The Loneliness of the Dying", which discusses the changing social context of death and dying...
Intends to document a selected yet systematic set of views on Ireland as 'Other' during the nineteenth century. This title...
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Between the end of the Second World War and his death in 1990, Elias published almost 60 articles on a...
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Gaelic sports have been played for over a century in America, and provide a window into the lives and culture...
After WWII the Irish state maintained the high industrial tariffs of the 1930s, despite the inefficiency of its protected industries....
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Contains 28 essays some of which directly express Elias' dissatisfaction with the ahistorical, present-centred trend of modern sociology. This book...
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Presents themes that represent major extensions of and reflections upon the ideas first advanced in "The Civilizing Process". This title...
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Argues that in highly constrained, 'civilised' societies, sports - as well as a spectrum of other cultural and leisure activities...
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Explains differences in power and rank between two very similar groups - both working class - in a local community...
Explores many of the aspects of ageing in Ireland. This book serves as an appraisal of policy developments and as...
Provides analysis of the transformations that have taken place in Ireland during the heyday of the Celtic Tiger. This book...
Offers research and analysis of the Irish media by Ireland's leading experts in the field. This book is intended as...
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Aims to turn an ancient philosophical question - what is time? - into a researchable theoretical-empirical problem. What we call...
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Presents an exposition of the author's sociological theory of the growth of knowledge and the sciences as an aspect of...
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The emergence of the naval officer was related to the necessities of naval warfare and the structure of society on...
Provides an exploration of the psychology of Irish proverbs. This book examines Irish wisdom about food, drink, weather, money, markets,...