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The Meaning of Things

Domestic Symbols and the Self

By: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi,Eugene Halton

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The Meaning of Things

Domestic Symbols and the Self

By: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi,Eugene Halton

The meaning of things is a study of the significance of material possessions in contemporary urban life, and of the ways people carve meaning out of their domestic environment. Drawing on a survey of eighty families in Chicago who were interviewed on the subject of their feelings about common household objects, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Eugene Rochberg-Halton provide a unique perspective on materialism, American culture, and the self. They begin by reviewing what social scientists and philosophers have said about the transactions between people and things. In the model of 'personhood' that the authors develop, goal-directed action and the cultivation of meaning through signs assume central importance. They then relate theoretical issues to the results of their survey. An important finding is the distinction between objects valued for action and those valued for contemplation. The authors compare families who have warm emotional attachments to their homes with those in which a common set of positive meanings is lacking, and interpret the different patterns of involvement. They then trace the cultivation of meaning in case studies of four families. Finally, the authors address what they describe as the current crisis of environmental and material exploitation, and suggest that human capacities for the creation and redirection of meaning offer the only hope for survival. A wide range of scholars - urban and family sociologists, clinical, developmental and environmental psychologists, cultural anthropologists and philosophers, and many general readers - will find this book stimulating and compelling.

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1107392829

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The Great Brain Suck

And Other American Epiphanies

By: Eugene Halton

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The Great Brain Suck

And Other American Epiphanies

By: Eugene Halton

More and more information is pumped into our media-saturated world every day, yet Americans seem to know less and less. In a society where who you are is defined by what you buy, and where we prefer to experience reality by watching it on TV, Eugene Halton argues something has clearly gone wrong. Luckily Halton, with scalpel-sharp wit in one hand and the balm of wisdom in the other, is here to operate on the declining body politic. His initial diagnosis is bleak: fast food and too much time spent sitting, whether in our cars or on our couches, are ruining our bodies, while our minds are weakened by the proliferation of electronic devices—TVs, computers, cell phones, iPods, video games—and their alienating effects. If we are losing the battle between autonomy and automation, he asks, how can our culture regain self-sufficiency? Halton finds the answer in the inspiring visions—deeply rooted in American culture—of an organic and more spontaneous life at the heart of the work of master craftsman Wharton Esherick, legendary blues singer Muddy Waters, urban critic Lewis Mumford, and artist Maya Lin, among others. A scathing and original jeremiad against modern materialism, The Great Brain Suck is also a series of epiphanies of a simpler but more profound life.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226314677

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Bereft of Reason

On the Decline of Social Thought and Prospects for Its Renewal

By: Eugene Halton

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Bereft of Reason

On the Decline of Social Thought and Prospects for Its Renewal

By: Eugene Halton

We must, he argues, frame our questions in a way which encompasses both enchantment and critical reason, and he offers an outline here for doing so. A passionate plea for a fundamental reexamination of the entrenched assumptions of the modern era, this book deals with issues of vital concern to modern societies and should be read by scholars across disciplines.

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0226314626

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A Century of Challenge

A History of the Ontario Veterinary College

By: Friston Eugene Gattinger

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A Century of Challenge

A History of the Ontario Veterinary College

By: Friston Eugene Gattinger

In lively fashion Mr. Gattinger records the development of the Ontario Veterinary College, the oldest continuously operating veterinary school in this hemisphere. Viewing its history from the perspective of today, he sees the College and the profession it serves moving in response to the times, from a discipline centred mainly on the study of equine diseases to a highly specialized field of endeavour contributing to the research and technological advances of the modern age. Under its five principals the College has in each era of its history been the training-ground of experts in an important aspect of the agricultural industry, and its adaptation to changing conditions and to the personalities of its successive leaders, in Mr. Gattinger's view, makes it a striking example of the theory put forward by Professor Toynbee of growth through challenge and response. In celebrating its hundredth anniversary the College thus pays tribute to its founders and to the several generations of teachers and research workers who have served it.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487597428

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9781487597429

Exploring Ancient Skies

An Encyclopedic Survey of Archaeoastronomy

By: David H. Kelley,Eugene F. Milone

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Exploring Ancient Skies

An Encyclopedic Survey of Archaeoastronomy

By: David H. Kelley,Eugene F. Milone

Exploring Ancient Skies brings together the methods of archaeology and the insights of modern astronomy to explore the science of astronomy as it was practiced in various cultures prior to the invention of the telescope. The book reviews an enormous and growing body of literature on the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, the Far East, and the New World (particularly Mesoamerica), putting the ancient astronomical materials into their archaeological and cultural contexts. The authors begin with an overview of the field and proceed to essential aspects of naked-eye astronomy, followed by an examination of specific cultures. The book concludes by taking into account the purposes of ancient astronomy: astrology, navigation, calendar regulation, and (not least) the understanding of our place and role in the universe. Skies are recreated to display critical events as they would have appeared to ancient observers - events such as the supernova of 1054, the 'lion horoscope' or the 'Star of Bethlehem.' Exploring Ancient Skies provides a comprehensive overview of the relationships between astronomy and other areas of human investigation. It will be useful as a reference for scholars and students in both astronomy and archaeology, and will be of compelling interest to readers who seek a broad understanding of our collective intellectual history.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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038726356X

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The Great Brain Suck

And Other American Epiphanies

By: Eugene Halton

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And Other American Epiphanies

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Bereft of Reason

On the Decline of Social Thought and Prospects for Its Renewal

By: Eugene Halton

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Bereft of Reason

On the Decline of Social Thought and Prospects for Its Renewal

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The Enchantments of Mammon

How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity

By: Eugene McCarraher

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The Enchantments of Mammon

How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity

By: Eugene McCarraher

“An extraordinary work of intellectual history as well as a scholarly tour de force, a bracing polemic, and a work of Christian prophecy...McCarraher challenges more than 200 years of post-Enlightenment assumptions about the way we live and work.” —The Observer At least since Max Weber, capitalism has been understood as part of the “disenchantment” of the world, stripping material objects and social relations of their mystery and magic. In this magisterial work, Eugene McCarraher challenges this conventional view. Capitalism, he argues, is full of sacrament, whether one is prepared to acknowledge it or not. First flowering in the fields and factories of England and brought to America by Puritans and evangelicals, whose doctrine made ample room for industry and profit, capitalism has become so thoroughly enmeshed in the fabric of our society that our faith in “the market” has become sacrosanct. Informed by cultural history and theology as well as management theory, The Enchantments of Mammon looks to nineteenth-century Romantics, whose vision of labor combined reason, creativity, and mutual aid, for salvation. In this impassioned challenge to some of our most firmly held assumptions, McCarraher argues that capitalism has hijacked our intrinsic longing for divinity—and urges us to break its hold on our souls. “A majestic achievement...It is a work of great moral and spiritual intelligence, and one that invites contemplation about things we can’t afford not to care about deeply.” —Commonweal “More brilliant, more capacious, and more entertaining, page by page, than his most ardent fans dared hope. The magnitude of his accomplishment—an account of American capitalism as a religion...will stun even skeptical readers.” —Christian Century

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Harvard University Press

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0674242777

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9780674242777

The Seaforth Bibliography

A Guide to More Than 4000 Works on British Naval History 55BC 1815

By: Eugene Rasor

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The Seaforth Bibliography

A Guide to More Than 4000 Works on British Naval History 55BC 1815

By: Eugene Rasor

This remarkable work is a comprehensive historiographical and bibliographical survey of the most important scholarly and printed materials about the naval and maritime history of England and Great Britain from the earliest times to 1815. More than 4,000 popular, standard and official histories, important articles in journals and periodicals, anthologies, conference, symposium and seminar papers, guides, documents and doctoral theses are covered so that the emphasis is the broadest possible. But the work is far, far more than a listing. The works are all evaluated, assessed and analysed and then integrated into an historical narrative that makes the book a hugely useful reference work for student, scholar, and enthusiast alike. It is divided into twenty-one chapters which cover resource centres, significant naval writers, pre-eminent and general histories, the chronological periods from Julius Caesar through the Vikings, Tudors and Stuarts to Nelson and Bligh, major naval personalities, warships, piracy, strategy and tactics, exploration, discovery and navigation, archaeology and even naval fiction. Quite simply, no-one with an interest and enthusiasm for naval history can afford to be without this book at their side.

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Pen and Sword

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1848320027

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9781848320024

La Princo Ĉe la Hunoj

By: Eugene De Zilah,Eugène de Zilah

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La Princo Ĉe la Hunoj

By: Eugene De Zilah,Eugène de Zilah

Historical novel, written in Esperanto, about the culture, daily life, diplomacy, and wars of the Huns during the 3rd century B.C.E. -- Dua duono de la 3-a jarcento aK.: Imperiestro Qin Shi Huangdi, regho de Qin, lanchas siajn armeojn kontrau' la najbaraj reghlandoj. En 256 la reghlando Zhou estas okupita; en 230 la reghlando Han; en 228, la Zhao; en 225 venis la vico de Wei. La maljuna regho de Wei devigas sian filon Chan, la chef-komandanton de la armeoj de Wei, al akcepto de senespera fronta batalo. Post la malvenko, la princo Chan fughas kun sia huna kavalerio en Chu-landon. Post malvenko en Chu, en 223, la kavalerio de la Princo dau'rigas la rezistadon en Yan, kiu falas post unujara batalado. Du jarojn poste la tuta Chinio apartenas al la Qin. La princo Chan sin kashas, dum sep jaroj, en taoisma monakejo meze de neatingeblaj montaroj. Sed farighi taoisma saghulo ne estis lia destino; li ne kapablas submetighi al la malamata Qin. Li decidas forlasi la chinan teron kaj komenci novan vivon che la hunoj. "La Princo che la hunoj" estas la rakonto pri la hunigho de china aristokrato, pri malfacila adaptigho de talenta individuo al alia civilizo, al aliaj homoj, moroj, gustoj kaj odoroj.

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622

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Mondial

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159569188X

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9781595691880

English/British Naval History to 1815

A Guide to the Literature

By: Eugene L. Rasor

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English/British Naval History to 1815

A Guide to the Literature

By: Eugene L. Rasor

The English/British have always been known as the sailor race with hearts of oak: the Royal Navy as the Senior Service and First Line of Defense. It facilitated the motto: The sun never set on the British Empire. The Royal Navy has exerted a powerful influence on Great Britain, its Empire, Europe, and, ultimately, the world. This superior annotated bibliography supplies entries that explore the influence of the English/British Navy through its history. This survey will provide a major reference guide for students and scholars at all levels. It incorporates evaluative, qualitative, and critical analysis processes, the essence of historical scholarship. Each one of the 4,124 annotated entries is evaluated, assessed, analyzed, integrated, and incorporated into the historiographical scholarship.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313073112

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9780313073113

Emergent Forms

Origins and Early Development of Human Action and Perception

By: Eugene C. Goldfield

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Emergent Forms

Origins and Early Development of Human Action and Perception

By: Eugene C. Goldfield

While it is often assumed that behavioral development must be based upon both physical law and the biological principles of morphogenesis and selection, forging a link between these phenomena has remained an elusive goal. Now in Emergent Forms, psychologist Eugene C. Goldfield offers an exciting new theoretical framework--based, in part, on the concept of self-organization--that promises to aid researchers in their quest to discover the underlying origins and processes of behavioral development. Addressing the question of how familiar human functional acts--such as eating, walking, manipulating objects, and smiling--emerge during infancy, Goldfield proposes that during perceptually guided spontaneous activity a variety of biodynamic devices for doing different kinds of work are assembled and adapted to specific tasks. Throughout, the theory is examined in the context of development, and extended to atypical development and other domains, such as cognition and language. The author also addresses many long-standing issues in behavioral development, including the apparent disappearance of so-called primitive behaviors, the emergence of new skills, and the role of the caregiver in skill acquisition. The author concludes his work by discussing how the implications of this research can be applied to understanding abnormal development in children who are motor impaired. Interdisciplinary in scope and accessible to a broad range of readers, Emergent Forms will fascinate students and researchers of ecological, developmental, evolutionary, and cognitive psychology.

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Oxford University Press

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019535737X

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Hubristic Leadership

By: Eugene Sadler-Smith

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Hubristic Leadership

By: Eugene Sadler-Smith

Investigating the societal, economic, financial and reputational costs of hubristic leadership, with insights into the characteristics and causes of this phenomenon, and recommended safeguards to avoid hubris from happening in the first place. As research into hubristic leadership becomes increasingly popular following recent political developments, the book adopts an inter-disciplinary approach to investigating this form of leadership. Outlining what causes hubristic leadership in the first place, the author looks at how it’s potentially destructive consequences can be anticipated and avoided through an informed stance of moderation, critical analysis and reflexivity. Examples are drawn from business and politics including the Lehmann Brothers, BP and Deepwater Horizon, Blair and Bush in the Iraq Invasion, NASA, and Donald Trump. Ideal reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students in business and management, leadership, and organizational behaviour. Check out the Hubris Hub for further information on hubristic leadership, including a regularly updated blog written by author Eugene Sadler-Smith.

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SAGE

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1526453258

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The Best Reading. A Priced and Classified Bibliography, for Easy Reference, of the More Important English and American Publicatons for the Five Years Ending [Dec. 1, 1886]

By: Lynds Eugene Jones

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The Best Reading. A Priced and Classified Bibliography, for Easy Reference, of the More Important English and American Publicatons for the Five Years Ending [Dec. 1, 1886]

By: Lynds Eugene Jones

Reprint of the original, first published in 1887.

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3385446090

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9783385446090

Bivalve Seashells of Western North America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California

By: Eugene V. Coan,Paul Valentich-Scott,Frank R. Bernard

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Bivalve Seashells of Western North America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California

By: Eugene V. Coan,Paul Valentich-Scott,Frank R. Bernard

The culmination of a ten-year study, Bivalve Seashells of Western North America treats all bivalve mollusks living from northern Baja California, Mexico to Arctic Alaska. A total of 472 species are described and illustrated with detailed photographs and drawings. All habitats in the region are included from the intertidal splash zone to the abyssal depths of the ocean basins. The book has over 4,800 complete bibliographic references to the bivalves, including citations on the biology, physiology, ecology, and taxonomy of this commercially and biologically important group. Character tables and dichotomous keys assist the reader in identification. Also included in the 764 page book is an illustrated key to the superfamiles of the region, and a complete glossary.

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Paul Valentich-Scott

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0936494301

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9780936494302

Take a Walk on the Bright Side

Eleven decades of Bright family escapades

By: Eugene Bright

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Take a Walk on the Bright Side

Eleven decades of Bright family escapades

By: Eugene Bright

Set against the backdrop of over one hundred years of world history, Take a Walk on the Bright Side begins with the story of Eugene Bright’s restless, entrepreneurial grandfather, Tom Bright, who uprooted his young family in 1907 to travel west and build a homestead in Saskatchewan. A few years later, he moved on and started over again in Montana, only to flee the United States when a confrontation with a neighbour turned dangerous. Tom was a colourful character who was married six times – twice to the same woman. Eugene’s father, Ray Bright, left home at eighteen to work as a cowboy in Montana before marrying Lottie Sampson and settling down in Ontario to start farming. Although Lottie did not want any children, they had four boys and four girls. The family lived without running water or electricity, but they “ate like kings” according to a hired man. Eugene and his brothers and sisters walked across neighbouring fields to a one-room schoolhouse run by an outstanding teacher. Eugene worked hard on the farm and at school, and he went on to attend bible college and university, beginning a thirty-one-year career as a teacher, a school principal and a “master” at a teachers’ college. Told by the decade and extensively illustrated, Take a Walk on the Bright Side is a multi-generational tale brought to life by a keen observer.

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FriesenPress

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1460290410

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9781460290415

Jethro Reid, The Sword and the Cross

By: Eugene Sooley

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Jethro Reid, The Sword and the Cross

By: Eugene Sooley

Jethro laid there in the mud on the side of the trench just high enough to get his head over the top. His 303 British-made rifle was cocked and ready to fire. He had his finger on the trigger. Jethro would constantly worry about where his bullets would fall. The mortar and machine gun fire was deafening but not loud enough to drown out the repetitious sound in his head, "Thou shalt not kill, ... Thou Shall Not Kill, .. THOU SHALT NOT KILL." His fear of the battle going on in his mind was worse than the real battlefield that he was fighting on. He didn't know how much longer he could fight this battle, in his mind, with his God.. For now, there was no way that he could know that he would never point a firearm at any human being again after this day. ...

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115

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Lulu.com

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0359537235

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9780359537235

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

By: John H. Walton,Roy Gane,Eugene Carpenter,R. Dennis Cole,Bruce Wells

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Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

By: John H. Walton,Roy Gane,Eugene Carpenter,R. Dennis Cole,Bruce Wells

This series brings to life the world of the Old Testament through informative entries and full-color photos and graphics. Here readers find the premier commentary set for connecting with the historical and cultural context of the Old Testament.

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610

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Zondervan

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0310255732

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9780310255734

The Meaning of Things

Domestic Symbols and the Self

By: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi,Eugene Rochberg-Halton,Eugene Halton

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Domestic Symbols and the Self

By: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi,Eugene Rochberg-Halton,Eugene Halton

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Cambridge University Press

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052128774X

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9780521287746

Consumer Behaviour: Asia-Pacific Edition

By: Wayne D. Hoyer,Deborah J. MacInnis,Rik Pieters,Eugene Chan,Gavin Northey

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Consumer Behaviour: Asia-Pacific Edition

By: Wayne D. Hoyer,Deborah J. MacInnis,Rik Pieters,Eugene Chan,Gavin Northey

Cutting edge and relevant to the local context, this first Australia and New Zealand edition of Hoyer, Consumer Behaviour, covers the latest research from the academic field of consumer behaviour. The text explores new examples of consumer behaviour using case studies, advertisements and brands from Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. The authors recognise the critical links to areas such as marketing, public policy and ethics, as well as covering the importance of online consumer behaviour with significant content on how social media and smartphones are changing the way marketers understand consumers. * Students grasp the big picture and see how the chapters and topics relate to each other by reviewing detailed concept maps * Marketing Implications boxes examine how theoretical concepts have been used in practice, and challenge students to think about how marketing decisions impact consumers * Considerations boxes require students to think deeply about technological, research, cultural and international factors to consider in relation to the contemporary consumer * Opening vignettes and end-of-chapter cases give students real-world insights into, and opportunities to analyse consumer behaviour, with extensive Australian and international examples providing issues in context

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Cengage AU

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0170362019

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9780170362016

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