Die letzte judische Siedlung in Europa Von 1945 bis 1957 lebten im bayerischen Wolfratshausen im Ortsteil Fohrenwald zeitweise mehr als 5000 Juden, Uberlebende des Holocaust – mit Synagogen, Religionsschulen und einer eigenen Universitat fur Rabbiner....

IV handelnder Fragen sichert ihnen im iibrigen ein dauerndes Interesse. Und wenn die Theorie da manchmal Wege weist, welchen zu folgen die Praxis heute noch weit entfernt ist, so spricht das nicht gegen die Berechtigung der auf die endgiiltige Beantwortung gerichteten Bemiihungen....

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This book is a primer on grid-group theory as elaborated by political scientist Aaron Wildavsky and social anthropologist Mary Douglas. They argue that in any advanced society there are four lifestyles (or political cultures) that shape our behavior....

A useful introduction to the critical study of tourism, this brief text applies semiotics and cultural theory to deal with some of our most iconic global destinations. It offers accessible analyses of 18 famous tourist locations from the Taj Mahal to Red Square, and from the Eiffel Tower to Antarctica....

In 50 Ways to Understand Communication, Arthur Asa Berger familiarizes readers with important concepts written by leading communication and cultural theorists, such as Saussure, Levi-Strauss, de Certeau, McLuhan, Postman, and many others....

Six Sigma is a target for operational performance and the name originates from the statistical term that uses the lower case Greek letter to mean standard deviation. If you improve the sigma (or standard deviation) of any process you are in effect reducing failure or defect rate of that process. But don’t let this description put you off....

Now in its third edition, the popular Ads, Fads, and Consumer Culture is an engaging cultural studies critique of advertising and its impacts on American society....

Are Americans obsessed with shopping? Shop \'til You Drop is a lively look at our consumer culture and its role in our everyday lives and society. Arthur Asa Berger considers the sacred roots of consumer culture, the demographics of consumption, theories about competing cultures, and the semiotics of shopping....