It. A History of Human Beauty
- 288 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
This volume explores how human attractiveness, for both men and women, has influenced historical events.






This volume explores how human attractiveness, for both men and women, has influenced historical events.
In exploring these four key themes, this collection provides a resource for the study of twentieth century European history, and exemplifies different historical methods and approaches. The essays include works by Stanley Hoffmann, Arno J Mayer and others, and are useful to students of modern European history.
Ranging from politics to the arts to social movements, an eminent English scholar presents a masterful chronicle of the 1960s and the birth of the counterculture in the United States and Europe that balances the period's achievements against its harms. UP.
High and popular culture; family, race, gender and class relations; sexual attitudes and material conditions; science and technology - the diversity of social development in these areas is explored in this text within a clear chronological framework
New Edition, Fully Updated to Cover Society and Life-Styles in the 1980s
High and popular culture; family, race, gender and class relations; sexual attitudes and material conditions; science and technology - the diversity of social developments in Britain from 1945 to 2002 are thoroughly explored in this new edition of aclassic text. 'Something of a tour de force... Without serious distortion or omission he moves dexterously through a wide variety of sources, ranging from poetry through film and novels to opinion polls.. it is astonishing how much he gets in' Times Educational Supplement 'An enjoyable, readable, usable achievement which leads the field' John Vincent, Sunday Times
Looks at the social movements popular culture, political developments, and economic conditions during each decade of the twentieth century