"In this book historians and social scientists examine boycotts from the eighteenth century to the present day. Employed in struggles against British rule in the American colonies, against racial discrimination in the United States during the Civil Rights movement, and Apartheid in South Africa,...

Frank Trentmann, Historiker am Londoner Birkbeck College, erzählt in Herrschaft der Dinge erstmals umfassend die faszinierende Geschichte des Konsums. Von der italienischen Renaissance bis hin zur globalisierten Wirtschaft der Gegenwart entwirft er eine weltumspannende Alltags- und...

Making scarcity -- Jean-Laurent Rosenthal: scarcity, language and politics -- Lyla Metha and Amber Huff: untangling scarcity -- Rick Wilk: rethinking the relationships between scarcity, poverty and hunger: an anthropological perspective -- Neil Fromer: renewable energy: a story of abundance and...

"Scarcity in the Modern World brings together world-renowned scholars to examine how concerns about the scarcity of environmental resources such as water, food, energy and materials have developed, and subsequently been managed, from the 18th to the 21st century. These multi-disciplinary...