The nineteenth-century French writer examines the development of democratic government in the United States and the state of political and social life

Alexis De Tocqueville on Democracy, Revolution, and Society: Selected Writings (The Heritage of Sociology) (English and French Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Tocqueville, Alexis De

Mennell, Stephen

Stone, John D.

Social Sciences

Univ of Chicago Pr

So close geographically, how could France and England be so enormously far apart gastronomically? Not just in different recipes and ways of cooking, but in their underlying attitudes toward the enjoyment of eating and its place in social life. In a new afterword that draws the United States and other European countries into the food fight, Stephen Mennell also addresses the rise of Asian influence and "multicultural" cuisine. Debunking myths along the way, All Manners of Food is a sweeping look at how social and political development has helped to shape different culinary cultures. Food and almost everything to do with food, fasting and gluttony, cookbooks, women's magazines, chefs and cooks, types of foods, the influential difference between "court" and "country" food are comprehensively explored and tastefully presented in a dish that will linger in the memory long after the plates have been cleared.

All Manners of Food: Eating and Taste in England and France from the Middle Ages to the Present

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Cooking Education & Reference

University of Illinois Press

Mennell, Stephen, All Manners Of Food: Eating And Taste In England And France From

Regional & International

Blackwell Pub.

Norbert Elias is one of the most important intellectual figures of the 20th century. His pioneering work "The Civilizing Process" traces the "civilizing" of manners and personality in Western Europe since the late Middle Ages, showing how that was related to the formation of states and monopolization of power within them. Stephen Mennell's own work, including "All Manners of Food", is informed by Elias's approach to the study of society, and in this book, he provides a critical study of the characteristics and development of Elias's thought and traces its influence on recent European sociology.

Norbert Elias: Civilization, and the human self-image

Blackwell

Norbert Elias: An Introduction

History

The American Civilizing Process

Since 9/11, the American government has presumed to speak and act in the name of 'civilization'. But isthat how the rest of the world sees it? And if not, why not?   Stephen Mennell leads up to such contemporary questions through a careful study of the whole span of American development, from the first settlers to the American Empire. He takes a novel approach, analysing the USA's experience in the light of Norbert Elias's theory of civilizing (and decivilizing) processes.   Drawing comparisons between the USA and other countries of the world, the topics discussed include:   * American manners and lifestyles   * Violence in American society   * The impact of markets on American social character   * American expansion, from the frontier to empire   * The 'curse of the American Dream' and increasing inequality   * The religiosity of American life    Mennell shows how the long-term experience of Americans has been of growing more and more powerful in relation to their neighbours. This has had all-pervasive effects on the way they see themselves, their perception of the rest of the world, and how the rest of the world sees them.   Mennell's compelling and provocative account will appeal to anyone concerned about America's role in the world today, including students and scholars of American politics and society.

Americas

Polity

Since 9/11, the American government has presumed to speak and act in the name of ‘civilization’. But isthat how the rest of the world sees it? And if not, why not? 
Stephen Mennell leads up to such contemporary questions through a careful study of the whole span of American development, from the first settlers to the American Empire. He takes a novel approach, analysing the USA’s experience in the light of Norbert Elias’s theory of civilizing (and decivilizing) processes. Drawing comparisons between the USA and other countries of the world, the topics discussed include: <ul> <li>American manners and lifestyles</li> <li>Violence in American society</li> <li>The impact of markets on American social character</li> <li>American expansion, from the frontier to empire</li> <li>The ‘curse of the American Dream’ and increasing inequality</li> <li>The religiosity of American life</li> </ul>
 Mennell shows how the long-term experience of Americans has been of growing more and more powerful in relation to their neighbours. This has had all-pervasive effects on the way they see themselves, their perception of the rest of the world, and how the rest of the world sees them. Mennell’s compelling and provocative account will appeal to anyone concerned about America's role in the world today, including students and scholars of American politics and society.

The Course of Human History:: Economic Growth, social process, and civilization (Sources and Studies in World History)

This text explores four major features of human society in their ecological and historical context: the origins of priests and organised religion; the rise of military men in an agrarian society; economic expansion and growth; and civilising and decivilising trends over time.

The Course of Human History:: Civilization and Social Process (Sources and Studies in World History)

Jones, David M.

Goudsblom, Johan

Routledge

Goudsblom, Johan Goudsblom

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