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Re: reference suggestion -- 2nd try by Trich Ganesh 06 May 2002 22:46 UTC |
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Sure you have a lot of help already, Boles, but for "business time", you may want read Cipolla's "Clocks and Culture", or David Landes' "Revolution in Time". They are both texts, the former is a slim thin text, the latter is weighty but you may be able to find a chapter of interest. Regarding Global Cultures, try the Jameson and Miyoshi ed. (1998) text, it has some not so difficult-to-read essays which may set the fresh mind on a fresh track. For fashion and costumes try Mary Evans' (1938/1950)"Costume Throughout the Ages", Lippincott. You may also want to read NYT Business Section, the fashion pages - or ask threehegemons to keep you posted on Armani or Dior's latest innovations on the fashion front. On the general theme of the business of culture and the culture of business, Veblen's "Theory of the Leisure Class" is a compelling read (you may want to extract a chapter w.r.t. the same from the Portable Veblen). Wallerstein's essays I need not remind you of. The EPT essay is actually difficult for first year students, but good. In any case, if you have more questions, feel free to post.... From: "Elson Boles" <boles@svsu.edu> To: "'WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK'" <wsn@csf.colorado.edu> Subject: reference suggestion -- 2nd try Date sent: Thu, 2 May 2002 10:11:09 -0400 I'm reposting this for your help. Surely there's some intelligent and well-read person out there who has run across something that approaches what I'm looking for. (Steve sent one recommendation which comes close to fitting the bill -- Meyers et al article 'the nation-state and world society' in The Globalization Reader (eds. Boli and Lechner) -- but it's a little too difficult for intro students as he noted). I'm looking for two articles for an introductory level Global Cultures course. 1. an article on the modern interstate system / political institutions is a cultural formation or process, that is, how people across the planet have become socially organized and interact through the modern political institutions (sovereign states, diplomacy, international law, etc.) and ideology (e.g. sovereignty, national development, modern "civilization," the rule of law, diplomacy, etc.). That is, a not-too-long article which sums up and introduces students to the basic idea that the interstate system is a global and globalizing cultural institution. 2. an article with similar intentions but focused on modern business forms as cultural forms, including such aspects as the spread of the modern business suit, the cultural of office buildings and factories as common cultural-architectural forms, profit and wealth accumulation as a creed, rationalization of work organization, impersonal bureaucratic organization, the port city, industrial, and corporate cities and their environs. (On business time, I'm considering EP Thompson, but that doesn't cover the 20th century). If you know of articles that speak to these issues and can be understood by undergraduate students, I'd very much appreciate hearing from you. Elson Boles Assistant Professor Dept. of Sociology Saginaw Valley State University University Center Saginaw MI, 48710
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