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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article analyses a new wealth tax (the IGF) in Bolivia against the backdrop of the 2019 ousting of former president Evo Morales. In doing so, it engages calls for ‘a return to politics’ in anthropology by proposing the notion of a ‘fiscal grievance politics’ as animating elite opposition to the tax in lowland Santa Cruz department. I show that the
Charles Dolph
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Where's the beef? The feminisation of weight‐loss dieting in Britain and Scandinavia c.1890–1925
Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract Representations of the slim body have traditionally been at the centre of scholarly interest in dieting culture, whereas food often remains a shadowy presence compared with more persistent themes of body discipline, slenderness and anti‐fat messages.
Emma Hilborn
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Counterfeit Luxury Goods Online: An Investigation of Consumer Perceptions
International Journal of Marketing Studies, 2012 This paper looks into why consumers choose to purchase counterfeits online and if and how this affects brand image. It seeks to explain what it is that is prevailing in choosing to purchase counterfeit merchandise online as oppose to genuine merchandise or generic goods online as well as through traditional distribution channels. Online interviews with
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The Influence of Value Perceptions on Purchase Intention Towards Luxury Fashion Products in Jakarta [PDF]
, 2018 In general, luxury market is growing in several countries, including Indonesia. Growth luxury market in a country related with the luxury trends on a particular country. The trends of luxury products consumption are very high causing there so many luxury
Abadi, F. (Fiter), Candra, M. (Made)
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Faithful men and false women: Love‐suicide in early modern English popular print
Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores the representation of suicide committed for love in English popular print in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It shows how, within ballads and pamphlets, suicide resulting from failed courtship was often portrayed as romantic and an expression of devotion.
Imogen Knox
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Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна: Серія Міжнародні відносини, економіка, країнознавство, туризм, 2017 The paper reveals characteristics and feasibility of B2B and B2C distribution strategies of «luxury goods» of Ukrainian companies, using means of e-commerce technologies for fur goods as an example. The paper highlights the features of online sales of
Sergiy Berenda, Hanna Hryhorova
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‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front
History, EarlyView.Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
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State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies
History, EarlyView.Abstract Monarchy, as the world's oldest and most enduring form of political organization, is an area that has attracted the attention of scholars from a range of disciplines. Two connected and complementary fields embody this interdisciplinary study of monarchy and monarchies: royal studies, which takes an all‐encompassing approach to monarchy, and ...
Jonathan Spangler, Elena Woodacre
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Faking it : counterfeiting and consumer contradictions [PDF]
, 2003 Fashion counterfeiting is a multimillion pound business and one which relies on the complicity of the consumer. Frequently seen as a victimless crime, it is a difficult trade to control because as long as consumers desire brands, the greater the market ...
Hart, Susan, Hoe, Lee, Hogg, Gillian
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THE AESTHETICS OF URBAN METABOLISM: Landscape, Design and the Politics of In/Visibility
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, we chart the evolving aesthetic contours of urban metabolism across London, focusing on the River Lea and Thamesmead to the north and south of the River Thames, respectively. We begin in the nineteenth century, when these two sites formed critical nodes within a new sewerage system that relegated the city’s circulatory flows ...
Ben Platt, Zuhri James
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