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The subject of transnational lives has only recently gained importance in historical research. With its transnational approach to “mobility and biography,”
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Authors: Sarah Panter
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-12-14 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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The subject of transnational lives has only recently gained importance in historical research. With its transnational approach to “mobility and biography,”
Upward Mobility and the Common Good
Language: en
Pages: 324
Authors: Bruce Robbins
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-12-21 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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We think we know what upward mobility stories are about--virtuous striving justly rewarded, or unprincipled social climbing regrettably unpunished. Either way,
Mobility, Meaning and Transformations of Things
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Things travel around the globe: they are shipped as mass consumer goods, or transported as souvenirs or gifts. There are infinite ways for things to be mobile,
Mapping Lives
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Peter France
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-09-23 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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These essays on the problems and functions of biography - particularly those of writers, thinkers and artists - investigate a subject of enduring importance for