The Restaurants Book
The Restaurants Book

Author: David Beriss

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2007-12-15

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1845207556

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Is the restaurant an ideal total social phenomenon for the contemporary world? Restaurants are key sites for practices of social distinction, where chefs struggle for recognition as stars and patrons insist on seeing and being seen. This text brings together anthropological insights into these postmodern places.

New York City
New York City

Author: Robert Kahn

Publisher: New York Review of Books

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 9781892145086

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Novelists, artists, architects, curators, film-makers, historians, and gourmets reveal their favourite discoveries in the ultimate insider's guide to New York City

The Performance Complex
The Performance Complex

Author: David Stark

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0198861664

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An increasing number of activities in everyday life are being evaluated and experienced in terms of performance metrics. This book examines this assemblage of networks of observation -- in which all are performing and keeping score -- and their attendant emotional pathologies across various industries and occupations.

It's Not Business, It's Personal
It's Not Business, It's Personal

Author: Ronna Lichtenberg

Publisher: Hachette Books

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 0786869909

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Some people are simply more successful than others are, and we all know that this often has a lot to do with their personal connections. But how do we forge those relationships? In this incisive, entertaining book, Ronna Lichtenberg reveals all. This book will give anyone who wants to be successful in business a concrete edge -- the personal advantage.

New York and Los Angeles
New York and Los Angeles

Author: David Halle

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 2013-05-23

Total Pages: 617

ISBN-13: 0199778388

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This interdisciplinary analysis of New York and Los Angeles—the nation's two largest cities and urban regions—is the first in-depth study of the two cities and regions to incorporate new census data and an analysis of the impact of the ongoing financial crisis and economic recession.