Animal Nation The True Story of Animals and Australia by AdrianFranklin Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2006 by University Of New South Wales Press ISBN-13: 978-0-86840-890-3, ISBN: 0-86840-890-5
"Animals can tell us a lot about ourselves. The way we love them as pets, eat them for dinner, make them symbols of the nation or shun them as invaders and pests illuminates much about our society and culture. Animal Nation traces the complex relationships between animals and humans in Australia. It starts with the colonial period - when unfamiliar native animals were hunted almost to extinction and replaced with preferred species - an ..."
Retro A guide to the mid-20th century design revival by AdrianFranklin Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2011 by Newsouth Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-74223-285-0, ISBN: 1-74223-285-X
"Retro may be cool, but why are we now in the middle of a love affair with objects and designs from the mid-twentieth century? What unique qualities do they share that make them so special now? Using one of the most spectacular displays of retro objects ever assembled, and covering all the bases - furniture, fashion, ceramics, technology, metal, graphics, plastic and glass - twentieth-century expert Adrian Franklin provides the answers. ..."
A Collector's Year (Paperback) by AdrianFranklin Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2008 by Unsw Press ISBN-13: 978-1-921410-82-6, ISBN: 1-921410-82-5
"A Collector's Year is a lively account of a year in the life of a collector. Adrian Franklin, TV presenter and author, takes us on a month-by-month journey through the quirky and often kooky world of those enthusiasts who pursue with passion their next treasures to be displayed, admired and loved. From a souvenir shop in Hobart to a car-boot sale in rural England, Franklin explores the best hotspots for collecting, and provides useful i ..."
City Life (Hardcover) by Dr AdrianFranklin, Alex Franklin Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Sage Publications Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-7619-4475-1, ISBN: 0-7619-4475-3
"The last two decades have been an exciting and richly productive period for debate and academic research on the city. The SAGE Handbook of New Urban Studies offers comprehensive coverage of this modern re-thinking of urban theory, both gathering together the best of what has been achieved so far, and signalling the way to future theoretical insights and empirically grounded research. Featuring many of the top international names in the ..."
"`Written with clarity and sophistication, it is not just an original argument about relationships of nature and culture, but also a useful text' - Keith Tester, Professor of Sociology, University of Portsmouth Is humanity and society separable from nature? Modern accounts emphasised the difference between humanity and nature and set up independent sciences for each domain, but was this separation ever properly achieved? This book cont ..."
"This is Mona's risk-taking – the belief that the public is made up of grown-ups. It is
this, not the money or the glamour, which lies at the heart of its success. (O'
Connor 2013) Trust in the knowledgeability and value of 'non-expert' responses
to ..."
The Making of MONA by AdrianFranklin 360 Pages, Published 2014 by Penguin Group Australia ISBN-13: 978-1-74348-355-8, ISBN: 1-74348-355-4
"And how on earth did an amateur private collector manage to set up one of the world's great art destinations on the edge of a remote island city? This is the inside story of how MONA came to be."
"5If hediesbefore January2018, Walsh wins. If not,Walsh pays. The Boltanski
Pavilion isa simple, zincclad, airconditioned box that looks like a shipping
container. Inside, I've always takenthe view thatthe concept of the work (and its
story) is often a lot more interesting than the action. Usually, not very much is
going on– though it might be a profound moment of creativity, youcan't tell before
you goin. Amusingly, Charles Darwent ..."
Animals and Modern Cultures A Sociology of Human-Animal Relations in Modernity by AdrianFranklin 224 Pages, Published 2012 by Sage ISBN-13: 978-1-4462-6454-6, ISBN: 1-4462-6454-8
"We are not behaving towards animals in an eccentric manner; we are in fact, substituting pets for a range of close human ties. ... As we shall see, pet surveys reveal their special significance among those people affected by either the absence or the loss of close ties, or those for whom enduring ... Chapters 2 and 3 are historical and theoretical while the remaining six are concerned with substantive topics."
"This essay explores the relationship between loneliness and housing, and considers whether housing policy in Australia can help address its impact on health."
City Life by AdrianFranklin 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Sage ISBN-13: 978-1-4462-4174-5, ISBN: 1-4462-4174-2
"In Bristol, for example, the Malago Society, a social history society dedicated to
producing a history of the fast disappearing industrial/residential complexof
Bedminster, became the focusofmuch researchand writing andits publications
became ..."
City Life by AdrianFranklin 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Sage ISBN-13: 978-0-85702-654-5, ISBN: 0-85702-654-2
"New York: New Press. Davison, A. (2003) 'Stuck in a cul-de-sac? Suburban
history and urban sustainability in Australia', Urban Policy and Research 24(2):
201–16. de Botton, A. (2002) The Art of Travel. London: Hamish Hamilton. de
Botton, A. (2006) The Architecture of Happiness. London: Hamish Hamilton.
Deleuze, G. and Guattari, F. (1999) A Thousand Plateaus. London: Athlone.
Derksen, L. and Gartrell, J. (1993) The social context of ..."
Tourism An Introduction by AdrianFranklin 312 Pages, Published 2003 by Sage ISBN-13: 978-1-84860-525-1, ISBN: 1-84860-525-0
"Holloway, J.C. 199 Hop pickers 56 Horne, D. 176, 195, 198 Howell, S. 199, 266
Huggan, G. 199 Hume, C. 228 Hunting ... E. 186 Leach, E. 113 Lee, G. 199
Lefebvre, H. 83 Leopold, A. 220 Lencek, L. and Bosker, G. 136, 234 Lett, J. 112
Lewis, ..."
Tourism An Introduction by AdrianFranklin 312 Pages, Published 2003 by Sage ISBN-13: 978-1-4462-2837-1, ISBN: 1-4462-2837-1
"An Introduction Adrian Franklin ... Sir Hugh Casson, for example, designed a
picturesque series of tablewares for Midwinter pottery entitled 'Riviera'; the young
Terence Conran designed a saladware series, also for Midwinter, called Salad ..."
"`A good foundation for those intent on further research′ - ChildRight `It is intelligent, lively, clear, and well written′ - Professor Hugh Cunningham, University of Kent at Canterbury `This is an excellent source book which is up-to-date and covers key debates on childhood in an accessible way′ - Professor Andy Furlong, University of Glasgow In recent years there has been a growing interest in the study of `children′ and `childhoo ..."