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Hardback. Illustrates how our consumer spending generates vast amounts of economic waste. This book provides explanations to show us why it's time to stop the madness and think twice before buying gifts for the holidays. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; JFCD; JFFT; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 110 x 20. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142647
- ISBN
- 9780691142647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. Focuses on Spain's and Portugal's New World empires in a trans-Atlantic context. This book argues that modern notions of sovereignty in the Atlantic world have been unstable and equivocal from the start. It shows how much contemporary notions of sovereignty emerged in Americas as a response to European imperial crises in the age of revolutions. Num Pages: 408 pages, 5 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DS; 1KL; HBJD; HBJK; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142777
- ISBN
- 9780691142777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.05
€ 46.99
€ 33.05
Paperback. Is the patent system fundamentally broken, or can it be fixed with a few modest reforms? This book looks at the economic performance of patents. It asks whether patents work well as property rights, and, if not, what institutional and legal reforms are necessary to make the patent system more effective. Num Pages: 352 pages, 21 line illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFM; KJD; LNRD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143217
- ISBN
- 9780691143217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.65
€ 42.99
€ 30.65
Hardback. Challenges the hold that cliometrics - an approach to economic history that employs the analytical tools of economists - has exerted on the study of our economic past. This book calls for the reconstruction of economic history, one in which history and the social sciences are brought to bear on economics, and not the other way around. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: HBAH; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144009
- ISBN
- 9780691144009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.40
€ 52.92
€ 41.40
Hardback. Over the years, governments have delegated extensive regulatory authority to international private-sector organizations. This book examines who writes the rules in international private organizations, as well as who wins, who loses - and why. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 halftones. 9 line illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPSN; KCL; LNPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144795
- ISBN
- 9780691144795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Hardback. In the wake of the global financial crisis that began in 2007, faith in the rationality of markets has lost ground to a new faith in their irrationality. This title shows how the failure to abandon this assumption hinders our understanding of how markets work, why price swings help allocate capital to worthy companies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCK; KCP; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145778
- ISBN
- 9780691145778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. During the 1990s, the United States underwent a dramatic transformation: investing in stocks, once the province of a privileged elite, became a mass activity involving more than half of Americans. This title follows the trajectory of this market populism, and examines the origins and impact of the mass engagement in investing. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 halftones. 1 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145860
- ISBN
- 9780691145860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. Emphasizes that we need not choose between accepting and rejecting globalization, and that we can have a different globalization. This title also states that the movement of people and ideas is more important than the movement of things and money, and that freedom to change the institutions defining a market economy is needed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145884
- ISBN
- 9780691145884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.95
€ 29.99
€ 21.95
Paperback. The ways financial analysts, traders, and other specialists use information and learn from each other are of fundamental importance to understanding how markets work and prices are set. This book analyzes how markets aggregate information and examines the impacts of market arrangements on the aggregation process and overall performance of markets. Num Pages: 424 pages, 25 line illus. BIC Classification: KCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145969
- ISBN
- 9780691145969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.44€ 58.94
€ 76.44
€ 58.94
Hardback. On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. Examining the Canal's influence on Panama, the United States, and the world, this title chronicles the economic and political history of the Canal. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 halftone. 30 line illus. 48 tables. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCPC; HBT; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147383
- ISBN
- 9780691147383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.79
€ 49.99
€ 35.79
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: JKSN1; JNM; JPA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148625
- ISBN
- 9780691148625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.50
€ 49.99
€ 35.50
Hardback. Despite the growth of digital media, traditional FM radio airplay still remains the essential way for musicians to achieve commercial success. This book examines how songs rise, or fail to rise, up the radio airplay charts. It shows that hits spread rapidly across radio because they clearly conform to an identifiable style or genre. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 halftones. 26 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFD; JHB; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148731
- ISBN
- 9780691148731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Paperback. Tells the story of the people who live and work on US tobacco farms at a time when the global tobacco industry is undergoing profound changes. This book explores the cultural and ethical ambiguities of tobacco farming and offers concrete recommendations for the tobacco-control movement in the United States and worldwide. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 halftones. 1 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: KNAC; KNDF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149202
- ISBN
- 9780691149202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.53
€ 42.99
€ 30.53
Paperback. Adam Smith turned economic theory on its head in 1776 when he declared that the pursuit of self-interest mediated by the market itself - not by government - led, via an invisible hand, to the greatest possible welfare for society as a whole. This title examines how subsequent economic thinkers have challenged or reaffirmed Smith's doctrine. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150000
- ISBN
- 9780691150000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 halftones. 17 line illus. 14 tables. BIC Classification: AVGJ; JHBS; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150888
- ISBN
- 9780691150888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.21
€ 52.99
€ 37.21
Hardback. Incentives can be found everywhere - in schools, businesses, factories, and government - influencing people's choices about almost everything, from financial decisions and tobacco use to exercise and child rearing. This title shows that, like all other forms of power, incentives can be subject to abuse. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCK; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151601
- ISBN
- 9780691151601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Paperback. In the century after "Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations", the British economy was transformed. This title considers how grand ideas about the connections between individual liberty, free markets, and social and economic justice sometimes attributed to Smith are as much the product of gradual modifications and changes wrought by later writers. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152349
- ISBN
- 9780691152349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.91
€ 40.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. How might happiness research affect government policy in the United States - and beyond? This book examines how governments could use the rapidly growing research data on what makes people happy - in a variety of policy areas to increase well-being and improve the quality of life for all their citizens. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JFCD; JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152561
- ISBN
- 9780691152561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.73
€ 21.99
€ 17.73
Hardback. Editor(s): Hanley, Ryan Patrick. Num Pages: 600 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: BGH; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154053
- ISBN
- 9780691154053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.86
€ 54.99
€ 38.86
Hardback. Editor(s): Frydman, Roman; Phelps, Edmund S. Num Pages: 440 pages, 48 line illus. 18 tables. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB; KFF; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155234
- ISBN
- 9780691155234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.21€ 52.49
€ 68.21
€ 52.49
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155463
- ISBN
- 9780691155463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.82
€ 40.99
€ 28.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 31. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155623
- ISBN
- 9780691155623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.05
€ 46.99
€ 33.05
Hardback. In the past three decades, developing countries have made significant economic and social progress, from improved infant mortality rates to higher life expectancy. Taking a look at this kind of investment and its outcomes, this book explores the different channels through which public capital in infrastructure may affect growth and human welfare. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 line illus. BIC Classification: KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155807
- ISBN
- 9780691155807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.40
€ 52.92
€ 41.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; KCG; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157320
- ISBN
- 9780691157320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.19
€ 17.99
€ 14.19