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Paperback. Historians and archaeologists normally assume that the economies of ancient Greece and Rome between about 1000 BC and AD 500 were distinct from those of Egypt and the Near East. This book asks whether the differences between accounts of these regions reflect real economic differences. Editor(s): Manning, J. G.; Morris, Ian. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 tables, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757553
- ISBN
- 9780804757553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Hardback. Upending the conventional wisdom that Bretton Woods was the product of an amiable Anglo-American collaboration, the author shows that it was in reality part of a much more ambitious geopolitical agenda hatched within President Franklin D Roosevelt's Treasury and aimed at eliminating Britain as an economic and political rival. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JPS; KCLF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149097
- ISBN
- 9780691149097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Paperback. Upending the conventional wisdom that Bretton Woods was the product of an amiable Anglo-American collaboration, this book shows that it was in reality part of a much more ambitious geopolitical agenda hatched within President Franklin D Roosevelt's Treasury and aimed at eliminating Britain as an economic and political rival. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New in Paper
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691162379
- ISBN
- 9780691162379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.86
€ 24.99
€ 18.86
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
€ 45.00€ 36.16
€ 45.00
€ 36.16
Paperback. Offering a comprehensive social history of the Bon Marche, the Parisian department store that was the largest in the world before 1914, this title explores the bourgeois identities, ambitions, and anxieties that the emporia so vividly dramatized. Num Pages: 304 pages, 37 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ; KNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 213 x 10. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691034942
- ISBN
- 9780691034942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.44
€ 53.29
€ 42.44
Paperback. Surveying Europe's economic history since 1870, this textbook sets European economic development within a pan-European framework. Series: The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe. Num Pages: 484 pages, 3 maps 102 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; KCZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 23. Weight in Grams: 982. Series: The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe. 486 pages, 3 maps 102 tables. Surveying Europe's economic history since 1870, this textbook sets European economic development within a pan-European framework. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; KCZ. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 23. Weight: 946.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 486
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521708395
- ISBN
- 9780521708395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.35
€ 47.35
Paperback. Volume 2 of a definitive two-volume reference exploring the spread and impact of capitalism across the world. Editor(s): Neal, Larry; Williamson, Jeffrey G. Num Pages: 577 pages, 26 b/w illus. 14 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; KCS; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107583351
- ISBN
- 9781107583351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.09
€ 46.09
Hardcover. Andrea Gabor recounts the development of modern business through the lives, times and ideas of the great thinkers -- people such as Peter Drucker, W. Edwards Deming, Alfred Sloan, Abraham Maslow -- who defined the art and science of business. Num Pages: 398 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KCA; KCS; KCZ; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471492474
- ISBN
- 9780471492474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.90
€ 63.90
Paperback. Argues that the concept of employee ownership has deep roots extending back to the political and economic vision of America's founders. The authors discuss the founding generation's ideas about personal economic independence, explain how we have strayed from those ideas, and proposes practical solutions for bringing employment practices back. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: KCZ; KJVW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300209334
- ISBN
- 9780300209334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.94
€ 23.99
€ 17.94
Paperback. Showing us the strangeness, and fragility, of our everyday lives, this book includes a chapter that analyzes how the rise and fall of social trust explain the unsustainable boom in the global economy and the financial crisis that succeeded it. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised edition with a New foreword by Daniel C.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146461
- ISBN
- 9780691146461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.47
€ 37.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. Focusing on the dynamics of globalization since the 1980s, the book views economic developments historically, explaining how the main motors of change work and how we can discern their effects in the world today. The book explains how structural imbalances, policy mistakes, and excesses led to the financial crisis of 2007-2010. Series: Blackwell History of the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JJP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405183437
- ISBN
- 9781405183437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.47
€ 42.47
Hardback. Focusing on the dynamics of globalization since the 1980s, the book views economic developments historically, explaining how the main motors of change work and how we can discern their effects in the world today. The book explains how structural imbalances, policy mistakes, and excesses led to the financial crisis of 2007-2010. Series: Blackwell History of the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; KCL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405183444
- ISBN
- 9781405183444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.68
€ 110.68
Hardcover. This set includes works by a number of major writers on corporate governance in the late 19th century. The books presented here capture that debate in all its variety, and the views of their authors continue to resonate in the early 21st century after the downfall of Enron and WorldCom. Editor(s): Witzel, Morgen. Num Pages: 2400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; KCZ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 229. Weight in Grams: 3901.
- Publisher
- Thoemmes Continuum
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843710899
- ISBN
- 9781843710899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 1,124.93€ 1,008.89
€ 1,124.93
€ 1,008.89
Paperback. Examines the vulnerability and fragility of processes of globalization. This title applies lessons from past breakdowns of globalization - above all in the Great Depression - to show how financial crises provoke backlashes against global integration: against the mobility of capital or goods, but also against flows of migration. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: KCB; KCL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 113 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066182
- ISBN
- 9780674066182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.97
€ 35.99
€ 30.97
Paperback. Concerned with the origins of capitalism and the conditions that accompanied its birth, this work argues that capitalism is more than an economic system: it is a culture that affects not just the material but also the social, familial and even spiritual bases of existence. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPF; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 150. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631165576
- ISBN
- 9780631165576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.85
€ 29.85
Paperback. An investigation of the dramatic decline in the proportion of workers represented by a labour union in the USA between 1977 and 1997. It relates this decline to changes in domestic spending, imports, exports, and the intensity in which labour is used for both union and non-union workers. Series: Globalization Balance Sheet S. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF; KCLT; KCZ; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Edition
- y First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881323412
- ISBN
- 9780881323412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.94
€ 23.99
€ 17.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCF; KCZ; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231179010
- ISBN
- 9780231179010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.81
€ 24.99
€ 18.81
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCF; KCZ; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231179003
- ISBN
- 9780231179003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.13€ 51.02
€ 65.13
€ 51.02
Hardcover. A four-volume reference work which presents more than 100 articles on the significant developments and issues of the 400-year history of the City of London. The coverage includes the City's early history and growth, its heyday, its decline, and its subsequent recovery to its current position. Series: Tauris Financial Histories. Num Pages: 1600 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 250 x 154. Weight in Grams: 3322.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 1600
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edtion
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860643347
- ISBN
- 9781860643347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 978.96
€ 978.96
Paperback. Dissects the ways in which the foundational assumptions of economics justify a world in which individuals are isolated from one another and social connections are impoverished as people define themselves in terms of how much they can afford to consume. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047228
- ISBN
- 9780674047228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.90
€ 37.99
€ 31.90
Paperback. The first comprehensive study of China's economic development across 3,000 years of history to be published in English. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 b/w illus. 33 maps 53 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107615700
- ISBN
- 9781107615700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.30
€ 42.30
Paperback. The Complexity of Robot Motion Planning makes original contributions both to robotics and to the analysis of algorithms. Num Pages: 464 pages, 92 figures. BIC Classification: HBJK; KCP; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 19. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262533157
- ISBN
- 9780262533157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.92€ 49.42
€ 50.92
€ 49.42
Hardcover. Succinct, accessible, and authoritative, Thomas Piketty s "The Economics of Inequality" is the ideal place to start for those who want to understand the fundamental issues at the heart of one the most pressing concerns in contemporary economics and politics. This work now appears in English for the first time." Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JP; KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504806
- ISBN
- 9780674504806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.88
€ 32.99
€ 27.88
The Economics of Inflation: A Study of Currency Depreciation in Post-W...
Constantino Bresciani-Turroni
paperback. Num Pages: 466 pages. BIC Classification: KCB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415434621
- ISBN
- 9780415434621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.72
€ 79.72