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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. Godfrey Yeung investigates the causes and socio-economic effects of foreign direct investment in the Dongguan municipality of southern China during the 1990s. He illustrates that the inflow of foreign capital has both desirable and undesirable socio-economic effects. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; KCM; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333778258
ISBN
9780333778258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.00

Hardback. Anti-economics is described as the opposition to the main stream of economic thought that has existed from the 18th century to the present day. This book tells the story of anti-economics in relation to Smith, Ricardo, Mill, Walras, Keynes and Hicks as well as current economic thinkers. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333790014
ISBN
9780333790014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.27

Hardcover. This monograph offers an interdisciplinary approach to the growing field of New Woman studies by exploring the relationship between the first wave feminist literature, the 19th-century women's movement and female consumer culture. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333794166
ISBN
9780333794166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardback. This is the story of Yukichi Fukuzawa, one of the most effective business entrepreneurs in early modern Japan. He was the inspiration of the Yokohama Specie Bank, the basis of Japsn's sound banking system, and helped to lead the old established House of Mitsui into the modern age. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; KCB; KCZ; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333801215
ISBN
9780333801215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.97

Hardback. This text explores the impact on Latin America of the transformation of the international economy that took place in the half century or so that preceded the world depression of the 1930s. It shows the interplay of economics with political and social structures had varied effects on policy making. Editor(s): Ocampo, Jose Antonio. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333913048
ISBN
9780333913048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.20

Hardback. Tracing the metaphorical significance of "monstrous" forms across a range of early modern exhibition spaces - fairground displays, "cabinets of curiosity" and court entertainments - this text argues for the crucial place of the "monster" in the early modern imagination. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333914342
ISBN
9780333914342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.07

Hardback. This work looks at the postwar Stalin era through the eyes of industrial supervisors and offers a picture of the technical intelligentsia's transformation into the Soviet Union's social and political elite. It researches archives, newspapers, memoirs and an array of secondary sources. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333918944
ISBN
9780333918944
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.46

Hardback. This text critically re-examines Lloyd George's part, crucial but enigmatic, in the "lost peace" of Versailles, 1919-1940. It draws a portrait of Lloyd George as volatile and devious, sincerely furthering British interests and far from duped by Hitler. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333919613
ISBN
9780333919613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.42

Paperback. The essays in this collection explore the British popular press since 1896 from Harmsworth's "Daily Mail" to Maxwell's "Mirror". Topics include: early dealings with the BBC; the role of photojournalism; the contribution of Reuters; and the roots of financial journalism for a mass market. Editor(s): Catterall, Peter; Seymour-Ure, Colin (Professor of Government, University of Kent, Canterbury); Smith, Adrian. Series: Contemporary History in Context S. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBT; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333919972
ISBN
9780333919972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.57

Hardback. Nabokov's complex multi-lingual, multi-cultural writings offer ever-new delights and present new challenges to their readers. This volume and its companion have been compiled to reflect something of the richness of this artistic world and the variety of responses it evokes. Editor(s): Grayson, Jane; McMillin, Arnold; Meyer, Priscilla. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AGR; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333964156
ISBN
9780333964156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardcover. Middle East oil and Anglo-American special relations were among the most contentious issues during the Cold War. Oil is crucial to our understanding of Britain's and the USA's Cold War policies in the Middle East. This book presents an in-depth study of the issues of the period and the legacy of oil in the post Cold war era. Series: Cold War History. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBN; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 12. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333968314
ISBN
9780333968314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.00

Hardback. Images which dominate advertisements for tourist products had to be constructed and sustained, invented and remoulded over a long period. This book concerns the idea that without this distinctive historical and cultural "baggage", the social practice of taking holidays may not have evolved. Editor(s): Berghoff, Hartmut; Harvie, Christopher; Korte, Barbara; Schneider, Ralf. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3J; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333971147
ISBN
9780333971147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.31

Hardback. This volume presents a comparative and comprehensive discussion of corporate economies in South Asia today. It approaches the theme from a socio-historical perspective examining corporate economies in relation to the state, state formation, globalization and the nature of corporate ownership. Editor(s): Mukherjee-Reed, Ananya. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FM; 3JM; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333977200
ISBN
9780333977200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Hardback. With easily understood maps and text, this atlas depicts complex issues in an accessible manner. The author also looks at themes such as cultural issues and detente to the reader, presenting the Cold War in all its complexities in a form which is both useful and understandable. Num Pages: 127 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW3; HBTP; JPS; RGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
127
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333994030
ISBN
9780333994030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardback. This interdisciplinary study sets out at once to theorize and historicize plagiarism. In the first part there is a vigorous debate about the ethical, philosophical, artistic and legal implications of plagiarism. Individual essays in part two provide historical case studies. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3J; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333998410
ISBN
9780333998410
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Hardback. A description of the development of a class of statistical fitting procedures between 1750 and 1900. It contains detailed algebraic descriptions of the fitting of linear relationships by the method of least squares and the least absolute deviations and minimax absolute deviations procedures. Series: Springer Series in Statistics. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; PBT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387985985
ISBN
9780387985985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.34

Hardback. t/c with MS. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; DNF; PBMS; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387987484
ISBN
9780387987484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.85

Hardback. The world is experiencing unprecedented rapidity of change, originating from pervasive technological developments. This book considers the effects of such change from within computing disciplines, by allowing computing educationalists to deliver a considered verdict on the future of their discipline. Editor(s): Greening, Tony. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JNU; YQTU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387988818
ISBN
9780387988818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.93
€ 48.04

Paperback. This collection contains articles which complement and support the 2nd edition of "Accounting for Management Control", and range from the early 1950s to the present. Series: The Chapman & Hall Series in Accounting & Finance. Num Pages: 448 pages, 52 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; KFCM; KJM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Thomson Learning United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780412414909
ISBN
9780412414909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.90

Paperback. An analysis of the changes (both positive and negative) that have occurred in the environment in the past two decades. It focuses not only on the state of the environment but also on the interactions between development activities and the environment. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; PSBT; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780412473708
ISBN
9780412473708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.43

Paperback. An analysis of the changes (both positive and negative) that have occurred in the environment in the past two decades. It focuses not only on the state of the environment but also on the interactions between development activities and the environment. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9780412473906
ISBN
9780412473906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Paperback. Editor(s): Waithe, Mary Ellen. Series: History of Women Philosophers. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1080.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792309314
ISBN
9780792309314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 286.75

Hardcover. Views the history of philosophy and logic from 1837 to 1939 from the perspective of the cradle of modern exact philosophy - Central Europe. This book illuminates the developments in this region, most notably in Austria and Poland, examining thinkers such as Bolzano, Brentano, Meinong, Husserl, Twardowski, Lesniewski, and Tarski. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 445 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JH; 3JJ; HPC; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Springer
Edition
1992nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792316213
ISBN
9780792316213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 258.40

hardcover. This work is devoted to the life and work of Thomas White, an important and wide-ranging 17th-century thinker. He is shown as the leader of an influential faction of English Catholics; as a dogged opponent of scepticism; and as a would-be synthesizer of scholastic thought with the "new philosophy". Series: Archives Internationales D'histoire Des Idees./International Archives of the History of Ideas. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
1993rd Edition
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792319269
ISBN
9780792319269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.73

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