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Paperback. 'An important and valuable achievement.' New York Times 'Groundbreaking .. One of the first books to make women's history available to a wide audience.' Guardian Series: Pluto Classics. Num Pages: 182 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780904383560
- ISBN
- 9780904383560
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.50
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Paperback. The connections among vagabondage and human labor, mobility, status, and behavior have placed vagrancy at the crossroads of a multitude of political, social, and economic processes. This book considers the shared global heritage of vagrancy laws, homelessness, and the historical processes they accompanied. Editor(s): Beier, A. L.; Ocobock, Paul. Series: Ohio RIS Global Series. Num Pages: 408 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 30. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896802629
- ISBN
- 9780896802629
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€ 46.99€ 46.48
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Paperback. In the MONOGRAPHS IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, LATIN AMERICA series, a study of the origin, development and cultural background of randai, the folk theatre tradition of the Minangkabau ethnic group of West Sumatra. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896802056
- ISBN
- 9780896802056
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.47
€ 34.99
€ 33.47
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896801271
- ISBN
- 9780896801271
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.82
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Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages, 80 colour illustrations, 33 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AMV; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 240 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023289
- ISBN
- 9780884023289
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.31
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Paperback. While the story of John B. Rayner is not widely known, this African American educator and Populist leader, the son of a politically powerful white slaveholder from North Carolina, was a political maverick who dared to challenge the Democratic Party and the Post-Civil War South's racial orthodoxy. Indeed, John B. Num Pages: 150 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harlan Davidson
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780882959610
- ISBN
- 9780882959610
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Condition: New
€ 30.23
€ 30.23
Paperback. Analyzes the economic dimensions of global climate change and called for immediate collective action to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This book describes the economic aspects of GHG emissions and seeks a policy method to reduce them without adversely affecting global trade. Num Pages: 112 pages, graphs, charts, index. BIC Classification: JFFS; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Edition
- 1 New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881324280
- ISBN
- 9780881324280
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.24
€ 26.99
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Paperback. With high growth rates in Asia, most notably in China, India, and Southeast and Central Asia, Eurasia's economic center of gravity is rapidly shifting to the East. The volume examines the causes and consequences of this major shift in economic power and considers the options available to policymakers in various parts of Europe and Asia. Editor(s): Aslund, Anders; Dabrowski, Marek. Num Pages: 416 pages, graphs, charts, index. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881324181
- ISBN
- 9780881324181
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.33
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Paperback. Explores the dysfunctional state of US high-skilled immigration laws. This title recommends a coherent set of immediate reforms, which should aim to facilitate continuously high and increasingly economically necessary levels of high-skilled immigration to the United States. Series: Policy Analyses in International Economics. Num Pages: 132 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 9. Weight in Grams: 231.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881324136
- ISBN
- 9780881324136
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.81
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Paperback. Examines how public finance shapes individual preferences towards immigration policy in the United States. Immigration is an issue capable of dividing otherwise like-minded people. Identify a group whose members tend to agree on political issues and one finds that within the group there is no strong majority opinion about US immigration policy. Num Pages: 73 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 154.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881324006
- ISBN
- 9780881324006
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.54
€ 21.99
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Paperback. Information technology (IT) was the key to the superior overall macro-economic performance of the United States in the 1990s. This book traces the globalization of the IT industry, its diffusion into the US economy, and the prospects and implications of more extensive technology-enabled globalization of products and services. Num Pages: 237 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFS; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881323900
- ISBN
- 9780881323900
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.95
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Paperback. This study shows how changes in trade policies in the United States and other industrial countries could help reduce poverty in developing countries. Num Pages: 100 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881323658
- ISBN
- 9780881323658
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
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Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; JFFN; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881323580
- ISBN
- 9780881323580
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.24
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Paperback. An examination of the evolution of poverty and inequality in the era of globalization. It critically examines conventional wisdom, finding that productivity, wages and incomes in poor countries are catching up with those obtained by comparable individuals in the West. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881323481
- ISBN
- 9780881323481
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.95
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Paperback. In this study, the authors move beyond the debate on the relative merits and risks of a social clause in trade agreements and focus on practical approaches for improving labour standards in a more intergrated global economy. Num Pages: 150 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCF; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 290.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Edition
- y First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881323320
- ISBN
- 9780881323320
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
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Paperback. For firms both large and small, global integration usually has a very positive impact. This work explores new gains from deep international integration. The authors supplement their research with real-life profiles of representative American exporters, importers, investors abroad and others. Num Pages: 50 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 189 x 7. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881322989
- ISBN
- 9780881322989
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
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Paperback. This study draws on data and surveys to examine the measurable and the perceived effects of globalization on American workers. It explores whether large relative losses will continue to limit US international economic initiatives and then looks at perceptions of globalization's effects. Num Pages: 150 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFS; KCF; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Peterson Institute
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881322958
- ISBN
- 9780881322958
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.24
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Paperback. This text examines the benefits and risks of international economic integration, and criticizes mainstream economists for not emphasizing its dangers. It argues that the "winners" have as much at stake from the possible consequences of social instability exposed by globalization, as the "losers". Num Pages: 128 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 8. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881322415
- ISBN
- 9780881322415
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.24
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; GBCR; HBJD; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 282 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- East European Monographs
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880337021
- ISBN
- 9780880337021
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Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 45.72
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Hardcover. Originally published in Hungarian as: Kisebbsaegi magyar keozeossaegek a 20. szaazadban. Budapest: Gondolat: MTA Kisebbsaegkutatao Intaezet, 2008. Editor(s): Bardi, Nandor; Fedinec, Csilla; Szarka, Laszlo. Num Pages: 550 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 167 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1192.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336772
- ISBN
- 9780880336772
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Condition: New
€ 79.97€ 61.00
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