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Oxfam books & music lancaster diaspora & hybridity deals with those theoretical issues which concern social theory and social change in the new millenniumit relates the topics to contemporary social struggles and cultural contexts, providing the reader with a framework to evaluate and displace the key ideological arguments, theories and narratives deployed in culturalist academic circles todaythe authors demonstrate how diaspora and hybridity serve as problematic tools, cutting across traditional boundaries of nations and groups, where trans-national spaces for a range of contested cultural, political and economic outcomes might arisethe volume provides a refreshing, critical and illuminating analysis of concepts of diaspora and hybridity and their impact on multi-ethnic and multi-cultural societies - dr rohit barot, department of archaeology and anthropology, university of bristol what do we mean by 'diaspora' and 'hybridity'? why are they pivotal concepts in contemporary debates on race, culture and society? this book is an exhaustive, politically inflected, assessment of the key debates on diaspora and hybriditysee oxfam website for delivery information read morewide ranging, richly illustrated and challenging, it will be of interest to students of cultural studies, sociology, ethnicity and nationalism
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Oxfam bookshop victoria road railways in nineteenth-century victoria were seen as the key to community development, both social and economicthis is in very good condition, it was published in by lavender hill multimediawhat they did for the mornington peninsula is graphically presented in this bookthis book, with its appealing illustrations and enthralling cameos of life along the tracks since , captures the spirit of the mornington peninsulasee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Early chapters discuss the economic and social character of warwickshire; a middle section examines the onset of the civil war in ; and finally there is a discussion of the economic impact of the war and the administrative, political and religious changes of the s and s, culminating in an assessment of the significance of the restorationthis book discusses the origins, impact and aftermath of the civil war in warwickshire, examining administration, religion and politics in their social contextthe focus is mainly on the landed élite, but the importance of relationships between members of the élite and their social inferiors is also stressed boards and spine lightly worndustwrapper clean and lightly worndr hughes takes a critical approach to recent historiography, and challenges the concept of a 'county community'oxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , cambridge university pressthe book is intended as a contribution to a general understanding of the civil war, rather than as a study of one particular countysee oxfam website for delivery information read morelight staining on a few pages
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It will appeal to all those studying development economics, with particular interest in areas such as diversification, poverty and female empowermentthe book centres on country-specific chapters that provide an in-depth focus on an issue of relevance to the location and that tease out the interplay between female empowerment and development in that contextthis book uses the information collected in original household surveys conducted in rural areas in four countries to investigate the links between women's position in the household, diversification strategies, labour market participation and poverty reductionthe empowerment of women has been identified as a way to overcome inefficiencies in the allocation of resources within the family and so improve agrarian households' productivityin particular, the chapters examine: landlessness in ethiopia feminization of the agricultural labour market in andhra pradesh, india female labour supply and women's power within the household in uganda disadvantages faced by female-headed households in zimbabwe the analysis calls for caution in assuming that labour market expansion necessarily acts to empower women and emphasizes the role female access to assets can have in facilitating diversification and escaping povertyhowever, achieving diversification is not necessarily empowering for women and some initiatives may worsen their positionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop beverley accumulation of assets to enable the diversification of activities has been established as crucial in helping the rural poor escape poverty
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The concept of sustainable development and the general understanding of the interdependence of the environment and the economy are both examined in this thought-provoking new bookeco-innovation: when sustainability and competitiveness shake hands, hardcover by carrillo-hermosilla, javier; gonzalez, pablo del rio; konnola, totti, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk eco-innovation considers the impact industry has on our environmental surroundings whilst exploring the need for more sustainable development
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Guanxi lies at the heart of china's social order, its economic structure, and its changing institutional landscapethis volume offers the latest scholarly thinking on the subject by top china sociologists whose work on guanxi has been influential and by new scholars offering cutting-edge insights on the topicthe book has signs of reading and shelf wear, some very minor scuffing to the edges and a couple of spots on the inside of the front coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is considered important in most every realm of life, from politics to business, and from officialdom to street lifecambridge paperback in very good conditionoxfam books & music totnes subtitled - institutions, culture, and the changing nature of guanxi guanxi, loosely translated as "social connections," or "social networks," is among the most important, talked about, and studied phenomena in china today
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He explains how they spread their traditions and gave rise to important advances in copper mining, warfare, and patron-client political institutions, thereby ushering in an era of vibrant social changelinking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, david anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of central eurasia's steppe grasslands as the original speakers of proto-indo-european, and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior's chariot turned the eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchangebut who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even nazis seeking the roots of the aryan raceoxfam books & music lichfield roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as proto-indo-europeanthe horse, the wheel, and language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries--the source of the indo-european languages and english--and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the pastthe horse, the wheel, and language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original indo-european speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilizationanthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback ridingsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop ulverston james fisher combines the strengths of technical anthropology, literary memoir, and striking photography in this telling study of rapid social change in himalayan nepalbeginning with his impressions of sherpa society in pre-tourist days, fisher traces the trajectory of contemporary sherpa society reeling under the impact of modern education and mass tourism, and assesses the sherpa's concerns for their future and how they believe these problems should be and eventually will be resolvedreturning to the everest region several times during the s and s, he discovered that the construction of the schools had far less impact than one of the by-products of their building: a short-take-off-and-landing airstripthe author first visited the sherpas of nepal when he accompanied sir edmund hilary on the himalayan schoolhouse expedition ofby reducing the time it took to travel between kathmandu and the everest region from a hike of several days to a 45-minute flight, the airstrip made a rapid increase in tourism possiblesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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She works at the intersection of conservation and cooperation, focusing on issues such as overfishing and climate changeoxfam bookshop cheltenham in is shame necessary? rising star jennifer jacquet shows that we have to use shame if we want to bring about political change and hold the powerful to account in our individualistic world, is shame an outdated, moralising concept - or is it something that we can rediscover and use in a new way? what can we gain from redefining shame to help solve the key social and political issues of our time? in this urgent, illuminating book, jennifer jacquet argues that, if we want to make large-scale fixes, we need to become active citizens, ready to find creative ways to shame those who have the power to bring about political and social change but aren'tdetailing how to change behaviour, she outlines seven habits of highly effective shaming that will allow us to make companies act ethically, hold governments to account when they ignore laws, and get more people to cast their voteshaming works best when used sparingly, but when applied in just the right way, in just the right quantity, and at just the right time, it can perhaps keep us from failing ourselves and the planetorg, and conceived of the modernized shame totem pole for a presentation in at the serpentine galleryfrom the mimes hired by the mayor of bogotá in the fight against bad driving behaviour to the online list published by the state of california singling out the top five hundred businesses and individuals who aren't paying their taxes, jacquet uses real-life examples to show how shaming is relevant to the twenty-first centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morejennifer jacquet is an assistant professor in the department of environmental studies at new york universityindividual guilt and modified consumption don't compare to the possibilities of using shame as a non-violent form of resistanceshe formerly wrote the guilty planet blog at scientific american, contributes to edge
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Starting with the history of the potato as a member of the botanical genus solanum, its adaptation by man as a cultivated plant, and the record of its spread throughout the world; secondly the author considers the influence the potato has exerted upon the social structure and economy of different peoples at different timesoxfam bookshop woodbridge first published in , this remarkable book is the culmination of a life-long study of every aspect of the potatono inscriptions or annotations see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The origins of the works are explored, and annotations to each piece seek to assist the modern readerfiction and non-fiction volumes will also contain a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variantsthis volume is part of the complete works of evelyn waugh critical edition, which brings together all waugh's published and previously unpublished writings for the first time with comprehensive introductions and annotation, and a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variantsonly 15% of waugh's letters have previously been publishedthe edition's general editor is alexander waugh, evelyn waugh's grandson and editor of the twelve-volume personal writings sequenceall volumes will be beautifully produced, and have comprehensive introductions and detailed annotationlong interred in fashion magazines, popular newspapers, sober journals, undergraduate reviews, and bbc archives, 110 of the 170 pieces in the volume have never before been reprintedalexander waugh, evelyn waugh's grandson, is editing a twelve-volume personal writings sequence for the series, intercalating over letters with the complete, unexpurgated diariesfinally, in early waugh travelled for three months in remote british guiana, resulting in nine travel articles and a handful of dust, acclaimed as one of the most distinguished novels of the centurywaughs works are placed in their rich literary and historical context, enabling readers to appreciate for the first time the range and complexity of his thinking and artistic practice, and linking this to the work of his contemporaries in britain, america and europewaugh was 19 when his first oxford review appeared, 31 when the spectator printed his last review ofthis is a young writer's book, and the always lucid articles and reviews it presents read as fresh and lively, as challenging and opinionated, as the day they first appearedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreseveral typescripts of articles and reviews are published here for the first time, as are a larger number of unsigned pieces never before identified as waugh'sthe complete works will revolutionize waugh studies, and offer new insights for twentieth-century literary and cultural studies generallythe volume embraces university journalism; essays from waugh's years of drift after oxford; forcefully emphatic articles and contrasting sophisticated reviews written for the metropolitan press from to (the most active and enterprising years of waugh's career); reports for three newspapers of a coronation in abyssinia and essays for the times on the condition of ethiopia and on british policy in arabiaoriginal texts, so easily distorted in the production process, have been established as far as possible using manuscript and other controlsno other edition of a british novelist has been undertaken on this scaleoxfam bookshop victoria the complete works of evelyn waugh offers the first scholarly edition of waugh's work, bringing together all of his extant writings and graphic art: novels, biographies, travel writing, short fiction, essays, articles, reportage, reviews, poems, juvenilia, parerga, drawings, and designsthis first volume of evelyn waugh's articles, essays, and reviews contains every traceable piece of journalism that research could uncover written by waugh between january , when he first went up to oxford, and december , when he had recently returned from british guiana and was enjoying the runaway success of a handful of dust
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By approaching ownership as social communication and negotiation, the text points to a more dynamic and processual understanding of property, ownership and appropriationunderstanding processes of ownership and appropriation is not only central to anthropological theorizing but also has major practical applications, for policy, legislative development and conflict resolutionthe chapters document the relationship between ownership, subjectivities and personhood; they demonstrate the critical consequences of materiality and immateriality on what is owned; and they examine the social relations of propertyownership and appropriation significantly extends anthropology's long-term concern with property by focusing on everyday notions and acts of owning and appropriatingnot only are the commons being rapidly enclosed and privatized, but the very idea of what can be owned is expanding, generating conflicts over the ownership of resources, ideas, culture, people, and even parts of peopleoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition in a world of finite resources, expanding populations and widening structural inequalities, the ownership of things is increasingly contestedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This new edition retains its progressive approach to economic modelling and applications which allows for a more realistic interpretation of today's world eventsspine bumped slight;y top and bottomoxfam bookshop lymington hardback fourth edition published in by macmillansee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery clean and tightly bound with no inscriptionsillustrated paper covered boards with white title on spine and red title on front cover
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Veblen in the reprints of economic classicsoxfam shop horsham the vested interests and the common man ("the modern point of view and the new order") - from the writings of thorstein bsome marks to front cover and name written inside front coverthis is a reprint of the book first published in maysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreveblen, the author of the theory of the leisure class (), is considered by some to be the founding father of the institutional economics school
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Oxfam shop magdelen street in a unique application of critical theory to the study of the role of ideology in politics, jeffrey herf explores the paradox inherent in the german fascists' rejection of the rationalism of the enlightenment while fully embracing modern technology by associating technology with the germans, rather than the jews, with beautiful form rather than the formlessness of the market, and with a strong state rather than a predominance of economic values and institutions, these right-wing intellectuals reconciled germany's strength with its romantic soul and national identitythe book shows how german nationalism and later national socialism created what joseph goebbels, hitler's propaganda minister, called the 'steel-like romanticism of the twentieth century'weimar right: ernst juenger, oswald spengler, werner sombart, hans freyer, carl schmitt, and martin heideggersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe documents evidence of a cultural tradition he calls 'reactionary modernism' found in the writings of german engineers and of the major intellectuals of the
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Leeds then and now, hardcover by musgrave, eric, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk using archive photos from the s to the paired with a modern viewpoint, leeds then and now shows how the great northern powerhouse has retained and adapted its classic victorian buildings, such as kirkgate market, to a 21st-century economy
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In particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving - perhaps even recreating - the living world to serve human endswithout close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as humboldt and mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nationsoxfam books & music crouch end this volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centurythe life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with us, european, russian, japanese, indonesian, chinese contextsthe book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science developssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretaking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestock
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It brings together much previous unseen material, and contains over 350 photographs, advertisement and extracts from the towns ordnance survey map, to provide an intriguing look at swanages development and social history see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ludlow discover old swanage is the long-awaited follow-up to swanage and purbeck in old photographs by david haysom and david bragg
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The development economics reader should be an invaluable resource for all students of the disciplinethe reader focuses on the most recent and up-to-date contributions to the field of development economicsoxfam bookshop beverley this book draws together the most authoritative articles on development economics published in the past few years, is aimed at undergraduate level and is suitable for students with little or no background in economicsinstead of collecting "classic" contributions-which are already available through many sources-the articles chosen reflect recent developments in the discipline (for instance, in the area of geography and development) and include contributions that address recent events (the dramatic resurgence of a debt relief movement)the main themes include poverty, foreign aid, agriculture and human capital, with essays by such luminaries as amartya sen, jeffrey sachs, jagdish bhagwati, joseph stiglitz, paul romer, dani rodrik, william easterly, robert barro, kenneth arrow, hernando de soto, daron acemoglu, muhammad yunus, anne krueger, abhijit banerjee, esther duflo, michael kremer and martin feldsteincondition: light shelf wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Parents temperament is very gentle and loving and enjoy lots of fuss and company an abundance of toys will be available for the kittens to play with as they get older to help with development and social interactiona litter of blue kittens ready to reservekittens will not be released until over 8 weeks and longer if weaning has not fully happened ** no public transport for pick up ** read moremum and dad are both half british bluea deposit of ÂŁ50 secures a kitten and i will provide regular updates, pictures etc as they maturedad is chunky and previous litter the kittens have followed dad's lookkittens will be regularly handled, played with and loved
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Parents temperament is very gentle and loving and enjoy lots of fuss and company an abundance of toys will be available for the kittens to play with as they get older to help with development and social interactiona litter of blue kittens ready to reservemum and dad are both half british bluea deposit of ÂŁ50 secures a kitten and i will provide regular updates, pictures etc as they maturedad is chunky and previous litter the kittens have followed dad's lookkittens will be regularly handled, played with and lovedkittens will not be released until over 8 weeks and longer if weaning has not fully happened ** no public transport for pick up ** only 3 boys left read more
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Introduction to feminist therapy strategies for social and individual change by kathy mevans (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Archaeology and photography calls for a change in how we think about photography and timeoxfam books & music kentish town does a photograph freeze a moment of time? what does it mean to treat a photographic image as an artefact? in the visual culture of the 21st century, do new digital and social forms change the status of photography as archival or objective - or are they revealing something more fundamental about photography's longstanding relationships with time and knowledge?archaeology and photography imagines a new kind of visual archaeology that tackles these questionsthe book challenges us to imagine photography, like archaeology, not as a representation of the past and the reception of traces in the present but as an ongoing transformation of objectivity and archivethrough twelve new wide-ranging and challenging studies from an emerging generation of archaeological thinkers, archaeology and photography introduces new approaches to historical photographs in museums and to contemporaryphotographic practice in the fieldit argues that new archaeological accounts of duration and presence can replace older conceptions of the photograph as a snapshot orremnant received in the presentarchaeology and photography will prove indispensable to students, researchers and practitioners in history, photography, art, archaeology, anthropology, science and technology studies and museum and heritage studiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book reassesses the central place of photography as an archaeological method, and re-wires our cross-disciplinary conceptions of time, objectivity and archives, from the history of art to the history of sciencethe book re-frames the relationship between photography and archaeology, past and present, as more than a metaphor or an analogy - but a shared vision
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Rural workers in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century england were not passive victims in the face of rapid social changegriffin shows that they deployed an extensive range of resistances to defend their livelihoods and communitiesoxfam books & music olneysee oxfam website for delivery information read morelocating protest in the wider contexts of work, poverty and landscape change, this new text offers the first critical overview of this growing area of study
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The development and science of the alexander technique collection only read more
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Xabier lamikiz is associate professor of economic history at the university of the basque country in very good conition fruitfully combining approaches from economic history and the cultural history of commerce, this book examines the role of interpersonal trust in underpinning trade, amid the challenges and uncertainties of the eighteenth-century atlanticoxfam books & music fareham trade and trust in the eighteenth-century atlantic world: spanish merchants and their overseas networks by xabier lamikizin particular, it explores the processes of trade, trading networks and communications, seeking to understand merchant behaviour, especially the choices made by individuals when conducting business - and specifically with whom they chose to deal boydell press covers are slightly fadedit focuses on the nature of mercantile activity in two parts of spain: cadiz in the south, and its trade with spain's american empire; and bilbao in the north, and its trade with western and northern europe paperback with laminated covers see oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing from a broad range of spanish, peruvian and british archival sources, the book reveals merchants' experiences of trusting their agents and correspondents, and shows how different factors, from distance to legal frameworks and ethnicity, affected their ability to rely on their contacts
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Oxfam bookshop preston in a series of cross-cultural investigations of word meaning, cliff goddard and anna wierzbicka examine key expressions from different domains of the lexicon - concrete, abstract, physical, sensory, emotional, and socialthe authors consider a range of analytical issues including lexical polysemy, semantic change, the relationship between lexical and grammatical semantics, and the concepts of semantic molecules and templatesthe book opens with a review of the neglected status of lexical semantics in linguisticssome are basic like men, women, and children or abstract nouns like trauma and violence; others describe qualities such as hot, hard, and rough, emotions like happiness and sadness, or feelings like paintheir fascinating book is for everyone interested in the relations between meaning, culture, ideas, and wordsthey ground their discussions in real examples from different cultures and draw on work ranging from leibniz, locke, and bentham, to popular works such as autobiographies and memoirs, and the dalai lama on happinesssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis fascinating book is for everyone interested in the relations between meaning, culture, ideas, and wordsthey focus on complex and culturally important words in a range of languages that includes english, russian, polish, french, warlpiri and malay
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Encourages creative play, healthy outdoor activity, and the development of fine motor skillshape toys stimulate children through every stage of development and help nurture and develop their natural abilitiesall hape products sold in north america meet or exceed all applicable safety standardsdurable child-safe paint finish and solid construction make this a set your child will love for years to comethis shovel can stand up to even the most serious digging tasks of young kidshit the beach for some fun in the sun! the hape mighty shovel lives up to its name and can be used for more than just sand! take it to the beach for some serious digging and play, or get to work in the garden of your own backyardthe shovel is an indispensable tool for beach play and outdoor landscaping
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Hape beach toys encourage creative play, healthy outdoor activity, and the development of fine motor skillshape toys stimulate children through every stage of development and help nurture and develop their natural abilitieshit the beach for some fun in the sun! the hape beach rain shovel is the perfect toy for kids who love to play with both water and sand on the beach, playground, or gardenuse this shovel to dig a moat around your sand castle, then race to the ocean to carry back some water to fill it! or, sift through the sand for shells and wash them off with water from the rain shoveldurable child-safe paint finish and solid bpa-free construction make this a toy your child will love for years to come
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