The reprints of economic classics
List the reprints of economic classics
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Veblen in the reprints of economic classicssome marks to front cover and name written inside front coverveblen, the author of the theory of the leisure class (), is considered by some to be the founding father of the institutional economics schoolthis is a reprint of the book first published in maysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop horsham the vested interests and the common man ("the modern point of view and the new order") - from the writings of thorstein b
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Leon maclaren () was a barrister, politician, philosopher, and the founder of the school of economic sciencewith original subject matter from his economic course and introducing more recent examples and statistics from australia, canada, new zealand, the uk, and the united states, the study examines the major characteristics of the modern economy-such as banking, taxation, and international trade-and considers the role of the government in economic affairsoxfam bookshop victoria based on a three-year course prepared by leon maclaren for the school of economic science in london in the late s, this book reassesses the first principles of economicsit concludes with an examination of society's structure as a whole, the part economic activity plays in the bigger picture, and the social and cultural influences that shape the production and distribution of wealthin his view, science is a study of laws that exist in nature, while economics is a study of the humanities with the interaction between human nature and the natural universe at its heartsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Five basic stages of economic growth are distinguished with detailed discussions of each stage including illustrative examplesoxfam bookshop lower petergate professor rostow gives an account of economic growth based on a dynamic theory of production and interpreted in terms of actual societiesthe final chapter includes a comparison of his non-communist manifesto with marxist theorysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is some foxing to the pages and the cover has some staining
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The title is the history of economic ideas: economic thought in contemporary contextbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for sale for example: idzthe item format is a book paperback
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There is broad evidence on the benefits of economic growth, investments in human capital, and the provision of safety nets for the poorchapter 3 illustrates various analytical techniques through a case studychapter 2 discusses key steps and related issues to consider in implementationbut for a specific program or project in a given country, is the intervention producing the intended benefits and what was the overall impact on the population? could the program or project be better designed to achieve the intended outcomes? are resources being spent efficiently? these are the types of questions that can only be answered through an impact evaluation, an approach which measures the outcomes of a program intervention in isolation of other possible factorsfor some of the more in-depth statistical methods discussed, the reader is referred to the technical literature on the topicoxfam bookshop victoria despite the billions of dollars spent on development assistance each year, there is still very little known about the actual impact of projects on the poorit is aimed at readers with a general knowledge of statisticschapter 4 includes a discussion of lessons learned from a rich set of "good practice" evaluations of poverty projects which have been reviewed for this handbooksee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis handbook seeks to provide project managers and policy analysts with the tools needed for evaluating project impactchapter 1 presents an overview of concepts and methods
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In the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencefrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-statenow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economythe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary world" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breath"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leaderssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincewe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic power
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Lakeside classics is a series printed at christmas-time by commercial printer rr donnelleythus because of their extremely limited distribution lakeside classics are a true collectors gemlakeside classics are only made available to rr donnelley employees, clients and other associated with the companythe lakeside classics are never sold by the company, but some have found their way into the rare book marketwhile the basic format has remained the essentially the same since inception - hardcover, cloth wrapped and gold embossed, the cover material and type style are adjusted every 25 years in order to stay current with development in fine bookmakingthe tradition began in by thomas e donnelley, son of the founder and president of company at the timeother production methods are updated as manufacturing improvements are introducedand this one is in mint condition and sealedthe week before christmas each employee is given one copy of that year's volumerr donnelley & sons company, the lakeside press, the logbook of the captain's clerk: adventures in the china sea
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Oxfam bookshop beverley this book looks at two aspects of islamic activity in the middle east and north africa, the development of social capital and the provision of welfare services, within the context of economic liberalisation programmes to see whether the retrenchment of the state under liberalisation has created a space for islamic-based activitiessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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economics evolving a history of economic thought by agnar sandmo (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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Facsimile edition from the rare reprints series by kessinger publishing (usa)a very good, clean, tight, paperback copyoxfam books & music bedford history of the conspiracy of pontiacthis title was first published in two volumes in ; this copy is a reprint of an editiontitle continues: "and the war of the north american tribes against the english colonies after the conquest of canadaparkman () was a harvard-educated historian and is best-known for his work on the french and the english in north americasee oxfam website for delivery information read more" xxiv + 632 pages
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Readers digest "a world of favourite classics" film and television classicsbargain including postage ÂŁ9 read more3 cd boxed set "sealed new and unused" see picture for music titles
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Title: best of smooth classicsgood - the disc plays perfectly but has clear signs of wearvery good - plays perfectlyacceptable - the disc plays perfectly, but is otherwise the worse for wear
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Hits of the 60's timeless classics collection cd good condition read more
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His study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupsmakdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern worldmakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmentmakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposesthe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to itthe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differences condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular country
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In these years, political philosophers extended, developed, and reshaped this liberalism as they responded to challenges and alternatives on the left and right-from the new international economic order to the rise of the new rightshe traces the roots of contemporary theories of justice and inequality, civil disobedience, just war, global and intergenerational justice, and population ethics in the s and '70s and beyondoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokenusing archival sources, forrester explores the ascent and legacy of this form of liberalism by examining its origins in midcentury debates among american antistatists and british egalitarians "a forceful, encyclopedic studypages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nickssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefine unclipped dust-wrapper"-michael eric dyson, new york times a history of how political philosophy was recast by the rise of postwar liberalism and irrevocably changed by john rawls's a theory of justicein the shadow of justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the influence of john rawlsin the aftermath of the civil rights movement and the vietnam war, rawls's a theory of justice made a particular kind of liberalism essential to political philosophyrecasting the history of late twentieth-century political thought and providing novel interpretations and fresh perspectives on major political philosophers, in the shadow of justice offers a rigorous look at liberalism's ambitions and limitsthese thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their criticsin this first-ever history of contemporary liberal theory, katrina forrester shows how liberal egalitarianism-a set of ideas about justice, equality, obligation, and the state-became dominant, and traces its emergence from the political and ideological context of the postwar united states and britain
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Rod stewart - still the same (great rock classics of our time, )dispatched with royal mail 1st class large lettercondition is very good
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At the heart of the book is a quest to understand what makes a truly great photographthis book examines all the different genres of photography from landscape and portraiture to news and reportageit brings a critical perspective and a strong aesthetic sense to the subject, but above all it is primarily a narrative historythe dust jacket has creasing to the top edge and bumping to all four corners and also the top and bottom of the spinethere is a very small tear (about 5 mm) at the bottom of the spineit begins with the earliest days of the photograph in the s and ends with an examination of the state of photography today and the effect that the 'digital revolution' will have, changing not only how we look at a photograph but what it is in a physical sensethis is a large book measuring 305 x 240 x 26 mm and weighing 1 7 kg, however, this is still within the limit to not affect the postage costsee oxfam website for delivery information read more"the genius of photography" examines the evolution of photography in its wider context: social, political, economic, technological and artisticthe hard cover has a little bumping to the top and bottom of the spine but the corners are goodoxfam bookshop new milton used, fair condition, hard cover with dust jacketaccompanying the first major television history of this ever more influential artform, this landmark book explores the key events and the key images that have marked the development of photographythis is a major book for anyone who wants to know more about one of the most important art forms of the 21st centurythe inner edge of the back board is damaged down the length where it joins to the spine, however, the binding of the pages is still soundall the pages are clean and unmarked
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In support of this argument duff marshals evidence from the social and economic context of the time, and from literary and rhetorical analyses of the textmore recently, however, it has been argued that no such crisis existed at the time the book was writtensee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe result is a work that substantially advances the implication of the current consensus and sheds new light on this influential yet enigmatic textoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear the book of revelation presents the reader with a frightening narrative world in which the people of god are tormented, threatened, and sometimes killed by various agents of satanin this study, paul duff offers a different viewpoint on the origin of the book of revelation is a rhetorically sophisticated response to an internal leadership crisis within the churchesthroughout the work, the apocalyse points to rome as the predominant demonic agentscholars have traditionally thought that revelation was written in order to encourage believers to stand fast in the face of the roman persecutation of the early church
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In the background are the new economic powers based on the development of a coal and iron technology; in the foreground, new social and political problems and new ways of tackling themthe book stresses both the underlying unity and the rich variety of the age, and raises fundamental issues about a period of crucial change in british history - industrialisation, war, constitutional change and the attitudes of politicians towards it, political development, and, not least, society and culturethe story ends, not with a full stop but with a question markwidely read and quoted it has had a unique influence on teaching and research this second edition draws on the great volume of new research - produced by lord briggs amongst others, since its original publicationcould improvement be maintained? could balance and progress continue to be reconciled? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop shaftesbury the age of improvement has long established itself as a classic of modern historical writingthe author also discusses perceptions of, and reactions to, changing circumstances, the influence of religion and science on national life, and changing styles in art and literature
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In , he was assassinated; the movement for social and economic change has never recoveredoxfam books & music aberdeen martin luther king jr was the most powerful and eloquent champion of the poor and oppressed in us history, and at the height of his fame in the mid-sixties seemed to offer the real possibility of a new and radical beginning for liberal politics in the usaas shocking as it is tragic, an act of state remains the most compelling and authoritative account of how king's challenge to the us establishment led inexorably to his murderpublished in first edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreat a civil trial in , supported by the king family, seventy witnesses under oath set out the details of the conspiracy pepper had unearthed: the jury took just one hour to find that ray was not responsible for the assassination, that a wide-ranging conspiracy existed, and that government agents were involvedthe conviction of james earl ray for his murder has never looked even remotely safe, and when william pepper began to investigate the case it was the start of a twenty-five year campaign for justicean act of state lays out the extraordinary facts of the king story of the huge groundswell of optimism engendered by his charismatic radicalism, of how plans for his execution were laid at the very heart of government and the military, of the disinformation and media cover-ups that followed every attempt to search out the truth
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Cognizant that all works of art reflect the times from which they emerge, the authors discuss the vital relationship between the ceramic workshops and the many movements - political, economic and artistic - that swept through europe and the rest of the world at that timewith access to the most extensive amphora collections worldwide and recently unearthed archives and records from the czech republic, the authors - all three specialists in their fields - piece together a fascinating story of talent, ambition, family ties and innovationincluded are hundreds of specially commissioned photographs with detailed descriptions, chapters on collecting, care and conservation, and a lengthy study of marks, signatures and the amphora numbering systemthey journey from amphora's beginnings in the turn-teplitz region of what was once bohemia, to foreign markets where their artworks garnered mass appeal and on to the world's largest art exhibitions of the late 19th and early 20th centuriesoxfam bookshop victoria here is the definitive account of the house of amphora, the innovative ceramic artworks bearing that name in fact or by association, and the five workshops that produced themsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The legend of zelda nes classics game boy advance gba ac
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The development of birmingham is traced through descriptions of the economic and social effects of the great war and a fascinating survey of the inter-war years, covering many aspects of social lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop truro this is the history of the city in its formative years
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Set in early '80s san francisco, the film charts the hard times and eventual comeback of chris gardner (smith), a suddenly single salesman who has custody of his son, but finds that providing for the two of them is a challenge in the increasingly unstable economic climatetogether, father and son struggle through homelessness, jail time, tax seizure and the overall punishing despair in a quest that would make gardner a respected millionairesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the face of this difficult life, chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time careeroxfam bookshop carlisle drama starring will smithdisc and case in very good condition
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In pursuance of these objects, it initiated in a programme of economic research in aviation under the direction of drthe brookings institution was established in with the twin objects of "aiding constructively in the development of sound national policies andsome bw maps and illustrationsto offer training of a super-graduate character to students of the social sciences"owners name on first page see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop holmfirth america faces the air age the director prepared the introductory volume to a promised series, and he limits himself to outlining the basic setting of the world air transport problemparker van zandtjacket torn and soiled as shownaviation history
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Disc does shows signs of usedispatched quickly via royal mail 1st class postagethe simpsons: hit & run (classics version) for original xbox console uk pal version case and manual in very good conditiontested and fully working
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Marx felt he must criticise the economic and philosophical views of proudhon, at the same time answering questions relating to the theory and tactics of the revolutionary proletarian movement as it was inproudhon, 'an ideologist of the petty bourgeoisie'oxfam bookshop st albans this book is karl marx's response to the 'philosophy of poverty' written by m plastic covering to book; english translation in by harry quelch see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop reigate first published in , this classic work fills a gap in the economic history of early modern england by explaining the roll of one of its most important and fast-growing industriessee oxfam website for delivery information read morefoxing to page edges and some annotations in pencil on inside pages, but overall in good condition
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Three decades later zimbabwe became the focus of international attention for different reasons: acrimonious racial relations, controversial elections, economic hardship and military intervention in drc see oxfam website for delivery information read more the book is in good condition some stains on the sidealao argues that this unfortunate transition is intrinsically linked to the ways in which mugabe used the politics of domestic and external security to his own gain and how a freedom fighter transformed into an imprudent autocrat and international pariahin the newly independent and democratic zimbabwe was a beacon of hope in a troubled region
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moremany now believe that the brain is what makes us human, and it seems that neuroscientists are poised to become the new experts in the management of human conduct excellent conditionoxfam shop morpeth the brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before, from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaestheticsuncreased spine and pristine pagesneuro describes the key developments--theoretical, technological, economic, and biopolitical--that have enabled the neurosciences to gain such traction outside the laboratory
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