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The Tree Faller's Manual is an essential handbook for forest operators and others who need to fell trees manually using a hand-held chainsaw. This manual builds on the information provided by the Chainsaw Operator's Manual. Tree felling is a high risk...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262547307Author David H. AutorFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046367Author David H. AutorFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

An international and historical look at how parenting choices change in the face of economic inequalityParents everywhere want their children to be happy and do well. Yet how parents seek to achieve this ambition varies enormously. For instance, American...

Some 10 million migrant workers cross national borders each year and, if they pay an average $1,000 to recruiters, moving workers over borders is a $10 billion a year business. Merchants of Labor examines the businesses that move low-skilled workers over...

The book argues that trade unionism must break into the new worlds of work by radically transforming contemporary trade union structures and culture which renders the movement largely alien to younger workers employed in the gig and digital economies...

Updated with new chapters on 1987-1997 and 1997-2010 In this highly-praised book, Sarah Boston recounts the story of women workers from the early nineteenth century to the present day: the struggles and strikes, successes and failures in their strenuous...

A global account of the grassroots environmental movements on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Environmentalism from Below takes readers inside the popular struggles for environmental liberation in the Global South. These communities-among the...

Two leading social scientists examine the gender wealth gap in countries with officially egalitarian property law, showing how legal professionals-wittingly and unwittingly-help rich families and men maintain their privilege.In many countries, property...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788790199258Author Claus Aastrup JensenFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint University Press of Southern DenmarkPublisher University Press of Southern...

This is the story of the historic 21 week equal pay strike at Trico-Folberth in Brentford, West London, in 1976. TRICO - A Victory to Remember is indispensable to understanding how the 1970s marked a turning point in making women's rights a central focus...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912745128Author Shauna Darling RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Troika BooksPublisher Troika BooksWeight(grams) 140g

This is a story of how work gets done. It is also a study of how field service technicians talk about their work and how that talk is instrumental in their success. In his innovative ethnography, Julian E. Orr studies the people who repair photocopiers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815721079Author Sebastian EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

In a society with an unprecedented history of immigration, those who are often seen as a drain on America's resources cross borders in search of equal opportunity. Grace Chang's vital account of immigrant women - who work as nannies, domestic workers,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815737865Author Darrell M. WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 221Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm)...

Much of the debate on the future of work has focused on responses to technological trends in the Global North, with little evidence on how these trends are impacting work and workers in the Global South. Drawing on a rich selection of ethnographic...

There was once a time when 'work' was inextricably linked to survival and self-preservation; where the farmer ploughed the land so their family could eat. But the sun has long since set on this idyllic tableau, and what was once an integral part of life...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262027700Author Pierre CahucFormat HardbackPage Count 1080Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 203mm * 37mm

Marxist discourse around automation has recently become waylaid with breathless techno-pessimist dystopias and fanciful imaginations of automated luxury communism. This collection of essays by both established veterans of the field and new voices is a...

Risk Assessments: Questions and Answers is a practical handbook providing best practice solutions to a comprehensive set of frequently asked questions about risk assessments. This book explains and covers approved codes of practice, legal requirements...

The Chainsaw Operator's Manual is an essential safety tool for chainsaw operators. It is the ultimate guide to basic chainsaw operating techniques covering safety, maintenance and cross-cutting, but not tree felling. Detailed diagrams illustrate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912676781Author Magdalena KicinskaFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd

Expectations, Employment and Prices brings Keynesian economics into the 21st century by providing a new paradigm that explains how high unemployment could potentially persist forever without a little help from the government. The book fills in logical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913603144Author Rudyard Rudyard KiplingFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint BOTH PressPublisher BOTH PressDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 10mm

Pacific Rim scholars look at globalization's impact on international economicsPacific Rim scholars look at globalization's impact on international economicsAbout the AuthorEdna Bonacich is Professor of Sociology and Ethnic Studies at the University of...

The seventh edition of Sociology, Work and Organisation is outstandingly effective in explaining how we can use the sociological imagination to understand the nature of institutions of work, organisations, occupations, management and employment and how...

Until now, there has been little scholarly analysis of the Soviet Gulag as an economic, social, and political institution, primarily owing to a lack of data. This collection presents the results of years of research by Western and Russian scholars. The...

Written by one of America's preeminent labor historians, this book is the definitive account of one of the most spectacular, captivating, complex and strangely neglected stories in Western history-the emergence of migratory farmworkers and the...

In this path-breaking study, social economist Naila Kabeer examines the lives of Bangladeshi garment workers in Bangladesh and Britain to shed light on the question of what constitutes "fair" competition in international trade. She argues that if the...

Accident investigation and risk assessment have for decades focused on the human factor, particularly 'human error'. Countless books and papers have been written about how to identify, classify, eliminate, prevent and compensate for it. This bias towards...

Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains examines the effectiveness of corporate social responsibility on improving labor standards in global supply chains. Sarosh Kuruvilla charts the development and effectiveness of corporate...

A visionary program for national renewal, the Green New Deal aims to protect the earth's climate while creating good jobs, reducing injustice, and eliminating poverty. Its core principle is to use the necessity for climate protection as a basis for...

The Covid-19 pandemic has tragically exposed how today's welfare state cannot properly protect its citizens. Despite the valiant efforts of public sector workers, from under-resourced hospitals to a shortage of housing and affordable social care, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913662950Author Leila KirkFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Rowanvale BooksPublisher Rowanvale BooksWeight(grams) 127g

This volume traces the history of the TGWU from its zenith in the period of the Labour Government to its nadir in 1992. It easily divides itself into two distinct periods. The first from 1974-79 saw a reforming Labour government which, recognising trade...

The seventh edition of Sociology, Work and Organisation is outstandingly effective in explaining how we can use the sociological imagination to understand the nature of institutions of work, organisations, occupations, management and employment and how...

Allows the reader to better understand the root causes of systems failures faced daily in the management of health and safety Delivers content that is relatable to those working or studying in the fields of occupational health and safety, human...

Robin Murray: Selected Writings demonstrates the breadth of Murray's intellectual curiosity and his political commitment to finding new ways of organising the economy and society. A thinker at the heart of left-wing thought and contributor to the seminal...

Published in collaboration with BUIRA, this book provides a critical review of the field of industrial relations (IR) and evaluates its future in the rapidly evolving world of work. Written by key names in IR, the book captures the significant...