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Employment and Economic Growth in Urban China 1949-1957 by Christopher Howe 9780521153089
RRP: £30.99£19.04A study of China's urban employment problems set in the context of growth and fluctuations in the urban economy between 1949 and 1957. Its main objectives are to analyse the size and determinants or urban employment change, and to trace the evolution... -
India's Economic Relations with the USSR and Eastern Europe 1953 to 1969 by Asha L. Datar 9780521153072
RRP: £30.99£22.85The world was surprised in August 1971 when India and the Soviet Union signed a treaty of mutual military protection. The author traces the history of economic relations between the two powers which preceded the political move signalling the end of... -
The City Of Ibadan by Peter Lloyd 9780521112178
RRP: £30.99£20.94This is a study of Ibadan, the largest indigenous African city south of the Sahara. Ibadan began its existence as a war-camp and has retained, to a large extent, the structure of an overgrown village. In the core of the town, settled in the nineteenth... -
Socialisation through Children's Literature: The Soviet Example by Felicity Ann O'Dell 9780521144377
RRP: £30.99£20.94This 1922 publication asks the following questions regarding the nature of Soviet socialisation: how different are Soviet moral values from our own; how do their processes of socialisation differ from those we know in the West; could we learn from the... -
Economic Institutional Change in Tokugawa Japan: Osaka and the Kinai Cotton Trade by William B. Hauser 9780521134309
RRP: £30.99£22.85Originally published in 1974, this volume deals with economic and social change in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Japan, by means of a case study of the cotton trade in Osaka and the surrounding Kinai region. The development of the Osaka cotton... -
Japan's Parliament: An Introduction by Hans H. Baerwald 9780521134279
RRP: £30.99£19.04This book was originally published in 1974. At the time of publication, the Japanese Parliament, or Diet, tended to be perceived from one of two widely divergent perspectives. On the one hand, it was made to appear as an institution operating according... -
Class Struggle in the Pale: The Formative Years of the Jewish Worker's Movement in Tsarist Russia by Ezra Mendelsohn 9780521130059
RRP: £30.99£21.89Beginning in the 1890s, and continuing into the twentieth century, Jewish workers in the Russian Pale of Settlement organised themselves to improve their economic and cultural situation. Their struggle was the result of an alliance with the Jewish... -
On the Corruption of Morals in Russia by M.M. Shcherbatov 9780521105248
RRP: £36.99£23.80On the Corruption of Morals in Russia, is the most celebrated work of the Russian historian, philosopher and publicist Prince M. M. Shcherbatov (1733-90). Written towards the close of the reign of Catherine the Great, it is half memoir, half polemic,... -
Taiping Rebel: The deposition of Li Hsiu-ch'eng by C.A. Curwen 9780521104869
RRP: £36.99£20.94Li Hsiu-ch'eng - the Loyal Prince - was the most important military leader on the rebel side during the last years of the Taiping Rebellion in China (1851-64). The Taiping Rebellion has been called the greatest popular revolt in modern history, and it... -
Adam Kok's Griquas: A Study in the Development of Stratification in South Africa by Robert Ross 9780521102339
RRP: £30.99£22.85This book examines the ways in which racial and economic stratification were brought to coincide in pre-industrial South Africa by describing in detail the history of one group, the Griquas of Philippolis and Kokstad. These people, of very mixed origins,... -
Coronelismo: The Municipality and Representative Government in Brazil by Victor Nunes Leal 9780521102315
RRP: £30.99£19.99Since its first appearance in Brazil in 1949, Victor Nunes Leal's Coronelismo, Enxada e Voto, here entitled Coronelismo: the Municipality and Representative Government in Brazil, has come to be recognized as a classic analysis of the system that emerges... -
Saints and Politicians by Donal B.Cruise O'Brien 9780521101097
RRP: £30.99£22.85Political life among the Wolof (the largest and most powerful of Senegal's 'tribal' groups) is the principal theme of this collection of essays. The focus of study is on African political leadership, in towns and villages. Within the constraints of alien... -
Authority Participation and Cultural Change in China: Essays by a European Study Group by Stuart R. Schram 9780521098205
RRP: £36.99£27.40This 1973 volume is a fascinating collection of original studies on the immediate consequences and the likely long-term effects of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the enormous social and political upheaval initiated by Mao Tse-Tung in 1966. The authors... -
The Russian Landed Gentry and the Peasant Emancipation of 1861 by Terence Emmons 9780521089197
RRP: £41.99£32.68This books is concerned with the emancipation of the Russian serfs in 1861, the most important event in Russian history between the reign of Peter the Great (1682-1725) and the Revolution of 1905. It is a social history of the emancipation. The attitudes... -
Essays and Studies Presented to Stanley Arthur Cook: In Celebration of his Seventy-Fifth Birthday by D. Winton Thomas 9780521087001
RRP: £30.99£23.80This volume of contributions by members of the faculties of Divinity and Oriental Languages at Cambridge was converted from a presentation into a memorial by the death of Professor Cook on 15th June, 1949. Not the least valuable feature in it is the... -
Soviet Book Publishing Policy by Gregory Walker 9780521067195
RRP: £30.99£20.94This book first published in 1978 provides a broad and comprehensive view of the Soviet book publishing industry based on extensive use of Soviet sources and on visits and interviews conducted in the Soviet Union. Book publishing is examined both as a... -
Empires On The Pacific by Robert Thompson 9780465085767
£22.77Empires on the Pacific smashes the standard narrative of World War II in the Pacific theatre, showing America's aim to replace Britain as East Asia's New Imperial Power. Robert Smith Thompson offers a long overdue explanation of what America's war... -
Sunlight at Midnight: St. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia by Bruce Lincoln 9780465083244
£21.70For Russians, St.Petersburg has embodied power, heroism and fortitude. It has encompassed all the things that the Russians are and that they hope to become. Opulence and artistic brilliance blend with images of suffering on a monumental scale to make up... -
The Rise Of The Corporate Commonwealth by Louis Galambos 9780465070282
£26.10A panoramic survey of the interactions between American business and public policy, from J.P. Morgan to Lee Iacocca.Book InformationISBN 9780465070282Author Louis GalambosFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Basic BooksPublisher INGRAM PUBLISHER... -
Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed 9780359345212
RRP: £10.24£9.22An impassioned firsthand account of the Russian Revolution An American journalist and revolutionary writer, John Reed became a close friend of Lenin and was an eyewitness to the 1917 revolution in Russia. Ten Days That Shook the World is Reeds... -
James Clerk Maxwell and Modern Physics by R T Glazebrook 9780359071104
RRP: £11.24£10.06From the Preface. THE task of giving some account of Maxwell's work -- of describing the share that he has taken in the advance of Physical Science during the latter halt of this nineteenth century -- has proved no light labour. The problems which he... -
Irish Studies by Alex Davis 9780340807415
£40.09This glossary offers an introduction to Irish culture and society and a route-map to further study. Designed specifically with undergraduates in mind, it contains around 400 short and accessible explanations of the key events, figures and concepts in... -
Timeline of Kings & Queens: From Charlemagne to Elizabeth II by Gordon Kerr 9780955942525 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£1.87Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Nations Out of Empires: European Nationalism and the Transformation of Asia by Harry G. Gelber 9780333921494
RRP: £44.99£44.97In this book, Harry Gelber examines centuries of colonial interaction and argues for a close link between revolution in 18th century Europe and the development of Asian nationalism from the 19th Century onwards. The author reviews how adoption of... -
Economic Relations Between Britain and Australia from the 1940s-196 by J. Singleton 9780333919415
£90.27In the early postwar era, Britain enjoyed a very close economic relationship with Australia and New Zealand through their common membership of the Sterling Area and the Commonwealth Preference Area. This book examines the breakdown of this relationship... -
The British Army, the Gurkhas and Cold War Strategy in the Far East, 1947-1954 by Raffi Gregorian 9780333801482
£90.27This book argues that postwar Britain's 'imperial over-extension' has been exaggerated. Britain developed and adjusted its defence strategy based upon the perceived Communist threat and available resources. It was especially successful at adapting to... -
Anglo-American Policy towards the Free French by G. E. Maguire 9780333632390
RRP: £89.99£89.87This book examines the development of the tiny dissident movement that was Free France in 1940 into a broad-based, popularly supported provisional government. This metamorphosis was to a large extent dependent upon Allied support. Therefore this book... -
Beyond the Tunnel of History: A Revised and Expanded Version of the 1989 BBC Reith Lectures by Daniel Snowman 9780333533284
£35.22A revised and expanded version of the 1989 BBC Reith lectures. Other work by the author includes "Arpentage de la poesie contemporaine", and "Conrad and the West". Other work by the editor includes "America since 1920" and... -
When Singapore Fell: Evacuations and Escapes, 1941-42 by Joseph Kennedy 9780333459454
RRP: £89.99£89.87This book examines the plight of British and Allied civilians as their troops fought with the Japanese Army for the control of Singapore. This is the story of the desperate efforts made to escape, by ocean-going ships, small craft or on foot through the... -
Term Paper Resource Guide to Nineteenth-Century World History by William T. Walker 9780313354045
£69.25With this guide, major help for nineteenth-century World History term papers has arrived to enrich and stimulate students in challenging and enjoyable ways. Show students an exciting and easy path to a deep learning experience through original term paper... -
Daily Life in the Hellenistic Age: From Alexander to Cleopatra by James Allan Evans 9780313338120
£60.35The Hellenistic world, ushered into existance by Alexander the Great, took in a vast region, stretching from Iraq in the east to Sicily in the west. Within this area, society was multicultural but the dominant culture was Greek, developed from the... -
Hot Spot: Latin America by David W. Dent 9780313336614
£60.75From border crime in Mexico to Chavez's revolution in Venezuela, this volume presents up-to-the-minute coverage of the key conflicts, corruption, and revolutionary movements simmering or raging in every region of Latin America. In-depth, comprehensive... -
Hot Spot: North America and Europe by Joseph R. Rudolph 9780313336218
£69.25Even in the relatively serene world of North America and Western Europe, numerous conflicts with the propensity for sustained political violence are carried out by domestic groups with alarming regularity. This in-depth volume explores conflicts and... -
Cooking with the Bible: Biblical Food, Feasts, and Lore by Anthony F. Chiffolo 9780313334108
£79.81Since biblical times, the Judeo-Christian lifestyle has centered on meals. Extending hospitality to both friends and strangers was a divine command, and an invitation to dine was sacred. The Judeo-Christian bible is peppered with stories of meals; these... -
Genghis Khan and Mongol Rule by George Lane 9780313325281
£52.67The Mongols are often associated with the arts of warfare and annals of horror, but a more realistic association would be their contribution to international trade and cultural exchange during the medieval age. Thematic chapters, biographical sketches, a... -
Maritime Exploration in the Age of Discovery, 1415-1800 by Ronald S. Love 9780313320439
£48.28Despite earlier naval expeditions undertaken for reasons of diplomacy or trade, it wasn't until the early 1400s that European maritime explorers established sea routes through most of the globe's inhabited regions, uniting a divided earth into a single... -
Gone Native in Polynesia: Captivity Narratives and Experiences from the South Pacific by Ian Charles Campbell 9780313307874
£83.24Campbell presents a study of the lives and experiences of Europeans and Americans in the age of early industrial overseas expansions, who became detatched from their own societies and lived, sometimes for many years, among Pacific Islanders as integrated... -
Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World: A Biographical Dictionary by Carole Levin 9780313306594
£72.57Aside from a few famous queens, warriors and religious leaders, little information is available about the many extraordinary women of the medieval and Renaissance world. This resource brings together engagingly written biographical profiles of 70 women,... -
Miniature Empires: A Historical Dictionary of the Newly Independent States by James B. Minahan 9780313306105
£72.57The 20th century's most protracted conflict, the Cold War, also provided the longest and most stable peace in the history of the modern world-a fragile peace that came at the price of national freedom for many. With the demise of the Cold War, new nearly... -
Young Heroes in World History by Robin Kadison Berson 9780313302572
£60.75This book of biographical profiles and stories chronicles the astonishing courage and imagination of young people. The lives of the seventeen young men and women profiled here, who range in age from twelve to twenty-three at the time of their heroic...