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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. With very few exceptions, industrial development has been central to the process of structural transformation which characterises economic development. This book examines challenges and opportunities arising from globalization, technological change and international trade rules. Editor(s): O'Connor, David; Kjollerstrom, Monica. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 3JM; GTF; KN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781848130272
ISBN
9781848130272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.36

Hardback. Industrial Development in a Frontier Economy is pioneering microanalysis of 59 Argentinean corporations between 1890 and 1930 that explains Argentina's failure to develop an efficient manufacturing sector, even as countries in similar circumstances successfully modernized. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759830
ISBN
9780804759830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.72

Hardback. This study of the evolution of Chinese capitalism chronicles the Song family of North China under five successive authoritarian governments. Brett Sheehan shows both foreign and Chinese influences on private business, which, although closely linked to the state, was neither a handmaiden to authoritarianism nor a natural ally of democracy. Num Pages: 327 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674967601
ISBN
9780674967601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.37
€ 50.37

hardcover. A nuanced understanding of modernization in nineteenth-century Brazil that demonstrates Brazilian commitment to technological innovation. Num Pages: 254 pages, 26 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107100565
ISBN
9781107100565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.41

Paperback. Presents a comprehensive survey of Ireland's industrial archaeology. Divided into five main sections, the subject is detailed in nineteen chapters, each dealing with a major industrial activity, its technology and important surviving sites. This book is fully referenced and illustrated throughout. Num Pages: 542 pages, Maps, photos, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HDD; HDT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 172 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1118.
Publisher
Gill
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892439
ISBN
9781848892439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.91

Paperback. This is a social and cultural history of Scotland's industrial rise and relative decline, concerned above all with the leaders and workers who produced the first and suffered in the second Num Pages: 368 pages, maps, illustrations, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748610853
ISBN
9780748610853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.04

Hardcover. Num Pages: 630 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; 3JMC; KCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 187 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1616.
Publisher
New Century Publications India
Number of pages
630
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9788177083101
ISBN
9788177083101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.59
€ 113.28

Hardcover. Bringing together renowned scholars in the field with younger researchers, this interdisciplinary study of the history of post-war industrial policy in Europe investigates transfers across borders and locates industrial policy in the context of the Cold War from a global perspective. Editor(s): Grabas, Christian; Nutzenadel, Alexander. Num Pages: 401 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTK; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137329899
ISBN
9781137329899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.61

Hardcover. A study of the European macroeconomy from 1700 to 1910. The macroeconomic data from five countries is examined both descriptively and analytically. The material in this book is designed to demonstrate the strong interactions among the European economies. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; KCB; KCZ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 541.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333379356
ISBN
9780333379356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 299 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJH; JFSG; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310724
ISBN
9781477310724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.12

Hardback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199270040
ISBN
9780199270040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 214.07

Paperback. Describes Britain's rise as the world's first industrial world power, its decline from the temporary dominance of the pioneer, its rather special relationship with the rest of the world (notably the underdeveloped countries) and the effects of all these on the life of the British people. Num Pages: 432 pages, diagrams, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC; KJK; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140257885
ISBN
9780140257885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.76

Paperback. This is a study of the economic, political, and technological forces that have thwarted Mexican efforts to become a competitive member of the international economic community. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; KCM; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804725866
ISBN
9780804725866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press Ithaca
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483851
ISBN
9780801483851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 48.63

Paperback. Explains how the financial system that led to crisis also created shocking and rising inequality. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745329437
ISBN
9780745329437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253020604
ISBN
9780253020604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.88

Hardcover. Historians have long speculated on the role played by the Enlightenment in the rise of nationalism in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. This book offers a fresh perspective on this subject through an examination of the Greek Enlightenment, its aspirations, and its relationship to the larger European Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335812
ISBN
9780880335812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.97

Hardcover. Infant Mortality and Working-Class Child Care, 1850-1899 unlocks the hidden history of northern working-class child care in the nineteenth century, investigating the child care models of working-class women in industrial and domestic arenas who have traditionally been cast by historians as the villains of infant life. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137369031
ISBN
9781137369031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.29

Hardcover. Num Pages: 407 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; HBTB; HRAM1; HRAX; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 245 x 32. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Brepols Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9782503531748
ISBN
9782503531748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.36

Hardcover. Using case studies of cholera, plague, malaria, and yellow fever, this book analyzes how factors such as public health diplomacy, trade, imperial governance, medical technologies, and cultural norms operated within global and colonial conceptions of political and epidemiological risk to shape infectious disease policies in colonial India. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230354609
ISBN
9780230354609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.18

Paperback. An illuminating historical study of an often overlooked section of the Anglican clergy, tracing the role of the diaconate from the Reformation to the present day and clarifying the debate about its future. Num Pages: 218 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HRCC2; HRCC91; HRCX1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780227174883
ISBN
9780227174883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.44

paperback. In the last days of July 1943, British and American planes dropped 9,000 tons of bombs with the intention of erasing the German city from the map. The resultant firestorm burned for a month and left 40,000 civilians dead. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241964248
ISBN
9780241964248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.21

Hardback. Explores a critical period of space history when humans dared an expansive leap into the inner solar system. With an irreverent and engaging style, Jay Gallentine conveys the trials and triumphs of the people on the ground who conceived and engineered the missions that put robotic spacecraft on the heavenly bodies nearest our own. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 496 pages, 52 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803234468
ISBN
9780803234468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.59

Hardback. In the decades after World War II, inflation undermined the aspiration for full employment in Australia. This book tells the story of how the Australian state was shaped by the confrontation with monetary instability: a pre-history of neoliberalism. Num Pages: 337 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJP; KCB; KCF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 555.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
337
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137265968
ISBN
9781137265968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.27

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