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Operational Research in War and Peace: The British Experience from the 1930s to 1970
ISBN: 9781860942976 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 476 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This is the first of two projected volumes on the history of operational research (OR) in Britain commissioned by the UK Operational Research Society. Based upon a vast array of published and unpublished sources, the book provides an original account of the discipline's pre-war and wartime origins. This serves as a prelude to a wide-ranging analysis of the diffusion of OR into the public and private sectors after 1945. The chapters on the role of OR in iron and steel and coalmining, and its rapid adoption in the UK corporate sector after 1960, will be of particular interest to practitioners....
This is the first of two projected volumes on the history of operational research (OR) in Britain commissioned by the UK Operational Research Society....
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779,55 zł |
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The Origins of Railway Enterprise: The Stockton and Darlington Railway 1821-1863
ISBN: 9780521892803 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public railway to be empowered to convey goods and passengers by steam traction, has been dismissed by historians as fulfilling little more than a precursory role in the inauguration of the 'Railway Age'. This book establishes its claim to recognition as a significant element in the maturing phase of Britain's industrialisation after 1830, through an examination of its critical role in the contemporary national debate on the merits of steam power and its direct effect on the economic growth of south Durham and north-east Yorkshire, a region which...
The Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public railway to be empowered to convey goods and passengers by steam traction, has been dismissed by ...
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256,10 zł |
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Disease, Medicine and Society in England, 1550-1860
ISBN: 9780521557917 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In his short but authoritative study, Roy Porter assesses the impact of disease on the English before the widespread availability and public provision of medical care, incorporating into the revised edition new perspectives offered by recent research. He examines the medical profession, attitudes to doctors and disease, and the development of state involvement in public health. Drawing together much fragmentary material and providing a detailed bibliography, this book is an important guide to the history of medicine and to English social history.
In his short but authoritative study, Roy Porter assesses the impact of disease on the English before the widespread availability and public provision...
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134,26 zł |
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Housing in Urban Britain 1780-1914
ISBN: 9780521557863 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Why did slums and suburbs develop simultaneously? Were class antagonisms to blame? Why did the Victorians believe there was a housing problem? The history of housing between 1780 and 1914 encapsulates many problems associated with the transition from a largely rural to an overwhelmingly urban nation, whose unprecedented pace imposed immense tensions within society. This book reviews the recent arguments and guides the student of social history to further reading, making it an ideal introduction to a central issue in nineteenth-century history.
Why did slums and suburbs develop simultaneously? Were class antagonisms to blame? Why did the Victorians believe there was a housing problem? The his...
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134,26 zł |
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The American West. Visions and Revisions
ISBN: 9780521593335 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Over the past twenty-five years historians have created a 'New Western History', which has aimed to rewrite the 'Old Western History' created around the famous Turner thesis on the significance of the American Frontier. Focusing on five main themes, this study examines the dynamics and progress of recent scholarship in the issues of land use, the environment, race, ethnicity, gender, business and the development of communities. Synthesizing prolific research, it offers a clear and up-to-date review of American history and includes a complete bibliography.
Over the past twenty-five years historians have created a 'New Western History', which has aimed to rewrite the 'Old Western History' created around t...
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193,39 zł |
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Sport, Economy and Society in Britain 1750-1914
ISBN: 9780521572170 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Neil Tranter draws on the recent surge of academic interest in this topic to provide a concise, up-to-date survey of a dramatic change in the cultural life of Victorian and Edwardian Britain: the radical transformation in the extent and nature of Britain's involvement in sports. Neil Tranter examines key questions such as the principal features of this new sporting culture, how and why it spread, and the economic consequences of this cultural change. He also looks at who the particpants were, and to what extent women were involved in this sporting "revolution."
Neil Tranter draws on the recent surge of academic interest in this topic to provide a concise, up-to-date survey of a dramatic change in the cultural...
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242,62 zł |
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Women's Work, 1840-1940
ISBN: 9780521557887 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume addresses the contentious issues surrounding women's work during a century of social upheaval. Elizabeth Roberts focuses on working-class women and their work--full time and part-time, paid and unpaid, outside and inside the home--examining men's attitudes to women's work, women's connections with trade unions, a "family wage," and unequal pay and status. Women's Work is a unique overview of an expanding field of social and economic history, and Dr. Roberts' survey of the available literature provides a useful guide to further reading.
This volume addresses the contentious issues surrounding women's work during a century of social upheaval. Elizabeth Roberts focuses on working-class ...
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124,41 zł |
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Emigration from Europe 1815-1930
ISBN: 9780521557832 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Why did sixty million people leave Europe for overseas destinations between 1815 and 1930? What were the social and economic causes and effects of this mass migration? Why did some people emigrate and not others, and why did so many emigrants return to Europe? This short, comprehensive survey answers these and other questions regarding emigration from different parts of Europe. Written specifically for undergraduate students, it reviews the current literature in several European languages, summarizes both economic and demographic theories, and analyzes the relation between economic change in...
Why did sixty million people leave Europe for overseas destinations between 1815 and 1930? What were the social and economic causes and effects of thi...
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124,41 zł |
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The History of Family Business, 1850-2000
ISBN: 9780521804721 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This historical and comparative overview of family business examines the different relationships within family businesses and among family enterprises, as well as different political and institutional contexts. Andrea Colli compares the performance of family businesses with that of other economic organizations, and looks at how these enterprises have contributed to the evolution of contemporary industrial capitalism. He also analyzes the reasons for both the decline and persistence of family businesses.
This historical and comparative overview of family business examines the different relationships within family businesses and among family enterprises...
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124,41 zł |
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Children's Work and Welfare 1780-1890
ISBN: 9780521557696 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book examines the scale and nature of child employment in Britain and the changing attitude of society toward it in the years between 1780 and 1890. The author discusses the efforts of philanthropists and the State to regulate the lives and employment conditions of young workers, and examines the attempts made to improve the education and physical welfare of children in this period. She concludes that in the century after 1780 there was a progressive lengthening of childhood as a stage of life and a recognition of the "special" needs of children.
This book examines the scale and nature of child employment in Britain and the changing attitude of society toward it in the years between 1780 and 18...
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124,41 zł |
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The Social Bases of Nazism, 1919-1933
ISBN: 9780521802857 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 95 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Was the Nazi party a predominantly middle-class party or a people's party? The social background of the supporters of Nazism has been the subject of intense debate since the early 1930s. Detlef MUhlberger summarizes the answer to this question in his text. Based on extensive sociological and psephological evidence and supported by many tables, it reveals that Nazi support came from every social class level.
Was the Nazi party a predominantly middle-class party or a people's party? The social background of the supporters of Nazism has been the subject of i...
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198,31 zł |
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The English Poor Law, 1531-1782
ISBN: 9780521557856 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Poor Law had a profound impact on English society. Designed to reform the poor as much as to relieve poverty, it also shaped institutions of government and determined people's expectations and assumptions about social welfare. The English Poor Law, 1531-1782 provides a concise synthesis of recent scholarly work together with full references, explaining the origins of this unique system of welfare, and showing how it played a central role in English social and political development from the Reformation to the Industrial Revolution.
The Poor Law had a profound impact on English society. Designed to reform the poor as much as to relieve poverty, it also shaped institutions of gover...
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124,41 zł |
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The Development of the French Economy 1750-1914
ISBN: 9780521557771 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Understanding French economic development in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries has always proved a formidable challenge for historians. This concise survey is designed to make clear the areas of controversy among historians, and to guide the reader through the debates. The author provides succinct surveys of recent findings on the pattern of development, and on the underlying causes of that pattern. He argues that France provides a quietly successful case of economic development, avoiding the massive social upheaval experienced elsewhere in Europe.
Understanding French economic development in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries has always proved a formidable challenge for historians. This con...
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124,41 zł |
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The Growth of Big Business in the United States and Western Europe, 1850-1939
ISBN: 9780521557719 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book provides the first available introductory, comparative account of the rise of giant business corporations in America and Europe in the century before the Second World War. It discusses the evolution of firms such as Ford, Exxon, Unilever and Siemens, as well as introducing the reader to the major explanations that have been advanced by historians and economists in order to account for these developments in the global economic order.
This book provides the first available introductory, comparative account of the rise of giant business corporations in America and Europe in the centu...
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134,26 zł |
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Children's Work and Welfare 1780-1890
ISBN: 9780521552844 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book examines the scale and nature of child employment in Britain and the changing attitude of society toward it in the years between 1780 and 1890. The author discusses the efforts of philanthropists and the State to regulate the lives and employment conditions of young workers, and examines the attempts made to improve the education and physical welfare of children in this period. She concludes that in the century after 1780 there was a progressive lengthening of childhood as a stage of life and a recognition of the "special" needs of children.
This book examines the scale and nature of child employment in Britain and the changing attitude of society toward it in the years between 1780 and 18...
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198,31 zł |
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Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660-1800
ISBN: 9780521582131 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book considers the impact of slavery and Atlantic trade on British economic development during the beginning of British industrialization. Kenneth Morgan investigates five key areas within the topic that have been subject to historical debate: the profits of the slave trade; slavery, capital accumulation and British economic development; exports and transatlantic markets; the role of business institutions; and the contribution of Atlantic trade to the growth of British ports. This stimulating and accessible book provides essential reading for students of slavery and the slave trade, and...
This book considers the impact of slavery and Atlantic trade on British economic development during the beginning of British industrialization. Kennet...
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242,62 zł |
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Decline and Growth in English Towns 1400-1640
ISBN: 9780521557818 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. What was the state of English towns between 1400 and 1640? It was once accepted that they were generally in decline or suffering serious problems of poverty and economic crisis. This generalization has been strongly challenged, and this book guides the reader through the controversy, summarizes the opposing cases, and attempts a reasoned compromise involving new information from the author's own research. An extensive bibliography with notes helps the reader to come to his or her own conclusions. This is a book for both students beginning the study of the subject and for their teachers.
What was the state of English towns between 1400 and 1640? It was once accepted that they were generally in decline or suffering serious problems of p...
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124,41 zł |
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Science, Technology and the British Industrial 'Decline', 1870-1970
ISBN: 9780521577786 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the history of British science and technology in relation to economic performance. Using a wealth of previously unknown statistical data, David Edgerton draws new and controversial conclusions about British innovation and technical training since 1870, and provides a unique guide to the debates around the subject. This book will be of interest to economic historians and political scientists, as well as scientists and engineers, and will be invaluable to students approaching the subject for the first time.
This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the history of British science and technology in relation to economic performance. Using a wealth of...
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129,34 zł |
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The Population of Britain in the Nineteenth Century
ISBN: 9780521557740 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book provides a clear interpretation of the causes of demographic change in Britain in the nineteenth century. It combines an examination of migration, marriage patterns, fertility and mortality with a guide to the sources of population data available to historians and demographers. Illustrated with tables and figures, it is the only available summary of this field for students, and includes a detailed bibliography for those wishing to pursue the subject further.
This book provides a clear interpretation of the causes of demographic change in Britain in the nineteenth century. It combines an examination of migr...
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124,41 zł |
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Agriculture in Depression 1870-1940
ISBN: 9780521557689 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This concise survey of British agriculture between 1870 and 1940 shows how, after a period of comparative prosperity, British farmers faced a period of depression. The prime cause was the increase in world food supplies and the competition from cheaper producers. The author explains how this agricultural depression affected all groups in British farming in different ways. He provides a succinct survey of the recent literature on the subject and outlines the major areas of controversy. A comprehensive bibliography is provided to help the reader pursue the subject in more detail.
This concise survey of British agriculture between 1870 and 1940 shows how, after a period of comparative prosperity, British farmers faced a period o...
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124,41 zł |
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