First published in 1987, this is a reissue of the first book to offer a detailed comparison of two of the foremost stock exchanges in world before 1914.

This work numbers among the best-loved Japanese classics. These nine illustrated tales of the supernatural from 18th-century Osaka combine popular appeal with a high literary standard.

First published in September 1992, this book traces the nature and development of the fundamental legal relationships among slaves, masters, and third parties. It shows how the colonial and antebellum Southern judges and legislators accommodated slavery's social relationships into the common law.

Comprising 'Wage-Fixing' and 'Demand Management', this two volume reissued set is a vital and stimulating analysis of the causes and consequences of stagflation - a paralysing combination of mass unemployment and rapid inflation which affected a variety of economies across the developed world in the 1970s and early 1980s.

First published in 1973, this volume concentrates upon contemporary issues of a theoretical and methodological nature in the study of organisations.

First published in 1985, this is a comprehensive study of the Middle East's most strategic country, set against the background of the Islamic heritage of Iran and the rise and fall of the Pahlavi dynasty.aDilip Hiroadescribes the various phases through which the Islamic revolution has passed, gives an incisive account of the firstaGulf War, and provides an historical survey of Iran's relations with the West, the Soviet bloc, and other countries of the region."

'Chernobyl' offers a balanced review of what happened there, why and how it happened, and what the main lessons and implications of the accident are.

The late J.L. Mackie and his work were a focus for much of the best philosophical thinking in the Oxford tradition. His moral thought centres on that most fundamental issue in moral philosophy - the issue of whether our moral judgements are in some way objective.

This substantial and innovative contribution to the critical literature on the economies of the former Soviet bloc is unusual in that its author is equally familiar with both Western and Eastern sources.

This work was originally written by renowned Marxist historian Max Beer to commemorate the centenary of Marx's birth. It is a definitive biography, full of interesting personal details and a clear and comprehensive account of Marx's economic and historical doctrines.