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Salt and Civilization
ISBN: 9781349218431 / Angielski / Miękka / 417 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Highly recommended as a thorough examination of the commodity history of salt'-The Geographical Journal. Salt has been called the primordial addiction. It has been an object of almost universal consumption since Neolithic times. This book sets out to place the particular histories of salt in a global perspective and write the history of a human commodity as a theme in world history. From pagan man, through classical Rome, Byzantium, early Islam, the Dark Ages, the Renaissance to the modern world, the production, distribution, consumption and taxation of salt are examined. The author shows...
'Highly recommended as a thorough examination of the commodity history of salt'-The Geographical Journal. Salt has been called the primordial addictio...
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645,58 |
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The Grants Register 1993-1995
ISBN: 9781349222322 / Angielski / Miękka / 813 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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201,72 |
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The Industrial Revolution: A Macroeconomic Interpretation
ISBN: 9781349223930 / Angielski / Miękka / 313 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Fisher's book will appeal to scholars interested in historical macroeconomics and the industrial revolution. It suggests promising directions for future research, and it contains vast amounts of useful information. In time, specialists may find it to be an indispensable reference.'- Gary Richardson, Journal of Economic History In this study of the European economy from 1700 to 1910, the macroeconomic data from five countries is examined both descriptively and analytically (using structural and time-series methods). The UK receives three chapters, in view of the extensive literature in that...
'Fisher's book will appeal to scholars interested in historical macroeconomics and the industrial revolution. It suggests promising directions for fut...
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605,23 |
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Industrialization and China's Rural Modernization
ISBN: 9781349224449 / Angielski / Miękka / 113 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyses China's historical experience of industrialization. It adopts a critical stance towards China's development strategy and proposes an alternative approach, outlining its main features. Due to the great importance and special problems of China's rural modernization, special attention is devoted to analysis of the rural sector. Many of China's rural socio-economic problems are similar to those encountered in other developing countries. It is intended that the book will increase understanding of China's socio-economic development as well as contributing to wider debates in the...
This book analyses China's historical experience of industrialization. It adopts a critical stance towards China's development strategy and proposes a...
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403,47 |
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Radio Diplomacy and Propaganda: The BBC and Voa in International Politics, 1956-64
ISBN: 9781349245017 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Radio Diplomacy and Propaganda investigates the role of international radio broadcasting in diplomacy during the Cold War period and, in particular, the contribution of the BBC and the Voice of America in the construction and projection of foreign policy, together with their role in the dissemination of international propaganda. In addition the radio broadcasts which were monitored in Britain and the US are scrutinized to ascertain how they contributed to the formulation of foreign policy objectives and reactionary propaganda.
Radio Diplomacy and Propaganda investigates the role of international radio broadcasting in diplomacy during the Cold War period and, in particular, t...
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External Economies and Cooperation in Industrial Districts: A Comparison of Italy and Mexico
ISBN: 9781349257966 / Angielski / Miękka / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book aims to explore the potential of the industrial district 'model' through the analysis of Italy, the 'land' of districts, and in Mexico, a less developed country. Empirical research assesses the extent to which the core characteristics of the 'model' correspond to the clusters analyzed. The investigation focuses upon external economies and cooperation which stem directly from the industrial district 'model', with particular emphasis upon the intense linkages existing within the clusters examined.
This book aims to explore the potential of the industrial district 'model' through the analysis of Italy, the 'land' of districts, and in Mexico, a le...
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201,72 |
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Detroit's Wartime Industry: Arsenal of Democracy
ISBN: 9781531632168 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Just as Detroit symbolizes the U.S. automobile industry, during World War II it also came to stand for all American industry's conversion from civilian goods to war material. The label "Arsenal of Democracy" was coined by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt in a fireside chat radio broadcast on December 29, 1940, nearly a year before the United States formally entered the war. Here is the pictorial story of one Detroiter's unique leadership in the miraculous speed Detroit's mass-production capacity was shifted to output of tanks, trucks, guns, and airplanes to support America's victory and of the...
Just as Detroit symbolizes the U.S. automobile industry, during World War II it also came to stand for all American industry's conversion from civilia...
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121,93 |
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Academia-Business Links: European Policy Strategies and Lessons Learnt
ISBN: 9781403936653 / Angielski / Miękka / 289 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents an overview of recent policy outcomes in the field of academia-business links in different European countries. It covers a broad range of approaches, from new public funding instruments to reforms of intellectual property rights and regional network policies.
This book presents an overview of recent policy outcomes in the field of academia-business links in different European countries. It covers a broad ra...
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403,47 |
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Dynamics of Rural Growth in Bangladesh: Sustaining Poverty Reduction
ISBN: 9781464808760 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The rural economy in Bangladesh has powerfully advanced economic growth and substantially reduced poverty, especially since 2000, but the remarkable transformation and unprecedented dynamism in rural Bangladesh remain an underexplored, underappreciated, and largely untold story. Dynamics of Rural Growth in Bangladesh: Sustaining Poverty Reduction tells that story and inquires what specific actions Bangladesh might take--given the residual poverty and persistent malnutrition--to accelerate and channel its rural dynamism to sustain the gains in eliminating poverty, achieving shared prosperity,...
The rural economy in Bangladesh has powerfully advanced economic growth and substantially reduced poverty, especially since 2000, but the remarkable t...
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165,85 |
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Mad Technology: How East Asian Companies Are Defending Their Technological Advantages
ISBN: 9781349522651 / Angielski / Miękka / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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403,47 |
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China's Iron Ore Boom
ISBN: 9781138677845 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. China s emergence as the world s second largest economy has been driven by more than four decades of explosive growth. To support this expansion, China has required massive expansion in its steel production capacity, which is highly correlated to its demand for iron ore imports. The scale and pace of China s iron ore demand shock has pushed the global iron ore market into a historical adjustment. Using economic frameworks, this book brings to bare new data and field observations throughout Asia and Africa to investigate how the rapid growth in China s iron ore demand has affected the... China s emergence as the world s second largest economy has been driven by more than four decades of explosive growth. To support this expansion, C... |
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731,67 |
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Innovation in Science and Organizational Renewal: Historical and Sociological Perspectives
ISBN: 9781137594198 / Angielski / Twarda / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book looks at the types of new research organizations that drive scientific innovation and how ground-breaking science transforms research fields and their organization. Based on historical case studies and comparative empirical data, the book presents new and thought-provoking evidence that improves our knowledge and understanding about how new research fields are formed and how research organizations adapt to breakthroughs in science. While the book is firmly based in science history, it discusses more general sociological and policy propositions regarding scientific innovations and... This book looks at the types of new research organizations that drive scientific innovation and how ground-breaking science transforms research fie... |
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201,72 |
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Terror and Terroir: The Winegrowers of the Languedoc and Modern France
ISBN: 9781784994358 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Terror and terroir investigates the Comite Regional d'Action Viticole (CRAV), a loose affiliation of militant winegrowers in the sun-drenched, southern vineyards of the Languedoc. Since 1961, they have fought to protect their livelihood. They were responsible for sabotage, bombings, hijackings and even the shooting of a policeman. Against the backdrop of European integration and decolonisation they have rallied around banners of Resistance and their strong Republican heritage, whilst their peasant protests fed into Occitan and anti-globalisation movements.
At heart, however, the CRAV... Terror and terroir investigates the Comite Regional d'Action Viticole (CRAV), a loose affiliation of militant winegrowers in the sun-drenched, souther...
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When Business Meets Culture: Ideas and Experiences for Mutual Profit
ISBN: 9781349327331 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The cultural sector is gaining increasing importance in our economies, consistantly registering growth rates above averageGDP. This book presents insights on how cultural institutions can find new perspectives in their management and provides ideas to hasten culture's role as an economic developer."
The cultural sector is gaining increasing importance in our economies, consistantly registering growth rates above averageGDP. This book presents insi...
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201,72 |
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Plunkett's Investment & Securities Industry Almanac 2016
ISBN: 9781628313840 / Angielski / Miękka / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The investment industry is increasingly a global business. This is partly due to the needs of multinational corporations to obtain financing in more than one nation. Cross-border investments and acquisitions continue at a rapid pace. The asset management business is becoming larger, more complex and more competitive, while hedge funds and private equity dominate large portions of the industry. This carefully-researched book is a complete investments, securities and asset management market research and business intelligence tool-everything you need to know about the business of investments,...
The investment industry is increasingly a global business. This is partly due to the needs of multinational corporations to obtain financing in more t...
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The Dirty Secret of Early Modern Capitalism: The Global Reach of the Dutch Arms Trade, Warfare and Mercenaries in the Seventeenth Century
ISBN: 9781138692886 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study investigates a less-than-wholesome chapter in capitalism's early manifestation in the Dutch Republic and its seventeenth-century global economic entanglements in the arms trade and mercenary warfare, showing how the Dutch accumulation of great wealth was closely linked to their involvement in warfare at home and far abroad. This study investigates a less-than-wholesome chapter in capitalism's early manifestation in the Dutch Republic and its seventeenth-century global ... |
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Women Entrepreneurs: Developing Leadership for Success
ISBN: 9781138987258 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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107,26 |
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Histories of Productivity: Genealogical Perspectives on the Body and Modern Economy
ISBN: 9781138696983 / Angielski / Twarda / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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804,84 |
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Emerging Economies and Firms in the Global Crisis
ISBN: 9781349447152 / Angielski / Miękka / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Comprised of chapters that explore the impact of the global crisis on emerging economies and firms and their response to it. The ways in which the leading emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China are dealing with the challenges of the crisis are complemented by the methods applied by countries and firms in Central and Eastern Europe.
Comprised of chapters that explore the impact of the global crisis on emerging economies and firms and their response to it. The ways in which the lea...
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201,72 |
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Multinationals in India: FDI and Complementation Strategy in a Developing Country
ISBN: 9781349300754 / Angielski / Miękka / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An in depth analysis of the key determinants of successful direct investment strategy by foreign firms in India, providing important cues to multinational companies in India and other developing countries on how to strategically invest in these host countries for the benefit of both the company and the country involved."
An in depth analysis of the key determinants of successful direct investment strategy by foreign firms in India, providing important cues to multinati...
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