ilość książek w kategorii: 494
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Coal War in the Mahoning Valley: The Origin of Greater Youngstown's Italians
ISBN: 9781467142724 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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97,87 |
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Lake Whatcom: A History
ISBN: 9781467155533 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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97,87 |
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Oil and Nation: A History of Bolivia's Petroleum Sector
ISBN: 9781943665471 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Places petroleum at the centre of Bolivia's contentious twentieth-century history. Bolivia's oil, Cote argues, instigated the largest war in Latin America in the 1900s, provoked the first nationalization of a major foreign company by a Latin American state, and shaped both the course and the consequences of Bolivia's transformative National Revolution of 1952.
Places petroleum at the centre of Bolivia's contentious twentieth-century history. Bolivia's oil, Cote argues, instigated the largest war in Latin Ame...
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104,27 |
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Real del Monte: A British Silver Mining Venture in Mexico
ISBN: 9781477304679 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To speak of mining in newly independent Mexico is to speak of silver. And silver, historically abundant in the Real del Monte-Pachuca district, was the object of the Company of Adventurers in the Mines of Real del Monte. Organized in response to a plea by Pedro Romero de Terreros for help in rehabilitating his famous family's once-rich properties, the English Real del Monte was led by men convinced that the application of English capital, management practices, and technology to those ruined mines and mills would reap them a profit and would revitalize the new nation's most promising... To speak of mining in newly independent Mexico is to speak of silver. And silver, historically abundant in the Real del Monte-Pachuca district, was... |
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104,27 |
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Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Ghana: Institutional Change, Gender and Power
ISBN: 9781032080659 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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104,27 |
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Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore
ISBN: 9781022944916 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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105,05 |
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Sodium Minerals: Unearthing The Geological Treasures
ISBN: 9788196880934 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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105,75 |
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Die Eisen- Und Manganerze Osteuropas
ISBN: 9781144992611 / Angielski / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, e...
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109,44 |
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Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules That Run the World
ISBN: 9780190659967 / Angielski / Miękka / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Natural resources like oil and minerals are the largest source of unaccountable power in the world. Petrocrats like Putin and the Saudis spend resource money on weapons and oppression; militants in Iraq and in the Congo spend resource money on radicalization and ammunition. Resource-fueled authoritarians and extremists present endless crises to the West-and the source of their resource power is ultimately ordinary consumers, doing their everyday shopping at the gas station and the mall. In this sweeping book, one of today's leading political philosophers, Leif Wenar, goes behind the...
Natural resources like oil and minerals are the largest source of unaccountable power in the world. Petrocrats like Putin and the Saudis spend resourc...
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109,79 |
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Integrity Risks and Red Flags in Water Projects
ISBN: 9789292699871 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This publication shares lessons on reducing integrity risks in projects in the water sector. It draws on reviews of 12 projects that were financed by the Asian Development Bank. The publication outlines how to identify and address control weaknesses that give rise to integrity risks in procurement, contract and asset management, and financial management. It aims to help stakeholders and those engaged in designing and implementing development projects learn from past vulnerabilities and effectively mitigate integrity risks. The publication is part of a series from the Asian Development...
This publication shares lessons on reducing integrity risks in projects in the water sector. It draws on reviews of 12 projects that were financed by ...
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114,05 |
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Stones of Contention: A History of Africa's Diamonds
ISBN: 9780821421000 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Africa supplies the majority of the world's diamonds, yet consumers generally know little about the origins and history of these precious stones beyond sensationalized media accounts of so-called blood diamonds.
Africa supplies the majority of the world's diamonds, yet consumers generally know little about the origins and history of these precious stones beyon...
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114,21 |
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Global Guyana
ISBN: 9781479827015 / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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114,21 |
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Sacred Mountains: A Christian Ethical Approach to Mountaintop Removal
ISBN: 9780813179117 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thompson provides a thorough introduction to the issues surrounding surface mining, including the environmental consequences and the resultant religious debates, and highlights the discussions being carried out in the media and by scholarly works.
Thompson provides a thorough introduction to the issues surrounding surface mining, including the environmental consequences and the resultant religio...
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114,25 |
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Vanishing Fish: Shifting Baselines and the Future of Global Fisheries
ISBN: 9781771643986 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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117,30 |
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Oil's Industry History: A Deep Dive
ISBN: 9788196723682 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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117,50 |
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Fiscal Management in Resource-Rich Countries: Essentials for Economists, Public Finance Professionals, and Policy Makers
ISBN: 9781464804953 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The extractive industries (EI) sector occupies an outsize space in the economies of many developing countries. Policy makers, economists, and public finance professionals working in such countries are frequently confronted with issues that require an in-depth understanding of the sector, its economics, governance, and policy challenges, as well as the implications of natural resource wealth for fiscal and public financial management. The objective of the two-volume Essentials for Economists, Public Finance Professionals, and Policy Makers, published in the World Bank Studies series, is to...
The extractive industries (EI) sector occupies an outsize space in the economies of many developing countries. Policy makers, economists, and public f...
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119,18 |
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The Business of Mining
ISBN: 9781032570679 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Business of Mining complete set of three Focus books provides readers with a holistic all-embracing appraisal of the analytical tools available for assessing the economic viability of prospective mines. Each volume has a discrete focus. This third volume commences with "Our Earth, its Minerals and Ore Bodies", followed by a review of mineral exploration and sampling of mineral deposits. It continues with detailed sections covering the reporting of mineral resources and reserves in Australia, and concludes with the basic principles and application of the various methods of estimating... The Business of Mining complete set of three Focus books provides readers with a holistic all-embracing appraisal of the analytical tools available... |
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Vermont's Marble Industry
ISBN: 9781531666255 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The marble deposits in Vermont are some of the richest in the world. Vermont's Marble Industry takes readers deep inside the quarries of the Green Mountain State to show how stone was sawed and raised from the earth to be cut, polished, and carved into monuments and structures that today are spread across the country. During the late 1800s, the marble industry flourished and the mighty Vermont Marble Company was started by a local family. The
patriarch of the Proctor family built the Vermont Marble Company into the largest stone company in the world. They hired immigrant workers to fuel... The marble deposits in Vermont are some of the richest in the world. Vermont's Marble Industry takes readers deep inside the quarries of the Green Mou...
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125,29 |
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Seattle's Coal Legacy
ISBN: 9781540240828 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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125,29 |