Red Metropolis: Socialism and the Government of London, Paperback - Owen Hatherley

A polemical history of municipal socialism in London - and an argument for turning this capitalist capital red again. A polemical history of munici...

In Bioinsecurities Neel Ahuja argues that U.S. imperial expansion has been shaped by the attempts of health and military officials to control the i...

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Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Andrew LakoffIllustration(s): 23 b/w illus. 2 tables.Number of pages: 480Collection: Princeton Stud...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Andrew LakoffIllustration(s): 23 b/w illus. 2 tables.Number of pages: 480Collection: Princeton Stud...

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A reassessment of the regency of Queen Mariana of Austria (1634-1696) during the minority of her son, King Carlos II of Spain, offering a new persp...

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How to make a fairer, more just city From the grandiose histories of monumental state building projects to the minutiae of street signs and corner ...

Should Britain form a new union with its old 'Dominions' in Canada, Australia andNew Zealand? Are they really our closest allies and relations? And...

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The Government of Social Life in Colonial India: Liberalism, Religious Law, and Women's Rights - Rachel Sturman

Reducere. A compilation of six of President John Taylor's publications. The works include: The Mediation and AtonementThe Government of GodItems on the Pries...

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Argues for a Modernism of everyday life, immersed in questions of socialism, sexual politics and technology. This work features chapters ranging fr...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Owen HatherleyNumber of pages: 608Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 182 x 266 x 62Cover type: HardbackRedesc...

Reducere. A selection of writings, some sympathetic, some hostile, on the political and economic theory of syndicalism--the anarchist strategy of using revol...

Reducere. A collection of speeches, pamphlets and writings from Eugene V Debs, from 1888 to 1925. Beginning his career as an organizer for the American Railw...

This exciting story brings the tale of the great fire of London to life for young readers. When Will Farriner wakes to the sound of crackling flame...

Reducere. In this volume of critical essays, Seamus Heaney scrutinizes the poetry of many masterful poets. Throughout the collection, Heaney's gifts as a wis...

Reducere. Jack London's most inspired political texts, collected in one volume. Even a century after his death, Jack London remains one of America's most ico...

Guild Socialism was a British version of French Syndicalism, which advocated that political and economic functions be united into structures called...

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania PressAuthor(s): Thomas AquinasTranslator: James M. BlytheNumber of pages: 320Collection: The Middle Ages Seri...

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Reducere. A complete and unabridged edition of President John Taylor's work "The Government of God." A re-typeset edition of the First Edition, with the orig...

Shows the significant contributions of people of African descent to London's rich social and cultural history, masterfully weaving together the sto...

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'The standard book on anarchism for the twenty-first century. Written with brio, quiet insight and clarity' Carl LevyA magisterial study of the his...

Slim, accessible, inexpensive, irreverent introduction to socialism by the writers of "Jacobin" magazine The remarkable run of self-proclaimed demo...

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2 SEPTEMBER 1666: 350 YEARS SINCE THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON In the early hours of 2 September a small fire broke out in a bakery in Pudding Lane. In...

Publisher: MX PublishingAuthor(s): Janina WoodsNumber of pages: 322Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 139 x 241 x 21Cover type: Paperback / softback...

Reducere. But in September of the same year we find a cloud on the horizon, the prelude of a coming storm. The Trade Union Congress had just been held and th...

DescriptionIn August 1934, young Cyril L. wrote to his friend Billy about all the exciting men he had met, the swinging nightclubs he had visited, ...

Reducere. St. Thomas More comes to life in this biography from the acclaimed ``Vision Books`` series of saints for youth 9 - 16 years old. Raised in the Lond...

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DescriptionFirst published in 1935, this classic snapshot of London in the years before World War II glows with its Austrian author's affection for...

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Reducere. Fiction. Translated by Will Firth. A NOVEL OF LONDON is a classic of European modernism that established Serbian writer Milos Crnjanski as one of t...

Two wildcats find themselves in a race against time in a breathtaking adventure of courage and loyalty in The Fire Cats of London by award-winner A...

DescriptionThe idea of socialism has given normative grounding and orientation to the outrage over capitalism for more than 150 years, and yet toda...

A vivid account of the life and work of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the engineer who designed and built the system of intercepting sewers, pumping stati...

In his classic book on London, H. V. Morton turns his traveller's intuition and his reporter's eye for detail on the city that fascinated him since...

Publisher: The Alpha Press LtdAuthor(s): Robin D. GwynnNumber of pages: 68Publication date: 1998Dimensions: 228 x 155 x 5Cover type: Paperback / so...

What was so great about the Fire of London? Discover how the fire started in a baker shop, and what caused it to spread so quickly. Find out how pe...