The People's Network. The Political Economy of the Telephone in the Gilded Age, Hardback - Robert MacDougall

The People's Network reconstructs the story of U.S. and Canadian independent telephone companies which challenged the Bell System's market dominati...

Art, Money, Parties. New Institutions in the Political Economy of Contemporary Art - Jonathan Harris

This book is unique in bringing together economists, historians, political scientists and policy-makers to develop a new way of thinking about the ...

The enlargement process, the creation of the Monetary Union and the need to promote further the political and economic integration of Europe have i...

Publisher: Overlook PressAuthor(s): Betsy PrioleauIllustration(s): 25-30 black-and-white images in one insertNumber of pages: 336Publication date: ...

This book explores the politics of local economic development in Northern England. As such, Berry and Giovannini seek to locate Northern England wi...

The study deals with challenging questions of long-term future of global economy and the mankind. Focusing not only on what happens in the economic...

DescriptionA material analysis of the sign which deepens Marx's critique of political economy for spectacular times. What if the problems of modern...

Structure and coordination of the Hanse's network trade system are analysed in an institutional economics framework. Simplicity and flexibility of ...

Despite substantial spending on education and support for reform, the quality of education in many, if not most, Arab countries remains low. Which ...

DescriptionDuring the last few decades, the gap between the incomes, wealth and living standards of rich and poor people has increased in most coun...

This collection of cutting-edge scholarship examines the law and policy of financial regulation using a combination of conceptual analysis and stro...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdIllustration(s): 30 figures, 3 tables; 33 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 384Collection: The MIT PressPublicatio...

With protectionist sentiment and economic nationalism on the rise, international trade and how it is governed is at the heart of some of the most i...

DescriptionA galvanizing history of how jazz and jazz musicians flourished despite rampant cultural exploitation The music we call "jazz" arose in ...

DescriptionA galvanizing history of how jazz and jazz musicians flourished despite rampant cultural exploitation The music we call "jazz" arose in ...

This book describes the institutional context that has thwarted the emergence of either a capable developmental or a neoliberal alternative in Braz...

Public pensions in the United States face an impending funding crisis in the wake of the financial crisis and the COVID-19 recession. Many cities a...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

An innovative historical account which compellingly locates the provision of food in the political economic trajectory of Istanbul.Publisher: Hayma...

Sharing Security is a unique and comprehensive study of a key yet often neglected feature of modern international society. It highlights the partic...

Reducere. Contrary to the usual image of the press as cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitous in its search for truth, Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky depict ...

Firstly it examines the nexus between the illegal narcotics enterprise as a social phenomenon and political economy as a scholarly issue area. Seco...

Reducere. This bibliography focuses on books and articles dealing with the interplay of wealth and power in the context of national security policy, emphasis...

This book offers a comprehensive, region-wide examination of the politics of taxation in Latin America, one of the most pressing issues to confront...

The Political Economy of Populism: An Introduction explores the interplay between identity, the economy and inequality to explain the dynamics of p...

Reducere. Commonwealth Club of California Book Award winner, Californiana category On a cold, rainy dawn in late November 1872, Lieutenant Frazier Boutelle a...

Eight years on, Syria is still a battleground. Why has the state remained so strong?

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Lawrence CappelloIllustration(s): 6 halftonesNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

Reducere. On a cold, rainy dawn in late November 1872, Lieutenant Frazier Boutelle and a Modoc Indian nicknamed Scarface Charley leveled firearms at each oth...

How creditors came to wield unprecedented power over heavily indebted countries-and the dangers this poses to democracy The European debt crisis ha...

Maps the politics and processes contributing to the distinct developmental trajectory of Tamil Nadu, southern India. Drawing upon fresh data, liter...

DescriptionSyria has been at the center of world news since 2011, following the beginnings of a popular uprising in the country and its subsequent ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Researches a new and important area of European Union development - security and defense. It presents a ground-breaking argument based on comparati...

Reducere. As European colonies in Asia and Africa became independent nations, as the United States engaged in war in Southeast Asia and in covert operations ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Piers BlaikieNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 2018Dimensions: 138 x 215 x 16Cover type: Paperback / ...

This book analyses the power structure of the Hollywood film business and its general modes of behaviour. More specifically, the work analyses how ...

Galahad in the Gilded Age is the story of George William Curtis, regarded at the beginning of his career as little more than a handsome, amusing yo...

This book examines Social Impact Bonds as a means to finance social services, and how mainstream and heterodox economic theory can help understand ...

Explains the very particular characteristics of Spanish infrastructure policy. The author places the historical perspective in contemporary viewpoi...

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania PressNumber of pages: 312Collection: Power, Politics, and the WorldPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 22...

Since the doi moi reforms in 1986, Vietnam has experienced a dramatic socioeconomic transformation, Lim examines the role of the state and its inte...

Contributor(s): Author: Eric Holt-GimenezCapitalism drives our global food system. Everyone who wants to end hunger, who wants to eat good, clean, ...

This is the first global survey of how natural resources have been regulated in the modern world.Publisher: University of British Columbia PressIll...

Reducere. This book argues that Japan's extremely low fertility rate is due to labor markets inhospitable to women, which make it difficult for them to balan...

This book updates and revalidates critical political economy of communication approaches. It is destined to become a work of reference for those in...

Reducere. The Roots of Violent Crime in America is criminologist Barry Latzer's comprehensive analysis of crimes of violence--including murder, assault, and ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Gilded Age, then keep reading...From a modern perspective, it may seem that the United State...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Gilded Age, then keep reading...From a modern perspective, it may seem that the United State...