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Wildcat Strike: A Study of an Unofficial Strike
1st Edition
By Alvin W. Gouldner
April 02, 2026
Originally published in 1955, this book examines the social background of the community and the organization at gypsum plant in the USA in 1950 where this strike occurred. It traces the lines of authority and communication between management, foremen and workers and analyses the clique groupings of...
Youth, Empire and Society: British Youth Movements, 1883–1940
1st Edition
By John Springhall
April 02, 2026
The last decade of the nineteenth century and the first of the twentieth were marked by growing industrial and social uncertainty in Britain. Domestically, the expanding influence of socialism and, internationally, the rising threat from Germany – set against the backdrop of the disastrous South ...
A B C Et Cetera: The Life and Times of the Roman Alphabet
1st Edition
By Alexander Humez, Nicholas Humez
April 01, 2026
In classic abecedarian fashion A B C Et Cetera, originally published in 1985, takes from the rich Roman cornucopia more than enough to demonstrate the fact that sixty percent of our working vocabulary descends directly from the Latin. Nothing in Roman culture – and Romance – is beyond the measure ...
A Study of Contemporary Ghana Volume 1: The Economy of Ghana
1st Edition
Edited
By Walter Birmingham, I. Neustadt, E.N. Omaboe
April 01, 2026
A Study of Contemporary Ghana Volume 1: The Economy of Ghana (1966) examines the problems of social and economic change in a rapidly developing society. This volume focuses on the economic aspects, and Volume 2: Some Aspects of Social Structure looks at the social changes. It looks at the main ...
A Study of Contemporary Ghana Volume 2: Some Aspects of Social Structure
1st Edition
Edited
By Walter Birmingham, I. Neustadt, E.N. Omaboe
April 01, 2026
A Study of Contemporary Ghana Volume 2: Some Aspects of Social Structure (1967) focuses primarily on problems of population in Ghana and examines some aspects of occupational structure, urbanization, family, education, religion and land tenure. An accompanying Volume 1 focuses on the economy of ...
Aleen Cust Veterinary Surgeon: Britain's First Woman Vet
1st Edition
By Connie M. Ford
April 01, 2026
Originally published in 1990, this book is a valuable contribution to the history of the veterinary profession in Great Britain and Ireland. Connie Ford’s book is a reminder of the great social changes that have taken place since Aleen Cust was born in 1868. When Aleen Cust entered the New ...
Alpha to Omega: The Life and Times of the Greek Alphabet
1st Edition
By Alexander Humez, Nicholas Humez
April 01, 2026
Originally published in 1981, Alpha to Omega is divided into twenty-four sections, each of which examines one letter of the Greek alphabet, looking at English words that come from Greek words beginning with the letter under discussion, and exploring the aspects of Greek culture behind the borrowed ...
Authorship in the Days of Johnson: Being a Study of the Relation Between Author, Patron, Publisher and Public, 1726-1780
1st Edition
By A.S. Collins
April 01, 2026
Originally published in 1928, this book discusses the complex relationships between authors, patrons and publishers in the 18th Century and the ideals and struggles for copyright. It examines the power of booksellers over authors and the effect on authors of copyright security and the lapse of ...
Coping with Closure: An International Comparison of Mine Town Experiences
1st Edition
Edited
By Cecily Neil, Markku Tykkyläinen, John Bradbury
April 01, 2026
During the 1970s and 80s mine closure and wind-down became increasingly common in a number of countries. As mining communities are often situated in remote areas, with most of the community dependent on the mine, these closures have far-reaching implications. Originally published in 1992, this book...
Deceleration in the Eighteenth-Century British Economy
1st Edition
By Anthony J. Little
April 01, 2026
Originally published in 1976 the theme of this book was that the advance of the British economy between 1660 and 1780 was not continuous and, contrary to a widely held view, there was a pause or at best retarded growth between about 1725 and 1750. Substantiated by reference to the development of a...
Defence Science and Technology: Adjusting to Change
1st Edition
By Richard Coopey, Matthew Uttley, Graham Spinardi
April 01, 2026
Defence Science and Technology (1993) discusses the key questions surrounding defence and civil industry, highlighting the complex nature of this relationship and the equally complex determinants of corporate government policy in this area. Defence-related industries are central to the economies of...
Dominican Republic: Politics and Development in an Unsovereign State
1st Edition
By Jan Knippers Black
April 01, 2026
The Dominican Republic (1986) places the nation’s economic and political crises into perspective. As a dependent state, the Dominican Republic benefitted little from its abundant natural resources – important decisions concerning land use, resource exploitation and levels of sophistication have ...