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Latin America: Geographical Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Harold Blakemore, Clifford T. Smith
April 18, 2026
Latin America: Geographical Perspectives (1971) is a collection of geographical essays by individual authors that consider the specific problems of each region discussed in their geographical, economic and social context, emphasising the particular features of the cultural landscape. Together, the ...
Migration Surveys in Low Income Countries: Guidelines for Survey and Questionnaire Design
1st Edition
By Richard E. Bilsborrow, A.S. Oberai, Guy Standing
April 18, 2026
Migration Surveys in Low Income Countries (1984) is an attempt to encourage the collection of analytically appropriate data that can be used to help in the design of migration-related policies. It looks at the theoretical perspectives that have been used in the study of migration phenomena, and ...
Military Expenditure in Third World Countries: The Economic Effects
1st Edition
By Saadet Deger
April 18, 2026
Military Expenditure in Third World Countries (1986) analyses the economic dimensions of military spending in less developed countries and carefully evaluates the costs and benefits involved. Defence expenditure goes far beyond the realm of economics; its main function is the provision of security,...
Outer Mongolia and its International Position
1st Edition
By Gerard M. Friters
April 18, 2026
Outer Mongolia and its International Position (1951) examines the economic, social and political changes which occurred in Mongolia as well as the history of the relations between the country and its neighbours in modern times....
People, Poverty and Shelter: Problems of Self-help Housing in the Third World
1st Edition
Edited
By R.J. Skinner, M.J. Rodell
April 18, 2026
People, Poverty and Shelter (1983) analyses the practical field experience of self-help as a solution to housing problems in the developing world. Focusing on practical, project-level issues , and problems encountered with policy implementation, this important collection examines the experiences of...
Physiological Variation and its Genetic Basis
1st Edition
Edited
By J. S. Weiner
April 18, 2026
Originally published in 1977, Physiological Variation and its Genetic Basis. The editor of this volume, and organizer of the symposium on which it is based, was well aware that the enterprise represented an excursion into difficult, and at the time, largely unknown and even dangerous territory. ...
Political Leadership in Africa
1st Edition
By John Cartwright
April 18, 2026
Political Leadership in Africa (1983) reviews the different types of leadership in Africa, ranging from the beneficial guidance of Nyerere to the despotism of Amin. It examines the options open to the leaders of the newly-independent countries in Africa and shows that attitudes to colonial rule ...
Residential Housing and Nuclear Attack
1st Edition
By Diane Diacon
April 18, 2026
Residential Housing and Nuclear Attack (1984) considers the likely effects of a nuclear attack and examines the effectiveness of proposed civil defence measures. It looks in particular at the degree of protection residential housing is likely to provide. Examining the nature of nuclear attack, it ...
Rivers: Form and Process in Alluvial Channels
1st Edition
By Keith Richards
April 18, 2026
Originally published in 1982, this book presents a detailed review of alluvial river form and process and integrates the distinct but related approaches of geomorphologists, geologists and engineers to the subject. It outlines the environmental catchment factors that control the development of ...
Sociology
1st Edition
By W. J. H. Sprott
April 18, 2026
Originally published in 1949, this third edition of Sociology in 1966 asks the questions: What do sociologists study? What methods do they employ? How far are economic and political patterns, population distribution, the accepted system of social institutions, religious and ethical ideas ...
The Age of Madness: The History of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization Presented in Selected Texts
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas S. Szasz
April 18, 2026
For centuries forced confinement, cruel ‘cures’, political repression and ritualized personal degradation have all been rationalized and justified by appeals to the dogmas of psychiatry. Originally published in 1973 this book, written by one of the twentieth century’s most respected yet ...
The Indian Ocean and the Superpowers: Economic, Political and Strategic Perspectives
1st Edition
By Rasul B. Rais
April 18, 2026
The Indian Ocean and the Superpowers (1986) provides an analysis of the evolution of superpower strategy and interests in the Indian Ocean. It argues that the priorities of the United States and the Soviet Union are to safeguard their own economic, strategic and security interests by containing ...