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The Medieval City State: An Essay on Tyranny and Federation in the Later Middle Ages
1st Edition
By L. T. Hobhouse
March 15, 2017
In Clarke’s essay The Medieval City State, she argues that the natural governmental division is between central and localised governments. In this study, she focuses on the idea of the city state and local power instead of absolutism in the Middle Ages. Originally published in 1926, this study ...
The Romance of Trade: A Survey Commercial and Economic
1st Edition
By L. T. Hobhouse
March 15, 2017
This revised edition of the original 1923 text first appeared in 1929, a decade after the end of WWI. The war left Great Britain burdened with debt and faced with the dire issues of unemployment and unstable domestic and foreign markets. In this title, A.W. Kirkaldy gives a brief but thoroughly ...
The Russian Revolution
1st Edition
By L. T. Hobhouse
March 15, 2017
The revolutionary movements of 1905-1907 formed the first stage of the Russian Revolution, followed by an interval of peace and economic prosperity, but the outbreak of WWI and social unrest led to further revolutionary action in 1917 resulting in the abdication and murder of Tsar Nicholas II and ...
Towards Industrial Freedom
1st Edition
By L. T. Hobhouse
March 15, 2017
Originally published in 1917 in the midst of World War I, Carpenter argues that industry in pre-war Britain was simply exploitation of labour for private gain and attempts to look toward a future with more socialist values. The papers in this study explore the negative aspects of industrial life ...
Wealth
1st Edition
By L. T. Hobhouse
March 15, 2017
This title, first published in 1920, is an excellent introduction to the fundamentals of economics, including explanations of production, distribution, and capital. Kirkaldy further highlights the economic problems of trade, commerce, exchanges, and finances. This title will be a valuable resource ...
What Did The Baby Boomers Ever Do For Us?
1st Edition
By Francis Beckett
March 15, 2017
First published in 2010, this book explores the legacy of the baby boomers: the generation who, born in the aftermath of the Second World War, came of age in the radical sixties where for the first time since the War, there was freedom, money, and safe sex. In this book, Francis Beckett argues that...
Women and Their Work
1st Edition
By L. T. Hobhouse
March 15, 2017
First published in 1901, this title lends insight into the position of English women in the workforce at the turn of the twentieth century. The conditions of women changed rapidly throughout the 1800s, leading to more varied choices in terms of career and lifestyle. However, this title also reveals...
Writing for Television
1st Edition
By L. T. Hobhouse
March 15, 2017
This book, first published in 1955, was written at the request of the BBC in an attempt to help the professional writer to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the television medium. This title will be of interest to students of history, literature and media studies, and will also appeal ...
Companion to Literary Myths, Heroes and Archetypes
1st Edition
Edited
By Geoffrey Dawson
February 07, 2017
First published in French in 1988, and in English in 1992, this companion explores the nature of the literary myth in a collection of over 100 essays, from Abraham to Zoroaster. Its coverage is international and draws on legends from prehistory to the modern age throughout literature, whether ...
English Word-Stress
1st Edition
By Erik Fudge
February 07, 2017
First published in 1984, this book was designed to benefit the foreign learner who wishes to grasp the essential basis of English stress so that he or she can go on to predict stress patterns in new words. It is aimed at teachers of English as a foreign language and helps them to communicate ...
Environmental Resources and Applied Welfare Economics: Essays in Honor of John V. Krutilla
1st Edition
Edited
By Geoffrey Dawson
February 07, 2017
This book, first published in 1988, provides an overview of the diverse work that was being done in applied and theoretical environmental and resource economics. Some essays reflect upon the background of the work of John Krutilla, one of the founders of Resources for the Future and a leading ...
Modern World Development: A Geographical Perspective
1st Edition
By Michael Chisholm
February 07, 2017
Modern World Development, first published in 1982, examines the major theories of economic growth, the role of natural resources, the core-periphery model of world development, environmental change and the concept of ‘human capital’. Professor Chisholm has written a stimulating and important ...