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Financing Solutions to Reduce Natural Gas Flaring and Methane Emissions

By: Gianni Lorenzato,Silvana Tordo,Huw Martyn Howells,Berend van den,Sebastian Sarmiento-Saher

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Financing Solutions to Reduce Natural Gas Flaring and Methane Emissions

By: Gianni Lorenzato,Silvana Tordo,Huw Martyn Howells,Berend van den,Sebastian Sarmiento-Saher

Global oil and gas emissions fell to historic lows in 2020 as a result of the decline in global demand associated with the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. Data released by the International Energy Agency suggest that CO2 emissions are on the rise as energy demands increase after the pandemic. Whether emissions will rebound to precrisis levels largely depends on governments’ emphasis on clean energy transition in their efforts to reboot economic growth. In 2019, direct and indirect emissions from the oil and gas sector represented about 15 percent of the global energy sector’s greenhouse gas emissions. More than half of these emissions came from flaring and methane released during oil and gas operations. This book aims to create awareness of the business case for reducing gas flaring and methane emissions. It provides a framework for policy makers to evaluate the feasibility and financial attractiveness of flaring and methane reduction (FMR) projects, analyzes investment barriers, and identifies key variables and success factors, backed by lessons learned from case studies. Simplified financial modeling templates are suggested to help policy makers to assess FMR options. The book focuses on midsized flares that collectively represent 58 percent of the global flare volumes. These flares are typically too small to be prioritized by oil companies but still allow for profitable monetization. Smaller FMR projects are unlikely to be economically viable, unless clustered in larger projects or propelled by an enabling and compulsory regulatory framework. Large-scale capture projects require tailored projects, large ancillary infrastructure, government planning, and capital injections costing hundreds of millions of dollars. Although potentially attractive in terms of equity returns to developers, midsized flares face various barriers to the financing and execution of FMR solutions. Navigating these barriers requires project developers with specific FMR expertise, as highlighted through six detailed case studies discussed in this book.

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1464818509

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Snapshots of Hemodynamics

An Aid for Clinical Research and Graduate Education

By: Nicolaas Westerhof,Nikolaos Stergiopulos,Mark I.M. Noble,Berend E. Westerhof

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Snapshots of Hemodynamics

An Aid for Clinical Research and Graduate Education

By: Nicolaas Westerhof,Nikolaos Stergiopulos,Mark I.M. Noble,Berend E. Westerhof

This new edition is written in the same quick reference style as its predecessor to help clinical and basic researchers, as well as graduate students, understand hemodynamics. Hemodynamics makes it possible to characterize, in a quantitative way and often with noninvasive techniques, the function of the heart and the arterial system, individually and in combination. Snapshots of Hemodynamics provides a thorough grounding in the discipline that will help any medical professional and researcher in the field. The authors have designed each chapter such that it gives a succinct overview of individual topics in a concise and understandable format. Each chapter of this new edition has been extensively updated while new chapters have been included on pulmonary hemodynamics and wave intensity analysis. The new edition presents the newest current information on hemodynamics in this ever-changing field.

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3319919326

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The Quantified Society

How our obsession with performance measurement shapes the world we live in

By: Berend van der Kolk

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The Quantified Society

How our obsession with performance measurement shapes the world we live in

By: Berend van der Kolk

Scientist Berend van der Kolk shows us how our obsession with performance measurement is shaping our society. When do the costs of metrics outweigh the benefits? And is there a way out? Grades, step counters, KPI’s, ratings, review scores: every day we attempt to make sense of the world we live in by quantifying it. Students are as good as their average grade, employees have to achieve SMART goals, and doctors receive patient satisfaction ratings. We compare our scores with those of others and create rankings of the most productive colleagues, the best universities, and the sportiest friends. Berend van der Kolk shows what quantification does to us and our society. We raise the bar, the pressure to perform increases, and we lose sight of what really matters. When do the costs of metrics outweigh the benefits? And is there a way out? In a riveting journey through hospitals, schools, banks and other firms, and valuable insights from scholars, philosophers, sociologists and motivational psychologists, The Quantified Society seeks to answer these questions. “Van der Kolk offers a unique and unusual take on the realities and implications of how we measure performance.” – UK Management Platform Thinkers50 “A critical look at seemingly rock-solid numbers.” – Belgian newspaper HBVL “A valuable book.” – Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad “A fascinating book, a must-read.” – Professional psychology journal De Psycholoog

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Proton Therapy and Radiosurgery

By: Hans Breuer,Berend J. Smit

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Proton Therapy and Radiosurgery

By: Hans Breuer,Berend J. Smit

The book is divided into two parts: Part I deals with the relevant physics and planning algorithms of protons (H Breuer) and Part II with the radiobiology, radiopathology and clinical outcomes of proton therapy and a comparison of proton therapy versus photon therapy (BJ Smit). Protons can be used for radiosurgery and general radio therapy. Since proton therapy was first proposed in 1946 by Wilson, about sixteen facilities have been built globally. Only a very few of these have isocentric beam delivery systems so that proton therapy is really only now in a position to be compared directly by means of randomised clinical trials, with modern photon radiotherapy therapy sys tems, both for radiosurgery and for general fractionated radiotherapy. Three-dimensional proton planning computer systems with image fusion (image of computerised tomography (CT), magnetic resonance registration) capabilities imaging (MRI), stereotactic angiograms and perhaps positron emission tomography (PET) are essential for accurate proton therapy planning. New planning systems for spot scanning are under development. Many of the older comparisons of the advantageous dose distributions for protons were made with parallel opposing or multiple co-planar field arrangements, which are now largely obsolete. New comparative plans are necessary once more because of the very rapid progress in 3-D conformal planning with photons. New cost-benefit analy ses may be needed. Low energy (about 70 MeV) proton therapy is eminently suitable for the treatment of eye tumours and has firmly established itself as very useful in this regard.

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3662043017

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Digital Marketing Fundamentals

From Strategy to ROI

By: Marjolein Visser,Berend Sikkenga,Mike Berry

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Digital Marketing Fundamentals

From Strategy to ROI

By: Marjolein Visser,Berend Sikkenga,Mike Berry

Digital Marketing Fundamentals is the first fully-fledged textbook on digital marketing that covers the entire marketing process. Both the scientific theory behind digital marketing as well as techniques and media are discussed. Digital Marketing Fundamentals is easy to read and contains many International examples and cases. The Dutch version of this book (Basisboek Online Marketing) has become a standard issue in The Netherlands. In this book, all relevant aspects of digital marketing are addressed: strategic aspects, market research, product development and realisation, branding, customer acquisition, customer loyalty and order processing. The book also discusses effective websites and apps, digital analytics and planning and organisation. The application of social media and mobile communication is seamlessly integrated into the topics. Digital Marketing Fundamentals is very suitable for commercial and management courses in Higher Education and also for professionals active in digital marketing.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000442896

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At the Gate of Christendom

Jews, Muslims and 'Pagans' in Medieval Hungary, C.1000 - C.1300

By: Nora Berend

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At the Gate of Christendom

Jews, Muslims and 'Pagans' in Medieval Hungary, C.1000 - C.1300

By: Nora Berend

Modern life in increasingly heterogeneous societies has directed attention to patterns of interaction, often using a framework of persecution and tolerance. This study of the economic, social, legal and religious position of three minorities (Jews, Muslims and pagan Turkic nomads) argues that different degrees of exclusion and integration characterized medieval non-Christian status in the medieval Christian kingdom of Hungary between 1000 and 1300. A complex explanation of non-Christian status emerges from the analysis of their economic, social, legal and religious positions and roles. Existence on the frontier with the nomadic world led to the formulation of a frontier ideology, and to anxiety about Hungary's detachment from Christendom, which affected policies towards non-Christians. The study also succeeds in integrating central European history with the study of the medieval world, while challenging such current concepts in medieval studies as frontier societies, persecution and tolerance, ethnicity and 'the other'.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521651859

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Marketing Management Support Systems

Principles, Tools, and Implementation

By: Berend Wierenga,Gerrit van Bruggen

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Marketing Management Support Systems

Principles, Tools, and Implementation

By: Berend Wierenga,Gerrit van Bruggen

Marketing management support systems are designed to make marketing managers more effective decision makers in this electronic era. Developments in information technology have caused a marketing data explosion, but have also provided a powerful set of tools that can transform this data into applicable marketing knowledge. Consequently, companies are making major investments in such marketing decision aids. This book is the first comprehensive, systematic textbook on marketing management support systems. The basic issue is the question of how to determine the most effective type of support for a given marketing decision maker in a particular decision situation. The book takes a demand-oriented approach. Decision aids for marketing managers can only be effective if they match with the thinking and reasoning process of the decision makers who use them. Consequently, the important questions addressed in this book are: how do marketing managers make decisions; how can marketing management support systems help to overcome several (cognitive) limitations of human decision makers; and what is the most appropriate type of management support system for assisting the problem-solving methods employed by a marketing decision-maker?

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1461545951

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Medieval Frontiers: Concepts and Practices

By: David Abulafia,Nora Berend

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Medieval Frontiers: Concepts and Practices

By: David Abulafia,Nora Berend

In recent years, the 'medieval frontier' has been the subject of extensive research. But the term has been understood in many different ways: political boundaries; fuzzy lines across which trade, religions and ideas cross; attitudes to other peoples and their customs. This book draws attention to the differences between the medieval and modern understanding of frontiers, questioning the traditional use of the concepts of 'frontier' and 'frontier society'. It contributes to the understanding of physical boundaries as well as metaphorical and ideological frontiers, thus providing a background to present-day issues of political and cultural delimitation. In a major introduction, David Abulafia analyses these various ambiguous meanings of the term 'frontier', in political, cultural and religious settings. The articles that follow span Europe from the Baltic to Iberia, from the Canary Islands to central Europe, Byzantium and the Crusader states. The authors ask what was perceived as a frontier during the Middle Ages? What was not seen as a frontier, despite the usage in modern scholarship? The articles focus on a number of themes to elucidate these two main questions. One is medieval ideology. This includes the analysis of medieval formulations of what frontiers should be and how rulers had a duty to defend and/or extend the frontiers; how frontiers were defined (often in a different way in rhetorical-ideological formulations than in practice); and how in certain areas frontier ideologies were created. The other main topic is the emergence of frontiers, how medieval people created frontiers to delimit areas, how they understood and described frontiers. The third theme is that of encounters, and a questioning of medieval attitudes to such encounters. To what extent did medieval observers see a frontier between themselves and other groups, and how does real interaction compare with ideological or narrative formulations of such interaction?

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1351918583

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Understanding Molecular Simulation

From Algorithms to Applications

By: Daan Frenkel,Berend Smit

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Understanding Molecular Simulation

From Algorithms to Applications

By: Daan Frenkel,Berend Smit

Understanding Molecular Simulation: From Algorithms to Applications explains the physics behind the "recipes" of molecular simulation for materials science. Computer simulators are continuously confronted with questions concerning the choice of a particular technique for a given application. A wide variety of tools exist, so the choice of technique requires a good understanding of the basic principles. More importantly, such understanding may greatly improve the efficiency of a simulation program. The implementation of simulation methods is illustrated in pseudocodes and their practical use in the case studies used in the text. Since the first edition only five years ago, the simulation world has changed significantly -- current techniques have matured and new ones have appeared. This new edition deals with these new developments; in particular, there are sections on: - Transition path sampling and diffusive barrier crossing to simulaterare events - Dissipative particle dynamic as a course-grained simulation technique - Novel schemes to compute the long-ranged forces - Hamiltonian and non-Hamiltonian dynamics in the context constant-temperature and constant-pressure molecular dynamics simulations - Multiple-time step algorithms as an alternative for constraints - Defects in solids - The pruned-enriched Rosenbluth sampling, recoil-growth, and concerted rotations for complex molecules - Parallel tempering for glassy Hamiltonians Examples are included that highlight current applications and the codes of case studies are available on the World Wide Web. Several new examples have been added since the first edition to illustrate recent applications. Questions are included in this new edition. No prior knowledge of computer simulation is assumed.

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0080519989

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Central and Eastern Europe, 1944-1993

Detour from the Periphery to the Periphery

By: Tibor Iván Berend

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Central and Eastern Europe, 1944-1993

Detour from the Periphery to the Periphery

By: Tibor Iván Berend

An ambitious, comparative analysis of 'Eastern Bloc' economies during a period of revolutionary change.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521663520

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Aircraft Repossession and Enforcement

Practical Aspects

By: Berend J. H. Crans,Ravi Nath

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Aircraft Repossession and Enforcement

Practical Aspects

By: Berend J. H. Crans,Ravi Nath

Designed as a detailed practical guide to the management of aircraft during default periods and their repossession, this very useful book is also of great value as a preventive guide in the drafting of aircraft lease and financing contracts. Local aviation law experts from 32 jurisdictions worldwide provide in-depth responses, country by country, to an extremely detailed questionnaire that includes eighty 'real-life' questions." "Fees, time periods, costs of all kinds, remedies, immunities, required documentation, recognition of foreign judgments, interim measures - all these and many other crucial considerations are fully explained for each jurisdiction." --Book Jacket.

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9041126481

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9789041126481

An Economic History of Nineteenth-Century Europe

Diversity and Industrialization

By: Ivan Berend

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An Economic History of Nineteenth-Century Europe

Diversity and Industrialization

By: Ivan Berend

A transnational survey of the economic development of Europe, exploring why some regions advanced and some stayed behind.

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1107030706

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A Century of Populist Demagogues

Eighteen European Portraits, 1918–2018

By: Ivan T. Berend

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A Century of Populist Demagogues

Eighteen European Portraits, 1918–2018

By: Ivan T. Berend

The renowned historian Ivan T. Berend discusses populist demagoguery through the presentation of eighteen politicians from twelve European countries spanning World War I to the present. Berend defines demagoguery, reflects on its connections with populism, and examines the common features and differences in the demagogues’ programs and language. Mussolini and Hitler, the “model demagogues,” are only briefly discussed, as is the election of Donald Trump in the United States and its impact on Europe. The eighteen detailed portraits include two communists, two fascists, and several right-wing and anti-EU politicians, extending across the full range of demagoguery. The author covers Béla Kun, the leader of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, weaving through Codreanu and Gömbös from the 1930s, on to Stahremberg and Haider in Austria, and then more broadly throughout Europe from Ceaușescu, Milošević, Tuđjman, Izetbegović, Berlusconi, Wilders, to the two Le Pens, Farage, and Boris Johnson, Orbán and the two Kaczyńskis. Each case includes an analysis of the time and place and is illustrated with quotations from the demagogues’ speeches. This book is a warning about the continuing threat of populist demagogues both for their subjects and for history itself. Berend insists on the crucial importance for Europe to understand the reality behind their promises and persuasive language as imperative to impeding their success.

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Central European University Press

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9633863341

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Multiphase Flows with Droplets and Particles, Third Edition

By: Efstathios E. Michaelides,Martin Sommerfeld,Berend van Wachem

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Multiphase Flows with Droplets and Particles, Third Edition

By: Efstathios E. Michaelides,Martin Sommerfeld,Berend van Wachem

Multiphase Flows with Droplets and Particles provides an organized, pedagogical study of multiphase flows with particles and droplets. This revised edition presents new information on particle interactions, particle collisions, thermophoresis and Brownian movement, computational techniques and codes, and the treatment of irregularly shaped particles. An entire chapter is devoted to the flow of nanoparticles and applications of nanofluids. Features Discusses the modelling and analysis of nanoparticles. Covers all fundamental aspects of particle and droplet flows. Includes heat and mass transfer processes. Features new and updated sections throughout the text. Includes chapter exercises and a Solutions Manual for adopting instructors. Designed to complement a graduate course in multiphase flows, the book can also serve as a supplement in short courses for engineers or as a stand-alone reference for engineers and scientists who work in this area.

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CRC Press

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1000790576

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An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Europe

Economic Regimes from Laissez-Faire to Globalization

By: Ivan T. Berend

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An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Europe

Economic Regimes from Laissez-Faire to Globalization

By: Ivan T. Berend

A revised and updated edition of the leading overview of economic regimes and economic performance in twentieth-century Europe.

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1107136423

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Introduction To Carbon Capture And Sequestration

By: Berend Smit,Jeffrey A Reimer,Curtis M Oldenburg,Ian C Bourg

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Introduction To Carbon Capture And Sequestration

By: Berend Smit,Jeffrey A Reimer,Curtis M Oldenburg,Ian C Bourg

The aim of the book is to provide an understanding of the current science underpinning Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) and to provide students and interested researchers with sufficient background on the basics of Chemical Engineering, Material Science, and Geology that they can understand the current state of the art of the research in the field of CCS. In addition, the book provides a comprehensive discussion of the impact of CCS on the energy landscape, society, and climate as these topics govern the success of the science being done in this field.The book is aimed at undergraduate students, graduate students, scientists, and professionals who would like to gain a broad multidisciplinary view of the research that is being carried out to solve one of greatest challenges of our generation.

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World Scientific

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178326330X

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From the Soviet Bloc to the European Union

The Economic and Social Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe Since 1973

By: Ivan T. Berend

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From the Soviet Bloc to the European Union

The Economic and Social Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe Since 1973

By: Ivan T. Berend

An authoritative study that covers the social and economic history of Central and Eastern Europe since 1973.

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052149365X

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The History of European Integration

A new perspective

By: Ivan T. Berend

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The History of European Integration

A new perspective

By: Ivan T. Berend

The foundation of the European Union was one of the most important historical events in the second half of the 20th century. In order to fully appreciate the modern state of the EU, it is crucial to understand the history of European integration. This accessible overview differs from other studies in its focus on the major roles played by both the United States and European multinational corporations in the development of the European Union. Chronologically written and drawing on new findings from two major archives (the archives of the US State Department and Archive of European Integration), this book sheds crucial new light on the integration process. The History of European Integration offers a major contribution to our understanding of Europe’s postwar history, and will be essential reading for any student of postwar European History, Contemporary History, European Politics and European Studies.

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1317224418

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Case Studies on Modern European Economy

Entrepreneurship, Inventions, and Institutions

By: Ivan Berend

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Case Studies on Modern European Economy

Entrepreneurship, Inventions, and Institutions

By: Ivan Berend

The last two centuries have been the scene of dramatic change throughout Europe. And one of the main causes of these tremendous and spectacular changes was the economy. These transformations were achieved by people: scientists and political thinkers, inventors and entrepreneurs, educators, skilled and educated workers. Who not only invented machines and computers, but were able to renew economic and political systems. This volume, therefore, presents a new approach to the period by looking at case studies to understand how these changes came about and the impact they had on modern Europe. Ivan Berend presents the spectacular history of modern European economy as a chain of "small" events, actions, and the ideas of individuals, as the influence of institutions and bold entrepreneurs. The essays are grouped into six chapters and discuss the power of entrepreneurship; the power of institutions; economic regimes and the permanent renewal of capitalism; the power of ideas and inventions; pioneering companies; from the rise of industrial cities to post-industrial suburbanization; bubbles, great depressions and economic cycles. All of the single episodes and personal stories offer a cross-section of the complex and interrelated history of modern Europe. Case Studies on Modern European Economy will be essential reading for students of economic and modern European history.

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History Derailed

Central and Eastern Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century

By: Ivan T. Berend

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History Derailed

Central and Eastern Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century

By: Ivan T. Berend

Historian Iván Berend turns his attention to Central and Eastern Europe in the 19th century, a turbulent period. Extending up to World War I, the period contained the seeds of developments and crises that continue to haunt the region today.

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