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A New Left Economics

An Economy with a Social Conscience

By: Philip von Brockdorff,Jonathan Spiteri

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A New Left Economics

An Economy with a Social Conscience

By: Philip von Brockdorff,Jonathan Spiteri

Exploring how the economy can grow by upholding the social contract and giving social partners like trade unions the space and a key role in this new economy, A New Left Economics reviews the dominant neo-classical economic paradigm and provide insights into a new economic model by critically assessing the new left economics.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1804554022

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9781804554029

King of the World

The Life of Louis XIV

By: Philip Mansel

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King of the World

The Life of Louis XIV

By: Philip Mansel

Louis XIV was a man in pursuit of glory. Not content to be the ruler of a world power, he wanted the power to rule the world. And, for a time, he came tantalizingly close. Philip Mansel’s King of the World is the most comprehensive and up-to-date biography in English of this hypnotic, flawed figure who continues to captivate our attention. This lively work takes Louis outside Versailles and shows the true extent of his global ambitions, with stops in London, Madrid, Constantinople, Bangkok, and beyond. We witness the importance of his alliance with the Spanish crown and his success in securing Spain for his descendants, his enmity with England, and his relations with the rest of Europe, as well as Asia, Africa, and the Americas. We also see the king’s effect on the two great global diasporas of Huguenots and Jacobites, and their influence on him as he failed in his brutal attempts to stop Protestants from leaving France. Along the way, we are enveloped in the splendor of Louis’s court and the fascinating cast of characters who prostrated and plotted within it. King of the World is exceptionally researched, drawing on international archives and incorporating sources who knew the king intimately, including the newly released correspondence of Louis’s second wife, Madame de Maintenon. Mansel’s narrative flair is a perfect match for this grand figure, and he brings the Sun King’s world to vivid life. This is a global biography of a global king, whose power was extensive but also limited by laws and circumstances, and whose interests and ambitions stretched far beyond his homeland. Through it all, we watch Louis XIV progressively turn from a dazzling, attractive young king to a belligerent reactionary who sets France on the path to 1789. It is a convincing and compelling portrait of a man who, three hundred years after his death, still epitomizes the idea of le grand monarque.

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669

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University of Chicago Press

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022669092X

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9780226690926

Germany 1919-45

By: Martin Collier,Philip Pedley

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Germany 1919-45

By: Martin Collier,Philip Pedley

A study of Germany between 1919 and 1945 for AS and A Level History students. It is designed to fulfil the AS and A Level specifications in place from September 2000. The two AS sections deal with narrative and explanation of the topic. There are extra notes, biography boxes and definitions in the margin, and summary boxes to help students assimilate the information. The A2 section reflects the different demands of the higher level examination by concentrating on analysis and historians' interpretations of the material covered in the AS sections. There are practice questions and hints and tips on what makes a good answer.

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Heinemann

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0435327216

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9780435327217

Race, Nation, and Capital in the Modern World

The Nexus of Inequality

By: Philip Y. Nicholson

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Race, Nation, and Capital in the Modern World

The Nexus of Inequality

By: Philip Y. Nicholson

Race, Nation, and Capital in the Modern World is a comprehensive yet concise book that traces the history of racism, nationalism and capitalism from their combined origins at the end of the fifteenth century to the present. This book describes the development of legal codes and institutional practices that brought vast wealth and power to their chief beneficiaries, along with great suffering, exploitation and destruction to its victims. Instead of understanding racism as an aberration or dark flaw in the troubled past of a world power like the United States, this synthesis places race and racism in the forefront of the unfolding history of nationalism and capitalism. The work de-emphasizes the uniqueness of each nation’s particular experience by showing the interdependence of capitalist and racist practices. The narrative follows the leading hegemonic national powers as they expanded from mercantile conquests through plantation enslavement, massive displacement of populations, colonialism, global warfare and finally the tenacious contemporary aftermath. There are no comparable surveys for undergraduates or general readers seeking a unified historical understanding of these primary drivers of modernity. It is a provocative introductory guide and not a work of political theory. This volume will appeal to students, scholars and those interested in studies on racism, race, capital, the history of inequality and human and civil rights.

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206

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Taylor & Francis

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1000853403

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9781000853407

The Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe Blitz

By: Philip Kaplan

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The Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe Blitz

By: Philip Kaplan

This new collection of archive imagery from Philip Kaplan offers a gripping, graphic view of the routine repeated each day and night, from the summer of 1940 through to the following spring, by the German bomber crews bringing their deadly cargoes to Britain. Through mainly German archival photos, it profiles airmen on their French bases and in the skies over England; the aircraft they flew, fought and sometimes died in; their leaders; their targets and results; the R.A.F pilots and aircraft that stood in opposition to the German forces, and the losses experienced on both sides. The images, from the Bundesarchiv and other German and British photographic sources, vividly convey a real sense of events as they played out, as do the compelling first-hand accounts from a host of participants on both sides, eyewitnesses to one of the most brutal sustained bombardments of the Second World War.

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243

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Pen and Sword

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1473829658

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9781473829657

A New Left Economics

An Economy with a Social Conscience

By: Philip von Brockdorff,Jonathan Spiteri

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An Economy with a Social Conscience

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1804554049

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Book's by Philip von Brockdorff

A New Left Economics

A New Left Economics

King of the World

King of the World

Germany 1919-45

Germany 1919-45

Race, Nation, and Capital in the Modern World

Race, Nation, and Capital in the Modern World

The Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe Blitz

The Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe Blitz

A New Left Economics

A New Left Economics

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