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Working-Class Community in the Age of Affluence

By: Stefan Ramsden

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Working-Class Community in the Age of Affluence

By: Stefan Ramsden

It has appeared to many commentators that the most fundamental change in what it is meant to be working-class in twentieth-century Britain came not as a result of war or of want, but of prosperity. Social investigators documented how the relative affluence of the 1950s and 1960s improved the material conditions of life for working-class Britons whilst eroding their commitment to the shared life of ‘traditional’ communities. Utilising an oral history case study of sociability and identity in the Yorkshire town of Beverley between the end of the Second World War and the election of Margaret Thatcher’s government, Working-Class Community in the Age of Affluence challenges this influential narrative. An introductory essay outlines how sociologists and historians understood the complex social, cultural and economic changes of the post-war decades through the prism of affluence, and traces how these changes came to be seen as deleterious to the ‘traditional’ working-class community. The book then proceeds thematically, exploring change across areas of social life including family, neighbourhood, workplace and associational life. This book represents the first sustained historical analysis of change and continuity in working-class community living during the age of affluence. It suggests not only that older social practices persisted, but also that new patterns of sociability could strengthen as much as undermine community. Ultimately, Working-Class Community in the Age of Affluence asks us to rethink assumptions about the decline of local solidarities in this pivotal period, and to recognise community as a key feature of working-class life across the twentieth century.

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Taylor & Francis

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1315462923

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Minimally Invasive Urological Surgery

By: Robert G. Moore,Jay T. Bishoff,Stefan Loenig,Steven G. Docimo

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Minimally Invasive Urological Surgery

By: Robert G. Moore,Jay T. Bishoff,Stefan Loenig,Steven G. Docimo

Practical and easy to use, this superbly illustrated text will provide the trainee with diagnostic and surgical guidance, tips and tricks, and a good solid background to the use of minimally invasive urological surgery techniques. The editors, all experts in urological laparoscopy, have chosen an elite team, mainly from the USA and Germany,

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1521

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CRC Press

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0203420896

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9780203420898

Friendly Enemies

Britain and the GDR, 1949-1990

By: Stefan Berger,Norman Laporte

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Friendly Enemies

Britain and the GDR, 1949-1990

By: Stefan Berger,Norman Laporte

During the Cold War, Britain had an astonishing number of contacts and connections with one of the Soviet Bloc's most hard-line regimes: the German Democratic Republic. The left wing of the British Labour Party and the Trade Unions often had closer ties with communist East Germany than the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). There were strong connections between the East German and British churches, women's movements, and peace movements; influential conservative politicians and the Communist leadership in the GDR had working relationships; and lucrative contracts existed between business leaders in Britain and their counterparts in East Germany. Based on their extensive knowledge of the documentary sources, the authors provide the first comprehensive study of Anglo-East German relations in this surprisingly under-researched field. They examine the complex motivations underlying different political groups' engagement with the GDR, and offer new and interesting insights into British political culture during the Cold War.

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Berghahn Books

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1845456971

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9781845456979

The Chemistry of Metal-Organic Frameworks

Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications

By: Stefan Kaskel

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The Chemistry of Metal-Organic Frameworks

Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications

By: Stefan Kaskel

Providing vital knowledge on the design and synthesis of specific metal-organic framework (MOF) classes as well as their properties, this ready reference summarizes the state of the art in chemistry. Divided into four parts, the first begins with a basic introduction to typical cluster units or coordination geometries and provides examples of recent and advanced MOF structures and applications typical for the respective class. Part II covers recent progress in linker chemistries, while special MOF classes and morphology design are described in Part III. The fourth part deals with advanced characterization techniques, such as NMR, in situ studies, and modelling. A final unique feature is the inclusion of data sheets of commercially available MOFs in the appendix, enabling experts and newcomers to the field to select the appropriate MOF for a desired application. A must-have reference for chemists, materials scientists, and engineers in academia and industry working in the field of catalysis, gas and water purification, energy storage, separation, and sensors.

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904

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527693084

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9783527693085

A Moveable Feast

By: Lonely Planet,Anthony Bourdain,Matthew Fort,Stefan Gates,Don George,Mark Kurlansky,David Lebovitz,Matt Preston,Andrew Zimmern

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A Moveable Feast

By: Lonely Planet,Anthony Bourdain,Matthew Fort,Stefan Gates,Don George,Mark Kurlansky,David Lebovitz,Matt Preston,Andrew Zimmern

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher* Life-changing food adventures around the world. From bat on the island of Fais to chicken on a Russian train to barbecue in the American heartland, from mutton in Mongolia to couscous in Morocco to tacos in Tijuana - on the road, food nourishes us not only physically, but intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually too. It can be a gift that enables a traveller to survive, a doorway into the heart of a tribe, or a thread that weaves an indelible tie; it can be awful or ambrosial - and sometimes both at the same time. Celebrate the riches and revelations of food with this 38-course feast of true tales set around the world. Features stories by Anthony Bourdain, Andrew Zimmern, Mark Kurlansky, Matt Preston, Simon Winchester, Stefan Gates, David Lebovitz, Matthew Fort, Tim Cahill, Jan Morris and Pico Iyer. Edited by Don George. About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places where they travel. TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) *#1 in the world market share - source: Nielsen Bookscan. Australia, UK and USA. March 2012-January 2013 Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

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Lonely Planet

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1742205968

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The Hong Kong Legal System

By: Stefan H. C. Lo,Kevin Kwok-yin Cheng,Wing Hong Chui

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The Hong Kong Legal System

By: Stefan H. C. Lo,Kevin Kwok-yin Cheng,Wing Hong Chui

Offers an accessible overview of Hong Kong's legal system and guides first-year law students in legal research and methods.

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447

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Cambridge University Press

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1108721826

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Optical Physics

By: Stephen G. Lipson,Henry Lipson,David Stefan Tannhauser

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Optical Physics

By: Stephen G. Lipson,Henry Lipson,David Stefan Tannhauser

This is the third edition of a successful and well-established text. Thoroughly revised and updated, the book provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of optics, and to a wide variety of more advanced areas of modern optical science. Several new sections have been added, including discussions of super-resolved imaging, phase-retrieval in optical and X-ray diffraction, phase-conjugate imaging and squeezed-light interferometry. Throughout, the subject matter is developed by a combination of unsophisticated mathematics and physical intuition, with particular emphasis being placed on Fourier analysis. The very broad range of subjects treated, together with the inclusion of many problems and over 300 diagrams and photographs, will make the book of great use to undergraduate and graduate students of physics, and to anyone working in the field of optical science.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521436311

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History and Identity

By: Stefan Berger

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History and Identity

By: Stefan Berger

This introduction to contemporary historical theory and practice shows how issues of identity have shaped how we write history. Stefan Berger charts how a new self-reflexivity about what is involved in the process of writing history entered the historical profession and the part that historians have played in debates about the past and its meaningfulness for the present. He introduces key trends in the theory of history such as postmodernism, poststructuralism, constructivism, narrativism and the linguistic turn and reveals, in turn, the ways in which they have transformed how historians have written history over the last four decades. The book ranges widely from more traditional forms of history writing, such as political, social, economic, labour and cultural history, to the emergence of more recent fields, including gender history, historical anthropology, the history of memory, visual history, the history of material culture, and comparative, transnational and global history.

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Cambridge University Press

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110701140X

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9781107011403

Cases, Materials and Text on Contract Law

By: Hugh Beale,Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson,Jacobien Rutgers,Stefan Vogenauer

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Cases, Materials and Text on Contract Law

By: Hugh Beale,Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson,Jacobien Rutgers,Stefan Vogenauer

This is the third edition of the widely acclaimed and successful casebook on contract in the Ius Commune series, developed to be used throughout Europe and beyond by anyone who teaches, learns or practises law with a comparative or European perspective. The book contains leading cases, legislation and other materials from English, French and German law as the main representatives of the legal traditions within Europe, as well as EU legislation and case law and extracts from the Principles of European Contract Law. Comparisons are also made to other international restatements such as the Vienna Sales Convention, the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, the Draft Common Frame of Reference and so on. Materials are chosen and ordered so as to foster comparative study, complemented with annotations and comparative overviews prepared by a multinational team. The third edition includes many new developments at the EU level (including the ill-fated proposal for a Common European Sales Law and further developments linked to the digital single market) and in national laws, in particular the major reform of the French Code civil in 2016 and 2018, the UK's Consumer Rights Act 2015 and new cases. The principal subjects covered in this book include: An overview of EU legislation and of soft law principles, and their interrelation with national law The distinctions between contract and property, tort and restitution Formation and pre-contractual liability Validity, including duties of disclosure Interpretation and contents; performance and non-performance Remedies Supervening events Third parties.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1509912592

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9781509912599

Venture Capital and the Inventive Process

VC Funds for Ideas-Led Growth

By: Tamir Agmon,Stefan Sjögren

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Venture Capital and the Inventive Process

VC Funds for Ideas-Led Growth

By: Tamir Agmon,Stefan Sjögren

The inventive process is the most important driver of economic growth. Venture capital (VC) funds have contributed a small, but critical, part to the inventive process. VC funds boost the inventive process by selecting a small number of radical ideas out a large flow of ideas and invest in their testing, development and commercialization. They bring together capital from general savings, management capabilities and business experience. When successful, VC-backed companies can contribute substantially to the welfare of society. In this book, VC funds are discussed in the context of macroeconomics, industrial organization, financial intermediation and financial economics. The authors adopt a comprehensive overview to provide clearer insight into the role of VC funds in the capital market and the way they operate.

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Springer

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1137536608

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9781137536600

The Berlin Creative Industries

An Empirical Analysis of Future Key Industries

By: Dieter Puchta,Friedrich Schneider,Stefan D. Haigner,Florian Wakolbinger,Stefan Jenewein

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The Berlin Creative Industries

An Empirical Analysis of Future Key Industries

By: Dieter Puchta,Friedrich Schneider,Stefan D. Haigner,Florian Wakolbinger,Stefan Jenewein

The authors give a differentiated overview of various approaches towards the Creative Industries and investigate the specific business models and financing needs. The Creative Industries have a heterogeneous structure and a vast fraction of small or micro enterprises.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3834986518

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9783834986511

Contract Law

Ius Commune Casebooks for the Common Law of Europe

By: Hugh Beale,Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson,Jacobien Rutgers,Denis Tallon,Stefan Vogenauer

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Contract Law

Ius Commune Casebooks for the Common Law of Europe

By: Hugh Beale,Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson,Jacobien Rutgers,Denis Tallon,Stefan Vogenauer

This is the second edition of the widely acclaimed and successful casebook on Contract in the Ius Commune Series, developed to be used throughout Europe and aimed at those who teach, learn or practise law with a comparative or European perspective. The book contains leading cases, legislation and other materials from the legal traditions within Europe, with a focus on English, French and German law as the main representatives of those traditions. The book contains the basic texts and contrasting cases as well as extracts from the various international restatements (the Vienna Sales Convention, the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, the Principles of European Contract Law, the Draft Common Frame of Reference and so on). Materials are chosen and ordered so as to foster comparative study, and complemented with annotations and comparative overviews prepared by a multinational team. The whole Casebook is in English. The principal subjects covered in this book include: General (including the distinctions between Contract and Property, Tort and Restitution) ; Formation; Validity; Interpretation and Contents; Remedies; Supervening Events; and Third Parties. Please click on the link below to visit the series website: www.casebooks.eu/contractLaw.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1847317383

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Working-Class Community in the Age of Affluence

By: Stefan Ramsden

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Friendly Enemies

The Chemistry of Metal-Organic Frameworks

The Chemistry of Metal-Organic Frameworks

A Moveable Feast

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The Hong Kong Legal System

The Hong Kong Legal System

Optical Physics

Optical Physics

History and Identity

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Venture Capital and the Inventive Process

Venture Capital and the Inventive Process

The Berlin Creative Industries

The Berlin Creative Industries

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Contract Law

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