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When Crime Pays : Money and Muscle in Indian Politics - Thryft
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Milan Vaishnav | Harper Collins India

When Crime Pays : Money and Muscle in Indian Politics

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BRAND NEW, Exactly same ISBN as listed, Please double check ISBN carefully before ordering.
Why The West Rules - For Now : The Patterns of History and what they reveal about the Future - Thryft
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Ian Morris | Profile Books Ltd

Why The West Rules - For Now : The Patterns of History and what they reveal about the Future

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In the middle of the eighteenth century, British entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal and the world changed forever. Factories, railways and gunboats then propelled the West's rise to power, and computers and nuclear weapons in the twentieth century secured its global supremacy. Today, however, many worry that the emergence of China and India spell the end of the West as a superpower.How long will the power of the West last? In order to find out we need to know: why has the West been so dominant for the past two hundred years?With flair and authority, historian and achaeologist Ian Morris draws uniquely on 15,000 years of history to offer fresh insights on what the future will bring. Deeply researched and brilliantly argued, Why The West Rules - For Now is a gripping and truly original history of the world.
World Economy, The: Pearson New International Edition : Geography, Business, Development - Thryft
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Frederick P. Stutz | Pearson

World Economy, The: Pearson New International Edition : Geography, Business, Development

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This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. This comprehensive text explores contemporary geographic topics and perspectives relating to the world economy. The authors provide a strong theoretical and practical foundation for understanding the global economy in an era of shifting borders, restructuring economies, and regional realignments. Economic theory is combined with geography to address critical problems of growth, distribution, and development, along with their impact on international business. Recent geopolitical changes are vividly portrayed in a series of superb full-color maps and striking photographs. The Sixth Edition includes updated tables and data, color maps, 2009 economic statistics, a detailed analysis of the global shift in world trade and development, eleven new Case Studies, and a new Premium Website with videos, weblinks, RSS feeds, and quizzes.
International Management, Global Edition - Thryft
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Helen Deresky | Pearson

International Management, Global Edition

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Deresky, Helen
Benchmarking: Taking Your Organisation towards Best Practice - Thryft
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Anne Evans | Business Library

Benchmarking: Taking Your Organisation towards Best Practice

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Strategic Pay : Aligning Organizational Strategies and Pay Systems - Thryft
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Edward E. Lawler III | Jossey-bass

Strategic Pay : Aligning Organizational Strategies and Pay Systems

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Make Your Pay System Pay OffA comprehensive look at not only the choices surrounding the development of a pay system but also the pros and cons associated with each choice....Thorough.--HR MagazineIn this seminal work, acclaimed compensation expert Edward Lawler III shows companies that the way they pay can be an important source of competitive advantage. He reveals how pay strategies that draw a clear connection between pay and performance can support an organization's strategic objectives by communicating unmistakably what that organization values most. Moreover, he examines a wide range of performance-based pay practices--from piecework incentive systems to merit pay and skill-based pay--to demonstrate how compensation systems can be tailored to fit a variety of business strategies and management styles. Both traditional and nontraditional pay strategies are examined, with special emphasis given to designing pay systems that support participatory management and other innovative practices.
Human Value Management : The Value-Adding Human Resource Management Strategy for the 1990s - Thryft
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Jac Fitz-Enz | Jossey - Bass Publishers

Human Value Management : The Value-Adding Human Resource Management Strategy for the 1990s

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Demonstrates how HR managers can play a more integral and dynamic role in their companies' growth by running human resources like a business. Shows how to shift focus from the administration of traditional personnel programs to proactive support for organizational goals.
The 10-day MBA : A Step-by-step Guide to Mastering the Skills Taught in Top Business Schools - Thryft
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Steven Silbiger | Piatkus Books

The 10-day MBA : A Step-by-step Guide to Mastering the Skills Taught in Top Business Schools

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Summarises the essentials of top American business school education.
The Attacker's Advantage : Turning Uncertainty into Breakthrough Opportunities - Thryft
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Ram Charan | Publicaffairs

The Attacker's Advantage : Turning Uncertainty into Breakthrough Opportunities

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*A Wall Street Journal bestseller*The forces driving today's world of structural change create sharp bends in the road that can lead to major explosions in your existing market space. But exponential change also offers exponential opportunities. How do you leverage change to go on the offense? The Attacker's Advantage is the game plan for winning in an era of ambiguity, volatility, and complexity, when every leader and every business is being challenged in new and unexpected ways.Ram Charan, harnessing an unequalled depth and breadth of experience working with leaders and companies around the globe, provides tested, practical tools to help Build the perceptual acuity to see around corners and detect, ahead of others, those forces -- especially people, who are the catalysts of change -- that could radically reshape a company or industryHave the mindset to see opportunity in uncertaintyCommit to a new path forward despite the unknowns, positioning your business to make the next move ahead of competitorsBreak the blockages that can hold your company backKnow when to accelerate and when to shift the short-term and long-term balanceMake your organization agile and steerable by aligning people, priorities, decision-making power, budgeting and capital allocation, and key performance indicators to the new realities of the marketplaceThe Attacker's Advantage provides a stark and simple stay in a legacy world of incremental gains or defensiveness, or be an attacker by creating a new world, scaling it up quickly, ahead of the traditional players.
To Kill a Nation : The Attack on Yugoslavia - Thryft
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Michael Parenti | Verso

To Kill a Nation : The Attack on Yugoslavia

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Drawing on a wide range of unpublished material and observations gathered from his visit to Yugoslavia in 1999, Michael Parenti challenges mainstream media coverage of the war, uncovering hidden agendas behind the Western talk of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and democracy.
The New Great Game - Thryft
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lutz-kleveman | Atlantic Books

The New Great Game

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Goodreads rating: 3.74

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The Caspian Region, lying south of Russia, west of China and north of Afghanistan, contains the world's largest untapped oil and gas resources. Using a concept immortalised by Kipling in his novel Kim, Lutz Kleveman argues that there is now a new 'Great Game' in the region.
Demonetisation and Black Money - Thryft
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C. Rammanohar Reddy, Y.V. Reddy  | Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd

Demonetisation and Black Money

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This timely book takes a close look at the various facets of India's demonetisation story. What was the rationale for Demonetisation 2016? Can it stamp out black money as promised? Were there other options, which would have avoided causing immense grief to countless Indians? What next after demonetisation? The book also explores the drive to digitalisation of payments which post-demonetisation has emerged as an important point on the agenda of the government. C. Rammanohar Reddy is an economist who has been writing on economic policy since the late 1980s. He was Editor of the prestigious Economic and Political Weekly between 2004 and 2016. He is now Readers’ Editor, Scroll.in.
The Global Third Way Debate - Thryft
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Anthony Giddens | Polity

The Global Third Way Debate

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Left-of-centre governments are currently in power in many countries. In greater or lesser degree, all have moved away from traditional doctrines and policies of the left, recognizing that left values have to be pursued by different means today. The term 'third way' has become a widely accepted, if controversial, label understood by many modernizing social democrats to refer to these attempts at ideological and policy innovation. The debate that has arisen around these developments is a truly world-wide one, stretching from the US and Europe through to Asia, Australasia and Latin America.Anthony Giddens has been perhaps the foremost contributor to the global third way discussion. In this book he has brought together some of the key contributions from around the world. Articles included cover, among other the development of the third way policies in EU countries; welfare institutions and welfare reforms; economic and social policy; trust, the civic order and government; the strains and stresses of democracy; the regulation of corporate power; ecological modernization; the third way viewed from the South; global governance.This book will be of interest to everyone concerned with the future of progressive politics. It provides perhaps the most comprehensive and integrated account to date of core developments in leftist political thinking.
The Decisive Moment : How The Brain Makes Up Its Mind - Thryft
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lehrer-jonah | Canongate Books Ltd

The Decisive Moment : How The Brain Makes Up Its Mind

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Since Plato, philosophers have described the decision-making process as either rational or emotional: we carefully deliberate or we ‘blink’ and go with our gut. But as scientists break open the mind’s black box with the latest tools of neuroscience, they’re discovering this is not how the mind works. Our best decisions are a finely tuned blend of both feeling and reason – and the precise mix depends on the situation. When buying a house, for example, it’s best to let our unconscious mull over the many variables. But when we’re picking stocks and shares, intuition often leads us astray. The trick is to determine when to lean on which part of the brain, and to do this, we need to think harder (and smarter) about how we think.In The Decisive Moment, Jonah Lehrer arms us with the tools we need, drawing on cutting-edge research by Daniel Kahneman, Colin Camerer and others, as well as the world’s most interesting ‘deciders’ – from airline pilots, world famous sportsmen and hedge fund investors to serial killers, politicians and poker players. He shows how the fluctuations of a few dopamine neurons saved a battleship during the Persian Gulf War, and how the fevered activity of a single brain region led to the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Lehrer’s goal is to answer two questions that are of interest to just about anyone, from CEOs to firefighters: How does the human mind make decisions? And how can we make those decisions better?
The Contest of the Century : The New Era of Competition with China - Thryft
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Geoff Dyer | Penguin Books Ltd

The Contest of the Century : The New Era of Competition with China

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From the former Financial Times Beijing bureau chief, a balanced and far-seeing analysis of the emerging competition between China and America that will dominate twenty-first-century world affairs. It is both an inside account of Beijing's new quest for influence and an explanation of how America can come out on top.China's rise has entered a new and critical phase where it seeks to turn its economic heft into global power and influence. In this deeply informed book, Geoff Dyer makes a lucid and convincing argument that China and the U.S. are now embarking on a great power-style competition that will dominate the century. With its new navy, China is trying to ease the U.S. out of Asia and reassert its traditional leadership. Beijing is planning to turn the renminbi into the main international currency, toppling the dominance of the U.S. dollar. And by investing billions to send its media groups overseas, it hopes to shift the global debate about democracy and individual rights. China is taking the first steps in an ambitious international agenda. Yet China will struggle to unseat the U.S.  China's new ambitions are provoking intense anxiety, especially in Asia, while America's global influence has deep roots. If Washington can adjust to a world in which it is no longer dominant but still immensely powerful, it can retain its ability to set the global agenda in the face of China's challenge. At a time of great uncertainty about America's future, this is an essential book for businessmen, politicians, financiers, and anyone interested in current world affairs.
Behind a Billion Screens : What Television Tells Us About Modern India - Thryft
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Nalin Mehta | Harpercollins

Behind a Billion Screens : What Television Tells Us About Modern India

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"Behind a Billion Screens" is a must-read for anyone interested in gaining insight into the inner workings of India's television industry. Mehta's comprehensive research reveals the power struggles and political influence behind the scenes. The book also provides a critical analysis of the content that appears on Indian television, making it a unique and distinct read.
Beating the Odds : Jump-Starting Developing Countries - Thryft
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Justin Yifu Lin, Célestin Monga  | Princeton University Press

Beating the Odds : Jump-Starting Developing Countries

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How poor countries can ignite economic growth without waiting for global action or the creation of ideal local conditionsContrary to conventional wisdom, countries that ignite a process of rapid economic growth almost always do so while lacking what experts say are the essential preconditions for development, such as good infrastructure and institutions. In Beating the Odds , two of the world's leading development economists begin with this paradox to explain what is wrong with mainstream development thinking―and to offer a practical blueprint for moving poor countries out of the low-income trap regardless of their circumstances.Justin Yifu Lin, the former chief economist of the World Bank, and Célestin Monga, the chief economist of the African Development Bank, propose a development strategy that encourages poor countries to leap directly into the global economy by building industrial parks and export-processing zones linked to global markets. Countries can leverage these zones to attract light manufacturing from more advanced economies, as East Asian countries did in the 1960s and China did in the 1980s. By attracting foreign investment and firms, poor countries can improve their trade logistics, increase the knowledge and skills of local entrepreneurs, gain the confidence of international buyers, and gradually make local firms competitive. This strategy is already being used with great success in Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and other countries. And the strategy need not be limited to traditional manufacturing but can also include agriculture, the service sector, and other activities.Beating the Odds shows how poor countries can ignite growth without waiting for global action or the creation of ideal local conditions.
An Economist in the Real World : The Art of Policymaking in India - Thryft
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Kaushik Basu | Penguin Books India

An Economist in the Real World : The Art of Policymaking in India

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In December 2009, economist Kaushik Basuleft the rarefied world of academic research forthe nuts and bolts of policymaking. Appointedby the then prime minister of India, ManmohanSingh, to be chief economic adviser (CEA) to theGovernment of India, Basu—a theorist, with specialinterest in development economics—discoveredthe complexity of applying economic models to thereal world. Effective policymaking, Basu learned,integrates technical knowledge with politicalawareness. In this book, Basu describes the artof economic policymaking, viewed through thelens of his two and a half years as CEA.Neither a career bureaucrat nor a traditional researcher, Basu, having plunged into the deal-making, non-hypotheticalworld of policymaking, suffers from a kindof culture shock and views himself as ananthropologist, gathering observations of unfamiliarphenomena. He addresses topics that range fromthe macroeconomic—fiscal and monetary policies—to the granular—designing grain auctions andpolicies to ensure that everyone has access to basicfood Basu describes the mixed success of India’santi-poverty programmes and the problems ofcorruption, and considers the social norms andinstitutions necessary for economic development.India, Basu argues, is at an economics crossroads.
Getting India Back on Track : An Action Agenda for Reform - Thryft
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Ashley J. Tellis, Reece Trevor, Bibek Debroy  | Random House.

Getting India Back on Track : An Action Agenda for Reform

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Getting india back on track: an action agenda for reform is a collection of essays written by leading indian policymakers and analysts, who have come together to find solutions to some crucial questions it discusses and analyses the opportunities and challenges that india currently face highly detailed and policy-driven, each of the seventeen chapters are presented like a memoranda that offers solutions to the new indian government some of the contributors to this book include surjit bhalla, omkar goswami, ila patnaik, c raja mohan and ashok gulati, amongst others these experts recommend policies in every major sector of the indian economy, like how to strengthen the rule of law, expand education and skills, manage urbanisation, revamp agriculture, generate employment, rejuvenate foreign policy and more this non-fiction book covers the scale and complexity of the problems that india faces at the state and national levels in the foreword, ratan n tata writes that it is high time that our nation cemented its place as a major global, political and economic player this book is ideal for anyone who is interested in knowing what indias future may hold it addresses both domestic and foreign issues and provides a clear road map for the government on how to take india forward getting india back on track: an action agenda for reform, published in 2014 by random house india, is available in hardcover
Pax Indica - Thryft
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Shashi Tharoor | Allen Lane

Pax Indica

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A definitive account of Indias international relations from an expert in the field.Indian diplomacy, a veteran told Shashi Tharoor many years ago, is like the love-making of an elephant: it is conducted at a very high level, accompanied by much bellowing, and the results are not known for two years. In this lively, informative and insightful work, the award-winning author and parliamentarian brilliantly demonstrates how Indian diplomacy has become sprightlier since then and where it needs to focus in the world of the 21st century. Explaining why foreign policy matters to an India focused on its own domestic transformation, Tharoor surveys Indias major international relationships in detail, evokes the countrys soft power and its global responsibilities, analyses the workings of the Ministry of External Affairs, Parliament and public opinion on the shaping of policy, and offers his thoughts on a contemporary new grand strategy for the nation, arguing that India must move beyond non-alignment to multi-alignment. His book offers a clear-eyed vision of an India now ready to assume new global responsibility in the contemporary world. Pax Indica is another substantial achievement from one of the finest Indian authors of our times.
Government by the Market? : The Politics of Public Choice - Thryft
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Peter (Visiting Fellow Self | Red Globe Press

Government by the Market? : The Politics of Public Choice

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Recent decades have seen the study of politics invaded by economic theories, methods and techniques. This book gives a concise, non- technical account of these 'public choice' theories and examines their influence upon government policies in English-speaking countries. Issues covered include slimming the state, privatising welfare and re- structuring government. Final chapters offer an alternative view of the basis of good government. This book offers a unique survey and critique of the ideas and influence of an important branch of political thought and its links with market theories.
Half-Lion: How Narasimha Rao Transformed India - Thryft
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Vinay Sitapati | Penguin Books Limited

Half-Lion: How Narasimha Rao Transformed India

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When P.V. Narasimha Rao became the unlikely prime minister of India in 1991, he inherited economic crisis, violent insurgencies and a nation adrift. Despite being unloved by his people, mistrusted by his party, a minority in Parliament and ruling under the shadow of 10 Janpath, Rao reinvented India, at home and abroad. Few world leaders have achieved so much with so little power.With exclusive access to Rao’s never-before-seen personal papers as well as over a hundred interviews, this definitive biography provides new revelations on the Indian economy, nuclear programme, foreign policy and the Babri Masjid. While tracing Rao’s life from a village in Telangana through his years in power and humiliation in retirement, the book never loses sight of the inner man, his difficult childhood, his corruptions and love affairs, his lingering loneliness.
Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets - Thryft
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Ravi Ramamurti, Jitendra Singh  | Cambridge University Press

Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets

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Why have so many firms in emerging economies internationalized quite aggressively in the last decade? What competitive advantages do these firms enjoy and what are the origins of those advantages? Through what strategies have they built their global presence? How is their internationalization affecting Western rivals? And, finally, what does all this mean for mainstream international business theory? In Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets, a distinguished group of international business scholars tackle these questions based on a shared research design. The heart of the book contains detailed studies of emerging-market multinationals (EMNEs) from the BRIC economies, plus Israel, Mexico, South Africa, and Thailand. The studies show that EMNEs come in many shapes and sizes, depending on the home-country context. Furthermore, EMNEs leverage distinctive competitive advantages and pursue distinctive internationalization paths. This timely analysis of EMNEs promises to enrich mainstream models of how firms internationalize in today's global economy.
Who Needs Jobs? : Spreading Poverty or Increasing Welfare - Thryft
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Pierre Lemieux | Palgrave Macmillan

Who Needs Jobs? : Spreading Poverty or Increasing Welfare

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In Who Needs Jobs?, Lemieux explains how jobs are not the goal of economic life and how creating jobs should not be the goal of public policy. He delves into how income and prosperity are created (businesses producing what consumers demand), proposes solutions to the unemployment problem, and provides readers with the knowledge to navigate the jobs discussions of politicians and economists in America. With his approach, Lemieux takes this controversial and complex topic and makes it understandable, using economic analysis and real world examples.
Big M, Little M Marketing : New Strategies for a New Asia - Thryft
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David Ketchum | Wiley

Big M, Little M Marketing : New Strategies for a New Asia

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David Ketchum brings a rare insight to marketing in Asia. His observation and recommendations are based on relationships with a broad range of marketers - packaged goods and consumer durables as well as business-to-business products and services. The added bonus is that David Ketchum is a facile and gifted writer who holds the readerâ??s attention from start to finish. A must read for anyone interested in doing business in Asia! - Harold Burson, Founding Chairman, Burson-Marsteller David Ketchumâ??s insight in Big M, little m is your map and GPS receiver to help navigate the Asian Brand and marketing frontier. I recommend this book for anyone interested in learning about the unique challenges and adept solutions of marketing in Asia during this time of extreme change. Big M little m is the closest thing to having your own Asian marketing consultant in a box - Frank Yu, Regional Business Manager, XBOX and Home Entertainment Division, Microsoft CorporationAsia's economics, despite ups and down, remain the most vibrant and fastest growing in the World. Yet, as David Ketchum explains, the number of global brand names made in Asia is disproportionately low. This is now changing as the forces of globalization and bottom-up restructuring within the region are coming together. For anyone involved in running an Asian-based business these are both exciting and daunting times that call for a fresh look at the marketing challenge. David Ketchum draws on a wealth of personal experience to help us out. Big M little m Marketing is a remarkable fusion of marketing theory and practice, big picture and detail, explanation and seasoned advice that is helpful and fun to read - Geoffrey Barker, Chief Economist, HSBC Asia-Pacific
American Power and the New Mandarins - Thryft
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Noam Chomsky | Penguin Books,india

American Power and the New Mandarins

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Chomsky's first political book, widely considered to be among the most cogent and powerful statements against the American war in Vietnam. Long out of print, this collection of early, seminal essays helped to establish Chomsky as a leading critic of United States foreign policy. With a new foreword by Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States.
IT Strategy in Action : International Edition - Thryft
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James D. McKeen | Pearson Prentice Hall

IT Strategy in Action : International Edition

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This book teaches students how to use and manage IT to deliver business value, with a focus on IT management issues, rather than technical issues. KEY TOPICS: IT Strategy in Actiontackles the real world challenges of IT management first, by exploring a set of the most important issues facing IT managers today and second, by providing a series of mini-cases which present these critical IT issues within the context of real organizations. Most suited for business professionals who are interested in discovering the latest research in business solutions through IT.
Managerial Economics & Business Strategy - Thryft
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Michael R. Baye | Mcgraw-hill

Managerial Economics & Business Strategy

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"Baye's Managerial Economics and Business Strategy" remains the best-selling managerial economics textbook in which it continues to provide students with the tools from intermediate microeconomics, game theory, and industrial organization to make sound managerial decisions. Baye is known for its real-world examples, frontier research, inclusion of modern topics not found in other managerial books, as well as balanced coverage of traditional and modern microeconomic tools. The seventh edition retains all of the key signature features of previous editions and incorporates new features to enhance students' learning experiences and make it easier to teach from the book. These include updated headlines, new and updated inside business applications, and new end-of-chapter material.
Operations Strategy: Competing in the 21st Century - Thryft
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Sara L. Beckman, Donald Barry Rosenfield  | Mcgraw-hill

Operations Strategy: Competing in the 21st Century

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Integrates strategic considerations with analytical models, providing a comprehensive view of decisions and the tools used to help make them. This title examines basic decisions leaders of operations must address: vertical integration, capacity, facilities, process technology, information technology, sourcing, and business process management.
International Human Resources Management - Thryft
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Peter J. Dowling/marion Festing/allen D. Engle | Cengage Learning Emea

International Human Resources Management

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International Human Resource Management is a new edition of this market-leading text. Two new authors, Marion Festing and Allen Engle, make this new edition even more international than its predecessors. Changes include more coverage of small & medium enterprises, new material on managing diversity and cross-cultural workforces, new material on off-shoring, particularly to India or China, and a new chapter on sustaining global growth and linking the international HR function more firmly to companys’ strategic growth plans. In addition the new edition includes a wealth of case study material and class discussion material. A full instructor’s website is available to adopters.
Global Marketing: Foreign Entry, Local Marketing, and Global Management - Thryft
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Johny K. Johansson | Mcgraw-hill Medical Publishing

Global Marketing: Foreign Entry, Local Marketing, and Global Management

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Johansson's "Global Marketing, 5/e" utilizes a three-pronged framework to organize the discussion of how to conduct global Foreign Entry, Local Marketing, and Global Management. Johansson seeks to develop the varied skills a marketing manager needs to be successful in each of these tasks. In foreign entry, in global management, and to a large extent even as a local marketer in a foreign country, the global marketer needs skills that the home makes experience - or the standard marketing text - have rarely taught. The recognition of the three roles helps dispel the notion that there is no such thing as international global marketing, only marketing. Much of the excellent research and tried-and-true teaching material that global marketers in business and academe have contributed over the years is reflected in the chapters and in several cases that can be found at the end of each major section. The authors have focused on material that is timely and up-to-date, and relevant to the global context.
The Third World Tomorrow : A Report from the Battlefront in the War Against Poverty - Thryft
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Paul A. Harrison | Penguin Uk

The Third World Tomorrow : A Report from the Battlefront in the War Against Poverty

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Page edges tanned, owner's inscription. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday.
The Story of Stuff : How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health--and a Vision for Change - Thryft
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Annie Leonard | Free Press

The Story of Stuff : How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health--and a Vision for Change

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A classic exposé in company with An Inconvenient Truth and Silent Spring, The Story of Stuff expands on the celebrated documentary exploring the threat of overconsumption on the environment, economy, and our health. Leonard examines the “stuff” we use everyday, offering a galvanizing critique and steps for a changed planet.The Story of Stuff was received with widespread enthusiasm in hardcover, by everyone from Stephen Colbert to Tavis Smiley to George Stephanopolous on Good Morning America, as well as far-reaching print and blog coverage. Uncovering and communicating a critically important idea—that there is an intentional system behind our patterns of consumption and disposal—Annie Leonard transforms how we think about our lives and our relationship to the planet.From sneaking into factories and dumps around the world to visiting textile workers in Haiti and children mining coltan for cell phones in the Congo, Leonard, named one of Time magazine’s 100 environmental heroes of 2009, highlights each step of the materials economy and its actual effect on the earth and the people who live near sites like these.With curiosity, compassion, and humor, Leonard shares concrete steps for taking action at the individual and political level that will bring about sustainability, community health, and economic justice. Embraced by teachers, parents, churches, community centers, activists, and everyday readers, The Story of Stuff will be a long-lived classic.
Fractured Continent : Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West - Thryft
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William Drozdiak | W. W. Norton & Company

Fractured Continent : Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West

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The dream of a United States of Europe is unraveling in the wake of several crises now afflicting the continent. The single Euro currency threatens to break apart amid bitter arguments between rich northern creditors and poor southern debtors. Russia is back as an aggressive power, annexing Crimea, supporting rebels in eastern Ukraine, and waging media and cyber warfare against the West. Marine Le Pen’s National Front won a record 34 percent of the French presidential vote despite the election of Emmanuel Macron. Europe struggles to cope with nearly two million refugees who fled conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa. Britain has voted to leave the European Union after forty-three years, the first time a member state has opted to quit the world’s leading commercial bloc. At the same time, President Trump has vowed to pursue America First policies that may curtail U.S. security guarantees and provoke trade conflicts with its allies abroad.These developments and a growing backlash against globalization have contributed to a loss of faith in mainstream ruling parties throughout the West. Voters in the United States and Europe are abandoning traditional ways of governing in favor of authoritarian, populist, and nationalist alternatives, raising a profound threat to the future of our democracies.In Fractured Continent, William Drozdiak, the former foreign editor of The Washington Post, persuasively argues that these events have dramatic consequences for Americans as well as Europeans, changing the nature of our relationships with longtime allies and even threatening global security. By speaking with world leaders from Brussels to Berlin, Rome to Riga, Drozdiak describes the crises. the proposed solutions, and considers where Europe and America go from here. The result is a timely character- and narrative-driven book about this tumultuous phase of contemporary European history.
Waste : Uncovering the Global Food Scandal - Thryft
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Tristram Stuart | Penguin Books

Waste : Uncovering the Global Food Scandal

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With shortages, volatile prices and nearly one billion people hungry, the world has a food problem – or thinks it does. Farmers, manufacturers, supermarkets and consumers in North America and Europe discard up to half of their food – enough to feed all the world’s hungry at least three times over. Forests are destroyed and nearly one tenth of the West’s greenhouse gas emissions are released growing food that will never be eaten. While affluent nations throw away food through neglect, in the developing world crops rot because farmers lack the means to process, store and transport them to market. But there could be surprisingly painless remedies for what has become one of the world’s most pressing environmental and social problems. Travelling from Yorkshire to China, from Pakistan to Japan, and introducing us to foraging pigs, potato farmers, freegans and food industry directors, Stuart encounters grotesque examples of profligacy, but also inspiring innovations and ways of making the most of what we have. Combining front-line investigation with startling new data, Waste shows how the way we live now has created a global food crisis – and what we can do to fix it.
Start Something That Matters - Thryft
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Blake Mycoskie | Spiegel & Grau

Start Something That Matters

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In 2006, while travelling in Argentina, young entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie encountered children too poor to afford shoes, who developed injuries on their feet that often led to serious health problems. Blake knew he wanted to help, but rather than start a charity, he went against conventional wisdom and created a for profit business to help the children who he met. With the help of a local shoemaker, Blake struck out to merge activism and fashion in the form of a local canvas shoe worn by farmers and gauchos alike, called the alpargata. Blake called his creation TOMS Shoes (which stands for "Tomorrow's Shoes") and promised to give a pair of new shoes to a child in need for every pair that he sold. Starting with only two hundred pairs of handmade shoes, optimism, and entrepreneurial charisma, Blake successfully launched TOMS into the high fashion world. They can now be seen adorning the feet of celebrities such as Keira Knightley, Scarlett Johansson, and Tobey Maguire.Blake's mission is to prove that you can achieve financial success and make the world a better place at the same time. In this book, he shares the six counterintuitive principles that have guided the growth of TOMS for the past threeMake business personalBe resourceful without resourcesReverse retirementKeep it simpleStay humbleGive more, advertise lessThe result is an inspiring account of a young man whose entrepreneurial spirit was able to affect change in the world, and a call to others to be inspired to do the same.As part of the One for One initiative, Random House will provide a new book to a child in need with every copy of Start Something That Matters purchased.
The End of Fashion : How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever - Thryft
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Teri Agins | William Morrow Paperbacks

The End of Fashion : How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever

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A solid, hard-hitting, and uncompromising journalistic look at the fashion industry. The time when "fashion" was defined by French designers whose clothes could be afforded only by elite has ended. Now designers take their cues from mainstream consumers and creativity is channeled more into mass-marketing clothes than into designing them. Indeed, one need look no further than the Gap to see proof of this. In  The End of Fashion, Wall Street Journal , reporter Teri Agins astutely explores this seminal change, laying bare all aspects of the fashion industry from manufacturing, retailing, anmd licensing to image making and financing. Here as well are fascinating insider vignettes that show Donna Karan fighting with financiers,the rivalry between Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger, and the commitment to haute conture that sent Isaac Mizrahi's business spiraling.
Economics - Thryft
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Mark P. Taylor, N. Gregory Mankiw  | Cengage Learning

Economics

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Economics is the European adaptation of classic textbook Principles of Economics by N. Gregory Mankiw (Harvard University), expertly adapted by Mark P. Taylor (Washington University) so as to be even more relevant to a UK and European audience.A major strength of the original—that the authors present economics from the viewpoint of a reader completely new to the subject has been maintained. The conversational yet precise writing style is superb for presenting the politics and science of economic theories to tomorrow's decision-makers. The book stands out amongst all other principles texts by encouraging students to apply an economic way of thinking in their daily lives. Economics is written to provide students with a robust conceptual understanding of the subject using contemporary approaches to theory where possible.It follows the structure of the original book while reflecting European economic structures and institutions and adapting the language and cultural references for a European readership.4th EditionNow firmly established as one of the leading economics principles texts in the UK and Europe, this exciting new fourth edition of Economics by N. Gregory Mankiw (Harvard University) and Mark P. Taylor (Washington University), has been fully updated. New topics have been added in including theories on, for example, Marxist and Feminist theories on labour giving wider context to economic issues. A new chapter on Issues in Financial markets has been added covering the financial crisis and its causes and the final chapter has been updated to reflect the post-crisis world and how theories of the crisis have emerged.
More Sex Is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom Of Economics - Thryft
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Steven E. Landsburg | Free Press

More Sex Is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom Of Economics

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A witty and razor-sharp look at the many ways our individually rational decisions can combine into some truly weird collective results—and some hilarious and serious ways to fix just about everything.Economics is no longer the “dismal science” dreaded by college freshmen. In recent years, a band of economists has broken away from the charts and graphs of college textbooks, and begun to explain ordinary behavior in plain and often entertaining English. Steve Landsburg was one of the first of the new breed, in his book The Armchair Economist and long-running “Everyday Economics” column in Slate magazine. Now he is back, and more provocative than ever.In More Sex Is Safer Sex , Landsburg shows how the rational behavior of each one of us—when combined together—produces the often bizarre, seemingly irrational behavior of crowds. We all stand up at the ballpark, so none of us can see. We avoid casual sex, from fear of disease, and we thereby make sex more dangerous. Things really get interesting when Landsburg suggests ways to change the rules, and game the system. Why not charge juries if a convicted felon is exonerated? Why not have each member of Congress represent a national subset of voters, chosen alphabetically? Why not solve the “overpopulation” problem by having more children, who will help think of ways to improve our use of resources?More Sex Is Safer Sex will make you laugh and argue—and it will make you think about the world around you in new and unforgettable ways.
Crypto Currency Wizards: the key movers and shakers in Asia that you need to know - Thryft
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Shaun DJie, Kai Cheng Chng  | Digix

Crypto Currency Wizards: the key movers and shakers in Asia that you need to know

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Goodreads rating: 4.67

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Decoding Strategy - Thryft
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Patrick A. McNutt | Mcgraw-hill Education (asia)

Decoding Strategy

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Goodreads rating: 4.18

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OVERVIEWHumans are curious by nature we like to observe people in action and we not only like to play games, but also to win.With its central focus on observing management behaviour to predict likely future actions, this book explores the various ways and means of predicting competitor reaction by examining the actions and reactions of competing firms.The approach adopted in this book is based on the premise that individual behaviour follows a line of action and reaction, thus creating a predictable pattern that resembles a set of moves akin to a game of chess. This pattern is termed a critical time line.Using real-time case studies of global companies in his book, Patrick demonstrates how the pattern embedded in each time line offers a window into the strategic behaviour of companies as competitors in a game. These patterns are an integral part of decoding strategy and winning!TARGET AUDIENCE- MBA students- Business leaders, managers, professionals and executives
The Halo Effect... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers - Thryft
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Philip M. Rosenzweig | Free Press

The Halo Effect... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers

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Goodreads rating: 3.89

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The Halo Effect is a thought-provoking book that challenges the often-gullible reader who believes everything they might hear or see advertised. Rosenzweig presents an unconventional and humorous insight that will spur the reader on to think more critically and deeply about business success. This book is perfect for businesspeople looking to expand their knowledge and insights, and for students looking to develop their critical thinking skills.
Fundamentals Of Investing - Thryft
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Fundamentals Of Investing

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Authors: Lawrence J. Gitman, Scott B. Smart, Michael D. Joehnk
Publisher: Scott B. Smart
Publication Date: 2014
Managing in Turbulent Times - Thryft
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Peter F. Drucker | Routledge

Managing in Turbulent Times

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Managing in Turbulent Times tackles the key issues facing managers in the 1990 how to manage in rapidly changing environments. This seminal and prophetic book laid the foundation for a generation of writers on change management.This book concerns the immediate future of business, society and the economy. The one certainty about the times ahead, says Drucker, is that they will be turbulent times. In turbulent times the first task of management is to make sure of the organizations capacity for survival, to make sure of its structural strength and soundness, its capacity to survive a blow, to adapt to sudden change and to avail itself of new opportunities.The author is concerned with action rather than understanding, with decisions rather than analysis. It aims at being a practical book for the decision maker, whether in the private or the public sector.
People And Performance: The Best Of Peter Drucker On Management - Thryft
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People And Performance: The Best Of Peter Drucker On Management

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Author: Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Publication Date: 2000
The Squeeze : Oil, Money and Greed in the 21st Century - Thryft
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Tom Bower | Harperpress

The Squeeze : Oil, Money and Greed in the 21st Century

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Goodreads rating: 3.68

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A groundbreaking, in-depth, and authoritative twenty-year history of the hunt and speculation for our most vital natural resource. Oil, Money, Politics, and Power in the 21st Century. Twenty years ago oil cost about $7 a barrel. In 2008 the price soared to $148 and then fell to below $40. In the midst of this extraordinary volatility, the major oil conglomerates still spent over a trillion dollars in an increasingly frantic search for more. The story of oil is a story of high stakes and extreme risk. It is the story of the crushing rivalries between men and women exploring for oil five miles beneath the sea, battling for control of the world's biggest corporations, and gambling billions of dollars twenty-four hours every day on oil's prices. It is the story of corporate chieftains in Dallas and London, traders in New York, oil-oligarchs in Moscow, and globe-trotting politicians-all maneuvering for power. With the world as his canvas, acclaimed investigative reporter Tom Bower gathers unprecedented firsthand information from hundreds of sources to give readers the definitive, untold modern history of oil . . . the ultimate story of arrogance, intrigue, and greed.
Having It All ... And Making It Work : Six Steps for Putting Both Your Career and Your Family First - Thryft
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D. Quinn Mills | Pearson P T R

Having It All ... And Making It Work : Six Steps for Putting Both Your Career and Your Family First

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Working 24x7? Delaying life until it's too late? You have the ability stop! Having it All ... and Making it Work is a fast-paced, easy-to-use book offering you a new pathway towards managing personal life and professional life--without sacrificing either one of them. This book isn't just more whining and exhortation: it delivers specific, bite-sized, no-fluff solutions for managing your life, including crucial execution steps you can take immediately. Mills teaches you how to identify and balance what's most important to you--and give up what you don't want badly enough. He also shows how to make the balance real, not just talk; how to make career decisions that promote balance; and how to make course corrections that refine your balance over time. Mills also exposes the potentially disastrous myths and rationalizations many people use to avoid the realities of work/life imbalance--fallacies like "I'll devote all my time to work for 15 years, get rich, and then I'll pay attention to family." Mills' breakthrough work/life courses at the Harvard Business School are helping business people find the balance they're searching for. The techniques he's developed will help anyone struggling to get a grasp on the work/life balance challenge.
Shutting Out the Sun : How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation - Thryft
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Michael Zielenziger | Nan A. Talese

Shutting Out the Sun : How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation

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The world’s second-wealthiest country, Japan once seemed poised to overtake America. But its failure to recover from the economic collapse of the early 1990s was unprecedented, and today it confronts an array of disturbing social trends. Japan has the highest suicide rate and lowest birthrate of all industrialized countries, and a rising incidence of untreated cases of depression. Equally as troubling are the more than one million young men who shut themselves in their rooms, withdrawing from society, and the growing numbers of “parasite singles,” the name given to single women who refuse to leave home, marry, or bear children.In Shutting Out the Sun , Michael Zielenziger argues that Japan’s rigid, tradition-steeped society, its aversion to change, and its distrust of individuality and the expression of self are stifling economic revival, political reform, and social evolution. Giving a human face to the country’s malaise, Zielenziger explains how these constraints have driven intelligent, creative young men to become modern-day hermits. At the same time, young women, better educated than their mothers and earning high salaries, are rejecting the traditional path to marriage and motherhood, preferring to spend their money on luxury goods and travel.Smart, unconventional, and politically controversial, Shutting Out the Sun is a bold explanation of Japan’s stagnation and its implications for the rest of the world.
Top Management Strategy : What it is and How to Make it Work - Thryft
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Benjamin B. Tregoe, John W. Zimmerman  | Simon & Schuster

Top Management Strategy : What it is and How to Make it Work

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Goodreads rating: 3.89

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Identifying the nine basic strategic areas that influence the goals of any organization, Tregoe argues that only one of these areas should serve as the decisive factor in making basic product and market choices
Towns in Societies : Essays in Economic History and Historical Sociology - Thryft
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Philip Abrams | Cambridge University Press

Towns in Societies : Essays in Economic History and Historical Sociology

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ECONOMIC GROWTH IN TOWNS IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY. CHINESE CITIES, ORIGINS OF THE MEDIEVAL TOWN PATRICIATE, MEDIEVAL GENOA, DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IN A RENAISSANCE FLORENCE;' URBAN DECAY IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND;. CLASS FORMATION, LONDON 1650-1750.

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