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  • Imagined Cosmopolis

    Internationalism and Cultural Exchange, 1870s–1920s

    Edited by Charlotte Ashby, Grace Brockington, Daniel Laqua, Sarah Victoria Turner ...
    Series Book 2 - Internationalism and the Arts
    The period from the 1870s to the 1920s was marked by an interplay between nationalisms and internationalisms, culminating in the First World War, on the one hand, and the creation of the League of Nations, on the other. The arts were central to this debate, contributing both to the creation of national traditions and to the emergence of ideas, objects and networks that forged connections between ... Read more

    $125.99 CAD

  • The Green Economy in the Global South

    Edited by Stefano Ponte, Daniel Brockington ...
    Series series ThirdWorlds
    The idea and practice of the ‘green economy’ is gaining momentum, coinciding with financial instability and continued economic woe in the Global North, but generally more positive economic circumstances in the Global South. ‘Green economic initiatives’ in the Global South are multiplying, and include carbon payments, ecotourism, community-based wildlife management, sustainability certification ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Tanzanian Development

    A Comparative Perspective

    by David Potts, Faustin Kamuzora, Honest Prosper Ngowi, Hossein Jalilian, John Weiss, Joseph Kuzilwa, Julia Jeyacheya, Kifle Wondemu, Michael F. Lofchie, Michael Tribe0, Moses Emanuel Mnzava1, Andrew Coulson2, Nicola Banks3, Olivia Howland4, Peter Lawrence5, Vesa-Mati Loiske6, Anna Mdee7, Bahati Ilembo8, Brian Van Arkadie9, Christine Noe0, Dan Brockington1, Daniel Mpeta2 ...
    Over the past thirty years, in common with a number of other Sub-Saharan African countries, Tanzania has experienced a period of painful adjustment followed by relatively rapid and stable economic growth. However the extent of progress on poverty reduction and the sustainability of the development process are both open to question. In this book, prominent international observers provide a range of ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

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  • Capitalism's Last Stand?

    Deglobalization in the Age of Austerity

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  • Modern Architecture

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    This new account of international modernism explores the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assesses its triumphs and failures. The work of the main architects of the movement such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe is re-examined shedding new light on their roles as acknowledged masters. Alan Colquhoun explores the evolution of the ... Read more

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  • Fair Trade for All

    How Trade Can Promote Development

    by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Andrew Charlton ...
    Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and author of the New York Times bestselling book Globalization and Its Discontents, Joseph E. Stiglitz here joins with fellow economist Andrew Charlton to offer a challenging and controversial argument about how globalization can actually help Third World countries to develop and prosper. In Fair Trade For All, Stiglitz and Charlton address one of the key ... Read more

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  • State of the World's Forests 2016 (SOFO): Forests and Agriculture: Land Use Challenges and Opportunities

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  • Dada and Surrealism

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  • Africa First!

    Igniting a Growth Revolution

    by Jakkie Cilliers ...
    What stops Africa, with its abundant natural resources, from capitalising on its boundless potential? Well-known Africa analyst Jakkie Cilliers uses 11 scenarios to unpack, in concrete terms, how the continent can ignite a growth revolution that will take millions out of poverty and into employment.Africa urgently needs much more rapid economic growth. Cilliers identifi es and models fundamental ... Read more

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  • The Trouble with Aid

    Why Less Could Mean More for Africa

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    Africa is poor. If we send it money it will be less poor. It seems perfectly logical, doesn't it? Millions of people in the rich world, moved by images on television and appalled by the miserable conditions endured by so many in other countries, have joined campaigns to persuade their governments to double aid to Africa and help put an end to such shameful inequality.It seems simple. But it isn't. ... Read more

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    Europe’s national museums have since their creation been at the centre of on-going nation making processes. National museums negotiate conflicts and contradictions and entrain the community sufficiently to obtain the support of scientists and art connoisseurs, citizens and taxpayers, policy makers, domestic and foreign visitors alike. National Museums and Nation-building in Europe 1750-2010 assess ... Read more

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