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  • Mathematics for the Million

    by Lancelot Hogben ...
    "It makes alive the contents of the elements of mathematics."—Albert EinsteinTaking only the most elementary knowledge for granted, Lancelot Hogben leads readers of this famous book through the whole course from simple arithmetic to calculus. His illuminating explanation is addressed to the person who wants to understand the place of mathematics in modern civilization but who has been intimidated ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Political Arithmetic

    A Symposium of Population Studies

    Edited by Lancelot Hogben ...
    Encompassing the areas of economics, sociology, social biology and genetics, and drawing on studies from the UK and Australia, this volume charts and analyses the factors affecting population growth. Chapters include: * The international decline in fertility * The changing structure of the family * Educational opportunities * Concepts of race. ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • What is Ahead of Us?

    by G.D.H. Cole, Arthur Salter, Wickham Steed, Sidney Webb, P. M. S. Blackett, Lancelot Hogben ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1937, What is Ahead of Us? is a collection of essays, which were originally presented as lectures before the Fabian Society. Conceived in an era of growing fascism and economic despair, the essays urge the reader to imagine more equitable alternatives to capitalism. The authors offer socialism as a solution but what is more interesting is their criticism of capitalism and the ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

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    1875-1914

    by Prof Eric Hobsbawm ...
    THE AGE OF EMPIRE is a book about the strange death of the nineteenth century, the world made by and for liberal middle classes in the name of universal progress and civilisation. It is about hopes realised which turned into fears: an era of unparalleled peace engendering an era of unparalleled war; revolt and revolution emerging on the outskirts of society; a time of profound identity crisis for ... Read more

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  • Capital: Volumes One and Two

    by Karl Marx, Tom Griffith ...
    Series series Classics of World Literature
    Few writers have had a more demonstrable impact on the development of the modern world than has Karl Marx (1818-1883). Born in Trier into a middle-class Jewish family in 1818, by the time of his death in London in 1883, Marx claimed a growing international reputation.Of central importance then and later was his book Das Kapital, or, as it is known to English readers, simply Capital. Volume One of ... Read more

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  • The Soviet Century

    by Moshe Lewin ...
    This classic Soviet Union history traces the USSR from 1917 to its fall, offering “a master class in understanding the structures and intricate workings of the Soviet system” (Ian Kershaw, historian and Hitler biographer).Today, the Soviet Union remains the most extraordinary but tragic attempt to create a society beyond capitalism. Yet its history was one that for a long time proved impossible to ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

    by Vladimir Lenin ...
    Series series Penguin Great Ideas
    Vladimir Lenin created this hugely significant Marxist text to explain fully the inevitable flaws and destructive power of Capitalism: that it would lead unavoidably to imperialism, monopolies and colonialism. He prophesied that those third world countries used merely as capitalist labour would have no choice but to join the Communist revolution in Russia.GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Capital

    An Abridged Edition

    by Karl Marx ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    A classic of early modernism, Capital combines vivid historical detail with economic analysis to produce a bitter denunciation of mid-Victorian capitalist society. It has also proved to be the most influential work in social science in the twentieth century; Marx did for social science what Darwin had done for biology. Millions of readers this century have treated Capital as a sacred text, ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Fossil Capital

    The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming

    by Andreas Malm ...
    A sweeping study of how capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power—and contributed to the worsening climate crisisThe more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn. How did we end up in this mess? In this masterful new history, Andreas Malm claims it all began in Britain with the rise of steam power. But why did ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

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  • The Communist Manifesto

    by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Stephen Kotkin ...
    Featuring an extensive, provocative introduction by historian Martin Malia, this authorized English translation of The Communist Manifesto, edited and annotated by Engels, with prefaces to editions published between 1872 and 1888, provides a new opportunity to examine the document that shook the world.In 1848, two young men published what would become one of the defining documents of modern ... Read more

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  • Medical Law

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Prof Charles Foster ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Medical law is concerned with our bodies, and what happens to them during and after our lives. When things go wrong with our bodies, we want to know what our rights are, and what governs the conduct of the clinicians into whose hands we put our lives and limbs. Dealing with matters of life and death, it can therefore have a fundamental impact on medical practice. Headlines in the media often ... Read more

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  • A History of Scottish Economic Thought

    Edited by Alexander Dow, Sheila Dow ...
    Series series The Routledge History of Economic Thought
    Modern economics has, at its foundation, scholarly contributions from many prominent Scottish thinkers. This revealing work examines the roots of this great tradition, places in perspective a selection of authors, and assesses their contribution over three centuries in the light of a distinctive Scottish approach to economics.Scottish Enlightenment is an established area of research interest, and ... Read more

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