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Planning in the Soviet Union
1st Edition
By Judith Pallot, Denis J. B. Shaw
September 01, 2023
Originally published in 1981 and based on the authors’ own research, this book provides a comprehensive review of planning in the Soviet Union up until the early 1980s for both geographers and Soviet specialists. Planning was particularly important in the Soviet Union since not only most spatial ...
Transport Network Planning
1st Edition
By Patrick O'Sullivan, Gary D. Holtzclaw, Gerald Barber
September 01, 2023
Originally published in 1979 and with a case-study from Indonesia, this volume examines the question of planning the provision of transport facilities as a special case of the general planning problem. It deals with the modelling (including conceptual short-comings of it), analysis, estimation and ...
European Demography and Economic Growth
1st Edition
Edited
By W. R. Lee
August 30, 2023
First published in 1979, European Demography and Economic Growth presents a collection of essays on the demographic development of individual European economies like Austria, Hungary, Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Portugal etc. It provides a comparative analysis to clarify many crucial issues ...
Nobles and the Noble Life, 1295-1500
1st Edition
By Joel T. Rosenthal
August 30, 2023
First published in 1976, Nobles and the Noble Life, 1295-1500 offers a rounded picture of aristocratic life in England from the time Edward I began to call his great councillors together in ‘House of Lords’ through to the end of the Middle Ages. Professor Rosenthal’s treatment of the aristocracy ...
Trade Unions in the New Society
1st Edition
By Harold J. Laski
August 30, 2023
First Published in 1950, Trade Unions in the New Society examines the changing significance of trade unionism and the place they occupy in the democratic world. Harold J. Laski contrasts their function in a capitalist or socialist society with what it became under Russian totalitarianism. This book...
Not a Pretty Picture: Ethnic Minority Views of Television
1st Edition
By Robert Mullan
August 24, 2023
Originally published in 1996, ethnic minorities in the UK made up over 5% of the population yet were hardly represented in the hundreds of hours of terrestrial broadcast television each week. The blatant racism of The Black and White Minstrel Show was over, but more subtle forms of racism were ...
Old English Prose and Verse: An Annotated Selection with Introductions and Notes by
1st Edition
By Roger Fowler
August 24, 2023
Originally published in 1966, this book provides students of the earliest stage of our literature with a selection of texts for a complete introductory course. All the principal poems and prose works in this literature are represented, including more generous extracts from Beowulf than are common ...
Sociologists on Sociology
1st Edition
By Robert Mullan
August 24, 2023
Originally published in 1987, this edition in 1996, Sociologists on Sociology is a unique and sometimes controversial account of the development, disputes and the future of sociology as seen through the eyes of eleven of the world’s leading sociologists at the time. Consisting of interviews with – ...
Stevenage Ltd: Aspects of the Planning and Politics of Stevenage New Town 1945-78
1st Edition
By Robert Mullan
August 24, 2023
A study of particular aspects of the politics of planning a new town, this book, originally published in 1980, covers events from the inception of Stevenage in 1946 up to 1978. As a case study, the focus is on two expansion schemes, which were intended to extend the designated area of the town, and...
The Mating Trade
1st Edition
By Robert Mullan
August 24, 2023
Are marriages made in heaven? In reality many people need a little help in the arrangement of such matters, whether from Jewish shadkhans (matchmakers), go-betweens, computer or video-dating agencies, marriage bureaux, Asian arranged marriages, gay dating agencies or personal ads. Originally ...
The Research Relationship: Practice and Politics in Social Policy Research
1st Edition
Edited
By G. Clare Wenger
August 24, 2023
Originally published in 1987, it seemed likely that by the end of that decade, if current trends continued, the majority of social researchers would be working under contract to government and other agencies which commissioned policy-relevant investigations. This shift towards contracted and ...
Understanding Language: An Introduction to Linguistics
1st Edition
By Roger Fowler
August 24, 2023
It is widely recognized that language is humanity’s most distinctive and valuable faculty. In this work, originally published in 1974, Roger Fowler explains the character and absorbing interest of language. Designed as an introductory text for students and others concerned with human communication,...