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World Atlas of Sustainable Development

World Atlas of Sustainable Development

Economic, Social and Environmental Data

Anne-Marie Sacquet

Provides a revealing global overview of air pollution and its startling impact through graphical and visual representation of data.

Paperback

9781843311669

March 2005

£ 11.99 / $ 19.95

Unmapped Countries

Unmapped Countries

Biological Visions in Nineteenth Century Literature and Culture

Edited by Anne-Julia Zwierlein

An enlightening, multi-disciplinary investigation into the fascinating and courageous scientific explorations of the nineteenth century.

Paperback

9781843311607

March 2005

£ 14.99 / $ 19.49

A Chance for the World Bank

A Chance for the World Bank

Jozef Ritzen
foreword by Joseph Stiglitz

This book is an authoritative and radical manifesto for changes that are urgently required in development cooperation. The book predicts that, unless radical steps are taken by the World Bank, the first decade of the century will witness a ever-widening gulf between poor and rich countries.

Paperback

9781843311621

March 2005

£ 14.99 / $ 26.95

Chechnya

Chechnya

From Past to Future

Edited by Richard Sakwa

A remarkable collection of essays, considering every angle of the Chechen conflict.

Paperback

9781843311652

April 2005

£ 19.99 / $ 29.95

The IMF and the World Bank at Sixty

The IMF and the World Bank at Sixty

Edited by Ariel Buira
foreword by Gerry Helleiner

An authoritative review of the position of the IMF and World Bank in their sixtieth year.

Paperback

9781843311966

May 2005

£ 20.00 / $ 34.95

Hollywood, the Pentagon and Washington

Hollywood, the Pentagon and Washington

The Movies and National Security from World War II to the Present Day

Jean-Michel Valantin

A concerned investigation of the curious relationship between Hollywood and the US Department of Defense that exposes some distressing collaborations.

Paperback

9781843311713

May 2005

£ 12.99 / $ 21.95

Persian Pictures

Persian Pictures

Gertrude Bell
introduction by Liora Lukitz

'Persian Pictures' is both travelogue and meditation, an elegiac and beautifully observed account of a spellbinding land.

Paperback

9781843311690

May 2005

£ 9.99 / $ 18.95

Subaltern Sports

Subaltern Sports

Politics and Sport in South Asia

Edited by James H. Mills

A unique volume about the relationship between politics and sport in South Asia.

Paperback

9781843311683

May 2005

£ 16.99 / $ 24.95

European Trade and Colonial Conquest

European Trade and Colonial Conquest

Volume 1

Biplab Dasgupta

A book on the evolution of Bengal's economy and society before colonisation, beginning from pre-historic days.

Paperback

9781843310297

June 2005

£ 16.99 / $ 25.00

Turkey Today

Turkey Today

A European Country?

Edited by Olivier Roy

A comprehensive and authoritative review of Turkey's potential successes and failures as part of the European Union.

Paperback

9781843311737

June 2005

£ 12.99 / $ 21.95

Globalizing India

Globalizing India

Perspectives from Below

Edited by Jackie Assayag and Chris Fuller

This is one of the first books to present a collection of writings on the effects of globalization on India and Indian society.

Paperback

9781843311959

July 2005

£ 16.99 / $ 29.95

Surviving Capitalism

Surviving Capitalism

How We Learned to Live with the Market and Remained Almost Human

Erik Ringmar

A fresh, funny and imaginative discourse on the nature of capitalism and how society has learned to cope with it.

Paperback

9781843311768

August 2005

£ 19.99 / $ 29.95

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