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Discourse on Applied Sociology: Volume 2

Discourse on Applied Sociology: Volume 2

Practising Perspectives

Edited by Samir Dasgupta and Robyn Driskell

This engaging and wide-ranging two-volume study urges a balance between theoretical and practical sociology.

Hardback

9781843312758

August 2007

£ 70.00 / $ 115.00

The Indian Uprising of 1857-8

The Indian Uprising of 1857-8

Prisons, Prisoners and Rebellion

Clare Anderson

An in-depth study of the 1857 Indian mutiny-rebellion, exploring the political and social themes of this remarkable phenomenon.

Paperback

9781843312956

September 2007

£ 17.99 / $ 29.95

A Blogger's Manifesto

A Blogger's Manifesto

Free Speech and Censorship in a Digital World

Erik Ringmar

An expansive and captivating interrogation of free speech in the modern world, exploring the limitations of the digital age.

Paperback

9781843312888

October 2007

£ 8.99 / $ 14.99

Excursions

Excursions

Henry David Thoreau
preface by Ralph Waldo Emerson
foreword by Jeffrey S. Cramer

This choice collection of Thoreau’s nature writing includes the essays ‘The Succession of Forest Trees,’ ‘Walking’, and ‘Autumnal Tints’ – each one an explorative reach into the heart of the natural world.

Paperback

9781843312918

October 2007

£ 11.99 / $ 22.95

Institutional Change and Economic Development

Institutional Change and Economic Development

Edited by Ha-Joon Chang
foreword by Deepak Nayyar

A comprehensive discussion of the issues surrounding institutional progression in relation to the economy of the developing world.

Paperback

9781843312819

November 2007

£ 20.00

Globalization and Challenges to Building Peace

Globalization and Challenges to Building Peace

Edited by Ashok Swain, Ramses Amer and Joakim Öjendal

This fascinating collected volume explores the relationship between world conflict, political unrest and the driving forces of Capitalism and Globalization.

Hardback

9781843312871

December 2007

£ 70.00 / $ 115.00

Special Economic Zones in India

Special Economic Zones in India

Myths and Realities

Amitendu Palit and Subhomoy Bhattacharjee
foreword by Bibek Debroy

Special Economic Zones (SEZs), introduced in February 2006, are one of the stiffest challenges for India's economic policy reforms. The emotionally charged debate on SEZs has often produced inflexible positions on either side. The unusually strong public reaction has also forced policymakers to revisit several aspects of the policy in recent months. As the first book on India's SEZs, this volume examines different popular perceptions - both good and bad - surrounding these zones.

Hardback

STSN26170

January 2008

£ 50.00 / $ 80.00

Special Economic Zones in India

Special Economic Zones in India

Myths and Realities

Amitendu Palit and Subhomoy Bhattacharjee
Foreword by Bibek Debroy

Special Economic Zones (SEZs), introduced in February 2006, are one of the stiffest challenges for India's economic policy reforms. The emotionally charged debate on SEZs has often produced inflexible positions on either side. The unusually strong public reaction has also forced policymakers to revisit several aspects of the policy in recent months. As the first book on India's SEZs, this volume examines different popular perceptions - both good and bad - surrounding these zones.

Hardback

9788190583534

January 2008

£ 50.00 / $ 80.00

Martyr as Bridegroom

Martyr as Bridegroom

A Folk Representation of Bhagat Singh

Ishwar Dayal Gaur

‘Martyr As Bridegroom: A Folk Representation of Bhagat Singh’ is written from the viewpoint of vernacular Punjabi culture and tries to tread on the marginalized path of vernacular culture as a methodology of a historian's craft. The book seeks to understand the manner in which Punjabis constructed the image of Bhagat Singh in their literature.

Hardback

9788190583503

January 2008

£ 50.00 / $ 80.00

The Last Window-Giraffe

The Last Window-Giraffe

Péter Zilahy
foreword by Lawrence Norfolk
translated by Tim Wilkinson

This dictionary-novel of dictatorship is a thrilling personal journey behind the Iron Curtain – and like nothing you have read before.

Hardback

9781843312840

March 2008

£ 12.99 / $ 22.95

Bengal Partition Stories

Bengal Partition Stories

An Unclosed Chapter

Edited by Bashabi Fraser

Through oral histories, interviews and fictional retellings, 'Bengal Partition Stories' unearths and articulates the collective memories of a people traumatised by the brutal division of their homeland.

Paperback

9781843312994

March 2008

£ 20.00 / $ 35.00

An Age of Progress?

An Age of Progress?

Clashing Twentieth-Century Global Forces

Walter G. Moss

An enthralling analysis of the defining social and political events of the twentieth century.

Hardback

9781843313014

May 2008

£ 20.00 / $ 35.00

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