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Monetary divergence
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ISBN: 1282423444 9786612423444 0472023098 9780472023097 0472069616 0472099612 9780472069613 9780472099610 Year: 2007 Publisher: Ann Arbor


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Studies in the Economic History of Kenya : Land, Water, Railways, Education and Entrepreneurship
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ISBN: 0773417605 Year: 2009 Publisher: Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press,

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This book examines the economic history of Kenya from the colonial period to the present, integrating historical methodologies with those of anthropology, economics, education, geography, history, political science and sociology. the book covers topics that have been ignored by previous texts on economic history of Kenya, such as women, indigenous people (Ogiek), pastoralism, irrigation agriculture, livestock, fisheries, religion, community-based organizations (CBOs), NGOs, education and information and communication technology (ICT).

The critical study of work : labor, technology, and global production
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ISBN: 1566397979 1566397987 1282047663 1592138098 Year: 2001 Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press,

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Two broad developments reshaped work at the end of the twentieth century. The first was the implosion of the Soviet Union and the worldwide triumph of market capitalism. The second was the increasing use of computer-based production technologies and management command-and-control systems. How do we make sense of these important developments. The editors have assembled a collection of provocative, original essays on work and workplaces throughout the world that challenge the current celebration of globalization and new technologies. Building on labor process analysis, individual


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All-out for victory!
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ISBN: 1584657685 9786612472954 1584658339 128247295X 9781584658337 9781584657682 6612472952 Year: 2009 Publisher: Waltham, Mass. Hanover [N.H.] Brandeis University Press Published by University Press of New England

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A lively look at magazine ads during World War II and their roles in sustaining morale and promoting home-front support of the war, with lots of illustrations

The Struggle over the Soul of Economics
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ISBN: 0691034192 9786612753398 1400822521 1282753398 140081393X 9780691034195 9781400813933 9781282753396 6612753390 9781400822522 Year: 1998 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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This book provides a surprising answer to two puzzling questions that relate to the very "soul" of the professional study of economics in the late twentieth century. How did the discipline of economics come to be dominated by an approach that is heavily dependent on mathematically derived models? And what happened to other approaches to the discipline that were considered to be scientifically viable less than fifty years ago? Between the two world wars there were two well-accepted schools of thought in economics: the "neoclassical," which emerged in the last third of the nineteenth century, and the "institutionalist," which started with the works of Veblen and Commons at the end of the same century. Although the contributions of the institutionalists are nearly forgotten now, Yuval Yonay shows that their legacy lingers in the study and practice of economics today. By reconsidering their impact and by analyzing the conflicts that arose between neoclassicists and institutionalists, Yonay brings to life a hidden chapter in the history of economics.The author is a sociologist of science who brings a unique perspective to economic history. By utilizing the actor-network approach of Bruno Latour and Michel Callon, he arrives at a deeper understanding of the nature of the changes that took place in the practice of economics. His analysis also illuminates a broader set of issues concerning the nature of scientific practice and the forces behind changes in scientific knowledge.


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Australians in Papua New Guinea 1960-1975
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ISBN: 1921902450 Year: 2014 Publisher: Chicago : University of Queensland Press,

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Australians in Papua New Guinea provides a history of the late Australian years in Papua New Guinea through the eyes of 13 Australians and four Papua New Guineans by presenting the experiences of Australians who went to work in Papua New Guinea (PNG) over several decades before the 1970's. This extraordinary book balances expatriates with indigenous Papua New Guineans, balances gender, and pioneers an innovative combination of written reminiscences and interviews that reveal the impact of Australian colonial policy on pre-independence PNG. It follows medical practitioners Michael...

Classics and moderns in economics : essays on nineteenth and twentieth century economic thought
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ISBN: 0415301661 041530167X 0415754003 0203460731 1280403489 0203458796 0415754011 0203460693 1280403462 0203458648 1134417454 1134417446 0429232365 1134417381 1134417373 9780415301664 Year: 2003 Volume: 57 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

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This second volume of essays on nineteenth and twentieth century economic thought, complements the first and continues the high standards of scholarship and academic rigour.

Bread and work : social policy and the experience of unemployment, 1918-39
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ISBN: 0745314864 0745314813 0585426147 1849640408 9781849640404 9780585426143 9780745314815 9780745314860 Year: 2000 Publisher: London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press,

Chromatography
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ISBN: 0444501142 9786611050870 1281050873 0080476503 9780080476506 9780444501141 Year: 2001 Volume: 64 Publisher: Amsterdam New York Elsevier Science

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Chromatography - A Century of Discovery 1900-2000 represents the combined thinking and contributions of many chromatographers. It includes several in-depth feature chapters covering the Beginnings of Chromatography, which highlights M.S. Tswett, the inventor of chromatography, and several other early pioneers. Included are the contributions of several Nobel Laureates,and 125 Chromatography Award Winners and contributors, an extensive bibliography of publications on the History of the Evolution of Chromatography; a presentation of Major International Symposia supporting chromatography and as a


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Mainstream growth economists and capital theorists : a survey
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ISBN: 0773543651 0773592105 9780773592100 9780773592117 0773592113 9780773543652 9780773543669 077354366X Year: 2014 Publisher: Montréal, Québec : McGill-Queen's University Press,

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Mainstream Growth Economists and Capital Theorists provides a historical survey and ideal introduction to modern economics, arguing that due to significant changes in recent years, a re-evaluation is in order. Marin Muzhani presents an informed study of the debates regarding economic growth and development that began in the 1930s in response to the Great Depression. He argues that in the wake of that crisis, the challenge for economists was to understand how to generate stable economic growth in order to prevent future crises. The theories of John Maynard Keynes, in particular, sought to explain the reasons for unemployment and recessions, paving the way for the field of macroeconomics and challenging the basic premises of neoclassical economics. In the late 1930s and 1940s, economists began to extend Keynes' ideas, synthesizing them with neoclassical ideas in order to explain economic growth. This "neoclassical synthesis" would dominate mainstream macroeconomic thought for the next forty years until the mid-1980s with the introduction of endogenous growth theories. Taking into account the historical background, the multitude of interpretations of modern growth models, and the geography of mainstream economists, Mainstream Growth Economists and Capital Theorists will simplify the structure of growth theory for the next generation of economists.

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