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14 produkter
Lost Words and Lost Worlds
Modernity and the Language of Everyday Life in Late Nineteenth-Century Stockholm
Av Allan Pred, Brian Robson m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
653 kr
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The last quarter of the nineteenth century was the most dramatic era in the social and spatial transformation of Stockholm. During this time large-scale manufacturing industry rose and eclipsed small-scale artisan sectors of production; the city's population virtually doubled and there was a rapid …
The Mediterranean City in Transition
Social Change and Urban Development
Av Lila Leontidou, Brian Robson m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
976 kr
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Postwar capitalist development has involved a transition from polarization toward diffuse urbanization and flexibility. The timing and form of this transition and its effects on spatial structures have varied, as is especially evident in the case of Mediterranean Europe. Focusing upon Greater …
Unions and Communities under Siege
American Communities and the Crisis of Organized Labor
Av Gordon L. Clark, Brian Robson
Häftad, 2006
716 kr
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The essential argument of this book is that the current crisis of US unions ought to be considered in terms of the local context of labor-management relations; that is, the communities in which men and women live and work. Whether by design or necessity, the structure of New Deal national labor …
The Mediterranean City in Transition
Social Change and Urban Development
Av Lila Leontidou, Brian Robson
Inbunden, 1990
2012 kr
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Postwar capitalist development has involved a transition from polarization toward diffuse urbanization and flexibility. The timing and form of this transition and its effects on spatial structures have varied, as is especially evident in the case of Mediterranean Europe. Focusing upon Greater …
The City as Text
The Politics of Landscape Interpretation in the Kandyan Kingdom
Av James S. Duncan, Brian Robson m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
797 kr
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In this book James Duncan convincingly argues that landscapes are not only culturally produced, but that they also influence governing ideas of political and religious life. He analyzes this dialectic relationship between landscape and the pursuit of power in the royal capital of Kandy in the …
Managing the City
The Aims and Impacts of Urban Policy
Av Brian Robson
Inbunden, 2017
1232 kr
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This book, first published in 1987, addresses questions which have gained new importance in the light of the continuing erosion of the economic base and social stability of cities. The recurring riots in inner cities are but the outward manifestation of the profound collapse of the civic societies …
Managing the City
The Aims and Impacts of Urban Policy
Av Brian Robson
Häftad, 2019
372 kr
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This book, first published in 1987, addresses questions which have gained new importance in the light of the continuing erosion of the economic base and social stability of cities. The recurring riots in inner cities are but the outward manifestation of the profound collapse of the civic societies …
Managing the City
The Aims and Impacts of Urban Policy
Av Brian Robson
E-bok, 2017
419 kr
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This book, first published in 1987, addresses questions which have gained new importance in the light of the continuing erosion of the economic base and social stability of cities. The recurring riots in inner cities are but the outward manifestation of the profound collapse of the civic societies …
Managing the City
The Aims and Impacts of Urban Policy
Av Brian Robson
E-bok, 2017
433 kr
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This book, first published in 1987, addresses questions which have gained new importance in the light of the continuing erosion of the economic base and social stability of cities. The recurring riots in inner cities are but the outward manifestation of the profound collapse of the civic societies …
Crate Escape
Av Brian Robson
Häftad, 2021
117 kr
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In 1962, when air-travel was in its infancy, a nineteen-year-old boy who felt trapped in Melbourne, Australia, made up his mind that he was going to return to his homeland in the United Kingdom. He was prevented from doing so by both lack of documentation and the funds required. Putting an idea to …
Newcastle upon Tyne: Mapping the City
Av Michael Barke, Brian Robson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
343 kr
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Newcastle has a long and distinguished history through two millennia: a Roman fortress at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall; an important centre of monasticism; a 'royal' bulwark against attacks and invasion from Scotland; and the principal centre for the export of coal to London. In the 19th …
Crisis on the Frontier
The Third Afghan War and the Campaign in Waziristan 1919-20
Av Brian Robson
Häftad, 2005
187 kr
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The Third Afghan War has some claim to be the least-known of all British imperial conflicts - even among military historians. Illustrated with maps and contemporary photographs, this title is an account of this important and fascinating chapter in British history.
Road to Kabul
The Second Afghan War 1878-1881
Av Brian Robson
Häftad, 1980
175 kr
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When the British invaded Afghanistan in 1878, forty years after the first attempt, it was to scotch Russian influence and to install a friendly government. This book accounts various questions such as why it was fought, why it was necessary, who was responsible and what it achieved.
