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20 produkter
Class, sex and revolutions : Göran Therborn - a critical appraisal
Av Risto Alapuro, Perry Anderson m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
262 kr
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Soon, Cities of Power: The Urban, the National, the Popular, and the Global by Göran Therborn will be on the market. In between Science, Class and Society (1976) and The Killing Fields of Inequality (2013, Swedish translation: Ojämlikhet dödar , 2016) Göran has consistently challenged received …
After the Fall
The Failure of Communism and the Future of Socialism
Av Robin Blackburn, Robin Blackburn
Häftad, 1992
410 kr
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The fall of Communism has been an epoch-making event. The distinguished contributors to After the Fall explain to us the meaning of Communism's meteoric trajectory - and explore the rational grounds for socialist endeavour and commitment in a world which remains dangerous and divided.The …
American Crucible
Slavery, Emancipation and Human Rights
Häftad, 2013
588 kr
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For over three centuries, slavery in the Americas fuelled the growth of capitalism. But the stirrings of a revolutionary age in the late eighteenth century challenged this "peculiar institution" and set the scene for great acts of emancipation in Haiti in 1804, in the United States in the 1860s and …
Unfinished Revolution
Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln
E-bok, 2011
179 kr
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Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln exchanged letters at the end of the Civil War. Although they were divided by far more than the Atlantic Ocean, they agreed on the cause of "free labor" and the urgent need to end slavery. In his introduction, Robin Blackburn argues that Lincoln''s response signaled the …
Age Shock
How Finance Is Failing Us
E-bok, 2012
179 kr
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Most countries face the future with an ageing population, yet most governments are cutting back on pensions and the care services needed by the elderly. Robin Blackburn exposes the perverse reasoning and special interests which have combined to produce this nonsensical state of affairs. This …
American Crucible
Slavery, Emancipation and Human Rights
E-bok, 2013
268 kr
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For over three centuries, slavery in the Americas fuelled the growth of capitalism. But the stirrings of a revolutionary age in the late eighteenth century challenged this "peculiar institution" and set the scene for great acts of emancipation in Haiti in 1804, in the United States in the 1860s and …
Making of New World Slavery
From the Baroque to the Modern, 1492-1800
E-bok, 2020
268 kr
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The Making of New World Slavery argues that independent commerce, geared to burgeoning consumer markets, was the driving force behind the rise of plantation slavery. The baroque state sought-successfully-to feed upon this commerce and-with markedly less success-to regulate slavery and racial …
Overthrow of Colonial Slavery
1776–1848
E-bok, 2024
255 kr
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In 1770 a handful of European nations ruled the Americas, drawing from them a stream of products, both everyday and exotic. Some two and a half million black slaves, imprisoned in plantation colonies, toiled to produce the sugar, coffee, cotton, ginger and indigo craved by Europeans. By 1848 the …
Banking on Death
Or, Investing in Life: The History and Future of Pensions
E-bok, 2020
268 kr
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Banking on Death offers a panoramic view of the history and future of pension provision. A work of unique scope, it traces the origins and development of the pension idea, from the days of the French Revolution to the troubles of the modern welfare state. As we live longer, employers are closing …
Reckoning
From the Second Slavery to Abolition, 1776-1888
Inbunden, 2024
433 kr
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The Age of Revolution (1776-1848) destroyed the main slave regimes of the Caribbean but a 'Second Slavery' surged in the US South, Cuba and Brazil, powered by demand for plantation produce and a system of financial credit that leveraged the value of the slaves. By 1860, more than 6 million captives …
Reckoning
From the Second Slavery to Abolition, 1776-1888
E-bok, 2024
268 kr
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The Age of Revolution (1776-1848) destroyed the main slave regimes of the Caribbean but a ''Second Slavery'' surged in the US South, Cuba and Brazil, powered by demand for plantation produce and a system of financial credit that leveraged the value of the slaves. By 1860, more than 6 million …
Overthrow of Colonial Slavery
1776–1848
Häftad, 2011
537 kr
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In 1770 a handful of European nations ruled the Americas, drawing from them a stream of products, both everyday and exotic. Some two and a half million black slaves, imprisoned in plantation colonies, toiled to produce the sugar, coffee, cotton, ginger and indigo craved by Europeans. By 1848 the …
Making of New World Slavery
From the Baroque to the Modern, 1492-1800
Häftad, 2010
487 kr
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The Making of New World Slavery argues that independent commerce, geared to burgeoning consumer markets, was the driving force behind the rise of plantation slavery. The baroque state sought-successfully-to feed upon this commerce and-with markedly less success-to regulate slavery and racial …
Unfinished Revolution
Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln
Av Robin Blackburn, Robin Blackburn
Häftad, 2011
385 kr
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Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln exchanged letters at the end of the Civil War. Although they were divided by far more than the Atlantic Ocean, they agreed on the cause of "free labor" and the urgent need to end slavery. In his introduction, Robin Blackburn argues that Lincoln's response signaled the …
Banking on Death
Or, Investing in Life: The History and Future of Pensions
Häftad, 2004
427 kr
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Banking on Death offers a panoramic view of the history and future of pension provision. A work of unique scope, it traces the origins and development of the pension idea, from the days of the French Revolution to the troubles of the modern welfare state.As we live longer, employers are closing …
What Businesses Need To Know Right Now
Lessons Learned From Interviewing Businesses During a Pandemic
Av Nettie Owens, Robin Blackburn
Häftad, 2021
206 kr
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What Businesses Need To Know Right Now
Lessons Learned From Interviewing Businesses During a Pandemic
Av Nettie Owens, Robin Blackburn
E-bok, 2021
235 kr
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When you need advice for what is happening in the world right now as it affects your business, you don''t have time to take a course and become the expert. You need to tap into the knowledge of those who have already figured out the next steps. This compilation of interviews was taken in the first …
What Businesses Need to Know Right Now Volume 2
Av Cpo-Cd(r) Nettie Owens, Robin Blackburn
Häftad, 2022
206 kr
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El futuro del sistema de pensiones
E-bok, 2014
136 kr
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En este ensayo Robin Blackburn realiza un crítico examen sobre la crisis fiscal y la corrupción empresarial de una sociedad en proceso de envejecimiento. Los acontecimientos de los últimos años (la burbuja de los fondos de inversión de EEUU, el sube y baja de los mercados de valores, y una cadena …
