12,933円 Coal mining is one of China’s largest industries, and provides an excellent case study through which to consider the broader issues of China’s transition from socialism to capitalism, focussing on the shift to a market economy, the rise of rural industry and the situation of China’s working class...

1,122円 This vintage book contains an introductory guide to tailoring, including complete directions for drafting and pattern-making. With step-by-step instructions and many helpful tips, this volume is designed to introduce the beginner to dressmaking, and aims to walk the novice through the creation of...

786円 In the general advance of technical knowledge and research during the last decade, the Soap Industry has not remained stationary. While there has not perhaps been anything of a very revolutionary character, steady progress has still been made in practically all branches, and the aim of the presen...

9,285円 This fascinating study focuses on an area neglected in previous studies of the media: the meetings between ordinary people and the media. Couldry explores what happens when people who normally consume the media witness media processes in action, or even become the object of media attention themse...

11,275円 This book provides a timely analysis and assessment of the potential of organic agriculture (OA) for rural development and the improvement of livelihoods. It focuses on smallholders in developing countries and in countries of economic transition, but there is also coverage of and comparisons with...

1,709円 Daniel J. Boorstin’s prophetic vision of an America inundated by its own illusions is an essential resource for any reader who wants to distinguish the manifold deceptions of our culture from its few enduring truths. "The book that best explains Trump’s dominance may well have been published in 1...

496円 The trafficking and sale of counterfeit sneakers is big business, with federal agents, multinational footwear companies, and private investigators out to shut it down. But its not as easy as it seems, especially when they cant tell the real shoes from the fakes. Award-winning journalist Nicholas ...

9,616円 There are few areas of economic policy-making in which the returns to good decisions are so highーand the punishment of bad decisions so cruelーas in the management of natural resource wealth. Rich endowments of oil, gas and minerals have set some countries on courses of sustained and robust pros...

8,756円 Whilst agricultural landscapes are products of the local ecosystem and community in which they are situated, they are becoming increasingly affected by the same global issues, and are converging under the dynamics of globalisation. Combining landscape ecological research and an examination of rel...

12,933円 Targeting regional economic development (TRED) has a long and rich tradition among academic economists and in the world of economic development practitioners. This book builds on a series of workshops and papers organized by The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD) at the Penn...

11,772円 �The Jevons Paradox�, which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in relation to use of coal, states that an increase in efficiency in using a resource leads to increased use of that resource rather than to a reduction. This has subsequently been proved to apply not just to fossil...

1,000円 You may be blessed to have a child who has a natural acting talent or one who is keen to give it a go. The question that most parents have on their minds would be - "Where do I start to find a Talent Agency that I can trust?" After all, having an Agency is like having a launching pad where your c...