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The book goes beyond the usual understanding of money?hysically, electronically or virtually expressed in term of monetary units like dollars, pounds, gold coins, or bitcoins?nd discusses how money...

In this book, Justin Pack proposes a genealogy of the traditional suspicion of money and merchants. This genealogy is framed both by how money itself has changed and how different traditions...

This is the first collection of essays dedicated to the topics of money and economics in the English literature of the late Middle Ages. These essays explore ways that late medieval economic thought...

This book traces the historical development of the network utilities sector in Australia (communications, rail, gas, electricity, water supply, and sewerage services). It looks across industries,...

This book is a work of contemporary economic history focusing primarily on the US and the UK. It shows that, historically, much of the wealth of the ultra-wealthy has been based on inheritance, tax...

This book focuses on how the abject spectacle of the 'monstrous feminine' has been reimagined by recent and contemporary screen horrors focused on the desires and subjectivities of female monsters...

This book presents an original interpretation of the building history of London in terms of its evolving political economy. Each of the seven ages of the city from the Roman to the modern, are...

What lies at the foundation of our moral beliefs? If we dig down far enough do we find that our moral values have no ground at all to stand on, and so are apt to collapse upon serious philosophical...

In the boardroom, executive and non-executive directors must frequently make decisions balancing competing interests and conflicting moral norms, with their actions impacting employees, customers,...

This book provides a novel formulation and defence of moral error theory. It also provides a novel solution to the so-called now what question; viz., the question what we should do with our moral...

This book argues that cultural fascination with the "madperson" stems from the contemporaneous increase of chronically mentally ill persons in public life due to deinstitutionalization--the mental...

Explores how market actors working with in an international business setting are trying to create markets of morality across nations Provides real life case studies and empirical evidence based on...

This textbook is an essential primer for philosophy students embarking on their journey into the field of ethics and political philosophy. It is meticulously structured to unfold the rich tapestry of...

This book argues that McCarthy's works convey a profound moral vision, and use intertextuality, moral philosophy, and questions of genre to advance that vision. It focuses upon the ways in which...

Morality, Governance, and Social Institutions: Reflections on Russell HardinAuthor: Thomas ChristianoPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Oct 23, 2017Number of Pages: 353 pagesBinding:...

This book tells the story of Iranian women?s accomplishments and struggles over the course of history, spanning from ancient Elam to the present day. It explores the evolving conditions of women?s...

This book examines how early research on literary activities outside national literatures such as émigré literature or diasporic literature conceived of the loss of ?mother-tongue? as a tragedy, and...

This edited collection examines concepts and realities of motherhood in the ancient world. The collection uses essays on the Roman Empire, Mesoamerica, the Philippines, Egypt, and India to emphasize...

This book explores the extent to which and the reasons why Russia?s citizens harbor feelings of nostalgia for the Soviet Union today. Based on the results of a nationwide survey and rigorous field...

Provides an integrated view of leader communication through a strong and well-tested research modelIntegrates management and linguistic theories to offer a powerful understanding of how motivating...

This volume examines a selection of life writing in English by authors from the South West Indian Ocean, namely South Africa, East Africa, Mauritius and Sri Lanka. The two motifs that run through the...

The book explores the liminal aesthetics of U.S. cultural and literary practice. Interrogating the notion of a presumptive unity of the American experience, Moveable Designs argues that inner...

This book presents narratives of the social use of space in the divided city of Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Through the narratives of movement in the city, the work demonstrates how residents engage...

Pioneers a rich new scholarly approach of applying kensic intelligence theories to Renaissance textsPresents a range of Renaissance writers and thinkers including Shakespeare, Montaigne, and...

Can the stories people tell influence the way they see the world? This book seeks to address that question through a study of the viability of movie making as a critical pedagogy activity. Positioned...

This book investigates a different way to gain academic job experience and start an academic career. With universities training more PhD candidates than there are academic jobs, the academic job...

This book highlights the attention that policymakers, activists, and the public should pay to internal migration. Although prominent research has analyzed particular types of internal migration,...

Explores antitrust themes through basic economic modelsProvides commentary on both classical and modern antitrust economicsExamines the issue of monopoly and mergers from a multi-market...

This book, Multidisciplinary Knowledge Production and Research Methods in Sub-Saharan Africa: Language, Literature and Religion, contributes to the polemical conversations about existing...

This book focuses on the modernization of Bangladesh. It does so by including case studies at the national and sub-national government levels and comparative studies with other countries. Chapters in...