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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “bradley bowden”
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  • Slavery, Freedom and Business Endeavor

    The Reforging of Western Civilization and the Transformation of Everyday Life

    by Bradley Bowden ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book argues that modern Western civilization is synonymous with business, and you cannot have one without the other—or, at least, not for very long. Without Western civilization, with its emphasis on inquiry, questioning, experimentation, reasoning, freedom of expression, a free press, equality of opportunity before the law—then the innovation and vitality that lies at the heart of Western ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Frontiers of Labor

    Comparative Histories of the United States and Australia

    by Shelton Stromquist, Robin Archer, Nikola Balnave, James R. Barrett, Bradley Bowden, Verity Burgmann, Robert Cherny, Peter Clayworth, Tom Goyens, Dianne Hall0, Benjamin Huf1, Jennie Jeppesen2, Marjorie A Jerrard3, Jeffrey A Johnson4, Diane Kirkby5, Elizabeth Malcolm6, Patrick O’Leary7, Greg Patmore8, Scott Stephenson0, Peta Stevenson-Clarke1, Nathan Wise2 ...
    Series Book 1 - Working Class in American History
    Alike in many aspects of their histories, Australia and the United States diverge in striking ways when it comes to their working classes, labor relations, and politics.Greg Patmore and Shelton Stromquist curate innovative essays that use transnational and comparative analysis to explore the two nations’ differences. The contributors examine five major areas: World War I’s impact on labor and ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Work, Wealth, and Postmodernism

    The Intellectual Conflict at the Heart of Business Endeavour

    by Bradley Bowden ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This work examines the rise of postmodernism in management scholarship and argues that the prevalence of postmodernist thought reflects a lack of understanding by management researchers of the core principles upon which Western business endeavour is based. The author highlights postmodernism’s methodological and conceptual failings, such as disbelief in material progress and economic advancement, ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Management History

    Its Global Past & Present

    Edited by Bradley Bowden, David Lamond ...
    Series series Management History: Global Perspectives
    This book has two broad purposes. First, it seeks to determine whether or not there is a “universal” management model through an examination of circumstance in a number of different nations and industries. Second, it brings to a wider audience some of the leading research in the field of management history. In doing so, it highlights the importance of the Management History Division of the Academy ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

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    The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

    by Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson ...
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    $13.99 USD

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  • Strangers at Our Gates

    Canadian Immigration and Immigration Policy, 1540–2015

    by Valerie Knowles ...
    In this new and revised edition, Knowles explores new materials relating to multiculturalism and immigration.Immigrants and immigration have always been central to Canadians’ perception of themselves as a country and a society. In this crisply written history, Valerie Knowles describes the different kinds of immigrants who have settled in Canada, and the immigration policies that have helped ... Read more

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  • Karl Polanyi

    The Limits of the Market

    by Gareth Dale ...
    Series series Key Contemporary Thinkers
    Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation is generally acclaimed as being among the most influential works of economic history in the twentieth century, and remains as vital in the current historical conjuncture as it was in his own. In its critique of nineteenth-century "market fundamentalism" it reads as a warning to our own neoliberal age, and is widely touted as a prophetic guidebook for those ... Read more

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  • Relentless Change

    A Casebook for the Study of Canadian Business History

    by Joe Martin ...
    Casebooks in business history are designed to instruct students in classrooms and boardrooms about the evolution of business management. The first casebook for the study of business history in a Canadian context, Joseph E. Martin's text will help students, both in the classroom and the boardroom, understand the Canadian economy and guide them in making sound decisions and contributing to a healthy ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • Civilization

    The West and the Rest

    by Niall Ferguson ...
    **From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower“A dazzling history of Western ideas.”—The Economist“Mr. Ferguson tells his story with characteristic verve and an eye for the felicitous phrase.” —Wall Street Journal“[W]ritten with vitality and verve . . . a tour de force.” —Boston Globe**Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important ... Read more

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    Canadian Immigration and Immigration Policy, 1540-2006 Revised Edition

    by Valerie Knowles ...
    Immigrants and immigration have always been central to Canadians' perception of themselves as a country and as a society. In this crisply written history, Valerie Knowles describes the different kinds of immigrants who have settled in Canada, and the immigration policies that have helped to define the character of Canadian immigrants over the centuries. Key policymakers and moulders of public ... Read more

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  • Reading Media Theory

    Thinkers, Approaches and Contexts

    by Brett Mills, David M. Barlow ...
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  • Public Administration

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Stella Z. Theodoulou, Ravi K. Roy ...
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    Public administration ensures the development and delivery of the essential public services required for sustaining modern civilization. Covering areas from public safety and social welfare to transportation and education, the services provided through the public sector are inextricably part of our daily lives. However, mandatory budgetary cuts in recent years have caused public administrators to ... Read more

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