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An Essay on the Principle of Population and Other Writings
The provocative historical work on social economy, demography and population control Malthus' life's work on human population and its dependency on food production and the environment was highly controversial on...
How Many People Can the Earth Support
With the world population now at 5.7 billion, and increasing by about 90 million per year, we have clearly entered a zone where we can see, and may well encounter,...
The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World
'Superbly explained' Washington Post 'Fascinating' Sunday Times 'Engrossing' Evening Standard Every phase since the advent of the industrial revolution - from the fate of the British Empire, to the global...
The Idea Of Poverty: England In The Early Industrial Age
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn an age when industrialisation was reshaping the fabric of English society, The Idea of Poverty confronts one of the most urgent and...
The Theory Of Population: Essays In Marxist Research
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA rigorous work of Marxist political economy, The Theory of Population: Essays in Marxist Research presents a systematic analysis of...
Ill Fares the Land: A Treatise on Our Present Discontents
Something is profoundly wrong with the way we think about how we should live today. In Ill Fares the Land, Tony Judt reveals how we have arrived at our present...
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why The World Needs A Green Revolution - and
'A global star ... Tom Friedman has done it again ... given his track record as a zeitgeist thermometer, we should all pay attention' Financial Times Thomas Friedman's phenomenal The...
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
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Prosperity without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet
Is more economic growth the solution? Will it deliver prosperity and well-being for a global population projected to reach nine billion? In this explosive book, Tim Jackson, a top sustainability...
The New Reckoning: Capitalism, States and Citizens
We are told that this is a new world, with which old theories cannot cope. But the dynamic driving the current global transformation is not as new as our pundits...
Mortal Gods: Science, Politics, and the Humanist Ambitions of Thomas
According to the commonly accepted view, Thomas Hobbes began his intellectual career as a humanist, but his discovery, in midlife, of the wonders of geometry initiated a critical transition from...
Man's Role In Changing The Face Of The Earth: Volume 1
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. What happens when humanity becomes the single greatest force reshaping the planet? Man's Role in...
Althusser, The Infinite Farewell
In Althusser, The Infinite Farewell-originally published in Spanish and appearing here in English for the first time-Emilio de Ipola contends that Althusser's oeuvre is divided between two fundamentally different and...
Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to
By the beginning of this century it was already commonplace to speak of the U. S. as a hyperpower, to talk of its military, political, and economic clout as unprecedented...
Utopia
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Condition remarks:Book: NewJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodCondition remarks: new in original plastic wrapper; First published in 1516, Thomas More's Utopia stands as one of the most audacious and enduring works of...
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why The World Needs A Green Revolution - and How We Can Renew Our Global Future
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Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine
Madhouse reveals a long-suppressed medical scandal, shocking in its brutality and sobering in its implications. It shows how a leading American psychiatrist of the early twentieth century came to believe...
The Making of Home: The 500-year story of how our houses became homes
The idea that 'home' is a special place, a separate place, a place where we can be our true selves, is so obvious to us today that we barely pause...
Late Night Thoughts On Listening To Mahler's Ninth Symphony
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. In the small hours of the night,...
Great Shame, the
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Thomas Keneally Format: Hardback...
The Unfragile Mind: Making Sense of Mental Health: Shortlisted for the
'Francis combines the precision of science with a profound insight into the human condition' GUARDIAN FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ADVENTURES IN HUMAN BEING AND RECOVERY Between a quarter and...
Thomas Hobbes
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This book gives a comprehensive treatment of Thomas Hobbes' thought in the light of the most important research currently being produced by historians, philosophers, and political scientists. His life and...
The Black Hunger: the spine-tingling gothic horror masterpiece
'A gothic masterpiece and a devastating exploration of humanity's capacity for evil' Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters ' The Black Hunger is a phenomenal book full of rich...
Thomas Hardy
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Part of the respected Literature in Perspective series, this critical study presents...