Softcover. New York, Basic Books, reprint , 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, New York, Basic Books, reprint , 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: None, 523 pages. Softcover. Light edge wear to top and fore edge, otherwise clean, tight copy. . Record # 467494 Record # 467494
Hardcover. London, Viking , 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. B&w illustrations throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 857455
Hardcover. NY, Pegasus Books, 1st thus, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 354 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Communist jokes are the strangest, funniest, most enchanting and meaningful legacy of the eighty years of communism in Russia and Eastern Europe. The valiant and sardonic citizens of the former Communist countries-surrounded by secret police, threatened with arrest, imprisonment and forced labor, a failed economic system, and bombarded with ludicrous propaganda-turned joke-telling into an art form, using them as a coded way of speaking the truth and coping with the absurdity of the system. In this poignant and historically revealing book, rare and previously unpublished archive material, including cartoons, caricatures, photographs, and oral transcripts take the reader on a unique journey through the real experience of the Communist era. 25+ B&W illustrations throughout. Clean copy. Record # 33934
Softcover. North Sydney, Australia, ASAA in association with George Allen & Unwin, 7th impression, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 425 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W tables throughout. This book is a full historical account of the economic development of Indonesia. It is regarded as one of the most important books in the study of modern Indonesia. Clean copy. Record # 34174
Hardcover. New York, Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc., 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 232 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a repaired cut, bumped corners, and worn edges. Black cloth covers are in good condition with only minor wear to the corners and edges. Interior pages are clean and bright, with the top edge colored blue. Binding is solid. Contains B&W maps and tables throughout. Contains a laid-in review slip. In this study, McCauley has examined the economic and political record of the virgin lands from 1953-1964. The decision to expand eastward is put into the historical perspective of earlier excursions into the steppe. The impact of Khrushchev's venture on subsequent Soviet agricultural policy is explored. Previous owner underlined some text in brown pen on the last few pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34493
Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 656 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition, with light shelf wear and bumping to the top edge. Tan cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is is a political, social, and economic history of Russia. It centers on the evolving relationships between landowners and peasants, and how that relationship impacted the politics and economic conditions inside Russia. Previous owner's signature is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34128
Hardcover. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 415 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition, with significant bumping to the top edge. Gray cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. In this book, Khalid chronicles the tumultuous history of Central Asia in the age of the Russian revolution. Traumatic upheavals--war, economic collapse, famine--transformed local society and brought new groups to positions of power and authority in Central Asia, just as the new revolutionary state began to create new institutions that redefined the nature of power in the region. Previous owner lightly marked a couple interior pages in pencil throughout, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34140
Hardcover. US, CROOM HELM, 1st, 1981-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 261 pages. Light shelf-wear to price clipped dust jacket. Previous owner's stamp on front end paper, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 464448
Softcover. Harlow, England, Pearson Education Limited, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 318 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. The story of Russia's First World War remains largely unknown, neglected by historians who have been more interested in the grand drama that unfolded in 1917. This book shows that war is itself revolutionary in that it ruptures established social and economic ties, but also creates new social and economic relationships, affiliations, practices and opportunities. Clean copy. Record # 33976
Softcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st thus, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 226 pages, soft cover. Covers are in very good condition overall, despite a few minor dings and some sticker residue on the rear. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. This book is an economic history of the Soviet Union, focussing primarily on the consequences of Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP). Previous owner's light underlining is present throughout in pencil. Record # 34279
Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 220 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition, with several open tears concentrated along the top edge. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains graphs and tables throughout. This book examines how, to the peasant in imperial Russia, death and disease were far more potent forces than czar or landlord. Although the legal and economic history of serfdom has received widespread scholarly attention, the social aspects of serf life have been ignored. Hoch fills this gap with his research on the estate of the Gagarin noble family in Petrovskoe. This is an ex-library book, with the standard exterior markings, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33983
Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 464 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. The history of early republican Rome was marked by a long series of social and political struggles between the patrician elite and the plebeians, often called the 'Conflict of the Orders'. In this book, experts from both sides of the Atlantic illuminate the history of these social conflicts, examining their causes and nature; analyzing a wide range of social, economic, legal, religious, military, and political aspects; and considering the reliability of the historical sources. Clean copy. Record # 34284
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 561 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Mild fading present on the spine. Binding is solid. This book completes John Dos Passos's three-volume series "fable of America's materialistic success and moral decline." Here we come back to America after the war, and find a nation on the upswing. Industrialism booms. The stock market surges. Lindbergh takes his solo flight. Henry Ford makes automobiles. From New York to Hollywood, love affairs to business deals, it is a country taking the turns too fast, speeding toward the economic crash of 1929. Previous owner's signature on first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33706
Hardcover. NY, Harper Business, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 497 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition despite some minor staining on the rear. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Includes B&W tables and maps throughout. For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we've reached the point where almost anything you can ever want can be sent to your home within days of when you decided you wanted it. Zeihan maps out the next world: a world where countries or regions will have no choice but to make their own goods, grow their own food, secure their own energy, fight their own battles, and do it all with populations that are both shrinking and aging. Zeihan brings readers along for an illuminating (and a bit terrifying) ride packed with foresight, wit, and his trademark irreverence. Clean copy. Record # 33876
Hardcover. Hanover NH, University Press of New England, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 403 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. New England's tradition of forested communities stretches unbroken to the 17th century, when the earliest settlers worked common wood lots or set aside timbered public lands to support residents, churches, and schools. The history of these reserves offers insights into the debate over the benefits of preservation over economic development. Clean copy. Record # 33687
Hardcover. NY, The Langland Press, Reprint, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 158 pages, hardcover. Red cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is a collection of six lectures that explore the ideas and theories of the French economists, known as the Physiocrats, who were prominent in the 18th century. The Physiocrats believed that agriculture was the source of all wealth, and that agricultural products should be highly priced. Advocating adherence to a supposed natural order of social institutions, they also stressed the necessity of free trade. Clean copy. Record # 34104
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st thus, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 464 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition with some bumping to the spine and one closed tear. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. This book is about the native Evenki peoples of Siberia, and details their incredible symbiotic relationship with local Reindeer as well as their struggles against dangerous political and economic reforms. Clean copy. Record # 33935
Softcover. Essex, UK, Longman / Pearson Education Limited, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 279 pages, soft cover. Covers have some light bumping to the corners, but are otherwise in very good condition. Interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains tables and index. This book is part of 'The Postwar World' series, and seeks to answer such questions as: Why did the Soviet economic system fell apart? Was it the centrally planned character of Soviet socialism that was at fault? Or did a potentially viable mechanism come apart in Gorbachev's clumsy hands? Does its failure mean that true socialism is never economically viable? Economic issues were the cornerstone of soviet ideology and the soviet system, and economic issues brought the whole system crashing down in 1989-91. This book is a record of what happened, and it is also an analysis of the failure of Soviet economics as a concept. Clean copy. Record # 33993
Softcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st thus, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 232 pages, soft cover. Covers have some minor scuffing and edge wear, but are in overall good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. The first part of this book vividly documents the shocking poverty, unemployment, and grim, dangerous conditions of the working class in industrial northern England during the 1930s, focusing on miners and dilapidated housing. In the second part he presents a critical analysis of socialism, defending it as a necessary solution while criticizing the middle-class intellectuals who champion it, arguing for a more relatable commonsense approach rooted in justice and liberty to unite society against fascism. Contains some markings by the previous owner in blue pen throughout. Record # 34217
Hardcover. London, Nicholson and Watson, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, yellow cloth, 84 pages. Black & white and color photos and charts. Dust jacket with edgewear, light chipping. "What is happening to our theatre now? What ought to happen to it in the future? We are in a curious position. We are worse off because the economic conditions of theatrical production are appalling, and, better off because we have created new audiences with a sharp appetite for good drama." A appraisal of Post-war theatre in Britain. Clean copy. Record # 200592
Softcover. New York, Hyperion, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 602 pages. Light edgewear to wrappers, else a very neat, tight copy. Record # 453644
Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, reprint, 1988, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 178 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Ex-library copy with stamps to rear end paper, title page and fore and top edge. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468283
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