Search results for “[Subject: development-general]”

• Author(s): Peter Wagner • Publisher: Polity Press • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThe idea of progress guided human expectations and actions for over two centuries. From the Enlightenment onwards, it was widely bel...

• Author(s): Stuart Corbridge • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Polity Pr • Subject: Economics • BISAC: GeneralTwenty years ago India was still generally thought of as an archetypal developing country, home to the largest number of poor peo...

• Author(s): Peter Burke • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Polity Pr • Subject: History • BISAC: GeneralWhat is Cultural History? has established itself as an essential guide to what cultural historians do and how they do it. Now fully upda...

• Author(s): Marshall Eakin • Publisher: Polity Press • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press • BISAC: Latin America - South AmericaWhat is Latin American History? surveys the development of this vibrant and dynamic field of study in North America, Lat...

• Author(s): Bruce Haddock • Publisher: Polity Press • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralBruce Haddock's lucid and original textbook combines historical and theoretical analysis, setting political thought in t...

• Author(s): Richard Lachmann • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Polity Pr • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralSociology began as a historical discipline, created by Marx, Weber and others, to explain the emerge...

• Author(s): Jeremy Black • Publisher: Polity Press • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press • BISAC: Military - GeneralThis book provides an accessible and up-to-date account of the rich military history of the nineteenth century. It takes a fresh appr...

• Author(s): Svend Brinkmann • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Polity Pr • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - GeneralA defining feature of being human is our ability to think. We refer to ourselves, after all,...

• Author(s): Chang Kyung-Sup • Publisher: Polity Press • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralMost theories of modernity are based, explicitly or implicitly, on the development of Western societies since the late medieval p...

• Author(s): Peter Sloterdijk • Publisher: Polity Press • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press • BISAC: History - GeneralIn this wide-ranging book, renowned philosopher and cultural theorist Peter Sloterdijk examines art in all its rich and varied for...

• Author(s): Espen Ytreberg • Publisher: Polity Press • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press • BISAC: Media StudiesThe most intense hopes and fears of our collective lives centre around large-scale events – from competitions, celebrations and festival...

• Author(s): Stacey Keltner • Publisher: Polity Press • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press • BISAC: History & Surveys - GeneralJulia Kristeva is one of the most creative and prolific writers to address the personal, social, and political trials ...