The Long Revolution of the Global South: Toward a New Anti-Imperialist International (Amin Samir)(Paperback)

The Long Revolution of the Global South: Toward a New Anti-Imperialist International (Amin Samir)(Paperback)

The final writings of Samir Amin--a mix of personal experiences and theoretical analysis of global challenges and movementsIn this second volume of his memoirs, Amin takes us on a journey to a dizzying array of countries, recounting the stages of his ongoing dialogue over several decades with

Of Land, Bones, and Money: Toward a South African Ecopoetics (McGiffin Emily)(Paperback)

The South African literature of iimbongi, the oral poets of the amaXhosa people, has long shaped understandings of landscape and history and offered a forum for grappling with change. Of Land, Bones, and Money examines the shifting role of these poets in South African society and the ways in which

Waves Across the South - A New History of Revolution and Empire (Sivasundaram Sujit)(Paperback / softback)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE FOR GLOBAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE

Russia and the Long Transition from Capitalism to Socialism (Amin Samir)(Paperback)

Out of early twentieth-century Russia came the world's first significant effort to build a modern revolutionary society. According to Marxist economist Samir Amin, the great upheaval that once produced the Soviet Union has also produced a movement away from capitalism - a long transition that

Of Land, Bones, and Money: Toward a South African Ecopoetics (McGiffin Emily)(Pevná vazba)

The South African literature of iimbongi, the oral poets of the amaXhosa people, has long shaped understandings of landscape and history and offered a forum for grappling with change. Of Land, Bones, and Money examines the shifting role of these poets in South African society and the ways in which

The Industrial Revolution: The State, Knowledge and Global Trade (Ashworth William J.)(Paperback)

The British Industrial Revolution has long been seen as the spark for modern, global industrialization and sustained economic growth. Indeed the origins of economic history, as a discipline, lie in 19th-century European and North American attempts to understand the foundation of this process. In

The Global North-South Atlas: Mapping Global Change (Solarz Marcin Wojciech)(Paperback)

This innovative atlas deconstructs the contemporary image of the North-South divide between developed and underdeveloped countries which was established by the 1980 Brandt Line, and advocates the need for the international community to redraw the global map to be fit for the twenty-first century

Global Bargaining: Unctad and the Quest for a New International Economic Order (Rothstein Robert L.)(Pevná vazba)

Negotiations on an international commodity policy have been the central issue on the North-South agenda for the past three years. They also can be seen as the first major effort to give substantive meaning to the Third World's desire not only for a new regime for the world's raw commodity trade but

Devil and Mr Casement - One Man's Struggle for Human Rights in South America's Heart of Darkness (Goodman Jordan)(Paperback / softback)

In September 1910, the human rights activist and anti-imperialist Roger Casement uncovered an appalling catalogue of abuse: nearly 30,000 Indians had died to produce 4,000 tonnes of rubber. This title presents the story of colonial exploitation and corporate greed with contemporary

Crimes Against Humanity: The Limits of Universal Jurisdiction in the Global South (Canefe Nergis)(Pevná vazba)

This book brings together jurisprudential debates on international criminal law, international law scholarship on the limits of state sovereignty, and applied political philosophy concerning responsibility and accountability in the context of mass political crimes and state criminality. It offers a

International Business: The New Realities, Global Edition (Cavusgil S. Tamer)(Paperback / softback)

Amateurs Without Borders: The Aspirations and Limits of Global Compassion (Schnable Allison)(Paperback)

Amateurs without Borders examines the rise of new actors in the international development world: volunteer-driven grassroots international nongovernmental organizations. These small aid organizations, now ten thousand strong, sidestep the world of professionalized development aid by launching

Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy (Thornton Christy)(Paperback)

Revolution in Development uncovers the surprising influence of post-revolutionary Mexico on the twentieth century's most important international economic institutions. Drawing on extensive archival research in Mexico, the United States, and Great Britain, Christy Thornton meticulously traces how

Lithium: The Global Race for Battery Dominance and the New Energy Revolution (Bednarski Lukasz)(Pevná vazba)

A global energy revolution is unfolding before our eyes: ever-growing numbers of electric vehicles on our roads, laptops that last all day on a single charge and solar panels on our roofs, all reliant on lithium-ion batteries. This revolution is happening at breath-taking speed, with the potential

The French Revolution in Global Perspective (Desan Suzanne)(Paperback)

Situating the French Revolution in the context of early modern globalization for the first time, this book offers a new approach to understanding its international origins and worldwide effects. A distinguished group of contributors shows that the political culture of the Revolution emerged out of

A Certain Amount of Madness: The Life Politics and Legacies of Thomas Sankara (Murrey Amber)(Paperback)

Thomas Sankara was one of Africa's most important anti-imperialist leaders of the late 20th Century. His declaration that fundamental socio-political change would require a 'certain amount of madness' drove the Burkinabe Revolution and resurfaced in the country's popular uprising in 2014. This

The Long Depression: Marxism and the Global Crisis of Capitalism (Roberts Michael)(Paperback)

A significant new analysis of the current economic crisis by leading Marxist economist, Michael

South Pacific Anchorages (Clay Warwick)(Paperback)

Details of harbours and anchorages in the pacific south of the equator between New Guinea and South

Cartographies of Madrid: Contesting Urban Space at the Crossroads of the Global South and Global North (Bermudez Silvia)(Paperback)

Evaluates the complex ways that Madrid has served as the political, economic, and cultural capital of the Global South from the end of the Franco dictatorship to the present. The book also examines the city as lived experience, where citizens contest capital's push to shape urban space in its own

The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution (Rand Ayn)(Paperback)

In the tumultuous late 60s and early 70s, a social movement known as the 'New Left' emerged as a major cultural influence, especially on the youth of America. It was a movement that embraced 'flower-power' and psychedelic 'consciousness-expansion,' that lionized Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro and

The Long and the Short of It (International Edition): A Guide to Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Aren't in the Industry (Kay John)(Paperback)

The follies of finance have threatened the stability of the global economy, and the world of finance has become increasingly complex and sophisticated, but also greedy, cynical and self-interested. The Long and the Short of It provides a guide to the complexities of modern finance and explains how

The Age of Revolutions in Global Context, c. 1760-1840 (Armitage David)(Paperback)

A distinguished international team of historians examines the dynamics of global and regional change in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Providing uniquely broad coverage, encompassing North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia,

International Business (Jethu-Ramsoedh Radha)(Paperback)

The open character of the global economy combined with the internationalization of business means that business students are increasingly required to understand the complexities of international business. This introductory textbook provides students with a comprehensive overview of this vital

Spectres of Fascism: Historical, Theoretical and International Perspectives (Gandesha Samir)(Paperback)

Concerns over the rise of fascism have been preoccupied with the Trump presidency and the Brexit vote in the UK, yet, globally, we are witnessing a turn towards anti-democratic and illiberal forces. From the tragic denouement of the Egyptian Revolution to the consolidation of the so-called Gujarat