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  • OSCAR WILDE AND NIHILISM
    COLIN CAVENDISH-JONES
    Oscar Wilde and Nihilism examines Wilde’s major works in the context of nineteenth-century philosophical nihilism and the Victorian religious unsettlement. The book covers Wilde’s plays, the fairy tales, The Picture of Dorian Gray, the critical writings, and De Profundis to show how Wilde’s thinking about nihilism developed over the course of his career, profoundly influencing ...

    $1,240.00

  • THE CHARITABLE IMPERATIVE
    COLIN JONES
    Drawing on a wide variety of archival and secondary sources, The Charitable Imperative, originally published in 1989, provides an overview of the very different institutions that treated the poor in France from the seventeenth through to the early nineteenth centuries: hospitals and poorhouses, military infirmaries, reformatories for prostitutes, holding places for the insane, ...

    $860.00

  • URBAN ECONOMY
    COLIN JONES
    Urban Economy: Real Estate Economics and Public Policy analyses urban economic change and public policy in a more practical way than a typical urban economics book. The book has a distinctive framework that considers the underlying reasons, and the consequences of urban change for real estate investors and policy makers. Part 1 covers the basics of urban economics and real esta...

    $1,460.00

  • REVIVAL: HEALTH OF SCOTTISH HOUSING (2001)
    COLIN JONES / PETER ROBSON
    This title was first published in 2001. Inspired by the thirtieth anniversary of Shelter Scotland, this volume provides an overview of Scottish housing policies and legislation, looks back at the changes to major tenures, eviction policies and homelessness over the past thirty years and explores the potential of the new Scottish Parliament to bring about change in this importan...

    $1,040.00

  • FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND THE REGIONAL ECONOMY
    JONATHAN JONES / COLIN WREN
    The 'boom' in foreign direct investment (FDI) since the mid-1980s, continues to be paramount in policy interest. This book reviews the literature on the nature of FDI and reports the recent results on the performance of FDI plants in order to show the implications for regional economic development. It presents new evidence on the nature and performance of these plants, using a ...

    $1,480.00

  • MASTERING CLOJURE MACROS
    COLIN JONES
    Level up your skills by taking advantage of Clojure's powerful macro system. Macros make hard things possible and normal things easy. They can be tricky to use, and this book will help you deftly navigate the terrain. You'll discover how to write straightforward code that avoids duplication and clarifies your intentions. You'll learn how and why to write macros. You'll learn to...

    $200.00

  • THE LONGMAN COMPANION TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
    COLIN JONES
    Provides clear and comprehensive factual information across the full range of the Revolutionary period (1787-99). ...

    $1,900.00

  • EARTH REINFORCEMENT AND SOIL STRUCTURES
    COLIN J F P JONES
    Earth Reinforcement and Soil Structures provides a coverage of the basic aspects of reinforced soil. The book is comprised of 12 chapters that cover the theoretical elements up to the practical applications. The first two chapters provide the introduction and historical review of the subject of reinforced soil. The third chapter presents a catalogue of some of the application ...

    $970.00

  • REASSESSING FOUCAULT
    COLIN JONES
    Though Foucault is now widely taught in universities, his writings are notoriously difficult. Reassessing Foucault critically examines the implications of his work for students and researchers in a wide range of areas in the social and human sciences. Focusing on the social history of medicine, successive chapters deal with his historiographical, methodological and philosophica...

    $1,160.00

  • THE ANNOTATED CONSTITUTION OF JAPAN
    COLIN P.A. JONES
    The Annotated Constitution of Japan: A Handbook for the first time makes the entirety of Japan’s constitution accessible in English. The book consists of a historical and contextual overview of how the constitution came into being, followed by descriptions of each of its 103 articles; the meaning of the text, interpretive disputes, academic theories and leading cases arising un...

    $1,240.00