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  • RADICAL ECOLOGY IN THE FACE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE EXTINCTION
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    RADICAL ECOLOGY IN THE FACE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE EXTINCTION
    JOHN A. SMITH / ANNA WILSON
    This book has two interlocking ambitions. The first is to steer what we purposefully call the idioms of critical philosophy towards a more ecologically informed paradigm. The second is to recognise that what has rightly come to be called The Anthropocene extinction is not and cannot be treated as simply a scientific fact but rather a socio-political and ecological dispute of im...

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  • THE CONSUMER CO-OPERATIVE SECTOR
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    THE CONSUMER CO-OPERATIVE SECTOR
    JOHN F. WILSON
    Globally, consumer co-operation has experienced a difficult period since the 1970s. Large scale failures in France, Germany and Austria were accompanied by loss of market share in the UK (including the failure of the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society and its takeover by its English counterpart). Even in the Nordic countries, where consumer co-operation has always been mor...

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  • SOLAR TEXTILES
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    SOLAR TEXTILES
    ROBERT MATHER / JOHN WILSON
    Most photovoltaic (PV) installations utilise heavy conventional glass or polycarbonate panels, and even newly developed thin plastic or metal films for PV cell use may fracture during both construction and application. Textile fabrics, the most widespread flexible materials in everyday use, offer a solution to the need for lightweight, flexible solar PV generators. Solar Textil...

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  • UTILITIES AND INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
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    UTILITIES AND INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
    JOHN F. WILSON
    This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis on the industrial history of delivering utilities. With contributions on the strengths and weaknesses of the creation of electricity networks, the organisation and performance of Britain’s nationalised gas industry, and the environmental impact of deliver...

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  • INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS
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    INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS
    JOHN F. WILSON
    Industrial Clusters shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic of industrial clusters, with a particular focus on clustering in the UK, bringing together a chronological coverage of the phenomenon. This set of original essays by a group of leading business and industrial historians offers fresh perspectives about clusters and clustering. A primary emphasis of the collecti...

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  • THE FAITH OF AN ARTIST
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    THE FAITH OF AN ARTIST
    JOHN WILSON
    First published in 1962, The Faith of an Artist presents assembled personal statements of more than twenty men of creative genius in the present generation- poets, painters, architects and dramatists, novelists, and composers. These are all men of acknowledged eminence in their field: Graham Greene and Picasso, Cocteau, Vaughan Williams, and Le Corbusier speak directly to us of...

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  • PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE PRACTICE
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    PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE PRACTICE
    JOHN WILSON
    First published in 1962, Public Schools and Private Practice discusses various facets of public schools in Britain from a factual point of view. John Wilson brings crucial themes like public appearance and private life; the public-school community; discipline, religion, and morality; domestic conditions and financing of public schools; political status of public schooling; educ...

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  • PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICAL EDUCATION
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    PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICAL EDUCATION
    JOHN WILSON
    First published in 1977, Philosophy and Practical Education attempts to relate philosophy with education. It deals with themes like school, discipline, authority, curriculum, subjects, autonomy etc. to 1) discuss topics which are necessarily of direct practical concern to teachers and educators; 2) to showcase that an increase in our conceptual clarity suggests, fairly unambigu...

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  • FORMS OF ORGANISING IN INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
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    FORMS OF ORGANISING IN INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
    JOHN F. WILSON, STEVEN TOMS AND IAN G. JONES
    This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on different forms of organising British industry. With contributions on the strengths and weaknesses of the holding company structure, government organisation of industry during war time, the effects of forms of organisation on innovatio...

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  • BUSINESS HISTORY
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    BUSINESS HISTORY
    JOHN F. WILSON / IAN G. JONES / STEVEN TOMS / ANNA TILBA / EMILY BUCHNEA / NICHOLAS WONG
    The evolution of business history offers some radical ways forward for a discipline which is rich in potential. This shortform book offers an expert overview of how the field has relevance for contemporary business studies as well as the social sciences more broadly, as well as practitioners interested in historical perspectives. This book not only provides a comprehensive revi...

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  • FINANCIAL LITERACY AND RESPONSIBLE FINANCE IN THE FINTECH ERA
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    FINANCIAL LITERACY AND RESPONSIBLE FINANCE IN THE FINTECH ERA
    WILSON, JOHN O. S., PANOS, GEORGIOS A. AND ADCOCK, CHRIS
    A growing body of evidence suggests that financial literacy plays an important role in financial well-being, and that differences in financial knowledge acquired early in life can explain a significant part of financial and more general well-being in adult life. Financial technology (FinTech) is revolutionizing the financial services industry at an unrivalled pace. Views differ...

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  • KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
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    KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
    JOHN F. WILSON
    This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on the subject of knowledge management in industrial history. With contributions on knowledge management, knowledge transfer, knowledge loss, knowledge creation, competition and co-operation in producing skilled employees, and ownership s...

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  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT
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    THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT
    JOHN F. WILSON
    This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on the development of professional management. With contributions on consultancy and the training of consultants, Taylorism and its appeal to socialists, the social position of managers, and the growth of the managerial class, this volume...

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  • A SEARCH FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
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    A SEARCH FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
    JOHN F. WILSON / STEVEN TOMS / IAN JONES
    This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on how British industrial firms achieved a competitive advantage. With contributions on industrial cartelisation, organisational structure, the quality of British management, marketing and trade marks, labour relations, and technological ...

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  • THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS IN MARKETS
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    THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS IN MARKETS
    JOHN F. WILSON / STEVEN TOMS / IAN JONES
    This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on government intervention and unexpected consequences in industrial history. With contributions on organisational structure, the quality of corporate governance, protectionism, the shareholder value model, and economic nationalism, this ...

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  • THE COTTON AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY: MANAGING DECLINE
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    THE COTTON AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY: MANAGING DECLINE
    JOHN F. WILSON / STEVEN TOMS / NICHOLAS WONG
    This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research on industrial history. In selecting and contextualising this volume, the editors address how the field of textile history has evolved. Themes covered include entrepreneurial, technological and labour history, whilst the book highlights the strategic and social consequences of innovations in the history of this key UK secto...

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  • THE COTTON AND TEXTILE INDUSTRY: INNOVATION AND MATURITY
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    THE COTTON AND TEXTILE INDUSTRY: INNOVATION AND MATURITY
    JOHN F. WILSON
    This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research on industrial history. In selecting and contextualising this volume, the editors address how the field of textile history has evolved. Themes covered include entrepreneurial, technological and labour history, whilst the book highlights the strategic and social consequences of innovations in the history of this key UK secto...

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  • GROWTH AND DECLINE OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY
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    GROWTH AND DECLINE OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY
    JOHN F. WILSON / NICHOLAS D. WONG / STEVEN TOMS
    This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on how the specific field addressed has evolved. The book features contributions on the history of government-business relations, regional and local business relationships, the development and formation of Silicon Valley, and the rise and...

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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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    BANKING AND FINANCE
    JOHN F WILSON / NICHOLAS D. WONG / STEVEN TOMS
    This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on how the specific field addressed has evolved. The book features contributions on the development of banking regulation in Scotland, the role of commercial banking on the functioning of the British corporate economy, the impact of Briti...

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  • MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRY
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    MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRY
    JOHN F. WILSON / ‎NICHOLAS D. WONG / ‎STEVEN TOMS
    This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on how the specific field addressed has evolved. With contributions on the ‘historic turn’ in management studies, workers’ rights, occupational health, industrial networks and the development of the organisation, practices and principles ...

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  • PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
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    PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
    JOHN K. WILSON
    Barack Obama's "improbable quest" has become a fact of American life and a benchmark in American history. Striving now toward "a more perfect union," Obama and the nation confront obstacles unforeseen at the outset of the 2008 electoral campaign. John K. Wilson tracks the sweep of this progress from the beginning of Obama's political career through his move into the White House...

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  • CHURCH AND STATE IN AMERICAN HISTORY
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    CHURCH AND STATE IN AMERICAN HISTORY
    JOHN WILSON / DONALD DRAKEMAN
    Church and State in American History illuminates the complex relationships among the political and religious authority structures of American society, and illustrates why church-state issues have remained controversial since our nation’s founding. It has been in classroom use for over 50 years. John Wilson and Donald Drakeman explore the notion of America as “One Nation Under G...

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  • POLITICS AND LEISURE
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    POLITICS AND LEISURE
    JOHN WILSON
    First published in 1988. This book provides a lucid and exceptionally well-informed account at the controversial relationship between politics and leisure. The author combines historical and sociological material to show the ways in which ‘leisure’ has often been a fiercely disputed battleground. Free time and free space have always posed a threat to political authorities, whil...

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  • STUDENT LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
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    STUDENT LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
    JOHN WILSON
    Originally published in 1981 Student Learning in Higher Education fills an important gap by bringing together in a concise and readable form, research from Britain, the USA and elsewhere, and by discussing the curricular implications for staff who wish to assist their students to see meaning in their studies. It focuses on issues of general relevance, explores major research qu...

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  • EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
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    EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
    COLIN BEARD / JOHN P. WILSON
    In a fast-paced and innovative world, traditional training methods can no longer be relied on to improve performance, engagement or promote behavioural change. Experience-based learning, in which the experience is central to the learning process, is more affordable, appealing and effective than ever before. Experiential Learning combines in-depth theory with international case ...

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  • EDUCATION AND THE CONCEPT OF MENTAL HEALTH
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    EDUCATION AND THE CONCEPT OF MENTAL HEALTH
    JOHN WILSON
    The concept of ‘normality’ or mental health is a difficult one to define, but educators and social psychologists must have a clear definition of it in order to proceed with practical work. In this stimulating and informative book, originally published in 1968, Mr Wilson discusses the idea of mental health, both as a general concept and specifically as it affects the teacher as ...

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  • INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS AND REGIONAL BUSINESS NETWORKS IN ENGLAND, 1750-1970
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    INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS AND REGIONAL BUSINESS NETWORKS IN ENGLAND, 1750-1970
    JOHN F. WILSON AND ANDREW POPP
    Although economists have long recognised industrial districts as one of the key features of many economies, it is only recently that attention has been focused on the region as an effective means of generating accurate insights into the larger picture of economic performance. This renewed interest in regional issues has also placed at centre stage the role played by networks a...

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  • RAIL HUMAN FACTORS
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    RAIL HUMAN FACTORS
    JOHN WILSON / BEVERLEY NORRIS / ANN MILLS
    In recent years, for reasons connected to the organization of the industry, technical developments, and major safety concerns, rail human factors has grown in importance at an international level. Despite its importance, however, supporting literature has been largely restricted to specialist journal publications and technical reports. Rail Human Factors addresses this imbalanc...

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  • IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL TEAMS
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    IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL TEAMS
    ABIGAIL EDWARDS / JOHN R. WILSON
    Many organizations worldwide are currently exploring the potential gains to be made from working with virtual teams. Although many different things are meant by use of 'virtual' (and indeed by 'teams'), usually it denotes groups of people with common purpose and goals working in different locations and often different time zones; they will be interconnected via a variety of te...

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  • PEOPLE AND RAIL SYSTEMS
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    PEOPLE AND RAIL SYSTEMS
    JOHN R. WILSON / BEVERLEY NORRIS / ANN MILLS
    Following on from 2005's Rail Human Factors: Supporting the Integrated Railway, this book brings together an even broader range of academics and practitioners from around the world to share their expertise and experience on rail human factors. The content is both comprehensive and cutting-edge, featuring more than 55 chapters addressing the following topics: ¢ Passengers an...

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