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  • BRITAIN'S RAILWAYS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
    MICHAEL FOLEY
    A fascinating account of the British Railways system's vital role in the defense of the country and support of the Allied forces during WWII. The outbreak of the Second World War had an enormous effect on the railway system in Britain. The 'Big Four' companies put aside differences and worked together for the war effort. The logistics of transporting troops during the evacuatio...

    $251.00

  • STATE, CAPITAL, AND RURAL SOCIETY
    BEN ORLOVE / MICHAEL W FOLEY / THOMAS F LOVE
    This volume represents recent anthropological research on the political economy of Latin America. Dependency theories, modes of production analysis, and theories of the state all attempt to conceptualize the interrelations among "class," "interest," and, at some level, "power." All three, that is, focus on classical questions of political economy. The studies presented in this ...

    $1,200.00

  • EVENTS AND SUSTAINABILITY
    KIRSTEN HOLMES / MICHAEL HUGHES / JUDITH MAIR / CARMEL FOLEY
    Increasing concerns over climate and environmental change, the global economic and financial crisis and impacts on host communities, audiences, participants and destinations has reinforced the need for more sustainable approaches to events. Sustainability now features as part of the bid process for many mega-events, such as the Olympic Games, as well as significant regional and...

    $2,000.00

  • LAWS, MEN AND MACHINES
    MICHAEL FOLEY
    First published in 1990, Laws, Men and Machines is an original interpretation of the lasting influence that Newtonian mechanics has had on the design and operation of the American political system. The author argues that it is this mechanistic tradition that now instinctively shapes the way we conceive of, analyse, and evaluate American politics, and that the Newtonian concepti...

    $780.00

  • THE SILENCE OF CONSTITUTIONS (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    MICHAEL FOLEY
    First published in 1989, Michael’s Foley’s book deals with the ‘abeyances’ present in both written and unwritten constitutions, arguing that these gaps in the explicitness of a constitution, and the various ways they are preserved, provide the means by which constitutional conflict is continually postponed. Abeyances are valuable, therefore, not in spite of their obscurity, but...

    $1,160.00

  • BRITAIN'S RAILWAYS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
    MICHAEL FOLEY
    A fascinating account of the British Railways system's vital role in the defense of the country and support of the Allied forces during WWII. The outbreak of the Second World War had an enormous effect on the railway system in Britain. The 'Big Four' companies put aside differences and worked together for the war effort. The logistics of transporting troops during the evacuatio...

    $229.00

  • CRITICAL CARE OBSTETRICS
    PACHECO, LUIS D. / FOLEY, MICHAEL R. / SAADE, GEORGE R. / DILDY, GARY A. / BELFORT, MICHAEL A. / PHELAN,
    A new edition of the proven guide to providing emergency care for mothers-to-be in acute medical distress Now in its sixth edition, Critical Care Obstetrics offers an authoritative guide to what might go seriously wrong with a pregnancy and delivery and explains how to manage grave complications. Written by an international panel of experts, this updated and revised edition con...

    $2,621.00

  • RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR
    MICHAEL FOLEY
    This historical study examines how the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War influenced events on the world stage in the Great War and beyond. The Russian Revolution of 1917 is remembered as the catalyst for a bloody conflict between the Communist Red Army and the anti-Communist White Army. But in reality, the conflict was far more complex and multifaceted, involving force...

    $129.00

  • RISE OF THE TANK
    MICHAEL FOLEY
    Rise of the Tank will be concentrated on the period of the development of the tank and its use in the First World War. This will appeal to those interested in new developments in war and those interested in the First World War generally. The book will be especially relevant due to the forthcoming centenary of the beginning of the war and for this reason it will be easy to promo...

    $249.00

  • BRITAIN'S RAILWAY DISASTERS
    MICHAEL FOLEY
    Passengers on the early railways took their lives in their hands every time they got on board a train. It was so dangerous that they could buy an insurance policy with their ticket. There seemed to be an acceptance that the level danger was tolerable in return for the speed of travel that was now available to them.British Railway Disasters looks at the most serious railway acci...

    $164.00

  • PIONEERS OF AERIAL COMBAT
    MICHAEL FOLEY
    When the Wright Brothers made their first flight in the early years of the twentieth century it sparked the imagination of those who wanted to fly, both in their country and around the world. In Britain, however, the spark wasn't strong enough to light a fire and it was in other parts of Europe, notably France, where flight began to develop seriously.Early pioneers of flight fa...

    $119.00