Rise of the infrastructure state

Rise of the Infrastructure State

Wide-ranging and even-handed, this book offers a fresh interpretation of the territorial logic of US-China rivalry, and explores what it means for cou

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Rise of the Infrastructure State

Wide-ranging and even-handed, this book offers a fresh interpretation of the territorial logic of US-China rivalry, and explores what it means for cou

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Rise of the Algorithms

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Rise of State Capital

A comprehensive analysis of the unprecedented rise in large-scale, state-led transnational investment from countries as diverse as China, Russia and N

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Rise of the Civilizational State

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Enemies of the State

The rise of the alt-right alongside Donald Trump’s candidacy may be seem unprecedented events in the history of the United States, but D. J. Mulloy sh

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Twilight of the Nation State

A history of the rise of capitalism from its early days through the industrial revolution until today.

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Segregation in the New South

Explores the rise of racial exclusion in late nineteenth-century Birmingham, Alabama. Carl Harris shows that from the beginning of Reconstruction sout

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The Perfect Police State

An in-depth, on-the ground view of how Chinese officials have co-opted technology, infrastructure and the minds of their people to establish the defin

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Pimp State

How society should respond to the rise of the sex trade is shaping up to be one of the Twenty-First Century's big questions. Should it be legal to pay

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Rise of Athens

The story of the modest city-state that would become the birthplace of democracy

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Rise of China, Inc.

Li reveals how the Chinese Communist Party runs the Chinese state like an organisation that can act as swiftly and flexibly as a firm. The Rise of Chi

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Blood and Debt

Our understanding of the rise of the nation-state is based heavily on the Western European experience of war. This text challenges the dominance of th

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Place to Live and Work

This text tells the story of Henry Disston's saw manufacturing company and the factory town he built. It describes in detail the rise of one of the US

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Mad with Freedom

The use of race in studies of insanity in the 1840s and 1850s gave rise to politically charged theories on the differential biology and pathologies of

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Dangerous Innocence

Investigates how prevailing constructions of white masculinity in the US South help feed and reinforce systems of racial inequity. Tracing the rise of

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Making New People

Recounts in detail the rise and fall of Burkina Faso’s revolutionary government, demonstrating how it embodied the critical transition period in moder

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Rise and Fall of Intelligence

Presents the history of the development of professional, institutionalized intelligence that examines the implications of the fall of the state monopo

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State To Come

The years of Tory Goverment have revealed the shortcomings of a free-market economy: a big shift of economic power to the employers and a sharp rise i

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Rise and Fall of the House of Medici

At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its bloody politi

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State of Terror - Rodham Clintonová Hillary

Anotace: Take a ringside seat in the high-stakes world of international politics . . .After a tumultuous period in American politics, a new administration has just been sworn in. Secretary of State, Ellen Adams, is determined to do her duty for her country. But she is about to face a horrifying international threat . . .A young foreign service officer has received a baff...

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State of Terror - Clintonová Hillary Rodham

<p>Take a ringside seat in the high-stakes world of international politics . . . After a tumultuous period in American politics, a new administration has just been sworn in. Secretary of State, Ellen Adams, is determined to do her duty for her country. But she is about to face a horrifying international threat . . . A young foreign service officer has received a b...

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State of Terror - Clintonová Hillary Rodham

<p>Take a ringside seat in the high-stakes world of international politics . . . After a tumultuous period in American politics, a new administration has just been sworn in. Secretary of State, Ellen Adams, is determined to do her duty for her country. But she is about to face a horrifying international threat . . . A young foreign service officer has received a b...

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Far-Right Populism and the Making of the Exclusionary Neoliberal State

This book examines the rise of exclusionary neoliberalism by assessing how far-right populist actors impact economic policy change.

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War, Capital, And The Dutch State (1588-1795)

An account of the rise and fall of the Dutch Republic, drawn from original-source material and rich in theoretical insights

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Latin American Crisis and the New Authoritarian State

This book explores the rise and fall of Latin America’s ‘left turn’, or movement towards more progressive economic or social policies. From a historic

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Before the Pyramids

Catalogue for an exhibit at the Oriental Institute Museum presenting research on the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods: the rise of the state, co

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Revolt of the Masses

This book, first published in 1930 and reissued in 1961, examines the Western phenomenon of the rise of the ‘mass-man’. Analysing the state of society

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Globalization: Perak's Rise, Relative Decline, and Regeneration

This book is a pioneering study of the many economic and social changes in the natural resource-rich Malaysian state of Perak over the last two centur

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China’s Rise and Its Global Implications

The author explores the irreplaceable role of state capacity, state-owned-enterprises and five-year plan in China’s transformation from an agricultura

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Challenges of a Secular Quebec

The Challenges of a Secular Quebec opens up the debates that gave rise to a controversial law on state religious neutrality, taking an open-minded loo

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Challenges of a Secular Quebec

The Challenges of a Secular Quebec opens up the debates that gave rise to a controversial law on state religious neutrality, taking an open-minded loo

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Belt and Road Initiative and the Politics of Connectivity

This volume analyses New Delhi’s reaction to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the rise of politics of connectivity and infrastructure buildi

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Belt and Road Initiative and the Politics of Connectivity

This volume analyses New Delhi’s reaction to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the rise of politics of connectivity and infrastructure buildi

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Delivering the Goods

This report captures the current state of crude oil production growth and the infrastructure required and then frames the related major policy and reg

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The Routledge Handbook of Urban Logistics Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Routledge Handbook of Urban Logistics offers a state of the art, comprehensive overview of the discipline of urban and city logistics. The COVID-19 pandemic and the rise in internet shopping in particular has placed new demands on urban logistics which require innovative technological and policy responses. Similarly, the necessity for sustainable urban logistics offer...

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Making of England

'The Making of England' seeks to challenge the established narrative of the inevitable rise of the unified Christian state. England was not exceptiona

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Surge of Piety

The dramatic, untold story of how Norman Vincent Peale and a handful of conservative allies fueled the massive rise of religiosity in the United State

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Countdown to Darkness: The Assassination of President Kennedy Volume II

Anotace: The book´s first chapter contains new revelations about how Oswald was a witting false defector to the USSR in a CIA plan to surface a KGB mole in the CIA. The second volume in a series on the assassination of President Kennedy, "Countdown to Darkness" describes events during a dangerous quickening of the Cold War. The race for a long-range delivery system for n...

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Dead by Daylight - Demise of the Faithful chapter

Demise of the Faithful is a brand-new Chapter for Dead by Daylight, which includes a new Killer, a Survivor and a Map. Purchasing the Demise of the Faithful DLC will unlock its new Killer, new Survivor, and an exclusive item for the new survivor. Embrace the immense unknown and surrender yourself to the vast inexplicable: that is the oath of the faithful. When surrou...

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Dead by Daylight - Demise of the Faithful chapter (PC)

Demise of the Faithful&nbsp;is a brand-new Chapter for Dead by Daylight, which includes a new Killer, a Survivor and a Map. Purchasing the Demise of the Faithful DLC will unlock its new Killer, new Survivor, and an exclusive item for the new survivor.Embrace the immense unknown and surrender yourself to the vast inexplicable: that is the oath of the faithful. When sur...

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Regimes of Capital in the Post-Digital Age Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book examines the current state of capitalism in relation to the advance of ICTs, considering the ways in which the rise of the internet has shaped capitalism – or otherwise – and the implications of our increasingly digital society for social capital and the possible forms of resistance to the problematic aspects of capitalism....

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Countdown to Darkness: The Assassination of President Kennedy Volume II - John M. Newman

<p>The book’s first chapter contains new revelations about how Oswald was a witting false defector to the USSR in a CIA plan to surface a KGB mole in the CIA. The second volume in a series on the assassination of President Kennedy, “Countdown to Darkness” describes events during a dangerous quickening of the Cold War. The race for a long-range delivery system for nu...

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Civic and Uncivic Values in the Czech Republic

This book considers the state of Czech democracy, following the rise of authoritarian regimes in Poland and Hungary and the ascent of billionaire olig

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The Washington Decree - Jussi Adler-Olsen

<p>The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. A NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 18 MILLION COPIES SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD "The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial methods we're...

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The Washington Decree - Jussi Adler-Olsen

<p>The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. A NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 18 MILLION COPIES SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD "The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial methods we're...

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The Washington Decree - Jussi Adler-Olsen

<p>The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. A NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 18 MILLION COPIES SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD "The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial methods we're...

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The Washington Decree - Jussi Adler-Olsen

<p>The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. A NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 18 MILLION COPIES SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD "The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial methods we're...

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The Washington Decree - Jussi Adler-Olsen

<p>The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. A NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 18 MILLION COPIES SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD "The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial methods we're...

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The Washington Decree - Jussi Adler-Olsen

<p>The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. A NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 18 MILLION COPIES SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD "The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial methods we're...

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The Washington Decree - Jussi Adler-Olsen

<p>The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. A NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 18 MILLION COPIES SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD "The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial methods we're...

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The Washington Decree - Jussi Adler-Olsen

<p>The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. A NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 18 MILLION COPIES SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD "The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial methods we're...

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The Washington Decree - Jussi Adler-Olsen

<p>The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. A NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 18 MILLION COPIES SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD "The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial methods we're...

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The Washington Decree - Jussi Adler-Olsen

<p>The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. A NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 18 MILLION COPIES SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD "The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial methods we're...

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The Washington Decree - Jussi Adler-Olsen

<p>The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. A NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 18 MILLION COPIES SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD "The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial methods we're...

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The Washington Decree - Jussi Adler-Olsen

<p>The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. A NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 18 MILLION COPIES SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD "The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial methods we're...

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The Washington Decree - Jussi Adler-Olsen

<p>The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. A NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 18 MILLION COPIES SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD "The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial methods we're...

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The Washington Decree - Jussi Adler-Olsen

<p>The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. A NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 18 MILLION COPIES SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD "The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial methods we're...

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Every Breath You Take - Featured in The Times and Sunday Times

Ian Williams examines the extraordinary rise of the Chinese surveillance state, how information is controlled and how it affects the population. The b

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Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate Upheaval - Gaia Vince

<p>Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize, the Zócalo Book Prize and the Christopher Moore Prize For Human Rights Writing 'Gaia Vince's new book should be read not just by every politician, but by every person on the planet' ObserverAn urgent investigation of the most underreported, seismic consequence of climate change: how it will force us to change where - and how ...

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