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Remembering Hudson's - The Grand Dame of Detroit Retailing (Paperback): michael Hauser, Marianne Weldon Remembering Hudson's - The Grand Dame of Detroit Retailing (Paperback)
michael Hauser, Marianne Weldon
R550 R414 Discovery Miles 4 140 Save R136 (25%) Out of stock

The J. L. Hudson Company redefined the way Detroiters shopped and enjoyed leisure time. Many Detroiters share memories of times spent shopping and enjoying spectacular events sponsored by Hudson's. A solid and lofty icon built by businesspeople who believed in their passion, Hudson's defined Detroit's downtown, creating trends and traditions in consumer culture that still resonate with us today. Now and in the future, as Hudson's boxes, shopping bags, and artifacts are discovered in closets, attics, basements, and flea markets, many will remember that it was once as solid a civic fixture as the City-County Building or the Detroit Public Library.

The Wolf (Paperback, New edition): Ferenc Molnar The Wolf (Paperback, New edition)
Ferenc Molnar; Translated by Heinrich Hirsch, Frank Hauser
R302 Discovery Miles 3 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest (Paperback): Thomas Hauser Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest (Paperback)
Thomas Hauser
R406 R303 Discovery Miles 3 030 Save R103 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Pulitzer prize nominee and William Hill award-winning writer Thomas Hauser's tribute to Ali, the greatest sporting icon the world has ever seen. Few global personalities have commanded an all-encompassing sporting and cultural audience like Muhammad Ali. Many have tried to interpret in words his impact and legacy. Now, Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest allows us to more fully appreciate the truth and understand both the man and the ways in which he helped recalibrate how the world perceives its transcendent figures. In this companion volume to his seminal biography of Ali, New York Times bestselling author Thomas Hauser provides an updated retrospective of Ali's life. Relying on personal insights, interviews with close associates and other contemporaries of Ali, and memories gathered over the course of decades on the cutting edge of boxing journalism, Hauser explores Ali in detail inside and outside the ring. Muhammad Ali has attained mythical status. But in recent years, he has been subjected to an image makeover by corporate America as it seeks to homogenise the electrifying nature of his persona. Hauser argues that there has been a deliberate distortion of what Ali believed, said, and stood for, and that making Ali more presentable for advertising purposes by sanitising his legacy is a disservice to history and to Ali himself. Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest strips away the revisionism to reveal the true Ali, and, through Hauser's assembled writing and hitherto unpublished essays, recounts the life journey of a man universally recognised as a unique and treasured world icon.

Transcendence (DVD): Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Rebecca Hall, Kate Mara, Cillian Murphy, Paul Bettany, Cole Hauser Transcendence (DVD)
Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Rebecca Hall, Kate Mara, Cillian Murphy, … 2
R49 Discovery Miles 490 Ships in 10 - 20 working days

Sci-fi thriller directed by Wally Pfister and starring Johnny Depp. Dr. Will Caster (Depp) is one of the leading scientists in the world due to his pioneering work in creating sentient artificial intelligence. However, with fame and success comes the attention of a technophobic extremist group seeking to put an end to his work before he creates something beyond human control. When Caster is shot by a member of the group and falls victim to radiation poisoning, there is no hope for his survival. With the help of his wife Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) and friend Max (Paul Bettany) he decides to continue his latest project by linking his mind with that of the computer and creating technology more intelligent than the collective capability of the entire human race. While his earthly body dies, Caster's mind is fully embedded within the computer and he soon begins to exercise the potential of his newly-gained power. But with this power comes great destruction which threatens the future of mankind...

Detroit Opera House (Paperback): michael Hauser, Marianne Weldon Detroit Opera House (Paperback)
michael Hauser, Marianne Weldon; Introduction by Lisa Dichiera
R634 R523 Discovery Miles 5 230 Save R111 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Muhammad Ali (Paperback, 1st Touchstone ed): Thomas Hauser Muhammad Ali (Paperback, 1st Touchstone ed)
Thomas Hauser
R659 R572 Discovery Miles 5 720 Save R87 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Thirty years after he burst onto the scene as a gold medal light-heavyweight at the Rome Olympics, Muhammad Ali is still a magical figure. His accomplishments in the ring were the stuff of legend -- the two fights with Sonny Liston, when he proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and proved he was; the three epic wars against Joe Frazier; the stunning victory over George Foreman in Zaire; and the shocking loss and final win that made him the first man to win back the heavyweight crown twice, fourteen years after he had first claimed it.

Ali's life has been played out as much on the front pages as on the sports pages. With brilliant immediacy and unprecedented candor, bestselling author Thomas Hauser recreates this extraordinary man. In the words of more than 200 of Ali's family members, opponents, friends, world leaders, and others who have known him best, the real Muhammad Ali emerges: deeply religious, mercurial, generous, a showman in and out of the ring.

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twenty-First Edition (Vol.1 & Vol.2) (Hardcover, 21st edition): Joseph... Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twenty-First Edition (Vol.1 & Vol.2) (Hardcover, 21st edition)
Joseph Loscalzo, Anthony Fauci, Dennis Kasper, Stephen Hauser, Dan Longo, …
R5,908 Discovery Miles 59 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Voice of Clinical Reason Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine is the world's most trusted clinical medicine text-and a superb resource for learning the art and science of clinical reasoning. Recognized by healthcare professionals worldwide as the leading authority on applied pathophysiology and clinical medicine, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine provides the informational foundation you need for the best patient care possible. This new edition is fully updated with timely new chapters and essential updates across the spectrum of internal medicine. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine stands as the benchmark for authoritative, practical information on patient care and the pathogenesis and clinical management of symptoms and signs and specific diseases. Written and edited by the world's top experts in their respective fields, this landmark guide provides the comprehensive, accurate, and essential coverage of the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. Harrison's is world-renowned as the most authoritative source for: * Descriptions of disease mechanisms and how the clinician can apply that knowledge for the best patient care and optimal diagnosis and treatment of specific diseases * Clear, concise schemas that facilitate the generation of differential diagnoses to reason efficiently through complex real world clinical cases * The physiologic and epidemiologic basis of signs and symptoms, which are covered through a wealth of unsurpassed expert guidance and linked to the disease-specific chapters that follow * Updated clinical trial results and recommended guidelines * Excellent and extensive visual support, including radiographs, clinical photos, schematics, and high-quality drawings * Coverage of both therapeutic approaches and specific treatment regimens * Practical clinical decision trees and algorithms * Organ-specific sections, with clinically relevant pathophysiology and practical clinical advice on the approach to the patient, strategies towards building a differential diagnosis, outstanding clinical algorithms and diagnostic schema, a wealth of clinical images and diagrams, current clinical guidelines, general and specific approaches to therapy Harrison's remains the most trusted resource in a world influenced by endless sources of medical information. The most timely and comprehensive updates from the world's top experts are featured in the 21st edition: * Current coverage of the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, from COVID to dementia to sepsis to multiple sclerosis to lung cancer * Updated content that reflects new approved therapeutics and new practice-changing guidelines and evidence summaries * More than 1000 clinical, pathological, and radiographic photographs, diagnostic and therapeutic decision trees, and clear schematics and diagrams describing pathophysiologic processes * More than a dozen atlases featuring curated collections of visual aspects of diagnosis and management * Complete, updated curation and synthesis of primary medical literature which incorporates current data from major studies and clinical trials * Clinical reasoning resources and helpful disease/presentation schemas * Clinically relevant coverage of disease mechanics and pathophysiology, and related therapeutic mechanisms

The Crane Wife - A Memoir in Essays (Paperback): Christina Joyce Hauser The Crane Wife - A Memoir in Essays (Paperback)
Christina Joyce Hauser
R295 R231 Discovery Miles 2 310 Save R64 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'Outstanding... An elegant masterpiece... Wry but also warm and generous' Roxane Gay 'Funny, exciting, vulnerable - truly visionary' Alexander Chee Ten days after calling off her wedding, CJ Hauser went on an expedition to study the whooping crane. After a week wading through the gulf, she realised she had almost signed up to live somebody else's life. In this intimate, frank and funny memoir in essays, CJ Hauser lets go of 'how life was supposed to be' and goes looking for more honest ways of living. She kisses internet strangers, officiates a wedding, visits a fertility clinic. She reads Rebecca in the house her new boyfriend shared with his ex-wife and rewinds Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story to learn how not to lose yourself in a relationship. She writes about friends and lovers, ghosts and robots, grief and heartbreak, blood family and chosen family, and asks what more expansive definitions of love might offer us all. The Crane Wife is a book for anyone whose life doesn't look the way they thought it would; for anyone trying, if sometimes failing, to find joy in the unexpected. 'What a fantastic, original, funny and touching voice! C J Hauser is a wondrous writer. This book will give so much happiness.' CRESSIDA CONNOLLY, author of AFTER THE PARTY 'Brilliant and beautiful... An absolute must-read' FRANCES CHA, author of IF I HAD YOUR FACE 'Compassionate and funny and brave. CJ is a master story weaver. I was left wanting more, in the best way possible.' CHARLIE GILMOUR, author of FEATHERHOOD 'A thrillingly original deconstruction of desire and its many configurations' Publishers Weekly 'Bold and brilliant and psychologically exquisite, CJ Hauser is a deeply gifted and generous writer. THE CRANE WIFE is enthralling.' CHARLOTTE FOX WEBER, author of WHAT WE WANT 'Intimate, witty and beautifully crafted' Elle

Hudson's - Detroit's Legendary Department Store (Paperback): michael Hauser, Marianne Weldon Hudson's - Detroit's Legendary Department Store (Paperback)
michael Hauser, Marianne Weldon
R655 R539 Discovery Miles 5 390 Save R116 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For over a century, the J.L. Hudsonas Department Store on Woodward Avenue was more than just a storeait was a Detroit icon and a world-class cultural treasure. At 25 stories, it was the worldas tallest department store, and was at one time home to the most exceptional offerings in shopping, dining, services, and entertainment. The store prided itself on stocking everything from grand pianos to spools of thread. In addition to departments offering fashionable clothing and home furnishings, the original Hudsonas store featured an auditorium, a circulating library, dining rooms, barber shops, a photo studio, holiday exhibits, a magnificent place called Toytown, and the worldas largest American flag.

Sweet and Easy Japanese Desserts: Laure Kie Sweet and Easy Japanese Desserts
Laure Kie; Photographs by Patrice Hauser
R348 Discovery Miles 3 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Japanese desserts from Mochi to Matcha, Manju, Yokan, Anpan, Castella, Wagashi, Dorayaki, Daifuku--and everything in between! Traditional recipes for mochi, wagashi, manju, dorayaki, anpan, melon pan and many others meet the classic Japanese cookies, cakes, tarts, ice creams and custards that are now popular worldwide. Japanese flavors infuse and transform your favorite desserts and create newfound indulgences you can easily prepare at home! Featuring easily accessible ingredients and recipes that are adapted with the Western baker and home cook in mind, Sweet and Easy Japanese Desserts offers 42 delicious recipes grouped into four tempting chapters: Traditional Japanese Desserts like Dorayaki Red Bean Pancakes, Cherry Blossom Mochi and Castella Honey Sponge Cake Western-style Japanese Desserts like Strawberry Matcha and Apricot Mochi Ice Cream and Black Sesame Panna Cotta Popular Matcha-based Desserts featuring Matcha Cake, Matcha Tiramisu, Matcha Lemon Tarts and more Asian Desserts like Hong Kong Style Egg Tarts, Korean Crepes and Strawberry Wontons For a dessert course like no other, the tempting treats in Sweet and Easy Japanese Desserts will surprise and delight you!

Vulnerable Minds - The Harm of Childhood Trauma and the Hope of Resilience: Marc D. Hauser Vulnerable Minds - The Harm of Childhood Trauma and the Hope of Resilience
Marc D. Hauser
R779 R635 Discovery Miles 6 350 Save R144 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
A Taste for Purity - An Entangled History of Vegetarianism: Julia Hauser A Taste for Purity - An Entangled History of Vegetarianism
Julia Hauser
R785 Discovery Miles 7 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In nineteenth-century Europe and North America, an organized vegetarian movement began warning of the health risks and ethical problems of meat eating. Presenting a vegetarian diet as a cure for the social ills brought on by industrialization and urbanization, this movement idealized South Asia as a model. In colonial India, where diets were far more varied than Western admirers realized, new motives for avoiding meat also took hold. Hindu nationalists claimed that vegetarianism would cleanse the body for anticolonial resistance, and an increasingly militant cow protection movement mobilized against meat eaters, particularly Muslims. Unearthing the connections among these developments and many others, Julia Hauser explores the global history of vegetarianism from the mid-nineteenth century to the early Cold War. She traces personal networks and exchanges of knowledge spanning Europe, the United States, and South Asia, highlighting mutual influence as well as the disconnects of cross-cultural encounters. Hauser argues that vegetarianism in this period was motivated by expansive visions of moral, physical, and even racial purification. Adherents were convinced that society could be changed by transforming the body of the individual. Hauser demonstrates that vegetarians in India and the West shared notions of purity, which drew some toward not only internationalism and anticolonialism but also racism, nationalism, and violence. Finding preoccupations with race and masculinity as well as links to colonialism and eugenics, she reveals the implication of vegetarian movements in exclusionary, hierarchical projects. Deeply researched and compellingly argued, A Taste for Purity rewrites the history of vegetarianism on a global scale.

The Sociology of Art (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover): Arnold Hauser The Sociology of Art (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
Arnold Hauser; Translated by Kenneth Northcott
R7,667 Discovery Miles 76 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1982, The Sociology of Art considers all forms of the arts, whether visual arts, literature, film, theatre or music from Bach to the Beatles. The last book to be completed by Arnold Hauser before his death in 1978, it is a total analysis of the spiritual forces of social expression, based upon comprehensive historical experience and documentation. Hauser explores art through the earliest times to the modern era, with fascinating analyses of the mass media and current manifestations of human creativity. An extension and completion of his earlier work, The Social History of Art, this volume represents a summing up of his thought and forms a fitting climax to his life's work. Translated by Kenneth J. Northcote.

Natchiq Grows Up - The Story of an Alaska Ringed Seal Pup and Her Changing Home: Donna D W Hauser, Kathryn J Frost, Alex V... Natchiq Grows Up - The Story of an Alaska Ringed Seal Pup and Her Changing Home
Donna D W Hauser, Kathryn J Frost, Alex V Whiting; Contributions by John Goodwin, Cyrus Harris, …
R679 R551 Discovery Miles 5 510 Save R128 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
2 Fast 2 Furious (DVD): Paul Walker, Tyrese, Eva Mendes, Cole Hauser, Ludacris, James Remar, Mark Boone Jr, Devon Aoki 2 Fast 2 Furious (DVD)
Paul Walker, Tyrese, Eva Mendes, Cole Hauser, Ludacris, … 2
R31 Discovery Miles 310 Ships in 10 - 20 working days

John Singleton's sequel to 'The Fast and the Furious' - which brought stardom to Vin Diesel. Diesel decided not to reprise his role but Paul Walker did. Former undercover cop Brian O'Conner (Walker) finds himself on the trail of another group of underground car enthusiasts in an attempt to redeem himself after his illegal escapades in the first movie. This time the location is Miami, where O'Connor has been making money out of street racing, and he is asked to bring down the drugs baron Carter Verone (Cole Hauser) in exchange for erasing his criminal record. Enlisting the help of an ex-con (Tyrese), O'Connor once again finds himself raging through the streets in stolen cars.

2 Fast 2 Furious (DVD): Paul Walker, Tyrese, Eva Mendes, Cole Hauser, Ludacris, James Remar, Mark Boone Jr, Devon Aoki 2 Fast 2 Furious (DVD)
Paul Walker, Tyrese, Eva Mendes, Cole Hauser, Ludacris, …
R127 Discovery Miles 1 270 Ships in 8 - 13 working days

John Singleton's sequel to 'The Fast and the Furious' - which brought stardom to Vin Diesel. Diesel decided not to reprise his role but Paul Walker did. Former undercover cop Brian O'Conner (Walker) finds himself on the trail of another group of underground car enthusiasts in an attempt to redeem himself after his illegal escapades in the first movie. This time the location is Miami, where O'Connor has been making money out of street racing, and he is asked to bring down the drugs baron Carter Verone (Cole Hauser) in exchange for erasing his criminal record. Enlisting the help of an ex-con (Tyrese), O'Connor once again finds himself raging through the streets in stolen cars.

Public Housing in Europe and America (Paperback): J. S. Fuerst Public Housing in Europe and America (Paperback)
J. S. Fuerst; Foreword by Philip Hauser
R959 Discovery Miles 9 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1974, this book surveys the experience of public and quasi public housing in the UK, USA, France, Germany, the former USSR, Israel, Denmark, Sweden, Hungary and Puerto Rico. Each country's housing policy is set in a broad social and historical context, showing how the policy developed and how effective it was. Administrative problems encountered in different countries are evaluated and compared and many similarities emerge. The relationship of housing to transport, education and employment is discussed and special attention is focused on the role of new towns in Sweden, the former USSR, the UK, Israel and the USA.

Cultural Property and Contested Ownership - The trafficking of artefacts and the quest for restitution (Paperback): Brigitta... Cultural Property and Contested Ownership - The trafficking of artefacts and the quest for restitution (Paperback)
Brigitta Hauser-Schaublin, Lyndel V. Prott
R1,271 Discovery Miles 12 710 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Against the backdrop of international conventions and their implementation, Cultural Property and Contested Ownership explores how highly-valued cultural goods are traded and negotiated among diverging parties and their interests. Cultural artefacts, such as those kept and trafficked between art dealers, private collectors and museums, have become increasingly localized in a 'Bermuda triangle' of colonialism, looting and the black market, with their re-emergence resulting in disputes of ownership and claims for return. This interdisciplinary volume provides the first book-length investigation of the changing behaviours resulting from the effect of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. The collection considers the impact of the Convention on the way antiquity dealers, museums and auction houses, as well as nation states and local communities, address issues of provenance, contested ownership, and the trafficking of cultural property. The book contains a range of contributions from anthropologists, lawyers, historians and archaeologists. Individual cases are examined from a bottom-up perspective and assessed from the viewpoint of international law in the Epilogue. Each section is contextualised by an introductory chapter from the editors.

Mapping Water in Dominica - Enslavement and Environment under Colonialism (Paperback): Mark W. Hauser Mapping Water in Dominica - Enslavement and Environment under Colonialism (Paperback)
Mark W. Hauser; Series edited by K. Sivaramakrishnan; Foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan
R798 Discovery Miles 7 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Open access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295748733 Dominica, a place once described as "Nature's Island," was rich in biodiversity and seemingly abundant water, but in the eighteenth century a brief, failed attempt by colonial administrators to replace cultivation of varied plant species with sugarcane caused widespread ecological and social disruption. Illustrating how deeply intertwined plantation slavery was with the environmental devastation it caused, Mapping Water in Dominica situates the social lives of eighteenth-century enslaved laborers in the natural history of two Dominican enclaves. Mark Hauser draws on archaeological and archival history from Dominica to reconstruct the changing ways that enslaved people interacted with water and exposes crucial pieces of Dominica's colonial history that have been omitted from official documents. The archaeological record-which preserves traces of slave households, waterways, boiling houses, mills, and vessels for storing water-reveals changes in political authority and in how social relations were mediated through the environment. Plantation monoculture, which depended on both slavery and an abundant supply of water, worked through the environment to create predicaments around scarcity, mobility, and belonging whose resolution was a matter of life and death. In following the vestiges of these struggles, this investigation documents a valuable example of an environmental challenge centered around insufficient water. Mapping Water in Dominica is available in an open access edition through the Sustainable History Monograph Pilot, thanks to the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Northwestern University Libraries.

Chemical Finishing of Textiles (Hardcover): W. D. Schindler, P. J. Hauser Chemical Finishing of Textiles (Hardcover)
W. D. Schindler, P. J. Hauser
R4,791 Discovery Miles 47 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The role of the textile finisher has become increasingly demanding, and now requires a careful balance between the compatibility of different finishing products and treatments and the application processes used to provide textiles with desirable properties. In one comprehensive book, Chemical finishing of textiles details the fundamentals of final chemical finishing, covering the range of effects that result from the interplay between chemical structures and finishing products.
After an introductory chapter covering the importance of chemical finishing, the following chapters focus on particular finishing techniques, from softening, easy-care and permanent press, non-slip and soil-release, to flame-retardant, antistatic and antimicrobial. Within each chapter, sections include an introduction, mechanisms, chemistries, applications, evaluations and troubleshooting. The book concludes with a chapter on the future trends in chemical finishing.
Chemical finishing of textiles is an essential reference for all academic and industrial textile chemists and for those studying textile education programmes.
Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of every important type of chemical finishCombines technical understanding and practical experience conciselyEssential tool to assist in the demanding challenge of chemical finishing for textiles

Lead, Mercury and Cadmium in the Aquatic Environment - Worldwide Occurrence, Fate and Toxicity (Hardcover): Rachel Ann... Lead, Mercury and Cadmium in the Aquatic Environment - Worldwide Occurrence, Fate and Toxicity (Hardcover)
Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis, Natalia Soares Quinete, Leila Soledade Lemos
R4,446 Discovery Miles 44 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents an integrated and holistic discussion on cadmium, lead and mercury toxicity in aquatic environments, expanding general concepts on chemical speciation effects and exploring specific environmental toxicological issues, exposure routes, and bioanalytical approaches for their determination and assessments on their intracellular deleterious effects. It contains worldwide and regional aspects on cadmium, lead and mercury occurrence, fate, and toxicity, addressing key environmental exposure and health risk concerns to both humans and aquatic organisms. Our book is of interest to anyone conducting research in the broad fields of oceanography, geochemistry, ecotoxicology, and environmental and public health.

A Taste for Purity - An Entangled History of Vegetarianism: Julia Hauser A Taste for Purity - An Entangled History of Vegetarianism
Julia Hauser
R2,755 Discovery Miles 27 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In nineteenth-century Europe and North America, an organized vegetarian movement began warning of the health risks and ethical problems of meat eating. Presenting a vegetarian diet as a cure for the social ills brought on by industrialization and urbanization, this movement idealized South Asia as a model. In colonial India, where diets were far more varied than Western admirers realized, new motives for avoiding meat also took hold. Hindu nationalists claimed that vegetarianism would cleanse the body for anticolonial resistance, and an increasingly militant cow protection movement mobilized against meat eaters, particularly Muslims. Unearthing the connections among these developments and many others, Julia Hauser explores the global history of vegetarianism from the mid-nineteenth century to the early Cold War. She traces personal networks and exchanges of knowledge spanning Europe, the United States, and South Asia, highlighting mutual influence as well as the disconnects of cross-cultural encounters. Hauser argues that vegetarianism in this period was motivated by expansive visions of moral, physical, and even racial purification. Adherents were convinced that society could be changed by transforming the body of the individual. Hauser demonstrates that vegetarians in India and the West shared notions of purity, which drew some toward not only internationalism and anticolonialism but also racism, nationalism, and violence. Finding preoccupations with race and masculinity as well as links to colonialism and eugenics, she reveals the implication of vegetarian movements in exclusionary, hierarchical projects. Deeply researched and compellingly argued, A Taste for Purity rewrites the history of vegetarianism on a global scale.

Public Housing in Europe and America (Hardcover): J. S. Fuerst Public Housing in Europe and America (Hardcover)
J. S. Fuerst; Foreword by Philip Hauser
R3,245 Discovery Miles 32 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1974, this book surveys the experience of public and quasi public housing in the UK, USA, France, Germany, the former USSR, Israel, Denmark, Sweden, Hungary and Puerto Rico. Each country's housing policy is set in a broad social and historical context, showing how the policy developed and how effective it was. Administrative problems encountered in different countries are evaluated and compared and many similarities emerge. The relationship of housing to transport, education and employment is discussed and special attention is focused on the role of new towns in Sweden, the former USSR, the UK, Israel and the USA.

The Economics of Unemployment Insurance (Paperback): Mark M. Hauser, Paul Burrows The Economics of Unemployment Insurance (Paperback)
Mark M. Hauser, Paul Burrows
R1,173 Discovery Miles 11 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1969. This book analyses the role of Unemployment Insurance in a high-employment economy. It emphasises the social requirements of an income-maintenance scheme in the context of various economic policies, particularly government intervention in the labour market. The authors discuss other related problems including the relationship between Unemployment Insurance and redundancy compensation and the question of selectivity in social security. This book provides a case study in a field bordering labour economics, public finance and social policy and will be useful as a textbook for both economists and sociologists, illustrating the relevance of economic analysis to social welfare policy. It offers comparisons of Unemployment Insurance in several European countries with the British scheme and in their final chapter the authors make important suggestions for policy changes in the structure of British Unemployment Insurance and in social security generally.

Mannerism (Vol. I and II) - The Crisis of the Renaissance and the Origin of Modern Art (Hardcover): Arnold Hauser Mannerism (Vol. I and II) - The Crisis of the Renaissance and the Origin of Modern Art (Hardcover)
Arnold Hauser
R4,960 Discovery Miles 49 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1965, Mannerism is the rediscovery and revaluation of Mannerism, that long misjudged artistic style which came into its own during the crisis of the Renaissance. Expressionism, Surrealism and Abstract Art prepared the ground for a new understanding of Mannerism, and Dr. Hauser shows how this revaluation signifies an even deeper caesura in intellectual history than the crisis of the Renaissance itself in which Mannerism arose. These propositions however, only touch on the problem which is exhaustively treated by Hauser in all its historical and thematical variations. The author does not confine himself to the observation of development from the point of view of the history of art. In Part One he considers the emergence of the scientific worldview during the Renaissance, the economic and social revolution, religious movements and political ideas, the problem of alienation, and narcissism as keys to the understanding of Mannerism. Part Two, which deals with the history of Mannerism both in Italy and abroad, gives not only remarkable analyses of works of art with the aid of 322 reproductions, but also considers leading representatives of the literature of the Mannerism in Italy, Spain, France, and England. Again, in Part Three, parallel and connecting lines are drawn between art and literature to make the rules of form and the contents clearly recognisable. The book will be of interest to students of art history and literature.

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