Oxford University Press

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A strikingly original work that shows how treatments of and attitudes towards suicide can illuminate our understanding of the social, political, and cultural history of early modern Britain....

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John Kay `is well on the way to turning himself into a European Michael Porter' (   The Economist) and has been described as `the best management theorist in Britain, bar none' (    Business Age). In this book Kay explores a number of topical business issues in his distinctive accessible, rigorous, and challenging style. His purpose is to show the...

Nelson provides a study of the ways in which Anglo-American authors constructed "e;race"e; in their works from the time of the first British colonists through the period of the Civil war. Choosing texts which assume a variety of positions on the issue of race, both fictional and non-fictional, Nelson traces its development at the level of...