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The Gold Standard and the Great Depression, 1919-1939The causes and course of the Depression of the 1930s remain one of the principal        mysteries confronting macroeconomists and economic historians. Golden Fetters        provides a new analysis of the Depression, one which explores the connections        between the gold standard--the...

This new edition of Emily Bront--euml--;'s classic 1847 novel uses the authoritative Clarendon text. Patsy Stoneman's introduction considers the bewildering variety of critical interpretation to which the novel has been subject, as well as offering some provocative new insights for the modern reader....

In this work, Robert Solomon tries to put the fun back in philosophy, recapturing the heart-felt confusion and excitement that originally brings us all into philosophy. It is not a critique of comtemporary philosophy so much as it is an attempt to engage in philosophy in a different kind of way, beginning with a re-evaluation of Socrates and the...

Stroke is a common cause of disability and the third commonest cause of death but        it fails to attract much public attention. This book seeks to redress the balance by        describing who is at the most risk of stroke and why. Anyone can have a stroke, but        why is it mainly a disease of older age? Why do babies and children get...

Zoopolis offers a new agenda for the theory and practice of animal rights. Most        animal rights theory focuses on the intrinsic capacities or interests of animals,        and the moral status and moral rights that these intrinsic characteristics give rise        to. Zoopolis shifts the debate from the realm of moral theory and applied ethics...

Feminist Critical Methodology in the Women's International League for Peace and FreedomIntelligent Compassion traces changes in the ideas and policies of the longest-living international women's organization between 1945 and 1975. Focusing on disarmament, decolonization and the Middle East, it finds answers to IR questions about the possibility of...