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  • The Invention of Sustainability

    Nature and Destiny, c.1500–1870

    by Paul Warde ...
    The issue of sustainability, and the idea that economic growth and development might destroy its own foundations, is one of the defining political problems of our era. This groundbreaking study traces the emergence of this idea, and demonstrates how sustainability was closely linked to hopes for growth, and the destiny of expanding European states, from the sixteenth century. Weaving together ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • The Environment

    A History of the Idea

    by Paul Warde, Libby Robin, Sverker Sörlin ...
    An in-depth look at the history of the environment.Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Will our lifestyles impoverish the planet for our children and grandchildren? Is the world sick? Can it be healed? Less than a lifetime ago, these questions would have made no sense. This was not because our ancestors had no impact on nature—nor because they were ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Environment

    A History of the Idea

    by Paul Warde, Libby Robin, Sverker Sörlin ...
    An in-depth look at the history of the environment.Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Will our lifestyles impoverish the planet for our children and grandchildren? Is the world sick? Can it be healed? Less than a lifetime ago, these questions would have made no sense. This was not because our ancestors had no impact on nature—nor because they were ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Crises in Economic and Social History

    A Comparative Perspective

    by A.T. Brown, John Martin, John S. Lee, John Singleton, Josette Duncan, Mark Casson, Matthew Hollow, Pamela Nightingale, Paul Warde, Pavla Jirkova0, Peter H. Bent1, Andy Burn3, Philip Slavin4, Ranald C Michie5, Rob Doherty6, Samuel K. Cohn8, Alan Knight9, Anne L. Murphy0, Catherine Casson1, Cinzia Lorandini2 ...
    This collection of essays brings together historians examining social and economic crises from the thirteenth century to the twenty-first. Crisis is an almost ubiquitous concept for historians, applicable across (amongst others) the histories of agriculture, disease, finance and trade. Yet there has been little attempt to compare its use as an explanatory tool between these discrete fields of ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Family and Succession Law in Ireland

    by Paul Ward ...
    Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this concise exposition and analysis of the essential elements of law with regard to family relations, marital property, and succession to estates in Ireland covers the legal rules and customs pertaining to the intertwined civic status of persons, the family, and property. After an informative general introduction, the ... Read more

    $71.29 USD

  • Family and Succession Law in Ireland

    by Paul Ward ...
    Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this concise exposition and analysis of the essential elements of law with regard to family relations, marital property, and succession to estates in Ireland covers the legal rules and customs pertaining to the intertwined civic status of persons, the family, and property.After an informative general introduction, the book ... Read more

    $87.29 USD

  • Power to the People

    Energy in Europe over the Last Five Centuries

    by Astrid Kander, Paolo Malanima, Paul Warde ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    Power to the People examines the varied but interconnected relationships between energy consumption and economic development in Europe over the last five centuries. It describes how the traditional energy economy of medieval and early modern Europe was marked by stable or falling per capita energy consumption, and how the First Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth century--fueled by coal and ... Read more

    $41.79 USD

  • Cameralism in Practice

    State Administration and Economy in Early Modern Europe

    by Marten Seppel, Lars Magnusson, Paul Warde, Roger Bartlett, Keith Tribe, Alexandre Mendes Cunha, Frank Oberholzner, Göran Rydén, Guillaume Garner0, Hans Frambach1, Ingrid Markussen2 ...
    This book discusses the impact of cameralism on the practices of governance, early modern state-building and economy in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. It argues that the cameralist conception of state and economy - aform of 'science' of government dedicated to reforming society while promoting economic development, and often associated mainly with Prussia - had significant impact far ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Documentary

    The Margins of Reality

    by Paul Ward ...
    Series series Short Cuts
    In using case studies such as Touching the Void (2003) and the films of Nick Broomfield, this timely introduction to the growing field of documentary explores the definition and understanding of the form, as well as the relationship between documentary and drama, specifically the notion of reconstruction and reenactment. Paul Ward also discusses animated documentaries, the fertile genre of comedy, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Britishness since 1870

    by Paul Ward ...
    What does it mean to be British? It is now recognized that being British is not innate, static or permanent, but that national identities within Britain are constantly constructed and reconstructed. Britishness since 1870 examines this definition and redefinition of the British national identity since the 1870s.Paul Ward argues that British national identity is a resilient force, and looks at how ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Sovereignty (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 37)

    by Paul Ward ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Political Science
    This volume analyzes the meaning of the term ‘sovereignty’ in early twentieth century thought by tracing the historical roots of the doctrine and surveying the origin of it back to feudal times. ... Read more

    $225.00 USD

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    The Environment

    A History of the Idea

    by Paul Warde, Libby Robin, Sverker Sorlin ...
    Narrated by Henrietta Meire ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 27 min

    Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Will our lifestyles impoverish the planet for our children and grandchildren? Is the world sick? Can it be healed? Less than a lifetime ago, these questions would have made no sense. This was not because our ancestors had no impact on nature—nor because they were unaware of the serious damage they had done. What people ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook