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An Essay On the Principle Of Population
by T R Malthus
The first major study of population size and its tremendous importance to the character and quality of society, this classic examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources. Pivotal in establishing the field of demography, it remains crucial to understanding modern problems with food production and distribution.
Intended Consequences
by Donald T Critchlow
After World War II, U.S. policy experts--convinced that unchecked population growth threatened global disaster--successfully lobbied bipartisan policy-makers in Washington to initiate federally-funded family planning. In Intended Consequences, Donald T. Critchlow deftly chronicles how thegovernment's involvement in contraception and abortion evolved into one of the most bitter, partisan controversies in American political history. The growth of the feminist movement in the late 1960s fundamentally...
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Chink!" a Documentary History Of Anti-Chinese Prejudice In America
by Cheng-Tsu, Ed ; Foreword By Ben Fong-Torres Wu
Dignity In a Teacup True Stories Of Courage and Sacrifice From Christmas Island
by Christine Cummins
Public Policy Books & Ephemera
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That's the Way It Was [Signed]
by SMRCKA, Polly
[N.p.: Polly Smrcka, 2002]. First Edition. Octavo (22.75cm.); glossy red card wrappers; [4],139pp. Fine. Signed by the author on title page. Great Depression childhood memoirs by a first generation Yugloslav-American woman. Not in OCLC as of December, 2017.
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A$54.23
The Discovery and Colonization of America, and Immigration to the United States
by [IMMIGRATION] EVERETT, Edward
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1853. First Edition. Octavo. Printed wrappers; removed; 32p; cover wrappers lacking. Text slightly tanned, else Very Good. An oration on the history of American immigration, intended as a denunciation of nativist agitation.
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A$46.48
Pauperism - a Picture and The Endowment of Old Age - an Argument
by Booth, Charles
London, United Kingdom: Macmillan & Co, 1892. Signed by Professor Peter Townsend to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, rubbing to spine ends, tanning to end papers and a little bumping to upper corners. Untrimmed top of page edges. Adverts plus 355pp. Written by socialist campaigner Charles Booth whose intervention on poverty led to the establishment of an Old Age Pension. Includes...
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A$164.75
Urban Flood Management
by Szollosi-Nagy, A.; Zevenbergen, C. (eds.)
Leiden: A.A. Balkema Publishers, 2004. Hardcover without jacket in very good condition. Very few minor marks on boards; one or two dents on edges; leading corners and spine ends are bumped. Pages are clean and sound throughout. TS. hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.
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A$71.81
The International Analysis of Poverty (Signed By Author)
by Townsend, Peter
Hemel Hempstead, Herts: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993. Signed Peter Townsend on front end paper. One small comment and one minor example of highlighting also added. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to front cover or to spine, crease to lower corner of rear cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 291pp. This study shows that poverty is deep-seated in both rich and poor countries and it suggests (in 1993) that this is destined to get worse...
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A$145.36
Environmental Impact Assessment for Developing Countries
by Biswas, Asit K. (Ed.); Geping, Qu (Ed.)
London: Tycooly Publishing, 1987. Very good paperback. Previous owner has penned FEP and page block foot. Cover is tanned, with insignificant creasing to corners. Pages within are tightly bound, and text, diagrams and photographs are clear and unmarked. CN. Paperback. Very Good. Used.
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A$33.92
Mount Allegro: A Memoir of Italian American Life. Introduction by Herbert J. Gans
by Mangione, Jerre, 1909-1998
NY, Columbia University Press, 1981. Hard Cover. xiii, 309 p.; 21 cm. Reprint; originally published Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1943. "Depicts the lives of Sicilian immigrants in Rochester, New York, in the first half of the twentieth century as their customs blend and clash with those of their adopted country." ISBN (10): 0231053304. Good+, an Italian American reader has made some notes / no dj. Stock#46889.
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A$15.49A$6.20
The Rise and Fall of the South African Peasantry
by Bundy, Colin
London: Heinemann, 1979. Previous owner's name/label to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. Small creases to cover corners, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. 276pp. Concentrating mainly of the years between 1870 and 1913, this study analyses how African agriculturalists responded to economic pressures and opportunities and goes on to show that response was inhibited and crushed...
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A$11.14
Distant Companions : Servants and Employers in Zambia, 1900-1985 (Signed By Author)
by Hansen, Karen T
New York: Cornell University Press, 1989. Inscribed by author on dedication page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to slightly sunned spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight trace of foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. 321pp. A study of the lives and times of domestic servants and their employers in Zambia from the beginning of white settlement during the colonial period until after independence.. Signed by Author....
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A$48.46
Paul Robeson by Martin Bauml Duberman
by Duberman, Martin B. (Bauml)
London: Bodley Head, 1989. Hard Cover. xiii, 804 p., [48] p. of plates, illus.; 25 cm. Passionate and enormously talented, Paul Robeson lived one of the great lives of the twentieth century. Martin Duberman's classic biography is a monumental and powerfully affecting portrait of one of this century's most notable performers, political radicals, and champions of racial equality." ISBN (10): 0370305752. Sock#46996. Vg / dj vg.
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A$23.24A$9.30
Anti-Capitalist Inclinations in Modern Sociology (Bias Against Business series)
by Marsland, David
Harrow, UK: The Educational Research Trust, 1987. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 60pp. Printed laminated light card covers. Sun-faded. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. A preliminary report of a study of an expensive array of typical introductory teaching materials in sociology.
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A$29.07
Politics and Progress : Renewing Democracy and Civil Society
by Blunkett, David
London: Politico's Publishing, 2001. No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to upper corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 170pp. David Blunkett's agenda for political and social renewal. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty...
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A$9.59
Commodity Exchanges and Futures Trading: Principles and Operating Methods
by Baer, Julius, B; Saxon, Olin Glenn
USA: Harper and Brothers, 1949. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 3rd edition (previously published under the title Commodity Exchanges). xiv, 324pp. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Complete with fold out chart of Commodity Futures Trading in Detail. 8vo. Cloth worn, rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, one corner mildly bumped, heavily rubbed at base of front joint and around spine. Some mild toning and spotting on...
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A$27.13
Talking Green
by Ward, Colin
Nottingham: Five Leaves Publications, 2012. Paperback in good condition. Cover edges and corners are bumped and rubbed, and a few of the leading upper edge page corners are dog-eared. Pages are otherwise clear and binding is sound. LW. Paperback. Good. Used.
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A$29.07
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language.
by Pinker, Steven, 1954-
NY, Morrow, ©1994. Why do immigrants struggle with a new language, only to have their fluent children ridicule their grammatical errors? Why can't computers converse with us? ISBN (10): ISBN: 0688121411. Hard Cover. 494 pages, illus.; 25 cm. Very Good; inscription. Stock#47070.
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A$23.24A$9.30
Climate Change and Globalization in the Arctic: An Integrated Approach to Vulnerability Assessment
by Carina, E.; Keskitalo, H
London & Sterling, Virginia, U.S.A.: Earthscan Publications., 2008. No dust jacket. Hardcover. Several small indentations on rear board. Upper leading corners of boards are a little bumped. Binding is sound; pages are tight, bright, crisp and clean; contents are clear. AF. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.
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A$41.87
The Drug Beat: A Complete Survey of the History, Distribution, Uses and Abuses of Marijuana, LSD, and the Amphetamines
by Geller, Allen, and Maxwell Boas
NY: Cowles Book Company, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Clean copy of this conversational but surprisingly information-dense overview of the social histories and contemporary uses of marijuana, LSD, and amphetamines at the height of the hippie era. First edition. Octavo, 8.5 x 5.75 in.; xxii, 278pp., with glossary and index. Afterword by Stanley Krippner. Black cloth boards, yellow spine lettering; in dust jacket. Mild dust soiling to top of the lightly toned textblock. Else about fine...
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A$77.47
The Renewal of History. Mankind in the 21st Century and the Future of Russia
by Luzhkov, Yuri M
London: Stacey International. 2003. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine condition in pictorial laminated boards. No DJ as issued. Excellent copy. 185 pages. Famous Russian politician and former mayor of Moscow, Luzhkov analyses the crisis facing modern man and points to what we must do to escape Nemesis. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$20.00
Social Implications for the Structure and Form of New Living Areas
by Harper, B.Y
Adelaide: Published by the Author. 1975. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition issued without DJ. This is a thesis done for the University of Adelaide - Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 140 pages. . Hardback.
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A$25.00
The Fight Against Hunger and Malnutrition: The Role of Food, Agriculture, and Targeted Policies
by Sahn, David E
New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. Hardcover in good condition; jacket lower edge and spine foot are creased; foot of hardcover spine is bumped; content remains clean and clear throughout. AE. Hardcover. Good/Good. Used.
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A$44.19
Refugees, Environment and Development
by Black, Richard
Harlow: Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co, 1998. Neat name inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 229pp. This study is concerned with the complex interrelationships between forced migration, natural resource management and sustainable development.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 9.25 x 6 inches.
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A$57.18
The Greening of Conservative America
by Bliese, John R. E
Oxford: Westview Press, 2002. Paperback with slightly shelfworn covers. A few minor marks and light scores on page block. Text is clear; pages are clean and sound. TS. paperback. Very Good. Used.
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A$25.20
Social Housing : Braybrook's Story
by Cunningham, Trevor D
North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2024. MINT - a NEW copy. x, 262 pages. As Victoria embarks on an ambitious social housing program to address a severe housing shortage, this book exposes important lessons for the future. The context is the post-World War 2 housing shortage, when the Housing Commission developed the unique Melbourne suburb of Braybrook. Infrastructure was lacking and housing was often substandard. Although neglected by governments, residents created a positive community,...
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A$44.00
THE COLD WAR AND THE INCOME TAX
by Wilson, Edmund
Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ; Red cloth cover is sunned on spine, otherwise near pristine . Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and in very good condition. ; 7.5 X 4.6 X 0.7 inches .
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A$54.23
The World's Open Spaces
by Kimble, George H. T
London: Thomas Nelson And Sons Ltd, 1942. Probably unread. No marks or inscriptions to contents. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright red cloth boards virtually as new with very faint foxing to top edge, foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with small tear to foot of sunned spine. 189pp. No 60 in the Discussion Books series about how we could use the large expanses of habitable earth which still remain virtually empty for human...
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A$33.92
