Jeffrey James: 91 books
Digital Interactions in Developing Countries
An Economic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
Jeffrey James is one of the relatively few academics to have systematically taken on the topic of IT and development. In this timely book he undertakes a methodological critique of prominent topics in the debate.
Challenging the existing literature by international and governmental institutions,...
Mecca of Revolution
Algeria, Decolonization, and the Third World Order
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Mecca of Revolution traces the ideological and methodological evolution of the Algerian Revolution, showing how an anticolonial nationalist struggle culminated in independent Algeria's ambitious agenda to reshape not only its own society, but international society too. In this work, Jeffrey James...
Globalizing de Gaulle
International Perspectives on French Foreign Policies, 1958–1969
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
French President Charles de Gaulle (1958-1969) has consistently fascinated contemporaries and historians. His vision_conceived out of national interest_of uniting Europe under French leadership and overcoming the Cold War still remains relevant and appealing. De Gaulle's towering personality and his...
Ireland: The Struggle for Power
From the Dark Ages to the Jacobites
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Ireland’s history has been shaped by the many invaders who have set foot on the country’s shores. For centuries conflict raged amongst the native Irish, Vikings, Anglo-Normans, English and Scots, then the Catholics and Protestants. This real-life game of thrones has moulded the social, political...
Edward IV
Glorious Son of York
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Few English monarchs had to fight harder for the right to rule than King Edward IV – Shakespeare’s glorious son of York. Cast in the true Plantagenet mould, over six feet tall, he was a naturally charismatic leader. Edward had the knack of seizing the initiative and winning battles and is free...
Information Technology and Development
A New Paradigm for Delivering the Internet to Rural Areas in Developing Countries
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2004
Attempts to bring the benefits of information technology in the form of the internet to developing countries have, to date, foundered on the belief that this requires the beneficiaries to access the technology directly. As a result, the perceived huge benefits of such an enterprise have often failed to materialise.This original contribution to the
Sustainable Growth in the African Economy
How Durable is Africa’s Recent Performance?
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
The current growth path in sub-Saharan Africa is not following the Lewis model where labour moves from low-productivity agriculture to higher productivity manufacturing. Instead, it is moving directly to inappropriate (import and labour-saving) methods. This book seeks to show how this distorted growth...
by Jeffrey James
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
This book investigates at both the micro- and macroeconomic levels the impact of mobile phones on poverty and inequality in developing countries. To gauge the effects of mobile phones on these aspects, the author refers to the standard concept of technology adoption and also analyses the actual utilization...
Onslaught of Spears
The Danish Conquest of England
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The myth of Aethelred "the Unready" is disproved and Britain's military prowess in the face of Danish invasion is repositionedThe Danish invasions in the second decade of the 11th century came after unprecedented Viking attacks stretching back 30 years. Earlier kings of Wessex had held and...
by Jeffrey James
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
An extensive literature has demonstrated that technologies in sub-Saharan Africa are largely inappropriate: that is, that they are typically capital- and import-intensive rather than labour- and local input-intensive. These technologies have created a pattern of development that is highly unequal,...
by James Kochalka, Jeffrey Brown
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
In this issue, James Kochalka goes up against rising indy-comics star, Jeffrey Brown. The two cartoonists draw together, exchanging pages back and forth, and trade metaphorical jabs in a discussion that quickly devolves into an argument, which quickly devolves into a brawl about art and comics and the...
by David Meier, James K. Franz, Jeffrey K. Liker
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
Four E-Books in One
The Toyota Way
TOYOTA. The name signifies greatness— world-class cars and game-changing business thinking In factories around the world, Toyota consistently makes the highest-quality cars with the fewest defects of any competing manufacturer, while using fewer man-hours,...
Jewish Men Pray
Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day.
"An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary,...
by Western Fictioneers, L. J. Washburn, Jeffrey J. Mariotte
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2018
A collection of twenty-nine tales of the Old West featuring previously unpublished stories by such classic Western writers as James Reasoner, Douglas Hirt, McKendree Long, and Michael R. Ritt. Edited by award winning author, L. J. Washburn. Western Fictioneers is the only writers’ organization devoted...