Peter J Taylor: 14 books
World City Network
A global urban analysis
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
With the advent of multinational corporations, the traditional urban service function has 'gone global'. In order to provide services to globalizing corporate clients, the offices of major financial and business service firms across the world have generated networks of work. It is the myriad of flows...
Modernities
A Geohistorical Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Taylor develops a geohistorical argument which focuses on the periods and places of modernities, offering a grounded analysis of what it is to be modern. He identifies three 'prime modernities' which have defined the development of our modern world: today's consumer modernity preceded by the industrial modernity of the nineteenth century which was itself preceded by mercantile modernity.
Political Geography
World-Economy, Nation-State and Locality
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
The new and updated seventh edition of Political Geography once again shows itself fit to tackle a frequently and rapidly changing geopolitical landscape. It retains the intellectual clarity, rigour and vision of previous editions based upon its world-systems approach, and is complemented by the perspective...
Global Urban Analysis
A Survey of Cities in Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the contemporary world economy through a focus on cities. It is based upon a large-scale customised data collection on how leading businesses use cities across the world: as headquarter locations, for finance, for professional and creative services,...
by Peter J. Taylor, Ron Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Within an international framework, this work provides a fully comprehensive approach to the geographical coverage of elections. Numerous applications of ideas and concepts from human geography are incorporated into a new political context, illustrating the manner in which electoral patterns reflect...
by Jan Lees, Nisha Dogra, Paul Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
What social change has been achieved over the past 30 years?
What have been the main barriers to progress?
What great achievements can we identify and celebrate today?
Marking Jessica Kingsley Publishers' 30th year of publishing books on social and behavioural issues, this book gathers together...
by Rick Ollerman, Barry Lancet, Patricia Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
This third issue of Down & Out: The Magazine features a new Jim Brodie story by Barry Lancet, whose novel Japantown has been optioned by J.J. Abrams and Warner Brothers for the Hollywood treatment. Here we have Brodie on a trip to his home in Japan and a quest to find out what’s going on with...
by George Alecusan, John E. Alvis, Donald R. Brand
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists,...
The Beauty of Death Vol.2 - Death by Water
The Gargantuan Book of Horror Tales
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
In each of these stories from some of greatest writers of horror and dark fiction, water plays the dual role of accomplice and executioner. With accidental drownings, irresistible calls of sirens from the deep, strange whisperings from household plumbing, faces of the dead in droplets of water, rabid...
Ans Messer geliefert
...und zwölf andere Krimis für Bücherliebhaber von Jeffery Deaver, Anne Perry, Loren D. Estleman, Laura Lippman, Reed Farrel Coleman, Peter Blauner, David Bell, Thomas H. Cook, William Link
Language: German
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Nicht nur für Buchliebhaber: 13 spannende Bücher-Krimis von amerikanischen Top-Autoren! "Ans Messer geliefert" von Jeffery Deaver! Alonso María Carillo, genannt Cuchillo, das Messer, ist der Chef eines mexikanischen Drogenkartells. Und obwohl er sonst nicht gerade zimperlich ist, hat...
Transformative Conversations
A Guide to Mentoring Communities Among Colleagues in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Praise for Transformative Conversations
"In the 'superstorm' of writings about the crisis in higher education this little gem of a book stands out like a mindfulness bell. It calls us back to the only thing that truly matters—the energy and wisdom buried in the minds and hearts of dedicated...
Theology and Public Philosophy
Four Conversations
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
This volume brings together eminent theologians, philosophers and political theorists to discuss the relevance of theology and theologically grounded moral reflection to contemporary America’s public life and argument. Avoiding the focus on hot-button issues, shrill polemics, and sloganeering that...
by Pat Adams, American Association of Museums, Association of Science-Technology Centers
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
There has been, and continues to be, an explosion of interest in developing new small science centers that is changing the world of museums. This handbook is designed to be a one-stop source for future and current centers, and anyone interested in the important roles these institutions play in their...
Robot Ethics
The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2011
Prominent experts from science and the humanities explore issues in robot ethics that range from sex to war.
Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to...