Peter Preston: 15 books
Rethinking Development
Essays on Development and Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
First published in 1987, this volume stresses the importance of development studies for sociology, as P. W. Preston argues that this field of study is emerging from the technical social scientific ghetto back into the mainstream of the ‘classical tradition’ of social theorizing, represented by...
by Peter Preston
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Dr Preston’s book, first published in 1982, presents a critical history of development studies since the Second World War, linking the recent, neo-Marxist, debate with the whole tradition in the field, going back to the work of economists like Arthur Lewis.
He identifies a series of ‘schools’...
by Peter Preston
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2017
Peter gets angry about the things that affect most of us. Trains, arthritis, ageing. But within the anger are moments of passion, of heartfelt sentiment, of joy and pain. The poems in this book are drawn from a finely tuned power of observation. Many of them are autobiographical revelations. He gets...
New Trends in Development Theory
Essays in Development and Social Theory
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
The theme of this work, first published in 1985, is the exchange between issues of development and problems of social theory. They provide preliminary analysis of the multiplicity of social-theoretic arguments in development theory and their implications for social theory in general.
The book...
Operation Market Garden
The Campaign for the Low Countries, Autumn 1944: Seventy Years On
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
In September 1944 the Western Allies mounted an audacious attempt to seize a crossing over the Rhine into Germany in a bid to end the Second World War quickly. Yet despite the deployment of thousands of American, British and Polish airborne troops, in conjunction with the efforts of ground forces...
Writing the City
Eden, Babylon and the New Jerusalem
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
`The expression of human experience it embodies ... includes all personal history'.
Saul Bellow's view of the city is far from that of classic geographical descriptions which look at growth or decline, demographic patterns, traffic flows and economic potential: these empirically conceived models of...
Singapore in the Global System
Relationship, Structure and Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2007
This book tracks the phases of Singapore’s economic and political development, arguing that its success was always dependent upon the territories links with the surrounding region and the wider global system, and suggests that managing these links today will be the key to the country’s future....
by Peter Preston
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Jake Crabtree is an unwilling volunteer for his granddad’s inventions. They’re supposed to cure the twelve-year-old of his stammer, but more often than not he’s lucky to escape with all of his limbs intact.
He has an accident at a local science fair when his secret formula spills...
by Lee Child, Michael Connelly, John Sandford
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
A New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller! Edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci and including stories by Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, and more, this one-of-a-kind anthology pulls together the most beloved characters from the best and most popular thriller series...
Pursuit
The Balvenie Stories Collection
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2019
What is it to pursue a goal, to strive for an ideal, to follow a dream? These are the questions explored by The Balvenie in this unique collection compiled by award-winning novelist Alex Preston. The stories - from some of the brightest and most exciting voices writing today - tell of determination,...
by Peter C. Whybrow, Sarah F. Brosnan, Darby Proctor
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Scholars from psychology, neuroscience, economics, animal behavior, and evolution describe the latest research on the causes and consequences of overconsumption.
Our drive to consume—our desire for food, clothing, smart phones, and megahomes—evolved from our ancestors' drive to survive....
Theory and Practice of Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy
Beyond the Talking Cure
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
This comprehensive introduction to Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy lays out the background and fundamentals of the approach covering theory and practice.
Gendlin, after many articles on Focusing-oriented psychotherapy, finally published the text Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy in 1996, making...
The Politics of ChinaHong Kong Relations
Living with Distant Masters
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
In 1997 the British state relinquished control of Hong Kong and at this moment an established prosperous community was faced with reordering its sense of itself and its links with the wider world around the authority of Beijing. This book seeks to uncover the political logic of the process. Four issues...
The Logic of Chinese Politics
Cores, Peripheries and Peaceful Rising
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Europe and China have a long intermingled history reaching back to the earliest phases of the shift to the modern world. In the twenty-first century Europe and China are rediscovering their interlinked histories and reestablishing relationships. One aspect of this process involves cutting through received...
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