Richard Wilkinson: 15 books
by Richard Wilkinson
Language: Dutch
Release Date: April 17, 2014
Language: Dutch
Release Date: April 17, 2014
In deze thematisch opgezette biografie, Lodewijk XIV, beschrijft Wilkinson Lodewijks rol als koning, regeringsleider, veldheer en beschermheer van kunsten en wetenschappen in de context van zijn tijd. Hij laat zien waar hij faalde, maar geeft tevens aan dat hij wel degelijk het nodige heeft bereikt....
The Impact of Inequality
How to Make Sick Societies Healthier
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2009
A “powerful and provocative” inquiry into the relationship between societies’ inequality and their citizens’ health, happiness and well-being (Lisa Berkman, Harvard School of Public Health).
Comparing the United States with other market democracies, and one American state with another,...
The Inner Level
How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
A groundbreaking investigation of how inequality infects our minds and gets under our skin
Why are people more relaxed and at ease with each other in some countries than others? Why do we worry so much about what others think of us and often feel social life is a stressful performance? Why...
by Richard Wilkinson
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Louis XIV ruled France for more than half a century and is typically remembered for his absolutism, his patronage of the arts and his lavish lifestyle – culminating in the building of Versailles. This original and lively biography focuses on Louis’s personal life while keeping the needs of the...
Gleichheit
Warum gerechte Gesellschaften für alle besser sind
Language: German
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Überarbeitete Auflage 2016: In jahrzehntelanger Forschung haben die beiden Wissenschaftler Richard Wilkinson und Kate Pickett empirische Daten gesammelt und ausgewertet, anhand derer sie den Einfluss der Ungleichheit auf eine Vielzahl der drängendsten sozialen Probleme entwickelter Gesellschaften untersuchen....
The Spirit Level
Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2010
Groundbreaking analysis showing that greater economic equality-not greater wealth-is the mark of the most successful societies, and offering new ways to achieve it.
"Get your hands on this book."-Bill Moyers
This groundbreaking book, based on thirty years' research, demonstrates...
Lloyd George
Statesman or Scoundrel
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
David Lloyd George left a profound political legacy, despite being described by the wife of his successor, Herbert Asquith, as a 'gambler without foresight'. He is, of course, best known as the Prime Minister who led Britain to victory in World War I, but his contribution to domestic politics was...
社會不平等：為何國家越富裕，社會問題越多？
The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
Language: Chinese
Release Date: July 23, 2019
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收入不平等：為何他人過得越好，我們越焦慮？
The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well-Being
Language: Chinese
Release Date: July 23, 2019
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A Greener House
The Sustainable Property Investor's Guide to Buying, Building and Renovating
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
How green should you go?
If you would like to make a positive impact on the environment but are concerned about the financial outlay, A Greener House is for you. Property experts Richard Reed and Sara Wilkinson will show you how to decide which sustainable measures are suited to your property,...
The Civil War in Georgia
A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia’s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in...
Unhealthy Societies
The Afflictions of Inequality
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Among the developed countries it is not the richest societies which have the best health, but those which have the smallest income differences between rich and poor. Inequality and relative poverty have absolute effects: they increase death rates. But why? How can smaller income differences raise...
by Michael Wilkinson, Richard E. Brown
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
How does the brain regulate sexual behavior, or control our body weight? How do we cope with stress? Addressing these questions and many more besides, this thoroughly revised new edition reflects the significant advances that have been made in the study of neuroendocrinology over the last twenty years....
Reinventing the Tripitaka
Transformation of the Buddhist Canon in Modern East Asia
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
The Chinese Buddhist canon is a systematic collection of all translated Buddhist scriptures and related literatures created in East Asia and has been regarded as one of the “three treasures” in Buddhist communities. Despite its undisputed importance in the history of Buddhism, research on this...
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