Browsing by Subject "21st century"
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Materials for the 21st century
(Oxford University Press, 2017)What does cotton candy, which dissolves at the touch, have in common with Kevlar, used for bullet-proof vests? How can our understanding of such materials help us to tackle essential problems of the 21st century? Materials ... -
The modern Middle East: a political history since the First World War
(University of California Press, 2011)Since it was first published in 2006, this concise overview of the making of the contemporary Middle East has become essential reading for students and general readers who want to gain a better understanding of this diverse ... -
The spread of modern industry to the periphery since 1871
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Ever since the Industrial Revolution of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, industrialization has been the key to modern economic growth. The fact that modern industry originated in Britain, and spread ... -
Tangled governance : international regime complexity, the troika, and the Euro crisis
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Tangled Governance addresses the institutions that were deployed to fight the euro crisis, re-establish financial stability, and prevent contagion beyond Europe. The author addresses why European leaders chose to include ... -
The uses of social investment
(Oxford University Press, 2017)The Uses of Social Investment provides the first study of the welfare state, under the new post-crisis austerity context and associated crisis management politics, to take stock of the limits and potential of social ...
