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  • One From the Many

    The Global Economy Since 1850

    by Christopher M. Meissner ...
    Amid a recent surge in arguments that the global economy has begun to "de-globalize," a question has emerged: will globalization survive? In One from the Many: The Global Economy since 1850, Christopher M. Meissner argues that based on the long-run of history, globalization will not be easily vanquished. This brief introduction to the economic history of the global economy and the process of ... Read more

    $27.59 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    One From the Many

    The Global Economy Since 1850

    by Christopher M. Meissner ...
    Narrated by Stephen Caffrey ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 4 min

    Amid a recent surge in arguments that the global economy has begun to "de-globalize," a question has emerged: will globalization survive? In One from the Many, Christopher M. Meissner argues that globalization will not be easily vanquished.This introduction to the economic history of the global economy and the process of globalization since 1850 tracks and explains changes in international trade, ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Routledge Companion to Urban Imaginaries

    Edited by Christoph Lindner, Miriam Meissner ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    The Routledge Companion to Urban Imaginaries delves into examples of urban imaginaries across multiple media and geographies: from new visions of smart, eco, and resilient cities to urban dystopias in popular culture; from architectural renderings of starchitecture and luxury living to performative activism for new spatial justice; and from speculative experiments in urban planning, fiction, and ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Global Garbage

    Urban imaginaries of waste, excess, and abandonment

    Edited by Christoph Lindner, Miriam Meissner ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sustainable Urbanism
    Global Garbage examines the ways in which garbage, in its diverse forms, is being produced, managed, experienced, imagined, circulated, concealed, and aestheticized in contemporary urban environments and across different creative and cultural practices. The book explores the increasingly complex relationship between globalization and garbage in locations such as Beirut, Detroit, Hong Kong, London, ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

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    How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Europe

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