Rakuten Kobo

Shopping Cart

Item(s) unavailable for purchase

Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.

itemsitem

- Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  Audiobook
  by ,
  
  Available:
  
  . No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.
  
  Pre-order
  1 audiobook monthly
  
  + FREE 30-day trial
  
  Special Offer
  
  Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice
  
  *No commitment, cancel anytime
  
  FREE

itemsitem

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
Audiobook
by ,

Available:
. No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.

Pre-order
1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Special Offer

Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice

*No commitment, cancel anytime

FREE

Recommended For You

Skip side bar filters

Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Workers around the World

Case Studies 1950-2010

Edited by Raquel Varela, Hugh Murphy, Marcel Linden ...

Series series Work around the Globe: Historical Comparisons
Maritime trade is the backbone of the world’s economy. Around ninety percent of all goods are transported by ship, and since World War II, shipbuilding has undergone major changes in response to new commercial pressures and opportunities. Early British dominance, for example, was later undermined in the 1950s by competition from the Japanese, who have since been overtaken by South Korea and, most ... Read more

Free

Maritime trade is the backbone of the world’s economy. Around ninety percent of all goods are transported by ship, and since World War II, shipbuilding has undergone major changes in response to new commercial pressures and opportunities. Early British dominance, for example, was later undermined in the 1950s by competition from the Japanese, who have since been overtaken by South Korea and, most
... Read more

Silent Coup

How Corporations Overthrew Democracy

by Claire Provost, Matt Kennard ...

As European empires crumbled in the 20th century, the power structures that had dominated the world for centuries were up for renegotiation. Yet instead of a rebirth for democracy, what emerged was a silent coup – namely, the unstoppable rise of global corporate power.Exposing the origins of this epic power grab as well as its present-day consequences, Silent Coup is the result of two ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

Also available as: Audiobook

As European empires crumbled in the 20th century, the power structures that had dominated the world for centuries were up for renegotiation. Yet instead of a rebirth for democracy, what emerged was a silent coup – namely, the unstoppable rise of global corporate power.Exposing the origins of this epic power grab as well as its present-day consequences, Silent Coup is the result of two
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
The ANC Billionaires

Big Capital's Gambit and the Rise of the Few

by Pieter du Toit ...

'We were talking about the rise of Japan, about Ronald Reagan's Star Wars … globalisation, technology. And they were still banging on about the Freedom Charter.' – Anglo American's Michael Spicer on the ANC in the mid-1980s. In 1985, a group of white South African business leaders, led by Gavin Relly, the executive chairperson of Anglo American, travelled to a game lodge in Zambia to meet with the ... Read more

$11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

'We were talking about the rise of Japan, about Ronald Reagan's Star Wars … globalisation, technology. And they were still banging on about the Freedom Charter.' – Anglo American's Michael Spicer on the ANC in the mid-1980s. In 1985, a group of white South African business leaders, led by Gavin Relly, the executive chairperson of Anglo American, travelled to a game lodge in Zambia to meet with the
... Read more
Empty Vessel

The Story of the Global Economy in One Barge

by Ian Kumekawa ...

**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A KIRKUS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR • The rise of globalization and financialization as seen from a barge—one Swedish barge, to be exact, built in 1979"The many-headed hydra of neoliberalism has found its chronicler." —Sven Beckert, author of Empire of Cotton"I’ve rarely read a book that so deftly entwines a single, accessible story with the broad ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Also available as: Audiobook

**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A KIRKUS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR • The rise of globalization and financialization as seen from a barge—one Swedish barge, to be exact, built in 1979"The many-headed hydra of neoliberalism has found its chronicler." —Sven Beckert, author of Empire of Cotton"I’ve rarely read a book that so deftly entwines a single, accessible story with the broad
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Europe: In or Out?

Everything You Need to Know

by David Charter ...

What will happen if Britain leaves the EU, and how will it affect you? Europe: vital for Britain's economy and global standing or a bureaucratic monster hell-bent on destroying our national sovereignty? And why is no one talking about what leaving Europe would actually mean? Addressing the real issues surrounding a potential exit from the EU - including jobs, travel, immigration, investment, ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

What will happen if Britain leaves the EU, and how will it affect you? Europe: vital for Britain's economy and global standing or a bureaucratic monster hell-bent on destroying our national sovereignty? And why is no one talking about what leaving Europe would actually mean? Addressing the real issues surrounding a potential exit from the EU - including jobs, travel, immigration, investment,
... Read more
The Rise of the Global Company

Multinationals and the Making of the Modern World

by Robert Fitzgerald ...

Series series New Approaches to Economic and Social History
This is the first full account of how an influential form of commercial organization - the multinational enterprise - drove globalization and contributed to the making of the modern world. Robert Fitzgerald explores the major role of multinational enterprises in the events of world history, from the nineteenth century to the present, revealing how the growth of businesses that operated across ... Read more

$40.99 CAD

This is the first full account of how an influential form of commercial organization - the multinational enterprise - drove globalization and contributed to the making of the modern world. Robert Fitzgerald explores the major role of multinational enterprises in the events of world history, from the nineteenth century to the present, revealing how the growth of businesses that operated across
... Read more
The Devil In The Detail

How The Arms Deal Changed Everything

by Paul Holden, Hennie van Vuuren ...

The South African 'Arms Deal' was never a single event. Rather it was, and still is, a series of scandals and outrages, all contributing towards a dubious momentum that takes South Africa further away from transparent democratic practice. The Devil in the Detail, written by two of South Africa's leading researchers on the subject, takes the reader on a journey of insight. Witness at close hand the ... Read more

$11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The South African 'Arms Deal' was never a single event. Rather it was, and still is, a series of scandals and outrages, all contributing towards a dubious momentum that takes South Africa further away from transparent democratic practice. The Devil in the Detail, written by two of South Africa's leading researchers on the subject, takes the reader on a journey of insight. Witness at close hand the
... Read more
Subimperial Power

Australia in the International Arena

by Clinton Fernandes ...

How does Australia operate in the world? And why? In this closely evidenced, original account, former Australian Army intelligence analyst Clinton Fernandes categorically debunks Australia's greatest myth: that of its own independence. 'This book is a bold and challenging interpretation of not only Australian Foreign Policy, but of the psyche of the nation itself. Fernandes gives us a fast-paced, ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

How does Australia operate in the world? And why? In this closely evidenced, original account, former Australian Army intelligence analyst Clinton Fernandes categorically debunks Australia's greatest myth: that of its own independence. 'This book is a bold and challenging interpretation of not only Australian Foreign Policy, but of the psyche of the nation itself. Fernandes gives us a fast-paced,
... Read more
The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 1

The Origins of the Falklands War

by Lawrence Freedman ...

Series series Government Official History Series
Drawing on a vast range of previously classified government archives as well as interviews with key participants, this first volume of the official history of the Falklands Campaign is the most authoritative account of the origins of the 1982 war.In the first chapters the author analyzes the long history of the dispute between Argentina and Britain over the sovereignty of the Islands, the ... Read more

$101.99 CAD

Drawing on a vast range of previously classified government archives as well as interviews with key participants, this first volume of the official history of the Falklands Campaign is the most authoritative account of the origins of the 1982 war.In the first chapters the author analyzes the long history of the dispute between Argentina and Britain over the sovereignty of the Islands, the
... Read more
Clean Brexit

Why Leaving the EU Still Makes Sense - Building a Post-Brexit Economy for All

by Liam Halligan, Gerard Lyons ...

UPDATED FOREWORD BY GISELA STUART AND UPDATED AFTERWORD BY JACOB REES-MOGGOn 23 June 2016, in the biggest ever vote in British history, 17.4 million people chose to leave the EU. So what does the future now hold after this momentous decision? What will life be like in Britain after we end our European marriage? Will Brexit precipitate the doom and gloom that many predict?Drawing on years of ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

UPDATED FOREWORD BY GISELA STUART AND UPDATED AFTERWORD BY JACOB REES-MOGGOn 23 June 2016, in the biggest ever vote in British history, 17.4 million people chose to leave the EU. So what does the future now hold after this momentous decision? What will life be like in Britain after we end our European marriage? Will Brexit precipitate the doom and gloom that many predict?Drawing on years of
... Read more
The Great Brexit Swindle

Why the mega-rich and free market fanatics conspired to force Britain from the European Union

by T. J. Coles ...

In his urgent new book, T. J. Coles uncovers the forces seeking to uncouple Britain from the European Union. Allied to an expanding core of free market fanatics in the Conservative party is a powerful group of globalists and financial traders. Their political ideology is neoliberalism – a worldwide agenda that seeks to deregulate markets and maximize profits for global elites at the expense of ... Read more

$8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In his urgent new book, T. J. Coles uncovers the forces seeking to uncouple Britain from the European Union. Allied to an expanding core of free market fanatics in the Conservative party is a powerful group of globalists and financial traders. Their political ideology is neoliberalism – a worldwide agenda that seeks to deregulate markets and maximize profits for global elites at the expense of
... Read more
Europe: In or Out

Everything You Need to Know

by David Charter ...

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF BRITAIN LEAVES THE EU - AND HOW WILL IT AFFECT YOU?Europe: vital for Britain's economy and global standing or a bureaucratic monster hell-bent on destroying our national sovereignty? And why is no one talking about what leaving the European Union would actually mean?Addressing the real issues surrounding a potential EU exit - including jobs, travel, immigration, investment, ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF BRITAIN LEAVES THE EU - AND HOW WILL IT AFFECT YOU?Europe: vital for Britain's economy and global standing or a bureaucratic monster hell-bent on destroying our national sovereignty? And why is no one talking about what leaving the European Union would actually mean?Addressing the real issues surrounding a potential EU exit - including jobs, travel, immigration, investment,
... Read more

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in Canada

Work around the Globe: Historical Comparisons

Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Workers around the World

People who read this also enjoyed

Silent Coup

The ANC Billionaires

Empty Vessel

Europe: In or Out?

The Rise of the Global Company

The Devil In The Detail

Subimperial Power

The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 1

Clean Brexit

The Great Brexit Swindle

Europe: In or Out

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in Canada

Work around the Globe: Historical Comparisons

Show:

People who read this also enjoyed