Product Description: '...this is an excellent report and will make a major contribution to the debate (on adjustment issues). It will be of the same importance as the earlier ILO contribution, in a different context, of the employment missions some 15-20 years ago, in Kenya and Zambia...read more

Product Description: Book by Weeks, John

Sketches the history of parachute soldiers, shows their weapons, vehicles, and equipment, and looks at how paratroopers were used in World War II

Product Description: Among ancient civilizations, the Celts have been notoriously difficult to pin down. They left behind no major cities nor extensive written records, and didn't develop their own language until the Middle Ages. Yet, in a triumph of research, modern archaeologists and linguists have brought a new view of this mysterious civilization to light―an ancient civilization that is still alive today...read more

Professor Weeks proposes that the key to Marx's critique of capitalist society is the labor theory of value. A commodity-producing society, he argues, necessarily gives rise to a capitalist society, so that commodity production and the exploitation of labor are inseparably linked.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

In 2008 the capitalist world was swept by the severest crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Mainstream economics neither anticipated nor could account for this disastrous financial crisis, which required massive state intervention throughout the capitalist world. Karl Marx did anticipate this type of financial collapse, arguing that it was derivative from the ‘fetishism of commodities’ inherent in the capitalist mode of production. This book substantiates the foregoing claim by a journey from Marx’s analysis of commodities to the capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century. The book demonstrates that Marx's framework (1) demonstrates that capitalism is but one historical form of class society among many; (2) explains the transition from pre-capitalist to capitalist society; (3) reveals the concrete operation of a capitalist economy; and (4) shows why others would explain the capitalist economy in alternative theoretical frameworks. The central element in his framework from which all else derives is ‘the theory of value’. This book is not an exercise in the history of thought. It is an attempt to analyze the nature of contemporary capitalist society. While Marx’s analysis of capitalism has implications for political action, these need not lead one to embrace revolution in place of reform, though it can and has provided the analytical foundation for both. Marx’s analysis of capitalism is a coherent whole, and meaningful insights cannot be obtained by extracting elements from it. Weeks starts out by looking at the nature of capitalism and an analysis circulation, money and credit unfold from the theory of value. The nature and inherent necessity of competition are demonstrated in chapter eight. A consequence of competition, expressed in the movement of capital, is technical change, the contradictory impact of which is explained in chapter nine. This is brought together with the other elements of value theory (money, credit and competition) in chapter ten, where economic crises are treated in detail. The final chapter applies the theory of crisis to the extreme financial disturbances of the 2000s. This book should be of interest to students and researchers of economics, politics and sociology.

A study of the history of Sierra Leone concentrating on economic aspects. Conclusions and possible alternatives are put forward by the author.

Product Description: In this collection of essays, European, North American, and Central American authors treat the challenge of Central America's reconstruction and reactivation, addressing broad issues of development strategy as well as technical ones of export promotion, stabilization, and land reform...read more

Product Description: Africa with all the frills from earliest times to 1972. Historical romp from Somalia to the Cape and covering the Great Trek - hunting in the Okavango - and political intrigue and adventure.

Pictures and descriptions document tanks, armored cars, personnel carriers, tractors, motorcycles, and amphibious vehicles used by the military since World War I

Product Description: In December 1989, the United States invaded Panama, deposed its government, and established another in its place. While this act of violent intervention brought Panama to public attention, the justifications for it obscured the underlying instabilities that have plagued the country throughout its history...read more

Discusses the design, construction, and purpose of ancient Egyptian pyramids and pictures many of the art treasures they contained

Product Description: Essays review the effects of adjustment policies and policy-based lending on agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on the period of dramatic change from 1980 onward. Topics include links between agricultural and nonagricultural sectors; the impact of market liberalization; environmental issues; and experiences with exchange rate management, protectionism, and export promotion in countries including Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Honduras, and Jamaica...read more

Product Description: A complete and thorough transcription of the surviving tombstones of "Little England," the former colonial territory once used primarily as a British transit point to the American colonies. Monumental Inscriptions includes a map of the island of Barbados and of Bridgetown, its capital city, descriptions of each tombstone, a list of abbreviations, and a detailed index of names...read more

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