"How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power. The more we debate about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we continue to burn. How did we get caught up in this mess? In this masterful new history, Malm claims that i…
Industrial optimization lies on the crossroads between mathematics, computer science, engineering and management. This book presents these fields as a conversation between the theory of mathematics and computer science and case studies demonstrating engineering and management. M…
In the early 20th century, an era characterized by unprecedented industrial strife and violence, thousands of employers across the United States pioneered a new policy of labour relation called welfare work. The results of the policy were paternalistic practices and forms of com…
In this text Sylvia Walby, thoroughly investigates changes in contemporary gender relations. She deals, both theoretically and substantively, with the diversity of gender relations, especially in relation to locality, nation and age. The book examines the changes in the economic…
Contains facts, figures, cartoons, and commentary covering coffee, from its first use in Ethiopia in the sixth century to the rise of Starbucks, and the emergence of Fair Trade coffee in the twenty-first. This book explores the process of cultivation, harvesting, and roasting fr…
