The Invisible Industrialist
The Invisible Industrialist

Author: J. Gaudillière

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1998-07-13

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 1349264431

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Industrial methods, and industrially produced instruments, reagents and living organisms are central to research activities today. They play a key role in the homogenization and the diffusion of laboratory practices, thus in their transformation into a stable and unproblematic knowledge about the natural world. This book displays the - frequently invisible - role of industry in the construction of fundamental scientific knowledge through the examination of case studies taken from the history of nineteenth and the twentieth century physics, chemistry and biomedical sciences.

Ninety Percent of Everything
Ninety Percent of Everything

Author: Rose George

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2013-08-13

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0805092633

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Revealing the workings and dangers of freight shipping, the author sails from Rotterdam to Suez to Singapore to present an eye-opening glimpse into an overlooked world filled with suspect practices, dubious operators, and pirates.

Understanding Business
Understanding Business

Author: Vivek Suneja

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9780415238588

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How do markets work? This reader introduces the student to the workings of the market, explaining both the reasons for its success and its shortcomings. Throughout, the text encourages a critical approach demonstrating the diversity of market economies. In particular it explores: the social nature of market economies the range of approaches to the study of the market: Marxist, Austrian, Keynesian and institutional economics are discussed as alternatives to the neo-classical mainstream the differences between Anglo-American, European and Asian economic models the historical development of markets globalisation: its extent and its impact the costs and the benefits of markets With chapters by Will Hutton, John Gray and Eric Hobsbawm, this reader provides an excellent introduction.

Matthew Boulton
Matthew Boulton

Author: Sally Baggott

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-05-13

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1317099311

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Matthew Boulton was a leading industrialist, entrepreneur and Enlightenment figure. Often overshadowed through his association with James Watt, his Soho manufactories put Birmingham at the centre of what has recently been termed 'The Industrial Enlightenment'. Exploring his many activities and manufactures-and the regional, national and international context in which he operated-this publication provides a valuable index to the current state of Boulton studies. Combining original contributions from social, economic, and cultural historians, with those of historians of science, technology and art, archaeologists and heritage professionals, the book sheds new light on the general culture of the eighteenth century, including patterns of work, production and consumption of the products of art and industry. The book also extends and enhances knowledge of the Enlightenment, industrialization and the processes of globalization in the eighteenth century.

Medicine, the Market and the Mass Media
Medicine, the Market and the Mass Media

Author: Virginia Berridge

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-08-02

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1134408560

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This collection opens up the post war history of public health to sustained research-based historical scrutiny. Medicine, the Market and the Mass Media examines the development of a new view of 'the health of the public' and the influences which shaped it in the post war years. Taking a broad perspective the book examines developments in Western Europe, and the relationships between Europe and the US. The essays looks at the dual legacy of social medicine through health services and health promotion, and analyse the role of mass media along with the connections between public health and industry. This international collection will appeal to public health professionals, students of the history of medicince and of heath policy

Invention and the Rise of Technocapitalism
Invention and the Rise of Technocapitalism

Author: Luis Suarez-Villa

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780742502055

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In the context of the historic evolution of capitalism, Suarez-Villa (social ecology, U. of California-Irvine) explores the advent of a form of market capitalism rooted in invention and the development of new technologies. He examines the infrastructure that supports invention and the relationship of techno-capitalism with science, corporate business, and government. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Marketing Health
Marketing Health

Author: Virginia Berridge

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2007-07-19

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0199260303

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Accounting for health
Accounting for health

Author: Axel C. Hüntelmann

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2021-01-12

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 1526135183

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Whether in the Swiss countryside or in a doctor's office in Boston, in German, English or French hospitals or within multinational organizations, with early vaccinations or with new pharmaceuticals from Big Pharma today, or in early modern Saxon mining towns or in Prussian military healthcare – for at least 500 years, accounting has been an essential part of medical practice with significant moral, social and epistemological implications. Covering the period between 1500–2000, the book examines in short case studies the importance of calculative practices for medicine in very different contexts. Thus, Accounting for Health offers a synopsis of the extent to which accounting not only influenced medical practices over centuries, but shaped modern medicine as a whole.

The History of the Brain and Mind Sciences
The History of the Brain and Mind Sciences

Author: Stephen T. Casper

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1580465951

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How did epidemics, zoos, German exiles, methamphetamine, disgruntled technicians, modern bureaucracy, museums, and whipping cream shape the emergence of modern neuroscience?

The Sustainable Business
The Sustainable Business

Author: Jonathan T. Scott

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-08

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1351276581

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This is the 2nd edition of The Sustainable Business (2010), winner of The President's Award for Excellence in a Published Body of Work at Kozminski University, Poland. Recommended for managers, employees, teachers and students, this readable and informative guide explains the importance of waste minimization as a first step toward sustainability. Within its pages, the breadth and depth of long-term profitable business practices are explored with an emphasis on optimizing resources (including labour and markets) and maximizing purchases and investments while eliminating the costs of non-product (waste), unemployment, short-term thinking and environmental degradation. As proof of its potency, The Sustainable Business has already been disseminated to over 1.3 million people around the world and the first edition is available in four different languages. The bottom line: if you're looking to gain insight on the future of business, this is it!