One of Australia's most important activists for women's rights, Kath Williams was a trade unionist and a communist before taking on the mantle of feminist after World War II. With a trade unionist ex-husband who was elected to Federal Politics opposing her left wing campaigns, Kath emerged as a...

Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Series Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Looking to the Past to Understand the Present -- 2. Let's Talk about Social Power -- 3. Harnessing Power in Late Nineteenth-Century-Early-Twentieth-Century 'Gig Economy' -- 4. Understanding and Using Levers of Power...

Prelims -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 The Evolution of Insolvency law in France -- 2 The Reforms of the Enterprise Act 2002 and the Floating Charge as a Security Device -- 3 The Effect of the Enterprise Act 2002: Empirical Research into Corporate Insolvency -- 4 Comment and Summary...

Prelims -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Inequality and Access to Financial Services -- 2 The Political Economy of Consumer Credit Securitization: Comparing Predatory Lending in Home Finance in the US, UK, Germany and Japan -- 3 Consumer Overindebtedness in Brazil and the...

This book, written by Britain's leading railway historian, provides an authoritative account of the progress made by British Rail prior to privatisation and a unique insight into its difficult role in the government's privatisation planning from 1989. Based on privileged access to the British...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- TABLES -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 HYPERINFLATION AND STABILIZATION -- 2 POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND -- 3 STABILIZATION POLICY CHOICES IN POST-LIBERATION GREECE -- 4 THE "VARVARESSOS EXPERIMENT -- 5 THE LONDON AGREEMENT OF...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: Casting Empire -- I. Very Particularly Situated -- 2. Capitalists in the Neighborhood -- 3. Just a Minute -- 4. Where Are These Records? -- 5. The "Saints" Come Marching In -- 6. Projecting Identities -- 7. Casting Labor in the Imperial...

This is a major comparative study of big business in the three leading European nations across the course of the 20th Century. Drawing on a carefully constructed sample of leading companies from the UK, France, and Germany, the author analyses the relationship between corporate and national...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Insuring Britain -- 2 Regulated Insurance Offices -- 3 Doing Business -- 4 Death and the Actuary -- 5 Death and the Salesman -- 6 Consuming Interest -- 7 Little Piles of Savings -- 8 Victorian Gatekeeping --...