Recent Arrivals from Bramcote Books Ltd

Massachusetts: MIT, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Ground-breaking collection of essays on the interplay between technology, political, social and economic questions, or put another way, how society shapes technology rather than vice versa. Book in overall very good condition, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, text bright and unmarked; d/j scuffed and creased at edges, with small… Read more about this item

Houndsmill: Palgrave, 2002. Soft cover. Fine. Focuses particularly on policy formation within a broader understanding of changing societal attitudes examining, for example, transport, forestry and farming, environmental health. Book in overall fine condition with just a little scuffing to front top edge; pp x, 306

Macmillian, 2001. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. This is a first class, well-sustained work of history and a masterpiece of biography... It will be a brave, not to say foolhardy, author who attempts to write another life of Churchill for at least a decade, perhaps longer."--Andrew Roberts, Sunday Telegraph. Covering the entirety of his life.… Read more about this item

Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998. Hardcover. As New/As New. NEW BOOK. An eclectic collection themed around industry, technology, institutions and gender that examines the twenty years after 1850 in which, following its industrial revolution, Britain reigned supreme until its hegemony was challenged by the German and the US. Or was this the case? Unmarked copy, DJ… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Presss, 2011. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. Revisionist collection of essays exploring the continuing importance and flexibility of voluntarism in twentieth-century Britain, exploring the ways in which the voluntary sector refashioned its relationships within society and the state, as the latter's power increased. In as new condition with bright unmarked text and uncreased… Read more about this item

Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The third and final volume on British industrial relations examining the years 1939-79. Series on thematic essays covering state involvement, law, management of labour, strikes, and social welfare, plus case studies of the docks, car industry and road haulage. Book in overall fine condition, d/j has light creasing to top… Read more about this item

London: Pall Mall Press, 1968. Hardcover. Good/Good. A survey of some 36 constituency Labour parties during the mid 1960s. Janosik is primarily interested in functionality, so the focus is on areas such as candidate selection, campaigning, factionalism and internal political allegiances. Book has scattered foxing to top/side of textblock edges, old price in pencil on fep, very… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Hardcover. As New/As New. Twelve essays by leading authors covering ideology, the economy, welfare, international affairs, the constitution, gender, trade unions, membership, the electorate, myths, New Labour and international comparisons. Book is unused and unread. pp x, 418

Aldershot: Cambridge University Press (Gregg Revivals), 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. The second volume on British industrial relations examining the years 1939-79. Series of thematic essays covering state involvement, rank and file law, employer strategies, strikes, and social welfare, plus case studies on electrical contracting, the car industry and job control. Clean blue cloth boards with gilt lettering… Read more about this item

London: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Sir Cuthbert Headlam was a senior Conservative MP and former junior minister. He was also chair of the National Union of Conservative Associations and well connected with the Commons, particularly with the then rising group of future Conservative leaders ((Eden, MacMillan, Lyttleton). This volume, no 14 in the Camden Fifth Series,… Read more about this item

Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf, London, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Fine. The immediate post-war period was a time of both social and political unrest and change. Wrigley explores the ways in which Lloyd George skillfully managed these tensions, on occasion to promote social reforms amongst fears of revolution. He, however, was increasingly isolated within a majority Conservative… Read more about this item

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Interesting and innovative collection of essays focusing on key aspects of working-class communities in the northwest e.g. leisure, gambling, gossip, teenagers, women. Book in overall fine condition, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, text bright and unmarked; d/j has a little creasing to top edges, light sun-fading to… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Soft cover. Fine. Interesting exploration of the inter-relationship between technological innovation and diffusion, science, politics and economics. Book in overall fine condition, with uncreased spine and bright unmarked text; pp xi,304

Oxford: Oxford University Presss, 2000. Hardcover. As New/As New. NEW BOOK The Treasury is the most powerful department within the civil service, its decisions dominating on matters of taxation, finance and expenditure, and managing the British economy. This monograph examines the changing function of the Treasury across time, the relationship between ministers and officials, the role… Read more about this item

London: Routledge, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good. Revisionist history of the Attlee government suggesting that policies such as nationalisation were driven more by a focus on redressing productivity shortfalls than by political ideology. A few minor scuffs to covers, text bright and unmarked - a very good working copy; pp 213

Aldershot: Cambridge University Press (Gregg Revivals), 1992. Hardcover. Fine. Comprehensive study of how economic, social and political groups use the state as a vehicle for promoting their interests and visions, in this case through the medium of property, land law, tenure and taxation, etc. Book in overall fine condition, clean blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front/spine,… Read more about this item

London: Routledge, 1998. Hardcover. As New. A sequel to their book examining the economic policy of the Attlee governments, this text takes a similar focus on governmental attitudes and initiatives to boost British industrial productivity through supply-side measures, and particularly attempts to Americanise manufacturing. pp 211

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2005. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. NEW BOOK. Spanning the decades of mass leisure from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the Second World War, Beaven argues that strong continuities existed in terms of working-class self-identity and participation as expressed through their cultural and leisure activities. Book new and unread, although predominantly white d/j… Read more about this item

Massachusetts: MIT, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Ground-breaking collection of essays on the interplay between technology, political, social and economic questions, or put another way, how society shapes technology rather than vice versa. Book in overall very good condition, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, text bright and unmarked; d/j scuffed and creased at edges, with small… Read more about this item

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good. Excellent empirical social study of wealth and the wealthy in the nineteenth to the mid twentieth centuries: breakdowns by social structure, occupation, background, etc. It set the tone for 'Gentlemanly Capitalism' subsequent debates, which asserted that the very rich primarily derived their wealth, as they always had, from… Read more about this item