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Nothing Like an Ocean
Jim Tomlinson's previous book of short stories, Things Kept, Things Left Behind, won the prestigious Iowa Short Fiction Award and received enthusiastic reviews. The New York Times …
Performance Management in Education
`This book makes an important contribution to the debate on how school and individual performance may be enhanced. It would be of value to any teachers, education manager or …
Things Kept, Things Left Behind
The stories in Things Kept, Things Left Behind explore the ambiguities of kept secrets, the tangles of abandoned pasts, and uneasy accommodations. Jim Tomlinson's characters each …
Churchill and Industrial Britain
This book offers a new understanding of the main economic and political trends of 20th-century Britain, through the lens of Churchill’s early career and approach to …
Conservatives and Industrial Efficiency, 1951-1964
The Conservatives and Industrial Efficiency, 1951-1964 responds to the need for a full assessment of the Conservatives performance in this crucial period. Drawing upon a wide range …
The Politics of Decline
The key aim of this new book is to show how economic decline has always been a highly politicised concept, forming a central part of post-war political argument. In doing so, …
Deindustrialisation and the Moral Economy in Scotland since 1955
Deindustrialisation is the central feature of Scotland's economic, social and political history since the 1950s, when employment levels peaked in the established sectors of coal, …
Nothing Like an Ocean
The eleven stories in Nothing Like An Ocean confirm the promise of Jim Tomlinson's award-winning debut, Things Kept, Things Left Behind. Set in and around the fictional town of …
Dundee and the Empire
This book deals with Dundee as a globalized and globalizing city in the early 20th century. How did the people of Dundee respond to the challenges of being the most economically …
Problems of British Economic Policy, 1870-1945
Most historical accounts of economic policy set out to describe the way in which governments have attempted to solve their economic problems and to achieve their economic …
Managing the Economy, Managing the People
This study offers a distinctive new account of British economic life since the Second World War, focussing upon the ways in which successive governments, in seeking to manage the …
The Labour Governments 1964–1970 Volume 3
Available in paperback for the first time, this book is the third in the three volume set The Labour governments 1964-1970 and concentrates on Britain's economic policy under the …