Much of what you’ve been taught about the 2008 financial crisis is incorrect. It wasn’t caused by free market capitalism, but by market distortions from government subsidies and misregulation. The new regulations haven’t solved the problem—in fact, they may have made it worse.
While favorable to the New Deal’s motives, this book is critical of its implementation. It argues the Great Depression was caused by a technological shock that gapped productivity and income. The New Deal sought to close this gap, but its policies were doomed from the start.
Why Unitary Social Science? argues that the division of social science into discrete disciplines thwarts the emergence of an objective science of society. Social science is seen here as unitary, with diverse specialisations emerging from a single base.
Challenging most historians, this book suggests the struggle to establish a Jewish state was less a response to international challenges and more a struggle for power within the future state, providing new insights into pivotal historic events.
Wicked Ladies
This book shifts the focus from London to explore female crime in 18th-century provincial England. It examines why women offended and their treatment by the justice system, comparing their experiences to those of men and their counterparts in the capital.
This title provides leading contemporary thought and research on how to address inequalities in participation in Higher Education across the “student lifecycle”, highlighting a range of practices in widening access, including chapters on financial support and mature students.
Wild Beasts of the Philosophical Desert
Though paranormal experiences are rarely taken seriously, this book demonstrates that to important philosophers—from Kant to Derrida—controversial phenomena like telepathy and clairvoyance were serious topics, thoughtfully interpreted.
Wilde’s Wiles
This unique collection of essays by international experts celebrates Oscar Wilde’s genius. It explores his enduring influence on culture—from aesthetics to queer theory—and examines the influence of his family and friends on him.
Wilkie Collins
This collection of critical essays explores the life and works of Wilkie Collins. It reveals his connections to key figures in art, theatre, medicine, and law, offering new perspectives on his most canonical works and readings of neglected material.
William Blake, Jacques Derrida and the Secret Heart of Deconstruction
This book reads Derrida’s deconstruction through Blake’s “Eternity is in love with the productions of time.” It takes deconstruction out of the seminar room, demonstrating its vital role in everyday life and revealing it as the invisible heart of both art and religion.
William Boyce
This sourcebook on William Boyce, England’s leading 18th-century composer, brings together significant contemporary documents on his life and career, with critical commentaries. It includes the first comprehensive catalogue of his works and discography.
William Gilpin and Letter Writing
This first-time edition of William Gilpin’s letter-writing manual offers moral models for young men. Its counterpart is his personal correspondence with his grandson, revealing intimate details of his daily life, domestic concerns, and the art of being a grand-father.
This is a first-time edition of an autograph letter-writing manual by William Gilpin, a theoretician of the picturesque. Devised for boys and men, it provides models of letters and fictional short stories about soldiers, reformed rakes, and fathers.
While William James is renowned, his *Talks to Teachers on Psychology* is often overlooked. This book fills a significant gap in Jamesian studies by analyzing his work as an educator, the origins of the lectures, and his influence on modern education.
For William Morris, beauty in daily life was revolutionary. These essays explore how the everyday—from domestic interiors to utopian socialism—informed his art, politics, and radical call for social transformation, a vision that remains powerfully relevant.
This book re-evaluates William Morris by exploring the territories between his art and politics. This “in-between-ness” is his most remarkable quality, securing his unique position and inspiring new insights into a universe that could have no boundaries.
William Orpen, an Outsider in France
As an official war artist in WWI, William Orpen created a unique textual and visual record of life on the Western Front. This study examines the singular and provocative work of the non-combatant artist who determined to fight the “War to End all Wars” with his pens and brushes.
William Writes to William
This edition provides a first insight into the personal writings of William Gilpin, an originator of the picturesque. His correspondence with his grandson is teeming with intimate detail on daily life, nature, and the art of being a grand-father.
Willing the Good
Science brings new insights into human agency, but can it be reduced to mere scientific facts? This collection of essays explores non-empiricist views, reconciling the scientific and manifest images of the world to reach a stereoscopic vision of reality.
Wiltshire Marriage Patterns 1754-1914
This first-of-its-kind study uses English pedigrees to uncover cousin marriage rates among ordinary people, revealing clear links to occupation, geographical mobility, and illegitimacy.
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