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Anthem EnviroExperts Review | February 2014 Issue

Anthem EnviroExperts Review | February 2014 Issue

4 March 2014 Uncategorized

New issue of Anthem EnviroExperts Review published! Read the latest reviews here: www.anthemenviroexperts.com The Bet: Paul Erlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth’s Future, by Paul Sabin, Yale University Press, 2013, 320 pp. Reviewed by Peter R. Mulvihill, University of York This book explores the history and development of...

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“The Entrepreneurial State” TED Talk and Highlights

“The Entrepreneurial State” TED Talk and Highlights

3 March 2014 Uncategorized

Check out the terrific TEDGlobal talk from Anthem author, Mariana Mazzucato, whose book, The Entrepreneurial State, has started a much needed discourse about the role of the state in innovation. Financial Times named ‘The Entrepreneurial State’ one of the ‘2013 Books of the Year’, Huffington Post listed it as one of...

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New Book Roundup: Featured Anthem Titles for February

New Book Roundup: Featured Anthem Titles for February

27 February 2014 Uncategorized

Here are a few of our featured titles released this February: Re-balancing China: Essays on the Global Financial Crisis, Industrial Policy and International Relations By Peter Nolan This book offers unique insight from a leading expert on the core issues affecting China’s political economy today. ‘Very few Western academics know...

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An Excerpt from ‘Cinema at the Margins’ (Anthem New Perspectives on World Cinema)

26 February 2014 Uncategorized

Cinema at the Margins is a collection of essays by Wheeler Winston Dixon. They provide a much-needed analysis of the forgotten films and filmmakers of the past that are being marginalized and pushed aside by the current loss of historical perspective in film. Find more information about the book here. An...

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Anthem Spotlight: ‘Economics of the 1%’ by John F. Weeks

Anthem Spotlight: ‘Economics of the 1%’ by John F. Weeks

23 January 2014 Uncategorized

‘Economics of the 1%: How Mainstream Economics Serves The Rich, Obscures Reality and Distorts Policy’ by John F. Weeks “With barely concealed rage, excoriating analysis and unswerving clarity, Weeks dissects and exposes the myths and lies of the free-market propaganda upon which our current economic system is built. Eminently readable,...

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Happy Holidays from Anthem Press!

Happy Holidays from Anthem Press!

17 December 2013 Uncategorized

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Anthem Press! It has been a wonderful year for Anthem Press and we would like to thank everyone  – our staff, our authors, our partners – who made this a landmark year. A few of the highlights: We’ve had the honour of releasing some wonderful books...

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Anthem Library of the Month | DOK DELFT

Anthem Library of the Month | DOK DELFT

11 November 2013 Uncategorized

Recently I was in DOK (Delft, the Netherlands, www.dok.info [in Dutch]) for the first time. This was a long overdue visit, because in 2008 this public library was designated by international experts as the worldwide number one library in innovation, and in 2009 it was elected the best library of...

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Anthem Press | 20 years in publishing, new international partnerships and new book series

9 October 2013 Uncategorized

This year marks our 20th anniversary. Despite the turbulent times in which we live, Anthem has gone from strength to strength, with new global publishing partnerships, forward-thinking series and well-reviewed books. We have earned an excellent international reputation, being known for the originality and diligence of our scholarship and the...

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Anthem Series Spotlight | Anthem Scholarship in the Digital Age

Anthem Series Spotlight | Anthem Scholarship in the Digital Age

24 September 2013 Uncategorized

Anthem Scholarship in the Digital Age investigates the global impact of technology and computing on knowledge and society. Tracing transformations in communication, learning and research, the groundbreaking titles in this series demonstrate the far-reaching effects of the digital revolution across disciplines, cultures and languages. Edited by Paul Arthur (University of...

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Anthem Library of the Month | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Anthem Library of the Month | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

10 September 2013 Uncategorized

I attach the undergraduate entrance to the library of the University of Illinois, the largest University library in the USA, and home to the H. G. Wells papers, one of the world’s largest literary archives. I was at Illinois in 2009, working on my book Maps of Utopia, recently published...

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