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'Child labour in the British industrial revolution'
by Jane Humphries | 24 Jun 10
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A new book vividly depicts the hardships faced by children during the classic era of industrialisation in Britain (1790-1850). Childhood and child labour in the British industrial revolution, by Jane Humphries, Professor of Economic History at Oxford University, is based on the recollections of more than 600 working men of the 18th and 19th centuries and documents the upsurge of child labour during this period. -
'The Plundered Planet'
by Paul Collier | 14 May 10
‘Is it possible to continue to feed and clothe ourselves without despoiling the planet for future generations?’ is the question posed by Oxford Professor Paul Collier in his new book The Plundered Planet.Professor Collier is Professor of Economics and Director of the University’s Centre for the Study of African Economies (CASE). In his award-winning book The Bottom Billion, he tackled the issue of global poverty. This new book sets him an even more ambitious goal: to reconcile the immediate needs of the world’s burgeoning population with a sustainable environmental future.
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'Music and Mind in Everyday Life'
by Eric Clarke (Heather Professor of Music at Oxford), Nicola Dibben and Stephanie Pitts | 11 Feb 10
No human culture has been discovered that does not have music, and
in many societies music is ever-present and incessant. So why do we spend so much time engaged with music, what impact does it have on people's lives, and how can psychological research shed light on this human obsession? Music and Mind in Everyday Life co-authored by Eric Clarke, Heather Professor of Music, tackles these questions.
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'How Many Friends Does One Person Need?'
by Robin Dunbar | 04 Feb 10
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We are the product of our evolutionary history and this colours our everyday lives - including the number of friends we can have, according to a book published by Professor Robin Dunbar. Robin Dunbar, Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford, says 150 is the maximum number of friendships that the human mind is capable of handling. 'Dunbar's number', as it is known, even applies to the Facebook generation.