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The Price of Prestige
Language: en
Pages: 235
Authors: Lilach Gilady
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03-06 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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If wars are costly and risky to both sides, why do they occur? Why engage in an arms race when it’s clear that increasing one’s own defense expenditures wil
The Price of Prestige
Language: en
Pages: 235
Authors: Lilach Gilady
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03-06 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Explaining conspicuous consumption in international relations -- Status symbols and luxury goods in international relations -- The aircraft carrier club -- A co
The Prestige
Language: en
Pages: 418
Authors: Christopher Priest
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-09-15 - Publisher: Macmillan

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In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in a darkened salon during the course of a fraudulent séance, and from this moment they try to expose and outwit each
We Can't Eat Prestige
Language: en
Pages: 308
Authors: John P. Hoerr
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Temple University Press

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This story explodes the popular belief that women white-collar workers tend to reject unionization and accept a passive role in the workplace. On the contrary,
The Meaning of Prestige
Language: en
Pages: 39
Authors: Harold Nicolson
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-03 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Originally published in 1937, this volume contains the text of the Rede Lecture for that year, delivered by Vita Sackville-West's ex-husband Harold Nicolson. Th