Mr Kleveman feeds his argument with enlightening historical background and colourful anecdotes from his extensive travels and interviews.

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This fits perfectly with the historical background out of which the American founders derived their principles of public finance.

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After filling in the historical background, the authors give a rigorous but readable guide to the costs and benefits of modern migration.

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His passion comes through in the book's rich historical background.

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It has a very simple structure: chronologically, Pickover walks through some of the most famous eponymous scientific laws, touches on their historical background and describes how the laws themselves work.

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After a preliminary canter across the historical background of the industrial revolution and the possible problems of coming first, he devotes the heart of his book to case studies of big industries, ranging from textiles to aerospace, and from cars to pharmaceuticals.

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We have the same mentality and historical and cultural background as these nations.

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These historic events form the background to this short, arresting historical novel, written almost as a prose poem, which recounts the Dome's construction from the viewpoint of one of the Caliph's advisers, who is of Jewish origin but has adopted the new Muslim creed.

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