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  1. India: A Pound of Flesh - Selling Kidneys to Survive (2006)

    Subject
    Development studies; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    DVD

    Samantha Grant heads to Chennai in southern India to explore the illicit kidney trade. Travelling between India’s high-tech center of Bangalore and the slums to the south, Grant spoke to government...

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  2. African Schools (2005)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Education
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £17.00

    The complete series of 8 programmes about life in a primary and secondary school in Uganda. AFRICAN SCHOOL captures the daily lives, concerns and personalities of young Africans and their teachers in the...

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  3. Detroit: Ruin of a City (2005)

    Director
    Michael Chanan; Ralph Steiner
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 92 minutes), £115.00 [University rate]

    Once an industrial powerhouse and the hub of the American automobile industry, Detroit is now in serious decline and one of the poorest, most segregated cities in the USA. With the participation of Detroit...

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  4. Healthcare and Poor Relief in Early Modern Lubeck (2004)

    Subject
    History; Medical sciences; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 22 minutes), £55.00

    In the early modern period, health and welfare care was provided by both religious and secular bodies. This covered medical assistance as well as material help such as food and clothing for the needy. In...

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  5. Stranger’s Eye, A (2000 Audio)

    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 150 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

    BBC correspondent Fergal Keane travels around Britain listening to the stories of ordinary people who find themselves on the fringes of society and surviving on limited means. He begins in Glasgow, among the...

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  6. Twentieth-Century World (1998 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 100 min., 1999 sale: £7.50 (inclusive)

    Series exploring the social, economic and political events that have affected the lives of British people in the 20th century. Themes include: the shipyards of Cardiff, colonial life in Kenya, the electronic...

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  7. Poverty Answering Back (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Social welfare
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 min., 1999 sale: £16.00 (inclusive)

    A compilation of eight short films made for Channel Four in which poor people speak for themselves. Participants come from Eritrea, Bangladesh, the UK, Canada, th USA, Lebanon, Nicaragua, and Hong Kong.

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  8. Frontline Britain (2 Parts) (1996 Video)

    Director
    Stephen Scott
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 52 min., 1997 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

    A two-part documentary looking in the deepening divisions in society and the emergence of an ‘underclass’. 1: Some senior police officers now see a connection between crime and poverty. Notes...

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  9. Population Pressure: Mexico City - A Case Study in Urbanisation and Development (4 Parts) (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at issues of population growth, migration and urbanisation, using Mexico as a case study. 1: Population change is produced by the difference between birth rate and death rate, and also by migration....

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  10. Out of Development? (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Brazil is rapidly becoming an industrial powr. Although its gross domestic product makes it the eighth most powerful economy in the world, two thirds of its people live below the poverty line, receiving only...

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