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The American Economy: Essays and primary source documents - Google Books
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A comprehensive collection of entries, essays, and primary source documents emphasizing the importance of economic policy in all aspects of life in the United States. * Over 500 A-Z entries on key ideas, initiatives, people, and events in the history of…
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Britain and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History - Google Books
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From Vikings to redcoats, from the Beatles to the war in Iraq, Britain and the Americas examines Britain's cultural and political legacy to the nations of the Americas. This comprehensive survey also traces how the Americas have in turn influenced…
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Into New Territory: American Historians and the Concept of US Imperialism - James G. Morgan - Google Books
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The idea that the United States—a nation founded after a war of independence—operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first century. But just a few decades earlier, this position was…
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The Spirit of Development: Protestant NGOs, Morality, and Economics in Zimbabwe - Erica Bornstein - Google Books
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Religious NGOs are important sources of humanitarian aid in Africa, entering where the welfare programs of weakened states fail to provide basic services. As collaborators and critics of African states, religious NGOs occupy an important structural and…
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The Economy of the Earth: Philosophy, Law, and the Environment - Mark Sagoff - Google Books
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Mark Sagoff draws on the last twenty years of debate over the foundations of environmentalism in this comprehensive revision of The Economy of the Earth. Posing questions pertinent to consumption, cost-benefit analysis, the normative implications of…
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The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American ... - B. Zorina Khan - Google Books
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An Examination of the evolution and impact of American intellectual property rights during the 'long nineteenth century,' this book compares the American system to developments in the more oligarchic societies of France and Britain. The United States…
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Conceptualizing Capitalism: Institutions, Evolution, Future - Geoffrey M. Hodgson - Google Books
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A few centuries ago, capitalism set in motion an explosion of economic productivity. Markets and private property had existed for millennia, but what other key institutions fostered capitalism’s relatively recent emergence? Until now, the conceptual…
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The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century - Thomas Dublin, Walter Licht - Google Books
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The anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania once prospered. Today, very little mining or industry remains, although residents have made valiant efforts to restore the fabric of their communities. In The Face of Decline, the noted historians Thomas Dublin…
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Nationalisms of Japan: Managing and Mystifying Identity - Brian J. McVeigh - Google Books
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In this fresh and original analysis, Brian J. McVeigh confronts both the demonizers and apologists of Japan. He argues persuasively that far from being unique, Japanese nationalism becomes demystified once 'management' and 'mysticism'--the same processes…
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The American Planning Tradition: Culture and Policy - Google Books
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The past half-century's radical transformation of American cities and regions has paradoxically stimulated our interest in older forms of cities and renewed our respect for the planning tradition that created them. Today, with everything urban and public…