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Competing for Capital: Europe and North America in a Global Era (Georgetown Series on Public Policy in a Global Economy)
As corporations search for new production sites, governments compete furiously using location subsidies and tax incentives to lure them. Yet underwriting big business can have its costs: reduction in economic efficiency, shifting of tax burdens, worsening of economic inequalities, or environmental degradation. Competing for Capital is one of the first books to analyze competition for investment in order to suggest ways of controlling the effects of capital mobility. Comparing the European Union's strict regulation of state aid to business with the virtually unregulated investment competition i... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0878408088
- ASIN: 0878408088
- ISBN: 0878408088
- Brand: Brand: Georgetown University Press
- Manufacturer: Georgetown University Press
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Planting an Empire: The Early Chesapeake in British North America (Regional Perspectives on Early America)
Planting an Empire explores the social and economic history of the Chesapeake region, revealing a story of two similar but distinct colonies in early America.Linked by the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia and Maryland formed a prosperous and politically important region in British North America before the American Revolution. Yet these "sister" colonies―alike in climate and soil, emphasis on tobacco farming, and use of enslaved labor―eventually followed divergent social and economic paths. Jean B. Russo and J. Elliott Russo review the shared history of these two colonies, examining not only their ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1421405563
- ASIN: 1421405563
- ISBN: 9781421405568
- Brand: Brand: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins University Press
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Cities in the International Marketplace: The Political Economy of Urban Development in North America and Western Europe
Does globalization menace our cities? Are cities able to exercise democratic rule and strategic choice when international competition increasingly limits the importance of place? Cities in the International Marketplace looks at the political responses of ten cities in North America and Western Europe as they grappled with the forces of global restructuring during the past thirty years. H. V. Savitch and Paul Kantor conclude that cities do have choices in city building and that they behave strategically in the international marketplace. Rather than treating cities through case studies, this boo... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0691120145
- UPC: 884994228745
- ASIN: 0691120145
- ISBN: 0691120145
- Brand: Brand: Princeton University Press
- Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
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Export Agriculture and the Crisis in Central America
Before social unrest shook the region in the 1970s, Central America experienced more than a decade of rapid export growth by adding cotton and beef to the traditional coffee and bananas. Williams shows how the rapid growth contributed to the present social and political crisis, examines the causes of the export boom and who benefited from it, and shows the impact of the boom on land use, the ecology, and the conditions of life in the rural areas.
- ASIN: 0807841544
- ASIN: 0807841544
- ISBN: 0807841544
- Brand: Brand: The University of North Carolina Press
- Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press
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Make It In America: The Case for Re-Inventing the Economy
America used to define itself by the things it built. We designed and produced the world's most important innovations, and in doing so, created a vibrant manufacturing sector that built the middle class. We manufactured our way to the top and became the undisputed economic leader among all nations. But over the last several decades, and especially in the last ten years, the sector that was America's great pride has eroded, costing millions of jobs and putting our long-term prosperity at risk. Now, as we struggle to recover from the worst recession in generations, our only chance to turn things... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0470930225
- ASIN: 0470930225
- ISBN: 0470930225
- Manufacturer: Wiley
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Selling Empire: India in the Making of Britain and America, 1600-1830 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo)
Linking four continents over three centuries, Selling Empire demonstrates the centrality of India--both as an idea and a place--to the making of a global British imperial system. In the seventeenth century, Britain was economically, politically, and militarily weaker than India, but Britons increasingly made use of India's strengths to build their own empire in both America and Asia. Early English colonial promoters first envisioned America as a potential India, hoping that the nascent Atlantic colonies could produce Asian raw materials. When this vision failed to materialize, Britain's circul... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1469636174
- ASIN: 1469636174
- ISBN: 1469636174
- Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press
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The Geography of North America: Environment, Political Economy, and Culture
This book explores the geography of North America, using engaging examples to understand the cultures of Canada, the U.S., and Greenland. Helps readers understand the physical geography and environmental constraints and opportunities that underlie human settlement in comparative regions of North America. Conveys a sense of place, focusing on the richness of North American cultures, peoples, and places throughout with discussions of topics such as pop culture, music, foods, sports, and other topics of interest to help define and explain each region. Offers a superior, reader-friendly cartogr... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0130097276
- ASIN: 0130097276
- ISBN: 0130097276
- Manufacturer: Pearson
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The Imagined Civil War: Popular Literature of the North and South, 1861-1865
In this groundbreaking work of cultural history, Alice Fahs explores a little-known and fascinating side of the Civil War--the outpouring of popular literature inspired by the conflict. From 1861 to 1865, authors and publishers in both the North and the South produced a remarkable variety of war-related compositions, including poems, songs, children's stories, romances, novels, histories, and even humorous pieces. Fahs mines these rich but long-neglected resources to recover the diversity of the war's political and social meanings.Instead of narrowly portraying the Civil War as a clash between... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0807854638
- ASIN: 0807854638
- ISBN: 0807854638
- Brand: Brand: The University of North Carolina Press
- Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press
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A New South Rebellion: The Battle against Convict Labor in the Tennessee Coalfields, 1871-1896 (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)
In 1891, thousands of Tennessee miners rose up against the use of convict labor by the state's coal companies, eventually engulfing five mountain communities in a rebellion against government authority. Propelled by the insurgent sensibilities of Populism and Gilded Age unionism, the miners initially sought to abolish the convict lease system through legal challenges and legislative lobbying. When nonviolent tactics failed to achieve reform, the predominantly white miners repeatedly seized control of the stockades and expelled the mostly black convicts from the mining districts. Insurrection h... [Read More]
- ASIN: 080784733X
- ASIN: 080784733X
- ISBN: 080784733X
- Brand: Brand: The University of North Carolina Press
- Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press
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The Economy of British America, 1607-1789 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture)
By the American Revolution, the farmers and city-dwellers of British America had achieved, individually and collectively, considerable prosperity. The nature and extent of that success are still unfolding. In this first comprehensive assessment of where research on prerevolutionary economy stands, what it seeks to achieve, and how it might best proceed, the authors discuss those areas in which traditional work remains to be done and address new possibilities for a 'new economic history.'
- ASIN: 0807843512
- ASIN: 0807843512
- ISBN: 0807843512
- Brand: Brand: University of North Carolina Press
- Manufacturer: University of North Carolina Press
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The Elusive Republic: Political Economy in Jeffersonian America (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo)
By investigating eighteenth-century social and economic thought--an intellectual world with its own vocabulary, concepts, and assumptions--Drew McCoy smoothly integrates the history of ideas and the history of public policy in the Jeffersonian era. The book was originally published by UNC Press in 1980.
- ASIN: 0807846163
- ASIN: 0807846163
- ISBN: 0807846163
- Manufacturer: Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press
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Pragmatism and the Political Economy of Cultural Evolution (Cultural Studies of the United States)
The rise of corporate capitalism was a cultural revolution as well as an economic event, according to James Livingston. That revolution resides, he argues, in the fundamental reconstruction of selfhood, or subjectivity, that attends the advent of an 'age of surplus' under corporate auspices. From this standpoint, consumer culture represents a transition to a society in which identities as well as incomes are not necessarily derived from the possession of productive labor or property. From the same standpoint, pragmatism and literary naturalism become ways of accommodating the new forms of soli... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0807846643
- ASIN: 0807846643
- ISBN: 0807846643
- Brand: Brand: The University of North Carolina Press
- Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press
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The Soul's Economy: Market Society and Selfhood in American Thought, 1820-1920
Tracing a seismic shift in American social thought, Jeffrey Sklansky offers a new synthesis of the intellectual transformation entailed in the rise of industrial capitalism. For a century after Independence, the dominant American understanding of selfhood and society came from the tradition of political economy, which defined freedom and equality in terms of ownership of the means of self-employment. However, the gradual demise of the household economy rendered proprietary independence an increasingly embattled ideal. Large landowners and industrialists claimed the right to rule as a privilege... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0807853984
- ASIN: 0807853984
- ISBN: 0807853984
- Brand: Brand: The University of North Carolina Press
- Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press
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HUGGIES Natural Care Unscented Baby Wipes, Sensitive, 3 Refill Packs (528 Total Wipes)
Care for your baby's delicate skin from the very start with HUGGIES Natural Care Baby Wipes. Safe for sensitive skin, Natural Care Wipes contain 99% triple-filtered water for a pure, gentle clean. Plus, they are pH-balanced to help maintain your newborn's natural skin barrier and enriched with aloe and vitamin E to help keep skin healthy and conditioned. The #1 branded wipe*, HUGGIES Wipes are dermatologically tested and hypo-allergenic. In addition, Natural Care sensitive wipes are fragrance-free, alcohol-free and paraben-free, and they contain no phenoxyethanol or MIT. You can feel confident... [Read More]
- ASIN: B07MVS998P
- UPC: 036000501087
- ASIN: B07MVS998P
- Brand: Huggies
- Manufacturer: Kimberly-Clark Corp.
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The Divided Welfare State: The Battle over Public and Private Social Benefits in the United States
The Divided Welfare State is the first comprehensive political analysis of America's distinctive system of public and private social benefits. Everyone knows that the American welfare state is unusual--less expensive and extensive, later to develop and slower to grow, than comparable programs abroad. Yet, U.S. social policy does not stand out solely for its limits. American social spending is actually as high as spending is in many European nations. What is truly distinctive is that so many social welfare duties are handled not by the state, but by the private sector with government support. W... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0521013283
- UPC: 884796905974
- ASIN: 0521013283
- ISBN: 0521013283
- Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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The Finest Nines : The Best Nine-Hole Golf Courses in North America
Discover the finest nine-hole golf courses in North
- UPC: 978840666
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Outlines & Highlights for the Geography of North America: Environment, Political Economy, and Culture by Susan W. Hardwick
Outlines & Highlights for The Geography of North America: Environment, Political Economy, and Culture by Susan W.
- UPC: 17736402
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The Ten Best Redfishing Spots in North America - eBook
The most popular fly rod target in the southeast, redfish, or red drum, or channel bass, or spottails, range from North Carolina to Texas. They’re found in beautiful places. They’re relatively easy to catch with
- UPC: 200954958
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Boston: America's Best Sports Town
Boston is a city known for its storied sports heritage. This book recounts the stories behind the triumphs--and occasional setbacks--of the athletes, coaches and teams that have combined to make Boston: America's Best Sports
- UPC: 747598919
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More Stories We Tell : The Best Contemporary Short Stories by North American Women
The second collection drawn together by editor Wendy Martin, these twenty-four exquisite examples of contemporary writing feature stories by Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood, Mary Gaitskill, Alice Munro, Sandra Cisneros, and Lorrie Moore (to name
- UPC: 25244352
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Remaking the Italian Economy : National Investment Policies in North America
Remaking the Italian Economy
- UPC: 26810635
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50 Best Girlfriends Getaways in North America, 2nd Edition : Big City Getaways, Spirit Boosters, Birthday Blowouts, Family Bonding, Adventure Escapes, Friends Reunions, Best Places to Heal, Golf Outings, Retail Therapy
From big city blow-outs and small-town artsy weekends to adventure escapes and pampering retreats, here are great ideas for women-only trips to celebrate milestones, renew old friendships, and bond with daughters and
- UPC: 10834148
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50 Best Girlfriends Getaways in North America, 2nd Edition - eBook
Ten information-packed chapters make up this engaging guide to women’s travel for the growing number of women—young, old, single, married, divorced, and widowed—who are hitting the road. The guide covers everything from fabulous birthday getaways
- UPC: 542597836
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Her Best Shot : Women and Guns in America
Browder examines the relationship between women and guns in America and the ways in which the figure of the armed woman has served as a lightning rod for cultural issues. She traces appearances of the
- UPC: 8152159
- Rating: 4.0
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Post-NAFTA North America: Reshaping the Economic and Political Governance of a Changing Region (International Political Economy Series)
Post-NAFTA North America: Reshaping the Economic and Political Governance of a Changing Region (International Political Economy
- UPC: 259818327
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