Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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The Banker's Almanac for ..., the ... Year of Publication
Author: The Bankers' Almanac and Year Book
Author: Encyclopedia of Associations
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ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Forestry in Minnesota
Author: Samuel Bowdlear GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide
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ISBN:
Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Information on all aspects of Texas life is accompanied by advertisements for major retailers, real estate brokers, and vacation areas.
Night Riders of Reelfoot Lake
Author: Paul VanderwoodPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 081735039X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A notable and tragic case of the struggle between legal and social justice Reelfoot Lake has been a hunting and fishing paradise from the time of its creation in 1812, when the New Madrid earthquake caused the Mississippi River to flow backward into low-lying lands. Situated in the northwestern corner of the state of Tennessee, it attracted westward-moving pioneers, enticing some to settle permanently on its shores. Threatened in 1908 with the loss of their homes and livelihoods to aggressive, outsider capitalists, rural folk whose families had lived for generations on the bountiful lake donned hoods and gowns and engaged in “night riding,” spreading mayhem and death throughout the region as they sought vigilante justice. They had come to regard the lake as their own, by “squatters’ rights,” but now a group of entrepreneurs from St. Louis had bought the titles to the land beneath the shallow lake and were laying legal claim to Reelfoot in its entirety. People were hanged, beaten, and threatened and property destroyed before the state militia finally quelled the uprising. A compromise that made the lake public property did not entirely heal the wounds which continue to this day. Paul Vanderwood reconstructs these harrowing events from newspapers and other accounts of the time. He also obtained personal interviews with participants and family members who earlier had remained mum, still fearing prosecution. The Journal of American History declares his book “the complete and authentic treatment” of the horrific dispute and its troubled aftermath.
China
Author: Frederica M. BungePublisher:
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Full Employment in a Free Society (Works of William H. Beveridge)
Author: William H. BeveridgePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317569784
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Beveridge defined full employment as a state where there are slightly more vacant jobs than there are available workers, or not more than 3% of the total workforce. This book discusses how this goal might be achieved, beginning with the thesis that because individual employers are not capable of creating full employment, it must be the responsibility of the state. Beveridge claimed that the upward pressure on wages, due to the increased bargaining strength of labour, would be eased by rising productivity, and kept in check by a system of wage arbitration. The cooperation of workers would be secured by the common interest in the ideal of full employment. Alternative measures for achieving full employment included Keynesian-style fiscal regulation, direct control of manpower, and state control of the means of production. The impetus behind Beveridge's thinking was social justice and the creation of an ideal new society after the war. The book was written in the context of an economy which would have to transfer from wartime direction to peace time. It was then updated in 1960, following a decade where the average unemployment rate in Britain was in fact nearly 1.5%.
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