Author: H.W. Wilson CompanyPublisher: Minneapolis ; New York : H.W. Wilson
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2174
Book Description
The United States Catalog; Books in Print January 1, 1912
Author: H.W. Wilson CompanyPublisher: Minneapolis ; New York : H.W. Wilson
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2174
Book Description
Pure and Modern Milk
Author: Kendra Smith-HowardPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019065578X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A close look at milk and its history as a pure and modern consumer product in American culture.
A Study of the New York City Milk Problem (Classic Reprint)
Author: Irwin G. JenningsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781330454633
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Excerpt from A Study of the New York City Milk Problem In the month of September, 1916, the receipt of the daily milk supply of New York City was seriously imperiled. For more than a week, the producers under the leadership of their "association" had been on a strike demanding increased prices from the New York dealers. Much good milk in the possession of those seeking to deliver it to shipping stations was destroyed by the striking producers. A large part of the milk received during this period was not of a sanitary character. A deadlock was reached. The Mayor of the city intervened and tried to settle the dispute, but he made no progress whatever. The dealers were proceeding on the theory that the public would not stand for a rise in the price of milk and their profits were so small that a very slight advance in the cost of milk to them if they were compelled to sell at the then retail prices, would drive practically all of the smaller companies out of business. The producers were conscious that the price they were receiving from the dealers did not cover the cost of production and so were determined at all events to see the strike through. Beyond the interest taken by the Mayor, there was no authoritative assertion of the right of the New York public to receive its daily supply. The controversy was finally settled, but the public paid the bill. From this time on, the price of milk to the consumer was progressively higher until in November, 1917, but little more than a year from the time of the first strike, grade B milk rose from 9 cents to 15 cents or an advance of 66-2/3% over its former price. In the fall of 1917, controversy again rose. Public authorities began to take cognizance of the situation and the District Attorney even threatened to indict the leaders of the producers who were making what seemed to him to be exorbitant demands. It was reported that if the District Attorney should carry out his threat against one or more of the members of the Producers' Association, the cows would be killed and the milk destroyed. Again the New York milk supply was imperiled and again the controversy was settled by the New York public's paying the bill. Something more than a year has passed. In the meantime, the Federal Food Commission which had adjusted the price between the producer and the distributor during the war, after the armistice, discontinued its efforts along that line. Under the Commission the policy followed was for the dealers to charge their patrons just as much more for their milk as the commission permitted the producers to add to the existing price. Thus both the dealers and farmers got along very nicely at the expense of the consumer. But, in January, 1919, the first month that these two interests in the industry were left to themselves, on account of their inability to agree, a milk strike resulted. There were three conflicting factors in this strike, the dairymen's league, the milk dealers' pool and the New York public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The United States Catalog
Author: A Bibliography of Industrial Relations
Author: G. S. BainPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521215473
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Reference book comprising a bibliography aiming to bring together secondary source interdisciplinary material on labour relations in the UK between the years 1880 and 1970 - covers employees attitudes, trade unions and employees associations, employers organizations, the labour market and working conditions, etc.
The Other Dark Matter
Author: Lina ZeldovichPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022661557X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The history of human waste. How I learned to love the excrement; The early history of human excreta; Treasure nigh soil as if it were gold!; The water closet dilemma and the sewage farm paradigm; Germs, fertilizer, and the poop police -- The present: a sludge revolution in progress. The great sewage time bomb and the redistribution of nutrients on the planet; Loowatt, a loo that turns waste into watts; The crap that cooks your dinner and container-based sanitation; HomeBiogas : your personal digester in a box; Made in New York; Lystek, the home of sewage smoothies; How DC water makes biosolids BLOOM; From biosolids to biofuels -- The future of medicine and other things; Poop : the best (and cheapest medicine; Looking where the sun doesn't shine; From the kindness of one's gut : an insider look into stool banks -- Afterword : breathing poetry into poop.
In a Dark Wood
Author: Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 1412826039
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
In a Dark Wood presents a history of debates among ecologists over what constitutes good forestry, and a critique of the ecological reasoning behind contemporary strategies of preservation, including the Endangered Species Act. Chase argues that these strategies, in many instances adopted for political, rather than scientific reasons, fail to promote biological diversity and may actually harm more creatures than they help. At the same time, Chase offers examples of conservation strategies that work, but which are deemed politically incorrect and ignored. In a Dark Wood provides the most thoughtful and complete account yet written of radical environmentalism. And it challenges the fundamentalâbut largely unexaminedâassumptions of preservationism, such as those concerning whether there is a "balance of nature," whether all branches of ecology are really science, and whether ecosystems exist. In his new introduction, Chase evaluates the response to his book and reports on recent developments in environmental science, policy, and politics. In a Dark Wood was judged by a recent national poll to be one of the one hundred best nonfiction books written in the English language during the twentieth century. A smashing good read, this book will be of interest to environmentalists, ecologists, philosophers, biologists, and bio-ethicists, and anyone concerned about ecological issues.
The Growth of American Government
Author: Ballard C. CampbellPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253209627
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
"This ambitious, well-written book will be a useful resource for scholars... an excellent overview... a fine, readable introduction that presents its analysis in a straightforward manner free from ideological baggage." --Congress & The Presidency "A refreshingly unorthodox narrative. Campbell [explains] in plain language how government grew. His stance is neither liberal nor conservative, but simply well-informed and reasonable." --Walter Nugent, University of Notre Dame "The canvas is large, but one comes away from the book with an understanding of what has happened, the factors contributing to these developments, and their consequences. Strongly recommended." --Samuel McSeveney, Vanderbilt University "Ballard Campbell has synthesized an amazing range of material: federal, state and even local studies, from history, political science, economics, and assorted other specialized studies. The product is a strikingly comprehensive and readable history of the rise of government in the USA. Even better, it provides a coherent explanation of why the state grew so large." --Richard Jensen, University of Illinois-Chicago "His overview (chapter 2) should be a compulsory assignment for any seminar on modern political culture... " --The Journal of American History "Campbell's book is a marvelous multidisciplinary synthesis that builds on the findings of historians of national, state, and local government, along with those of economists and political scientists, to provide a coherent account of the rise of modern American governing structures." --Journal of Interdisciplinary History "The book should be useful in the classroom, even for freshmen classes in U.S. history and government." --American Historical Review "Readable, and refreshingly unorthodox, Campbell provides a coherent explanation of how and why government has become so large. His book deserves inclusion in any undergraduate bibliography covering the development of American government." --Political Studies Association This engaging survey of the growth of government in America in the last century focuses on the evolution of public policy and its relationship to the constitutional and political structure of government at the federal, state, and local levels.
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Author: Saturday Review of Literature
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description