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Category : Consular reports
Languages : en
Pages : 966
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Inventing Times Square
Author: William R. TaylorPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801853371
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
A unique volume, Inventing Times Square approaches the subject of twentieth-century American city culture through a multidimensional examination of one quintessential urban space: Times Square. Ranging in time from 1905, when the crossroad was given its present name, through to the current plans for redevelopment, the authors examine Times Square as economic hub, real estate bonanza, entertainment center, advertising medium, architectural experiment, and erotic netherworld. Though the volume centers on Times Square, the essays venture much further into urban history and American social history, revealing in the process how Times Square reflected—even epitomized—America as it became an urban consumer culture.
Crossroads of Commerce
Author: Dan CupperPublisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811729036
Category : Calendar art
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Each year, starting in 1925, the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) commissioned a striking oil painting of a PRR engine in a dramatic setting, which was featured on a large wall calendar that the company distributed by the hundreds of thousands to customers and the public. Grif Teller painted 27 of the 33 scenes. This book reproduces Teller's calendar art and his other paintings in full color and recounts his life and career.
At a Crossroads
Author: María Marta FerreyraPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 146481015X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
"Higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean has expanded dramatically in the past 15 years, as the average gross enrollment rate has more than doubled, and many new institutions and programs have been opened. Although higher education access has become more equitable, and higher education supply has become more varied, many of the 'new' students in the system are, on average, less academically ready than are their more advantaged counterparts. Furthermore, only half of higher education students, on average, complete their degree, and labor market returns to higher education vary greatly across institutions and programs. Thus, higher education is at a crossroads today. Given the region's urgency to raise productivity in a low-growth, fiscally constrained environment, going past this crossroads requires the formation of skilled human capital fast and efficiently. 'At a Crossroads: Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean' contributes to the discussion by studying quality, variety, and equity of higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean. The book presents comprehensive evidence on the recent higher education expansion and evolution of higher education labor market returns. Using novel data and state-of-the-art methods, it studies demand and supply drivers of the recent expansion. It investigates the behavior of institutions and students and explores the unintended consequences of large-scale higher education policies. Framing the analysis are the singular characteristics of the higher education market and the market segmentation induced by the variety of students and institutions in the system. At this crossroads, a role emerges for incentives, information, accountability, and choice."
International Commerce
Author: Foreign Commerce Weekly
Author: Continental Crossroads
Author: Samuel TruettPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822333890
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Focuses on the modern Mexican-American borderlands, where a boundary line seems to separate two dissimilar cultures and economies.
The World's Markets
Author: Foreign Trade Zones
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and MeansPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Reports of the Department of Commerce 1913-20
Author: United States. Dept. of CommercePublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
Book Description
The Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce
Author: United States. Department of CommercePublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1102
Book Description
The first annual report submitted December 16, 1913, "being the eleventh annual report of so much of the former Department of commerce and labor as is now included within the Department of commerce," contains an outline of the work of the department. Another issue is dated 1914.