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Oil, Banks, and Politics: The United States and Postrevolutionary Mexico, 1917-1924Mexico was second only to the United States as the world's largest oil producer in the years following the Mexican Revolution. As the revolutionary government became institutionalized, it sought to assure its control of Mexico's oil resources through the Constitution of 1917, which returned...
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House of Plenty: The Rise, Fall, and Revival of Luby's CafeteriasViolet Crown Award, Writers League of Texas, 2007 Citation, San Antonio Conservation Society, 2009Scarred by the deaths of his mother and sisters and the failure of his father's business, a young man dreamed of making enough money to retire early and retreat into the...
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The Early Black Press in America, 1827 to 1860Denied its true place in history, the pre-Civil War black press was a forward looking, socially responsible press. Through her analysis of the content of black newspapers and magazines from the 1830s to the 1860s, Hutton not only presents a prism through which to...
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The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial JusticeThis groundbreaking resource moves us from theory to action with a practical plan for reparations. A surge in interest in black reparations is taking place in America on a scale not seen since the Reconstruction Era. The Black Reparations Project gathers an accomplished interdisciplinary...
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IQ and the Wealth of NationsLynn and Vanhanen test the hypothesis on the causal relationship between the average national intelligence (IQ) and the gap between rich and poor countries by empirical evidence. Based on an extensive survey of national IQ tests, the results of their work challenge the previous...
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checker: Checker Drawing JournalChecker Drawing Journal. Stylish sleek and sure to be a conversation starterAuthor: Michael Huhn, MichaelPublisher: BlurbPublished: 10/02/2019Pages: 24Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.07lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.05dISBN: 9780464167150This title is not returnable
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Streamline: Your Path to Government Efficiency Starts HereA Streamline Instruction Manual is now available. It is a low cost method to teach lean to your employees and complete an in-house project. The Streamline Instruction Manual uses the business novel Streamline as reference material. "A Useful training tool for teams that want...
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Lead Any Team to Win: Master the Essential Mindset to Motivate, Set Priorities, and Build Your Own DynastyOne of the ten best leadership books so far this year. -- Bloomberg Following up the popular peak performance book Organize Tomorrow Today, a new plan to motivate, set priorities and lead any team to optimal achievement Watch a triumphant speech after a sports...
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Game Theory for Business: A Primer in Strategic GamingAuthor: Paul PapayoanouPublisher: Probabilistic PublishingPublished: 12/10/2010Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41dISBN: 9780964793873This title is not returnable
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The Lessons of Israel's Great InflationThis analysis of Israel's successful stabilization program challenges current thinking on macroeconomic policy. It reviews and examines the take-off of runaway inflation and of the subsequent stabilization policy in what can be seen as laboratory conditions. Since Israel's stabilization policy is one of only...
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The Age of Oil: The Mythology, History, and Future of the World's Most Controversial ResourceAuthor: Leonardo MaugeriPublisher: PraegerPublished: 05/01/2006Pages: 360Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.54lbsSize: 9.62h x 6.34w x 1.35dISBN: 9780275990084Review Citation(s): Booklist 08/01/2006 pg. 21Library Journal 09/01/2006 pg. 165Scitech Book News 09/01/2006 pg. 151About the AuthorLeonardo Maugeri is Group Senior Vice President, Strategies and Development, for the Italian energy...
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Curso De Taquigrafia Española, Ó Sea, Arte De Escribir Tan Pronto Como Se Habla: Obra Utilisima Para Aprender Este Arte Sin Ayuda De MaestroThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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Making Iron on the Bald Eagle: Roland Curtin's Ironworks and Workers' CommunityIn 1810, Irish immigrant Roland Curtin launched a charcoal ironmaking operation in central Pennsylvania that continued for 110 years. Through this engaging account of Curtin and his iron plantation, Gerald Eggert provides an important chapter in the history of the iron industry in America....
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Venezuela Before Chávez: Anatomy of an Economic CollapseAt the beginning of the twentieth century, Venezuela had one of the poorest economies in Latin America, but by 1970 it had become the richest country in the region and one of the twenty richest countries in the world, ahead of countries such as...
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For the Love of Murphy's: The Behind-The-Counter Story of a Great American RetailerFive-and-ten stores were immensely popular during the middle of the twentieth century, selling cheap, dependable goods to people from all walks of life. Now the product of a bygone era, these stores were revolutionary in their time, but few today appreciate how important they...
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Student's Solutions Manual and Supplementary Materials for Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data, Second EditionThis is the essential companion to the second edition of Jeffrey Wooldridge's widely used graduate econometrics text. The text provides an intuitive but rigorous treatment of two state-of-the-art methods used in contemporary microeconomic research. The numerous end-of-chapter exercises are an important component of the...
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An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial Models Shape MarketsIn An Engine, Not a Camera, Donald MacKenzie argues that the emergence of modern economic theories of finance affected financial markets in fundamental ways. These new, Nobel Prize-winning theories, based on elegant mathematical models of markets, were not simply external analyses but intrinsic parts...
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Classical General Equilibrium TheoryAlthough general equilibrium theory originated in the late nineteenth century, modern elaboration and development of the theory began only in the 1930s and 1940s. This book focuses on the version of the theory developed in the second half of the twentieth century, referred to...
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Globalization and Environmental Reform: The Ecological Modernization of the Global EconomyMany writers either glorify globalization or vilify it, particularly for its destructive environmental effects. In this book environmental sociologist Arthur Mol provides a more balanced understanding of the relationship between globalization and environmental quality. Mol bases his arguments on his theory of ecological modernization,...
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The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the TropicsWhy economists' attempts to help poorer countries improve their economic well-being have failed.Since the end of World War II, economists have tried to figure out how poor countries in the tropics could attain standards of living approaching those of countries in Europe and North...
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