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Eyewitness economy / by Acton, Johnny.(CARDINAL)420523; Goldblatt, David,1965-(CARDINAL)672129;
What is the economy? -- Economic goals -- Who decides? -- Making choices -- Owning things -- Division of labor -- Trade -- The birth of money -- Markets and prices -- Banking -- Savings and investments -- Currencies and exchange rates -- Companies and corporations -- The workforce -- Shares and bonds -- Speculation -- Booms and busts -- Credit crunch -- The role of governments -- Measuring the economy -- Tax -- Inflation -- The shadow economy -- Unemployment -- Globalization -- Rich and poor -- Can aid work? -- Future challenges -- The economy and you -- World in numbers.Be an eyewitness to the trading and exchanging, choosing and buying, working and manufacturing that make up our global economy.
Subjects: CD-ROMs.; Digital images.; Economics;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 5
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Finding the singing spruce : musical instrument makers and Appalachia's mountain forests / by Waugh-Quasebarth, Jasper,1990-author;
Includes bibliographical references and indexWest Virginia's Musical Instrument Makers -- Craft at Home in the Mountain Forest -- A Red Spruce Guitar -- Bringing Cremona Violins to Lobelia -- Tonewood from the Old World and the New -- Conclusion : Succession in Craft and Forest"Using historical narratives and sensory ethnography, among other approaches, Waugh-Quasebarth explores the complexities and contradictions of instrument-making labor, which is deeply rooted in mountain forests and expressive traditions but also engaged with global processes of production and consumption"--
Subjects: Musical instruments; Musical instrument makers; Musical instruments; Forest products; Forest products; Tonewoods;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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A primer on American labor law / by Gould, William B.,IV,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A Primer on American Labor Law is an accessible guide written for nonspecialists as well as labor lawyers - labor and management representatives, students, and general practice lawyers, and trade unionists, government officials, and academics from other countries. It covers topics such as the National Labor Relations Act, unfair labor practices, the collective bargaining relationship, dispute resolution, the public sector, and public-interest labor law. This updated fifth edition contains extensive new materials covering developments that include the repeal or change in public employee labor law and the development of case law relating to wrongful dismissals and pension reform in the public sector; bankruptcy in both the private and public sector; ADA litigation and 2008 amendments of that statute; new cases on all subjects, but particularly Bush and Obama NLRB decisions, sexual harassment, sexual orientation, and retaliation; and the globalization of labor disputes in labor-management relations in the United States, with particular reference to professional sports disputes and the extraterritoriality of American labor law generally"--
Subjects: Labor laws and legislation;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Encyclopedia of the global economy : a guide for students and researchers / by O'Connor, David E.(David Edward);
Includes bibliographical references and index.v. 1. List of entries -- Guide to related topics -- Figures and tables -- Author's note -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Common abbreviations -- Timeline of key events in the global economy, 1776-2009 -- The encyclopedia -- Glossary of selected terms -- Key global economy Web sites -- Selected bibliography -- Index.v. 2. Author's note -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Common abbreviations -- Timeline of key events in the global economy, 1776-2009 -- Primary documents -- A note about the documents -- List of primary documents -- Population -- Poverty reduction -- Economic growth and sustainable development -- International trade -- Regional integration in the global trading system -- Foreign direct investment and corporate social responsibility -- Global labor markets and labor rights -- The environment and sustainable development -- Consumer rights and sustainable consumption -- Quality of life and economic justice -- Statistical tables -- A note about the statistical tables -- List of statistical tables -- Population -- Global output -- Advanced economies -- Least developed countries (LDCs) -- Income distribution, poverty, and external debt -- Quality of life and social indicators -- Transnational corporations and foreign direct investment -- International trade -- Regional development banks -- Global energy consumption and production -- Global competitiveness and freedom -- Glossary of selected terms -- Key global economy Web sites -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Subjects: Encyclopedias.; International economic relations; Globalization; Economic history;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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American lucifers : the dark history of artificial light, 1750-1865 / by Zallen, Jeremy,author.(CARDINAL)899789;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-333) and index.Dragged up hither from the bottom of the sea -- Piney lights -- Dungeons and dragons and gaslights -- Lard lights and the pigpen archipelago -- Lucifer matches and the global violence of phosphorus -- Rock oil, civil war, and industrial slavery interrupted.
Subjects: Lighting; Lighting; Lighting; Lighting; Labor; Slave labor;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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No turning back : the history of feminism and the future of women / by Freedman, Estelle B.,1947-(CARDINAL)515435;
Machine generated contents note: PART I BEFORE FEMINISM -- 2 Gender and Power -- PART II THE HISTORICAL EMERGENCE OF FEMINISMS -- 3 Women's Rights, Women's Work, and Women's Sphere -- 4 Race and the Politics of Identity in U.S. Feminism -- 5 The Global Stage and the Politics of Location -- PART III THE POLITICS OF WORK AND FAMILY -- 6 Never Done: Women's Domestic Labor -- 7 Industrialization, Wage Labor, and the Economic Gender Gap -- 8 Workers and Mothers: Feminist Social Policies -- PART IV THE POLITICS OF HEALTH AND SEXUALITY -- 9 Medicine, Markets, and the Female Body -- 10 Reproduction: The Politics of Choice -- 11 Sexualities, Identities, and Self-Determination -- 12 Gender and Violence -- PART V FEMINIST VISIONS AND STRATEGIES -- 13 New Words and Images: Women's Creativity as Feminist Practice -- 14 No Turning Back: Women and Politics.
Subjects: Feminism; Women; Feminism.; Women.; Women's movement.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Modern slavery : a global perspective / by Kara, Siddharth,author.(CARDINAL)491642;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Modern slavery: an overview -- Sex trafficking : the case of Nigeria -- Labor trafficking : slavery at your dining table -- Organ trafficking : sold for parts -- Technology and human trafficking : friend and foe -- Debt bondage : beyond South Asia -- Global supply chains : blood and the sea -- A framework to eradicate slavery -- Appendix A: Global slavery metrics -- Appendix B: Select slavery economics -- Appendix C: Sample research questionnaire -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Subjects: Human trafficking.; Prostitution.; Slavery.; Globalization; Female prostitution.; Prostitution.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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What are community resources? / by Blankenship, LeeAnn.(CARDINAL)460357;
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.Where we feel at home -- Caring for the community -- Resources and production -- Riches from the earth -- Gifts that keep on giving -- Hidden treasures -- Wondering about water -- Guarding our treasures -- Communities and conservation -- Getting from here to there -- Other resources -- The importance of labor -- The global community."The strength of a community often is determined by the resources available where it is located. This resource discusses both man-made resources (such as dams, bridges, roads, buildings, and industry) as well as renewable and non-renewable natural resources (including soil, water, forests, and energy). The text further explores how such resources affect a community's health as well as the prosperity and opportunities of its members. Young readers will begin to understand the economics of how resources affect trade and industry. This insightful text also introduces the idea that controversies exist about ways to use resources without environmental damage"--From the publisher's web site.2-3.1-5.4-8830LN
Subjects: Communities; Natural resources;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Making jazz French : music and modern life in interwar Paris / by Jackson, Jeffrey H.,1971-(CARDINAL)461251;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-260) and index.Introduction -- The arrival of jazz -- The spread of jazz -- Jazz and the city of Paris -- The meanings of jazz : America, nègre, and civilization -- Making jazz familiar : music-halls and the avant-garde -- Making jazz French : Parisian musicians and jazz fans -- New bands and new tensions : jazz and the labor problem -- The discovery of hot jazz -- Epilogue -- Histories of jazz in interwar France.
Subjects: Jazz; French;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Construction review / by United States.Department of Commerce.Construction and Building Products Division.(CARDINAL)315558;
Description based on: Vol. 4, no. 10 (1958:Oct.); title from cover.Latest issue consulted: 1994:spring.
Subjects: Periodicals.; Construction industry;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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