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Charles Merrill and Middle-Class Investors

By: Edwin J. Perkins

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Charles Merrill and Middle-Class Investors

By: Edwin J. Perkins

A 1999 biography of Charles Merrill, the founder of the world's largest brokerage and investment firm.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521630290

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9780521630290

The Economy of Colonial America

By: Edwin J. Perkins

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The Economy of Colonial America

By: Edwin J. Perkins

The colonial era is especially appealing in regard to economic history because it represents a study in contrasts. The economy was exceptionally dynamic in terms of population growth and geographical expansion. No major famines, epidemics, or extended wars intervened to reverse, or even slow down appreciably, the tide of vigorous economic growth. Despite this broad expansion, however, the fundamental patterns of economic behavior remained fairly constant. The members of the main occupational groups - farmers, planters, merchants, artisans, indentured servants, and slaves - performed similar functions throughout the period. In comparison with the vast number of institutional innovations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, structural change in the colonial economy evolved gradually. With the exception of the adoption of the pernicious system of black slavery, few new economic institutions and no revolutionary new technologies emerged to disrupt the stability of this remarkably affluent commercial-agricultural society. Living standards rose slowly but fairly steadily at a rate of 3 to 5 percent a decade after 1650. (Monetary sums are converted into 1980 dollars so that the figures will be relevant to modern readers.) For the most part, this book describes the economic life styles of free white society. The term "colonists" is virtually synonymous here with inhabitants of European origin. Thus, statements about very high living standards and the benefits of land ownership pertain only to whites. One chapter does focus exclusively, however, on indentured servants and slaves. This book represents the author's best judgment about the most important features of the colonial economy and their relationship to the general society and to the movement for independence. It should be a good starting point for all - undergraduate to scholar - interested in learning more about the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This popular study, lauded by professors and scholars alike, has been diligently revised to reflect the tremendous amount of new research conducted during the last decade, and now includes a totally new chapter on women in the economy. Presenting a great deal of up-to-date information in a concise and lively style, the book surveys the main aspects of the colonial economy: population and economic expansion; the six main occupational groups (family farmers, indentured servants, slaves, artisans, great planters, and merchants); women in the economy; domestic and imperial taxes; the colonial monetary system; living standards for the typical family

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Columbia University Press

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0231063393

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9780231063395

Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine

Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine E-Book

By: Edwin Roland van Teijlingen,Gerald M Humphris

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Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine

Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine E-Book

By: Edwin Roland van Teijlingen,Gerald M Humphris

Now in its fourth edition, this definitive and popular introduction to human behaviour in the context of health and illness includes three new chapters, many new contributors and a new co-editor. It is arranged in nine sections to cover the core concepts of psychology and sociology as they apply to medicine. The life cycle Development of the person Society and health Preventing illness and promoting health Illness, behaviour and the doctor-patient encounter Illness and disability Coping with illness and disability Hoe do health services work How do you fit into all this? Topics presented as self-contained double-page spreads. Cases throughout to reinforce understanding of important concepts. Boxes and discussion points throughout. The authors comprise psychologists, sociologists and doctors. Highly illustrated 48 new contributors New co-editor, Gerry Humphris 3 new chapters: Malnutrition and obesity Urban nature health and well-being LGBT Health

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702062995

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9780702062995

Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine E-Book

By: Beth Alder,Edwin van Teijlingen,Michael Porter

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Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine E-Book

By: Beth Alder,Edwin van Teijlingen,Michael Porter

This textbook in the Illustrated Colour Text series offers an integrated treatment of sociology and psychology for medical students. It is presented in a much more colourful and graphic format than is usual for books on these two subjects. This integration reflects the tendency to teach these two subjects together as “behavioural science , with an increased stress on the place of medicine in society, and on illness as a product of psychological and social circumstances rather than merely a biological phenomenon. The book reflects these trends and has been successful and popular with students. An integrated treatment of psychology and sociology for medical students - in line with the trend towards teaching these subjects as “behavioural sciences“. Use of case studies and Stop/Think boxes encourages critical thinking and discussion. Graphic Illustrated Colour Text presentation style enlivens a subject which most medical students are not keen on. This third edition contains a new introduction on the importance and key features of the biopsychosocial model and additional double-page spreads on International Health and Rural Health.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702048208

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9780702048203

The Economy of Colonial America

By: Edwin J. Perkins

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When Movements Matter

The Townsend Plan and the Rise of Social Security

By: Edwin Amenta

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The Townsend Plan and the Rise of Social Security

By: Edwin Amenta

When Movements Matter accounts for the origins of Social Security as we know it. The book tells the overlooked story of the Townsend Plan--a political organization that sought to alleviate poverty and end the Great Depression through a government-provided retirement stipend of $200 a month for every American over the age of sixty. Both the Townsend Plan, which organized two million older Americans into Townsend clubs, and the wider pension movement failed to win the generous and universal senior citizens' pensions their advocates demanded. But the movement provided the political impetus behind old-age policy in its formative years and pushed America down the track of creating an old-age welfare state. Drawing on a wealth of primary evidence, historical detail, and arresting images, Edwin Amenta traces the ups and downs of the Townsend Plan and its elderly leader Dr. Francis E. Townsend in the struggle to remake old age. In the process, Amenta advances a new theory of when social movements are influential. The book challenges the conventional wisdom that U.S. old-age policy was a result mainly of the Depression or farsighted bureaucrats. It also debunks the current view that America immediately embraced Social Security when it was adopted in 1935. And it sheds new light on how social movements that fail to achieve their primary goals can still influence social policy and the way people relate to politics.

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Princeton University Press

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0691221219

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9780691221212

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Institutional Politics and the Origins of Modern American Social Policy

By: Edwin Amenta

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Institutional Politics and the Origins of Modern American Social Policy

By: Edwin Amenta

According to conventional wisdom, American social policy has always been stingy. This book reminds the reader that 60 years ago the US led the world in social provision. He combines historical and political theory to account for this fact - and to explain why their leading role was short-lived.

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Princeton University Press

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0691050686

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Wall Street to Main Street

Wall Street to Main Street

The Economy of Colonial America

The Economy of Colonial America

Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine

Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine

Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine E-Book

Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine E-Book

The Economy of Colonial America

The Economy of Colonial America

When Movements Matter

When Movements Matter

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