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Workers in America [2 volumes]

A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]

By: Robert E. Weir

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Workers in America [2 volumes]

A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]

By: Robert E. Weir

This encyclopedia traces the evolution of American workers and labor organizations from pre-Revolutionary America through the present day. In 2001, Robert E. Weir's two-volume Historical Encyclopedia of American Labor was chosen as a New York Public Library Best in Reference selection. Weir recently revised this groundbreaking resource, resulting in content that is more accessible, comprehensive, and timely. The newest edition, Workers in America: A Historical Encyclopedia, features updated entries, recent court cases, a chronology of key events, an enriched index, and an extensive bibliography for additional research. This expansive encyclopedia examines the complete panorama of America's work history, including the historical account of work and workers, the social inequities between the rich and poor, violence in the Labor Movement, and issues of globalization and industrial economics. Organized in two volumes and arranged in A–Z order, the 350 entries span key events, collective actions, pivotal figures, landmark legislation, and important concepts in the world of labor and work.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1598847198

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9781598847192

The Birds of British Columbia

By: Robert Wayne Campbell,Canadian Wildlife Service,British Columbia. Wildlife Branch

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The Birds of British Columbia

By: Robert Wayne Campbell,Canadian Wildlife Service,British Columbia. Wildlife Branch

This is the first volume in a 4-volume set, which is the culmination of two decades of research and writing. For the first time, the natural history, migration patterns, habitat requirements, reproductive biology, and distribution of the province's birdlife are combined in one publication. This is a reprint of the original volume published in 1990 by the Royal British Columbia Museum and the Canadian Wildlife Service. No changes or updates in content have been made from the original edition.

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UBC Press

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0774806184

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9780774806183

The Trickster in West Africa

A Study of Mythic Irony and Sacred Delight

By: Robert D. Pelton

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The Trickster in West Africa

A Study of Mythic Irony and Sacred Delight

By: Robert D. Pelton

The trickster appears in the myths and folktales of nearly every traditional society. Robert Pelton examines Ashanti, Fon, Yoruba, and Dogon trickster-figures in their social and mythical contexts and in light of contemporary thought, exploring the way the trickster links animality and ritual transformation; culture, sex, and laughter; cosmic process and personal history; divination and social change. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980. The trickster appears in the myths and folktales of nearly every traditional society. Robert Pelton examines Ashanti, Fon, Yoruba, and Dogon trickster-figures in their social and mythical contexts and in light of contemporary thought, exploring the way th

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Univ of California Press

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0520341481

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9780520341487

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An Autobiography

By: Frank Borman,Robert J. Serling

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An Autobiography

By: Frank Borman,Robert J. Serling

An autobiography by the former astronaut who flew Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 missions, and later served as a diplomat and then president of Eastern Airlines.

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462

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William Morrow

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0688079296

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9780688079291

Postsecondary Education in British Columbia

Public Policy and Structural Development, 1960–2015

By: Robert Cowin

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Postsecondary Education in British Columbia

Public Policy and Structural Development, 1960–2015

By: Robert Cowin

The historical literature about postsecondary education in British Columbia, as in many jurisdictions, is fragmented, paying unequal attention to public colleges and universities, vocational colleges, apprenticeship, continuing education, and private institutions. Robert Cowin synthesizes these pieces, providing a comprehensive overview of the emergence and evolution of the provincial postsecondary system. He then defines three distinct theoretical lenses – social justice, human capital formation, and marketization – and applies each in turn to an analysis of five significant transitions. This dynamic systems approach, in which Cowin examines interactions across sectors, allows him to delineate the cumulative and complementary ways in which sectors have affected one another. Postsecondary Education in British Columbia provides a thoughtful critical analysis of the role of social justice, human capital, and the market in the development of the institutional arrangements – the distribution of institutions by size, mission, type, and location – and policies that have shaped contemporary education in the province.

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245

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UBC Press

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0774838361

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9780774838368

John Tod, Rebel in the Ranks

By: Robert C. Belyk

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John Tod, Rebel in the Ranks

By: Robert C. Belyk

Canada's western wilderness was the scene of fur trader John Tod's extraordinary life. Born in a Scottish village in 1794, Tod spent 40 adventurous years working for the Hudson's Bay Company and in his later years, served on the first Legislative Council of the fledgling colony of Vancouver Island. Posted all over the Company's vast territory - York Factory, McLeod Lake, Fort Alexandria, Island Lake, Fort Kamloops - he spent most of his years in New Caledonia. A spirited and prickly man he was a free thinker, impatient with authority and distrustful of many of his superiors. He was also a lifelong and loyal friend to many of his fur-trade colleagues, especially John Work, the Ermatinger brothers and James Murray Yale. Tod saw astonishing changes in the west, from the bitter warfare between the Hudson's Bay Company and the Nor'Westers, to settlement by pioneers and the conventions of the polite colonial society. Few lives have spanned such contrasts. This definitive biography presents the picture of the unusual man in an exciting era.

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TouchWood Editions

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0920663427

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9780920663424

American Workers, American Unions, 1920-1985

By: Robert H. Zieger

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American Workers, American Unions, 1920-1985

By: Robert H. Zieger

Analyzes the experience of organized labor from 1920 to 1985, focusing on the themes that unify and the turning points that punctuate the period.

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250

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0801831288

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9780801831287

Scottish Clans and Their Associated Families

Second Edition

By: Robert J. Heston

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Scottish Clans and Their Associated Families

Second Edition

By: Robert J. Heston

Get accurate information about Scottish clans, family associations, and societies in this updated edition of Scottish Clans and Their Associated Families. Robert J. Heston expands on his groundbreaking work to focus on the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs’ (SCSC) list of 353 clans. In addition, the author has retained the details of thirty-three Scottish families who are active in the United States and not cited in the SCSC list. When using this book, it is important to note that most Scottish clan and family organizations have clauses in their family lists stating that “variations in spelling of these names are accepted.” Therefore, this book provides the researcher the ability to look beyond an exact spelling of a name. Other books on this subject focus on a small number of clans, ancient names, and the preferred spellings of these small number of families. Some associate an individual name to a tartan, which can be problematic. With more than 12,000 names with the sources where these names were found, this work is the best source focused on identifying family surnames associated with Scottish clans, houses, and families.

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Archway Publishing

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1665723572

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Collapse and Survival

Industry Strategies in a Changing World

By: Robert Ballance,Stuart Sinclair

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Collapse and Survival

Industry Strategies in a Changing World

By: Robert Ballance,Stuart Sinclair

First published in 1983, Collapse and Survival was written as an examination of the position of industry worldwide at the time of publication. The book looks at the post-war growth of output and the policies adopted in advanced countries, socialist countries, and LDCs to bolster and shape this growth. It explores in detail the experience of firms across several of the industries at the forefront of the changes in world industry since 1945, including automobiles, steel, consumer electronics, advanced electronics, and oil refining. Particular attention is paid to the influence that the majority of countries, public agencies, lobbyists and other interests have in shaping the business environment in which firms operate. This analysis provides the basis for a description of the business strategies open to firms in each of these key industries. Collapse and Survival will appeal to those with an interest in the history of industrial and development economics, and international business and economics.

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149

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Routledge

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1000358410

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9781000358414

Global Capitalism

The New Leviathan

By: Robert J. S. Ross,Kent C. Trachte

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Global Capitalism

The New Leviathan

By: Robert J. S. Ross,Kent C. Trachte

Cites case studies from US metropolitan areas to argue that the traditional theories of monopoly capitalism and world systems are inadequate to analyze the emerging international capitalist economy. Also examines the new relationships between economics, politics, and governments. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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SUNY Press

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0791403394

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9780791403396

Christmas Trees for Pleasure and Profit

By: Robert D. Wray

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Christmas Trees for Pleasure and Profit

By: Robert D. Wray

Wray provides guidance for choosing species suitable for the grower's situation, where and how to get planting stock, and how to care for it. The book presents useful techniques for protecting the growing trees from weeds, animals, fire, insects, and disease, and offers a full description of shearing or shaping trees to improve their form and density.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813544173

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9780813544175

Jimmy Carter in the White House

A Captain with No Compass

By: Robert K. Green

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Jimmy Carter in the White House

A Captain with No Compass

By: Robert K. Green

This fresh examination of Carter's presidency (1977-1981), the first in over twenty years, sheds new light on his time in office, reflecting on his domestic record, his key policies on the economy, civil rights, and energy, and challenging misconceptions about his character and leadership. The success of Jimmy Carter's post-presidential career and the scandals of his successors, have begun to generate a nostalgic view of Carter's time in the White House. This book looks at his presidency during a time of ideological conflict in the US political landscape, between liberalism and rising conservatism, embodied respectively by Kennedy and Reagan, Carter's efforts to hold the centre or non-ideological, moral position, and the impact of his character, particularly his faith, on how he exercised power in Washington. In doing so, it reveals new interpretations of his leadership style, and its impact on his time in office.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350352926

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Air Transport Labor Relations

By: Robert W. Kaps

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Air Transport Labor Relations

By: Robert W. Kaps

Robert W. Kaps examines air transport labor law in the United States as well as the underlying legislative and policy directives established by the federal government. The body of legislation governing labor relations in the private sector of the U.S. economy consists of two separate and distinct acts: the Railway Labor Act (RLA), which governs labor relations in the railroad and airline industries, and the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which governs labor relations in all other industrial sectors. Although the NLRA closely follows the pattern established by the RLA, Kaps notes that the two laws are distinguishable in several important areas. Labor contracts negotiated under the RLA continue in perpetuity, for example, whereas all other labor contracts expire at a specified date. Other important areas of difference relate to the collective bargaining process itself, the procedures for the arbitration of disputes and grievances, and the spheres of authority and jurisdiction to consider such matters as unfair labor practices. Congress established a special labor law for railroad and airline workers for several reasons. Because of transportation’s critical importance to the economy, an essential goal of public policy has been to ensure that both passenger and freight transportation services continue without interruption. Production can cease—at least temporarily—in most other industries without causing significant harm to the economy. When transportation stops, however, production stops. Thus Congress saw fit to enact a statute that contained provisions to ensure that labor strife would not halt rail services. Primarily because of the importance of air mail transportation, the Railway Labor Act of 1926 was extended to the airline industry in 1936. The first section of this book introduces labor policy and presents a history of the labor movement in the United States. Discussing early labor legislation, Kaps focuses on unfair labor practices and subsequent major labor statutes. The second section provides readers with a comparison of labor provisions that apply to the railroad and airline industries as well as to the remainder of the economy. The final section centers on the evolution of labor in the airline industry. The author pays particular attention to recent events affecting labor in commercial aviation, particularly the effect of airline deregulation on airline labor.

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SIU Press

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0809317761

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9780809317769

African Art in Motion

By: Robert Farris Thompson

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African Art in Motion

By: Robert Farris Thompson

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.

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Univ of California Press

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0520324633

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Voices of British Columbia

Stories from Our Frontier

By: Robert Budd

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Voices of British Columbia

Stories from Our Frontier

By: Robert Budd

Between 1959 and 1966, the late CBC Radio journalist Imbert Orchard travelled across British Columbia with recording engineer Ian Stephen interviewing nearly a thousand of the province’s pioneers. The resulting collection — 2,700 hours of audiotapes describing both extraordinary events and everyday experiences — is considered by historians to be one of the best sources of primary information about the province. To the general public, however, the tales in these tapes remain virtually unknown. Combining text, archival photographs and the original sound recordings from the CBC Archives onto three CDs, Voices of British Columbia draws 24 stories from this collection to immerse us in daily life in the early 20th century. You’ll meet Sarah Glassey, a spirited homesteader who carried a rifle and bagged more birds than any man in the Kispiox Valley. You’ll hear Bill LaChance, the sole survivor of the 1910 Glacier Snowslide, describe that tragic avalanche. And you’ll discover how Great Chief Kwah of Fort St. James spared the life of James Douglas, future governor of British Columbia. By turns sad, contemplative, insightful and funny, these stories reveal as much about the spirit and resilience of people as they do about the history of the province.

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D & M Publishers

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155365644X

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Book's by Robert Douglas Fraser

Workers in America [2 volumes]

Workers in America [2 volumes]

The Birds of British Columbia

The Birds of British Columbia

The Trickster in West Africa

The Trickster in West Africa

Countdown

Countdown

Postsecondary Education in British Columbia

Postsecondary Education in British Columbia

John Tod, Rebel in the Ranks

John Tod, Rebel in the Ranks

American Workers, American Unions, 1920-1985

American Workers, American Unions, 1920-1985

Scottish Clans and Their Associated Families

Scottish Clans and Their Associated Families

Collapse and Survival

Collapse and Survival

Global Capitalism

Global Capitalism

Christmas Trees for Pleasure and Profit

Christmas Trees for Pleasure and Profit

Jimmy Carter in the White House

Jimmy Carter in the White House

Air Transport Labor Relations

Air Transport Labor Relations

African Art in Motion

African Art in Motion

Voices of British Columbia

Voices of British Columbia

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