Robert Mutti's Books

Wayward Threads

By: Robert B. Goldmann

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

This is and English-language publication of a Holocaust memoir with a strong American dimension. It tells the story of Robert Goldmann's youth in a small village in Germany, his experience in the early Nazi years in Frankfurt, his forced emigration in 1939, and his subsequent career in the United States, including service with the Voice of America, brushes with McCarthysim, and a brief tenure as head of the European bureau of the Anti-Defamation League.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

228

Publisher

Northwestern University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0810115026

ISBN 13

9780810115026

A Stranger in the Family

A Novel of Suspense

By: Robert Barnard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Stranger in the Family

A Novel of Suspense

By: Robert Barnard

From Robert Barnard, the internationally acclaimed Diamond Dagger–winning crime writer . . . Kit Philipson has always felt like something of a stranger in his family. Growing up as the only child of professional parents in Glasgow, Scotland, he had every advantage. His mother was a teacher; his father, a journalist, escaped from Nazi Germany at the age of three on one of the 1939 Kindertransports. But on her deathbed, Kit’s mother tells him he was adopted and that his birth name was Novello. Soon, vague memories of his early life begin to surface: his nursery, pictures on the wall, the smell of his birth mother when she’d been cooking. And, sometimes, there are more disturbing memories—of strangers taking him by the hand and leading him away from the only family he had ever known. A search of old newspaper files reveals that a three-year-old boy named Peter Novello was abducted from his parents’ holiday hotel in Sicily in 1989. Now the young man who has known himself only as Kit sets out to rediscover his past, the story of two three-year-old boys torn from their mothers in very different circumstances. Kit’s probing inquiries are sure to bring surprises. They may also unearth dangerous secrets that dare never be revealed. With sharp wit and deep insight, Robert Barnard sweeps away all preconceptions in this powerful study of maternal love and the danger of obsession.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

258

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1439176760

ISBN 13

9781439176764

Industrial Chemical Exposure

Guidelines for Biological Monitoring, Third Edition

By: Robert R. Lauwerys,Perrine Hoet

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Industrial Chemical Exposure

Guidelines for Biological Monitoring, Third Edition

By: Robert R. Lauwerys,Perrine Hoet

The bestselling resource on industrial chemical assessment just got better. A practical guide to biological monitoring for industrial chemical exposure assessment, the THIRD EDITION of INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL EXPOSURE: GUIDELINES FOR BIOLOGICAL MONITORING has been completely revised to include the latest developments in the field. In addition to an upd

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

659

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1482293838

ISBN 13

9781482293838

Whispers

A Novel

By: Robert A. Gallinger

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Whispers

A Novel

By: Robert A. Gallinger

John Warren Sully becomes a womanizer at an early age. His older brothers teach him well, but fail miserably in one area of his "street education." They never teach him that there is a big difference between tolerance and intolerance, and love and hate. Scully must learn that by himself. In 1949, at the age of seventeen, Scully joins the Army. He soon comes face-to-face with the concepts his brothers never explained. Along the way, the new knowledge almost gets him killed, especially after basic training when he finds his buddy, Howie Sullivan, brutally murdered. Howie was recently recommended for the Soldier's Medal for saving a woman and her child's lives. The homicide investigation reveals that he may have been a homosexual. The Soldier's Medal is put on hold, pending clarification. Later, Scully faces a complex dilemma. Straight himself, and in love with a woman he wants to marry, he must decide whether he should disclaim his past friendship with Howie, or continue to honor it despite the rising suspicions that could adversely affect him and his military career.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

273

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

0595212875

ISBN 13

9780595212873

Jacob's War

By: Robert John Bullock

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Jacob's War

By: Robert John Bullock

This novel for older children and teenagers highlights the panic the British nation felt in spring 1940, when Hitler's army poised for invasion only a few miles away in Calais, the RAF is stretched to the limit, and cities are bombed and burned to the ground. As the plight of children evacuated from Germany is at stake, and desperate refugees are fleeing tyranny, read of the hope and adventure of two teenage boys, one a displaced American and the other a happy-go-lucky Yorkshire lad. Based on true stories and personal accounts, this research project supported by Arts Council England finally tells the story of one of Britain's wartime secrets. When top U.S. scientist Carl Becker moves his family to Britain in May 1940 to work on the new RADAR system, all their lives change forever. While Carl is visiting the Ministry of War, police call at his mother's house to arrest her, his wife, his ten-year-old daughter, and twelve-year-old son, Jacob, sending them to camps on the Isle of Man. All because Carl's mum was born in Germany. As Carl struggles to find them, Jacob is split from the family because he looks older. Jacob is transported with a Yorkshire boy, whose father is German, to a brutal men's internment camp on the island, where Jacob's War starts. Jacob is imprisoned with violent Nazi supporters, witnesses terrible things, and is shipped to Canada on a vessel that is torpedoed. He is shipwrecked and rescued by the U.S. Navy. While the British seem unconcerned, in America, his story goes all the way to President Roosevelt!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

247

Publisher

Strategic Book Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1622125827

ISBN 13

9781622125821

Ancestors

A Novel

By: Robert Y. Kline

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ancestors

A Novel

By: Robert Y. Kline

Can a man’s most horrifying moments be genetically transmitted to his son? Ask Toby. He can travel to the deepest recesses of the psyche. Ask him. He’ll tell you about the memory room. And the twelve matchboxes. He has opened some. He has felt the fury of the terrifying memories they hold…Memories of his forebears… Ask the media. They’ll say it’s a genetic miracle. Then ask Esau Manley. He’ll say Toby must be exorcised of the devil. Yet what mysteries will the remaining bones yield? Everyone wants to know. Now, Toby is ready…But so is Esau.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

366

Publisher

Crown

Published Date

ISBN 10

030781663X

ISBN 13

9780307816634

Tie My Bones to Her Back

A Novel

By: Robert F. Jones

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Tie My Bones to Her Back

A Novel

By: Robert F. Jones

After her parents’ deaths and the recession force her out of her home in 1873, Jenny Dousmann heads for the Wild West. She knows that if she can find her brother, Otto, a Civil War veteran, he’ll take care of her. When they finally reunite, Jenny is surprised to find that Otto has been working as a buffalo hunter and is struggling even to support himself. The number of hunters in the West has increased rapidly, and buffalo has become scarce. To make matters worse, the whites and the native Indians are constantly at war, putting everyone in the area in danger. Their first winter alone in the West is devastating: Jenny is raped by two US soldiers passing through the area, while Otto is crippled during a blizzard. They are discovered, near death, by a member of a nearby Cheyenne tribe. Two Shields is an Indian buffalo skinner, and he vows to keep them safe. To do so, Two Shields asks them to become members of his tribe. He promises to teach them how to hunt like his people and to live simply on the land. Jenny and Otto must decide if they should continue to depend on only each other or if they should put their lives in the hands of a man who is supposed to be their enemy. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction that takes place in the old West. Westerns—books about outlaws, sheriffs, chiefs and warriors, cowboys and Indians—are a genre in which we publish regularly. Our list includes international bestselling authors like Zane Gray and Louis L’Amour, and many more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

325

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Published Date

ISBN 10

1628739401

ISBN 13

9781628739404

The Impact Of Oil Import Price Shocks On Domestic Prices

By: Robert A. Feldman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Impact Of Oil Import Price Shocks On Domestic Prices

By: Robert A. Feldman

First published in 1982. The sharp increase in the price of imported oil in the early 1970s generated much interest in the economic impact of large oil price hikes and related energy price increases. The main focus is on oil, and Dr. Feldman’s monograph is a needed contribution, revealing the quantitative price impacts of recent oil price shocks in great detail.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

208

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000230473

ISBN 13

9781000230475

Screening Transcendence

Film under Austrofascism and the Hollywood Hope, 1933-1938

By: Robert Dassanowsky

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Screening Transcendence

Film under Austrofascism and the Hollywood Hope, 1933-1938

By: Robert Dassanowsky

During the 1930s, Austrian film production companies developed a process to navigate the competing demands of audiences in Nazi Germany and those found in broader Western markets. In Screening Transcendence, film historian Robert Dassanowsky explores how Austrian filmmakers during the Austrofascist period (1933–1938) developed two overlapping industries: "Aryanized" films for distribution in Germany, its largest market, and "Emigrantenfilm," which employed émigré and Jewish talent that appealed to international audiences. Through detailed archival research in both Vienna and the United States, Dassanowsky reveals what was culturally, socially, and politically at stake in these two simultaneous and overlapping film industries. Influenced by French auteurism, admired by Italian cinephiles, and ardently remade by Hollywood, these period Austrian films demonstrate a distinctive regional style mixed with transnational influences. Combining brilliant close readings of individual films with thoroughly informed historical and cultural observations, Dassanowsky presents the story of a nation and an industry mired in politics, power, and intrigue on the brink of Nazi occupation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

595

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0253034248

ISBN 13

9780253034243

Trade Policy in a Changing World Economy

By: Robert E. Baldwin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Trade Policy in a Changing World Economy

By: Robert E. Baldwin

Trade policy issues are no longer solely the concern of a few government specialists and academics. Manufacturers, businesspeople, educators, and government officials must keep abreast of laws and regulations relating to trade, the economic consequences of various trade measures, and current trends in policy, but there have been few coherent sources for such information. Trade Policy in a Changing World Economy provides a clear introduction to complex trade issues, covering theoretical issues of trade policy, the changing nature of American trade policy, the changing nature of American trade policy since World War II, multilateral trade negotiations, and trade strategies. The volume is particularly timely as the world's nations enter a new round of GATT negotiations for the reduction of trade barriers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

300

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0226036111

ISBN 13

9780226036113

J. Robert Oppenheimer

A Life

By: Abraham Pais,Robert P. Crease

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

J. Robert Oppenheimer

A Life

By: Abraham Pais,Robert P. Crease

The award-winning biographer of Albert Einstein now offers an illuminating portrait of another eminent colleague, J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the most charismatic and enigmatic figures of modern physics. 40 illustrations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

396

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0195327128

ISBN 13

9780195327120

Break Of Dark

By: Robert Westall

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Break Of Dark

By: Robert Westall

Is there a barrier that divides the dark unknown from the everyday world around us? If so, is it broken sometimes by the dead returning, by the undead, or by alien creatures? What else could account for the chance meeting (or was it?) between a young student and hitch-hiker who turns out to be so much stranger than she seems? Why else should three successive crews flying a Second World War bomber - Blackham's Wimpey - be driven to madness, despair, even to death, though the plane returns from each mission without a scratch? Who are Fred, Alice and Aunty Lou; the figments of Peter's imagination that become a real life nightmare for Roger and Biddy? There is St Austin Friars, too: a church without a congregation - until a burial service, oddly arranged a month ahead, is attended by a sinister assortment of the living and the dead. And Sergeant Nice, an ordinary policeman in an ordinary seaside town faced with a series of quite extraordinary thefts; the work surely, of no human hand. Chilling, but often humorous as well, these stories creep up on you and take you by surprise.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

208

Publisher

Random House

Published Date

ISBN 10

1446495019

ISBN 13

9781446495018

Conan Volume 15 the Nightmare of the Shallows

By: Brian Wood,Robert Ervin Howard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Conan Volume 15 the Nightmare of the Shallows

By: Brian Wood,Robert Ervin Howard

In the wake of an unthinkable tragedy, Conan and Bèlit find their bond buckling under an enormous strain. When Bèlit returns to her childhood home, what she discovers in the sands of Shem could separate her from Conan forever. Conan then seeks clarity through the mind-altering power of the yellow lotus, but the visions revealed to him may be more than the barbarian can bear. Brian Wood's defining run on Conan continues with art by the celebrated talents of Davide Gianfelice, Mirko Colak, and Andrea Mutti!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

155

Publisher

Dark Horse Comics

Published Date

ISBN 10

1616553855

ISBN 13

9781616553852

Smuggler's Treasure

By: Robert Elmer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Smuggler's Treasure

By: Robert Elmer

Middle-school readers ages 8-12 can experience a story of action and adventure in Smuggler’s Treasure, book 3 in the Wall Trilogy series which presents historically accurate fiction that brings the past to life in a kid-friendly way. As the Cold War begins to thaw, West Berliner Liesel discovers a shocking family secret, with answers that can only be uncovered in East Berlin. Smuggler’s Treasure is perfect for: kids interested in stories about spies, mysteries, adventure, and friendship providing a fun and interesting series that helps readers 8-12 understand history in a real and understandable way homeschool or school libraries back to school reading, birthdays, and holiday gifts In Smuggler’s Treasure, life is good for Liesl in West Germany in 1989. But as she works on a class project, she stumbles onto a startling secret no one will talk about. Will she ever learn the whole story about her family and what happened to them after the building of the Berlin Wall? If you enjoyed Smuggler’s Treasure, be sure to check out the first two books in the Wall Trilogy for the entire story: Candy Bombers and Beetle Bunker

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

144

Publisher

Zonderkidz

Published Date

ISBN 10

0310866782

ISBN 13

9780310866787

The Accompanist

By: Robert L. Quinn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Accompanist

By: Robert L. Quinn

A young musician's illusions of concert greatness are demolished by an enigmatic baritone named Dewallisch who persuades him to take a lesser role as accompanist, abandon his girlfriend and take to the road of art and lechery. The combination of idealism in music and decadence offstage lead the musician to believe he is engaged in a Faustian pact from which he must escape...

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

302

Publisher

Ogma Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0978585321

ISBN 13

9780978585327

Carnival

By: J. Robert Janes

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Carnival

By: J. Robert Janes

Amid the ruins of an abandoned Alsatian carnival, St-Cyr and Kohler investigate a pair of suspicious suicides During the Great War, Hermann Kohler and Jean-Louis St-Cyr fought in Alsace on opposite sides of the barbed wire. Two decades later, they return as partners: a Gestapo officer and a French cop investigating everyday crimes in a world gone mad with war. In February 1943, Alsace is unrecognizable—an occupied country where speaking French is all it takes to lose one’s freedom. St-Cyr and Kohler have been summoned to a POW camp where soldiers and résistants manufacture textiles on the grounds of a deserted carnival. Where industry and warfare overlap, they will find a conspiracy worthy of the most twisted house of mirrors. Two prisoners of this garish, decrepit circus have killed themselves, and the jailers must at least make a show of finding out why. Although the trenches of the Great War are long gone, St-Cyr and Kohler find that in Alsace, the fires of battle smolder still.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

406

Publisher

Open Road Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1480468118

ISBN 13

9781480468115

Life Behind the Wall

Candy Bombers, Beetle Bunker, and Smuggler's Treasure

By: Robert Elmer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Life Behind the Wall

Candy Bombers, Beetle Bunker, and Smuggler's Treasure

By: Robert Elmer

In this three-book collection of historical fiction stories centered on life behind the Berlin Wall in East Germany between 1948 and 1989, middle school readers 8-12 can experience action-packed, suspenseful, and historically accurate stories that bring history to life from a kids’ perspective. Life Behind the Wall is perfect for: kids interested in stories about spies, mysteries, adventure, and friendship providing a fun and interesting series that helps readers 8-12 understand history in a real and understandable way homeschool or school libraries back to school reading, birthdays, and holiday gifts Included in this three-in-one collection are the titles Candy Bombers, Beetle Bunker, and Smuggler’s Treasure, which together follow a family from the end of World War II to the fall of the Berlin Wall, with each entertaining story highlighting what kids experienced at key moments in history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

351

Publisher

Zonderkidz

Published Date

ISBN 10

0310742668

ISBN 13

9780310742661

Anita Page

A Career Chronicle and Biography

By: Allan R. Ellenberger,Robert Murdoch Paton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Anita Page

A Career Chronicle and Biography

By: Allan R. Ellenberger,Robert Murdoch Paton

Anita Page (1910-2008) first captured attention near the end of the silent film era in such classics as While the City Sleeps (1928) with Lon Chaney, The Flying Fleet (1929) with Ramon Novarro, and her own favorite, Our Dancing Daughters (1928) with Joan Crawford. In a relatively short career, Page enjoyed critical acclaim. She appeared in the first full-sound movie to win Best Picture, The Broadway Melody (1929). With a foreword by her close friend, actor Randal Malone, this reference work is the first to fully detail Page's remarkable career, including a biography and a complete listing of all her films, along with her one stage appearance and her returns to the limelight in later years. Entries provide complete production information, reviews and behind-the-scenes commentary. Dozens of photos and revealing anecdotes complete a portrait of a fascinating yet underappreciated performer.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

227

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476641072

ISBN 13

9781476641072

Spectral Shadows: Three Supernatural Novellas

By: Robert Westall

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Spectral Shadows: Three Supernatural Novellas

By: Robert Westall

Three supernatural novellas by Robert Westall, hailed as the finest British author of ghost stories since M.R. James, collected together for the first time BLACKHAM’S WIMPEY Why should three successive crews flying a Second World War bomber – Blackham’s Wimpey – be driven to madness, despair, even death, though the plane returns from each mission without a scratch? ‘A writer of disturbing brilliance’ – Times Educational Supplement THE WHEATSTONE POND Too many deaths, too many suicides. It was more than coincidence. The Wheatstone Pond was a killer. When it’s drained, antique dealer Jeff Morgan gets interested, hoping there’ll be a few valuable wrecks of model boats down there. He isn’t prepared for the horror he will

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

218

Publisher

Valancourt Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

194391043X

ISBN 13

9781943910434

A Rose for Reuben

Stories of Hope from the Holocaust

By: Robert Rietti

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Rose for Reuben

Stories of Hope from the Holocaust

By: Robert Rietti

Broadcaster, writer and actor Robert Rietti recounts the extraordinary stories of individual survivors of the Holocaust, whether from Jewish or other persecuted communities.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

168

Publisher

Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

Published Date

ISBN 10

1853116742

ISBN 13

9781853116742

The Hill

The brutal fight for Hill 107 in the Battle of Crete

By: Robert Kershaw

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Hill

The brutal fight for Hill 107 in the Battle of Crete

By: Robert Kershaw

From the critically acclaimed author of Dünkirchen 1940, this is a groundbreaking history of the epic three-day battle for Hill 107 that changed the course of the war in the Mediterranean. In this remarkable history, we discover each of the individuals whose actions determined the outcome of the battle for Hill 107, the key event that decided the campaign to capture the vitally strategic island of Crete in May 1941. All the events are narrated through the filter of these eyewitnesses. The Allied perspective is from the summit of Hill 107. We experience the fear and the adrenalin of a lowly platoon commander, Lieutenant Ed McAra, perilously positioned at the top of the hill, alongside the combat stress and command fatigue of the battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Andew. In contrast, the German view is looking up from below as they cling to the slopes while simultaneous dazzled by the morning glare and decimated by defensive fire. We join the regimental doctor, Dr Heinrich Neumann, as he assumes command of one battalion and leads a daring nighttime charge towards the summit. The Hill details what was felt, heard or seen throughout the battle for both attacker and defender. Drawing upon original combat reports, diary entries, letters and interviews, the battle is brought vividly to life. The narrative reads like a Shakespearean tragedy, the soldiers revealing their stories in and around the shadows of Hill 107.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

379

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1472864522

ISBN 13

9781472864529

Lucifer’s Gold

By: Robert W. Barker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Lucifer’s Gold

By: Robert W. Barker

Peter Binder, geologist, gold explorer, and former SEAL, and his lover, Maria Davidoff, are still recovering from their violent confrontation with nuclear terrorists in the Arctic of Canada. The enemies they made in the barren northern lands of Canada still pursue them. Peter takes an assignment to examine a new gold discovery in Indonesia, potentially the richest gold mine in the history of the world. With this first step, he and Maria plunge into converging, bloody, and violent plots that focus on a mysterious and massive hoard of gold. Conspirators aim to use the gold to subvert the Constitution and install a fascist dictator to rule the United States. A Russian spy and a Japanese gangster have their own designs on the gold. In deadly encounters across the globe, Peter and Maria repeatedly confront the hurricane of evil that is drawn to the gold. Is the United States government so fragile that it can be so easily destroyed? Peter and Maria must fight through the layers of deception and betrayal all around them and deliver the truth to Washington and the president of the United States.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

315

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

1532074387

ISBN 13

9781532074387

Can America Compete?

By: Robert Lawrence

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Can America Compete?

By: Robert Lawrence

An examination of the performance of U.S. manufacturing in historical and global perspective indicates that, contrary to recent fears, international trade competition has not induced the deindustrialization of America. During the 1970s the U.S. manufacturing sector fared relatively well compared to its counterparts in other industrual countries and its own post-war track record. Most of its problems in the early 1980s are linked to domestic recession and the strong U.S. dollar. A number of implicit assumptions in the current discussion about U.S. industrial performance are shown in this book to be inappropriate—changes in international trade are not the major reason for the declining share of manufacturing in U.S. employment: even though foreign productive capabilities are catching up with those of the United States, the U.S. comparative advantage in high-technology products has increased. The author looks at these and other issues and seeks to clarify some common misperceptions about U.S. manufacturing. He examines long-term trends and changes since 1973 in U.S. manufacturing—employment, capital formation, research and development expenditures, and output. He looks closely at manufacturing trade flows and their major determinants and at the role of trade in the U.S. manufacturing sector. The last part of the book addresses policy options for the United States, including laissez-faire, matching foreign subsidies, and new industrial policies. Changes in U.S. policies are suggested that might facilitate efficient structural trade adjustment, improve trade policy, and compensate for market failures.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

180

Publisher

Brookings Institution Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0815707991

ISBN 13

9780815707998

Foreign Direct Investment in the Real and Financial Sector of Industrial Countries

By: Heinz Herrmann,Robert E. Lipsey

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Foreign Direct Investment in the Real and Financial Sector of Industrial Countries

By: Heinz Herrmann,Robert E. Lipsey

A collection of papers on the determinants and consequences of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the real and financial sectors of industrial countries. The text sheds new light on the determinants of FDI, in particular the role of governmental incentives. Another main topic is the role of FDI in the east European accession countries. It provides insights into the question of whether EU enlargement will have consequences for capital flows into those countries. Since the start of European monetary union, the discussion on cross-border mergers in the European banking industry has intensified. The final part of the book contains contributions to this debate.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

384

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

3540005102

ISBN 13

9783540005100

Book's by Robert Mutti

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email