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Recent Industrial and Occupational Change in the South

By: William W. Falk,Thomas A. Lyson

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Recent Industrial and Occupational Change in the South

By: William W. Falk,Thomas A. Lyson

Fifty years ago the quality of life in the 13 states of the Old South was judged to be among the lowest in the country. A lack of industrial development and the pervasiveness of a sharecropping system of agricultural production combined to keep the South mired in the backwaters of the American economy. Over the past five decades, however, the South has moved to the forefront as an area of economic growth. The authors show that significant improvements have taken place almost entirely in and around the major cities. Rural areas--especially those with a high percentage of blacks --remain saddled with an economic base dominated almost entirely by slow growing, stagnating, and declining industries. The uneven development of the region is the result of a set of industrial policies in which communities attempt to lure prospective employers with lucrative business incentive packages. Guarantees of cheap, unorganized labor, tax holidays and giveaways of land and buildings are some of the 'chips' community leaders use in this high stakes game. Rural communities are often caught in bidding wars among themselves in which they are forced to offer even more lucrative incentives and in the process reallocate resources away from needed human services. Consequently, Falk and Lyson target the need for a national industrial policy that will bring some order to the industrial recruitment process.

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SUNY Press

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088706728X

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The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the Fifteenth Century

By: James Gairdner,John Page,John Lydgate,William Gregory

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The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the Fifteenth Century

By: James Gairdner,John Page,John Lydgate,William Gregory

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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346

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385516803

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9783385516809

The Two-Edged Sword

A Study of the Paranoid Personality in Action

By: William H. Hampton,Virginia Schroeder Burnham

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The Two-Edged Sword

A Study of the Paranoid Personality in Action

By: William H. Hampton,Virginia Schroeder Burnham

What did Indira Gandhi, Josef Stalin and Winston Churchill have in common? The answer: paranoia. Paranoia is a much misunderstood word. The authors hope readers will use this book to develop self knowledge and self control.

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Sunstone Press

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0865341478

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9780865341470

The White House Looks South

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson

By: William E. Leuchtenburg

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The White House Looks South

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson

By: William E. Leuchtenburg

Perhaps not southerners in the usual sense, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Lyndon B. Johnson each demonstrated a political style and philosophy that helped them influence the South and unite the country in ways that few other presidents have. Combining vivid biography and political insight, William E. Leuchtenburg offers an engaging account of relations between these three presidents and the South while also tracing how the region came to embrace a national perspective without losing its distinctive sense of place. According to Leuchtenburg, each man "had one foot below the Mason-Dixon Line, one foot above." Roosevelt, a New Yorker, spent much of the last twenty-five years of his life in Warm Springs, Georgia, where he built a "Little White House." Truman, a Missourian, grew up in a pro-Confederate town but one that also looked West because of its history as the entrepôt for the Oregon Trail. Johnson, who hailed from the former Confederate state of Texas, was a westerner as much as a southerner. Their intimate associations with the South gave these three presidents an empathy toward and acceptance in the region. In urging southerners to jettison outworn folkways, Roosevelt could speak as a neighbor and adopted son, Truman as a borderstater who had been taught to revere the Lost Cause, and Johnson as a native who had been scorned by Yankees. Leuchtenburg explores in fascinating detail how their unique attachment to "place" helped them to adopt shifting identities, which proved useful in healing rifts between North and South, in altering behavior in regard to race, and in fostering southern economic growth. The White House Looks South is the monumental work of a master historian. At a time when race, class, and gender dominate historical writing, Leuchtenburg argues that place is no less significant. In a period when America is said to be homogenized, he shows that sectional distinctions persist. And in an era when political history is devalued, he demonstrates that government can profoundly affect people's lives and that presidents can be change-makers.

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LSU Press

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0807151424

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9780807151426

A Protestant Church in Communist China

Moore Memorial Church Shanghai, 1949-1989

By: John Craig William Keating

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A Protestant Church in Communist China

Moore Memorial Church Shanghai, 1949-1989

By: John Craig William Keating

Freedom of religious belief is guaranteed under the constitution of the People's Republic of China, but the degree to which this freedom is able to be exercised remains a highly controversial issue. Much scholarly attention has been given to persecuted underground groups such as Falun, but one area that remains largely unexplored is the relationship between officially registered churches and the communist government. This study investigates the history of one such official church, Moore Memorial Church in Shanghai. This church was founded by American Methodist missionaries. By the time of the 1949 revolution, it was the largest Protestant church in East Asia, running seven day a week programs. As a case study of one individual church, operating from an historical (rather than theological) perspective, this study examines the experience of people at this church against the backdrop of the turbulent politics of the Mao and Deng eras. It asks and seeks to answer questions such as: were the people at the church pleased to see the foreign missionaries leave? Were people forced to sign the so-called "Christian manifesto"? Once the church doors were closed in 1966, did worshipers go underground? Why was this particular church especially chosen to be the first re-opened in Shanghai in 1979? What explanations are there for its phenomenal growth since then? A considerable proportion of the data for this study is drawn from Chinese language sources, including interviews, personal correspondence, statistics, internal church documents and archives, many of which have never previously been published or accessed by foreign researchers. The main focus of this study is on the period from 1949 to 1989, a period in which the church experienced many ups and downs, restrictions and limitations. The Mao era, in particular, remains one of the least understood and seldom written about periods in the history of Christianity in China. This study therefore makes a significant contribution to our evolving understanding of the delicate balancing act between compromise, co-operation and compliance that categorizes church-state relations in modern China.

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Lexington Books

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1611460905

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9781611460902

Russian and Soviet Education 1731-1989

A Multilingual Annotated Bibliography

By: John T. Zepper,William W. Brickman

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Russian and Soviet Education 1731-1989

A Multilingual Annotated Bibliography

By: John T. Zepper,William W. Brickman

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Routledge

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1135838186

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West Brookfield

By: Brenda Metterville and William Jankins

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West Brookfield

By: Brenda Metterville and William Jankins

Originally a part of Quaboag Plantation, the town of West Brookfield became independent by incorporating in 1848. Early industries included brickyards and factories for bookbinding and the manufacture of boots, hats, corsets, and condensed milk. The community's earliest days were also committed to education as rural school districts were established, boasting original school buildings that were able to be used through the 1950s. Over the years, many notable residents emerged, including Judge Jedediah Foster, who assisted in drafting the Massachusetts Constitution, and famous suffragist Lucy Stone. Brothers Daniel and Ebenezer Merriam established a printing house and bookstore in West Parish Brookfield. Today, residents and visitors enjoy West Brookfield's most popular attractions: the Rock House Reservation features 196 acres of boulders and stone outcrops and the 315-acre Lake Wickaboag is the scene of winter and summer activities, from icehouses to a nationally recognized water-ski club. The Quaboag Historical Society was founded in 1895 and 120 years later is still a vital part of the community.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467122726

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The Bird Saviors

By: William James Cobb

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The Bird Saviors

By: William James Cobb

Ruby Cole decides to abandon her baby rather than marry a man twice her age who already has two wives and sets off a series of reactions that involve an equestrian police officer, pawnshop clientele, and a grieving ornithologist.

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Unbridled Books

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1609530705

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9781609530709

Civil War Macon

The History of a Confederate City

By: Richard William Iobst

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Civil War Macon

The History of a Confederate City

By: Richard William Iobst

In 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, Macon was a business community dedicated to supplying the needs of its citizens, of the cotton planters who grew the short-staple upland cotton, the principal foundation of wealth for the antebellum South. This book offers an encyclopedic history of Macon, Georgia, during the Civil War.

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Mercer University Press

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0881461725

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The South and the Politics of Slavery, 1828–1856

By: William J. Cooper, Jr.

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The South and the Politics of Slavery, 1828–1856

By: William J. Cooper, Jr.

The politics of slavery consumed the political world of the antebellum South. Although local economic, ethnic, and religious issues tended to dominate northern antebellum politics, The South and the Politics of Slavery convincingly argues that national and slavery-related issues were the overriding concerns of southern politics during these years. Accordingly, southern voters saw their parties, both Democratic and Whig, as the advocates and guardians of southern rights in the nation. William Cooper traces and analyzes the history of southern politics from the formation of the Democratic party in the late 1820s to the demise of the Democratic-Whig struggle in the 1850s, reporting on attitudes and reactions in each of the eleven states that were to form the Confederacy. Focusing on southern politicians and parties, Cooper emphasizes their relationship with each other, with their northern counterparts, and with southern voters, and he explores the connections between the values of southern white society and its parties and politicians. Based on extensive research in regional political manuscripts and newspapers, this study will be valuable to all historians of the period for the information and insight it provides on the role of the South in politics of the nation during the lifespan of the Jacksonian party system.

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LSU Press

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0807107751

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Colonial Families of Maryland

Bound and Determined to Succeed

By: Robert William Barnes

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Colonial Families of Maryland

Bound and Determined to Succeed

By: Robert William Barnes

The main purpose of this work is to chronicle and categorize the life experiences of 519 persons who entered Maryland as indentured servants or, to a lesser extent, as convicts forcibly transported [between 1634-1777]. The text itself is composed of solidly researched sketches of Maryland servants and convicts and their descendants, including 84 that are traced to the third generation or beyond."--Amazon.com.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806353163

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Hattiesburg

An American City in Black and White

By: William Sturkey

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Hattiesburg

An American City in Black and White

By: William Sturkey

Winner of the Zócalo Public Square Book Prize Benjamin L. Hooks Award Finalist “An insightful, powerful, and moving book.” —Kevin Boyle, author of Arc of Justice “Sturkey’s clear-eyed and meticulous book pulls off a delicate balancing act. While depicting the terrors of Jim Crow, he also shows how Hattiesburg’s black residents, forced to forge their own communal institutions, laid the organizational groundwork for the civil rights movement.” —New York Times If you really want to understand Jim Crow—what it was and how African Americans rose up to defeat it—you should start by visiting Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the heart of the historic black downtown. There you can still see remnants of the shops and churches where, amid the violence and humiliation of segregation, men and women gathered to build a remarkable community. Hattiesburg takes us into the heart of this divided town and deep into the lives of families on both sides of the racial divide to show how the fabric of their existence was shaped by the changing fortunes of the Jim Crow South. “Sturkey’s magnificent portrait reminds us that Mississippi is no anachronism. It is the dark heart of American modernity.” —Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk “When they are at their best, historians craft powerful, compelling, often genre-changing pieces of history...William Sturkey is one of those historians...A brilliant, poignant work.” —Charles W. McKinney, Jr., Journal of African American History

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Belknap Press

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0674976355

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9780674976351

Book's by William James Cobb

High Tech, Low Tech, No Tech

High Tech, Low Tech, No Tech

The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the Fifteenth Century

The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the Fifteenth Century

The Two-Edged Sword

The Two-Edged Sword

The White House Looks South

The White House Looks South

A Protestant Church in Communist China

A Protestant Church in Communist China

Russian and Soviet Education 1731-1989

Russian and Soviet Education 1731-1989

West Brookfield

West Brookfield

The Bird Saviors

The Bird Saviors

Civil War Macon

Civil War Macon

The South and the Politics of Slavery, 1828–1856

The South and the Politics of Slavery, 1828–1856

Colonial Families of Maryland

Colonial Families of Maryland

Hattiesburg

Hattiesburg

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