The goal of this chapter is to examine the wider range of roles Africans played in the making of colonial legal and political orders. We recognize that Africans were employed in a wide range of service roles, including menial workers and skilled artisans, but our focus will be on those Africans...

In this study, we investigated the effect of periodic uniaxial strains on electron and phonon transports of MoS 2 monolayers on a periodically corrugated sapphire surface. Micro-Raman, polarized photoluminescence and second harmonic generation results shows the anisotropy of the...

"Building Better Students discusses issues surrounding workforce readiness in the 21st century. Leading experts from psychology, education, and the workforce present cutting edge research on the topic. By synthesizing the latest thinking on a febrile topic, this volume stands at the forefront of...

The Federal Reserve's monetary policy in 1989 will likely focus on countering emerging inflationary pressures. As these pressures are contained, the good economic performance shown by the economy in recent years is likely to continue.

The authors assess empirically the impact on firm performance of a state-subsidised training-loan scheme for small businesses (the Small Firms Training Loan Scheme). To achieve this assessment, a longitudinal sample of firms that received loans from the leading lender under the scheme, Barclays...