Examining the professional lives of a variety of businessmen and their advocates with the intent of taking their words seriously, Chad Pearson paints a vivid picture of an epic contest between industrial employers and labor, and challenges our comfortable notions of Progressive Era reformers.

The main underlying contradictions in Latin American development are exposed through a systemic analysis of "industrial colonialism." Figueroa's critical analysis of present imperialism and the neoliberal mode of knowledge creation provides fresh insights into contemporary underdevelopment and...

Asian Economic Systems provides readers with a crisp analytic framework, concepts and narrative highlighting contemporary Asia's systemic diversity. The framework facilitates insightful comparison with the western neoclassical ideal. This method allows students to easily appreciate the special...

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Small Town Catholic Boy -- 2. Pierre du Pont and John J. Raskob -- 3. Raskob and the DuPont Company -- 4. Too Big? -- 5. Raskob Makes a Rich Life in Wilmington -- 6. Billy Durant -- 7. Family Man -- 8. The General Motors Deal -- 9. Man...

Once upon a time, it was impossible to drive through the South without coming across signs to "See Rock City" or similar tourist attractions. From battlegrounds to birthplaces, and sites in between, heritage tourism has always been part of how the South attracts visitors--and defines itself--yet...

This book shows that in Asia and Europe, 17th- early 20th century, the history of "free" labour is linked to that of coerced labour. Circulation of models, peoples, goods and institutions, and long-term growth contributed to increase coercion.

Key Features:Helps readers understand India's long history, with reference to a thousand years of decline and five decades of socialismExplains the underlying long-term dynamics of the country to make definite predictions about India's future and the likely impact on the worldFocuses on economic...

Cover -- Life And Work In Medieval Europe -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE -- BOOK I -- CHAPTER I ROMAN EUROPE AND BARBARIAN EUROPE IN THE EARLY DARK AGES.-THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION OF THE INVADERS -- CHAPTER II THE INVASIONS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BARBARIAN...

For nearly three centuries the spectacular rise and fall of the South Sea Company has gripped the public imagination as the most graphic warning to investors of the dangers of unbridled speculation. Yet history repeats itself and the same elemental forces that drove up the price of South Sea...

This book explores geoeconomic insights into the global economy of superpowers. In ten chapters, the author explores causal relationships between global economic disparities and historical events, proceeding from the general to the specific.