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Nat Turner, Black Prophet: A Visionary History - Hardcover

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by Anthony E. Kaye (Author), Gregory P. Downs (With)A Chicago Tribune book of the summer A Goodreads most anticipated summer bookA bold reinterpretation of the causes and legacy of Nat Turner's rebellion--and the new definitive account. In August 1831, a group of enslaved people in Southampton County, Virginia, rose up to fight for their freedom. They attacked the plantations on which their enslavers lived and attempted to march on the county seat of Jerusalem, from which they planned to laun...

White Servitude in Colonial South Carolina

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Report copyright infringementby Warren B. Smith (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important ...

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Report copyright infringementby Philip M. J. Reckers (Editor)Advances in Accounting" was founded to provide a forum for discourse among and between academic and practising accountants on issues of significance to the future of the discipline. Emphasis was placed on original commentary and creative research that would substantively advance our understanding of behavioural and financial markets phenomena relevant to real world choices. Technology and global competition have brought tremendous c...

Principles of Macroeconometric Modeling: Volume 36

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Report copyright infringementby L. R. Klein (Author), W. Welfe (Author), A. Welfe (Author)Two important new developments have occurred that have significant impact on the evolution of econometrics, namely, the end of the Cold War and the emergence of the information revolution in nearly all economies of the world.The information revolution has had significant effect on data flows, making them much more timely, accessible, and descriptive of more parts of the economy. At the same time, it has ...

Cities in the Anthropocene: New Ecology and Urban Politics

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Report copyright infringementby Ihnji Jon (Author)Climate change is real, and extreme weather events are its physical manifestations. These extreme events affect how we live and work in cities, and subsequently the way we design, plan, and govern them. Taking action 'for the environment' is not only a moral imperative; instead, it is activated by our everyday experience in the city. Based on the author's site visits and interviews in Darwin (Australia), Tulsa (Oklahoma), Cleveland (Ohio), and...

Local Economies in Turmoil: The Effects of Deregulation and Globalization

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Report copyright infringementby Arni Sverrisson (Author), M. Van Dijk (Editor), Meine Pieter Van Dijk (Author)The main theme is how local economic cultures and economic networks in the South and in Eastern Europe are put under strain by global deregulation and how traditional and not so traditional but locally rooted structures of economic life adjust to deregulation or fail to do so. All the contributions, written by different authors, combine a 'flexible specialization in clusters' approach...

Development Success in Asia Pacific: An Exercise in Normative-Pragmatic Balance

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Report copyright infringementby A. H. Somjee (Author), Geeta Somjee (Author)Preface - Introduction - PART 1: SINGAPORE: A SUPER PRAGMATIC SOCIETY - Social Organization - Dynamic Political Economy - The Vision of the Founding Fathers and Political Institutions - Normative-Pragmatic Balance in a Meritocratic Society - Some General Observations - PART 2: MALAYSIA: ETHNIC DISPARITIES AND SEARCH FOR A NORMATIVE-PRAGMATIC BALANCE - Background and Legacies - The Ethnic Mosaic and the Matrix of Devel...

Urban Poverty in the Caribbean: French Martinique as a Social Laboratory

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Report copyright infringementby Michel S. Laguerre (Author)In this book on urban poverty in the Caribbean, Michel S. Laguerre presents a detailed analysis of the phenomenon in urban Martinique. He argues that the national structure of inequality finds its myriad expressions in the urban environment. Not only does the city provide the ideological back-up - and the locus where elite ideologies are produced and reproduced - but also the men and women who occupy the positions that sustain the ine...

Food Insecurity and the Social Division of Labour in Tanzania,1919-85

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Report copyright infringementby s. Bryceson (Author)Most studies of famine and the African food crisis stress how the socio-economic context influences the occurrence of food shortages. By contrast, this book argues that food insecurity itself influences the social and economic organization of the society. Through this approach, the author provides a new interpretation of the causes and consequences of Tanzania's present economic crisis. The book examines the effects of changing food availabi...

Cause, Effect, and Everything in Between

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Report copyright infringementby Aboozar Hadavand (Author)A practical guide to understanding the science of cause-and-effect for everyday decision-making. In Cause, Effect, and Everything in Between, Aboozar Hadavand provides an easy-to-read and non-technical foundation to causal inference, especially for readers without a strong background in math and statistics. Rather than using statistical equations and mathematical theory, Hadavand focuses on developing readers' ability to analyze causal ...

Patriarchy Inc.: What We Get Wrong about Gender Equality?and Why Men Still Win at Work

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Report copyright infringementby Cordelia Fine (Author)Work remains much as it always has: men occupy the vast majority of leadership roles and are overrepresented in positions from engineer to plumber. We see many jobs as "male" or "female," with women dominating in healthcare and childcare professions. Pretending that this is the natural state of things--or that, instead, both sexes should submit to working 24/7--is just not right.In Patriarchy Inc., Cordelia Fine examines with razor-sharp a...

Cause, Effect, and Everything in Between: An Introduction to Causal Inference

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Reimagining Development: Bold Directions Towards a Thriving World

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Sutoris (Author), Uma Pradhan (Author)Imagining a better future is at the heart of development. But mainstream development models are driven by a very narrow, Western-centric set of ideas about what it means to be human. What could be possible if we let ourselves imagine differently? As our world continues to evolve at breakneck speed and faces unprecedented crises--from the decaying environment to cascading inequality--the need for bold new directions fo...

Perspectives on Whistleblowing: Cases and Theories

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Report copyright infringementby Iain Munro (Editor), Kate Kenny (Editor), Marianna Fotaki (Editor)Society acknowledges whistleblowers as truth-tellers who bring urgent concerns to the public's attention, but at the same time they are subjected to a host of retaliations including smear campaigns, unemployment, prison and exile. Investigating high profile case studies including Kiriakou, Snowden, Foxley and Assange, this book discusses recent transformations in whistleblowing practice. With fir...

Can I Say That?: Your go-to guide for diversity, equity and inclusion

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Report copyright infringementby Poornima Luthra (Author) Number of Pages: 242 Dimensions: 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: August 17, 2025

A Practical Guide to Social Impact Assessment: For the real world

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Report copyright infringementby Andrea Kanaris (Author)Unlock the Power of Social Impact Assessment-From Theory to Real-World ApplicationIn an era where social impact is under increasing scrutiny, professionals need more than just theory - they need practical, actionable guidance. A Practical Guide to Social Impact Assessment for the Real World bridges the gap between academic frameworks and the realities of regulatory approvals, project planning, and community engagement.Written by seasoned ...

Principles of Emergency Planning and Management

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Report copyright infringementby David Alexander (Author)As interest in planning for emergencies and disasters burgeons, and educational and training programs proliferate, Principles of emergency planning and management is the first book to meet the need for a concise yet comprehensive and systematic primer on how to prepare for a disaster. Providing readers with a comprehensive, systematic, yet concise introduction to effective preparation for disasters, it provides a unified starting point e...

A Guide to Mediation Training: An Insightful and Uncomplicated Guide to Learning Mediation

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen L. Sherwin (Author) Number of Pages: 166 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 07, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Sangkyun Kim (Editor), Una McMahon-Beattie (Editor), Eerang Park (Editor)This book explores the future of food tourism in 2075 and beyond. It uses the principles of multiple futures to demonstrate, analyse and examine different paths that food tourism may take using scenario planning. It is timely given the issues of global food supply, climate change and the rise of food tourism as the core of the experience economy.Author BiographySangkyun Kim is Associate Pr...

Scenario Planning and Tourism Futures: Theory Building, Methodologies and Case Studies

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Report copyright infringementby Albert Postma (Author), Stefan Hartman (Author), Ian Yeoman (Author)This book offers a practical guide for scenario planning to make sense of the future of tourism for practitioners, researchers and students. A variety of case studies are presented which demonstrate how scenario planning is deployed. They include learning points and questions to help readers understand key concepts, theories and applications.Author BiographyAlbert Postma is Professor of Strateg...

Innovation: The Hidden Windrush Legacy for Generational Wealth

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Report copyright infringementby Sonia Michelle Reynolds (Author)Discover a Legacy of Innovation: From the Windrush Voyage to Generational WealthEmbark on a journey through history, resilience, and groundbreaking achievement with "Innovation: The Hidden Windrush Legacy for Generational Wealth." This revelatory book unveils the untold stories of determination, creativity, and strategic innovation that have long been overshadowed. Within its pages, you will discover the profound impact of the Wi...

Why Do We Fight?: Conflict, War, and Peace - Paperback

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by Niki Walker (Author)Battles, protests, standoffs, strikes. We hear about them all the time. On the surface, a battle and a protest don't seem to have much in common, but they're really just two ways of handling a dispute. Both are conflicts. Using real-world examples, Why Do We Fight? teaches kids to recognize the structures, factors, and complex histories that go into creating conflicts, whether personal or global--as well as the similarities between both. From culture clashes and trade ...

Is Modeling for You? The Handbook and Guide for the Young Aspiring African American Model (Revised Second Edition)

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Report copyright infringementby Yvonne Rose (Author), Tony Rose (Author)The Ultimate How-To Book for the Young Aspiring Black ModelThe new national bestseller Is Modeling for You? The Handbook and Guide for the Young Aspiring Black Model is the first and only comprehensive book on modeling written for and about the African-American model.The 272 page book has over 60 pages of Black models, and includes such topics as: Super Models and How they Made it to the Top, Finding an Agency, The Modeli...

A Home Divided: Women and Income in the Third World

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Report copyright infringementby Daisy Dwyer (Editor), Judith Bruce (Editor)A challenge to economic theories that view the household as a harmonious unit with a single decision-maker, this book shows that in the Third World the household is an arena of conflict marked by inequality and negotiation over income and expenditures. Dwyer and Bruce's introduction is followed by eleven field studies: four in Asia, four in Africa and the Middle East, and three in the Caribbean and Central America. The...

When Knowledge Is Power: Three Models of Change in International Organizations Volume 22

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Report copyright infringementby Ernst B. Haas (Author)Do governments seeking to collaborate in such international organizations as the United Nations and the World Bank ever learn to improve the performance of those organizations? Can international organizations be improved by a deliberate institutional design that reflects lessons learned in peacekeeping, the protection of human rights, and environmentally sound economic development? In this incisive work, Ernst Haas examines these and other...

Labor Movement: How Migration Regulates Labor Markets

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Report copyright infringementby Harald Bauder (Author)Throughout the industrialized world, international migrants serve as nannies, construction workers, gardeners and small-business entrepreneurs. Labor Movement suggests that the international migration of workers is necessary for the survival of industrialized economies. The book thus turns the conventional view of international migration on its head: it investigates how migration regulates labor markets, rather than labor markets shaping m...

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Report copyright infringementby G. W. Jones (Editor), Gavin Jones (Editor), J. C. Caldwell (Editor)One of the most significant occurrences of this century has been the drastic decline in many countries of tragically high death and birth rates. In this collection, leading demographers, anthropologists, sociologists, and historians examine the causes of this transition and the reasons why many other countries have not followed suit. Number of Pages: 464 Dimensions: 1 x...

Re-Enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons - Paperback

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by Silvia Federici (Author), Peter Linebaugh (Foreword by)Silvia Federici is one of the most important contemporary theorists of capitalism and feminist movements. In this collection of her work spanning over twenty years, she provides a detailed history and critique of the politics of the commons from a feminist perspective. In her clear and combative voice, Federici provides readers with an analysis of some of the key issues and debates in contemporary thinking on this subject. Drawing on r...

Job Seeking Skills for People With Disabilities

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Report copyright infringementby United States Department of Education (Created by)The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills to the most recent Budget of the United States Government, the BiblioGov Project spans a wealth of government information...

The 55 Minutes: An atlas to navigate problems, reveal systems, and ask beautiful questions in a radically shifting world

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Report copyright infringementby James Stauch (Author)Albert Einstein is credited with saying, "If I had an hour to solve a problem, I'd spend fifty-five minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions." This book is about how to use those metaphorical first fifty-five minutes wisely. If we want to be successful when we innovate, act, or try to "change the system," we need to get serious about understanding the problem. But problems don't exist in a vacuum. They ar...

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Report copyright infringementby Asian Development Bank (Author)Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2017, the 48th edition of this series, includes the latest available economic, financial, social, and environmental indicators for the 48 regional members of ADB. It presents the latest key statistics on development issues concerning the economies of Asia and the Pacific to a wide audience, including policy makers, development practitioners, government officials, researchers, students, and t...

Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development

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Report copyright infringementby Axel Marx (Guest Editor)Voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) and other private governance instruments (e.g., Fair Trade, Forest Stewardship Council, Fair Wear Foundation, GLOBALGAP) are increasingly regulating global production processes and economic activities. VSS verify the compliance of products or production processes with sustainability standards. The importance of voluntary sustainability standards is now widely recognized. After being operational fo...