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UNINA9910156172803321 |
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Downing Bill Laurel |
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Aunt Phil's Trunk [[electronic resource]] |
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1 online resource (466 p.) |
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Alaska History Anecdotes |
Klondike River Valley (Yukon) Gold discoveries |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Aunt Phil's Trunk: Volume One; Title Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Early Alaska; Chapter 1 Unanswered Questions; Chapter 2 Coping With The Unknown; Chapter 3 Explorers Ply Alaska Waters; Chapter 4 While The United States Was Forming; Alaska's Changing Landscape; Chapter 5 Island Of Mystery; Chapter 6 Earthquakes Form Landscape; Little-Known Stories; Chapter 7 Natives Attack Russian Forts; Chapter 8 Woody Island's Icy Past; Chapter 9 Last Shot Of The Civil War; Alaska Becomes U.S. Possession; Chapter 10 Seward's Folly Turns Into Treasure |
Chapter 11 Myth Surrounds Alaska PurchaseChapter 12 Americans Flock North; Chapter 13 Apostle To The North; Chapter 14 Alaska's Mysterious First Census-Taker; Alaska's First Gold Rush; Chapter 15 Gold Found In Southeast; Chapter 16 Exploring The Nile Of Alaska; Chapter 17 Old John Bremner; Chapter 18 Rich Names Along The Koyukuk; Dreams of Gold; Chapter 19 Alaska's Second Gold Rush; Chapter 20 Dreams Of Salmon Turn To Gold; Chapter 21 Luckiest Man On The Klondike; Rush to the Klondike; Chapter 22 Dawson Is Born; Chapter 23 St. Michael Awakens; Chapter 24 Trails To Gold |
Chapter 25 Gold Rush Trails Photo EssayChapter 26 Jack Dalton Builds Toll Road; Sea Captains, Scoundrels and Nuns; Chapter 27 Sea Captain Stifles Mutiny; Chapter 28 Soapy Smith Heads To Skagway; Chapter 29 Miners Stampede To Nome; Chapter 30 Sisters Of Providence Head To Nome; Gold Rush Impacts Natives; Chapter 31 Natives And The Rush For gold; Chapter 32 Richest Native Woman In The North; About the |
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Authors; Bibliograpy; Preview other Volumes Aunt Phil's Trunk; Preview Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Two; Preview Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three; Preview Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Four |
Preview Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume FiveMore Books Available; Copyright |
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Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume One Alaska history decoded - Now in eBooks With more than 20,000 copies of "Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume One" in print books sold worldwide, readers are saying the entertaining nonfiction stories are keeping ages 9 to 99 spellbound! Laurel Downing Bill brings Alaska history alive in this first book in the four-book ser |
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UNINA9910533330303321 |
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Autore |
Lee Margaret C. |
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Africa's world trade : informal economies and globalization from below / / Margaret C. Lee |
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London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 |
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[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021 |
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1-350-21825-1 |
1-78032-350-6 |
1-78032-352-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (178 pages) |
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International business enterprises - Africa |
Development economics & emerging economies |
Africa Commerce China |
Africa Commerce |
Africa Economic conditions |
China Commerce Africa |
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Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; Africa Now; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Dedication; |
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Introduction; The complexity of Africa's involvement in global trade; Structure of the book; Methodology; 1 Globalization from above and globalization from below; Globalization; Neoliberalism; Globalization from above; Globalization from below; The creation of Afro-neoliberal capitalism and the elite consensus; Conclusion; 2 Chocolate City (Guangzhou) in China; The origins of Chocolate City in Guangzhou. |
African trading posts, transnational spaces, and the immigrant community as a bridge to the host communityAfrican traders and the long journey to Chocolate City; The complicated world of African traders in Chocolate City; African trading posts, transnational spaces, and the immigrant community as a bridge to the host community: a critical analysis; African traders: a concluding assessment; What is the future of globalization from below in Guangzhou?; 3 The non-hegemonic world of Africa-China trade; Globalization from below and African market traders. |
Textiles and clothing: the special case of South AfricaHeadline news: we must stop the Chinese onslaught -- the special case of the Ghanaian steel industry; We destroy counterfeit Chinese goods; Globalization from below and Chinese market traders; The sex trade: prostitutes as commodities to trade in the world of globalization from below; The non-hegemonic world of Africa-China trade: implications for globalization from below and Africa's trade regimes; 4 Humanizing the US African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): inside apparel and textile factories; A brief overview of US-Africa relations. |
AGOA in historical and contextual perspective4.1 Total exports from AGOA beneficiaries; The AGOA Textile and Apparel Provision; 4.2 African clothing exports to the USA, 2002-10; 4.3 US textile and apparel imports from top AGOA exporters; AGOA factories: the workers are human beings; AGOA's future; A symbiotic relationship between globalization from above and globalization from below and an unimaginable tragedy; Conclusion; Africa's trade regimes; Africa's markets and globalization from below; The future of Africa's world trade; Appendix; A: Trade Act of 2002; B: AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004. |
C: Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004D: Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back cover. |
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A remarkable and original exploration of the impact of how international markets and trade regimes impact the lives of ordinary Africans. |
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UNINA9910219899903321 |
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Titolo |
The catalyst |
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[Westminster, CO?], : National Council on Community Services and Continuing Education, [1995- |
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Community and school - United States |
Community and college - United States |
Continuing education - United States |
Community and college |
Community and school |
Continuing education |
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United States |
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Place of publication varies. |
Title from cover. |
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