1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453519103321

Titolo

Drawing a line in the sea : the 2010 Gaza flotilla incident and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / / edited by Thomas E. Copeland, with Althea H. Cook & Lisa M. McCartan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-7391-6732-4

0-7391-6955-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CopelandThomas E

CookAlthea H

McCartanLisa M

Disciplina

956.9405/4

Soggetti

Blockade - Gaza Strip - History - 21st century

Humanitarian assistance - Gaza Strip

Arab-Israeli conflict - Political aspects - Gaza Strip

Electronic books.

Gaza Strip History 21st century

Israel History, Naval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454747103321

Titolo

Breaking into new markets [[electronic resource] ] : emerging lessons for export diversification / / Richard Newfarmer, William Shaw, and Peter Walkenhorst, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2009

ISBN

0-8213-7638-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NewfarmerRichard S

ShawWilliam <1953->

WalkenhorstPeter

Disciplina

658.8/4091724

Soggetti

Exports - Developing countries

Forergn trade promotion - Developing countries

Diversification in industry - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; 1 Breaking Into New Markets: Overview; FIGURES; BOXES; PART I DOES DIVERSIFICATION MATTER?; TABLES; PART II POLICIES: LESSONS FROM EXPERIENCE; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since the 1950's when countries became concerned that specialization in primary products would lead to steady falls in the purchasing power of primary exports and slow growth, diversifying out of primary products into manufactures has been a major policy objective of developing countries. Indeed, since that time, developing countries generally have become more diversified, but many low income countries remain dependent on a narrow range of primary products. New questions concerning export diversification have emerged in the recent literature - and with important policy implications: Is export



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797755003321

Autore

Haviland Sara Rzeszutek

Titolo

James and Esther Cooper Jackson : love and courage in the Black freedom movement / / Sara Rzeszutek Haviland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-8131-6673-X

0-8131-6626-8

0-8131-6627-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Collana

Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century

Disciplina

323.092

B

Soggetti

African American civil rights workers

African American political activists

African American communists

Married people - United States

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century

Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Love and activism -- Jack and Esther's paths to activism and each other -- Radical marriage on the front lines of the double victory campaign -- The demise of the Black popular front in the postwar period -- Family and the Black freedom movement in the early Cold War years -- The Communist Party USA and Black freedom in the 1950s -- Radical journalism in the civil rights years -- Freedomways, the Communist Party USA, and Black freedom in the post-civil rights years -- Conclusion: Esther and Jack in American history.

Sommario/riassunto

This collective biography of James and Esther Cooper Jackson argues that, in the face of major political transformations, activists responded to new political contexts and drew on their own personal needs, demands, and relationships to craft their contributions to the black freedom movement.