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UNINA9910480136503321 |
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Autore |
Häberlein Mark |
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The practice of pluralism : congregational life and religious diversity in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1730-1820 / / Mark Häberlein |
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University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2009] |
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©2009 |
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0-271-07813-8 |
0-271-05022-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Max Kade German-American Research Institute series |
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Religious pluralism - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History - 18th century |
Religious pluralism - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History - 19th century |
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Lancaster (Pa.) Church history 18th century |
Lancaster (Pa.) Church history 19th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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A quest for order : the German Reformed congregation, 1733-1775 -- Growth and disruption : Lutherans and Moravians -- The English churches of colonial Lancaster -- Religious pluralism in an eighteenth-century town -- Lancaster's churches in the new republic -- The transformation of charity, 1750-1820. |
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"Studies the development of religious congregations in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from 1730 to 1820. Focuses on German Reformed, Lutherans, Moravians, Anglicans, and Presbyterians. Also examines how Roman Catholics, Jews, and African Americans were absorbed into this predominantly white Protestant society"--Provided by publisher. |
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UNINA9910465480403321 |
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Wolff Edward N |
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Does education really help? [[electronic resource] ] : skill, work, and inequality / / Edward N. Wolff |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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0-19-534588-6 |
1-4294-6906-4 |
1-280-84604-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Labor supply - Effect of education on - United States |
Occupational training - United States |
Income distribution - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"A Century Foundation book." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-297) and index. |
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Contents; Foreword; 1 Postwar Trends in Income, Earnings, and Schooling; 2 Technology and the Demand for Skills; 3 Wages and Skills; 4 Productivity and Skill Change; 5 The Growth of the Information Economy; 6 Skill Dispersion and Earnings Inequality; 7 Skills and Changing Comparative Advantage; 8 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations; Data Appendix; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
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This book challenges the conventional wisdom that greater schooling and skill improvement leads to higher wages, that income inequality falls with wider access to schooling, and that the Information Technology revolution will re-ignite worker pay. Indeed, the econometric results provide noevidence that the growth of skills or educational attainment has any statistically significant relation to earnings growth or that greater equality in schooling has led to a decline in income inequality. Results also indicate that computer investment is negatively related to earnings gains andpositively assoc |
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