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UNINA9910455372403321 |
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Autore |
Buder Stanley |
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Titolo |
Capitalizing on change [[electronic resource] ] : a social history of American business / / Stanley Buder |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-4696-0598-8 |
0-8078-8980-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (556 p.) |
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Collana |
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The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, society, and the state |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Capitalism - United States - History |
Industries - Social aspects - United States - History |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Early capitalism and the rise of a market economy -- North America's colonial economy -- The early national economy, 1776-1820 -- Antebellum America, 1820-1860 -- The unstoppable engine -- Entrepreneurial leaves from the Gilded Age -- A changing workplace and society -- Washington comes forward, 1900-1912 -- The age of organization -- The consumer decade -- Hard times, 1933-1945 -- The American (quarter) century, 1945-1973 -- Coping with decline, 1974-1980 -- Restructuring and rebirth, 1980's -- The new economy, the burst bubble, and an economy in trouble, 1990-2008 -- The rise of a global economy -- Thinking small -- The Twenty-first century . |
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Americans love ""this year's model,"" relying on the ""new"" to be always ""improved."" Enthusiasm for the new, says Stanley Buder, is essential to American business, where innovation and change stoke the engines of economic energy. To really understand the history of business in America, he argues, we must understand the intertwining dynamics of social and business values. In a history spanning over three hundred years, Buder examines the enveloping expansion of the market economy, the laggardly use of government to modify or control market forces, the rise of consumerism, the shifting |
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UNINA9910699047303321 |
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Autore |
Bentrup Gary |
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Titolo |
Conservation buffers [[electronic resource] ] : design guidelines for buffers, corridors, and greenways / / [Gary Bentrup] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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[Asheville, N.C.] : , : U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, , [2008] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (iii, 110 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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Collana |
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General technical report SRS ; ; 109 |
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Soggetti |
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Ecological landscape design |
Buffer zones (Ecosystem management) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from PDF title screen (viewed on Oct. 27, 2009).. |
"September 2008." |
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