1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457852703321

Autore

Ornish Natalie

Titolo

Pioneer Jewish Texans [[electronic resource] /] / Natalie Ornish ; foreword by Sara Alpern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-299-05346-7

1-60344-433-5

Edizione

[1st Texas A&M University Press ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AlpernSara

Disciplina

976.4/004924

Soggetti

Jews - Texas

Electronic books.

Texas Biography

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 to a people -- The adventurers : conquistadors and the search for freedom -- The soldiers : Jews in the battles for Texas independence -- The colonizers : opening Texas's lands west -- The statesmen : constructing a republic and a nation -- The ranchers : giants of Texas's great cattle herds -- The financiers : new frontiers in banking -- The wildcatters : from pipes to oil leases -- The humanitarian : Galveston and the gateway immigration movement -- The great merchants : some called them princes -- The significant merchants : laying the economic foundation for Texas's future -- The educators : the Paul Reveres of education -- The artists : vanguards in the arts -- The doctors and other healers : from the Alamo to the Nobel Prize -- The lawyers : justice for all.

Sommario/riassunto

With more than 400 photographs, extensive interviews with the descendants of pioneer Jewish Texan families, and reproductions of rare historical documents, Natalie Ornish's Pioneer Jewish Texans quickly became a classic following its original release in 1989.This new Texas A&M University Press edition presents Ornish's meticulous research and her fascinating historical vignettes for a new generation of readers and historians. She chronicles Jewish buccaneers with Jean Lafitte at Galveston; she tells of Jewish patriots who fought at the



Alamo and at virtually every major enga

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785386603321

Titolo

Painting the White House green : rationalizing environmental policy inside the executive office of the president / / edited by Randall Lutter and Jason F. Shogren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Resources for the Future, c2004

ISBN

1-136-52696-X

1-936331-17-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

LutterRandall W

ShogrenJason F

Disciplina

333.72/0973

Soggetti

Environmental policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-195) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A tale of two policies: clear skies and climate change / William A. Pizer -- Head in the clouds decision-making : EPA's air quality standards for ozone / Randall Lutter -- Economic analysis and the formulation of U.S. climate policy / Michael A. Toman -- Saving the planet cost-effectively : the role of economic analysis in climate change mitigation policy / Joseph E. Aldy -- Making markets for global forest conservation / Jonathan B. Wiener -- Electricity restructuring and the environment / Stephen Polasky -- Do all the resource problems in the West begin in the East? revisited / Jason F. Shogren -- The good news and the bad News from Washington / Ray Squitieri.

Sommario/riassunto

Presidents, like kings, lead cloistered lives. Protecting the president from too much isolation are advisers and aides who help ensure that the administration achieves its policy goals while enjoying broad political support. In economics and environmental policy, where disagreement among stakeholders and expert opinion is especially strong, the president needs good advice about political strategy, as well as unbiased information about the substance of policy issues. It is



the latter need that the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is intended to address. Painting the White House Green collects