1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782901803321

Autore

Munro Derek B

Titolo

Vegetables of Canada / / Derek B. Munro and Ernest Small

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa : , : NRC Research Press, , 1997

©1997

ISBN

1-280-45199-8

1-4593-0299-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 416 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

635/.0971

Soggetti

Vegetables - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover page; Publishing information; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Common name guide to the vegetables of Canada discussed in detail; Scientific name guide to the vegetables of Canada discussed in detail; Abstract; Rémusé; Preface; Medicinal Warning; Acknowledgments; Sources of illustrations; Introduction; The vegetable economy of Canada; Plant classification and plant names; Detailed information on vegetables of Canada (alphabetized by genus, from Abelmoschrus to Zea; Bibliography; Index of English names; Index of French names; Index of Scientific (Latin) names

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a comprehensive, extensively illustrated, practical reference guide to about 100 Canadian vegetables. It covers both commercial and home garden crops and includes essentially all of the major, minor, and potentially new vegetables of Canada.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910810163903321

Titolo

The great recession / / David B. Grusky, Bruce Western, and Christopher Wimer, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-61044-750-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Disciplina

330.973/0931

Soggetti

Recessions - United States

Financial crises - United States

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

United States Economic conditions 2009-

United States Economic policy 2009-

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; Contributors; Preface - David B. Grusky, Christopher Wimer, and Bruce Western; Part I: Introduction ; Chapter 1. The Consequences of the Great Recession - David B. Grusky, Bruce Western and Christopher Wimer; Chapter 2. The Roots of the Great Recession - Neil Fligstein and Adam Goldstein ; Part II: Economic Effects: The Labor Market, Income and Poverty, and Wealth and Housing; Chapter 3. Job Loss and Unemployment - Michael Hout, Asaf Levanon, and Erin Cumberworth

Chapter 4. Poverty and Income Inequality in the Early Stages of the Great Recession - Timothy M. Smeeding, Jeffrey P. Thompson, Asaf Levanon, and Esra BurakChapter 5. How Much Wealth Was Destroyed in the Great Recession? - Edward N. Wolff, Lindsay A. Owens, and Esra Burak; Part III. Social Effects: Consumption, Attitudes, and Family; Chapter 6. An Analysis of Trends, Perceptions, and Distributional Effects in Consumption - Ivaylo D. Petev, Luigi Pistaferri, and Itay Saporta-Eksten; Chapter 7. The Suprisingly Weak Effect of Recessions on Public Opinion - Lane Kenworthy and Lindsay A. Owens

Chapter 8. The Great Recession's Influence on Fertility, Marriage,



Divorce, and Cohabitation - S. Philip Morgan, Erin Cumberworth, and Christopher WimerPart IV. The Collective Response: The Government and Charitable Giving ; Chapter 9. The Federal Stimulus Programs and Their Effects - Gary Burtless and Tracy Gordon; Chapter 10. Has the Great Recession Made Americans Stingier? - Rob Reich, Christopher Wimer, Shazad Hohmed, and Sharda Jambulapati; Index