1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791051903321

Autore

Williams Walter E (Walter Edward), <1936-2020.>

Titolo

Race & Economics [[electronic resource] ] : How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination?

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoover Institution Press, 2011

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

331.6/396073

331.6396073

Soggetti

African Americans -- Economic conditions

Free enterprise -- United States

Income distribution -- United States

Minorities -- United States -- Economic conditions

Race discrimination -- Economic aspects -- United States

United States -- Economic policy

United States -- Race relations -- Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover ; Book Title; Copyright ; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1 - Blacks Today and Yesterday; Chapter 2 - Is Discrimination a Complete Barrier to Economic Mobility?; Chapter 3 - Race and Wage Regulation; Chapter 4 - Occupational and Business Licensing; Chapter 5 - Excluding Blacks from Trades; Chapter 6 - Racial Terminology and Confusion; Chapter 7 - Summary and Conclusion; Notes; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Walter E. Williams applies an economic analysis to the problems black Americans have faced in the past and still face in the present to show that that free-market resource allocation, as opposed to political allocation, is in the best interests of minorities. He debunks many common labor market myths and reveals how excessive government regulation and the minimum-wage law have imposed incalculable harm on the most disadvantaged members of our society.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996321006803316

Titolo

Calidoscópio : revista de lingüística aplicada

Pubbl/distr/stampa

São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil : , : UNISINOS, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Linguistica Aplicada

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Applied linguistics

Applied linguistics - Brazil

Linguistics

Linguistics - Brazil

Periodicals.

Brazil

Lingua di pubblicazione

Portoghese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972996103321

Autore

Robertson David

Titolo

Hard As the Rock Itself

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sebastopol, : University Press of Colorado, 2011

ISBN

9781457110726

1457110725

9781607320685

1607320681

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Mining the American West Hard as the rock itself

Disciplina

307.76 60973

307.7660973

Soggetti

Cities and towns -- United States -- Social conditions

Coal mines and mining -- Colorado -- Cokedale -- History

Coal mines and mining -- Illinois -- Toluca -- History

Group identity -- United States -- Case studies

Mines and mineral resources -- Oklahoma -- Picher -- History

Coal mines and mining - History - Toluca - Illinois

Coal mines and mining - History - Cokedale - Colorado

Mines and mineral resources - History - Oklahoma - Picher

Cities and towns - Social conditions - United States

Group identity - United States

Business & Economics

Industries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. INTRODUCTION; The Mining Imaginary; Place, Identity, and the Mining Landscape; 2. TOLUCA; The Longwall Mining District; A ""Rip-Roaring"" Town; Mine Closure and Community Survival; Mining's Legacies; Saving the Jumbos; Reclaiming the Jumbos; 3. COKEDALE; The Trinidad Coal Field; A Model Company Town; The Utopian Myth; Mine Closure and Community Survival; Life and Landscape in the Post-Mining Era;



Preserving Cokedale; 4. PICHER; The Tri-State Mining District; Landscape and Identity in Early Picher; "Sores Beyond Cure"

Hard As the Rock ItselfMine Closure and Community Survival; The Tragedy of Tar Creek; Whither Relocation?; The "Town that Jack Built"; 5. CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The first intensive analysis of sense of place in American mining towns, Hard as the Rock Itself: Place and Identity in the American Mining Town provides rare insight into the struggles and rewards of life in these communities. David Robertson contends that these communities - often characterized in scholarly and literary works as derelict, as sources of debasing moral influence, and as scenes of environmental decay - have a strong and enduring sense of place and have even embraced some of the signs of so-called dereliction.  Robertson documents the history of Toluca, Illinois; Cokedale, Color