industries

An examination of industry and trade, covering the industrial revolution; primary, secondary, and tertiary industries; trade laws; modern trade; and other related topics. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.

Commercial fishing is when people catch fish and seafood to sell to others. Both saltwater and freshwater fisheries are important to the U.S. fishing industry. Explore one of the key industries in the United States in Fisheries, one of the titles in the American Industries series.

Provides an overview of the industry, focusing on land use, commodity production, contribution to the country's GDP, and potential careers in the industry.

Explore one of the key industries in the United States, energy production, in this title.

Many manufactured goods are made from raw materials. These are substances that occur naturally on Earth, such as oil, wheat, wood, iron, and stone. Explore one of the key industries in the United States in Manufacturing, one of the titles in the American Industries series.

Examines the top 100 groundbreaking events in the history of American business and illustrates their influence on the labor laws, business practices, and management methodologies of corporate America today.

Contains over eight hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about concepts, terms, and associations related to American business.

Explores how changes in the European Union, including stricter consumer safety regulations, have forced multinationals to manufacture safer products with higher standards than those in the United States, and explains how this shift will impact the United States economy as other countries find safer manufacturing alternatives.

Archival photographs describe the history of Buffalo, New York's East Side industry.

"At the centre of Secret Life is The Building, an office building wherein several factions vie for dominance... Jeff VanderMeer's ecological speculations overlap with Theo Ellsworth's deep-layered style to create a mind-bending narrative that defamiliarizes the mundanity of office work and makes the arcane rituals of The Building home... Secret Life observes the sinister individualism of bureaucratic settings in contrast with an unconcerned natural world. As the narrative progresses you may begin to suspect that the world Ellsworth has brought to life with hypnotic visuals is not so secret after all; in fact, it's uncannily similar to our own." -- Provided by publisher.