economic aspects

Travel back thousands of years to ancient China, one of the oldest civilizations in the world. Learn about how people lived, including the different jobs they had, what foods they ate, and what children did for fun. Also discover how influential rulers changed the country throughout the centuries and how ancient Chinese inventions altered the course of human history.

Contains over five hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about people, places, and events in the history of American labor.

A two-volume guide to the shadow world, the critical issues, and the global reach of organized crime.

Examines the failing economics of small dairy farms, and the rise of factory mega-farms, and discuses the future of milk.

A collection of fourteen thematic essays on sustainability viewed through the lens of farming.

Explores the Israeli-Palestine conflict, examining the past fifty years of Israel's occupation of the West Bank asking how it came to pass, why it has lasted this long, and consequences of that occupation.

"--- argues that under free market capitalism, life paths prescribed by class but framed as parental choices--publor or private? Gifted & Talented, general or special education?--segregate American children from birth throuh adolescence, and into adulthood, as never before. In age of austerity, an elite class of corporate education reformers has found new ways to transfer the costs f raising children to families. Examining three New York City schools, Class War show how education has been transformed into a competitive "hunger games" for the resources and social connections required for economic success"-- Provided by publisher.

"Covers the economic devastation wrought by World War II, the institutions that the Allies created to help nations recover from the war, and how the Cold War bled into the economic arena. Consumerism and the emergence of the middle class in Western countries is also a major theme, as are the challenges and promises created by the expansion of free trade and the collapsing of national economic boundaries"--Amazon.com.

Explores a wide range of opinions about sharing economy, discussing the pros and cons of the issue and the controversies it has sparked.

"Groundbreaking look at slaves as commodities through every phase of life, from birth to death and beyond, in early America The Price for Their Pound of Flesh is the first book to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their lives--including from before birth to after death--in the American domestic slave trades. Covering the full "life cycle" (including preconception, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, the senior years, and death), historian Daina Berry shows the lengths to which slaveholders would go to maximize profits. She draws from over ten years of research to explore how enslaved people responded to being appraised, bartered, and sold. By illuminating their lives, Berry ensures that the individuals she studies are regarded as people, not merely commodities."--Provided by publisher.