economic aspects

Explores the confluence between sports, history, economics, and geography in New York.

The author argues that race is a dominant factor in the United States' failed war on poverty and demonstrates how Johnson's "War on Poverty" became embroiled with the Civil Rights Movement.

An adaptation of the adult book that studies the economic and ecological connection started by Christopher Columbus and continued by Legazpi that transported thousands of species around the globe including people, foods, insects, bacteria, plants, viruses, and animals. Discusses how this global connection impacted human history causing the rise of Europe, the devastation of imperial China, the disruption of Africa, and the prominence of Mexico City.

Traces the story of globalization through travel, trade, colonization, and migration from the fifteenth century to the present, documenting the historical impact of such influences as potatoes, the rubber plant, and malaria.

Reveals how the voyages of Columbus reintroduced plants and animals that had been separated millions of years earlier, documenting how the ensuing exchange of flora and fauna between Eurasia and the Americas fostered a European rise.

During the Civil War, the Union and Confederate armies shot millions of rounds of ammunition. In the arsenals of the North and South, the job of restocking their supplies fell to the gunpowder girls. These young women and girls - some as young as nine - were mostly poor immigrants new to America. They worked long hours handling dangerous chemicals with little training. On several occasions, someone's carelessness led to disaster.

In an alphabetical almanac format, describes the civilian life during the U.S. Civil War.

This volume presents information on China's topography, climate, natural resources, regions, cities, and environmental issues.

Argues that America is faced with a looming economic crisis caused by the flight of innovators to other dynamic hot spots around the world such as Sidney, Shanghai and Dublin. Outlines ominous trends in business practices, cultural norms, educational systems and politics that are making talented people reluctant to live and work in the United States. Explains how technology, talent and tolerance are the engines of economic development for the future.