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The State and Labor in Modern America
Melvyn DubofskyIn this important new book, Melvyn Dubofsky traces the relationship between the American labor movement and the federal government from the 1870s until the present.
Hard Work: The Making of Labor History
Melvyn DubofskyJuxtaposing Melvyn Dubofsky's early and recent writings, this collection forcefully suggests how present and past interact in the writing of history.
Labor in America: A History
Melvyn DubofskyA History Melvyn Dubofsky, Joseph A. McCartin. This edition first published 2017 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Edition history: Thomas Y. Crowell Company (1e, 1949; 2e, 1955; 2re, 1960; 3e, 1966); Harlan Davidson, Inc. (4e, 1984; 5e, ...
Buying the Vote: A History of Campaign Finance Reform
Robert E. MutchThe State and Labor in Modern America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994. Dubofsky, Melvyn, and Warren R. Van Tine. John L. Lewis: A Biography. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986. Dubofsky, Melvyn, and Warren ...
Technological change and workers' movements
Melvyn DubofskyThe book illustrates the different ways in which scholars in the USA and USSR analyse comparable phenomena: technological change, economic and social structure, and working class behaviour.
Imperial democracy: the United States since 1945
Melvyn DubofskyA contemporary, interpretative, general survey of U.S. history from 1945 to the present, this volume integrates social and economic history with the more traditional narrative of political and diplomatic developments.
John L. Lewis: A Biography
Melvyn DubofskyA biography of a leading member of the American labor movement traces Lewis' life from his boyhood, through his school years, to his involvement with the cause of labor.
Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New ...
Bill FletcherMelvyn Dubofsky and Warren Van Tine (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987 ), 309. 7. See Philip S. Foner, Organized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619– 1973 (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1974), 333–54. Also, see a leftist critique by ...
Capitalists Against Markets: The Making of Labor Markets and ...
Peter A. Swenson1978l. 17. 22. and 34. 12. Mitchell quotation from Ramirez. When Workers Fight, 49: Black Diamond quotation from Bowman. Capitalist Collective Aetion. 107. 13. Ramirez. When Workers Fight, 79-80: Melvyn Dubofsky and Warren Van Tine.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Business, Labor, and ...
Melvyn DubofskyMaher, Neil M. Nature's New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Roots ofthe American Environmental Movement. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Salmond, John A. The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933–1942: A New Deal ...
Now is the Time
Melvyn BraggIn this gripping novel, Melvyn Bragg brings an extraordinary episode in English history to fresh, urgent life.
Autumn Manoeuvres
Melvyn BraggIn this absorbing and fast-paced novel, Melvyn Bragg's portrait of the mood and politics of the era remains as pertinent today as on its original publication.
Crystal Rooms
Melvyn BraggWith this compelling story of blackmail, media politics, corrupted innocence and redemptive love, Melvyn Bragg delivers an unforgettable portrait of modern life.
The Adventure Of English
Melvyn BraggIn this book Melvyn Bragg shows us the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language.
Rich: The Life of Richard Burton
Melvyn BraggMelvyn Bragg, allowed free access to the never-before-revealed Burton private notebooks, and with the cooperation of friends who have never spoken about him before, has brought together the private and public sides for the first time.
Furious love. Liz Taylor, Richard Burton: la storia d'amore ...
Sam KashnerSam Kashner, Nancy Schoenberger. 15 Tutto il dialogo è tratto da: Anna dei mille giorni. 16 Diari di Richard Burton, in Melvyn Bragg, op. cit., p. 306. 17 Ibidem. 18 Tyrone Steverson, op. cit., p. 179. 19 Diari di Richard Burton, in Melvyn Bragg, ...
Crossing the Lines: A Novel
Melvyn BraggMoving and evocative, this masterly novel and the two that have preceded it are rightfully hailed as contemporary classics.
Derivatives: Valuation and Risk Management
David A. DubofskyDeals with the four primary types of derivative contracts: forwards, futures, swaps, and options. This work focuses more on intuitive understanding on how to value each contract, and how to compute the relevant price.
Richard Burton: a life
Melvyn BraggOffers a well-rounded account of a complex man who left behind a legacy of superlative acting, as well as personal struggles and crises
The Soldier's Return
Melvyn Bragg'Unsentimental, truthful and wonderful' Independent Books of the Year When Sam Richardson returns in 1946 from the 'Forgotten War' in Burma to Wigton in Cumbria, he finds the town little changed.
Credo
Melvyn BraggBritain during the Dark Ages is the setting for the fascinating story of Bega, a young Irish princess who became a saint, and her lifelong bond with Padric, prince of the north-western kingdom of Rheged.
American History through Hollywood Film: From the Revolution ...
Melvyn StokesMarkS. Reinhart'sannotatedguide toLincolnfilms overmuchthe same period isless thoroughthan Thompson's andthe commentson individual films addressalimited rangeofissues,including howwellthe role ofLincoln isplayedandwhether ...
Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism: U.S. Foreign Policy and ...
Melvyn P. LefflerBut, for me, most important was the evidence itself and the thoughts, comments, and writings of friends like Frank Costigliola (who was then doing pioneering research on the role of emotions in the making of U.S. foreign policy) and those of ...
On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries ...
Melvyn BraggThe fascinating story of science unfolds in this account of the lives and extraordinary discoveries of twelve of its greatest figures - Archimedes, Galileo, Newton, Lavoisier, Faraday, Darwin, Poincaré, Freud, Einstein, Marie Curie and ...
Volatility and friction in the age of disintermediation:
Tim Sweijs3 (2009): 321–45.; Melvyn PLeffler, “Strategy, Diplomacy and the Cold War: The United States, Turkey and NATO, 1945-1952,” Jamericanhistory The Journal of American History 71, no. 4 (1985):807–25.; Mehmet Döşemeci, Debating Turkish ...
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Melvyn P. BarnesMystery Writers Bruce Cassiday, General Editor Raymond Chandler by Jerry Speir P. D.James by Norma Siebenheller John D . MacDonald by David Geherin Victorian Masters of Mystery: From Wilkie Collins to Conan Doyle by Audrey ...
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