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Alabama has the largest industrial work force in the South. As a consequence, it also has the most significant labor movement in the region, a movement created in the face of an unusual combination of obstacles, yet, as this book shows, by the 1970s organized labor had established itself as a major economic and political force in Alabama.

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Paratransit challenges the conventional approach to public transport in the United States, which depends on fixed-route, fixed-schedule, publicly owned or regulated systems such as buses and trains. Case studies describe paratransit systems in the U.S. and other places, and the interaction of paratransit with more traditional systems.

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Presents a discussion focused on economic topics.

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Major league baseball, like professional football, basketball, and hockey, is now big business with the potential to bring millions of dollars in profits to owners. This title presents historical material including team ownership histories and data on attendance, TV revenue, stadium and arena contracts, and revenues and costs.

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This annotated bibliography of nineteenth-century British periodicals reveals how Victorian commentaries on journalism shaped the discourse on the origins and contemporary character of the domestic, imperial and foreign press.

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This annotated bibliography of nineteenth-century British periodicals reveals how Victorian commentaries on journalism shaped the discourse on the origins and contemporary character of the domestic, imperial and foreign press.

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Aims to simulate the product development experience of a buyer or product developer while explaining to students the principles, concepts, knowledge, and skills needed for success in a real world setting. This work includes also seeks to increase students' understanding of the product development process in a comprehensive way.

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This book offers an introduction to the economics of oil and natural gas extraction and production along with a discussion of pricing, taxing, and markets of these commodities.

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Since the first edition of this text, sport management programs have grown tremendously. This thoroughly revised and updated edition offers a superb analysis of various sport organizations, with special emphasis on the policies which steer college athletic programs and professional sport franchises.

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Coca-Cola is the world's best-known brand, and perhaps the most quintessentially American one: a beverage with no nutritional value, sold variously as a remedy, a tonic and a refreshment.

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Can catastrophic climate change in the 21st century be averted without strangling the world economy and global aspirations for improved living standards, which depend on the prominence of fossil fuels in this century This book suggests that catastrophic climate change in this century can be averted without compromising the world economy.

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Russia is the world's foremost energy superpower, rivalling Saudi Arabia as the world's largest oil producer and accounting for a quarter of the world's exports of natural gas and for half of the world's probable oil reserves. This title explains how Russia is using it's energy companies as weapons against neighbouring states.

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Kuypers charts the potential effects the printed presses and broadcast media have upon the messages of political and social leaders when they discuss controversial issues.

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Kuypers charts the potential effects the printed presses and broadcast media have upon the messages of political and social leaders when they discuss controversial issues. Examining over 800 press reports on race and homosexuality from 116 different newspapers, Kuypers meticulously documents a liber

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This is a study on the role of mass media in Third World development. Using broad historical, economic and political perspectives, the author details the obstacles to a genuinely free, mass circulation press in Black Africa and offers a thorough analysis of the African press.

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How the provisions of the First Amendment pertain to high school publications is thoroughly examined in this practical reference manual. Ingelhart presents a comprehensive and useful review of nearly all court cases and legal provisions relating to high school newspapers, yearbooks, and magazines, as well as to the students producing them.

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Managing Global Supply Chains addresses the challenges and trends that the global supply chain industry has encountered in recent decades. The books emphasis is on emerging and developed economies in Asia, North America and Latin America.

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Beginning with an exposition of the four most widely argued theories of the press, this book goes on to explore several critical perspectives on the tasks and roles of print and broadcast news media in the United States.

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Throughout the world, governments are reducing their involvement in the area of telecommunications. The situation in six Asian countries, four European countries, and two Latin American countries are examined. In addition, there is one chapter on the telecommunications business in developing countries as a whole.

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