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Tells the story of a farming community fighting to rehabilitate land degraded by more than a century of farming. This work tells of the trials and triumphs of the Sutherland family and other volunteers, as they set out to restore native vegetation and create the Genaren Hill wildlife sanctuary.

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This volume investigates how Britain and Germany regulated their railways at three different points in time over the past century. Its central focus is the design of regulatory regimes and the impact of institutional factors on the selection of design ideas and on processes of isomorphism.

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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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Shair was born in a small town in what was then Transjordan and dragged himself through school, moved to college in Beirut, then sailed off to America and returned to the Middle East to create a multinational corporate empire. Dar al Handasah was founded in a flat in Beirut and in contemporary times, spans the globe with offices in 37 countries.

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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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Will higher pay provide an incentive for better work Can productivity be increased by changing the way workers are compensated In response to the urgent need to improve productivity performance in American industry, leading economists examine alternative compensation schemes to assess their efficiency in raising productivity.

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This is a behind-the-scenes look at news coverage of political scandals in America. It analyzes what gets reported, what doesn't and why, and looks at the forces driving attack journalism and the influence they have on voters and candidates.

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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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A post Cold War study comparing and contrasting press coverage of an important period in East-West relations to what we know of archival history. This book reveals the many instances when the American public and journalists, as well as our government, floundered in their attempt to understand China.

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Oil and gas pipelines, once built, create new diplomatic realities - some states are newly connected, others isolated. Some states benefit economically, others lose out. This book takes us along the pipeline networks, from Kandahar to the Caspian basin, from Ceyhan to China, and shows us how they form the foundation of the geopolitical order.

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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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The 21st century has already seen dramatic changes affecting both journalism and politics. The rise of a range of new digital and networked communication technologies combined with the stagnation and decline of many traditional mass media has had a profound impact on political journalism.

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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.