For most of the twentieth century, tin was the site of new forms of international regulation which became a model for other commodities. The onset of the depression of the 1930s saw a collapse in commodity prices, and governments of tin producing countries decided to form a cartel to return the industry to comparative prosperity. This is a detailed study of how the tin industry found itself in difficulty and how the cartel developed its policies of control over production and stocks, together with its enduring legacy after World War II.

This study of a cartel brings together two levels of analysis that are normally kept separate; international cooperation, and national organization, and demonstrates how each affected the other. It is based on a comprehensive review of a wide range of archival sources which are sufficiently rich and frank that they provide an insidera (TM)s sense of how a cartel actually worked.

For most of the twentieth century, tin was the site of new forms of international regulation which became a model for other commodities. The onset of the depression of the 1930s saw a collapse in commodity prices, and governments of tin producing countries decided to form a cartel to return the industry to comparative prosperity. This is a detailed study of how the tin industry found itself in difficulty and how the cartel developed its policies of control over production and stocks, together with its enduring legacy after World War II. This study of a cartel brings together two levels of analysis that are normally kept separate; international cooperation, and national organization, and demonstrates how each affected the other. It is based on a comprehensive review of a wide range of archival sources which are sufficiently rich and frank that they provide an insider's sense of how a cartel actually worked.

"Ready to win the Game of Life?"

The Bible talks a lot about training for life as an athlete trains for a race. Some days everything gels and you're in the zone, while other times you feel like you're limping along the sideline. Success in life-just like the sports world-requires maximum effort, dedicated discipline, intense concentration, experienced coaching, and a healthy daily diet. That's what "The One Year(R) Devos for Sports Fans" brings to you.

Each of the 365 "training sessions" utilizes the best equipment out there. Hundreds of replays from real-life competitions help you apply winning strategies for following God every day. Your coach? God himself. The playbook? His Word, the Bible.

Victory is yours when you train with the ultimate Champion.

Runners, take your mark . . .

Using an anecdote from sports history, each daily devotional reading guides and directs the reader to a basic Christian truth. Men and women are represented from a variety of sports, including football, baseball, basketball, Olympic sports, hockey, and tennis.

Quotes from conversation between friends launches discussion on what we hear, what we see and how we choose to write or erase our own chalkboard stories. What do you hear or see in the phrases? What could you possibly erase from your own chalkboard, the only one that truly exists?

Watching television need not be a passive activity or simply for entertainment purposes. Television can be the site of important identity work and moral reflection. Audiences can learn about themselves, what matters to them, and how to relate to others by thinking about the implicit and explicit moral messages in the shows they watch. Better Living through TV: Contemporary TV and Moral Identity Formation analyzes the possibility of identifying and adopting moral values from television shows that aired during the latest Golden Era of television and Peak TV. The diversity of shows and approaches to moral becoming demonstrate how television during these eras took advantage of new technologies to become more film-like in both production quality and content. The increased depth of characterization and explosion of content across streaming and broadcast channels gave viewers a diversity of worlds and moral values to explore. The possibility of finding a moral in the stories told on popular shows such as The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The Wire, and The Good Place, as well as lesser known shows such as Letterkenny and The Unicorn, are explored in a way that centers television viewing as a site for moral identity formation.