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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
1931. With illustrations. A fascinating firsthand narrative of
Charlie Siringo's wild west career as the first cowboy detective
that reads more like fiction than real life. After joining the
Pinkerton Detective Agency, having used Pat Garrett as a reference,
Siringo worked cases all over the West, from as far north as Alaska
to as far south as Mexico City. In a long and varied career,
Siringo chased rustlers and robbers, and went undercover in outlaw
gangs and labor unions; including having infiltrated the famous
Butch Cassidy's Train Robbers Syndicate.
1931. With illustrations. A fascinating firsthand narrative of
Charlie Siringo's wild west career as the first cowboy detective
that reads more like fiction than real life. After joining the
Pinkerton Detective Agency, having used Pat Garrett as a reference,
Siringo worked cases all over the West, from as far north as Alaska
to as far south as Mexico City. In a long and varied career,
Siringo chased rustlers and robbers, and went undercover in outlaw
gangs and labor unions; including having infiltrated the famous
Butch Cassidy's Train Robbers Syndicate.
liT raumer, die handeln" Warum sollte irgendjemand sich dafiir
entscheiden, Intrapreneur zu werden, wenn er genauso gut
Entrepreneur werden konnte? Diese Frage stellte ich mir zum ersten
Mal im Jahr 1978 bei einem Seminar in Bob Schwartz' School for
Entrepreneure in Tarrytown, New York. Von den vier groBen
Moglichkeiten fiir Entrepreneure, die Bob erwahnte, erschien mir
eine als Widerspruch in sich selbst und erregte meine besondere
Aufmerksamkeit. Bob zitierte seinen Freund Norman Macrae, der 1976
im Londoner Economist geschrieben hatte: "Erjolgreiche
Grofiunternehmen sollten sich zu, Bundnissen von Ent repreneuren'
entwickeln." 1 Bob meinte damals, daB Entrepreneure auch innerhalb
von GroBunternehmen gewaltige Chancen haben konnten, wenn es
geHinge, dafiir ein praktikables Modell zu finden. Die
Aufgabenstellung war verlockend: Der unabhangige Entrepreneur und
der "Mann innerhalb der Organisation" erschienen als unverein barer
Widerspruch, zumindest bis Bob einige der My then iiber die
Personlichkeit und die Motivationen von Entrepreneuren aus der Welt
riiumte. Diese neue Perspektive gab mir erste Anhaltspunkte daflir,
wie etablierte Unternehmen den Mitarbeitern einen Platz schaffen
wiirden, die ich spiiter als "Intrapreneure" bezeichnete. Vom Stand
punkt eines Unternehmens sind die Vorteile, Intrapreneure zu haben,
offenkundig: Intrapreneure sorgen flir die Einflihrung und
Herstellung neuer Produkte, Verfahren und Dienstleistungen, die es
wiederum dem Unternehmen ermoglichen, als Ganzes zu wachsen und
Gewinne zu erwirtschaften."
The founding chief of the U.S. Forest Service and twice governor of
Pennsylvania, Gifford Pinchot was central to the early
twentieth-century conservation movement in the United States and
the political history and evolution of the Keystone State. This
collection of Pinchot’s essays, articles, and letters reveals a
gifted public figure whose work and thoughts on the environment,
politics, society, and science remain startlingly relevant today. A
learned man and admirably accessible writer, Pinchot showed keen
insight on issues as wide-ranging as the rights of women and
minorities, war, education, Prohibition, agricultural policy, land
use, and the craft of politics. He developed galvanizing arguments
against the unregulated exploitation of natural resources, made a
clear case for thinking globally but acting locally, railed at the
pernicious impact of corporate power on democratic life, and firmly
believed that governments were obligated to enhance public health,
increase economic opportunity, and sustain the land. Pinchot’s
policy accomplishments—including the first clean-water
legislation in Pennsylvania and the nation—speak to his
effectiveness as a communicator and a politician. His observations
on environmental issues were exceptionally prescient, as they
anticipated the dilemmas currently confronting those who shape
environmental public policy. Introduced and annotated by
environmental historian Char Miller, this is the only comprehensive
collection of Pinchot’s writings. Those interested in the history
of conservation, the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, American
politics, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will find this book
invaluable.
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