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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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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.
On September 11, 2001, author J. Samuel Walker was far from home
when he learned of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center
and the Pentagon. Stricken by incredulity and anxiety, he found the
phone lines jammed when he tried to call his wife, who worked in
downtown Washington, DC. At the time and ever since, Walker, like
many of his fellow Americans, was and remains troubled by questions
about the disaster that occurred on 9/11. What were the purposes of
the attacks? Why did US intelligence agencies and the Defense
Department, with annual budgets in the hundreds of billions of
dollars, fail to protect the country from a small band of
terrorists who managed to hijack four airliners and take the lives
of nearly three thousand American citizens? What did responsible
government agencies and officials know about Al-Qaeda and why did
they not do more to head off the threat it posed? What were
American policies toward terrorism, especially under Presidents
Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, and why did they fall so far short
of defending against a series of attacks? Finally, was the tragedy
of 9/11 preventable? These are the most important questions that
The Day That Shook America: A Concise History of 9/11 tries to
answer. The Day That Shook America offers a long perspective and
draws on recently opened records to provide an in-depth analysis of
the approaches taken by the Clinton and Bush administrations toward
terrorism in general and Al-Qaeda in particular. It also delivers
arresting new details on the four hijackings and the collapse of
the Twin Towers. J. Samuel Walker covers both the human drama and
the public policy dimensions of one of the most important events in
all of US history, and he does so in a way that is both
comprehensive and concise.
Realism and constructivism are often viewed as competing paradigms
for understanding International Relations, but a number of scholars
are now arguing that the two are compatible. This volume, from one
of the leading proponents of realist constructivism, combines both
exposition and critique of realist constructivist approaches with a
series of international case studies to show what realist
constructivist research can look like in practice.
Resourcing New Testament Studies includes fifteen essays,
contributed by twenty, internationally known scholars, including
representatives from North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and
Australia. These colleagues joined together to honor David Laird
Dungan, Emeritus Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, whose impressive teaching,
research, and publishing career has now spanned over four
decades.Opening 'Part I. In Honor of David L. Dungan, ' is a lively
and revealing 'Cooperative Essay on a Collaborative Scholar, '
composed by five of Dungan's colleagues; three, from the University
of Tennessee; a fourth, from the editorial team with Dungan for The
International Bible Commentary; and the fifth, Dungan's friend from
childhood and co-author of their popular Sourcebook for the Study
of the Gospels. Part I concludes with a full bibliography of
Dungan's published work. Subsequent Parts of the volume focus on
three themes, each reflecting some aspect of Dungan's own work,
'Part II. The Synoptic Problem;' 'Part III. Jesus, the Gospels and
Acts' and 'Part IV. Canon, Theology and Ethics.'Contributors to
this Festschrift include David R. Cartlidge, Robert A.
Derrenbacker, Jr., William R. Farmer, David Noel Freedman with
Henry Innes MacAdam, Albert Fuchs, Birger Gerhardsson, Jan
Lambrecht, Adrian Leske, David E. Linge, Sean McEvenue, Ralph V.
Norman, Samuel Oyin Obogunrin, Charles H. Reynolds, Hans-Hartmut
Schroeder, Joseph B. Tyson, William O. Walker, Jr., and the three
co-editors, Allan J. McNicol, David B. Peabody and J. Samuel
Subramanian.>
This study brings an original slant to the complex and much-debated
question of the proper role of government in the economic sphere.
Representing a broad range of disciplinary and ideological
approaches, the authors identify and explore the most fundamental
propositions concerning the economic role of government, as well as
the generalizations, major themes, and conclusions that can be
drawn from them. The essays focus on the deep levels of political
and economic organization and on the values and underlying
assumptions that are the bases of the institution of government.
Written by a distinguished group of specialists, the work
approaches the issue multidimensionally--from the standpoint of
social science, history, law, and philosophy. Not mere ideological
exercises, the essays focus on the deep levels of political and
economic organization and on the values and underlying assumptions
that are the bases of the institution of government. Connections
between the government's economic role and ideology, free
enterprise, power politics, and group interests are considered
together with the constitutional implications of governmental
economic powers. Other issues addressed include the changing
economic role of government, contradictions and ambiguities in the
government's economic functions, rules governing economic activity,
and the role of economists in government. Providing a diversity of
viewpoints and a wealth of fresh insights, this book can be used in
graduate and undergraduate courses in economics, political science,
philosophy, and law, and will appeal to the informed general
worker.
This volume provides an interesting evaluation of the role of the
corporation in American society. The book traces the historical
role of the corporation. It discusses the corporation's obligations
and influence in the policy-making process of government. Business
Library Newsletter The year 1986 marked the 100th anniversary of
one of the Supreme Court's most important decisions, in which it
unanimously held that a business corporation was a person within
the meaning of the Constitution, and thus entitled to
constitutional protection. The decision, made almost casually, has
had enormous impact on the development of the system of corporate
capitalism in the United States. This collection of original
essays, written by leading authorities from the fields of
economics, law, history and political science, assesses the
implications of the Supreme Court ruling from a variety of
perspectives. The collected essays provide a thorough evaluation of
the role of the corporation, and discusses its obligations, its
influence in the policymaking process of government, and its
internal structure as a political order.
Research on the economic origins of democracy and dictatorship has
shifted away from the impact of growth and turned toward the
question of how different patterns of growth - equal or unequal -
shape regime change. This book offers a new theory of the
historical relationship between economic modernization and the
emergence of democracy on a global scale, focusing on the effects
of land and income inequality. Contrary to most mainstream
arguments, Ben W. Ansell and David J. Samuels suggest that
democracy is more likely to emerge when rising, yet politically
disenfranchised, groups demand more influence because they have
more to lose, rather than when threats of redistribution to elite
interests are low.
This work contains seven documents from the history of economics:
Four sets of lecture notes taken by Victor E. Smith, two from
courses given by William Jaffe at Northwestern University, on
general equilibrium theory and on Keynes, from 1938-39, and one
from lectures given at the University of Cambridge during 1954-55.
It includes two documents from the history of Institutional
Economics, one the 1974 Editor's Report on the "Journal of Economic
Issues" - on the conflicts then rampant - and the other, an
exposition of the past and future of Institutional Economics, both
by Warren J. Samuels. It also includes a set of autobiographical
notes by the Wisconsin institutionalist, Martin G. Glaeser, and a
bibliography of the writings of F.Y. Edgeworth by Alberto Baccini.
Contains two groups of archival materials. The first group includes
Edwin Cannan's unsuccessful Cobden Essay; an early critique of
economics by Eli Ginzberg; introductory notes on the study of the
history of economic thought by Warren Samuels; and a memoir by
Jacob Warshaw on Thorstein Veblen. The second group contains
lecture notes taken by F. Taylor Ostrander in courses given by
David Taggart Clark (Williams College), Redvers Opie (Oxford), and
Frank H. Knight (Chicago) on the history of economics.
This volume continues publication of the class notes of F. Taylor
Ostrander at Williams College, 1929-32. The courses are Principles
of Economics, Money and Banking, Public Finance, the Senior Seminar
and Review of Political Theory. Also included are two memoranda on
Franklin D. Roosevelt, from 1933 and 1945, and a memoir on the
founding of the Williams College Liberal Club. This book provides a
look into the thinking of leading economists in the 20th century.
F. Taylor Ostrander is a very influential economist and the insight
gained by his classnotes is extremely valuable.
Contains two groups of archival materials. One group includes
lecture notes from courses given at the University of Wisconsin by
Edwin E. Witte and Robert Lampman on the economic role of
government. The second group includes papers from a conference on
the history of 20th century heterodox economics.
Contains four sets of refereed essays. One group includes papers on
Harrod and Robertson; Adam Smith; Keynes; Mendeleev; Veblen; and J.
M. Clark. The second group has six papers on the historiography of
"institutional economics" during the inter-war period. The third
group has two papers on a conference on the status of the status
quo. The fourth group has thirteen essays each reviewing one or
more recent works.
Edward Everett Hale was a leading member of the institutionalist
group at the University of Texas. More radical than his better
known colleague, Clarence E. Ayres, Hale influenced many students -
originally through his lectures rather than his publications, which
were few in number. This collection assembles materials on Hale,
unpublished writings by him, and sets of lecture notes from his
courses.
This work publishes for the first time Richard T. Ely's study of
the history of American economic thought. Ely was both a reformer
of economics and a leading economist between the 1880's and 1930's.
A founder of the American economic association, he himself wrote on
a vast number of topics. This history of American economics tells a
story that is both straightforward and his own interpretation.
Supplement 9 contains bibliographical and archival materials
pertaining to two eminent American economists: "The Finding Guide
to the Frank H. Knight papers at the University of Chicago" and, a
complete annotated bibliography of the writings of Frank H. Knight,
assembled and edited by Ross B. Emmett. Also included is a
bibliography to references for Thorstein Veblen works for the
period 1983-1996, assembled by Solidell Wasser and Felicity Wasser.
This volume explores ways in which an organization's existing
competences can be enhanced as sources of competitive advantage -
either enduring or intendedly transitional. Competence enhancing
activities considered include political lobbying to extend the
lifetime and value of a firm's competences, expanding services to
enhance the value of manufacturing capabilities, initiating
knowledge management projects, strategically adapting a firm's
governance structures to take advantage of government policy
initiatives, staging development of competences in
internationalization processes, improving capabilities in managing
alliances, understanding the factors conducive to entrepreneurial
action-taking, and using individual competency development in
self-managing processes for organizational competence building.
The series presents materials in two fields, the history of
economic thought, and the methodology of economics, both broadly
considered. The main annual volumes present articles comparable to
what one would find in a journal, except that long pieces are
welcome. Also presented are review essays on new works in the two
fields, some of which are multiple reviews; plus occasional
mini-symposia. The archival supplements present hitherto
unpublished materials - lecture notes, papers, longer manuscripts,
correspondence, etc. - of interest in the two fields. The series
presents review essays, multiple reviews and mini symposia on
new-works in this field. The volumes are broad in scope and the
series fills a substantial gap in this field.
Supplement 8 contains an archival collection of Selig Perlman's
eminent history of the labor movement, pertaining to Institutional
Economics at the University of Wisconsin. Included are: Notes from
students in Perlman's classes in American Labor History, and
Capitalism and Socialism; Six previously unpublished chapters
written by Perlman for a revision of his "History of Trade Unions";
Correspondence between Perlman and John R. Commons; and several
personal documents of Perlman's.
Volume 27C of "Research in the History of Economic Thought and
Methodology" consists of documents from Glenn Johnson and F. Taylor
Ostrander. Part I includes: notes from lectures by James E. Meade
on the linking of monetary theory with the pure theory of value
(Oxford University, 1932-1933); notes from the Socialist Club at
the Cafe Verique in Geneva (Summer 1931); correspondence between
Frank H. Knight and F. Taylor Ostrander; index to the Treasury
Department papers of F. Taylor Ostrander; and notes on the long and
wide-ranging career of F. Taylor Ostrander. Part II presents Glenn
Johnson's notes from courses at the University of Chicago (1946);
notes from Lloyd Mints' course on money and banking, economics 330
(Fall 1946); incomplete course notes from Milton Friedman's price
theory, economics 300B, University of Chicago (Spring 1947); and
notes from seminars by John R. Hicks and Tjalling Koopmans,
University of Chicago (October 1946).
Part of a series which focuses on the history of economic thought
and methodology, this is the supplement to Volume 13.
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