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The medieval landscape, as traditionally viewed through the eyes of
scholars, was hardly populated by women - aside from the occasional
dazzling queen or mistress, strong-willed abbess, or exotic mystic.
This picture has been dramatically altered by the scholarship of
the 1970s, 80s and 90s, as women have been restored to the medieval
scene. However, to date, young unmarried women or maidens have
attracted little academic attention.
Recent events—the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, the
Occupy Wall Street movement, and efforts to increase the minimum
wage, among others—have driven a tremendous surge of interest in
the political power of business. Capital Gains collects some of the
most innovative new work in the field. The chapters explore the
influence of business on American politics in the twentieth century
at the federal, state, and municipal levels. From corporate
spending on city governments in the 1920s to business support for
public universities in the postwar period, and from business
opposition to the Vietnam War to the corporate embrace of civil
rights, the contributors reveal an often surprising portrait of the
nation's economic elite. Contrary to popular mythology, business
leaders have not always been libertarian or rigidly devoted to
market fundamentalism. Before, during, and after the New Deal,
important parts of the business world sought instead to try to
shape what the state could accomplish and to make sure that
government grew in ways that were favorable to them. Appealing to
historians working in the fields of business history, political
history, and the history of capitalism, these essays highlight the
causes, character, and consequences of business activism and
underscore the centrality of business to any full understanding of
the politics of the twentieth century—and today. Contributors:
Daniel Amsterdam, Brent Cebul, Jennifer Delton, Tami Friedman, Eric
Hintz, Richard R. John, Pamela Walker Laird, Kim Phillips-Fein,
Laura Phillips Sawyer, Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, Eric Smith, Jason
Scott Smith, Mark R. Wilson.
Recent events-the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, the
Occupy Wall Street movement, and efforts to increase the minimum
wage, among others-have driven a tremendous surge of interest in
the political power of business. Capital Gains collects some of the
most innovative new work in the field. The chapters explore the
influence of business on American politics in the twentieth century
at the federal, state, and municipal levels. From corporate
spending on city governments in the 1920s to business support for
public universities in the postwar period, and from business
opposition to the Vietnam War to the corporate embrace of civil
rights, the contributors reveal an often surprising portrait of the
nation's economic elite. Contrary to popular mythology, business
leaders have not always been libertarian or rigidly devoted to
market fundamentalism. Before, during, and after the New Deal,
important parts of the business world sought instead to try to
shape what the state could accomplish and to make sure that
government grew in ways that were favorable to them. Appealing to
historians working in the fields of business history, political
history, and the history of capitalism, these essays highlight the
causes, character, and consequences of business activism and
underscore the centrality of business to any full understanding of
the politics of the twentieth century-and today. Contributors:
Daniel Amsterdam, Brent Cebul, Jennifer Delton, Tami Friedman, Eric
Hintz, Richard R. John, Pamela Walker Laird, Kim Phillips-Fein,
Laura Phillips Sawyer, Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, Eric Smith, Jason
Scott Smith, Mark R. Wilson.
YOU ARE ONE WORD AWAY FROM POSSESSING YOUR DESIRED SUCCESS Do you
realize that every word you say is either taking you closer to or
further away from your destiny? Many people use their words to
describe their current situations as opposed to using them to
design their destiny. This book will teach you how to navigate
through the vicissitudes of life as you re-program yourself and
arrive at your desired destination. Each affirmation has been
carefully crafted with wisdom keys intricately interwoven in its
fabric. You literally have the power to voice-activate your victory
and rewrite your life's resume by applying the 15 principles in the
introduction section as you affirm your way to success. There is a
winner on the inside of you and properly applying the affirmations
in this book can unleash it REMEMBER: IT'S YOUR TIME TO WIN
-Acclaim for Say It Until You Seize It Kim Phillips is right on
point with the value and importance of positive words and
affirmations. I've watched her in person speak words of life into
others and witnessed the immediate transformation in that person's
being. Kimberly Phillips is a Diamond of all Diamonds and truly a
blessing to us all. -Emmanuel Bernstein, Million Dollar Producer
This book will deliver the magic to create all your desires if you
honestly want to make a change in your life and empower yourself.
Not only is Kim Phillips thoroughly educated in psychology,
understands how the mind works and has great people skills, she
also walks her talk. I am so honored to be her friend. -Marianne
Noad, Wholistic Health Practitioner & Diamond Producer This
book is one of the greatest pieces of work Kim Phillips could have
ever given to society to help them manifest into their lives the
things they have always wanted. It is also a great collection of
words that will produce the pictures and emotions you need to
manifest your desires. I am so blessed to have made her
acquaintance and I am so glad she calls me her brother. -Rod Smith,
NFL Super Bowl Champion & Multi-Millionaire Affirmations have
played the biggest role in my success because I understand the
power of words and how they create everything in our lives.
Everything you want to accomplish in your life is 1 word away from
you. I have been speaking affirmations for the last 7 years of my
life. Consequently, everything I have drawn into my life, I
actually spoke it into existence (e.g. mentors, finances,
opportunities, etc). I believe that this book will give you a lot
of choices as to what you can affirm to access your desired
results. I also believe that if you apply the principles Kimberly
is teaching you in this book, you may possibly be able to
accomplish your desired results in a shorter period of time. David
Imonitie, Multi-Million Dollar Producer Kimberly Phillips is not a
person who just writes about or talks about affirmations. She is
someone who lives what she has written. It is an absolute treat to
have this great book in print Thank you Ms. Phillips for sharing
your knowledge Edwin Haynes, Author & Million Dollar Producer
This volume showcases the most exciting new voices in the fields of
business and political history. While the media frequently warns of
the newfound power of business in the world of politics, the
authors in this book demonstrate that business has mobilized to
shape public policy and government institutions, as well as
electoral outcomes, for decades. Rather than assuming that business
influence is inevitable, the chapters explore the complex evolution
of this relationship in a wide range of different arenas-from
attempts to create a corporate-friendly tax policy and regulations
that would work in the interests of particular industries, to local
boosterism as a weapon against New Deal liberalism, to the nexus
between evangelical Christianity and the oil industry, to the
frustrations that business people felt in struggles with public
interest groups. The history that emerges show business actors
organizing themselves to affect government in myriad ways,
sometimes successfully but other times with outcomes far different
than they hoped for. The result in an image of American politics
that is more complex and contested than it is often thought to be.
The essays represent a new trend in scholarship on political
economy, one that seeks to break down the barriers that once
separated old subfields to offer a vision of the economy as shaped
by politics and political life influenced by economic
relationships.
Starting in the mid-1930s, a handful of prominent American
businessmen forged alliances with the aim of rescuing America--and
their profit margins--from socialism and the "nanny state." Long
before the "culture wars" usually associated with the rise of
conservative politics, these driven individuals funded think tanks,
fought labor unions, and formed organizations to market their
views. These nearly unknown, larger-than-life, and sometimes
eccentric personalities--such as GE's zealous, silver-tongued
Lemuel Ricketts Boulware and the self-described "revolutionary"
Jasper Crane of DuPont--make for a fascinating, behind-the-scenes
view of American history.
The winner of a prestigious academic award for her original
research on this book, Kim Phillips-Fein is already being heralded
as an important new young American historian. Her meticulous
research and narrative gifts reveal the dramatic story of a
pragmatic, step-by-step, check-by-check campaign to promote an
ideological revolution--one that ultimately helped propel
conservative ideas to electoral triumph.
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