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| | Poverty, Inequality, and Policy in Latin America (CESifo Seminar Series)High inequality in incomes and assets and persistent poverty continue to plague Latin America and remain a central economic policy challenge for Latin American policymakers. At the same time, dramatically improved methods and data allow researchers to analyze these problems and how they are affected by economic policy. In this book, experts on... | | New Homelands: Hindu Communities in Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad, South Africa, Fiji, and East AfricaWhen the colonial slave trade, and then slavery itself, were abolished early in the 19th century, the British empire brazenly set up a new system of trade using Indian rather than African laborers. The new system of "indentured" labor was supposed to be different from slavery because the indenture, or contract, was written for an... |
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource ManagementFrom before the time Raven stole the sun and shed light on the world below, the Gitxaa/la people have lived in their territories along the north coast of British Columbia. Gitxaa/la laws (Ayaawk) and history (Adaawk) describe in precise detail the relationships of trust, honor, and respect that are appropriate for the well-being and continuance of... | | I Am Cyrus: Harry S. Truman and the Rebirth of Israel
2020 Selah Award Winner
Improbable, if not impossible. How could a people who’d been scattered for two millennia reestablish a homeland on their ancient soil?
Against all odds, an irresistible desire to return grew in courageous Jewish men and women who set out to rebuild their... | | Job Interviews For Dummies
Deliver a show-stopping interview performance
Does the thought of interviewing for a new job send shivers down your spine? It doesn't have to! Whether you're searching for your first job, changing careers, or looking for advancement in your current line of work, Job Interviews For Dummies shows you how to use... |
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| | How Fighter Pilots Use Math (Math in the Real World)The jet engine roars as Colonel Maria Sanchez races the F-35 down the runway. The plane leaps into the air. At 1,000 feet, she banks and circles the Air Force base to give three other fighter planes time to take off and join her.
Sanchez heads north. The three other planes fall into formation around her. Together, the planes make a... | | The Great Book of Questions and Answers: Over 1000 Questions and Answers
The universe is a huge open space made up of billions of galaxies and an even larger number of stars. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way. Our solar system, including the Sun, the planets and their moons, forms just a tiny part of the Milky Way.
The Great Book of Questions and Answers is a comprehensive, fact-packed reference book... |
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