Hard at Work in Factories and Mines: The Economics of Child Labor During the British Industrial Revolution

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Children have worked for centuries and continue to work. The history of the economic development of Europe and North America includes numerous instances of child labor. Manufacturers in England, France, Belgium, Germany, and Prussia as well as the United States used child labor during the initial stages of industrialization. In addition, child labor prevails currently in many industries in the Third World. This book examines the explanations for child labor in an economic context. A model of the labor market for children is constructed using the new economics of the family framework to derive the supply of child labor and the traditional labor theory of marginal productivity to derive the demand for child labor. The model is placed into a historical context and is used to test the existing supply-and-demand-induced explanations for an increase in child labor during the British Industrial Revolution. Evidence on the extent of children's employment, their specific tasks and trends in their wages from the textile industry and mining industry is used to support the argument that it was technological innovation which created a demand for child labor. Certain mechanical inventions and process innovations increased the demand for child labor in three ways: increasing number of assistants needed; increasing the substitutability between children and adults, and creating work situations that only children could fill. Specific innovations in the production of textiles and in the extraction of coal, copper and tin are highlighted to show how they favored the use of child workers over adult workers. The book concludes with a look at the current situations in developing countries where child labor is prevalent. Considerable insight is gained on the role of child labor in economic development when this historical model is applied to the contemporary situation.

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Wow!.......2000-04-14

Simply one of the most intriguing books I have read in the past five years. Once I picked it up, I could not put it down until I finished. Clear and concise without a shred of mundane story-telling. There is no doubt the author knows the subject material extremely well. A must read for anyone with interest in this period of British history.

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Taming the Sharks: Towards a Cure for the High Cost Credit Market chronicles the historic, economic. legal, and political factors breeding America's feverish high cost debt industry. The ideas presented are novel, progressive, and controversial.
Historians have long argued that interest rates provide a sort of economic and political health of nations. If true, the contemporary American market for credit shows troubling signs of distress. While Federal Reserve Board monetary policy has kept commercial and prime consumer interest rates low, the past two decades have seen explosive growth in an industry specializing in high-cost consumer debt. Payday loan outlet chains, automobile title loan companies, rent-to-own furniture stores, pawnshops, and sub-prime and manufactured home mortgage lenders are transforming the personal finance patterns of millions of Americans. Many observers have complained this industry charges excessive prices, uses unfair business practices, and is generally causing more harm for its borrowers than good. Industry insiders retort they are merely responding to a legitimate demand for financial services that, in effect, consumers vote with their feet.

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A glaring example of depravity .......2005-02-15

Taming the Sharks is a masterful combination of academic and common-sense notions that every American capable of introspection should read. Utilizing a continuum of sources ranging from liberal to biblical references Peterson illustrates how our "advanced" society allows far more financial plundering of individuals who do not protect themselves than a multitude of civilizations that preceded us.

Whether the victims ought to protect themselves is irrelevant. The fact is that they do not. Tax payer dollars are then necessary to reconstruct the devastation.

After this fascinating reading any individual who does not directly profit from this industry will agree that the problem is immense based on either consideration for the U.S. economy or a shred of their own moral decency.

Eye-opening book.......2005-01-21

This is a fascinating book. Before reading the book, I knew about check-into-cash type places and rent-to-own places and pawn shops, and I figured that they weren't financially prudent options, but I had no idea how horrendous they actually are. The book points out how these sorts of companies are violating state consumer-protection rules left and right, and how government regulations like the Truth In Lending Act do nothing to help consumers of high cost-credit.

Some of the stories are about how these companies work are incredible. For example, there's one Indiana payday loan company that offers a 7,300 percent APR loan. While Peterson doesn't go into great detail about the sad stories that result from people taking out these sorts of loans, he tells just enough stories to make you realize how evil this industry is. For example, Peterson cites a study that looked at certain neighborhoods in Boston that were targeted by high-cost mortgage firms, convincing people to refinance their mortgages in ways that they couldn't afford. As a result, in some neighborhoods 82 percent of the families lost their homes due to foreclosure.

This sort of stuff is appalling, and while I have basically libertarian sentiments, I agree with Peterson that the government needs to do something about it. What's going on right now is fraudulent, because most consumers of high-cost credit have no idea what they're getting themselves into. Peterson draws a nice analogy with informed consent in medicine - hiding terms of a medical procedure in fine print, trying to make it so the patient doesn't understand what's going on, is viewed as unacceptable. Peterson suggests that we should think the same way about the credit industry.

Overall, this is a well-written, engaging book. It's written at just the right intellectual level - this is a serious work, but the writing flows well, and it's free of academic and technical jargon. I hope this book makes people realize that something needs to be done to tame the high-cost credit industry.

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A cogent examination of the issues involved in applying environmental laws to national security activities.

Searching for national security in an NBC world : four papers on changing nuclear, biological, and chemical threats and US government policy in the post-Cold ... security environment (SuDoc D 305.2:SE 2)

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The Evolution of National Wildlife Law: Third Edition (Project of the Environmental Defense Fund and World Wildlife Fund-U.S)

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THE definitive text on wildlife law

The Evolution of National Wildlife Law: Third Edition (Project of the Environmental Defense Fund and World Wildlife Fund-U.S)
Michael J. Bean , and Melanie J. Rowland
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When the first edition of this book was published in 1977--to overwhelming critical and popular acclaim--it was the only publication to analyze wildlife law comprehensively as a distinct component of federal environmental law. The second edition, published in 1983, provided a thorough and authoritative update. Since then, the intense public interest in wildlife law has been reflected in a tremendous growth in both litigation and new legislation. This, the third edition, thoroughly revises and updates the earlier edition in light of current legal perspectives on the conservation of wildlife and biological diversity. Two decades after its first publication, this book remains the standard reference for anyone seeking to understand the statutes, regulations, and court decisions governing wildlife law. "Like the two that preceded it, the new edition of The Evolution of National Wildlife Law is a monumental achievement that will serve lawmakers, administrators, educators, conservationists, and scholars for years to come." --From the Foreword by Bruce Babbitt.

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THE definitive text on wildlife law.......2001-08-08

The first edition of this work, published in 1977, was considered a landmark in legal scholarship. Subsequent editions have lived up to that standard. The present edition (3rd) is expanded to cover related laws in the United States that impact wildlife. The organization of this book follows an historical view up until the 1970s. From that point the book follows the development of wildlife law in response to the changing cultural values of "the environmental era."

There is little concerning wildife law in the United States that is not covered in this volume. The exception is the myriad of state laws, a task that would have consumed ten times the amount of space. All in all, this is a standard reference in the highest sense of the word. I have used this as a text in not only wildlife management classes, but also environmental ethics and environmental policy. The book is that useful. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in wildlife and wildlife law.

The environment of national security ([Blue Books. ICAF Non-resident program])

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All Possible Wars? Toward a Consensus View of the Future Security Environment, 2001-2025

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Sam J. Tangredi , and Sam Tangredi
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This survey is a product of the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) 2001 Working Group, a project of the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University. Sponsored by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the working group is an independent, honest-broker effort intended to build intellectual capital for the upcoming QDR. More specifically, it aims to frame issues, develop options, and provide insights for the Chairman, the services, and the next administration in three areas: defense strategy, criteria for sizing conventional forces, and force structure for 2005-2010.

One of the group's initial tasks was to assess the future security environment to the year 2025. This was pursued by surveying the available literature to identify areas of consensus and debate. The goal was to conduct an assessment that would be far more comprehensive than any single research project or group effort could possibly produce.

This survey documents major areas of agreement and disagreement across a range of studies completed since the last QDR in 1997. Because it distills a variety of sources and organizes and compares divergent views, this volume makes a unique contribution to the literature. It also provides a particularly strong set of insights and assumptions on which both strategists and force planners can draw in the next Quadrennial Defense Review.

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This is the story of an African success. It describes how Botswana, an obscure nation in southern Africa, employs its capable, professional army to secure its wildlife resources - a precious heritage of all mankind. This narrative speaks well for a government and an army on a continent where officials and soldiers are widely held in disrepute. The book describes how Botswana’s leaders clearly defined their nation’s interests and effectively employed the instruments of power at their disposal, portraying a state that works. It argues that Africans are contributing meaningfully to emerging global thinking on security and urges Africa’s friends to take advantage of opportunities for productive partnerships over environmental issues.

Defense planning for the 1990s and the changing international environment: Based on the Tenth National Security Affairs Conference, October 7-8, 1983

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National Security: Enduring Problems in a Changing Defense Environment

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New world coming : American security in the 21st century : supporting research and analysis : the phase I report on the Emerging global security environment ... the 21st century (SuDoc PR 42.8:W 89/RESEA.)

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Physics of Societal Issues: Calculations on National Security, Environment, and Energy (Undergraduate Texts in Contemporary Physics)

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Why this book on the Physics of Societal Issues? The subdivisions of physics - nuclear physics, particle physics, condensed-matter physics, biophysics - have their textbooks, while the subdivision of physics and society lacks an equation-oriented text on the physics of arms, energy and the environment. Physics of Societal Issues is intended for undergraduate and doctoral students who may work on applied topics, or who simply want to know why things are the way they are. Decisions guiding policies on nuclear arms, energy and the environment often seem mysterious and contradictory. What is the science behind the deployment of MIRVed ICBMs, the quest for space-based beam weapons, the fear of powerline EM fields, the wholesale acceptance of SUVs, the issues of climactic change, and the failure of the pre-embargo market to produce buildings and appliances that now save over 50 power plants? Physics of Societal Issues is three "mini-texts" in one:

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This volume is the only book to describe in detail all aspects of plastic optics from design issues to production technology and quality control aspects. Throughout, the focus is firmly set on practical applications, making this an indispensable source of information for all those working in optics research and development.

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Advance Praise for In the Shadow of the Peacock

—Rita Mae Brown, author of Rubyfruit Jungle

"I was moved no end by In the Shadow of the Peacock. The sheer power of Yearwood's story makes you feel as if you've been privy to everyone's secrets and desires. [It] is an absorbing and evocative portrait of a mother and a daughter, caught in the shadows of each other's pain and the slow dance within which they escaped it. It is also a stunning, moving photograph, illustrating how strong love can and should be between friends as well as men and women. With a poet's compression, Yearwood's prose has the resonance and sound of guitar strings tightening, then being plucked: the echo, suspense and powe exuberate from one page to the next, carrying you through a myriad of emotions that she's so good at capturing." —Terry McMillan, author of Momma

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