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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781587981623Author Arthur FleischerFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Beard BooksPublisher Beard Books

Red meat--it's as American as apple pie. In a world where most hunger is alleviated with an occasional handful of grain, red meat's daily appearance on most American tables is a vivid symbol of national prosperity. The red-meat industry is also a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596294639Author Sean K. MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 227g

Covering more than the conventional 'food-only' role of the agriculture, the international contributors to ""Agriculture, Human Security, and Global Peace"" detail how the solution to agricultural problems can lead to the general...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781512813210Author Neil Adams McNallFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint University of Pennsylvania PressPublisher University of Pennsylvania...

This volume brings together papers on a variety of collective bargaining issues around the central theme of the survival and direction of the collective bargaining process. At the core are papers presented at the anniversary conference of the Industrial...

Founded in 1921 as a separate Wharton department, the Industrial Research Unit has a long record of publication and research in the labor market, productivity, union relations, and business report fields. Major Industrial Research Unit studies as...

Latin America has been surprisingly spared from a generalized wave of corporate governance scandals. One possible explanation is that the region's level of investor protection is adequate. The evidence from the papers in this book says otherwise. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416597704Author John GillespieFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013267680Author Jeroen KoolFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781169968950Author W Joseph GrandFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 490g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013288562Author Kristoffer Chelsom VogtFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013274381Author Indranath GuptaFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013268342Author Herve LarocheFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013275166Author Phil SotokFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013274817Author Jenny JanssonFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013274794Author Helmut ZsifkovitsFormat PaperbackPage Count 434Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013273544Author Mark SandersFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013272929Author Babette FahlbruchFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013272769Author Friedrich LeischFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams)...

Nations use product standards, and manipulate them, for reasons othen than practical use or safety. The Soviets once cultivated standards to isolate themselves. In the United States, codes and standards are often used to favor home industries over...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812277043Author Herbert R NorthrupFormat HardbackPage Count 206Imprint University of Pennsylvania PressPublisher University of Pennsylvania...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780333365519Author John Grieve SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 283Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 560gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780333289853Author Just FaalandFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 430g

Combines current theory on globalisation of food with case studies to discuss the changing agricultural and food system in the era of ConAgra and other large transnational corporations. This volume looks at the operations of these corporate giants and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087903798Author Steven J SlaterFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 279mm * 6mm

The first comprehensive analysis of Soviet agriculture from its historic origins to the present, explaining why collectivization failed and why contemporary methods are inefficient. Medvedev, a noted biochemist, shows why agriculture holds the Soviet...

Disturbing Development in the Jim Crow South documents how Black employees of the cooperative extension service of the USDA practiced rural improvement in ways that sustained southern Black farmers' lives and livelihoods in the early decades of the...

Launched in 2004, the Latin American regional institution of ALBA (Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra: Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America) sought to overcome the historical legacies of neocolonial domination by consecrating...

Economists have described the upcountry Georgia poultry industry as the quintessential agribusiness. Following a trajectory from Reconstruction through the Great Depression to the present day, Monica R. Gisolfi shows how the poultry farming model of...

Calgary and the Bow Valley's business climates were lively, competitive, and capitalistic in the late 1800s. Eye on the Future sheds light on the challenges of building and maintaining business in this area during this time of vast growth. It provides...

Alberta's oil sands represent a vast and untapped oil reserve that could reasonably supply all of Canada's energy needs for the next 475 years. With an estimated 300 billion barrels of recoverable oil at stake, the quest to develop this natural resource...

A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original,...

The extraction of raw turpentine and tar from the southern longleaf pine-along with the manufacture of derivative products such as spirits of turpentine and rosin-constitutes what was once the largest industry in North Carolina and one of the most...

While other industries chase after the new and improved, bourbon makers celebrate traditions that hearken back to an authentic frontier craft. Distillers enshrine local history in their branding and time-tested recipes, and rightfully so. Kentucky's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781464806308Author World Bank: Independent Evaluation GroupFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint World Bank PublicationsPublisher World Bank Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780844735955Author R.G. KernFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint AEI PressPublisher AEI PressWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780844735566Author Sean SullivanFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint AEI PressPublisher AEI PressWeight(grams) 454g

This book explores the built environments of the Bahian Reconcavo plantations and their historical significance in the African Diaspora. More than one million Africans were brought to work in the sugarcane plantations of the Reconcavo region. This...

Some of the chief aims of President Ronald Reagan's economic agenda were to reduce the ""regulatory burden,"" minimize state intervention, and reinvigorate market mechanisms. Toward these ends, his administration limited antitrust enforcement to...