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This classic in feminist literature provides an account of women's creativity in every age from pre-history to the present, and attempts to view women's roles in the context of the total time span of human experience. In clear and elegant prose, the author takes us on a breathtaking tour through time: we move through the hundred-thousand-year wanderings of the Paleolithic into the great transition from hunting and gathering to herding and planting;...
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USA. Report on human resources development in the texas rural area - covers major factors influencing employment participation of the rural population, industrialization potential, impact of rural development, etc., and includes information on current training programmes for rural workers. Statistical tables.
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Report on discrimination against the Spanish surnamed minority group (incl. Mexican-americans) in the South Western USA in respect of employment opportunities - includes statistical tables on employment patterns and covers trade union attitudes, population trends, education, housing, incomes, etc. Diagrams and statistical tables.
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Monograph on world food security and the prospects for future food shortages due to population growth - proposes such measures as birth control, voluntary dietary change in the developed countries, agricultural development to increase food production in the developing countries, etc. Graphs, references and statistical tables.
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General study of the Iran, Islamic Republic - covers historical and geographical aspects; discusses culture, social structure, religion, language, the arts, population, ethnic groups, education, health, government, economic development, natural resources and infrastructure during the Pahlavi period; describes the transition period from monarchy to the Islamic Republic of Iran, the existing society, economy and political development. Bibliography,...
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"The Age of Spiritual Machines is no mere list of predictions but a prophetic blueprint for the future. Kurzweil guides us through the inexorable advances that will result in computers exceeding the memory capacity and computational ability of the human brain. According to Kurzweil, machines will achieve all this by 2020, with human attributes not far behind. We will begin to have relationships with automated personalities and use them as teachers,...
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""Globalization" has become a loaded term. Should we in the West believe, literally, that trade with poor nations can be blamed for our "impoverishment"? In this book, Daniel Cohen claims that there is practically no foundation for such an alarmist position. We need to reverse the commonly held view that globalization has caused today's insecure labor market. On the contrary, Cohen argues, our own propensity for transforming the nature of work has...
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Collection of writings on the effects (economic implications) of racial discrimination on Black poverty in the USA - covers racial inequality of employment opportunity, rural migration to urban area slum neighbourhoods, housing discrimination, public opinion concerning the social integration of negroes, government policy, etc. Bibliography pp. 184 to 186 and statistical tables.
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This book is the first social history of the census from its origins to the present and has become the standard history of the population census in the United States. Margo J. Anderson's scholarly text effectively bridges the fields of history and public policy, demonstrating how the census both reflects the country's extraordinary demographic character and constitutes an influential tool for policy making. Her book is essential reading for all those...
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Study of collective bargaining in the sports industry in the USA - discusses how professional athletes' trade unions bargained or went on strike for wage increases, old age benefit, more advantageous labour contracts, etc.; describes trade union attitudes to drug testing and penal sanctions for violence; discusses these in relation to baseball, football, basketball and hockey. References, statistical tables.
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Monograph comprising a comparison of employment discrimination in the USA and Canada - comments on labour legislation, regulations and jurisprudence prohibiting sex discrimination and racial discrimination, discusses the theoretical background, examines trade union attitudes and management attitudes to unequal opportunity, etc., and includes a literature survey. References and statistical tables.
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In this study, the authors develop an indicator of the value of human capital stock held by the nation's working-age population. They then use that indicator to assess the utilization of the nation's human capital stock overall and by a number of demographic subgroups. This serves to complement the many existing indicators that measure the U.S. economy's capital utilization.
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