Back of the Yards Branch Community Profile
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTextual and statistical information about the community served by the Back of the Yards Branch of the Chicago Public Library.
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTextual and statistical information about the community served by the Back of the Yards Branch of the Chicago Public Library.
Author: Dan Immergluck
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-07-08
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 131549812X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides the most comprehensive examination of community reinvestment and fair lending problems and policies currently available. It outlines the history of lending discrimination and redlining in U.S. mortgage and small business lending markets, and documents the persistence of such problems today. The author explains the role that government has played in developing banking and credit markets in the United States, from the creation of Alexander Hamilton's First Bank of the United States to the ongoing support government provides through the subsidization of secondary markets and through maintenance of critical regulatory infrastructure. Immergluck takes issue with those calling for deregulation of financial services - especially in the arena of fair lending and consumer protection - and gives new voice to rationales for social contract policies such as the Community Reinvestment Act. He provides new long-term analysis of the failure of federal bank regulators to enforce the CRA, and also shows how increased community activism and media attention have led to sporadic periods of stronger CRA enforcement. Finally, he recommends a number of policy changes that are needed to modernize the nation's fair lending and community reinvestment laws and make them more relevant for the 21st century.
Author: Nancy Lawson
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2017-04-18
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1616896175
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.
Author: Joseph Hamzik
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2013-09-19
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 1304450287
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of Archer Road, told here for the first time, is a long and interesting story spanning from the time of the first Native Americans to the time this manuscript was written. It served as a portage route for native Americans and explorers, an access road to monitor the building of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a stagecoach route, and a host of other transportation purposes. Mr. Hamzik's history will describe each of these uses in detail and enlighten the reader to the importance of this great transportation highway.
Author: Constance Noyes Robertson
Publisher:
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 168
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gregory Andrus
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Published: 2018-04-02
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9780999525821
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReal People. Real Stories. The Real Jersey Shore.
Author: Edward John Mulawka
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2016-04-28
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 1476614717
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis reference book on the cockatoo family provides a comprehensive physical description of the various species of this exotic parrot, the habitat they favor, and their distribution and behaviors both in the wild and in captivity. Their reproductive history is examined, as is the possibility of breeding sufficient numbers in captivity to develop sustainable populations for re-introduction to their original habitat should they become extinct in the wild. The book explores the historical encounters of the various species with Europeans two centuries ago. That early history provides considerable insight to the cockatoo's popularity and to efforts to breed them in captivity. Many cockatoo species face a perilous future. As their native forests are logged, the cockatoos lose not only suitable nesting and roosting sites, but native foods. Additionally, despite conservation laws governing the capture of wild cockatoos, their desirability as an avian pet has spawned a worldwide illicit trade critically endangering some species to the point that they face extinction in the wild.