The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815-1860
The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815-1860

Author: Jack Lawrence Schermerhorn

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2015-01-01

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 0300192002

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"Focuses on networks of people, information, conveyances, and other resources and technologies that moved slave-based products from suppliers to buyers and users." (page 3) The book examines the credit and financial systems that grew up around trade in slaves and products made by slaves.

The Virginia Landmarks Register
The Virginia Landmarks Register

Author: Calder Loth

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 650

ISBN-13: 0813918626

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The Virginia Landmarks Register, fourth edition, will create for the reader a deeper awareness of a unique legacy and will serve to enhance the stewardship of Virginia's irreplaceable heritage.

Leadership in Surgery
Leadership in Surgery

Author: Melina R. Kibbe

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-04-20

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 3319111078

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How does one become a successful leader? This book teaches the theories and concepts behind leadership and explains the skills and traits needed to become a good leader. Teaching surgical faculty and trainees (i.e., residents and fellows) how to successfully lead will create more effective surgeon leaders. The skills and theories reviewed in this Volume are highly useful for numerous leadership situations, ranging from heading a committee, leading a research laboratory, directing a clinical effort, leading a Division, leading a Department, among others. By gathering these skills and theories into one comprehensive, portable book, more readers will have access to them.