Globalizing L.A.

Globalizing L.A.

Author: Steven P. Erie

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780804746816

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The author chronicles LA's emergence as the nation's leading trade centre and gateway to the Pacific Rim in the 20th century, exploring recent epic battles over port development, expanding LAX, creating a new international airport in Orange County, building the Alameda Corridor rail link and more.


The Politics of Resentment

The Politics of Resentment

Author: Philip Resnick

Publisher: IRPP

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780774808040

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An examination of the role that British Columbia has played in the evolving Canadian unity debate. Philip Resnick explores what makes British Columbia stand apart as a region of Canada and looks at the views of politicians, opinion-makers and ordinary citizens on various issues.


Asian-Pacific Rim Logistics

Asian-Pacific Rim Logistics

Author: Peter J. Rimmer

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2014-11-28

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 1783478667

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Encompassing China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, extending to Australasia and connecting with South Asia, the Asian-Pacific Rim forms the world�s most dynamic economic region. Comprehending the region�s logistical structure and its institutio


Minutes of the Meeting

Minutes of the Meeting

Author: Association of Research Libraries

Publisher: Association of Research Libr

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13:

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V. 52 includes the proceedings of the conference on the Farmington Plan, 1959.


Contemporary Argentina

Contemporary Argentina

Author: David J Keeling

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2021-11-28

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 0429691106

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In this perceptive book, David Keeling analyzes Argentinas changing position in the modern world economy against the backdrop of the countrys regional development processes. Combining systematic and area-based approaches, he discusses international and national trends that have shaped the social and economic geography of Argentina in profound and fundamental ways. Drawing on recent census data as well as on material from the Menem government, Keeling also explores whether Argentinas participation in the new world government has adversely affected environmental, labor, and social conditions. Since 1989, Argentina has experienced perhaps its most significant period of change since federation in 1880. Under the leadership of Carlos Menem and the Justicialista political party, contemporary Argentina is emerging from the chaos of long-term instability to reassert itself as a viable player in both regional and global systems.


Places and Politics in an Age of Globalization

Places and Politics in an Age of Globalization

Author: Roxann Prazniak

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2001-02-07

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 146164092X

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This ambitious work provides a unique statement on the question of place-based activism and its relationship to powerful forces of international capital. Arguing that specific places around the world are sites for the defense and enhancement of daily life in the context of rapidly expanding global technologies and investment options, the contributors reach for a vision of social development that supports sustainable, humane cultures. Bringing together the local and the global, this work provides the first sustained linkage of ethnic groups in diaspora to macrocosmic processes of world capital that inevitably reach down to mediate even the most local experiences. The essays, ranging in their discussion of place from Los Angeles and New York to New Zealand and Indonesia, offer both reasoned argument and authoritiative information on how local experience interacts with larger processes of global capital and the diasporic phenomenon. The book will be an invaluable resource and launching point for scholars and students in ethnic and identity studies and will interest all readers exploring the production of place and identification.


Theme Town

Theme Town

Author: Thomas Wayne Paradis

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2003-02-26

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 1469725630

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This book changes the way we view our everyday human landscapes by taking us on a 22-stop adventure through the heart of Flagstaff, Arizona. In Flagstaff's America Tour, the reader encounters four distinct though interacting landscape scenes: a themed historic business district, a pre-War multi-ethnic neighborhood, an expanding university campus, and a dynamic automobile commercial strip. Prior to the tour, Part 1 introduces us to the fascinating study of geography and the interpretation of human landscapes. In Part 2 Paradis discusses the expansion of the AT&SF Railway and its role in Flagstaff's own historical development. He further analyzes the implications of this global cargo corridor on Flagstaff's local community and themed landscapes. The entire book integrates a variety of cultural, economic, political, global, and environmental perspectives to understand the complexities of our everyday world. Whether enjoyed from the bustling streets of downtown Flagstaff or from the comfort of our own homes, Theme Town will encourage us to see our own local places with fresh and inquisitive eyes.


Toran: Gateway to the Other Side

Toran: Gateway to the Other Side

Author: Linda Andrews

Publisher: Linda Andrews

Published: 2022-12-12

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13:

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Adrienne West lost her husband and son in a horrible car accident. Six months later, she sees her husband again but the son in his arms is older than the infant she lost. Elias Branch sold his dream of a portal to a distant world to a reclusive billionaire. When Eli dares to open the gateway, his dead mother returns to this world. In their search for answers, Adrienne and Eli will discover the nightmare invading our world. For the doorway has allowed other dearly departed people to creep in. And the happy reunion will be short lived.