Nothing Like It In the World
Nothing Like It In the World

Author: Stephen E. Ambrose

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2001-11-06

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780743203173

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The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.

Fostering Research on the Economic and Social Impacts of Information Technology
Fostering Research on the Economic and Social Impacts of Information Technology

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1998-09-15

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0309173736

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The tremendous growth in use of information technology (IT) has led to an increased interest in understanding its social and economic impacts. This book presents examples of crosscutting research that has been conducted to understand the impact of information technology on personal, community, and business activities. It explores ways in which the use of methodology from economics and social sciences contributes to important advances in understanding these impacts. The book discusses significant research issues and concerns and suggests approaches for fostering increased interdisciplinary research on the impacts of information technology and making the results of this research more accessible to the public and policymakers. This volume is expected to influence funding priorities and levels of support for interdisciplinary research of this kind.

The Panama Canal
The Panama Canal

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Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 2010-10-05

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 9004177280

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Considering the Panama Canal as an artificial strait, this book will let legal logic yield to historical and geographic experience by recasting the Panama Canal’s environment as the product of three elements, suggesting new perspectives about its past and future.