A History of Small Business in America
A History of Small Business in America

Author: Mansel G. Blackford

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9780807854532

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From the colonial era to the present day, small businesses have been an integral part of American life. First published in 1991 and now thoroughly updated, this study explores the central but ever-changing role played by small enterprises in the nation's economic, political and cultural development.

Provisional Bibliography of Atlases, Floras and Faunas of European Cities: 1600–2014
Provisional Bibliography of Atlases, Floras and Faunas of European Cities: 1600–2014

Author: John G. Kelcey

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-06-23

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 3319311204

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The bibliography provides information about the presence and distribution of plants and animals in cities throughout Europe. It will be of considerable interest to and should be used by a wide range of people including academics, researchers, librarians, school teachers, and people with a general interest in the natural history of cities. The bibliography is an important tool for the professions involved in the planning, design and management of high quality urban developments, including biologists, architects, urban designers, planners, consultants, medics., sociologists, engineers, politicians, landscape architects, building surveyors, agronomists and landscape managers.

Joint Industrial Councils in British History
Joint Industrial Councils in British History

Author: James W. Stitt

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2006-03-30

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 0313081980

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Joint Industrial Councils: Inception, Adoption, and Utilization, 1917-1939 is a study of how a WWI proposal for permanent improvement in labor-management relations came about, why the target industries ignored it, and how it found a purpose in the second-tier industries for which it was not originally intended. The press, social reformers, academics, and various business interests touted JICs as the beginning of worker control of industry, while skilled trade unions saw them as a plot to harm workers' interests. Their eventual modest use was directed to needs within individual industrial enterprises and not to more global missions, such as the remaking of British industry in general. But successful JICs undertook serious issues that management and unions needed to address, such as wage rates, retirement plans for workers, and safety-related concerns. Moreover, the level of labor-management understanding in JIC industries improved to the point that these industries suffered no strikes in the inter-war period; the conditions of employment for the workers improved; and productivity increased.