The Annenbergs

The Annenbergs

Author: John E. Cooney

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13:

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"This is the colorful and dramatic biography of two of America's most controversial entrepreneurs: Moses Louis Annenberg, 'the racing wire king, ' who built his fortune in racketeering, invested it in publishing, and lost much of it in the biggest tax evasion case in United States history; and his son, Walter, launcher of TV Guide and Seventeen magazines and former ambassador to Great Britain."--Jacket.


Earth Odyssey

Earth Odyssey

Author: Mark Hertsgaard

Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0767900596

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Based on his extensive investigation of the global environmental crisis, in which he explored five continents, "Earth Odyssey" recounts Hertsgaard's search for the answer to the essential question of our time: Is the future of the human species at risk?


Men of California

Men of California

Author: Wellington C. Wolfe

Publisher:

Published: 1902

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13:

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Ports. of important men in California at the time. It lists their fields of endeavor but no details of their lives.


Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics

Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics

Author: Terry Golway

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2014-03-03

Total Pages: 511

ISBN-13: 0871407922

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“Golway’s revisionist take is a useful reminder of the unmatched ingenuity of American politics.”—Wall Street Journal History casts Tammany Hall as shorthand for the worst of urban politics: graft and patronage personified by notoriously crooked characters. In his groundbreaking work Machine Made, journalist and historian Terry Golway dismantles these stereotypes, focusing on the many benefits of machine politics for marginalized immigrants. As thousands sought refuge from Ireland’s potato famine, the very question of who would be included under the protection of American democracy was at stake. Tammany’s transactional politics were at the heart of crucial social reforms—such as child labor laws, workers’ compensation, and minimum wages— and Golway demonstrates that American political history cannot be understood without Tammany’s profound contribution. Culminating in FDR’s New Deal, Machine Made reveals how Tammany Hall “changed the role of government—for the better to millions of disenfranchised recent American arrivals” (New York Observer).


The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment

The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment

Author: Marvin H. Kosters

Publisher: American Enterprise Institute

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9780844770642

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The Clinton administration has claimed its proposal to increase the minimum wage would not affect employment; other research supports that a higher minimum wage means fewer jobs.