Frommer's Guide to Europe on Fifty Dollars a Day, 1995
Frommer's Guide to Europe on Fifty Dollars a Day, 1995

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Publisher: Frommer's

Published: 1994-09

Total Pages: 1126

ISBN-13: 9780671884864

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Stroll along Amsterdam's shady canals, enjoy an outdoor cafe in Budapest, cycle through Copenhagen, or shop at the enormous San Lorenzo Market in Florence. Frommer's tells travelers how to create their own grand tour at a great price. Includes hundreds of listings for affordable accommodations and restaurants. Maps.

Frommer's Ireland on Forty-Five Dollars a Day, 94-95
Frommer's Ireland on Forty-Five Dollars a Day, 94-95

Author: George McDonald

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 9780671866686

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Frommer covers the best of the Emerald Isle--its pubs and guesthouses, its castles and historic homes, its picturesque seaside towns and lush green countryside. Shows budget travelers how to enjoy comfort and style for the least cost.

Globalizing Oil
Globalizing Oil

Author: Llewelyn Hughes

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-01-16

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1139867938

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Oil is the world's most important commodity. It is also one of the most politicized, with national oil companies controlling most of the world's reserves. Contrary to conventional wisdom, Llewelyn Hughes shows that governments across the advanced industrial states responded to the politicization of oil in the 1970s by freeing prices, lowering barriers to trade, and privatizing national oil companies. How did this come about? And why do some governments continue to support domestic firms? In answering these questions, Hughes shows that the politicization of oil also led to a transformation in oil market governance by changing the balance of risk and opportunities facing firms. He also shows that their ability to benefit from this change was conditioned by previous attempts to shape the competitive landscape in their favor. Hughes' study has important implications not only for the politics of oil, but also for the study of economic liberalization.

Technology and the Search for Progress in Modern Mexico
Technology and the Search for Progress in Modern Mexico

Author: Edward Beatty

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2015-04-30

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 0520960556

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In the late nineteenth century, Mexican citizens quickly adopted new technologies imported from abroad to sew cloth, manufacture glass bottles, refine minerals, and provide many goods and services. Rapid technological change supported economic growth and also brought cultural change and social dislocation. Drawing on three detailed case studies—the sewing machine, a glass bottle–blowing factory, and the cyanide process for gold and silver refining—Edward Beatty explores a central paradox of economic growth in nineteenth-century Mexico: while Mexicans made significant efforts to integrate new machines and products, difficulties in assimilating the skills required to use emerging technologies resulted in a persistent dependence on international expertise.