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Based on anthropological fieldwork in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, In the Wake of the Giant has implications for towns and cities across the country and internationally. It traces the history of the Pittsfield region, the U.S. economy, and the tidal wave of multinational corporate restructurings. Comparing communities undergoing restructuring to newly independent states, Kirsch shows how these communities confront for the first time the challeng...

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This collection of essays addresses the inclusion and exclusion of peoples, populations and regions in an era of global economic and social integration. Although many publications have discussed the way in which globalization has changed the nature of boundaries, space and the movement of peoples, there is a wide gap in a literature that rarely addresses the reaction of local communities and inclusion for some stakeholders in decision making w...

Equipping you to plan and implement Global Politics from day 1, this Course Book has been developed directly with the IB to help you get your programme off the ground. With a truly concept-based structure based around the central theme of People, Power and Politics it ensures critical understanding of big picture issues, problems and solutions.

Equipping you to plan and implement Global Politics from day 1, this Course Book has been developed directly with the IB to help you get your programme off the ground. With a truly concept-based structure based around the central theme of People, Power and Politics it ensures critical understanding of big picture issues, problems and solutions.

Contrasting "native" and "outsider" points of view, this book explores the contemporary realities of work, development and redevelopment in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, a New England community undergoing rapid industrial restructuring.

Tells of a distant island littered with rubies and gems, the lovable Richie Rockstein bids farewell to his family and heads to uncover Diamond Island.