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    California, 1878-1905

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    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Banking & Finance
    The study of financial history has never been more important. This volume focuses on theories about the relationship of financial markets to the rest of the economy. Searching out information on financial institutions and markets from the past, this work tests theories from the 1980s and 90s with this data, mainly in two fields of economics: financial structure and performance and economic ... Read more

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  • Financing California Real Estate

    Spanish Missions to subprime mortgages

    by Lynne P. Doti ...
    Series series Banking, Money and International Finance
    California was at the epicentre of the collapse of the real estate market in 2008, which had a devastating effect on the world economy. Taking this diverse and powerful state as a case study, this book presents a financial history of the property business, from the time Spanish Missions were established to the Great Recession.Financing California Real Estate provides the history of expansions and ... Read more

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  • American Entrepreneur

    A History of Business in the United States

    This book vividly illustrates the history of business in the United States from the point of view of the enterprising men and women who made it happen.Ever since the first colonists landed in the New World, Americans have forged ahead in their quest to make good on promises of capitalism and independence. Weaving stirring narrative with economic analysis, this historical deep dive recounts the ... Read more

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  • Out Stealing Water

    When the city turns off her family's water, seventeen-year-old Emily begins to understand why her uncle Dwight thinks the government should keep its hands off people's lives, property, and the things they have a right to—such as water. Set in Phoenix, Arizona, in the summer of 2010, Out Stealing Water tells the story of Emily's increasingly bold schemes to get enough money to leave Phoenix for ... Read more

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  • The Law Into Their Own Hands

    Immigration and the Politics of Exceptionalism

    Border security and illegal immigration along the U.S.–Mexico border are hotly debated issues in contemporary society. The emergence of civilian vigilante groups, such as the Minutemen, at the border is the most recent social phenomenon to contribute new controversy to the discussion. The Law Into Their Own Hands looks at the contemporary nativist, anti-immigrant movement in the United States ... Read more

    $24.19 CAD

  • Anti-Immigrantism in Western Democracies

    Statecraft, Desire and the Politics of Exclusion

    Series series RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
    Anti-Immigrantism in Western Democracies looks at immigration in the US, the UK and France within the context of globalisation and questions our understanding of the 'state'. Doty uses the concept of desire as a way to understand the forces at work in the social, political and economic life, to explore the impulses which move society towards various practices and policies, and finally to ... Read more

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