Author: Laurence S. Seidma
Publisher: The MIT Pre
Keywords: tax, consumption, progressive, usa
Number of Pages: 170
Published: 1997-04-04
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0262193833
ISBN-13: 9780262193832

"The progressive consumption tax is one of the most important ideas in tax policy in a very long time. Larry Seidman’s book is an excellent exposition. Whether you are sympathetic or not, it deserves your serious consideration." -- Lawrence Summers, former Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University "This is an excellent analysis of an approach to fundamental tax reform that has considerably more political appeal than the flat tax." -- Rudolph G. Penner, Managing Director, Barents Group, a KPMG Company Although proposals for "flat" taxes have received a good deal o

Author: Steven J. Diner
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Keywords: era, progressive, americans, different
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1998-08-05
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0809016117
ISBN-13: 9780809016112

The early twentieth century was a time of technological revolution in the United States. New inventions and corporations were transforming the economic landscape, bringing a stunning array of consumer goods, millions of additional jobs, and ever more wealth. Steven J. Diner draws on the rich scholarship of recent social history to show how these changes affected Americans of all backgrounds and walks of life, and in doing so offers a striking new interpretation of a crucial epoch in our history.

Author: Sigmund Hering
Publisher: Carl Fischer, Inc
Keywords: trombone, etudes, progressive
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 1945-01-01
List price: $13.50
ISBN-10: 0825803144
ISBN-13: 9780825803147

One of the most prolifically published brass pedagogues of the twentieth century, Sigmund Herring?s 40 Progressive Etudes is recognized as a standard publication with forty easier etudes that are perfect for the developing trombone or baritone player.

Author: Mark T Connelly
Publisher: The University Of North Carolina Press
Keywords: era, progressive, prostitution, response
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2011-01-27
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0807865214
ISBN-13: 9780807865217

During the opening decades of the twentieth century, highly visible red-light districts occupied entire sections of many American cities. Prostitution, still euphemistically referred to as the "social evil," became one of the dominant social issues of the progressive era.Mark Thomas Connelly places the response to prostitution during those years within its complete social and cultural context. He shows how the antiprostitution movement became a focus for many of the anxieties and social tensions of the period. For many, prostitution seemed ominously linked to the changing status of women, t

Author: David Kairy
Publisher: Basic Book
Keywords: third, critique, progressive, law, politics
Number of Pages: 752
Published: 1998-05-09
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 0465059597
ISBN-13: 9780465059591

"I truly enjoyed The Politics of Law. It’s a well-guided tour through contemporary legal academic thought, in general and critical legal studies, in particular. For lawyers--or laypersons--interested in alternative perspectives on the law and legal institutions, this book is an invaluable aid." --Scott Turow, author of Burden of Proof and Presumed Innocent The Politics of Law is the leading and most widely read progressive critique of the nature and role of the law in America society. This revised--and over a third entirely new--edition continues the book’s concrete focus on the ma

Author: Lewis L. Gould
Publisher: Longma
Keywords: era, progressive, america
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 2001-02-09
List price: $23.00
ISBN-10: 0582356717
ISBN-13: 9780582356719

B> This book in the Seminar Studies in History series is a useful introduction to a key period in American history from the 1890s to the First World War. Books in this Seminar Studies in History series bridge the gap between textbook and specialist survey and consists of a brief "Introduction" and/or "Background" to the subject, valuable in bringing the reader up-to-speed on the area being examined, followed by a substantial and authoritative section of "Analysis" focusing on the main themes and issues. There is a succinct "Assessment" of the subject, a generous selection of "Documents" and a

Author: W. Jack Duncan
Publisher: Random House Inc (T)
Keywords: administration, responsibility, progressive, management
Published: 1983-01
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 0075542870
ISBN-13: 9780075542872