John Charles: 408 books
The Great Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912
New Scholarship on the Bread & Roses Strike
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
"In Lawrence, Massachusetts, fully one-half of the population 14 years of age or over is employed in the woolen and worsted mills and cotton mills". Thus begins the federal government's Report on Strike of Textile Workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912 . This book follows up, one hundred...
by Arthur Melzer, Todd Gitlin, Seyla Benhabib
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2001
With the end of the Cold War, the death of Communism, and the decline of Socialism, what are the primary issues, ideologies, and parties that now structure politics? Melzer, Zinman, and Weinberger have compiled essays from prominent experts to examine the politics of the past to help plot the political...
Paying for the Piper
Capital and Labour in Britain's Offshore Oil Industry
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Northern Exposures
A Canadian Perspective on Occupational Health and Environment
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
'Northern Exposures' is an important and thought-provoking book that shows how the labor movement has embraced environmental protection and is beginning to create a new and more sustainable vision for the future. Dave Bennett's knowledge and commitment shine through. He is, by turns, the skeptical...
Environmental Unions
Labor and the Superfund
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
During the 1970s and 1980s, a hazardous waste management industry emerged in the U.S., driven by government and polluting industry responses to a hazardous waste crisis. In 1979, labor unions began to seek federal health and safety protections for workers in that industry and for firefighters responding...
Labor-environmental Coalitions
Lessons from a Louisiana Petrochemical Region
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2018
In 1984, the oil, chemical and atomic workers began a 5-year campaign to win back the jobs of its members locked out by the BASF Corp. in Geismar, Louisiana. The multiscale campaign involved coalitions with local environmentalists as well as international solidarity from environmental and religious...
Who is Nursing Them? It is Us
Neoliberalism, HIV/AIDS, and the Occupational Health and Safety of South African Public Sector Nurses
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
This book explores the impacts of HIV/AIDS and neoliberal globalization on the occupational health of public sector hospital nurses in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The story of South African public sector nurses provides multiple perspectives on the HIV/AIDS epidemic-for a workforce that played a...
Shoes, Glues and Homework
Dangerous Work in the Global Footwear Industry
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
First Published in 2017. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
Principles of Conflict Economics
A Primer for Social Scientists
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2009
Conflict economics contributes to an understanding of violent conflict in two important ways. First, it applies economic analysis to diverse conflict activities such as war, arms races, and terrorism, showing how they can be understood as purposeful choices responsive to underlying incentives. Second,...
Peace on Earth
The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Peace on Earth: The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies provides a critical analysis of faith and religious institutions in peacebuilding practice and pedagogy. The work captures the synergistic relationships among faith traditions and how multiple approaches to conflict transformation...
The Family Emotional System
An Integrative Concept for Theory, Science, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
The Family Emotional System: An Integrative Concept for Theory, Science, and Practice presents an ongoing dialogue among scientists, family investigators, and clinicians related to a natural systems view of the family and human behavior that has been occurring over several decades. The concept of...
by James H. Alphen, Christopher Anderson, John Rev. Beal
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
The Church is not a business, but it does have a stewardship responsibility to ensure that all of its resources are used as effectively as possible to carry out God's work on earth. In the case of human resource assets, good stewardship involves assisting those engaged in ministry (whether clerical...
Wildlife Projects
28 Favorite Projects & Patterns
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
The all time favorite animal projects from the archives of Scroll Saw Woodworking and Crafts. 28 Favorite Projects and Patterns.
A Master of Fortune
Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2015
Nobody who has followed the gallant sailor--diminutive, but oh, my!--in his previous adventures around the earth, is going to miss this red-hot volume of marvelous exploits.