In this remarkable book, Skidmore discusses his “atypical life and career,” and reprints representative articles and book chapters from his long life in academe. The first of the essays considers Alito’s Dobbs decision, demonstrating that it distorts history, ignores the 13th and 9th Amendments, and relies on reasoning uncomfortably similar to that undergirding the worst decision in the Court’s history: Dred Scott. It points to the danger arising from denying a right to abortion because the Constitution does not contain the word: the Court’s major power, judicial review, itself is nowhere mentioned in the Constitution.
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Money and Banking
John Thom Holdsworth penned this volume with the hopes of creating a comprehensive history of monetary and banking systems in the United States. Holdsworth discusses the theory, history and principles of money, and more specific topics such as Federal reserve currency and foreign finance. This 1915 volume sheds light on the ideals of the monetary system in the United States and the goals of the federal government at that time in enacting certain policies, such as the Farm Loan Act and the Federal Reserve Act.
Successful Patents: A Conservative, Reliable and Complete Treatise on the Protection of Ideas by Patents, Trade-Marks, Designs and Copyrights
This was volume was originally published in 1912. Richard B. Owen had offices in Washington DC and advertised in various magazines, such as Popular Mechanics, in order to gain interest in his patent law enthusiasms.
Money in Politics
Jacob Kendrick Upton Sr. was born in Wilmot, New Hampshire on October 9, 1837. His path to becoming a lawyer began by graduating from the Literary and Scientific Institution at New London, New Hampshire in 1860. Afterwards, he and his brother studied law in Manchester, New Hampshire. During this time, he also worked as a clerk in the Treasury Department. He continued to find success in the Treasury Department, and eventually worked his way through several promotions until becoming Chief Clerk in March 1877. He found a great deal of prominence in this position, and became Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in 1880. However, he resigned from the role after the inauguration of President Grover Cleveland. After then, he split his career interests between law, banking and writing. He wrote several articles and books on financial topics, but this work, Money in Politics, originally released in 1884, was his most well known.
Josiah Wedgwood, F.R.S., His Personal History
by Samuel Smiles Purchase Josiah Wedgwood was a celebrated entrepreneur and abolitionist. Born in England in 1730, even as a young child he showed great skill as a potter. He worked in his family business, which focused on lower quality pottery. However, Wedgewood apprenticed with Thomas Whieldon, and later worked with chemist, Joseph Priestley, to… Continue reading Josiah Wedgwood, F.R.S., His Personal History
The History of Trade Unionism
by Sidney and Beatrice Webb Purchase Originally published in 1894, The History of Trade Unionism was written by Sidney and Beatrice Webb to offer insight on the history of the British trade union movement’s development prior to the 1900s. Beatrice and Sidney Webb were economists, sociologists, historians, and socialists. The Webbs were also founders of… Continue reading The History of Trade Unionism
The Great American Fraud: A Series of Articles on the Patent Medicine Evil, Reprinted from Collier’s Weekly
by Samuel Hopkins Adams Purchase This work is a collection of articles that originally were featured in Collier’s Weekly. Samuel Hopkins Adams was a reporter born on January 26, 1871 in Dunkirk, New York. He was an investigative reporter, first working with the New York Sun. He later joined McClure’s Magazine, which was famous for… Continue reading The Great American Fraud: A Series of Articles on the Patent Medicine Evil, Reprinted from Collier’s Weekly
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
by Edwin Lefevre Purchase “Speculation in stocks will never disappear. It isn’t desirable that it should. It cannot be checked by warnings as to its dangers. You cannot prevent people from guessing wrong no matter how able or how experienced they may be. Carefully laid plans will miscarry because the unexpected and even the unexpectable… Continue reading Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
The Clock That Had No Hands and Nineteen Other Essays About Advertising
by Herbert Kaufman Purchase through Amazon Herbert Kaufman was an advertising executive, leading the Herbert Kaufman Advertising firm, located in Manhattan. Prior to it, he was a partner at Du Fine/Kaufman. His emphasis was on smaller businesses, particularly in graphic arts and printing. In this particular work, he offers several stories about his experiences in… Continue reading The Clock That Had No Hands and Nineteen Other Essays About Advertising
Goodwill and Its Treatment in Accounts: A Historical Look at Goodwill, Trade Marks & Trade Names
by Lawrence R. Dicksee and Frank Tillyard Purchase through Amazon Lawrence R. Dicksee was deeply invested in all aspects of numbers when it came to business. He was head of a firm of accountants, Sellars, Dicksee and Co. He was also an esteemed scholar, working as an accounting professor at the University of Birmingham, while… Continue reading Goodwill and Its Treatment in Accounts: A Historical Look at Goodwill, Trade Marks & Trade Names
Money and Its Laws: Embracing a History of Monetary Theories: and A History of the Currencies of the United States
by Henry V. Poor Purchase through Amazon Henry Varnum Poor was born on December 8, 1812 in Andover, Maine. He went on to graduate from Bowdoin College in 1835, and then practiced law with his uncle’s firm. Poor became quite rich after he and his family invested in Maine’s timber industry, and then in the… Continue reading Money and Its Laws: Embracing a History of Monetary Theories: and A History of the Currencies of the United States
Beijing Express: How To Understand New China
by David Baverez Purchase through Amazon ABOUT THE BOOK 2017. The new President of France just took office. He knows his country needs radical reforms. The question is how to make his mark from the word go and how to make a clean break from his predecessors’ policies. He has an idea: instead of going… Continue reading Beijing Express: How To Understand New China
Collaborating Through Virtual Communities Using Cloud Technology
by Diane Stottlemyer Purchase through Amazon Collaboration and communication are both essential for successful interaction and participation in virtual communities. In this book, there are discussions of how a virtual community can be an essential communication tool to enhance traditional and online schools. In addition, the virtual community can provide information on the importance of… Continue reading Collaborating Through Virtual Communities Using Cloud Technology
The Idea of Neoliberalism: The Emperor Has Threadbare Contemporary Clothes
by John Dixon Purchase through Amazon Neoliberalism, as a set of ideas, represents the 1970s rebirth—rebranding—of classical liberalism, which originated in the mid-eighteenth century Scottish Enlightenment. This book is about those ideas. It assembles an archetypal ideational construct of neoliberalism, so permitting the demarcation of its worldview, grounded in a set of framing assumptions (organizing… Continue reading The Idea of Neoliberalism: The Emperor Has Threadbare Contemporary Clothes
Productive Bee-Keeping Modern Methods of Production and Marketing of Honey: Lippincott’s Farm Manuals
by Frank C. Pellett Purchase through Amazon Lippincott’s developed a series of manuals regarding agricultural production, including this volume on beekeeping. Among other things, it offers a historical look at apiculture, the practice of human harvesting of products from honey bee colonies, as well as its marketing methodology. Beekeeping has quite a history, dating back… Continue reading Productive Bee-Keeping Modern Methods of Production and Marketing of Honey: Lippincott’s Farm Manuals
Contracting, Logistics, Reverse Logistics: The Project, Program and Portfolio Approach
by Dr. Robert Lee Gordon Purchase through Amazon Contracting, logistics, and reverse logistics are intertwined with the project management, program management, and portfolio management disciplines. In recent years, organizations have started to offer certifications into the strategic areas of program and portfolios. Contracting, logistics, and reverse logistics are strategic opportunities for companies. For this reason,… Continue reading Contracting, Logistics, Reverse Logistics: The Project, Program and Portfolio Approach
Recollections of the Early Days of American Accountancy, 1883-1893
by James T. Anyon Purchase through Amazon Accountants are often hidden from view and little considered as part of history, though their impact on our lives is tremendous. Business history sadly tends to neglect the field, so small gems such as Recollections of the Early Days of American Accountancy, 1883-1893 are often lost to scholars.… Continue reading Recollections of the Early Days of American Accountancy, 1883-1893
A Book of American Trade-Marks & Devices: An Illustration of Early Advertising Logos
by Joseph Sinel Purchase through Amazon The majority of American businesses fail, falling apart within the first few years of inception. Running a business is terribly difficult as the carnage reflected in A Book of American Trade-Marks illustrates, offering a graveyard tour of popular and powerful businesses nearly a century ago, an insight into past… Continue reading A Book of American Trade-Marks & Devices: An Illustration of Early Advertising Logos
The Public Administrator: Contenders, Contentions, and Tensions
by John Dixon Purchase through Amazon This book is the outcome of a 30-year intellectual odyssey. It focuses on the behavioral connotations of public sector reform. Its setting is the multi-pronged criticisms that have been made in recent decades of traditional hierarchical bureaucrats. Their critics have diverse reform agendas, but ultimately, they expect bureaucrats to… Continue reading The Public Administrator: Contenders, Contentions, and Tensions
Trademark Power: An Expedition into an Unprobed and Inviting Wilderness
by Glen Buck Purchase through Amazon Glen Buck was an owner, author and marketer operating the Gardner-Glen Buck Company, an advertising agency operating out of New York, Chicago and St. Louis. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and rose from being the advertising manager at Olds Motor Works to directing advertising at the Ford Motor… Continue reading Trademark Power: An Expedition into an Unprobed and Inviting Wilderness
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