The Debate on the Constitution : Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification : Part One, September 1787-February 1788 (Library of America)

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"The Debate on the Constitution" charts the course of the bloodless revolution that created the government of the United States and the world's oldest working national charter. In speeches, newspaper articles, pamphlets, and letters, this unique collection captures firsthand the energy and eloquence of the stormy ratification struggle. Franklin, Madison, Jefferson, Washington, Patrick Henry, and many less well known voices speak with passion and articulateness about issues of personal liberty and public order that continue to resonate in today's headlines. Along with a detailed chronology and notes, each volume also includes the full texts of the Declaration in Independence, Articles of Confederation, and Constitution.

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real political analysis.......2003-01-07

Unlike the political commentators of the late 20th and early 21st century (watchers of Sunday public affairs programs and AM radio listeners know who they are), the commentators of the 18th century actually had something of substance to say. This was a time when education was rare, but when done was done well. The New American Library does its usual exceptional job in assembling the material in this book including some of the more important selections from the Federalist Papers as well as some of the writings of the anti-Federalists. Here the role of the government and the nature of freedom are really explored. Life was better before politics became about feeling and emotion. Every American should read this book, but only if he wants to really understand the basis of the American experiment.

Provides a complete environment for the Federalist Papers.......2001-03-27

Study of the Federalist Papers, of course included in this two volume series, is a conduit for understanding the American ethic. When the Federalist Papers are viewed as included in this chronological deliberation between the Federalists and Antifederalists, they become even more profound than the enormous depth they can achieve when read alone. The concerns of Brutus and Agrippa are answered, the repititive call for a 'Bill of Rights' revealed. Madison wrote to Jefferson in 1825 defining the Federalist Papers as 'may fairly enough be regarded as the most authentic exposition of the text of the federal constituion, as understood by the Body which prepared & the authority which accepted it.' The enormous insight gained from tracking the arguments and concerns of the proposed Constituion , and the responses of the Federalist cannot be easily estimated, yet the result is a much more informed conscience of the American experience. Madison in the same letter mentioned above stated that Federalist Essays did not foresee all the misconstructions which to that date had occured, nor prevent some it did foresee. For the concerned and deliberate citizen of today many of these issues remain, issues such as Federalism are current topics and all too often the opinions of the few become the conscience of the many, examining these volume will do much to alleviate this vexing condition. More alarming is the realization that many of the fears of the Antifederalists have become a reality in todays polity. An excellent and comprehensive collection thank you Bernard Bailyn.

Always Relevant . . . and Still a Lively Read at That!.......2000-02-13

Editor Bernard Bailyn has assembled a first-rate collection of letters, circulars, pamphlets, speeches, and what would be the colonial equivalent of modern op-ed pieces that allows today's readers to witness the founding of a government through the eyes of (and with the voices of) those who were really there. But don't be fooled into thinking this is going to be the stilted, polite prose that often belongs to 18th century philosophers or debaters. Many of the pieces Bailyn has selected are remakrkably spry and teeming with understated wit.

Those who think that mud-slinging, negative campaigning, and assaults on the integrity of the opponent are modern day creations may be surprised to see that those in the 18th century could be just as nitpicky, petty, and ascerbic as their present day decendants -- and yet still remain surprisingly gentlemanly about the whole thing. Some letter writers absolutely seethe with irritation at their opposition, and by presenting his debaters in roughly chronological order, Bailyn ensures that for every "Oh yeah?" uttered by a Federalist, there will soon be a responsive "Yeah!" from the anti-Federalist side. It all makes for lively and informative reading, and one wonders if such a critical debate could be carried out with such manners in today's media.

It should come as no surprise that most of the Hamilton-Madison-Jay Federalist Papers are in here, as are the level-headed, persuasive anti-Federalist arguments of James Wilson and George Mason. But the real jewels in these volumes lie in the thoughtful and frank correspondence that passed back and forth between not only the Major Players, but also between some of the lesser-known writers, who make their cases for or against the Constitution with genuine passion and conviction.

Bailyn wisely leaves the spin to the writers themselves, but when he does step in, Bailyn is a most helpful editor, and the final 240 pages contain short biographies of every writer (or letter recipient) in the book, an informative chronology of events (and Bailyn makes sure readers have a perspective for the debates in this book by starting the chronology in 1774, some 13 years before the first words in this book were spoken), and competent notes on the text to help readers unfamiliar with some of the players or events keep everything sorted out.

Even though we all have the luxury of knowing that Everything Came Out All Right In The End -- the Constitution was ratified -- there is still quite a bit of drama here, particularly in the debates in the State Ratifying Conventions, which are carried out with suitable handwringing and bluster on both sides. Appropriately, then, the final piece in here is the dramatic speech the previously skeptical John Hancock delivered in the Massachusetts convention, informing his colleagues he would, indeed, vote for ratification. Hancock's words are as stirring now as they were then -- but I'll let you read them for yourself.

If you have the opportunity, purchase both Volume I and Volume II together. Not only will you get the complete debates (Volume I ends in February 1788; volume II is needed to make it to August), but you'll also get one of the Library of America's typically attractive slip-cases. It's a little more expensive, but worth it.

One of my most treasured possessions........1997-01-27

Part one opens with Benjamin Franklin's speech at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention, September 17,1787. Two pages long, this speech and all the others that follow, are short, easy to read and in tolerably modern english. Both sides of the argument are presented, not just the federalist opinion but also the anti-federalist. Many concerns the anti-federalist writers had have proven true. We have created an aristocracy. We do have trouble with our standing peace time army being used to oppress the citizenry. Thank God they had the forsight to require the inclusion of a written bill of rights. These books are required reading for every educated citizen. Quit reading my review and place these books in your shopping basket right now

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This book describes findings of a survey-based qualitative research study conducted among Detroit employers in the auto industry to evaluate explanations for why blacks are no longer catching up with whites in terms of wages, income and employment. A key finding is the fact that black employers were more likely to hire black workers, but both black and white employers with largely black workforces pay significantly lower wages than employers with largely white workforces. This wage difference is the organizing element of subsequent study chapters that address locational considerations, differences in recruitment and hiring practices among firms and possible differences in skill requirements among black and white-owned firms, and/or differences in skill-related worker characteristics among employees.

Reshaping the North American Automobile Industry: Restructuring, Corporatism and Union Democracy in Mexico (Employment and Work Relations in Context Series)

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Reshaping the North American Automobile Industry: Restructuring, Corporatism and Union Democracy in Mexico (Employment and Work Relations in Context Series)
J. P. Tuman
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This work examines the responses of unions and workers to regional integration and restructuring in the automobile industry in North and Central America. The focus is on the automobile industry in Mexico, which, because of its size and importance, is viewed as a strategic sector of the Mexican economy and was the focal point of talks between the US, Canada and Mexico during negotiations on NAFTA. Focusing on the period from 1980, John P. Tuman examines the changes implemented by firms to promote export production, he explores reasons for the variation in labour responses to restructuring, and he discusses the prospects for cross-border organizing and cooperation among automobile workers in Canada, the US and Mexico.

The Factory and the City: The Story of the Cowley Automobile Workers in Oxford (Employment and Work Relations in Context)

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The Factory and the City: The Story of the Cowley Automobile Workers in Oxford (Employment and Work Relations in Context)
T. Hayter
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Concerning itself with the relationship between corporate planning and local communities who must live with the consequences of corporate decisions, this book is based on a case study of the partial closure of the Rover Group's plant at Cowley in Oxford (part of whose work is to be transferred to Honda's new, non-union plant on a green-field site at Swindon). The authors show how corporations take decisions based on private profitability which override the interests of workers and communities.

The Industrial Craftsworker: Skill, Managerial Stategies and Workplace Relationships (Employment and Work Relations in Context)

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The Industrial Craftsworker: Skill, Managerial Stategies and Workplace Relationships (Employment and Work Relations in Context)
Peter Cook
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This study of skilled workers in industry analyzes the linked and often apparently contradictory relationships between craftsmen and managers and craftsmen and non-skilled workers. It considers the alternative views of the craftsman as a status-striving "labor aristocrat" within the workforce and as a focus for radical and militant challenge to management, and shows how craft skill and craft control are an important dynamic force for technological and organizational development in industry, as well as an influence on working class development in a broader sense. The argument is illustrated by two case studies - of the automobile industry in the US, focusing on the role of the craftsman and of the UK motor industry (the Rover plant at Cowley).

Labour's Dilemma: The Gender Politics of Auto Workers in Canada, 1937-1979

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Labour's Dilemma: The Gender Politics of Auto Workers in Canada, 1937-1979
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Organizing the Unemployed: Community and Union Activists in the Industrial Heartland (S U N Y Series in American Labor History)

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Organizing the Unemployed: Community and Union Activists in the Industrial Heartland (S U N Y Series in American Labor History)
James J. Lorence
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Work and Employment Relations in the Automobile Industry

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Work and Employment Relations in the Automobile Industry

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This book examines the form and character of the internationalization of employee relations in the automobile industry. It goes onto examine the impact of the new forms of regionalization and their impact on employment relations within firms. Case studies are used to examine the transformation of employment standards, including General Motors, Toyota, Renault, FIAT and Peugeot. The book also assesses the significance of the emergence of regional integration processes in the form of regional economic spaces (EC, Nafta, Mercusor and ASEAN).

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This unusual history and travel book explores a fascinating cross-section of New Mexico's historic hotels, inns, stage stations, resorts, and guest ranches that were operational before 1940. A few are long gone, but most are still open for business. These Southwest havens are constant reminders of the region's long continuum of travel and tourism and rich symbols of community identity and change. New Mexico's historic lodgings offer their guests a genuinely regional experience and a taste of a unique way of life and blend of cultures. The history, folklore, and traditions related by the author breathe life into these old hostelries.

Covering the whole state, Lynn writes about the Alvarado Hotel and La Posada in Albuquerque, La Fonda in Santa Fe, the St. James Hotel in Cimarron, the Stratford Hotel in Shakespeare, the Montezuma, Plaza, and Castaneda Hotels in Las Vegas, the Black Range Lodge, Victorio Hotel, and Ocean Grove Hotel in Kingston and Hillsboro, the Lodge at Cloudcroft, the Vermejo Park Ranch near Raton, and the Shaffer Hotel in Mountainair.

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Not Free SF Reader.......2007-08-10

A large collection of short stories of a humorous bent. Short is the operative word. Quite a few vignettes, and only one longer piece, in Clifford Simak's Lulu.

A bunch of amusing poetry, with de Camp's 'Skald's' perhaps the best.

Also, a whole lot of cartoons, so plenty to keep you entertained here.

Asimov pretty much makes fun of himself (partly thanks to his wife), at the start of each piece, too.

Laughing Space : Spaced Out - Russell Baker
Laughing Space : The Coffin Cure - Alan E. Nourse
Laughing Space : Silenzia - Alan Nelson
Laughing Space : The Agony of Defeat - Jack C. Haldeman
Laughing Space : The Snowball Effect - Katherine MacLean
Laughing Space : Pate de Foie Gras - Isaac Asimov
Laughing Space : The Available Data on the Worp Reaction - Lion Miller
Laughing Space : The Mathenauts - Norman Kagan
Laughing Space : Coffee Break - D. F. Jones
Laughing Space : Putzi - Ludwig Bemelmans
Laughing Space : All Things Come to Those Who Weight - Robert Grossbach
Laughing Space : Derm Fool - Theodore Sturgeon
Laughing Space : The Heart on the Other Side - George Gamow
Laughing Space : Blackmail - Fred Hoyle
Laughing Space : A Slight Miscalculation - Ben Bova
Laughing Space : A Subway Named Mobius - A. J. Deutsch
Laughing Space : A Sinister Metamorphosis - Russell Baker
Laughing Space : Something Up There Likes Me - Alfred Bester
Laughing Space : A Prize for Edie - J. F. Bone
Laughing Space : Jury-Rig - Avram Davidson
Laughing Space : Protection - Robert Sheckley
Laughing Space : The Self-priming Solid-state Electronic Chicken - Jon Lucas
Laughing Space : The Night He Cried - Fritz Leiber
Laughing Space : The Big Pat Boom - Damon Knight
Laughing Space : The Adventure of the Solitary Engineer - John M. Ford
Laughing Space : Report on Grand Central Terminal - Leo Szilard
Laughing Space : No Home-Like Place - Dian Girard
Laughing Space : They'll Do It Every Time - Cam Thornley
Laughing Space : Simworthy's Circus - Larry T. Shaw
Laughing Space : A Growing Concern - Arnie Bateman
Laughing Space : The Vilbar Party - Evelyn E. Smith
Laughing Space : A Pestilence of Psychoanalysts - Janet O. Jeppson
Laughing Space : Death Of A Foy - Isaac Asimov
Laughing Space : The Merchant of Stratford - Frank Ramirez
Laughing Space : The Wheel of Time - Robert Arthur
Laughing Space : Quit Zoomin' Those Hands Through the Air - Jack Finney
Laughing Space : The Adventure of the Global Traveler - Anne Lear
Laughing Space : Pebble in Time - Cynthia Goldstone and Avram Davidson
Laughing Space : Ahead of the Joneses - Al Sarrantonio
Laughing Space : The Pinch-Hitters - George Alec Effinger
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Space Jokes (Laughing Matters)

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Space Jokes (Laughing Matters)
Michael Shannon
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Space jokes (Laughing matters)
J. Michael Shannon
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Storage space no laughing matter. (Tech Talk).: An article from: Security Management

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Storage space no laughing matter. (Tech Talk).: An article from: Security Management
Peter Piazza
Manufacturer: American Society for Industrial Security
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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on November 1, 2002. The length of the article is 763 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Storage space no laughing matter. (Tech Talk).
Author: Peter Piazza
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 2002
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: 46 Issue: 11 Page: 39(2)

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Laughing Space : Funny Science Fiction

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