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Happy Homes and the Hearts that Make Them. Or Thrifty People and why They Thrive
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 682

Happy Homes and the Hearts that Make Them. Or Thrifty People and why They Thrive

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1884
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Character
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 420

Character

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1879
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Autobiography of Samuel Smiles, LL. D
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 492

The Autobiography of Samuel Smiles, LL. D

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-11-15
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  • Publisher: Palala Press

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Capitalism at Work
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 498

Capitalism at Work

Read the Intro Chapter (PDF) View the Ayn Rand Appendix View an interview with author Robert L. Bradley, Jr. at Reason.com Capitalism took the blame for Enron although the company was anything but a free-market enterprise, and company architect was hardly a principled capitalist. On the contrary, Enron was a politically dependent company and, in the end, a grotesque outcome of America's mixed economy. That is the central finding of Robert L. Bradley's "Capitalism at Work": The blame for Enron rests squarely with "political capitalism"--a system in which business firms routinely obtain government intervention to further their own interests at the expense of consumers, taxpayers, and competito...

Self-help With Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance
  • Language: en

Self-help With Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The life of George Stephenson, railway engineer
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 552

The life of George Stephenson, railway engineer

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1857
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Men of Invention and Industry
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 416

Men of Invention and Industry

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1885
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Mud, Sweat and Tears
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 484

Mud, Sweat and Tears

This is the extraordinary life story of the world's most intrepid young explorer, Bear Grylls. It tells how he has always sought the ultimate in adventure.

Lives of the Engineers
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 460

Lives of the Engineers

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1874
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Islands of Eight Million Smiles
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 320

Islands of Eight Million Smiles

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-03-17
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  • Publisher: BRILL

" Since the late 1960s a ubiquitous feature of popular culture in Japan has been the ""idol,"" an attractive young actor, male or female, packaged and promoted as an adolescent role model and exploited by the entertainment, fashion, cosmetic, and publishing industries to market trendy products. This book offers ethnographic case studies regarding the symbolic qualities of idols and how these qualities relate to the conceptualization of selfhood among adolescents in Japan and elsewhere in East Asia. The author explores how the idol-manufacturing industry absorbs young people into its system of production, molds them into marketable personalities, commercializes their images, and contributes t...