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Chancellor, John De Graaf, John. Florida, Richard L. Garten, Jeffrey E. Gelles, DavidSummary: Coal Mining (Part 2)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1981
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Summary: Program on Gasohol. Shots of alcohol being bottled, cars on roads and highways, pumping gas into cars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1981
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Summary: Coal Mining (Part 1)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1981
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Summary: Shots of a sewing factory/garment industry. Workers--all women--at sewing machines, supervisor continually brings more pieces
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1981
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Gelles, David
Summary: "In 1981, Jack Welch took over General Electric and quickly rose to fame as the first celebrity CEO. He golfed with presidents, mingled with movie stars, and was idolized for growing GE into the most valuable company in the world. But Welch's achievements didn't stem from some greater intelligence or business prowess. Rather, they were the result of a sustained effort to push GE's stock price...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 330 GELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 GELDe Graaf, John.
Summary: Explores the origins, causes, and symptoms of Affluenza, society's compulsive desire to acquire, and discusses such treatment as strengthening immunity against advertising and minimizing the side-effects of over-consumption.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306 DE GChancellor, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.927 CHAFlorida, Richard L.
Summary: "Millions of Americans are beginning to work and live the way creative people like artists and scientists always have - and as a result our values and tastes, our personal relationships, our choices of where to live, and even our sense and use of time, are changing. Leading the shift are the nearly 38 million Americans in many diverse fields who create for a living - the Creative Class. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.35 FLOSummary: The Jordan family has farmed in Iowa for generations. Due to the crisis of the '80s and '90s, they are in danger of losing the farm. One of the daughters comes back home to document the extraordinary efforts the family makes to keep their farm.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Products 2006
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Summary: "The former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the 1971 August meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally ended the last vestiges of the gold standard-breaking the link between gold and the dollar-transforming the entire global monetary system"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021