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This digital document is an article from Manufacturing & Technology News, published by Publishers & Producers on November 17, 2009. The length of the article is 757 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Emerson Electric votes with its feet.
Author: Unavailable
Publication: Manufacturing & Technology News (Newsletter)
Date: November 17, 2009
Publisher: Publishers & Producers
Volume: 16Issue: 19Page: 1(2)

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This digital document is an article from Southern Economic Journal, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2005. The length of the article is 6570 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: A classroom exercise: voting by ballots and feet.(Targeting Teaching)
Author: Roger Hewett
Publication: Southern Economic Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 72Issue: 1Page: 253(11)

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A Must Read To Understand Modern Economics
Fred Goldstein's book is in three parts.

Part One is a portrait of modern capitalist economics, from the sweatshops of the third world to the exploited labor of U.S. workers. It shows how capitalism has restructured itself as a global system working even harder to drive wages down, and make profits so much higher.

Part Two is an analysis of the conditions of workers in the U.S., and how since the boom following WWII, they have been beaten further and further down. He documents how jobs are de-skilled and unions are ruthlessly attacked.

Part Three is a strategy for resistance. He raises highlights from the Sit Down Strikes of 1937, the Longshore Workers Strike of 1934, the Detroit Newspaper Strike of 1994, and the recent UPS strikes. He highlights methods which working class organizations must adopt if they are able to fight against capitalism.

Goldstein is Marxist-Leninist and leader of Workers World Party, no doubt, but his book is not an ad for his party or a manifesto thereofe. His book is a non-sectarian working class analysis and fightback program. His book details with countless citations and other information why the working people in the U.S. and the world are suffering, and a fightback strategy to make real change.

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Hard Times--Dickens's shortest novel and one of his major triumphs--tells the tragic story of Louisa Gradgrind and her father and has had lasting appeal to generations of readers. ... Read more

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Moving
The book itself is nicely down by Everyman's Library, a nice attractive volume. As for the story...a classic of course, on the plight of the poor, industrialism, etc., in England.Great charatcters.

So-so
I totally didn't get this book. Ordinarily I like Dickens but now I simply couldn't figure out what each event had to do with each other, nor did I understand the end. However the single segments, especially those with Louisa in them, were interesting. It is even funny reading the beginning of the book when Mr. Gradgrind teaches that imagination is useless and only facts are important. If you want a fluid book that is more this type of story,read Great Expectations,which is not my favorite book but it certainly makes more sense. Personally, my favorite Dickens is Oliver Twist.

Hard Times
Book was in excellent condition and service was excellent. It's not the seller's fault that the book is boring.

Outstanding Audio Book
This review is for the audio book narrated by Martin Jarvis.This is one of the better audio books I've listened to in a while from the perspective of the narrator doing excellent voice characterizations.Jarvis was able to make each character sound distinct and they each sounded just like I would have imagined.Bounderby was thunderous, Tom Gradgrind sounded like a whelp, and Blackpool sounded meek and humble.It made for an enjoyable listen that made it very easy to follow the characters.

I've always been a fan of Dickens and have read most of his books, but this was my first time through "Hard Times".As with most of Dickens novels, the characters are almost caricatures, but this method does a good job of pointing out human strengths and weaknesses.This is a short novel for Dickens, but still did a good job exploring the impact of what would happen if science is emphasized too much over emotional education.

He once again highlighted the problems with class distinctions in English society at that time.I like how his humble characters have more wisdom than those that are rich or of high social position.

I highly recommend this audio book as a great way to be introduced to Dicken's "Hard Times".

Zzzzzzz
I found Hard Times to be a particularly boring novel.I also purchased the matching audiobook which I listened to on a long drive.There should be a warning label!The darn thing puts you to sleep faster than listening to Stephen Hawking all day...anesthetized!Why not one star?I like Dickens, what can I say? ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more