Manufacturing industries Books

Book SynopsisTrade ReviewChoice Outstanding Academic Title, 2019 "Disruption in Detroit should take its place near the top of this reading list. Clark masterfully details the struggles of autoworkers who faced economic upheaval at the core of the midcentury industrial economy." --Labor Studies in Working-Class History"Exposes the myth of the prosperous postwar auto worker and deftly deals with the delicate interplay among larger national economic forces, auto industry and auto union policies, and the lives of those who labored and lived in the Motor City in the decade and a half after World War II."--Stephen Meyer, author of Manhood on the Line: Working Class Masculinities in the American Heartland​"Well-written and well-researched, this book challenges and transforms the way we understand the immediate postwar era. Daniel Clark closely examines auto work and ordinary autoworkers, people whose lives have been overwhelmed by the narrative of postwar economic expansion and overlooked by most scholars. The vaunted economic boom was not the vehicle for the making of the Detroit middle class, Clark shows. Detroit autoworkers and their families experienced the same job instability and economic insecurity that had long shaped working-class life and labor. Attentive to gender and race, Clark offers an astute and cogent argument informed by wide and deep research in newspapers and close listening to and reading of oral histories. Providing a startling different perspective on the postwar boom and the alleged heyday of the United Auto Workers when high wages and benefits pushed autoworkers into the middle class, the book requires revision of modern American history as well as midcentury labor history."--Nancy Gabin, author of Feminism in the Labor Movement: Women and the United Auto Workers, 1935-1970"Disruption in Detroit breaks ground for exciting new research questions and debates in this crucial period of working-class history. Clark's work should prompt historians of the United States, Canada, and beyond to rethink and re-examine post-war working-class lives." --Labour/Le Travail"Its careful consideration of large economic trends balanced with personal interviews provides readers with a good portrait of the actual struggles of what some have (perhaps mistakenly) called the 'aristocracy of American labor.'" --The Michigan Historical Review"Essential." --Choice"Disruption in Detroit should take its place near the top of this reading list. Clark masterfully details the struggles of autoworkers who faced economic upheaval at the core of the midcentury industrial economy." --Labor Studies in Working-Class History

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Book SynopsisIt is a bedrock American belief: the 1950s were a golden age of prosperity for autoworkers. Flush with high wages and enjoying the benefits of generous union contracts, these workers became the backbone of a thriving blue-collar middle class. It is also a myth. Daniel J. Clark began by interviewing dozens of former autoworkers in the Detroit area and found a different story--one of economic insecurity caused by frequent layoffs, unrealized contract provisions, and indispensable second jobs. Disruption in Detroit is a vivid portrait of workers and an industry that experienced anything but stable prosperity. As Clark reveals, the myths--whether of rising incomes or hard-nosed union bargaining success--came later. In the 1950s, ordinary autoworkers, union leaders, and auto company executives recognized that although jobs in their industry paid high wages, they were far from steady and often impossible to find.Trade ReviewChoice Outstanding Academic Title, 2019 "Disruption in Detroit should take its place near the top of this reading list. Clark masterfully details the struggles of autoworkers who faced economic upheaval at the core of the midcentury industrial economy." --Labor Studies in Working-Class History"Exposes the myth of the prosperous postwar auto worker and deftly deals with the delicate interplay among larger national economic forces, auto industry and auto union policies, and the lives of those who labored and lived in the Motor City in the decade and a half after World War II."--Stephen Meyer, author of Manhood on the Line: Working Class Masculinities in the American Heartland​"Well-written and well-researched, this book challenges and transforms the way we understand the immediate postwar era. Daniel Clark closely examines auto work and ordinary autoworkers, people whose lives have been overwhelmed by the narrative of postwar economic expansion and overlooked by most scholars. The vaunted economic boom was not the vehicle for the making of the Detroit middle class, Clark shows. Detroit autoworkers and their families experienced the same job instability and economic insecurity that had long shaped working-class life and labor. Attentive to gender and race, Clark offers an astute and cogent argument informed by wide and deep research in newspapers and close listening to and reading of oral histories. Providing a startling different perspective on the postwar boom and the alleged heyday of the United Auto Workers when high wages and benefits pushed autoworkers into the middle class, the book requires revision of modern American history as well as midcentury labor history."--Nancy Gabin, author of Feminism in the Labor Movement: Women and the United Auto Workers, 1935-1970"Disruption in Detroit breaks ground for exciting new research questions and debates in this crucial period of working-class history. Clark's work should prompt historians of the United States, Canada, and beyond to rethink and re-examine post-war working-class lives." --Labour/Le Travail"Its careful consideration of large economic trends balanced with personal interviews provides readers with a good portrait of the actual struggles of what some have (perhaps mistakenly) called the 'aristocracy of American labor.'" --The Michigan Historical Review"Essential." --Choice"Disruption in Detroit should take its place near the top of this reading list. Clark masterfully details the struggles of autoworkers who faced economic upheaval at the core of the midcentury industrial economy." --Labor Studies in Working-Class History

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface: Breaking User Silence Acknowledgments Introduction | We Are All Users 1. Picture a Drug User Jim: Feeding My Family Mordecai: Normal Ella: Time 2. Criminalization: Winning the Crusade but Losing the War Jason: The Little Engine That Could Marcus: Reflections of a Philosopher-Cop on the Drug War 3. Medicalization: Defining Drug Use Lucius: Not What You Think Nadine: Like a Storm Jose: The Cure Brittany: Ask Your Doctor 4. Why We Use: The Pleasure and the Eros of Drugs Bonnie: Evening Smoke Cosmo: What Could Be Mark: It’s Not What, It’s How Kyla: Note from a Socially Integrated Drug User Conclusion Notes Glossary Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPractical Utility of Biomarkers in Drug Discovery and Development covers all aspects of biomarker research applied to drug discovery and development and contains state-of-the-art appraisals on the practical utility of genomic, biochemical, and protein biomarkers. Case histories and lessons from successful and unsuccessful applications of biomarkers are included along with key chapters on GLP validation, safety biomarkers and proteomics biomarkers. Regulatory agency perspectives and initiatives both in the US and internationally are also discussed.Trade Review“The ability to correlate in vitro and in vivo biomarker information in the process of drug discovery and development lies at the heart of translational research. The goal is to rapidly translate basic discoveries into clinical applications. This book provides state-of-the-art information on this exciting new research approach.” (Doody’s, 8 February 2013) “The text is packed with interesting, comprehensive, and pertinent information, clearly presented with salient points reinforced by inclusion in text boxes . . . This is an admirable textbook for those dealing with drug discovery and development. I enjoyed reading through it and I would recommend it to anyone who has an interest, or is developing an interest, in the field of biomarkers and their, as yet, unfulfilled potential.” (ISSX International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics, 1 December 2012)Table of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xiii Contributors xv Part I Biomarkers in Drug Discovery 1 1 The Importance of Biomarkers in Translational Medicine 3 Joseph C. Fleishaker 2 Validation of Biochemical Biomarker Assays used in Drug Discovery and Development: A Review ofChallenges and Solutions 23 Gabriella Szekely-Klepser and Scott Fountain 3 Proteomic Methods to Develop Protein Biomarkers 49 Ruth A. VanBogelen and Diane Alessi 4 Overview of Metabolomics Basics 79 Qiuwei Xu and William H. Schaefer Part II Clinical Application of Biomarkers 139 5 Vascular Biomarkers and Imaging Studies 141 Karin Potthoff, Ulrike Fiedler, and Joachim Drevs 6 Cardiovascular Biomarkers as Examples of Success and Failure in Predicting Safety in Humans 163 Simon Authier, Michael K. Pugsley, Eric Troncy, and Michael J. Curtis 7 The Use of Molecular Imaging for Receptor Occupancy Decision Making in Drug Development 189 Ralph Paul Maguire 8 Biosensors for Clinical Biomarkers 203 Sara Tombelli and Marco Mascini Part III Regulatory Perspectives 229 9 Regulatory Perspectives on Biomarker Development 231 Rajanikanth Madabushi, Lawrence Lesko, and Janet Woodcock 10 Perspectives from the European Regulatory Authorities 255 Ian Hudson 11 Use of Biomarker in Drug Development—Japanese Perspectives 269 Yoshiaki Uyama, Akihiro Ishiguro, Harumasa Nakamura, and Satoshi Toyoshima Part IV Predicting in Vivo 289 12 In Vitro–In Vivo Correlations of Hepatic Drug Clearance 291 R. Scott Obach 13 The Potential of In Silico and In Vitro Approaches to Predict In Vivo Drug–Drug Interactions and ADMET/TOX Properties 307 Kenneth Bachmann and Sean Ekins 14 In Vitro–In Vivo Correlations in Drug Discovery and Development: Concepts and Applications inToxicology 331 Rex Denton, Kimberly Brannen, and Bruce D. Car 15 Assessing the Potential for Induction of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Predicting the In Vivo Response 353 Jiunn H. Lin Index 383

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Book SynopsisThis book answers the questions about the process and costs of pharmaceutical R & D in a compelling narrative focused on the discovery and development of important new medicines. It gives an insider''s account of the pharmaceutical industry drug discovery process, the very real costs of misperceptions about the industry, the high stakes--both economic and scientific--of developing drugs, the triumphs that come when new compounds reach the market and save lives, and the despair that follows when new compounds fail. In the book, John LaMattina, former president of Pfizer Global Research and Development, weaves themes critical to a vital drug discovery environment in the context. This is a story that Dr. LaMattina is uniquely qualified to tell.Trade Review?This book, a concise and reasonably priced text, is a must-read for anyone working in the pharmaceutical industry. However, it is not just written for scientist, anyone interested in learning more about the big issues facing pharmaceutical research and development and global healthcare today should find this book thought-provoking.? (Pharmaceutical Journal, September 2009) ?Drug Truths: Dispelling the Myths About Pharma R & D is an generally persuasive argument for the soul of the pharmaceutical industry.? (Journal of Clinical Research Best Practices, December 2009) "I would recommend this book." (Chemistry World, June 2009) "LaMattina stands out from many of the other observers of the industry." (Nature Chemistry, May 2009) "The book provides unique insights into how big pharma manages its R&D. It also serves as a reminder of the useful role the drug industry play in keeping us healthy." (Chemical & Engineering News, April 20, 2009) ?The book offers an insider?s account of the reality of the drug discovery process?revealing it to be more risky, complicated and expensive than many critics suggest. Chapter by chapter, LaMattina addresses the common misconceptions about the pharmaceutical industry?setting the record straight.? (Kansas City InfoZine, February 2009) ?Along with a careful dissection of each false claim and a presentation of the overwhelming evidence that disproves it, LaMattina offers fascinating explanations of the way drug development and government approval function ? relying not on clever rhetoric, but on scientific fact and reliable evidence to support his claims; all the while remaining realistic about the industry's limitations.? (Medical News Today, February 2009) "It's obvious from reading his book that LaMattina believes in his industry, in Big Pharma, and in the research and development that has led to drugs that have cured infectious diseases, delayed encroaching heart disease, controlled arthritis?for many millions?reduced pain and suffering." (TheDay.com, January 25, 2009)Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix INTRODUCTION xi PART I A MATTER OF THE HEART 1 CHAPTER 1 CHOLESTEROL DRUGS ARE UNNECESSARY 3 CHAPTER 2 INDUSTRY IS MORE INTERESTED IN "ME-TOO" DRUGS THAN IN INNOVATION 13 CHAPTER 3 IT TAKES INDUSTRY TOO LONG TO DISCOVER NEW DRUGS 23 PART II THE ROLE OF PHARMACEUTICAL R&D IN HEALTH CARE 39 CHAPTER 4 DRUGS ARE DISCOVERED BY ACADEMIA 41 CHAPTER 5 NEW MEDICINES ADD COSTS BUT LITTLE BENEFIT 50 CHAPTER 6 BIG PHARMA HAS FAILED AND SHOULD LEARN FROM BIOTECH SUCCESS 59 PART III THE PROFIT MOTIVE 69 CHAPTER 7 THE INDUSTRY INVENTS DISEASES 71 CHAPTER 8 NEW DRUGS ARE LESS SAFE THAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINES 79 CHAPTER 9 INDUSTRY SPENDS MORE ON ADVERTISING THAN ON R&D 91 CHAPTER 10 INDUSTRY DOES NOT CARE ABOUT DISEASES OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD 100 PART IV THE FUTURE 109 CHAPTER 11 BIG PHARMA'S DAY HAS PASSED 111 CHAPTER 12 FINAL REFLECTIONS 122 REFERENCES 124 INDEX 133

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Book SynopsisThe definitive guide to investing in today's global technology sector The fifth installment of the Fisher Investments on series is an all-encompassing guide to understanding and analyzing investment opportunities within the global Technology sector.Table of ContentsForeword ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Part I Getting Started in Technology 1 Chapter 1 Technology Basics 3 More Than Gadgets A Means 4 Technology 101 7 Starting Small: Semiconductors 7 Getting Larger: Products and Components 12 Making It All Work: Software and Services 20 Chapter 2 A Brief History of Modern Technology 25 The Snowball Event: History of Semiconductors 26 History of Computers 31 History of Communications 35 History of the Internet 37 Chapter 3 Technology Sector Drivers 43 Economic Drivers 43 Political Drivers 57 Sentiment Drivers 61 Part II Next Steps: Technology Details 67 Chapter 4 Technology Sector Breakdown 69 Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) 69 Global Technology Benchmarks 71 Technology Industry Breakdown 75 Chapter 5 Challenges in the Information Technology Sector 99 Product Maturity and Obsolescence 99 Fighting Maturity and Obsolescence 101 Extreme Fluctuations in Supply and Demand 110 Intellectual Property Threats 113 Chapter 6 A Deeper Look at Current and Emerging Technologies 117 Semiconductor Production Process 118 Emerging Manufacturing Technologies 122 Computer Technology 124 Part III Thinking Like a Portfolio Manager 131 Chapter 7 The Top-Down Method 133 Investing Is a Science 133 Einstein’s Brain and the Stock Market 134 The Top-Down Method 136 Top-Down Deconstructed 141 Managing Against a Technology Benchmark 149 Chapter 8 Security Analysis 155 Make Your Selection 156 A Five-Step Process 157 Important Questions to Ask 165 Chapter 9 Upgrading Your Portfolio—Investing Strategies 175 Strategy 1: Adding Value at the Sector Level 176 Strategy 2: Adding Value at the Industry Level 178 Strategy 3: Adding Value at the Security Level 183 Strategy 4: Adding Value in a Technology Sector Downturn 184 Strategy 5: Venture Capital 185 Good Luck! 186 Glossary 187 Notes 194 About the Authors 201 Index 202

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Book SynopsisThis book guides the reader through FDA regulation guidelines and outlines a comprehensive strategy for cost reduction in regulatory affairs and compliance. This book explains six strategies to cost-effectively comply with FDA regulations while maintaining product safety and improving public access through cost controls. It provides useful and practical guidance through industry case studies from pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries.Table of ContentsPREFACE. Chapter 1. Controlling Regulatory Costs. Chapter 2. Clear Operation Definitions of Requirements. Chapter 3. Pre-Regulatory Audits. Chapter 4. Quality by Design. Chapter 5. Outsourcing. Chapter 6. Electronic Submissions. Chapter 7. EMEA/FDA Inspections. Chapter 8. Managing FDA Inspections. Chapter 9. Risk Assessment. Chapter 10. Cases. Chapter 11. Cost Containment Analysis. Chapter 12. Managing Regulation In Times of Chaos. Chapter 13. International Regulation. Chapter 14. Cost Contained Regulatory Compliance. Chapter 15. Future. BIBLIOGRAPHY. INDEX .

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Book SynopsisThis book covers everything an engineer needs to know about manufacturing systems and processes.Table of ContentsThe Manufacturing System.Nature and Properties of Materials.Production of Ferrous Metals.Production of Nonferrous Metals.Foundry Processes.Contemporary Casting Processes.Basic Machine Tool Elements.Sawing, Broaching, Shaping, and Planing.Grinding and Abrasive Processes.Pressworking and Operations.Heat Treating.Plastic Materials and Processes.Electronic Fabrication.Nontraditional Processes and Powder Metallurgy.Thread and Gear Working.Operations Planning.Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.Metrology and Testing.Quality Systems.Computer Numerical Control Systems.Process Automation.Operator-Machine Systems.Cost Estimating.Bibliography.Photo Credits.Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the use of project management techniques in all phases of manufacturing. It explores the applicability of project management techniques to general business methods (planning, scheduling, and controlling). It discusses the role of project management in quality control.Table of ContentsManufacturing Systems Analysis. Elements of Project Management. PERT/CPM Techniques. Resource Management. Learning Curve Analysis. Forecasting and Inventory Control. Manufacturing Economic Analysis. Data Analysis and Management. Expert System for Production Scheduling. Computer Simulation and Software Tools. Space Shuttle Challenger Accident: Case Study of High Tech ProjectFailure. Bibliography. Appendix. Index.

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Book SynopsisFood Canning Technology Edited By Jean Larousse Bruce E. Brown This book offers a comprehensive review of the various scientific, technological, and economic aspects of food product preservations.Table of ContentsFrom the Contents: Meat and Fish/ Fruit and Vegetables/ The Microbiological Aspects/ Thermobacteriology/ Reception and Preparation of Fruit and Vegetables for Canning/ Fruit and Vegetables Preparation - Practical Applications/ Preparation of Meat and Meat Products/ Preparation of Fish and Shellfish for Canning/ Containers for Canned Foods/ Controlling Container Quality/ Heat Penetration in Canned Foods - Theoretical Considerations/ Determination of Heat Penetration Parameters/ Thermal Process - Development, Validation, Adjustment and Control/ Thermal Processing Equipment Systems/ Aseptic Processing and Packaging - Methods, Equipment and Materials/ Aseptic Processing and Packaging - Commercial Applications/ Post-Process Container Handling and Storage/ Quality Assurance of End Products

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Book SynopsisA guide to achieving business successes through statistical methods Statistical methods are a key ingredient in providing data-based guidance to research and development as well as to manufacturing. Understanding the concepts and specific steps involved in each statistical method is critical for achieving consistent and on-target performance.Trade Review"I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in applying statistics to solve problems." (Journal of Food Quality, October 2004) "…an interesting collection of material in nice summary form…" (Journal of the American Statistical Association, December 2004) "Overall, Statistical Methods for Six Sigma in R & D and Manufacturingoffers some good insights and practical views of the statistical concepts covered." (Technometrics, August 2004, Vol. 46, No. 3) "...covers a large number of useful statistical methods compactly...contains a wealth of case studies and examples..." (Food Trade Review, May 2004) “...can be used as a reference or as a self-study...also as a textbook for an engineering statistics course...recommended...” (E-Streams, Vol. 7, No. 3)Table of Contents1. Introduction. 2. Basic Statistics. 2.1 Descriptive Statistics. 2.2 Statistical Distributions. 2.3 Confidence Intervals. 2.4 Sample Size. 2.5 Tolerance Intervals. 2.6 Normality, Independence and Homoscedasticity. 3. Comparative Experiments and Regression Analysis. 3.1 Hypothesis Testing Framework. 3.2 Comparing Single Population. 3.3 Comparing Two Populations. 3.4 Comparing Multiple Populations. 3.5 Correlation. 3.6 Regression Analysis. 4. Control Charts. 4.1 Role of Control Charts. 4.2 Logic of Control Limits. 4.3 Variable Control Charts. 4.4 Attribute Control Charts. 4.5 Interpreting Control Charts. 4.6 Key Success Factors. 5. Process Capability. 5.1 Capability and Performance Indices. 5.2 E stimating Capability and Performance Indices. 5.3 Six-Sigma Goal. 5.4 Planning for Improvement. 6. Other Useful Charts. 6.1 Risk-based Control Ch arts. 6.2 Modified Control Limit Chart. 6.3 Moving Average Control Chart. 6.4 Short Run Control Charts 6.5 Charts for Non-Normal Distributions. 7. Variance Components Analysis. 7.1 Chart (Random Factor). 7.2 One-way Classification (Fixed Factor). 7.3 Structured Studies and Variance Components. 8. Quality Planning with Variance Components. 8.1 Typical Manufacturing Application. 8.2 Economic Loss Functions. 8.3 Planning for Quality Improvement. 8.4 Application to Multi-Lane Manufacturing Process. 8.5 Variance Transmission Analysis. 8.6 Application to a Factorial Design. 8.7 Variance Components and Specifications. 9. Measurement Systems Analysis. 9.1 Statistical Properties of Measurement Systems. 9.2 Acceptance Criteria. 9.3 Calibration Study. 9.4 Stability and Bias Study. 9.5 Repeatability and Reproducibility (R&R) Study. 9.6 Robustness and Intermediate Precision Studies. 9.7 Linearity Study. 9.8 Method Transfer Study. 9.9 Calculating Significant Figures. 10. What Color is Your Belt? 10.1 Test. 10.2 Answers. Appendix A: Tail Area of Unit Normal Distribution. Appendix B: Probability Points of the t Distribution with v Degrees of Freedom. Appendix C: Probability Points of the x2 Distribution with v Degrees of Freedom. Appendix D1.k Values for Two-Sided Normal Tolerance Limits. Appendix D2.k Values for One-Sided Normal Tolerance Limits. Appendix E1: Percentage Points of the F Distribution: Upper 5% Points. Appendix E2: Percentage Points of the F Distribution: Upper 2.5% Points. Appendix F: Critical Values of Hartley's Maximum F Ratio Test for Homogeneity of Variances. Appendix G: Table of Control Chart Constants. Glossary Of Symbols. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisWith the moves toward globalisation, outsourcing, and the rise of the knowledge-worker workforce, the internal and external environments of high technology enterprise have changed radically. As a consequence, the role and function of the contemporary manager have changed as well.Trade Review"…the authors managed to describe all major aspects on which quality can be built. I use this book as a 'bible' for organizational renewal." (IIE Transactions on Operations Engineering)Table of ContentsIntroduction. PART I: A SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION. Chapter 1. A Systems View Of Organization. Chapter 2. Systems: A General Concept. Chapter 3. The Total Continuous Process of Improvement and Innovation (TCPI?) Marco System. PART II: MANAGING A KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATON. Chapter 4. Organizational Learning. Chapter 5. Systemic Problem Solving (SPS) as an Effective Way of Learning. Chapter 6. Knowledge-Based Innovation. Chapter 7. Knowledge Managers and Knowledge Workers. Chapter 8. Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Management. PART III: MANAGING IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT. Chapter 9. On the Road to Globalization. Chapter 10. Managing Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Strategic Alliances. Chapter 11. Globalization and Culture. PART IV: SOME ASPECTS OF MANAGING QUALITY. Chapter 12. Some Fundamental Concepts of Managing Quality. Chapter 13. Managing Variation: A Requisite for Quality. Chapter 14. Some Major Quality Initiatives. Chapter 15. Achieving High Quality Through Transformational Changes. PART V: RESHAPING THE ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE. Chapter 16. The System of the Organizational Culture. Chapter 17. Managing the Core of the Organizational System. Chapter 18. Values, Behavioral Standards, and Business Ethics. Chapter 19. Symbols, Symbolic Actions, and Metaphors. Chapter 20. Understanding an Organization's Behavior.

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Book SynopsisThis is a how to book that gives a brief but succinct and relevant information about US EPA's Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to chemistry professionals working in corporate environment of a chemical industry followed by directions in complying with the TSCA inventory requirements.Trade Review"...presents step-by-step instructions for complying with regulations in the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Substances Control Act." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2002)Table of Contents1. Introduction. 2. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). 2.1. Definition of Certain Terms under TSCA. 2.2. Provisions of the TSCA. 2.3. Who Is Subject to TSCA Compliance? 3. CAS Registry Numbers and TCSA Inventory Chemicals. 3.1. What Is a CAS Registry Number (CASRN)? 3.2. CASRN and TSCA Inventory Chemicals. 4. TSCA Inventory Requirements. 4.1. TSCA Inventory. 4.2. Bona Fide Intent to Manufacture (BIFM) Requests. 4.3. The Premanufacture Notice (PMN) Process. 4.4. Inventory Correction. 5. Processes for Assessing TSCA Inventory Requirements. 5.1. Process for Assessing TSCA Inventory Requirements of a Chemical for Chemical Processors. 5.2. Process for Assessing TSCA Inventory Requirements of a Chemical for Chemical Manufacturers. 5.3. Process for Assessing TSCA Inventory Requirements of a Chemical for Chemical Importers. 6. References. 7. Appendixes. 7.1. 15 USC OO2601–2629 as Amended through 1996. 7.2. 19 CFR 141.20. 7.3. 19 CFR 144.21 through 144.28. 7.4. 40 CFR OO721.90 and 721.91. 7.5. Notice of Commencement Form (EPA Form 7710–56). 7.6. Premanufacture Notice (PMN) Form (EPA Form 7710–25). 7.7. Compliance Verification Form (CVF). 7.8. PMN and NOC Instruction Manual. 7.9. Polymer Exemption Guidance Manual. 7.10. The PMN Review Process. 7.11. Chemical Information Needed for Risk Assessment. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book covers the information required for improving the quality of food protein products. It explores the relationships between the structures, functions, and the chemical and physical properties of different food proteins, emphasizing their most useful applications as well as protein behavior during processing.Trade Review"This truly is an essential guide for scientists...an indispensable resource for food chemists, scientists, nutrition researchers, and government researchers and inspectors." (Bioseparation, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2000) "...an invaluable source of information and an excellent reference." (Food Chemistry, Vol 72/1, 2000) "...it is good to see the importance placed on the chemistry of food proteins..." "...would be a useful reference for anybody interested in food protein chemistry and processing..." (Chemistry & Industry, 4th December 2000) "This is an essential guide which will inspire new ideas for conducting useful research..." (Beverage and Food World, August 2000)Table of ContentsMilk Processing (H. Modler). Meat Processing (Y. Xiong). Poultry Processing (L. Young & J. Northcutt). Egg Processing (R. Nakamura & E. Doi). Bread-Making (S. Nakai & P. Wing). Cereal Processing (O. Chung & Y. Pomerantz). Soybean Processing (D. Fukushima). Confectionery (R. Boutin). Index.

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Book SynopsisHow to hone your analytical skills and obtain high-quality data in the era of GMP requirements With increased regulatory pressures on the pharmaceutical industry, there is a growing need for capable analysts who can ensure appropriate scientific practices in laboratories and manufacturing sites worldwide.Trade Review"...chemists...explain how to comply with US Food and Drug Administration's Good Manufacturing Practice rules as analytical technologies are changing rapidly." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 24, No. 4, December 2000) "Anyone...involved in training exercises and in...gathering...pertinent material from different sources will find this book very helpful." (Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Vol. 44, No. 21, 2001) "I recommend this book for anyone who recognizes a need for more and better training of pharmaceut9ical laboratory analysts...a remarkably rich resource." (Clinical Chemistry, Vol. 48, No. 3, 2002) "...provides a much needed perspective on the role of analytical chemistry in the pharmaceutical industry and is a welcome addition...a useful resource." (Journal of Chemical Education, December 2002)Table of ContentsThe Laboratory Analyst's Role in the Drug Development Process (J. Crowther, et al.). Laboratory Controls and Compliance (H. Avallone). The USP, ICH, and Other Compendial Methods (J. Feldman). Statistics in the Pharmaceutical Analysis Laboratory (A. Melveger). Basic Analytical Operations and Solution Chemistry (N. Snow & W. Murphy). Spectroscopy (P. Abauf & A. Melveger). Chromatographic Principles (J. Miller). Gas Chromatography (J. Miller & H. McNair). Liquid Chromatography: Basic Overview (L. Polite). HPLC Column Parameters (R. Hartwick). Dissolution (R. Kirchhoefer & R. Peeters). Analytical Method Development for Assay and Impurity Determination in Drug Substances and Drug Products (J. Crowther, et al.). Some Principles of Quantitative Analysis (J. Miller). Laboratory Data Systems (R. McDowall). Qualification of Laboratory Instrumentation, Validation, and Transfer of Analytical Methods (J. Crowther, et al.). Appendices. Index.

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Book SynopsisDuring the 1990s, an ambitious three-year research program identified the steps manufacturing companies must take to become globally competitive. The prestigious Next Generation Manufacturing (NGM) Project combined the insights and perspectives of business and academia's most astute thinkers.Table of ContentsManufacturing Excitement! The New Competition. Meeting Balanced Corporate Goals. From Operational Strategies to Implementation Substrategies. Organizing the Company for Next Generation Manufacturing. The Voice of the Customer-Again. Product Realization. Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD). Modeling and Simulation. Next Generation Processes and Equipment. Extended Enterprise Collaboration. Systems Support for Extended RPPR. The Innovative NGM Company. Managing and Measuring Change. The Knowledge Enterprise. Working in the NGM Company. Information Systems Integration. Measuring the NGM Company. Integrating the Enterprise for Next Generation Manufacturing. Into the Future. Index.

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Book SynopsisDescribes principles and methodologies necessary to build efficient and highly productive work systems in high tech organizations that must develop and deploy new products in a timely fashion with competitive advantage. Presents techniques applicable to small high tech consumer products or large complex systems requiring cost control, waste minimization and rapid product development. Stresses methodologies to be used for strategic advantage. Suggests diverse strategic plans and their pros and cons, depending on the product and markets.Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: THE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION PROCESS. Some Frameworks for Viewing the Process. THE CORPORATE SETTING. The Corporate Technological Innovation Base. Technological Innovation Management: Planning and Strategies. THE R&D SETTING. R&D Management: Some General Considerations. Project-Product Evaluation. Project Management. THE OPERATIONAL SETTING. Transferring the Project from R&D to Operations. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SETTING. Creating the New Technological Venture. Small in Large Is Also Beautiful: StimulatingIntrapreneurship. THE STRATEGIC SETTING. Interpreneurship: Technology Acquisition and Partnering. Index.

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Book SynopsisFunctional genomics is the use of genetic information to design drugs. The ability to gather genetic data in the form of complete genetic sequences for certain organisms, has accelerated to astonishing speeds, reflecting the equally astonishing growth of information-gathering technologies.Trade Review"It does successfully convey to the reader areas of controversy" (Microbiology Today, November 2001) "there are a number of nuggets in the book that make it worth a browse." (Pharmaceutical Physician, December 2001) "I found this book fun to read." (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Education, No.29 2001) "Contributors...present 17 papers and the discussions they generated at the symposium." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 25, No. 4, December 2001)Table of ContentsIntroduction (J. Venter). Electrophoresis-Based Fluorescent Dideoxy-Terminator Sequencing (J. Efcavitch). Genomic Impact on Pharmaceutical Development (J. Venter). From Transcription Regulation to Cell Cycle Checkpoint (R. Cai, et al.). Mass Spectrometry Resurrects Protein-Approaches in Functional Genomics (M. Mann). A Clinical Molecular Scanner to Study Human Proteome Complexity (D. Hochstrasser, et al.). From Proteomics to Functional Analysis (J. van Oostrum, et al.). Microbial Genome Sequencing: New Insights into Physiology and Evolution (C. Fraser). Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics in the Discovery and Development of Medicines (A. Roses). Mutagenesis and Genomics in the Mouse: Towards Systematic Studies of Mammalian Gene Function (S. Brown). Biological Annotation of the Drosophila Genome Sequence (G. Rubin). Applications of High-Density Oligonucleotide Arrays (R. Lipshutz). Plasmodium Falciparum: From Genomic Sequence to Vaccines and Drugs (S. Hoffman & D. Carucci). Functional Analysis of the Yeast Genome by Precise Deletion and Parallel Phenotypic Characterization (E. Winzeler, et al.). Patenting Genes and Gene Therapy: Legal and Ethical Aspects (J. Straus). Ethical Issues: From Genome to Therapy (D. Magnus). The Impact of Genomics on Drug Discovery (P. Goodfellow). From Genome to Therapy: Industry Perspective (P. Herrling). Final General Discussion. Indexes.

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Book SynopsisWritten by an exceptionally experienced author in the area of medical equipment product design, this text presents a comprehensive overview of such sound principles and state-of-the-art techniques covering a whole host of material types, biocompatability, the design process and future trends within this exciting field.Trade Review"This is a handbook of commercially available materials which are commonly used for medical devices" (Aslib Book Guide, Vol. 64, No. 1, January 1999)Table of ContentsMATERIALS. Material Available. Material Selection Processes. Ferrous Metals. Non-Ferrous Metals. Polymers. Poly(vinyl chloride)(PVC). Other Materials. Adhesives. Corrosion and Degradation. Biocompatability. Filters and Membranes. Fibre Optics. Battery Selection. DESIGN. Training and Education for Design. Design Process and Factors. Microengineering. Prototyping. Sterilisation. Standards. Specifications. Packaging. Communication in Design. Product Liability. Patents and Registration. Quality Assurance. Manufacturing Methods. FUTURE TRENDS. Future Trends. Environmental Issues. INFORMATION. Sourcing. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisInternationally renowned experts, with worldwide consulting expertise, chart a dynamic new trend that promises to go beyond current thinking on BPR and virtual companies. Discusses the competitive advantages of holonic systems, demonstrating what enterprises must do to become viable holonic players. Includes a significant amount of international examples.Table of ContentsThe Holonics Concept. Holonic Principles. Capabilities, Competencies and Beyond Business Process Reengineering. The Dynamics of the System. The Mechanics of the System. More Systems Within the System--Outsourcing. Ways of Working Within the System. Marketing the System. Going Forward. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 The Car That Made the Man: Henry Ford's Model T \comp: apostrophe in chapter 2 title (before ""round"")\ Chapter 2 The Raise Heard 'round the World: The Five-Dollar Day Chapter 3 Man Overboard: The Lampooning of Ford's Peace Ship Chapter 4 Battle of a Different Sort: Henry Ford's Run for the U.S. Senate Chapter 5 Flexing His Political Muscle: Henry Ford's Run for the White House Chapter 6 Ford and Muscle Shoals: The Muscle in Ford's Bid for the White House Chapter 7 Claim of Ignorance: Ford, Jews, and the Sapiro Trial Chapter 8 A Case of ""Ford-osis"": The Hatching of the Model A Chapter 9 Ford, Newspapers, and Cartoons: From Obscurity to Legend Notes Index

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Book SynopsisLooks at humanity's deep-rooted anxiety about the future of food. This book explores an array of material ranging over two hundred years - from futuristic novels and films to world's fairs, Disney amusement parks, supermarket and restaurant architecture, organic farmers' markets, debates over genetic engineering, and more.Trade Review"Warren Belasco is a witty, wonderfully observant guide to the hopes and fears that every era projects onto its culinary future. This enlightening study reads like time-travel for foodies." - Laura Shapiro, author of Something From the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America "Warren Belasco serves up an intellectual feast, brilliantly dissecting two centuries of expectations regarding the future of food and hunger. Meals to Come provides an essential guide to thinking clearly about the worrisome question as to whether the world can ever be adequately and equitably fed." - Joseph J. Corn, co-author of Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future "This astute, sly, warmly human critique of the basic belly issues that have absorbed and defined Americans politically, socially, and economically for the past 200 years is a knockout. Warren Belasco's important book, crammed with knowledge, is absolutely necessary for an understanding of where we are now." - Betty Fussell, author of My Kitchen Wars"Table of ContentsPreface PART I. DEBATING THE FUTURE OF FOOD: THE BATTLE OF THE THINK TANKS 1. The Stakes in Our Steaks 2. The Debate: Will the World Run Out of Food? 3. The Deep Structure of the Debate PART II. IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF FOOD: SPECULATIVE FICTION 4. The Utopian Caveat 5. Dystopias PART III. THINGS TO COMEE: THREE CORNUCOPIAN FUTURES 6. The Classical Future 7. The Modernist Future 8. The Recombinant Future Postscript Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisTells the story of how, in early 2007, a few telephone calls about sick cats set off the largest recall of consumer products in US history and an international crisis over the safety of imported goods ranging from food to toothpaste, tires, and toys. This title reveals the connections among the food supplies for pets, farm animals, and people.Trade Review"A detective story that identifies plenty of perpetrators as well as victims...[Warns] that the problems wouldn't stop with animals" Atlantic "Informative... Begging comparison with Sinclair's The Jungle." Publishers Weekly "Fantastically readable." Food & Wine "Iluminate(s) the connections between the food supplies of humans, farm animals and pets... Highlight(s) the broader failings of food regulation." The Economist "A serious investigative tome." Financial Times "A call to action that we can all hope the new Obama administration hears before there's a repeat of the tragedy." Casper Star Tribune Sunday "Nestle is one of the best writers on the general subject of the food industry... Guaranteed to get you thinking." Booklist "Like a good novel, the book is a quick, even entertaining read. The message, however, is one that demands paying attention." San Francisco Chronicle "A call to action that we can all hope the new Obama administration hears before there's a repeat of the tragedy." Sacramento Bee "The information and its implications are eye-opening. It's a call to action that we can all hope the new Obama administration hears." -- Gina Spadafori The Daily Citizen "Reads like a gripping murder mystery." Alternet.orgTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. A Recall to Break All Records 2. A Brief Historical Digression 3. The Sequence of Events 4. What Is Menu Foods? 5. Menu's Muddled Response: What, When, and Where 6. The Cat and Dog Body Count 7. A Toxic False Alarm: Aminopterin 8. At Last the Culprit: Melamine 9. Melamine: A Source of Dietary Nitrogen 10. Melamine: A Fraudulent Adulterant, But Puzzling 11. How Much Melamine Was in the Pet Food? 12. Mystery Solved: Cyanuric Acid 13. The China Connection 14. More Melamine: Rice and Corn "Proteins" 15. More Melamine Eaters: Farm Animals and People 16. The FDA's Response 17. Repercussion #1: China's Food Safety System 18. Repercussion #2: The China Backlash 19. Repercussion #3: The FDA in Crisis 20. Repercussion #4: Pet Food Politics Appendix: The Melamine Recalls List Notes List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisA story of fits and starts that provides a chronicle of the history of wine in the United States told through the lens of the law. It explains how laws shape the wine industry in such areas as pricing and taxation, licensing, appellations, health claims and warnings, labeling, and domestic and international commerce.Trade Review"The legal machinations of wine, described here, are a hoot." Miami Herald "A thorough consideration of American wine's legal history." SF Chronicle "Provides the definitive background for understanding the competing legal, political, economic, and social forces shaping the ongoing evolution of America's wine culture." The World Of Fine Wine "Highly readable ... Should be a must-read for anyone who wants to produce or sell wine in this country." San Francisco Chronicle "A splendid volume... This wonderful book should be agreeable to a great many palates." Choice "Very engaging." Bookforum "Illuminating, provocative..." A Best Book of 2009 Wine & Spirits Magazine "Highly recommended." -- Charles Ludington Law & History Review "An engaging style that makes learning how law and wine have intertwined throughout this country's history an enlightening educational journey." Wine Spectator "A fascinating work." California GrapevineTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Wine Is Life: A Foreword by Margrit Biever Mondavi Acknowledgments Note Introduction 1. Temperance 2. National Prohibition 3. Solving Problems Past 4. Transforming Wine in American Culture Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPresenting a comprehensive and forceful argument against the pharmaceuticalization of medicine, this book tackles problems in health care that are leading to a growing number of deaths and disabilities. It explains why these trends have basically ended the possibility of universal health care in the United States and elsewhere around the world.Trade Review"Healy's contrarian streak and sharpness make this a disturbing, well-documented indictment that echoes many others in recent years, and one worth heeding." Publishers Weekly "Powerful... Healy exposes the secrets that enable drug companies to circumvent protections... And he also offers a solution." Human GivensTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. They Used to Call It Medicine 2. Medicine and the Marketers 3. Follow the Evidence 4. Doctoring the Data 5. Trussed in Guidelines 6. The Mismeasurement of Medicine 7. The Eclipse of Care 8. Pharmageddon Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTasty, convenient, and cheap, instant noodles are one of the most remarkable industrial foods ever. Consumed around the world by millions, they appeal to young and old, affluent and impoverished alike. This title examines the history, manufacturing, marketing, and consumption of instant noodles.Trade Review"Three anthropologists, intrigued by the presence of instant noodles everywhere from the wealthiest college campuses to the poorest cities of the developing world, decided to chronicle the food’s emergence in Japan, the United States, and Papua New Guinea. In their new book, The Noodle Narratives: The Global Rise of an Industrial Food into the Twenty-First Century, Deborah Gewertz of Amherst College, Frederick Errington of Trinity College, and Tatsuro Fujikura at Kyoto University show just how much can depend on one affordable, portable, dehydrated food." * Boston Globe *"Ask about the foods that have conquered the world and you're likely to hear about Coca-Cola and McDonald's Big Macs. But the most successful industrial food ever produced flies far under the radar. And it has finally been outed by three anthropologists in a fascinating new book The Noodle Narratives, which analyzes the precipitous rise—or "brilliant career," as the authors say—of instant ramen, from its birth in postwar Japan to its sales of just over 100 billion servings worldwide in 2012." * The Salt *"This book is a tour of the past, present and future of "one of the most remarkable industrial foods ever,” and makes the case that its humble role will become even more important in feeding an increasingly huge human population." * Food Management *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Table Acknowledgments Introduction: Instant Noodles as Quotidian and Ubiquitous 1. The Taste of Something Good 2. Japanese Instant Noodles in the Market and on the Mind 3. What Instant Noodles Reflect and Affect in America 4. Instant Noodles for the Bottom of the Pyramid in Papua New Guinea 5. Making (and Unmaking?) a Big Food World Conclusion: Big Food for a Huge Population? Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Color Line and the Assembly Line tells a new story of the impact of mass production on society. Global corporations, based originally in the United States, have played a part in making gender and race everywhere. Focusing on Ford Motor Company's rise to become the largest, richest, and most influential corporation in the world, The Color Line and the Assembly Line takes on the traditional story of Fordism. Contrary to popular thought the assembly line was perfectly compatible with all manner of racial practice in the United States, Brazil, and South Africa. Each country's distinct forms of racial hierarchies in the 1920s and 1930s informed Ford's often divisive labor processes. Confirming racism as an essential component in the creation of global capitalism, Elizabeth Esch also adds an important new lesson showing how local patterns gave capitalism its distinctive features.Trade Review"In this exciting contribution to the historiography of the Ford Motor Company, Elizabeth D. Esch reframes a familiar Michigan history topic within historians' rich conversations about race and empire." * Michigan Historical Review *"Provides a useful starting point for examining Ford’s adaptation of its labor practices to differing national contexts. Historians and historically minded social scientists will find this book to be an accessible, informative, and engaging contribution to the literature about Ford." * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *"Esch provides a valuable study that shows how racism was an essential part of the creation of global capitalism." * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction • The Color Line and the Assembly Line 1 • Ford Goes to the World; the World Comes to Ford 2 • From the Melting Pot to the Boiling Pot: Fascism and the Factory-State at the River Rouge Plant in the 1920s 3 • Out of the Melting Pot and into the Fire: African Americans and the Uneven Ford Empire at Home 4 • Breeding Rubber, Breeding Workers: From Fordlandia to Belterra 5 • “Work in the Factory Itself”: Fordism, South Africanism, and Poor White Reform Conclusion • From the One Best Way to The Way Forward to One Ford—Still Uneven, Still Unequal Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTextiles were the second-most-traded commodity in all of world history, preceded only by grain. In the Ottoman Empire in particular, the sale and exchange of silks, cottons, and woolens generated an immense amount of revenue and touched every level of society, from rural women tending silkworms to pashas flaunting layers of watered camlet to merchants traveling to Mecca and beyond. Sea Change offers the first comprehensive history of the Ottoman textile sector, arguing that the trade's enduring success resulted from its openness to expertise and objects from far-flung locations. Amanda Phillips skillfully marries art history with social and economic history, integrating formal analysis of various textiles into wider discussions of how trade, technology, and migration impacted the production and consumption of textiles in the Mediterranean from around 1400 to 1800. Surveying a vast network of textile topographies that stretched from India to Italy and from Egypt to Iran, Sea Change illuTrade Review"That [textiles’] significance is underestimated by westward-thinking art historians is a wide gap in scholarship, which "Sea Change" begins to fill with clear delineations of prose offering readers meticulous insight into the pragmatics of the textile craft and the inspirations of its creative flourishing across classes and cultures." * Daily Sabah *"A valuable addition to the field of Ottoman textiles, art history, and Islamic studies. It offers a comprehensive and insightful examination of the history of Ottoman textile production and its significance in the Ottoman Empire and beyond. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the subject and is highly recommended for scholars and students alike." * Journal of the Oriental Rug and Textile Society *"Well-researched and lavishly designed, Sea Change is a stunning exploration of the climate and our world's coastlines." * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Translations, Transliterations, and Terminologies Introduction PART 1 1. Technology, History, and Terminology, ca. 1200–1400 2. Weaving in Anatolia: International Styles and Local Production, 1390–1500 PART 2 3. Imperial Appetites, Shared Technologies, 1500–1650 4. Regulation and Contravention, 1500–1700 PART 3 5. Worlds of Goods: Consumption and Production, 1550–1750 6. Emulation, Imitation, and Novelty, 1700–1800 Conclusion Appendix Abbreviations Glossary Notes Bibliography List of Illustrations Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together nineteen significant articles on the role of textile industries in the Industrial Revolutions of Britain, Europe, Japan, and the United States. In his introduction, the editor surveys the contribution the textile industries have made to economic change. Textiles have played a major role in industrial transition. Traditional notions of industrial revolutions have, to a great extent, been built on interpretation of changes in the textile industries and the broader implications of these changes for society. The heroic advances in textile technology have been used as benchmark dates in the chronology of industrialization, and theories of industrialization and development have often depended on the models provided by the experiences of these trades.Table of ContentsGeneral editor's introduction: R. A. Church and E. A. Wrigley. Introduction: D. T. Jenkins. 1. Textile growth: D. C. Coleman. 2. Proto-industrialization: the first phase of the industrialization process: Franklin F. Mendels. 3. An innovation and its diffusion: the 'new draperies': D. C. Coleman. 4. The supremacy of the Yorkshire cloth industry in the eighteenth century: R. G. Wilson. 5. Proto-industrialisation: the case of the West Riding wool textile industry in the eighteenth century and early nineteenth centuries: P. Hudson. 6. Hargreaves, Arkwright and Crompton. Why three inventors?: R. L. Hills. 7. Concentration and specialization in the Lancaster cotton industry, 1825-1850: A. J. Taylor. 8. Labour, power and the size of firms in Lancashire cotton in the second quaretr of the nineteenth century: V. A. C. Gatrell. 9. Financial Restraints on the growth of firms in the cotton industry 1790-1850.: S. D. Chapman. 10. The rise of protection and the English linen trade, 1690-1790: N. B. Harte. 11. Technology, transaction costs, and the transition to factory production in the British silk industry, 1700-1870: S. R. H. Jones. 12. Enterprise and innovation in the British hosiery industry, 1750-1850: S. D. Chapman. 13. Managers and machinery: an analysis of the rise of factory production: Jon S. Cohen. 14. The launching of an 'infant industry'?: the cotton industry of Troyes under protectionism, 1793-1860: C. Heywood. 15. Regional integration and specialization in the French worsted industry, 1819-1910: an aspect of industrialization in France: K. Honeyman and J. Goodman. 16. The textile industries in Silesia and the Rhineland: a comparative study in industrialization: Herbert Kisch. 17. Product quality and vertical integration in the early cotton textile industry: Peter Temin. 18. The growth of cotton textile production after 1815: Robert Brooke Zevin. 19. The diffusion of cotton processing and trade in the Kinai region in Tokugawa Japan: William B. Hauser. Acknowledgements.

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Book SynopsisSets out to explain fashion design and product development as an integrated process, the function of which is to market a continuous stream of garments at a profit. It explores materials, manufacture, costs, quality and the organization of the design and development process.Table of ContentsPreface. The Process and Structure of the Industry. Design and Innovation. Management of the Process of Design and Product Development. QualityCcontrol. Materials. Manufacture. Costs and Profits. Costs of product development. Operations management. Further Reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisIncluding all the processes from seed to smoke, this book explains the science of tobacco - the cultivation of the plant, the leaves, curing, processing, manufacture and the physical and chemical properties of the final product. Breeding and genetics of the tobacco plant are discussed in relation to the new advances in biotechnology. General management practices are outlined for each major tobacco type. The chapter dealing with tobacco diseases also explains management control strategies, the economic losses that can ensue and the effects of diseases on the chemical composition of tobacco. Tobacco insect management from field production to stored product is discussed. Chemical and physical properties and cigarette manufacturing are the focus of three chapters. Tobacco''s marketing systems, threshing and processing, ageing, fermentation and storage procedures are included. The book offers a broad view of current tobacco knowledge and practices and discusses the future development of tobTable of ContentsPreface; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Seed to smoke; Breeding and genetics; Biotechnology: uses and applications in tobacco improvement; Agronomy and physiology; Production practices; Major tobacco diseases; Tobacco insect pests; Lead chemistry; Physical properties of leaf tobacco; Marketing processing and storage; Cigarette manufacture; Smoke chemistry; Cigars and cigarillos; Smokeless tobacco; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Practical Food Microbiology Series gives practical and accurate information about specific organisms of concern to public health. The information is designed for use by those in the food industry working in manufacturing, retailing and quality assurance, those in associated professional sectors e.g. public health, and students in each of these areas. Clostridium botulinum produces a toxin which causes the severe, often fatal illness, botulism. It is a potential hazard associated with a wide range of both ambient stable and chilled foods. Foodborne botulism still occurs all around the world. As new outbreaks are reported implicating yet more food types and food processes, so the food industry needs to regularly review processes and product characteristics to assure safety.Trade Review"Clostridium botulinum, the third in Blackwell Science's Practical Food Microbiology series (successor to Listeria and E. coli) is another triumph of concise, interesting and informative information" (International Food Safety News)Table of ContentsForeword. 1 Background. 2 Outbreaks: causes and lessons to be learnt. 3 Factors affecting growth and survival of Clostridium botulinum. 4 Industry focus: control of Clostridium botulinum. 5 Industry action and reaction. 6 Test methods. 7 The future. Glossary of terms. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisWho is making money on the Web and who is losing it? This book brings together the first two hundred and fifty stories to appear on the revolutionary food industry intelligence service efoodnews. com.Table of ContentsPreface. Editorial Introduction. Introduction. Part 1: Pioneers and Turning Points. Part 2: Stop Press!. Part 3: Analysis. Part 4: E-Commerce. Part 5: The Big Players. Part 6: USA Models. Part 7: Net Tricks and Resources. Index.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Readers will enjoy this comprehensive book on organic food that explains how it has gone from being ridiculed to wildly popular—and grown into a multibillion-dollar industry.”Leslie A. Duram, author of Good Growing: Why Organic Farming Works “O’Sullivan dissects the power of government, agribusiness, chemical manufacturers, homesteaders, and foodies themselves to reveal how the organics movement has been swayed by market pressures and demands.” Margaret Gray, author of Labor and the Locavore: The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic “American Organic helps explain modern longings for things artisanal, local, simple and untainted.”Andrew Kirk, author of Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism.

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Book SynopsisThroughout history, human societies have struggled to ensure that all people have access to sufficient food to lead active and healthy lives. Despite great global effort, events of the early 21st century clearly demonstrate that food remains a pressing challenge which has significant implications for security. In this book, Bryan McDonald explores how processes of globalization and global change have reshaped food systems in ways that have significant impacts for the national security of states and the human of communities and individuals. Over the past few decades, local, regional, and national food systems have increasingly become intertwined in an emerging global food network. This complex web of relations includes the production, harvest, processing, transport, and consumption of food. While this global food network provides new opportunities for improving health and well-being, it also gives rise to new sources of security threats and vulnerabilities. This detailed andTrade Review"Extremely well organized and provides numerous examples of causes and consequences of food insecurity without casting value judgements. McDonald does a nice job of defining his terms and setting limits for the scope of his discussion."Choice "A succinct and accessible overview of an issue rising ever further up the global political agenda."International Affairs "In this crisply written, insightful book, McDonald brings our notions of security up to date by demonstrating how current global food systems undermine the world's ability to provide sufficient, safe, and nutritious food for everyone. Timely, sophisticated, and necessary, Food Security explains how this leaves all of us more vulnerable and offers important ideas for what to do about it."Paul Wapner, associate professor and director of the Global Environmental Politics Program at the American University "Bryan McDonald must be read if one wants to understand the complexity of the global food system and its sweeping impacts on human security."Erika Weinthal, Duke University "McDonald breaks free of the disciplinary and sectoral shackles that so commonly plague analyses of key global challenges like food security. His explicit integrated approach to impacts and implications for food security makes this contribution more robust and more useful to a wider set of actors."Geoff Dabelko, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars "Bryan McDonald's excellent narrative of how global changes are impacting food security provides a valuable addition to better understanding the larger changes in the nature of security, and offers wise guidance for improving food security."Kenneth Rutherford, director of the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery and professor of political science at James Madison UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction: Twenty-first Century Challenges to Food Security. 1. Food Security and the Global Food System. 2. From Local to Global: Shifts in World Food Systems. 3. Global Trends Impacting Food Security. 4. Ensuring Proper Nutrition: The Challenge of Malnutrition in an Era of Global Change. 5. Managing Global Environmental Change: The Environmental Impacts of Agriculture and Food Production. 6. Optimizing Food Safety: Threats to Health and Food Security from Disease, Contamination and Biological Weapons. Conclusion: Sustainable Food Security. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisWhether we are out on the streets or between the sheets, cotton is our constant companion. But behind this ubiquitous fibre prized for its softness lies a darker story of exploitation and hardship.Trade Review "This is a vividly told, interrogative read that establishes its author as a leading expert on the politics of commodities and development" LSE Review of Books "A wonderful book that teaches us about history, globalization, geography, farming systems, labor, markets, politics and international trade. Sneyd provides a comprehensive overview of this remarkable commodity, while making a clear and persuasive argument about the need for alternative cotton production systems." William G. Moseley, Macalester College "An important exposé of the cotton industry that opens our eyes to the way many businesses manipulate the media – and all of us. A telling example of why we all should look for and expose the story behind the story." John Perkins, Author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Table of Contents Acknowledgements 1 Spinning a Fibrous Tale 2 The World Cotton (Dis)Order 3 Cotton on the Land 4 Cotton for the Country 5 Cotton in Company Hands 6 Beyond the Dirty White Stuff Afterword: A Learner in the World Cotton Order Notes Selected Readings Index

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Book SynopsisWhether we are out on the streets or between the sheets, cotton is our constant companion. But behind this ubiquitous fibre prized for its softness lies a darker story of exploitation and hardship.Trade Review "This is a vividly told, interrogative read that establishes its author as a leading expert on the politics of commodities and development" LSE Review of Books "A wonderful book that teaches us about history, globalization, geography, farming systems, labor, markets, politics and international trade. Sneyd provides a comprehensive overview of this remarkable commodity, while making a clear and persuasive argument about the need for alternative cotton production systems." William G. Moseley, Macalester College "An important exposé of the cotton industry that opens our eyes to the way many businesses manipulate the media – and all of us. A telling example of why we all should look for and expose the story behind the story." John Perkins, Author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Table of Contents Acknowledgements 1 Spinning a Fibrous Tale 2 The World Cotton (Dis)Order 3 Cotton on the Land 4 Cotton for the Country 5 Cotton in Company Hands 6 Beyond the Dirty White Stuff Afterword: A Learner in the World Cotton Order Notes Selected Readings Index

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Book SynopsisIf you look carefully at how things are actually made in China - from shirts to toys, apple juice to oil rigs - you see a reality that contradicts every widely-held notion about the world's so-called economic powerhouse. From the inside looking out, China is not a manufacturing juggernaut. It's a Lilliputian. Nor is it a killer of American jobs.Trade Review“Unmade in China opens up the black box of China’s domestic and political economy and provides a compelling and detailed analysis of how and why China will be unable to surpass the United States. It is essential reading for policy-makers, government officials and businesses, not only in the US and the West, but also across the globe.”International Affairs "China's economic future will determine the world's future. This important book makes new factually grounded arguments about the challenges China faces. Its arguments deserve attention from anyone with a stake in our economic future."Lawrence H. Summers, former Treasury Secretary and President Emeritus, Harvard University "Challenging conventional wisdom of China's economic supremacy, Haft deftly and entertainingly uncovers how systemic risk in China's economy actually creates millions of jobs in the United States. Unmade in China is a must-read for global policy makers, business leaders, and anyone who wants to understand the US−China trade relationship."Richard Gephardt, former Majority Leader of the US House of Representatives "A clear-eyed analysis of China's fragile economy and its impact on the USA."Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret) Supreme Allied Commander at NATO 2009−2013 and Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University "A systematic, mind-changing, and remarkable read which debunks the myths about China's economic supremacy and provides an optimistic rallying cry for US companies. Outstanding!"Clinton O. Longenecker, Stranahan Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Organizational Excellence, University of Toledo "Jeremy Haft's "Unmade in China" explains why the idea of Declining America vs Rising China is simplistic at best and downright deceptive at worst. He cuts through the emotional responses to China's "rise" to detail why that country's unregulated manufacturing poses important risks—and big opportunities—for Americans. This is a must read for anyone who dares to look to the trees inside China's expanding forest."Ian Bremmer - President of Eurasia Group "A fresh perspective on great risks posed by rampant non-compliance in product quality, process control, management protocols and governance in China dependent global supply chains, which also throws light on the opportunities for US-made products and services in China. An insightful book for anyone interested in doing business in China."Jayashankar M. Swaminathan, GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Professor of Global Operations and Associate Dean of UNC-Tsinghua EMBA Program and Director of the Global Business Center, Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC Chapel Hill "Finally, a clearheaded book that cuts through the China hype. With refreshing clarity Jeremy Haft challenges the hackneyed narratives about China's economic might to deliver an eye-opening and corrective analysis on what we thought we knew about everything 'Made in China.'"Jamian Ronca Spadavecchia, president of Oxbow Advisory, a global risk consultancy"This book is fluent in style and full of informative case studies, making it suitable for the general public as well as researchers and policymakers who are interested in a fair reading of China's economy and its increasing impact on global society."Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsChapter One: Three Myths Chapter Two: Jobs and Jeopardy Chapter Three: The Bad Earth Chapter Four: Risky Business Chapter Five: Chain of Fools Chapter Six: When Regs are Dregs Chapter Seven: What to Do

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Book SynopsisBig Steel examines trade, competition, and survival in a key industry under globalizing pressures.Trade Review"Big Steel explores an industry that has been in near continual transformation for a generation or more and captures the shape and structure of these changes. Perhaps even more significantly, it makes the case that developments in the new millennium denote a new phase in the global steel business, which portends even more dramatic changes of behaviour and performance... It will make a substantial contribution to scholarship. - Peter Clancy, author of Micro-Politics and Canadian Business: Paper, Steel and the Airlines"Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgment 1 Introduction 2 A Tough Industry 3 Prices, Preferences, and Strategy 4 Trading Steel 5 Survival 6 Steel in a Global Perspective Notes; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisBig Steel examines trade, competition, and survival in a key industry under globalizing pressures.Trade Review"Big Steel explores an industry that has been in near continual transformation for a generation or more and captures the shape and structure of these changes. Perhaps even more significantly, it makes the case that developments in the new millennium denote a new phase in the global steel business, which portends even more dramatic changes of behaviour and performance. - Peter Clancy, St. Francis Xavier University"Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgment 1 Introduction 2 A Tough Industry 3 Prices, Preferences, and Strategy 4 Trading Steel 5 Survival 6 Steel in a Global Perspective Notes; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAnalyzes the United States' health care supply chain. This book offers an examination of how the health care supply chain helps create value and competitive advantage. It presents an examination of the trading relationships among the manufacturers of health care products, the distributors, the hospital customers and end users of those products.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. About the Author. Part I: Value Chain Basics. 1. The Wharton School Study of the HealthCare Value Chain (Lawton R. Burns, Robert A. DeGraaff, Patricia M. Danzon,John R. Kimberly, William L. Kissick, and Mark V. Pauly). 2. Importance of the Health Care Value Chain (Lawton R. Burns and Robert A. DeGraaff). 3. How the Health Care Value Chain Operates (Lawton R. Burns). Part II: The Intermediaries. 4. Role of Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) (Lawton R. Burns). 5. Role of Wholesalers and Distributors (Lawton R. Burns and Robert A. DeGraaff). 6. Threats of Disintermediation Facing Distributors (Robert A. DeGraaff and Lawton R. Burns). Part III: The Manufacturers. 7. Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (Lawton R. Burns and Patricia M. Danzon). 8. Medical Device Manufacturers (Robert A. DeGraaff and Mark V. Pauly). 9. Medical-Surgical Manufacturers (Lawton R. Burns). Part IV: E-Commerce. 10. E-Commerce in Health Care Manufacturers,Distributors, and GPOs (Lawton R. Burns and Robert A. DeGraaff ). 11. E-Commerce and Integrated DeliveryNetworks (IDNs) (Lawton R. Burns). Part V: Conclusion. 12. Conclusion (Lawton R. Burns and John R. Kimberly). Index.

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Book SynopsisThe failure of the Textile Workers Union of America to organize its jurisdiction has often been considered the CIO''s most critical setback in establishing industrial unionism in the United States. The textile industry had more than 1,250,000 workers, and the massive organizing campaign the CIO launched in 1937 resulted in perhaps the longest, most bitter, and most significant labor-capital clash of the century.In Culture of Misfortune, Clete Daniel integrates many primary sources, including extensive archival records and numerous oral interviews, into his examination of this conflict. He pays close attention to the internal political culture of the TWUA and how it was affected by the dislocation and transformation of the textile industry, the postwar assault on workers'' rights, and the risks of activism in the face of the rampant anti-unionism of the South.Daniel explains the inability of the TWUA to match the achievements of CIO unions in other mass-productioTrade ReviewThe major thrust of the text and its contribution to theory is in reminding us that the frailties of union leadership in changing contexts can provide a rich understanding of an organisation.... It is, however, the focus on the character of union leadership and their actions within a particular social context that ensures the contribution of this text. -- Martin Birt, University of Cape Town * The Journal of Industrial Relations *Daniel is masterful in interpreting efforts to unionize textile workers in the 20th century.... The book is strongest in delineating the divisions within national efforts.... Recommended for upper-division undergraduate through faculty collections. * Choice *Daniel relates this story with insight and sensitivity. He demonstrates his grasp of the historic dynamics of the American textile industry and the formidable obstacles that workers faced (and continue to face) in attempting to gain a collective voice.... Culture of Misfortune provides an interesting and controversial contribution to an important chapter in North America's labour history. -- Jonathan Eaton * Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations *Daniel's book is both a pleasure to read and fills in an important gap in the historiography of textile workers. It provides the first comprehensive history of the TWUA. While not a substitute for community studies, anyone undertaking a study of textile workers in the future will need to refer to this volume in order to gain an appreciation of how the union's internal politics effected its external relations. -- Lawrence Richards, University of Virginia * EH.Net *This superbly researched and brilliantly written monograph tells a profoundly depressing tale, as its title indicates.... This is easily the best study of the TWUA to date. Culture of Misfortune is based on solid research in the union archives and wide knowledge of the secondary literature. It is also beautifully written, and in its connecting of the TWUA's problems with those of industrial unionism in general in the concluding years of the twentieth century, the book has a wide significance. -- John Salmond, La Trobe University * The North Carolina Historical Review *Was industrial unionism the panacea that the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and those historians who praise it claim? Maybe not, suggests Clete Daniel.... His 'interpretive history' is short on glory and long on failure. Daniel persuasively argues that textile unionism was moribund from its inception.... He probably got it right in the book's early pages. Once the culture of misfortune became entrenched, all that was left to fight over was a pile of loose threads. -- Robert E. Weir, Bay Path College * American Historical Review *

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Book SynopsisWhen you work in restaurants you think the industry is everything, It's being outside, talking to people, serving people. You feel like you're part of something good. People mostly go out to eat for good stuffproposals, weddings, birthdaysnot to fight. You're part of someone's proposalyou bring the ring in an ice cream cake, you watch her reaction. You feel like you're part of their experience, their special moment, even if the people don't care who you areyou're just the server.Sustainability is about contributing to a society that everybody benefits from, not just going organic because you don't want to die from cancer or have a difficult pregnancy. What is a sustainable restaurant? It's one in which as the restaurant grows, the people grow with it.How do restaurant workers live on some of the lowest wages in America? And how do poor working conditionsdiscriminatory labor practices, exploitation, and unsanitary kitchensaffect the meals that arrive at our restauTrade ReviewBehind the Kitchen Door is a powerful expose of the labor practices of the contemporary restaurant industry.... Throughout the book, the author brings her points alive by providing profiles and stories from individual restaurant workers. -- Janice Fine * ILR Review *For all its talk of organic foods and sustainability, the restaurant industry pays little mind to the health and welfare of its own low-wage employees. In this persuasive volume, Jayaraman draws attention to servers, bussers, runners, cooks, and dishwashers across the country 'struggling to support themselves and their families under the shockingly exploitative conditions that exist behind most restaurant kitchen doors.'... Jayaraman champions employee causes and argues fervently against discrimination, giving restaurant owners, diners, and readers considerable food for thought. * Publishers Weekly *The author reveals... [how] many restaurants steal workers' wages and tips, and put white workers in the best jobs out front while assigning those of color to the worst kitchen work. Women are harassed and not promoted. Few food workers have insurance or even sick leave, which is a problem not just for the workers; patrons also suffer when ill workers prepare and serve meals.... This book will leave readers angry at the injustices detailed within, queasy about eating out, and much better tippers. * Library Journal *Table of ContentsForeword by Eric Schlosser1. The Hands on Your Plate2. Real Sustainability, Please!3. Serving While Sick4. $2.13—The Tipping Point5. Race in the Kitchen6. Women Waiting on Equality7. Recipes for ChangeAppendix: A Note on Sources and DataNotes Selected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisBased upon extensive research in both manuscript and printed sources from the period between 1760 and 1830, this book will be of interest to historians of the early republic and economic historians as well as to students of technology, business, and industry.Trade ReviewA short review cannot do justice to everything that Peskin has crammed into a book that should prove of interest to business, cultural, economic, and social historians. Historian 2006 An exceptional study of the actors, events, and especially the ideas that laid the groundwork for industrialization in the early American republic. Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 2006 Well-structured and clearly written. History of Education Quarterly 2004 Peskin argues that historians have focused too much attention on the process of the Industrial Revolution without properly considering the men who actually convinced the rest of society to go along for the ride. History: Reviews of New Books 2004 Manufacturing Revolution is an important work that greatly enhances understanding of the events that led to the Industrial Revolution, and scholars with interests ranging from the effects of the American Revolution to the economy of the early republic will profit much by reading it. Enterprise and Society 2004 This book offers strong support for interpreting the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as setting a solid foundation for American manufacturing. Peskin provides valuable documentation that this period witnessed ferment in the debate and promotion of manufacturing. EH.Net 2004 Peskin examines the intellectual foundations of economic growth in the early Republic. Choice 2004Table of ContentsSeries Editor's ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: The Revolutionary Era1. The British Economic System2. Manufacturing and Revolution3. Lurching toward Economic IndependencePart II: The Critical Period4. Mechanic Protectionism5. Manufacturing Societies6. Agricultural SocietiesPart III: Toward Industrialization7. Redefining Manufacturing8. Promoting Manufacturing in the New Century9. Political Parties and Manufactures10. Harmony and Discord in the "Era of Good Feelings"EpilogueNotesEssay on SourcesIndex

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