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Citizen Brown

Race, Democracy, and Inequality in the St. Louis Suburbs

by Colin Gordon ...

A study of the 2014 killing in Ferguson: "Pioneering . . . A larger, more complicated consideration of the recent history of race relations in American suburbs." —Mark Krasovic, author of The Newark FrontierThe killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, ignited nationwide protests and brought widespread attention to police brutality and institutional racism. As Colin Gordon shows in this book ... Read more

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A study of the 2014 killing in Ferguson: "Pioneering . . . A larger, more complicated consideration of the recent history of race relations in American suburbs." —Mark Krasovic, author of The Newark FrontierThe killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, ignited nationwide protests and brought widespread attention to police brutality and institutional racism. As Colin Gordon shows in this book
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Patchwork Apartheid

Private Restriction, Racial Segregation, and Urban Inequality

by Colin Gordon ...

For the first half of the twentieth century, private agreements to impose racial restrictions on who could occupy property decisively shaped the development of American cities and the distribution of people within them. Racial restrictions on the right to buy, sell, or occupy property also effectively truncated the political, social, and economic citizenship of those targeted for exclusion. In ... Read more

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For the first half of the twentieth century, private agreements to impose racial restrictions on who could occupy property decisively shaped the development of American cities and the distribution of people within them. Racial restrictions on the right to buy, sell, or occupy property also effectively truncated the political, social, and economic citizenship of those targeted for exclusion. In
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Mapping Decline

St. Louis and the Fate of the American City

by Colin Gordon ...

Series series Politics and Culture in Modern America
Once a thriving metropolis on the banks of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri, is now a ghostly landscape of vacant houses, boarded-up storefronts, and abandoned factories. The Gateway City is, by any measure, one of the most depopulated, deindustrialized, and deeply segregated examples of American urban decay. "Not a typical city," as one observer noted in the late 1970s, "but, like a Eugene O ... Read more

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Once a thriving metropolis on the banks of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri, is now a ghostly landscape of vacant houses, boarded-up storefronts, and abandoned factories. The Gateway City is, by any measure, one of the most depopulated, deindustrialized, and deeply segregated examples of American urban decay. "Not a typical city," as one observer noted in the late 1970s, "but, like a Eugene O
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Sauna for Beginners

A Pocket Guide

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Your pocket guide to the world of saunaThis concise booklet introduces you to heat bathing traditions from Finnish saunas to Korean jjimjilbangs. Discover how combining heat and cold can boost your health, aid recovery, improve sleep, and reduce stress.Inside you'll find:Quick tips on sauna etiquetteA practical guide to different heat experiencesWhether to get naked or not (and why it matters ... Read more

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Your pocket guide to the world of saunaThis concise booklet introduces you to heat bathing traditions from Finnish saunas to Korean jjimjilbangs. Discover how combining heat and cold can boost your health, aid recovery, improve sleep, and reduce stress.Inside you'll find:Quick tips on sauna etiquetteA practical guide to different heat experiencesWhether to get naked or not (and why it matters
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Marketing is in Trouble

How we got here and 10 steps to get us out

by Colin Gordon ...

Marketing. It’s meant to be at the core of every business, bridging the gap between product and customer and transforming that into sales. But Colin Gordon sees marketing today as undergoing a crisis. Why? There’s no solid management process or measurement standards. What’s more, no one can agree on what exactly ‘marketing’ is.In Marketing is in Trouble, Gordon does a deep dive into what’s wrong ... Read more

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Marketing. It’s meant to be at the core of every business, bridging the gap between product and customer and transforming that into sales. But Colin Gordon sees marketing today as undergoing a crisis. Why? There’s no solid management process or measurement standards. What’s more, no one can agree on what exactly ‘marketing’ is.In Marketing is in Trouble, Gordon does a deep dive into what’s wrong
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Mapping Decline

St. Louis and the Fate of the American City

by Colin Gordon ...

Series series Politics and Culture in Modern America
Once a thriving metropolis on the banks of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri, is now a ghostly landscape of vacant houses, boarded-up storefronts, and abandoned factories. The Gateway City is, by any measure, one of the most depopulated, deindustrialized, and deeply segregated examples of American urban decay. "Not a typical city," as one observer noted in the late 1970s, "but, like a Eugene O ... Read more

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Once a thriving metropolis on the banks of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri, is now a ghostly landscape of vacant houses, boarded-up storefronts, and abandoned factories. The Gateway City is, by any measure, one of the most depopulated, deindustrialized, and deeply segregated examples of American urban decay. "Not a typical city," as one observer noted in the late 1970s, "but, like a Eugene O
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Business Cultures in Europe

by William Brierley, Colin Gordon, Kevin Bruton, Peter King ...

Major changes which have occurred since this book was first published have been included in this edition. In particular, the chapter on Germany has been substantially revised and now includes a separate section on easter Germany. The other five countries covered in the book have also witnessed changes in their business culture and these have been taken into consideration. This book examines the ... Read more

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Major changes which have occurred since this book was first published have been included in this edition. In particular, the chapter on Germany has been substantially revised and now includes a separate section on easter Germany. The other five countries covered in the book have also witnessed changes in their business culture and these have been taken into consideration. This book examines the
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Dead on Arrival

The Politics of Health Care in Twentieth-Century America

by Colin Gordon ...

Series series Politics and Society in Modern America
Why, alone among industrial democracies, does the United States not have national health insurance? While many books have addressed this question, Dead on Arrival is the first to do so based on original archival research for the full sweep of the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide range of political, reform, business, and labor records, Colin Gordon traces a complex and interwoven story of ... Read more

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Why, alone among industrial democracies, does the United States not have national health insurance? While many books have addressed this question, Dead on Arrival is the first to do so based on original archival research for the full sweep of the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide range of political, reform, business, and labor records, Colin Gordon traces a complex and interwoven story of
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A Life of Bliss

A BBC Radio 4 vintage comedy

by Godfrey Harrison ...

Narrated by George Cole, Full Cast, Diana Churchill, Colin Gordon, Petula Clark, Percy Edwards ...

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George Cole stars in the classic BBC Radio sitcom about a bashful, bumbling bachelorFirst broadcast in 1953, A Life of Bliss ran for six series and 118 episodes on radio, concluding in 1969 when a TV series was made. Sadly, most are missing from the BBC archive (including the first seven, starring David Tomlinson) - but 19 were rescued and rebroadcast by BBC Radio 4 Extra, and are included here ... Read more

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George Cole stars in the classic BBC Radio sitcom about a bashful, bumbling bachelorFirst broadcast in 1953, A Life of Bliss ran for six series and 118 episodes on radio, concluding in 1969 when a TV series was made. Sadly, most are missing from the BBC archive (including the first seven, starring David Tomlinson) - but 19 were rescued and rebroadcast by BBC Radio 4 Extra, and are included here
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The Color of Law

A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

by Richard Rothstein ...

New York Times Bestseller • Notable Book of the Year • Editors' Choice SelectionOne of Bill Gates’ “Amazing Books” of the YearOne of Publishers Weekly’s 10 Best Books of the YearLonglisted for the National Book Award for NonfictionAn NPR Best Book of the YearWinner of the Hillman Prize for NonfictionGold Winner • California Book Award (Nonfiction)Finalist • Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History ... Read more

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New York Times Bestseller • Notable Book of the Year • Editors' Choice SelectionOne of Bill Gates’ “Amazing Books” of the YearOne of Publishers Weekly’s 10 Best Books of the YearLonglisted for the National Book Award for NonfictionAn NPR Best Book of the YearWinner of the Hillman Prize for NonfictionGold Winner • California Book Award (Nonfiction)Finalist • Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History
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The Color of Money

Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap

by Mehrsa Baradaran ...

“Read this book. It explains so much about the moment…Beautiful, heartbreaking work.”—Ta-Nehisi Coates“A deep accounting of how America got to a point where a median white family has 13 times more wealth than the median black family.”—The Atlantic“Extraordinary…Baradaran focuses on a part of the American story that’s often ignored: the way African Americans were locked out of the financial engines ... Read more

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“Read this book. It explains so much about the moment…Beautiful, heartbreaking work.”—Ta-Nehisi Coates“A deep accounting of how America got to a point where a median white family has 13 times more wealth than the median black family.”—The Atlantic“Extraordinary…Baradaran focuses on a part of the American story that’s often ignored: the way African Americans were locked out of the financial engines
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Toxic Communities

Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility

by Dorceta Taylor ...

Uncovers the systemic problems that expose poor communities to environmental hazardsFrom St. Louis to New Orleans, from Baltimore to Oklahoma City, there are poor and minority neighborhoods so beset by pollution that just living in them can be hazardous to your health. Due to entrenched segregation, zoning ordinances that privilege wealthier communities, or because businesses have found the ‘paths ... Read more

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Uncovers the systemic problems that expose poor communities to environmental hazardsFrom St. Louis to New Orleans, from Baltimore to Oklahoma City, there are poor and minority neighborhoods so beset by pollution that just living in them can be hazardous to your health. Due to entrenched segregation, zoning ordinances that privilege wealthier communities, or because businesses have found the ‘paths
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