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Cities and economies.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article from: Reference & Research Book News Article date: November 01, 2008

9780415365741

Cities and economies.

Kim, Yeong-Hyun and John Rennie Short.

Routledge

2008

193 pages

$41.95

Paperback

HT321

In a textbook for a course in such fields as geography, economics, sociology, and urban planning, Kim (geography, Ohio U.) and Short (geography and public policy, U. of Maryland-Baltimore) emphasize urban growth and decline, large cities in the national and global economies, and urban economic changes in the era of globalization. They begin with a historical review of mercantile, industrial, and service cities. The ...

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Pelosi Teaches America's Daughters to Complain

Posted Aug 4, 08 3:17 PM CDT in Opinion,  Politics 

Pelosi Teaches America's Daughters to Complain
Source: AP Photo

(Newser) – Nancy Pelosi’s new book is titled Know Your Power: A Message to America’s Daughters. But if its contents, and the Democrat’s actions, are any indication, America’s daughters mostly have the power to whine, Samantha Sault writes in the Weekly Standard. Amid “tiresome feminist complaining,” Pelosi sees oppression everywhere, committed by men unwilling to let women into their “Secret Sauce Club.”

“She encourages America's daughters to run for office and gain ‘many more seats at the table,’” Sault notes, “but why would they want to when they read her complaints?” Pelosi calls for bipartisanship and for listening to the will of the people, Sault notes, "unless of course the people support drilling for oil."

Source: Weekly Standard

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