American Dreams in Mississippi: Consumers, Poverty, & Culture, 1830-1998

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Insightful Cultural History by a Great Young Historian.......2002-02-19

...American Dreams in Mississippi is cultural (not economic) history. It is not about the reasons for poverty, but rather what it MEANS to live in a state that is perpetually impoverished while also living in a nation that bills itself as the Land of Opportunity. In this book, Ownby seeks to redefine the very concept of the American Dream. As his title suggests, there are in fact many dreams. Young and old, men and women, blacks and whites, rural and city folk all experience these dreams differently, and Ownby gives a voice to them all. With all due respect to the late C. Vann Woodword (who I am certain Dr. Ownby has the highest regard for) American Dreams in Mississippi goes beyond the boundaries of conventional history, asking questions historians have never asked about the South and using new kinds of sources like clothing, furniture, cars, and song lyrics as well as literature, general store ledgers, and obscure state documents to break new ground. The chapter "Men Buying Cloth" reveals the important discovery that Mississippi women, contrary to the national stereotype, were historically not consumers. The section on slave purchases is, to my knowledge, the only study of its kind, and the discussions of blues culture and Civil Rights boycotts add a fresh perspective to those topics.

If some parts of this book require a little effort on the reader's part, it is only because Ownby's research and documentation are so thorough that he provides not just one but many examples to back up each point. As Ownby lays out in his first chapter, the book is also grounded in solid theory. More works of history should be so "dry." I urge all readers of this book -- especially graduate students in history looking for an excellent example of their craft -- to stick with it. It is well worth the journey.

Racial Patterns not Buying Patterns.......2000-01-23

Dr. Ted Ownby of the University of Mississippi has attempted to explain the social patterns of Mississippi from 1830-1995. In doing this, he has focussed on the buying patterns of the state's public. Through analyzing extensive sources and census records, Dr. Ownby has attempted to show that the buying power of poor Mississippians and the state's econommic caste system led to political differences between black, poor white, and wealthy white Mississippians. In analyzing buying power, Dr. Ownby has failed to take into account C. Vann Winwards famous essay on Race and Economics (1956). In Winwards address he stated that the caste system was much more racial than class. The buying power of black Mississippians was not effective because they were poor, but rather they were poor because they were black. Dr. Cecil M. Cooper's 1989 groundbreaking analysis : Dollar's and Cents Segregation : Black and Green in Rural Mississippi, speaks along the same lines. Dr. Cooper has stated that Black Mississipians and poor white Mississippians had little access to wealth. However, poor white Mississippians had more access to credit. Credit was denied to African-Americans for the most part. If not denied black credit was used agaisnt black poilitcal efforts. Although Dr. Ownby's work attempts to tackle a very important issue, race and economics, he fails to give a coherrant documentation on buying power froom 1830 -1990's. His reasons for choosing those dates are also unclear. It is one in a long line of academic books that fails to drive at the real reason for race division: social class. More research and documentaion are needed for this book to successfully overcome its deficiencies.

Boring.......2000-01-23

All I want to say is this book is so boring. All I wanted to do when I was reading it was shoot myself in the mouth with a pistol to end the constant eternal boredom. I think all it was trying to do was impress a few academic kooks who live in an academic bubble. Yeah well its boring.

American Dreams in Mississippi: Consumers, Poverty, and Culture, 1830-1998.: An article from: Journal of Southern History

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American Dreams in Mississippi: Consumers, Poverty, and Culture, 1830-1998.: An article from: Journal of Southern History
John C. Willis
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Title: American Dreams in Mississippi: Consumers, Poverty, and Culture, 1830-1998.
Author: John C. Willis
Publication: Journal of Southern History (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 2000
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American Dreams in Mississippi: Consumers, Poverty, and Culture: 1830-1998.(Review) (book review): An article from: The Mississippi Quarterly

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American Dreams in Mississippi: Consumers, Poverty, and Culture: 1830-1998.(Review) (book review): An article from: The Mississippi Quarterly
Stephen P. Waring
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This digital document is an article from The Mississippi Quarterly, published by Mississippi State University on June 22, 2000. The length of the article is 789 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: American Dreams in Mississippi: Consumers, Poverty, and Culture: 1830-1998.(Review) (book review)
Author: Stephen P. Waring
Publication: The Mississippi Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2000
Publisher: Mississippi State University
Volume: 53 Issue: 3 Page: 489

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People suffering some form of disability represent a very important sector of society and they need guarantees that their rights are to be assured. The aim of this paper is to model the probability of an individual reporting non-hampered in daily activities by a chronic or mental health problem, illness or disability as a function of a range of socio-economic characteristics using the new data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP).

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With the launch of the Euro, Europe's monetary landscape has changed fundamentally. Now in its fourth edition, this well-established textbook on monetary integration has been significantly rewritten to take account of these changes. New issues include: Monetary policies in Euroland in the presence of asymmetric shocks The mechanics of open market operations in Euroland Is the Eurosystem too decentralized? The Target Payments system Problems of bank supervision and control in Euroland The future of the euro in the international financial system Will the euro be a strong currency? Financial and banking integration in Euroland. This latest edition has been produced in a larger format, with clear figures and tables packed with relevant international data. Chapter conclusions provide a clear summary of each topic under discussion. Paul De Grauwe's lucid and balanced analysis continues to provide a clear account of all the crucial issues surrounding monetary union for undergraduate students of monetary economics and European studies.

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Useful.......2002-04-10

I'm an undergraduate student in Finance and Economics. I picked up this book for a term paper for my Public Economics class.

If there's one thing to say about De Grauwe's book is that it seemed very useful, down to earth, in contrast to other economics books I've read. The concepts covered in the book were explained very clearly, and for someone interested in the area, the theories seemed ready for use for application in understanding the important issues of monetary integration.

Whether there are flaws in the theory are--honestly--beyond my grasp; I'd have to read more. The book seems written and revised fairly enough and hasn't received negative comments from the faculty at my university. If someone else has a contrary opinion, I'm sure it'd help for people to hear.

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This book provides a comprehensive account and analysis of the plan for European monetary union contained in the Maastricht Treaty. The provisions of the treaty itself are examined, showing how they evolved, what must be done to implement them, and some of the problems they will pose. Kenen goes far beyond the treaty, however, to survey and adapt recent research by economists on the benefits and costs of monetary unions, the conduct of monetary policy, and the consequences of large public deficits and debts.

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Useful contribution to vital debate.......2001-05-17

Professor Peter Kenen is a leading US expert on international economic relations. In this excellent little book, he analyses the prospects for Economic and Monetary Union.

Firstly, he shows the difficulties that countries are having when their governments try to meet the criteria for Economic and Monetary Union. He points out that in 1994 none of the twelve European Community countries met all four criteria; Italy and Portugal met none of them. Six countries failed the inflation test; two had interest rates too high; ten had fiscal deficits too high, and eight had excessive public debts.

Since then, European Union economies have stagnated or shrunk, so they are even further from meeting the criteria. Four of the six countries with debt ratios above 75 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 1993 ran bigger budget deficits in 1994 than in 1992, so they would have to make even bigger cuts in their deficits before they can start to cut their debt ratios.

The Governments are in a dilemma: they cannot cut their budget deficits quickly to the stipulated three per cent without depressing real economic activity. And the more they deflate their economies, the less popular support there is for Economic and Monetary Union. Professor Kenen sums up, "It is thus unlikely that a majority of EC countries will be ready for Stage Three in 1997, when a majority is required to set a starting date, and it may be hard to muster a majority in 1999 - although a majority is not needed then." Stage Three is supposed to start automatically in 1999!

Secondly, Kenen studies the likely results if Governments seriously try to meet the criteria. He cites Buiter et al, writing in Economic Policy: "Greece, Italy, Belgium and Ireland need serious fiscal retrenchment, but getting even halfway to the Maastricht debt targets ... involves dangerous fiscal overkill. A blatantly unrealistic debt target is unhelpful for these countries in designing effective fiscal programs." They write that the necessary scale of retrenchment would involve "the economics of the lunatic asylum."

Kenen also cites the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels, which says that "If the Maastricht targets are adhered to, something significant will have to give in terms of public expenditure in many EC countries, with social consequences which could be highly disruptive. Clawing back public deficits which are across the Community higher in GDP percentage terms than they have been at any moment since the EC was founded, at a time when more and more 'legitimate' demands are made on the public purse, looks increasingly like trying to run up a downward moving escalator."

Thirdly, Kenen looks at the costs of joining Economic and Monetary Union. He cites the economists Ghosh and Wolf who estimate that joining it would cost as much as 2.5 per cent of the European Union's total GDP. The European Union's own employment committee said that Economic and Monetary Union would destroy ten million jobs in the European Union.

Supporters of Economic and Monetary Union like to claim that it would curb the speculators, tame finance capital, and end financial crises. But what does Kenen conclude? "In the first years of Economic and Monetary Union, then, the G-7 countries may find it harder to agree on policies and strategies for exchange rate management, and Economic and Monetary Union may thus lead to exchange rate fluctuations wider than those seen since the Louvre Accord [of 1987]. That would be truly ironic. Economic and Monetary Union is meant to replace the EMS (European Monetary System), which emerged from the desire to create a zone of monetary stability in Europe. Yet the achievement of that goal may have the effect of producing greater exchange rate instability at the global level."

A single European currency would not end speculation. It would still be operating in the world of global speculative flows. A single currency would be the focus for speculation against the dollar and the yen, and a smaller number of currencies could generate even more rapid and destabilising speculative flows.

So, to sum up, Kenen's book shows us that Economic and Monetary Union would be extremely difficult and painful to achieve. It would mean savage cuts in public spending (an estimated £18 billion in Britain), a 2.5 per cent reduction in GDP, and greater exchange rate instability. The cuts in public spending would also increase unemployment, reduce wages and worsen our public services...

This is a handbook of Euro.......2000-08-10

EMU is the most important international economic event since the Bretton Woods Agreements of 1944.It will represent a further step in the process of economic integration within the European Union. The effects of the monetary union will be felt primarily in the Euro area participating countries. At the same time, Euro will affect international monetary system. Euro's taking its place among the major international currencies is going to be gradual. This process will be quite important for the countries those with the close economic relationships with the European Monetary Union member countries. This book is a must read for all interested in the Euro...

Monetary Theory: National and International

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Monetary Theory: National and International
Alvaro Cencini
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In Monetary Theory: National and International, Alvaro Cencini argues that a new approach to the analysis of bank money is needed which is capable of providing modern analytical instruments based on the intrinsic nature of bank money. Conventionally, monetary problems are examined with reference to a monetary framework which has little to do with the real world of banking. The purpose of this book is to provide an alternative analysis to monetary economics based on the very distinctive properties of bank money. Monetary problems are investigated from a structural point of view. Of special interest is the distinction made between money and income which is rooted in the everyday practices of central and secondary banks. The book also examines exchange rate instability and financial crisis and finally, sets forward an alternative proposal for European Monetary Union.

EMU and the International Monetary System

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EMU and the International Monetary System

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This book contains the proceedings of the seminar held in Washington, D.C., on March 17-18, 1997, cosponsored by the IMF and Fondation Camille Gutt. Conference participants discussed implications of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) on exchange and financial markets, and consequently on the activities of market participants and private and official institutions. The five main themes of the seminar were the characteristics of the euro and its potential role as an international currency, EMU and international policy coordination, EMU and the relationship between the IMF and its EMU members, lessons of European monetary integration for the international monetary system, and the transition to EMU.

European Monetary Union: Progress and Prospects

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European Monetary Union: Progress and Prospects
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Analyzing the effects of a unified European currency and assessing the pressures of fixed exchange rates, this text combines extensive essays on monetary union with detailed case-studies of particular countries.

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Financial Markets and European Monetary Cooperation: The Lessons of the 199293 Exchange Rate Mechanism Crisis (Japan-US Center UFJ Bank Monographs on International Financial Markets)
Willem H. Buiter , Giancarlo Corsetti , and Paolo A. Pesenti
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Why was the European Monetary System in 1992-93 swept by waves of disruptive speculative attacks? And what lessons emerged from that episode as regards the future of the European Monetary Union? This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the causes and implications of the 1992-93 crisis of the exchange rate mechanism. Cogent factual presentation, original theoretical analysis, and an interpretation rooted in theory, make this treatment by three leading economists essential reading to understand the process toward economic and political integration in Europe.

The Impact of EMU on Europe and the Developing Countries (Wider Studies in Development Economics)

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The Impact of EMU on Europe and the Developing Countries (Wider Studies in Development Economics)

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The British Conservative Government and the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, 1979-94

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The British Conservative Government and the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, 1979-94
H. Thompson
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This text systematically traces the development of the British Conservative government's policy to the European Exchange Rate Mechanism from 1979 to 1994. The book provides information and insight into the development of ERM policy, which led to the downfall and discredit of the Conservative leadership. Revealing dramatic episodes in the progress of the policy, including a full account of the deterioration in the relationship between Margaret Thatcher and Nigel Lawson, the author shows how the Thatcher government was torn apart, and the credibility of the Major government undermined.

The Bundesbank: Germany's Central Bank in the International Monetary System (Chatham House Papers)

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The Bundesbank: Germany's Central Bank in the International Monetary System (Chatham House Papers)
Ellen Kennedy
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Central Bank to the European Union:European Monetary Institute, European System of Central Banks, European Central Bank, Structures, Tasks, and Functions

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Central Bank to the European Union:European Monetary Institute, European System of Central Banks, European Central Bank, Structures, Tasks, and Functions
R. Mehnert
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Central Bank to the European Union outlines and discusses the structure of the new central bank: The European Monetary Institute (EMI), the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and the European Central Bank (ECB). These three will form the institutional basis of the EMU. The EMI is already established (January 1, 1994), and will serve as the interim entity to prepare the final system. Since the Maastricht Treaty forms the main basis for the EMU, its provisions are outlined and discussed, as are subsidiary and complementary materials from the Council of Ministers and the European Council. These include the decisions and regulations relating to the existing European Monetary System (EMS). The book further includes other detailed information on the structure, functions and tasks of the new system and its main components. It also provides background information on the EM and the existing ecu (personal and official), and a comprehensive appendix containing the most important materials on the EMU.

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Dramatic, ready-to-color renderings of over 40 seagoing and freshwater mammals, including the bottlenose dolphin, Irrawaddy dolphin, Amazon dolphin, northern bottlenose whale, sperm whale, blue whale, killer whale, and astonishing ivory tusked narwhal. Full-color illustrations on covers. Fact-filled captions.

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A Coloring Book for an Older Child .......2005-11-01

My 4-year-old daughter has been obsessed with dolphins for the last few months. She wanted a dolphin coloring book as she was only temporarily satisfied with the dolphin coloring pages I found by going to google, clicking images, and searching on "dolphin coloring page." So, I searched amazon for a dophin coloring book and found the Whales and Dolphin Coloring Book is very different from the dolphin coloring pages you can find on google. Each picture depicts a different whale, dolphin, or porpoise and is accompanied by information about that particular animal.

The editorial review says the reading level is for preschool children, but it is in fact at a much higher level. That's okay though. The point is to color.

The sketches are nice. While it is a little painful to hand the book of sketches to a 4-year-old, my daughter does love the coloring book. Besides bottlenose dolphins, there are orca, striped dolphins, balean whales, and porpoises. I might have to buy another copy of this book in four or five years and see if it is less painful to hand the book to her then.

Whales and Dolphins: An Educational Coloring Book

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Whales and Dolphins: An Educational Coloring Book
Daniel Ginsberg
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Travel the watersof our planet in this unique and educational coloring book of whales and dolphins: deepwater dwellers, hunters of the polar ice pack, coastal migrators, and exotic freshwater inhabitants.

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