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Lawless Capitalism

Lawless Capitalism

Steven A. Ramirez

New York University Press
2012
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In this innovative and exhaustive study, Steven A. Ramirez posits that the subprime mortgage crisis, as well as the global macroeconomic catastrophe it spawned, is traceable to a gross failure of law. The rule of law must appropriately channel and constrain the exercise of economic and political power. Used effectively, it ensures that economic opportunity isn't limited to a small group of elites that enjoy growth at the expense of many, particularly those in vulnerable economic situations. In Lawless Capitalism, Ramirez calls for the rule of law to displace crony capitalism. Only through the rule of law, he argues, can capitalism be reconstructed.
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The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime

The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime

Steven A. Riess

Syracuse University Press
2011
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Thoroughbred racing was one of the first major sports in early America. Horse racing thrived because it was a high-status sport that attracted the interest of both old and new money. It grew because spectators enjoyed the pageantry, the exciting races, and, most of all, the gambling. As the sport became a national industry, the New York metropolitan area, along with the resort towns of Saratoga Springs (New York) and Long Branch (New Jersey), remained at the center of horse racing with the most outstanding race courses, the largest purses, and the finest thoroughbreds. Riess narrates the history of horse racing, detailing how and why New York became the national capital of the sport from the mid-1860s until the early twentieth century. The sport’s survival depended upon the racetrack being the nexus between politicians and organized crime. The powerful alliance between urban machine politics and track owners enabled racing in New York to flourish. Gambling, the heart of racing’s appeal, made the sport morally suspect. Yet democratic politicians protected the sport, helping to establish the State Racing Commission, the first state agency to regulate sport in the United States. At the same time, racetracks became a key connection between the underworld and Tammany Hall, enabling illegal poolrooms and off-course bookies to operate. Organized crime worked in close cooperation with machine politicians and local police officers to protect these illegal operations. In The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime, Riess fills a long-neglected gap in sports history, offering a richly detailed and fascinating chronicle of thoroughbred racing’s heyday.
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Sports and American Jew

Sports and American Jew

Steven A. Riess

Syracuse University Press
1998
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A collection of nine essays that delve into the relationship between Jewish Americans and the culture of sports. The book analyzes assimilation and acculturation, discrimination, gender, social class, and the building of a Jewish American community.
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Horse Racing the Chicago Way

Horse Racing the Chicago Way

Steven A. Riess

Syracuse University Press
2022
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Chicago may seem a surprising choice for studying thoroughbred racing, especially since it was originally a famous harness racing town and did not get heavily into thoroughbred racing until the 1880s. However, Chicago in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was second only to New York as a center of both thoroughbred racing and off-track gambling. Horse Racing the Chicago Way shines a light on this fascinating, complicated history, exploring the role of political influence and class in the rise and fall of thoroughbred racing; the business of racing; the cultural and social significance of racing; and the impact widespread opposition to gambling in Illinois had on the sport. Riess also draws attention to the nexus that existed between horse racing, politics, and syndicate crime, as well as the emergence of neighborhood bookmaking, and the role of the national racing wire in Chicago. Taking readers from the grandstands of Chicago's finest tracks to the underworld of crime syndicates and downtown poolrooms, Riess brings to life this understudied era of sports history.
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Horse Racing the Chicago Way

Horse Racing the Chicago Way

Steven A. Riess

Syracuse University Press
2022
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Chicago may seem a surprising choice for studying thoroughbred racing, especially since it was originally a famous harness racing town and did not get heavily into thoroughbred racing until the 1880s. However, Chicago in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was second only to New York as a center of both thoroughbred racing and off-track gambling. Horse Racing the Chicago Way shines a light on this fascinating, complicated history, exploring the role of political influence and class in the rise and fall of thoroughbred racing; the business of racing; the cultural and social significance of racing; and the impact widespread opposition to gambling in Illinois had on the sport. Riess also draws attention to the nexus that existed between horse racing, politics, and syndicate crime, as well as the emergence of neighborhood bookmaking, and the role of the national racing wire in Chicago. Taking readers from the grandstands of Chicago's finest tracks to the underworld of crime syndicates and downtown poolrooms, Riess brings to life this understudied era of sports history.
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Posters, Propaganda, and Persuasion in Election Campaigns Around the World and Through History

Posters, Propaganda, and Persuasion in Election Campaigns Around the World and Through History

Steven A. Seidman

Peter Lang Publishing Inc
2008
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How effective are election campaign posters? Providing a unique political history, this book traces the impact that these posters – as well as broadsides, banners, and billboards – have had around the world over the last two centuries. It focuses on the use of this campaign material in the United States, as well as in France, Great Britain, Germany, South Africa, Japan, Mexico, and many other countries. The book examines how posters evolved and discusses their changing role in the twentieth century and thereafter; how technology, education, legislation, artistic movements, advertising, and political systems effected changes in election posters and other campaign media, and how they were employed around the world. This comprehensive and original overview of this campaign material includes the first extensive review of the research literature on the topic. Posters, Propaganda, and Persuasion will be useful to scholars and students interested in communications, politics, history, advertising and marketing, art history, and graphic design.
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Posters, Propaganda, and Persuasion in Election Campaigns Around the World and Through History

Posters, Propaganda, and Persuasion in Election Campaigns Around the World and Through History

Steven A. Seidman

Peter Lang Publishing Inc
2008
sidottu
How effective are election campaign posters? Providing a unique political history, this book traces the impact that these posters – as well as broadsides, banners, and billboards – have had around the world over the last two centuries. It focuses on the use of this campaign material in the United States, as well as in France, Great Britain, Germany, South Africa, Japan, Mexico, and many other countries. The book examines how posters evolved and discusses their changing role in the twentieth century and thereafter; how technology, education, legislation, artistic movements, advertising, and political systems effected changes in election posters and other campaign media, and how they were employed around the world. This comprehensive and original overview of this campaign material includes the first extensive review of the research literature on the topic. Posters, Propaganda, and Persuasion will be useful to scholars and students interested in communications, politics, history, advertising and marketing, art history, and graphic design.
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Natura Pura

Natura Pura

Steven A. Long

Fordham University Press
2010
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From speculative theology to the exegesis of Aquinas, to contemporary North American philosophy and Catholic social and ethical thought, to the thought of Benedict XVI, this work argues the crucial importance of the proportionate natural end within the context of grace and supernatural beatitude. Long argues that, in the effort to avoid naturalism, Henri de Lubac unwittingly consummated the loss of nature as a normative principle within theology, both doctrinally and exegetically with respect to the teaching of Aquinas. The author argues that this constitutes an understandable but grave error. De Lubac's view of the matter was adopted and extended by Hans Urs von Balthasar in The Theology of Karl Barth, in which Balthasar argues that Aquinas could not even consider pure nature because it was "impossible for him even to make the conceptual distinction implied by this problem," a view contradicted by Aquinas's text. Long argues that in The Theology of Karl Barth, Balthasar's account evacuates nature of its specific ontological density and treats it as "mere createdness as such," a kind of dimensionless point terminating the line of grace. Given the loss of natura within theological method, its recovery requires philosophic instrumentalities. In its third chapter this book argues that by reason of its lack of any unified philosophy of nature or metaphysics, the analytic thought so widespread in Anglophone circles is merely a partial metaphilosophy and so cannot replace the role of classical Thomism within theology. The fourth chapter argues against those who construe affirmation of a proportionate natural end as equivalent to social Pelagianism or minimalism in the public square, engaging the work of Jacques Maritain, Jean Porter, and David Schindler, Sr. In an appendix, the author examines the early thought of Cardinal Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI, and its development toward the Regensburg Lecture.
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Isaiah 1–39

Isaiah 1–39

Steven A. Mckinion; Thomas C. Oden

IVP Academic
2004
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For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder and his name shall be called "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." For the early church fathers the prophecy of Isaiah was not a compendium of Jewish history or theology but an announcement of the coming Messiah fulfilled in the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. As such, the prophet's words were a rich source of theological reflection concerning their Lord and a vital aid in their defense against the objections of the Jews that Jesus was the promised Messiah. The interpretation of Jesus' ministry in light of Isaiah's prophecy was not a theological innovation on their part but rather a following of the path blazed by the New Testament writers and Jesus himself. Among passage-by-passage commentaries cited here are those by Eusebius of Caesarea, Jerome, Cyril of Alexandria, and Theodoret of Cyr, as well as one attributed to Basil of Caesarea. John Chrysostom preached a series of homilies on Isaiah of which most of those extant concern the first eight chapters, though Chrysostom frequently cites Isaiah in numerous homilies on other books. Augustine of Hippo, Gregory the Great, and Bede the Venerable frequently cite passages from Isaiah 1–39, as did many other fathers in defending the Christian faith from Jewish critics. In this Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume, readers will find materials ranging from East to West and from the first through the eighth centuries, some appearing here in English translation for the first time. Within this treasure house are riches to illumine the mind and fire the heart.
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Isaiah 1–39

Isaiah 1–39

Steven A. Mckinion; Thomas C. Oden

IVP Academic
2019
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For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder and his name shall be called "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." For the early church fathers the prophecy of Isaiah was not a compendium of Jewish history or theology but an announcement of the coming Messiah fulfilled in the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. As such, the prophet's words were a rich source of theological reflection concerning their Lord and a vital aid in their defense against the objections of the Jews that Jesus was the promised Messiah. The interpretation of Jesus' ministry in light of Isaiah's prophecy was not a theological innovation on their part but rather a following of the path blazed by the New Testament writers and Jesus himself. Among passage-by-passage commentaries cited here are those by Eusebius of Caesarea, Jerome, Cyril of Alexandria, and Theodoret of Cyr, as well as one attributed to Basil of Caesarea. John Chrysostom preached a series of homilies on Isaiah of which most of those extant concern the first eight chapters, though Chrysostom frequently cites Isaiah in numerous homilies on other books. Augustine of Hippo, Gregory the Great, and Bede the Venerable frequently cite passages from Isaiah 1–39, as did many other fathers in defending the Christian faith from Jewish critics. In this Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume, readers will find materials ranging from East to West and from the first through the eighth centuries, some appearing here in English translation for the first time. Within this treasure house are riches to illumine the mind and fire the heart.
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Stable Isotopes in Human Nutrition

Stable Isotopes in Human Nutrition

Steven A. Abrams; William Wong

CABI Publishing
2003
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The use of stable isotopes in nutritional studies is now widespread, and the technique is becoming increasingly popular. Practical applications are numerous and include:calcium and iron absorption studiesstudies looking at the impacts of diet, physical activity, aging, and medical therapy and supplementation on nutrient metabolismthe measurement of energy cost of pregnancystudies on the causes of growth faltering in infantsinvestigations into childhood and adult obesity.This book is designed as a laboratory handbook of methods used to perform stable isotope studies in humans. It covers basic principles, dosage information, sample preparation procedures, analytical instrumentation, and necessary mathematical methods and provides the fundamentals to enable researchers to evaluate and establish stable isotope methods in their own laboratories.
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Symbols in Clay

Symbols in Clay

Steven A. LeBlanc; Lucia R. Henderson

Peabody Museum of Archaeology Ethnology,U.S.
2009
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In late prehistory, the ancestors of the present-day Hopi in Arizona created a unique and spectacular painted pottery tradition referred to as Hopi Yellow Ware. This ceramic tradition, which includes Sikyatki Polychrome pottery, inspired Hopi potter Nampeyo's revival pottery at the turn of the twentieth century. How did such a unique and unprecedented painting style develop? The authors compiled a corpus of almost 2,000 images of Hopi Yellow Ware bowls from the Peabody Museum's collection and other museums. Focusing their work on the exterior, glyphlike painted designs of these bowls, they found that the "glyphs" could be placed into sets and apparently acted as a kind of -signature.The authors argue that part-time specialists were engaged in making this pottery and that relatively few households manufactured Hopi Yellow Ware during the more than 300 years of its production.Extending the Peabody's influential Awatovi project of the 1930s, "Symbols in Clay" calls into question deep-seated assumptions about pottery production and specialization in the precontact American Southwest.
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The Investment Performance of Corporate Pension Plans

The Investment Performance of Corporate Pension Plans

Steven A. Berkowitz; Louis Finney; Dennis Logue

Praeger Publishers Inc
1988
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This study examines whether pension plans achieved satisfactory investment results when compared to conventional market indexes. It also covers the impact of factors such as risk, turnover and investment allocation policy on performance. . . . Pension plan managers and accountants who audit or advise them will be most interested in obtaining this book, as will academics doing research on pension plan performance. Journal of AccountancyThe authors argue that the principle causes of the poor performance record of pension plan investments are frequent portfolio reallocations and high turnover. They show that these twin strategies act more to incur unnecessary costs than to enhance profits. They proceed to develop a new concept for pension fund diversification, one that will achieve the goals the present strategies have failed to achieve. Must reading for pension fund executives, corporate money managers, and bank trust officers, this book is also a significant addition to the finance and investing curriculum.
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Living in an Imperfect World: And What to Do About It

Living in an Imperfect World: And What to Do About It

Steven A. Zecola

Zax Publishing, Incorporated
2023
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The trickle of imperfections in America has turned into a raging flood. Jump aboard for a ride that covers a wide range of issues from recent Supreme Court decisions, to effective and ineffective leadership traits, to the economic functioning and dysfunction of economic markets, to a detailed review of the headless healthcare industry, to the unpredictable direction of technology, and to planning a career in the growing sea of imperfections. For each imperfection, I offer a unique and creative (and sometimes controversial) solution to the problem. Your participation is needed to confront the growing challenges.
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Baptism and the Battle for Souls

Baptism and the Battle for Souls

Steven A. Carlson

Guardian Publishing LLC
2008
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For centuries the topic of baptism has been a source of considerable wrangling within the religious community. Is baptism a matter of salvation? Does the mode of baptism really matter? What is baptism with the Holy Spirit? In this surprisingly comprehensive work, these and other questions are considered as the author faithfully preserves the biblical model of immersion in water for the forgiveness of sins.
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Baptism and the Plan of Salvation

Baptism and the Plan of Salvation

Steven A Carlson

Guardian Publishing LLC
2009
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The topic of baptism has, for centuries, been a source of considerable controversy within the religious community. Whether it is the dispute about baptism's redemptive value, numerous perspectives concerning the expression 'baptism with the Holy Spirit', or conflict over the various methods of baptism that are used, men continue to disagree about the Bible's meaning concerning this rite. In this surprisingly comprehensive work, biblical teachings concerning baptism are considered candidly as the author faithfully preserves the biblical model of immersion in water for the forgiveness of sins.
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Pentecost - The Sanctioning of the Apostles

Pentecost - The Sanctioning of the Apostles

Steven A Carlson

Guardian Publishing LLC
2010
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The Day of Pentecost was very meaningful for mankind. Only a handful of historic events, such as the days of creation or Christ's birth, death, and resurrection, might be considered more significant. Beyond these, Pentecost is arguably the most momentous and consequential of all days. In fact, it could be said that it stands shoulder to shoulder with these other notable days since creation, as well as those critical moments of Jesus' life, eventually culminated in the events of Pentecost. It was on that day that God's ultimate goal, the establishment of the church, was realized. Few believers would ever seek to trivialize what occurred on the Day of Pentecost. After all, this was the day a new covenant was instituted between God and men. However, over the past few centuries conflicting views have been advanced about the details of the Day of Pentecost as well as the implications of those details. What makes this so fascinating is that God's Word is decidedly plainspoken in its chronicling of these events.A proper perspective concerning the specifics of this special day is not merely helpful, but critical to appreciating a number of theological issues, not the least of which is the significance of apostlic authority. These men were personally selected by Jesus to establish his church here on earth. They, along with the prophets, are part of the foundation of the church, with Christ as the chief cornerstone (Ephesians 2: 20). Thus, respecting their role in the first century church can help men to honor God as he intends to be honored.
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