In his new book, Bill Killingsworth documents the decline of economicand intellectual wealth caused by the loss of U.S. Manufacturing. His thought provoking analysis of this empirical dataleads us back to the answers to save ourselves and generationsto come.-Rick Jarman, Preside…
The 'market woman' is ingrained in popular imagination as the archetype of black womanhood in countries throughout the Caribbean. Ulysse, a Haitian-American anthropologist, offers a more complex picture by documenting the history of independent international traders who travel a…
The Caribbean?market woman? is ingrained in the popular imagination as the archetype of black womanhood in countries throughout the region. Challenging this stereotype and other outdated images of black women, Downtown Ladies offers a more complex picture by documenting the hist…
China's imports: impact and evaluation
by Hong, Song, Villarrubia, Evan
fromForeign Investment in China
Since the beginning of reform in 1978, the Chinese import industry has expanded quickly in the wake of the rapidly growing merchandise trade. In 1978, the total value of Chinese import and export trade was USD 20.64 billion, up to 1.76069 trillion in 2006, an 84.3-fold increase.…