“timothy r mahoney”

Provincial Lives tells the story of the development of a regional middle class in the antebellum Middle West. It traces the efforts of waves of Americans to transmit their social structures, behavior, and values to the West and construct a distinctive regional middle-class culture on the urban front... More

Between 1820 and the Civil War, the upper Mississippi valley was at the center of national and international attention. At the edge of the northern frontier, this area, known as "The Great West," was the destination of hundreds of thousands of immigrants from the East and from northern Europe. This ... More

Between 1820 and the Civil War, the upper Mississippi valley was at the center of national and international attention. At the edge of the northern frontier, this area, known as "The Great West," was the destination of hundreds of thousands of immigrants from the East and from northern Europe. This ... More

Although the framework of regionalist studies may seem to be crumbling under the weight of increasing globalization, this collection of seventeen essays makes clear that cultivating regionalism lies at the center of the humanist endeavor. With interdisciplinary contributions from poets and fiction w... More

What drives today's top organisations? Profit? Fear? Greed? Competition? Labour relations? Government regulations? Customer needs? Reactions to events? Tradition? Or could it be strategic vision? Now there's a way to find out. Because what drives many leading enterprises is an affirmation of philoso... More

In today’s business environment, the need for excellence in written communication has never been greater. Whether in large organisations, corporations or small business, the trend to downsize, outsource and rationalise means that people who never thought of themselves as writers are now faced with... More

If you have to face the challenge of coming up with good ideas to solve problems for yourself, your business and your clients, this book will show you the strategies, and techniques to help you do it well. It’s loaded with good advice based on solid experience, and the easy-to-use layout enables y... More

The focus of all modern management thinking and strategic business practice has to be the customer. Keep your customers happy and your sales soar. Neglect your customers and your bottom line will suffer accordingly. This practical book provides you with 101 ways to build and maintain customer satisf... More

In this vivid musical ethnography, Timothy Rice documents and interprets the history of folk music, song, and dance in Bulgaria over a seventy-year period of dramatic change. From 1920 to 1989, Bulgaria changed from a nearly medieval village society to a Stalinist planned industrial economy to a cha... More

Georgian Poetry. Volume covers the period 1913-1959. Extras: Full alphabetical listing ofcontributors to 'Georgian Poetry'. Includes Robert Graves, Rupert Brook, D.H. Lawrence... More