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…there has been incredible growth in the gambling industry. Twenty years ago if a person wanted to gamble they had to go to Nevada. Nowadays, there are only six states in which no form of legalized gambling exists. Proponents of the gambling industry feel…

…of thought emerged around the issue: the “job-skill mismatch” thesis and the “polarization” thesis. Mismatch theorists argue that there is an increasing distance between the high skill requirements of post-industrial jobs and the inadequate training and mediocre…

…give to prosperous peasants. Under collectivization the peasantry were forced to give up their individual farms and join large collective farms or kolkhozy. The process was ultimately undertaken in conjunction with the campaign to industrialize the Soviet…

…countries was unique in its severity and its consequences. At the depth of the depression, in 1933, one American worker in every four was out of a job. The great industrial slump continued throughout the 1930's, shaking the foundations of Western capitalism…

…before the rebellion but the dominant influence of the sugar industry made the economy "assymetrical" and encouraged no "dynamic industrial sector". Because of the dependance on sugar, the unemployment rate ranged between 16 and 20% rising and falling…

…Travesties against America During the time frame from the end of the Civil War to 1910, the nation faced many problems physical and emotional. The growth of the Industrial era set pace for better transportation systems, more workers…

…of bioassays mussels, clams, etc.) have been studied to determine where the rickettsia was coming from, but, to date, though they have not found the vector. The shrimping industry has concluded hypotheses that this is caused by a protozoa. Through millions…

…advancements that take place during this crucial point of European history. Medieval guild systems give way to new methods of manufacturing, and the discovery and colonization of the New World demands more efficient, larger scale production. As the Industrial…

…a Pre-Bourbon Crown held a lot of power and privileges over the Creoles in terms of political offices and large industry. What we see is a Latin American Society now grown up and in a rebellious teenage like state being coerced by a role model (Western…

…the Gilded Age, a time period in America in which politics was “dwarfed” by economic changes and in which the life of the country rests so completely in the hands of the industrial entrepreneur. Hofstadter calls these industrials audacious, exploitative, and said…