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Glencoe Accounting: Lakeshore Computer Center, Student Edition
McGraw-Hill Manufacturer: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0028036271 |
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Occupational Crime: Deterrence, Investigation, and Reporting in Compliance with Federal Guidelines
Ernest C. Blount Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0849313775 |
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The federal government has issued guidelines that must be incorporated into any program for criminal deterrence in the workplace. If these guidelines are not met, corporations themselves may be legally accountable for the misdeeds of their employees. This book helps readers meet and exceed federal guidelines, whether they are starting from scratch or they wish to benchmark an existing program against another framework. Written by a 25-year veteran of corporate internal security and a certified fraud examiner, Occupational Crime integrates the legal, practical, and philosophical aspects of planning for, producing, and operating a successful compliance program to prevent and/or detect crime in the workplace. This step-by-step guide takes the reader from legal mandates and program design, to implementation and maintenance.
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Sustainable Horticulture: Today & Tomorrow
Raymond P. Poincelot Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0136185541 |
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Sustainable Horticulture: Today and Tomorrow
Raymond P. Poincelot Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OIUM6U |
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Growth Rhythms and the History of the Earth's Rotation
D. Rosenberg Manufacturer: John Wiley and Sons Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0471736163 |
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An atlas of fine structure: the cell, its organelles, and inclusions
Don Wayne Fawcett Manufacturer: W. B. Saunders Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006BNPUA |
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An Atlas of Fine Structure The Cell Its Organelles and Inclusions
Fawcett Don W MD Manufacturer: W B Saunders Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000LEZLNQ |
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At Home in Hostel Territory: A Guide to Friendly Lodgings from Seward to Santa Cruz
Janet Thomas Manufacturer: Alaska Northwest Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0882404563 |
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More than 80 hostels from Alaska to California are profiled in this guide to inexpensive, friendly accommodations.
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KIDNAPPED BY THE CULT! (Sweet Valley High)
Francine Pascal Manufacturer: Sweet Valley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0553292285 Release Date: 1992-01-01 |
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Kidnapped by the Cult
Francine Pascal Manufacturer: Bantam Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000K3SKCC |
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Kidnapped by the Cult
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Carried Away: The Invention of Modern Shopping
Rachel Bowlby Manufacturer: Columbia University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0231122748 |
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Asserting that a history of shopping was, until recently, a history of women, Rachel Bowlby trains her eye on the evolution of the modern shopper. She uses a compelling blend of history, literary analysis, and cultural criticism to explore the rise of department stores and supermarkets of the United States, France, and Great Britain.
Bowlby recalls the fascinating early days of these institutions. In the mid-nineteenth century, when department stores first developed, their fabulous new buildings brought middle-class women into town, where they could indulge in what was then a new activity: a day's shopping. The stores offered luxury, flattering women into believing that they belonged in a beautiful environment. It is here, Bowlby argues, that the idea of the modern woman's passion for fashion and shopping took hold.
Developed in the twentieth century, supermarkets took an opposite tack: they offered functionality, standardization, and cheapness. However, Bowlby claims, despite their differences, the two institutions belong together as emblematic of their respective eras' social developments: the department store with the growth of cities, the supermarket with the proliferation of suburbs. With their dazzling lights and displays, both supermarkets and department stores were thought to produce in females an enhanced or trance-like state of mind.
For readers who regard shopping as a spectator or participatory sport, and for those who wish to understand our culture and the psychology of women, or those who simply enjoy a witty, literate romp through the aisles, Carried Away is the perfect purchase.
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What Do Shoppers Want?.......2001-07-10
But this is a relatively minor annyonance in what is really quite a witty, interesting look at the rise of the supermarket and the concomitant creation of new packaging, new advertising, new models of the shopper consciousness. Bowlby is at her best here, giving us an historical perspective of shoppers (mostly women in the early days of supermarket shopping) who,depending on the theorist, are believed to be extremely suggestible given certain conditions, or extremely rational no matter what the conditions. For instance, in the 50s, that era of mass outputs and mass consumption and McCarthyism, some social critics like Vance Parkard posited that advertisers were "hidden persuaders" using sophisticated brainwashing techniques to sell weak-minded women things they did not really need. But in the 60s and 70s, the model of shopper consciousness shifted. Suddenly, the shopper -- still nearly always seen as a woman -- was in charge, "with it," "sophisticated." The rise of the "power brand" in the 80s -- a time during which the appeals of certain brands were apparently so overwhelming that even the sophisticated 70s shopper succumbed -- swung the pendulum back to the weak-minded model. Bowlby neatly lampoons the variations these psycological models have gone through since the rise of the supermarket, but notes that ultimately, this bipolar model is still intact.
I particularly recommend "Carried Away" to marketers, especially young marketers who have never seen the vacillation in the models of shopper consciousness. Take it to the next marketer's conference you attend. It's the perfect antidote to those enlessly dull days spent listening to hour after hour of case studies in which consumers are uniformly described as "sophisticated," or "savvy." Bowlby's light touch and eye for the absurd will help you keep all the tepid, instrumetally tainted "shopper psychology" in perspective.
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CARRIED AWAY: THE INVENTION OF MODERN SHOPPING (HB)
R. bowlby Manufacturer: Columbia University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OPYS04 |
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County Business Patterns Michigan 2000 (County Business Patterns Michigan)
Manufacturer: United States Government Printing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0890596883 |
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Lessons in Economic Policy for Eastern Europe from Latin America (International Political Economy Series)
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0312126476 |
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Lessons in Economic Policy for Eastern Europe from Latin America
Gary McMahon Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OTBSAS |
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Stabilization and liberalization policies in central and eastern Europe: Lessons from Latin America (NBER working papers series)
Sebastian Edwards Manufacturer: National Bureau of Economic Research ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006DD396 |
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Introduction to California Spring Wildflowers of the Foothills, Valleys, and Coast (California Natural History Guides)
Philip A. Munz Manufacturer: University of California Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0520236343 |
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In the spring, California's rolling hills, green valleys, and coastal slopes are colored with wildflowers treasured by both residents and visitors to the state. First published more than forty years ago, this popular guidebook has helped thousands of amateur and intermediate wildflower enthusiasts learn the names of the flowers located in some of the state's loveliest and most accessible areas--from below the yellow pine belt in the Sierra Nevada westward to the coast. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, it is now easier to use and more accurate--the perfect guide to take along on outdoor excursions in California and surrounding regions.Customer Reviews:
Intro to CA Wildflowers foothills,valley,coast.......2007-05-10
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