Infrastructure
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Cars for Comrades: The Life of the Soviet Automobile
$44.92 Add to cartThe automobile and Soviet communism made an odd couple. The quintessential symbol of American economic might and consumerism never achieved iconic status as an engine of Communist progress, in part be
- Author: Siegelbaum, Lewis H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: April 15 2011
- ISBN10: 801477212
- Language: English
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Burning the Breeze: Three Generations of Women in the American West
$24.95 Add to cartWILLA Literary Award Finalist in Creative Nonfiction
In the middle of the Great Depression, Montana native Julia Bennett arrived in New York City with no money and an
Finalist, Evans Handcart Award- Author: Hendrickson, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: September 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1496227921
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records: A Great Migration Story, 1917-1932
$39.95 Add to cartFounded in 1917, Paramount Records incongruously was one of several homegrown record labels of a Wisconsin chair-making company. The company pinned no outsized hopes on Paramount. Its founders knew no
- Author: Blackwood, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: March 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 0807179140
- Language: English
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Country Capitalism: How Corporations from the American South Remade Our Economy and the Planet
$28.00 Add to cartThe rural roads that led to our planet-changing global economy ran through the American South. That region’s impact on the interconnected histories of business and ecological change is narrated here b… [more below]
- Series: A Ferris and Ferris Book
- Author: Elmore, Bart
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1469673339
- Language: English
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Sneaker Wars: The Enemy Brothers Who Founded Adidas and Puma and the Family Feud That Forever Changed the Business of Sports
$22.00 Add to cartThe fascinating story of the enemy brothers behind Adidas and Puma, whose rivalry shaped the modern sports business
Adidas and Puma are two of the biggest global brands in sports, paying stars, clubs,
- Author: Smit, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 17, 2009
- ISBN10: 0061246581
- Language: English
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Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Famous Recording Studio
$29.95 Add to cartThe incredible history of how Abbey Road became the most famous recording studio in the world.
“There are certain things that are mythical. Abbey Road is mythical.”–Nile Rodgers Many people will r
- Author: Hepworth, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 1, 2023
- ISBN10: 1639364315
- Language: English
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Louis Vuitton: The Birth of Modern Luxury Updated Edition: The Birth of Modern Luxury Updated Edition
$150.00 Add to cartThis updated edition of Louis Vuitton: The Birth of Modern Luxury–presented by Paul-G駻ard Pasols, the former director of communications for Louis Vuitton and a longtime consultant for the company–de
- Author: Pasols, Paul-Gerard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: December 01, 2012
- ISBN10: 1419705563
- Language: English
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At the Base of the Giant’s Throat: The Past and Future of America’s Great Dams
$34.95 Add to cartThere are ninety thousand registered dams in the United States, fifty thousand of them classified as “major.” Nearly all of this infrastructure was built during a forty-year period, from 1932 to 1972,… [more below]
- Author: Palumbi, Anthony R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: April 1, 2023
- ISBN10: 1640124934
- Language: English
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Fix This Next for Healthcare Providers: Your Business Is Like A Patient, You Just Have To Treat It That Way
$20.95 Add to cartThe biggest barrier entrepreneurs face is the insurmountable number of obstacles to overcome, coupled with the lack of time to find solutions to them all. They are trapped in the mindset that in order
- Author: Compton, Kasey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: July 19, 2021
- ISBN10: 1736211900
- Language: English
