Winner of the Margaret Mead Award of the Society for Applied Anthropology

The farm crisis of the 1980s was the worst economic disaster to strike rural America since the Depression—thousands of farmers lost their land and homes, irrevocably altering their communities and, as Kathryn Marie Dudley shows, giving rise to devastating social trauma that continues to affect farmers today. Through interviews with residents of an agricultural county in western Minnesota, Dudley provides an incisive account of the moral dynamics of loss, dislocation, capitalism, and solidarity in farming communities.

Money- it’s a word no one can feel neutral about. Authors and money-management experts Lyle and Tracy Shamo say, “Like it or not, meeting basic needs has nothing to do with poverty and everything to do with how well we manage our money.” In this practical guidebook, the authors will help you take control of your money, teaching you how to pay off your debt-including your mortgage and car loans- and stay out of debt. Advanced computer software (included on a CD-ROM that comes with the book) will help you assess your financial status, learn more about where your money is going and discover how to channel it to the right places.

“The Story of the Stone” (c. 1760), also known by the title of “The Dream of the Red Chamber”, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. Divided into five volumes, of which “The Debt of Tears” is the fourth, it charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family (a story which closely accords with the fortunes of the author’s own family). The two main characters, Bao-yu and Dai-yu, are set against a rich tapestry of humour, realistic detail and delicate poetry, which accurately reflects the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life. But over and above the novel hangs the constant reminder that there is another plane of existence a theme, which affirms the Buddhist belief in a supernatural scheme of things.

With a hands-on approach that includes case studies and learn-by-doing exercises, this new text builds a critical bridge between simply understanding bankruptcy concepts and employing them confidently, like an experienced paralegal. Broad coverage includes basic bankruptcy, debt creation, secured transactions, the law of liens, and debt collection.

Practical, accessible, and timely, The ABCs of Debt features:

Learning-by-doing exercises, problems, and hypotheticals that bring a strong hands-on, skill-building component to any study of bankruptcy law Broad yet succinct coverage of basic bankruptcy and related topics, such as debt creation, debt collection, and the discharge or reorganization of debt in bankruptcy A clear, readable format that facilitates understanding Realistic case studies that encourage students to apply new concepts Examples throughout the text that make abstract principles concrete Case excerpts and summaries that link theory to doctrine Thought-provoking ethical queries that raise issues arising in practice Key terms and review questions in every chapter that aid study and review

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Get your finances under control now. Feel the peace of knowing your checkbook is balanced and in the black. Relish the bliss of paying your bills on time and savor the power when you have a savings and are in control of your spending.

No more sleepless nights wondering how you are going to pay your bills. No more beating yourself up for unconscious spending, hiding receipts and credit card statements. No more needing approval from others. No more worrying when it comes to money. Pam’s fun-to-use tools and exercises will soon be helping you tackle your money problems. Learn the secret, thought-provoking weapon she used to free herself of $26,000 in credit card debt.

You’ll instantly want to use it every day to stop sabotaging your good intentions toward your finances as well as other areas of your life. This humorous book was written to entertain you while Pam helps you grow into a financially mature adult. It is her prayer that you’ll be laughing all the way to the bank and to financial happiness while you bring your family right along.

Pam Young created this book to help you in these difficult times. By marrying The GOOD Book:Get Out Of Debt ©2008 Pamela I. Young with Flylady’s FACETM Journal, in a very short time you will bring your finances under control AND have fun doing it.

In The Gift of Freedom, Mimi Thi Nguyen develops a new understanding of contemporary United States empire and its self-interested claims to provide for others the advantage of human freedom. Bringing together critiques of liberalism with postcolonial approaches to the modern cartography of progress, Nguyen proposes “the gift of freedom” as the name for those forces that avow to reverence aliveness and beauty, and to govern an enlightened humanity, while producing new subjects and actions—such as a grateful refugee, or enduring war—in an age of liberal empire. From the Cold War to the global war on terror, the United States simultaneously promises the gift of freedom through war and violence and administers the debt that follows. Focusing here on the figure of the Vietnamese refugee as the twice-over target of the gift of freedom—first through war, second through refuge—Nguyen suggests that the imposition of debt precludes the subjects of freedom from escaping those colonial histories that deemed them “unfree.” To receive the gift of freedom then is to be indebted to empire, perhaps without end.

I wrote “Get Out Of Debt Fast: Reduce Debt Quickly With The Money You Currently Make” because I know it can sometimes be very overwhelming when there is not enough money left over at the end of the month. Bill collectors calling, credit card companies hounding you, and stress start to overwhelm you. I too was once in a very similar situation. I’m here to tell you I’m not anymore and the stress those bills and debts were causing me and my family are gone. I wrote this easy to follow guide called “How to Get Out of Debt Fast: Reduce Debt Quickly With The Money You Currently Make” to help you reduce your debts very quickly and provide you with the stress free lifestyle I’m now living. The methods I used to get out of debt are documented in this easy to follow guide. I’ve left nothing out of this book and it truly can help you get out of debt very quickly, so you can have peace of mind at the end of the day. There is nothing worse than trying to make ends meet and have no current plan that will actually work to get you out of debt fast. The methods I used are simple. I used the compounding effect the banks, credit card, and mortgage companies are using to keep you in debt against them. The methods I used had to be simple in order for me to stick with the program. I quickly paid off two credit cards within a matter of 6 months using just the money our family made. I couldn’t stand thinking of following some budget, moving numbers here and there, trying to save money and allocate it to all the different categories. Let’s face it a real budget is difficult to follow and stay motivated to follow. There is non of that in How to Get Out of Debt Quickly. Just a very simply, easy to implement and follow plan. So, if you are serious about getting out of debt, need some much needed stress reduction and want to have enough money to actually retire someday and live the quality of life you’ve dreamed about, you need to take action right now and go to the top of the page and click the “Buy” button now. Let’s get started today at relieving you from the burden’s of debt once and for all.

Albert Sbragia considers American urban government as an investor whether for building infrastructure or supporting economic development.  Over time, such investment has become disconnected from the normal political and administrative processes of local policymaking through the use of special public spending authorities like water and sewer commissions and port, turnpike, and public power authorities.

Sbragia explores how this entrepreneurial activity developed and how federal and state policies facilitated or limited it.  She also analyzes the implications of cities creating innovative, special-purpose quasi-governments to circumvent and dilute state control over city finances, diluting their own authority in the process.

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What role does war play in political development? Our understanding of the rise of the nation-state is based heavily on the Western European experience of war. Challenging the dominance of this model, Blood and Debt looks at Latin America’s much different experience as more relevant to politics today in regions as varied as the Balkans and sub-Saharan Africa.

The book’s illuminating review of the relatively peaceful history of Latin America from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries reveals the lack of two critical prerequisites needed for war: a political and military culture oriented toward international violence, and the state institutional capacity to carry it out. Using innovative new data such as tax receipts, naming of streets and public monuments, and conscription records, the author carefully examines how war affected the fiscal development of the state, the creation of national identity, and claims to citizenship. Rather than building nation-states and fostering democratic citizenship, he shows, war in Latin America destroyed institutions, confirmed internal divisions, and killed many without purpose or glory.

Forget what”they” have told you. False financial information spreads like a virus and engenders fear, which can take you down financially. With Living Debt Free, you gain empowerment and support as well as accurate knowledge of how to build economic stability. Take advantage of the one legitimate business strategy that can free you from debt and learn to add strategies that assert your power to remain debt-free. Then relax and watch your financial future become more secure everyday.