Author: United States. Congress Senate
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Languages : en
Pages : 2800

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Author: John Joe Schlichtman
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452966532
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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A unique and engaging account of local urban decision-making within the globalizing world High Point, North Carolina, is known as the “Furniture Capital of the World.” Once a manufacturing stronghold, most of its furniture factories have closed over the past forty years, with production shipped off to low-wage countries. Yet as manufacturing left, the city tightened its hold on a biannual global exposition that serves as the world’s furniture fashion runway. At the High Point Market, visitors from more than one hundred nations traverse twelve million square feet of meticulous design. Downtown buildings—once courthouses, movie theaters, post offices, and gas stations—are now chic showroom spaces, even as many sit empty between each exposition. In Showroom City, John Joe Schlichtman applies an ethnographic lens to the global exposition’s relationship with High Point after it defeated rival Chicago in the 1960s and established itself as the world’s dominant furniture center. In recent decades, following trends in global finance, private equity firms were increasingly behind downtown High Point’s real estate transactions, coordinated by buyers far removed from the region. Then, in one massive transaction in 2011, a firm funded by Bain Capital purchased every major showroom building, and the majority of downtown real estate was under one owner. Showroom City is a story of exclusionary growth and unchecked development, of a city flailing to fill the void left by its dwindling factories. But beyond that Schlichtman engages the general lessons behind both High Point’s deindustrialization and its stunning reinvention as a furniture fashion, merchandising, and design node. With great nuance, he delves deeply to reveal how power operates locally and how citizens may affirm, exploit, influence, and resist the takeover of their community.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor
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Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 1706

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Author: Eugenia Paulicelli
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135253552
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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Fashion is both public and private, material and symbolic, always caught within the lived experience and providing an incredible tool to study culture and history. The Fabric of Cultures examines the impact of fashion as a manufacturing industry and as a culture industry that shapes the identities of nations and cities in a cross-cultural perspective, within a global framework. The collected essays investigate local and global economies, cultures and identities and the book offers for the first time, a wide spectrum of case studies which focus on a diversity of geographical spaces and places, from global capitals of fashion such as New York, to countries less known or identifiable for fashion such as contemporary Greece and soviet Russia. Highly illustrated and including essays from all over the world, The Fabric of Cultures provides a comprehensive survey of the latest interdisciplinary scholarship on fashion, identity and globalisation.

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Category : Electric engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1128

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Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 1788

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Author: Oswaal Editorial Board
Publisher: Oswaal Books
ISBN: 9362392054
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 345

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Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) every year conducts a CDS exam twice a year for candidates who wish to make their career in the defence forces-Army, Navy and Air Force. The Combined Defence Services Examination is conducted for admission to the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Indian Naval Academy (INA), Air Force Academy (AFA), and Officers Training Academy (OTA). The CDS selection process comprises two stages-written exams and SSB interviews. The final selection of candidates is done based on the performance in both stages. After completing training at IMA, INA, AFA, and OTA, candidates are selected for the post of Lieutenant. In 2024, Approx. 4 Lacs students applied for the CDS examination, the opportunity you get from the Indian Armed Forces is just limitless, which helps in enhancing your personality traits. For a youngster who is aspiring to get a job full of challenges and excitement, then there is no better job than the defence. This book aims to make aspirants exam-ready, boost their confidence and help them achieve better results in CDS. By making learning Simple, we are also making better careers and a better life for every student. Every day we are moving ahead pursuing our noble cause of spreading knowledge. This set of solved question papers is designed to enrich students with ample and exam-oriented practice so that they can clear CDS Examination with extraordinary results. Not one or two but 14 Previous Year Solved Question Paper (2018 to 2024 (II)) focussed on polishing every topic. Thorough studying of this book will boost my confidence and familiarise me with exam patterns. Some benefits of studying from Oswaal CDS 14 Previous year solved questions papers: ➡️ 100% updated with Fully Solved Paper of September 2024 (II). ➡️ Concept Clarity with detailed explanations of 2018 to 2024 (II) Papers. ➡️ Extensive Practice with 1600+ Questions and Two Sample Question Papers. ➡️ Crisp Revision with Mind Maps. ➡️ Expert Tips helps you get expert knowledge master & crack CDS in first attempt. ➡️ Exam insights with Previous Years (2024-2019) Trend Analysis, empowering students to be 100% exam ready. Our Heartfelt Gratitude Finally, we would like to thank our authors, editors, and reviewers. Special thanks to our students who send us suggestions and constantly help improve our books. To stay true to our motto of ‘Learning Made Simple’, we constantly strive to present information in ways that are easy to understand as well as remember.

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Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 1144

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Category : Automobile dealers
Languages : en
Pages : 1020

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Category : Gas manufacture and works
Languages : en
Pages : 828

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