Electrifyng the Piedmont Carolinas: The Duke Power Company, 1904-1997

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In the twentieth century, industrialization transformed the Piedmont Carolinas from a poor, largely agricultural and backward region into one of the most vibrant and attractive areas of the nation. While many things played a part in this transformation, one indisputable factor was a reliable and economical source of electricity as provided after 1904 by what became Duke Power Company.

This book covers the history of Duke Power from its foundation up to 1997. Unlike most of the investor-owned electric utilities in the United States, which were controlled by giant holding companies or investment banks, the Duke Power company was financed largely by a local family, the Dukes of Durham, who had made their fortune in tobacco and textiles before turning to the electric-power business in the early 1900s. J.B. Duke speculated that development of hydroelectric power would draw business industries such as textiles to the rural South and reinvigorate its economy. His power company did that and more, lasting through the struggles during utilities regulation and labor organization, harnessing of nuclear power, continuing to diversify its operations into the 1990s. Robert F. Durden has chronicled Duke Power's contributions to the rich economic diversity of North and South Carolina and its effect on the people for whom it has provided power for almost 100 years.

This, then, is the story of a distinctive electric utility that early on took and held a leading place among the investor-owned utilities of the nation and its effects on the economic life of the Carolinas.

Customer Reviews:

A bit scholarly...........2007-09-10

Lots of data, but perhaps too much. The book did an OK job of giving the history of the Duke Power Company, but leaned, in my opinion, a little too heavily on stats from the annual reports. It made for dry reading from time to time.

I would be interested in seeing a follow-up from 1997-2007.

For a piece of this puzzle, check out "Continental Reach: The Westcoast Energy Story" by Peter C. Newman. Duke acquired Westcoast in 2001.

Engrossing, unique, comprehensive, and "reader friendly".......2001-10-14

Robert Durden's Electrifying The Piedmont Carolinas: The Duke Power Company, 1904-1997 is the inside story of how industrialization in the form of the Duke Power Company changed the Piedmont Carolinas from a poverty-stricken land into a popular and economically successful place. One J. B. Duke speculated that hydroelectric power would bring textile industries to the rural south and recharge the local economy; the rest is economic history. Electrifying The Piedmont Carolinas is an engrossing, unique, comprehensive, "reader friendly", and highly recommended regional American history that spans nearly all of the 20th century.

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This book presents practical, tested, and effective methods for managing K-12 classrooms. Unlike other books, its approach to classroom management reflects legal and ethical concerns integrated with culturally appropriate teaching techniques. Provieds a careful examination of the issues surrounding power in the classroom. Presents education law in terms that can be readily applied to the daily management of classrooms. Examines ways that teacher/parent interactions can influence the classroom climate and management options in the classroom. For Educators and School Administrators.

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Okay as a textbook...........2001-12-29

I was given the opportunity to read this book as part of a class that I was taking for my master's program. The first few chapters are pretty good, but after that I found that I disagreed with the author more than anything else. I found that I was frustrated because it didn't seem practical for use in a real classroom.

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Statistics made easy.......2003-01-23

I always approach statistics and their applications with great trepidation, but this handbook really makes using and creating statistics easy.

The book is broken up into several kinds of statistical tests and explains the criteria needed for each test, as well as what the test can be used for. As an information professional, my need for statistics is very focused, and this book on statistics for knowledge workers weeds out extraneous information, as well as tests that are far too complicated for an amateur to interpret.

The author includes specific instructions for running statistical tests on Excel, as well as SSPS. She guides you through step by step analysis of your data, and manages to be very encouraging at the same time!

A great resource for your library.

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Statistical methods for the information professional: a practical, painless approach to understanding, using and interpreting statistics. (Book reviews: ... article from: The Australian Library Journal
Brenda Chawner
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Title: Statistical methods for the information professional: a practical, painless approach to understanding, using and interpreting statistics. (Book reviews: statistics: two approaches). (book review)
Author: Brenda Chawner
Publication: The Australian Library Journal (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 2001
Publisher: Australian Library and Information Association
Volume: 50 Issue: 4 Page: 399(2)

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The annual guide to every important idea, practice, and event in the world of quality is back with all the great features that has made it a success-including: an expanded reference section, new "Classic in Quality," special emphasis on "System Thinking," and much more. Managers can rely on this one-of-a kind reference for the most up-to-date and complete listings of quality-related conferences, consultants, awards criteria, and training programs. It also contains background on the quality movement and outlines the various processes, tools, and assessments involved in implementing quality. Reprints of key articles and profiles of award-winning companies round out this essential, one-stop resource.

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THE QUALITY YEARBOOK 1997 EDITION
JAMES W.: WOODS, JOHN A. CORTADA
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The State of Food and Agriculture 1997 (State of Food and Agriculture)

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The State of Food and Agriculture 1997 (State of Food and Agriculture)
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Prentice Hall Quality Yearbook 1997/1998
Richard Barrett Clements
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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This is a new interpretation of the historical development of our understanding of the workings of the economy. Mark Perlman and Charles R. McCann's important work illuminates the foundations of economic inquiry during the past three hundred years. Writing from the standpoint of the impact of cultural pluralism on economic thinking, their purpose is to show how modern economic thinking is shaped by a small number of cultural legacies that explain both how economic questions are asked but also how they are formulated. This history of economic thought is thus distinguished by the attention that it gives to the philosophical ideas that are, as the authors say, the cultural legacies upon which the structure of economics is built.

What are some of these legacies? The authors consider the principal writings of British, French, German, Austrian, and American economists, mainly from the seventeenth century onwards. Underlying these writings are questions posed by Hobbes, Francis Bacon, Descartes, Bentham, Cournot, Walras, Pareto, and such Americans as Bates Clark, Wesley Mitchell, and Commons. An example of the authors' attention to philosophical issues is their discussion of the way much of early economics was written in opposition to Hobbes's belief in the primacy of force. Locke's belief in the God-man relationship seen in unalienable rights and the right of private property are only two of the answers. Other questions relate to the faith in the primacy of Cartesian logic and the need to establish a just society with some controls over the unequal division of the product.

This is a major contribution to the history of economic thought and an important source for all with an interest in the deep issues posed by the study and modeling of the economy.

"[A] book that will provide new perspectives on the history of economics . . . ." --Craufurd D. Goodwin, Duke University

Mark Perlman is Professor of Economics, Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh. Charles R. McCann, Jr., is an independent scholar.

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Royalty Free - ReadySetPresent (Inspirational Quotes): Keep your audience focused and engaged by using our carefully selected collection of thoughtful, witty and humorous quotes. Use in a presentation with an LCD projector, make handouts, and create overheads. This topic includes 25 quotes, slide transitions, clipart and animation. It is a must-have supplement for anyone interested in presenting on these or related topics. Packaged on 3.5" floppy disk/s. PC compatible. You may use this product over and over again.

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"Creativity in marketing communications is one of the most potent ways for companies to increase their productivity. This book contains case after case, which demonstrates the leveraging power of innovative thinking in advertising today." -Joseph E. DeDeo Chairman of Latin America,Young & Rubicam, Inc.

The days of expensive network television rollouts of new advertising campaigns are over. Targeted, niche-driven selective marketing is less expensive, more profitable, and far more sensible in today's thriving culture of special-interest media.

Here's your chance to learn all about this revolutionary new marketing strategy.

Written by the advertising genius behind some of the most unforgettable campaigns of the past 30 years, Divide and Conquer teaches you what you need to know to conduct your own successful selective-marketing campaigns. Fifteen fascinating and instructive case studies demonstrate how to identify your markets precisely, get to know them inside and out, fashion a message that they'll hear and respond to, and find the perfect media mix to deliver your message.

No matter what size company you work for, in Divide and Conquer you'll learn valuable lessons about how to find your customers, reach out to them, and forge profitable, long-term relationships with them.

With the advent of cable TV, the Web, and other new platforms, media have become as diverse as the increasingly fragmented markets they serve -dangerous terrain for one-size-fits-all advertising. In the 1980s, a handful of visionaries began developing an alternative designed to take advantage of today's thriving culture of special-interest media. It's called selective marketing, and unlike mass-market advertising, it doesn't tell people what they want, it asks them. Selective marketing uses sophisticated intelligence-gathering techniques to pinpoint niche markets and learn all about them. It plies everything from print, TV, and radio, to Web technology, fax response, and even performance art to capture specific markets and forge lasting relationships with them. And it helps clients find the best ways to satisfy or surpass customer expectations.

In Divide and Conquer, Harry Webber reveals the secrets behind this revolutionary new marketing strategy. The advertising genius behind such memorable campaigns as "I am stuck on Band-Aid," Webber clearly and concisely lays out basic selective-marketing principles and practices. With the help of 15 selective-marketing case studies, he demonstrates that any advertiser can use his proven techniques to identify markets, create the right message for a particular market, and develop the most effective media mix to deliver that message.

Fascinating and instructive success stories, the case studies provide a unique insider's look at selective marketing in action. You'll learn how selective marketing was used to restore the investment community's faith in Ford; win the alternative adult market for Dr Pepper; entice baby boomers to Kentucky Fried Chicken; and even forge an alliance between the Crips and Bloods street gangs for the Los Angeles city attorney's office. Each case study presents concise descriptions of the target market, marketing challenge, selective-marketing solution, and outcome, and concludes with a quick summary of important selective-marketing lessons learned. Throughout the book, sidebars spell out key selective-marketing principles embodied by the case at hand.

The first practical guide to the revolutionary marketing strategy that threatens to make mass marketing a thing of the past, Divide and Conquer is essential reading for marketing managers, entrepreneurs, and professionals working in small businesses, midsize companies, and large corporations.

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A fluffy airplane read.......1999-07-11

The author describes a number of campaigns that he was involved in developing during the course of an interesting career at a number of advertising agencies. Some are interesting, more often then not the conclusions are not conclusive. Perhaps that is reflective of the difficulties of measuring effectiveness from an agency perspective.

Not a must have, but a good light read. I blew through it on a cross country US flight.

Webber has written a must have book for anyone in the ad biz.......1999-04-15

The case studies in Divide & Conquer are without a doubt the most in depth, no holds barred, and realistic that I have ever read. If you are in advertising or marketing and want to get ahead the game you must read this book and put some of the techniques described in your day to day practice. I really enjoyed Webber's book.

Sharon Davenport

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Information Security and Ethics: Social and Organizational Issues brings together examples of the latest research from a number of international scholars addressing a wide range of issues significant to this important and growing field of study. These issues are relevant to the wider society, as well as to the individual, citizen, educator, student and industry professional. With individual chapters focusing on areas including: web accessibility, the digital divide, youth protection and surveillance, this book provides an invaluable resource for students, scholars and professionals currently working in Information Technology related areas.

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"By combining the 'best of practices' designed to prevent school behavior problems, the authors provide more comprehensive and a wider range of source material than is typically available."

Mary Damer
Author, Managing Unmanageable Students: Practical Solutions for Administrators

Early response (to learning, behavioral, or emotional problems) leads to better outcomes (for students, teachers, and the school at large) . . . and now this groundbreaking book gives you successful classroom and schoolwide strategies to stop problem behavior before it starts. It’s the perfect "launch pad" for your own school’s prevention program.

This detailed and practical handbook, Preventing Problem Behaviors, includes insights to prevention through:

Improved behavior
Total Quality principles
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Parent, teacher, and community partnerships
Conflict resolution and peer mediation

. . . as well as real-world advice on how to measure the success of prevention programs.

This work of strategy and practical tactics is designed to counter behavioral problems before they get out of hand with practices that have been tested, adapted, and proven effective in urban, suburban, and rural classrooms in five states. Contributing authors are award-winning teachers, accomplished researchers, and nationally renowned professors of education and administration.

Here is the fundamental book on prevention—not intervention—that can start working right now in your classroom, across your campus, and throughout your district.

Preventing problem behaviors a handbook of successful prevention strategies (SuDoc ED 1.310/2:456382)

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Preventing problem behaviors a handbook of successful prevention strategies (SuDoc ED 1.310/2:456382)
U.S. Dept of Education
Manufacturer: Corwin Press, Inc. Council for Exceptional Children U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B000116U02

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Not a practical book

Excellent Book

A long-awaited, state-of-the-art summary of knowledge

The Theory and Practice of Revenue Management (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science)
Kalyan T. Talluri , and Garrett J. van Ryzin
Manufacturer: Springer
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The Theory and Practice of Revenue Management is a book that comprehensively covers theory and practice of the entire field, including both quantity and price-based RM, as well as significant coverage of supporting topics such as forecasting and economics. The authors believe such a comprehensive approach is necessary to fully understand the subject. A central objective of the book is to unify the various forms of RM and to link them closely to each other and to the supporting fields of statistics and economics. Nevertheless, the topics and coverage do reflect choices about what is important to understand RM. Hence, the book’s purpose is to provide a comprehensive, accessible synthesis of the state of the art in Revenue Management.

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Not a practical book.......2007-09-24

This is certainly a complete theoretical book on revenue management.
But for somebody like me who works on a revenue management system in a car rental company, it is not useful and can lead on the contrary to an overly complicated and impossible to implement system.
In any field there is always the theory and how people adapt it to real world cases and there is often a gap between the two.
There should be another book that shows the complete process (relatively simple cases should be good enough) of building a revenue management system starting from strictly real cases as related by the client, relating in particular the cost of the process and the benefit of the implementation as expressed by the client.
But does the authors have the experience necessary to the writing of such a book?
Jean-Jacques Laublé Eurli Allocar
Strasbourg France

Excellent Book.......2007-07-13

This is first book about Revenue Management that do no try to teach a "cake receipt" or to "adapt" RM from Airlines to Hotels. It's not a manual, it is scientific text that, above all, show the mathematics behind the RM policy. A must have to hotel managers!

A long-awaited, state-of-the-art summary of knowledge.......2004-08-23

The area of Revenue Management (sometimes called yield management) has been developing rapidly over the past decade. All major airlines, car rental companies and hotel chains currently employ Revenue Management systems and profitability of these systems is well documented. Books describing basic concepts of Revenue Management appeared long time ago (see Cross, "Revenue Management: Hard-core Tactics for Profit-making and Market Domination"). Yet, there was no single place to look for the theory behind Revenue Management systems. This long-awaited book represents a concise and up-to-date source of academic knowledge on the theory of Revenue Management as well as implementation aspects. It is a perfect reference for graduate students in Operations Research and for others interested in learning about state of the art in this area.

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Real World Communication Strategies That Work (Power Learning)
Compilation
Manufacturer: Insight Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1885640986

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When it comes to essential topics like communication, businesses all across America are looking for relevent, cutting edge, "real world" solutions to help them succeed. Real World Communications Strategies That Work, part of Insight Publishing's Power Learning series, showcases the strategies, insights and insperation from 13 experts whose client list reads like a "who's who" in American business. So, dig in and start applying the lessons from these dynamic professionals; and look for future releases in the Power Learning series on topics like leadership, customer service and sales strategies.

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This volume examines the history of economics in Europe, emphasizing historical and institutional contexts, economic policy, and the development of economics as a profession. It includes case studies of ten countries in Europe.

Development of Economics in Western Europe since 1945

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Development of Economics in Western Europe since 1945
A.W. Coats
Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MBSYOG

The Development of Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 (The Societies of Europe)

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Remarkably Comprehensive Data Source on European Unions

The Development of Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 (The Societies of Europe)
Bernhard Ebbinghaus , and Jelle Visser
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
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Binding: Hardcover

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This handbook offers empirical basis for a long-term and comparative understanding of changes and variations in European union movements.

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Remarkably Comprehensive Data Source on European Unions.......2000-08-03

The volume's 800 pages and CD-ROM database offer an unparalleled source of historical, multi-national, sectoral, and organization-level data, of critical importance for comparing European unions. While the title is "Trade Unions in Western Europe since 1945" the book's historical reach is much farther, with most country profiles beginning analysis of trade union movements in the late 1800s or before. The authors are to be commended for melding together analyses of social, political, and economic factors with great historical detail. After the historical profile, each country's data is presented in some twenty tables, including: political events, organizational changes, lists of unions/confederations, major dates (particularly foundings/cessations), size distributions, membership and density figures (also by gender), and membership by status group and domain and by economic sector and branch. The book and CD-ROM provide a remarkably comprehensive source for union data.

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Action learning is a method of learning that takes place with the support of a group (or "set") of colleagues working on real problems.

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Fowles asserts that the appeals of mass advertising reflect the motivational state of the targeted audience and that these motivational states anticipate socio-cultural change. Using advertising of 1950, 1960, and 1970, Fowles determined that the unsatisfied motives of Americans do vary over time. From this data, he constructs a forecast of our socio-cultural state in 1980 and predicts an increasingly isolationist U.S.

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In the coming decades, East Asian economies must face the challenges of an increasingly globalized marketplace. This book explores the changing parameters of competition in East Asia, and argues that success ultimately will depend on the ability of the regions firms to harness the potential of
global production networks and to build their own innovative capability. Presenting the latest findings on global production networks and the evolution of technological capabilities, it provides researchers, students, and policymakers with in-depth information and analysis on key issues related to
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