The Worst Country In The World
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The Worst Country In The World
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Author : Patsy Trench
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2012
The Worst Country In The World written by Patsy Trench and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Reviews'Set against the backdrop of the Australian migrant experience, The Worst Country in the World is not only a great read but a thought-provoking one too, especially for those with links to Australia, which reinvented itself from a convict colony to one of the 'luckiest' countries in the world.' Karen Clare, Family Tree magazine. 'The book relates the author's family over five generations, using a variety of techniques, each of which alone would pay rich dividends for students to emulate ... It provides a rich scenario for Patsy's imagination, building on meticulous research in archives, to present us with a sensitive novel about Australia's beginnings interspersed with reflections relating to the present day.' Brian Schollar, Dorset Family History Society.Product DescriptionIn 1801 Mary Pitt, a 53-year-old widow and mother of five, left her home in Fiddleford in Dorset to sail across the world to live in a penal colony in a country that was then considered by its recent arrivals as the worst country in the world. Colonial New South Wales was then barely fourteen years old, an experiment that looked as if it was going to fail. What on earth made her go there?This is what the author Patsy Trench, Mary's great great great great granddaughter, set out to find out. She discovered that her ancestress' migration had been arranged by Mary's cousin George, who fortuitously happened to be Horatio Nelson's brother-in-law. George thought he was offering her a better future, and it turned out in the long run he was right, though at some cost. Nelson's name and recommendation played a vital part in Mary's migration, and her reinvention from penniless yeoman's widow to a woman of some standing. But in the course of it she, along with other early settlers, lived lives of hardship and great uncertainty in a country where the climate was wild and unpredictable and daily life was a matter of improvisation and experimentation.The Worst Country in the World is a story about the early days of colonial Australia as seen through the eyes of a family of free settlers. It tells how the country that was originally considered not fit to be lived in struggled to become the 'lucky' country it is now. It is a personal story told by an Englishwoman who once lived in Australia and has a deep affection for it, whose own Australian mother reversed the wheel and migrated back to England to reinvent herself as the archetypal Englishwoman. It is about struggle and snobbery, reinvention and revaluation. In the minds of Australia's indigenous population the notion of a worst country transforming itself into a lucky one might well be reversed. The Europeans' gains were the aboriginal people's losses, and the author is well aware that her ancestors were a party to what is now considered the 'invasion' of a country over which the colonists had no rights whatsoever. 'The lives of those who came before, indeed the process of researching family history, comes under the spotlight here, as the author tries to identify what makes a person who they are.' Family Tree.'The Worst Country in the World ... is a well-meant and honest attempt by the author to tell the story of her ancestors and the events regarding their move to the colony of NSW, both before and after their arrival in the early 1800s. The book is very much the personal view of the author, seeking to make the story of Mary Pitt 'an entertaining read'.' Geoff Bovard, Descent magazine, The Society of Australian Genealogists.
The Best And Worst Country In The World
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Author : Stephen Adams
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2001
The Best And Worst Country In The World written by Stephen Adams and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
From its earliest days, the Virginia landscape has elicited dramatically contradictory descriptions. The sixteenth-century poet Michael Drayton exalted the land as "earth's onely paradise," while John Smith, in his reports to England, summarized the area around Jamestown as "a miserie, a ruine, a death, a hell." Drawing upon both familiar history and lesser-known material from deep geological time through the end of the seventeenth century, Stephen Adams focuses on both the physical changes to the land over time and the changes in the way people viewed Virginia. The Best and Worst Country in the World reaches well beyond previous accounts of early American views of the land with the inclusion of fascinating and important pre-1700 sources, Native American perceptions, and prehuman geography and geology. A blend of history, literature, geology, geography, and natural history, enriched by illustrations ranging from a dinosaur footprint to John Smith's famous "Map of Virginia," Adams's work offers an ecocritical exploration of the varied preconceptions that have shaped and colored the human relationship with "the best and worst country in the world"--the early Virginia landscape.
The Worst Country In The World
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Author : Patsy Trench
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
The Worst Country In The World written by Patsy Trench and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Australia categories.
Worst Of The Worst
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Author : Robert I. Rotberg
language : en
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Release Date : 2007
Worst Of The Worst written by Robert I. Rotberg and has been published by Brookings Institution Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Political Science categories.
"Identifies and characterizes the most repressive states and singles out which are aggressive. Defines the actions constituting repression and proposes a method of measuring human rights violations, presenting an index of nation-state repressiveness. Offers a way to decide which repressive and rogue states are most deserving of strong policy attention"--Provided by publisher.
America Greatest Country In The World See What The Facts Say
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Author : William Blank
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-02-19
America Greatest Country In The World See What The Facts Say written by William Blank and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-19 with categories.
We are constantly reminded that the United States is the greatest country in the world--even the greatest country in the history of civilization! Most agree that America is the most exceptional and most privileged nation on Earth. Presidents proclaim it and politicians remind us. Some believe this land was ordained by God to be the most dominant influence throughout the world. These are bold claims indeed. The United States of America is certainly a powerful, prosperous and influential nation but is it favored above all others? Is it truly the greatest country on the planet as we've always been told? Quick Quiz:What country has meddled in more national elections around the world than any other country and has pumped the most CO2 into the atmosphere? Can you name a country that has transferred billions of dollars in wealth from its working people to an elite class of billionaires? Which nation has the highest percentage of its citizens locked behind bars and the most adults earning poverty wages? Which country has the worst gun violence in the world, has kept its workers' wages stagnant for three decades and crushed its unions? Are you able to name the country that carried out a campaign of brutal indigenous genocide while it held four million people in bondage and still continues to skirt its responsibilities to address the human devastation left behind? Which country has rigged its economic system for over a century so that people of color can only amass ten percent of the wealth of those in the majority Can you identify which nation developed the most destructive weapons in human history, has been engaged in war for 90 percent of its history, bombed dozens of countries since WW II and spends more on its military than any other country? What nation banned immigration based on religion and spread an obesity epidemic to nations around the globe? Which one exploded over 200 nuclear bombs in the atmosphere just to see how well they worked, spreading radioactive fallout worldwide? Can you identify a country where racism permeates every part of its society while its leaders pretend it's not so? What's the only affluent country that allows thousands of its citizens to die due to lack of health insurance? And which one had the worst response and highest COVID-19 death rate and experienced the first attempted coup in its history? Answer: That country is the United States of America. Surprised? Did you always believe America was the greatest country in history? Most Americans and all politicians do. But believing we're a nation above all others doesn't do much to encourage improvement. America: The Greatest Country in the World? See What the Facts Say. Bold Ideas for Making it Better poses some difficult questions about America's greatness and presents an Everest of evidence exposing why America might not be the greatest country on planet Earth and asks readers to look at the facts and decide for themselves. It concludes with bold ideas for changes in our policies to make America a better country for more of its citizens including a new U.S. Constitution to transform how this nation functions. This book is not anti-America or anti-democracy...it's simply anti-unfairness and anti-injustice!
Doing Business 2020
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Author : World Bank
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2019-11-21
Doing Business 2020 written by World Bank and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-21 with Business & Economics categories.
Seventeen in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing Business 2020 measures aspects of regulation affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity.
A Country Is Not A Company
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Author : Paul R. Krugman
language : en
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Release Date : 2009
A Country Is Not A Company written by Paul R. Krugman and has been published by Harvard Business Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Business & Economics categories.
Nobel-Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman argues that business leaders need to understand the differences between economic policy on the national and international scale and business strategy on the organizational scale. Economists deal with the closed system of a national economy, whereas executives live in the open-system world of business. Moreover, economists know that an economy must be run on the basis of general principles, but businesspeople are forever in search of the particular brilliant strategy. Krugman's article serves to elucidate the world of economics for businesspeople who are so close to it and yet are continually frustrated by what they see. Since 1922, Harvard Business Review has been a leading source of breakthrough management ideas-many of which still speak to and influence us today. The Harvard Business Review Classics series now offers readers the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world-and will have a direct impact on you today and for years to come.
World S Worst Country And Western Jokes
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Author : Oaky Miller
language : en
Publisher: Price Stern Sloan
Release Date : 1981-08-01
World S Worst Country And Western Jokes written by Oaky Miller and has been published by Price Stern Sloan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-08-01 with Wit and humor categories.
The World Factbook 2003
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Author : United States. Central Intelligence Agency
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books
Release Date : 2003
The World Factbook 2003 written by United States. Central Intelligence Agency and has been published by Potomac Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Political Science categories.
By intelligence officials for intelligent people
Best Worst Scaling
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Author : Jordan J. Louviere
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-09-23
Best Worst Scaling written by Jordan J. Louviere and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-23 with Business & Economics categories.
First systematic treatment of best-worst scaling, explaining how to implement, analyze, and apply the theory across a range of disciplines.