American Business

Germany 1945: From War to Peace.(Book review)
World War II; 1/1/2010; 834 words; ...development was the harshness of the Allied occupation. Even in the American zone cigarettes and nylons were hardly the norm. The Germans...reinforced a tendency developed during the war to mind one's own business and avoid asking questions. These forces created a new Germany...

The speed-up king: in 1940, a Danish machinist helped jump-start America's transformation from carmaker to weapons giant.(president of General Motors, William S. Knudsen)(Essay)
World War II; 1/1/2010; 4244 words; ...Roosevelt observed that some Americans had closed their eyes to...Ocean, while others opposed American defense preparations for...potential enemies and motivate Americans, his proposition illustrated...and swiftly transform core American industries from manufacturers...other manufacturers and ...

Canning tomatoes, growing "Better and More Perfect Women": the girls' tomato club movement.(ESSAY)
Southern Cultures; 12/22/2009; 5166 words; ...Singing songs and adopting mottoes, white and African American girls, ages twelve to eighteen, planted 1/10-acre...girls who never have been near a big city have built up a business so large and important that papers all over the country...counties, for instance) the work to expand among African ...

Put It on the Skillet: liner notes.(The Edible South's Special DVD)(Video recording review)
Southern Cultures; 12/22/2009; 1163 words; ...BY Southern Cultures at The UNC Center for the Study of the American South Contemporary documentary films on a variety of southern...the southwestern part of Virginia, and many locally owned businesses along a much older thoroughfare, Lee Highway, did not survive...

2009 fellowship recipients: singing cowboy hopes Harvard leads to the world stage of Foreign Service.
Phi Kappa Phi Forum; 12/22/2009; 5013 words; ...music, and his appearances on American Idol into a plan to work for...undergraduate degrees in international business and political science from...the television competition American Idol last year, appearing...the day after he was cut from American Idol. Both experiences solidified...