Human impacts on the environment are largely driven by economic forces. If a more ecologically sustainable world is to be achieved, significant changes must be made to the current growth- and consumption-dependent economic system. The Frontier Issues in Economic Thought series was designed to assist the growing number of economists and others who are responding to the need for new thinking about economics in the face of environmental and social forces that are reshaping the world. The Changing Nature of Work examines the causes and effects of the rapid transformation of the world of work. It provides concise summaries of the key writings on work and workplace issues, extending the frontiers of labor economics to include the often overlooked social and psychological dimensions of work. The book begins with a foreword by former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich that presents labor in contemporary perspective. An introductory overview provides a brief history of the changing nature of work and situates current problems in the context of longer-term developments. Following that are eight topical sections that feature three- to five-page summaries for each of the ten to twelve most important articles or book chapters on a subject. Sections cover. new directions in labor economics social and psychological dimensions of work and unemployment globalization and labor new technologies and organizational change flexibility and internal labor markets new patterns of industrial relations family, gender, paid and unpaid work difference and diversity in the workplac. The book provides a roadmap for scholars on the vast and diverse literature concerning labor issues, and affords students a quick overview of that rapidly changing field. It is an important contribution to the series and is a valuable book for anyone interested in labor, as well as for students and scholars of labor economics, industrial sociology, industrial relations, social psychology, and their respective disciplines. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Most Americans assume that their National Park system was created out of a wise and a beneficent spirit of preserving nature's beauties for the enjoyment of future generations. Yet this prevailing notion has been challenged recently by environmentally conscious historians who correctly argue that the search for profits often dominated the early park-building efforts. Railroads, concessionaires, and tourist towns made their influence readily known in Congressional and Interior Department decisions, often with ecologically destructive consequences. Somewhat neglected in this revisionist view is the fact that some National Parks were carved from Indian reservations supposedly protected by treaty rights. Combining highly charged prose and convincing evidence, Burnham relates how five parks were partially formed from the Native American estate--Glacier, Badlands, Mesa Verde, Grand Canyon, and Death Valley. Members of the affected tribes did not passively accept the consequences of federal deceit and intimidation. Despite their initial setbacks, tribal councils and other grassroots organizations kept the struggles alive in demonstrations, informational campaigns, cooperative efforts with the Park Service, and, above all, within the courts. This superb book constitutes a moving account of both their defeats and their victories. For all adult readers. From: Syndetics Solutions, Inc. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Philip Burnham is a freelance writer and historian based in Washington, D.C. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Preface	xi
Timeline	xv
Part I. Contested Ground
Chapter 1. "It's the People That Makes the Land"	3
Chapter 2. "The Great Father Protects You in Every Way"	15
Chapter 3. Worthless Lands and Homelands: The Park Service Meets the Indian New Deal	59
Chapter 4. Lawyers, Guns, and Money: From Termination to Tribal Sovereignty	129
Part II. In the Name of the Elders
Chapter 5. The Great Divide: Glacier and the Badlands	187
Chapter 6. High and Low Country: Mesa Verde, Grand Canyon, and Death Valley	245
Maps of Selected National Parks and Indian Reservations	313
Notes	323
Acknowledgments	361
About the Author	365
Index	367

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