Industry and industrial studies Books

People travel as never before. However, anthropological research has tended to focus primarily on either labor migration or on tourism. In contrast, this collection of essays explores a diversity of circumstances and impetuses towards contemporary...

What do wild animals mean to humans? Will they survive both rampant habitat loss and extinction caused by human encroachment and, as ecotourists, our enthusiasm for them? With ecotourism now the fastest growing segment of tourism, and encounters with...

During his time as speedway reporter for MCN, Andrew Edwards travelled extensively witnessing first hand the thrills and spills of world class speedway, meeting the top riders and hearing and reporting on stories of epic euphoric success and sometimes...

The need to understand customers - their behaviours, their transactions, their intentions - has never been more important. Such understanding is the primary advantage traditional banks possess against competition from new market entrants and...

Introducing Financial Spoons: A Comprehensive Guide to Personal Finance. This book delves into the concept of Financial Spoons, providing a thorough understanding of its origins, benefits, and limitations, while exploring strategies for effective...

Discover the multifaceted world of arts and entertainment with this comprehensive guide. Explore the importance of arts in society, the role of creativity in cultural preservation, the impact of arts on social change, and the challenges faced by industry...

This book is dedicated to the subject of environmental labels. The basis for the classification of its parts goes back to the types of environmental labelling according to the classification provided by the International Organization for Standardization...

This new textbook provides a complete study of human resource management from the perspective of management and operation in a hospitality environment. The hospitality industry continues to grow every day, bringing new challenges and opportunities. This...

Starting over has never been more dangerous.Charlotte Dean loves her new job at the bookshop in the small town of Kingfisher Falls. One day she will buy the store when Rosie retires, but for now she's content to learn the ropes and forget her troubled...

For twenty years, Ena MacDonald has written a popular, entertaining and sometimes forthright monthly column for the newspaper Am Paipear. Here, her articles are collected together. Ena is renowned or her lifetime's dedication to traditional crofting...

The oil and gas industry is one of the most thriving industries at the moment. Exploration and research in this field is done with meticulous care. Management of commercial oil wells and oil extraction are processes of global interest. This book on the...

Petroleum exploration and engineering is the study of methods and techniques that are used in petroleum extraction and refining. The petroleum industry relies on various processes that gather, process, transport, store and pipeline crude oil and...

This book reveals the flow of inspiration generated when family members have walked the good life and desire to share it with their relatives. The book's examination of this sharing is revealed in the Hardin annual family reunions that have existed over...

With traditional forms of advertisement facing increasing challenges, brand placement - the integration of a product or brand in a work of art - has exploded. It has become a lucrative phenomenon whose goal is to produce a reaction of purchase in the...

Formally Plunkett's Biotech & Genetics Industry Almanac, this book is a complete reference guide to the business side of biotechnology, genetics, proteomics and related services. This new book contains complete profiles of the leading biotech...

Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac is the only complete reference to the American Health Care Industry and its leading corporations. No other source provides this massive book's easy-to-understand comparisons of national health expenditures,...

If you want to learn the basics of having a trucking company business, then get "How To Start a Trucking Company" which is written by a person with real life experience starting a trucking company business.How To Start a Trucking Company is a...

In West of East, veteran journalist Stephen J. Lyons takes readers on a journey into America's western interior, a tableau chockfull of one-of-a-kind, rough-around-the-edges characters and scenes rarely experienced by the everyday traveler. Lyons himself...

This book on oil and gas processing discusses the various processes that are involved in petroleum refining such as distillation, dimerization and fluid cracking. Oil refineries can have different configurations depending on the end product. Such plants...

Petroleum science refers to the exploration, extraction and refining of petroleum and natural gas. This book on petroleum science and engineering focuses on the methods, theories, concepts and applications that are used in the various processes related...

This book on petroleum engineering deals with the theoretical and technical aspects of petroleum exploration and extraction. Reservoir engineering is the primary methodology that is implemented in the extraction of crude oil. Modern technology in this...

This book on manufacturing process management discusses the entire cycle of the manufacturing process. This includes the conversion of raw materials to the finished commodity. Topics included in this book delve into the efficient, effective and improved...

This book elucidates the concepts and innovative models around prospective developments with respect to oil and gas processing. It presents researches and studies performed by experts across the globe. Oil and gas processing and production falls under...

This book on information science discusses technology that is used to store, process and transmit information. This book explores all the important aspects of this field in the present day scenario. Information science is multi-disciplinary and has...

Manufacturing is related to the processing of raw materials into a consumable product. Logistics is concerned with the distribution of such consumable products to the end consumers. These fields are often studied in conjunction with each other. This book...

The oil and gas industry is one of the largest and most advanced sectors of engineering. This book on the oil and gas industry discusses topics related to well logging, reservoir engineering and drilling. Recent developments in the field of oil and gas...

The study of microorganisms for their application in the industrial process is known as industrial biotechnology. Microbiology, the study of cellular and acellular cultures as they are found in nature, is a vital area of study for agriculture related...

Steel companies were at the birth of the modern business corporation. The first billion dollar corporation ever formed was U.S. Steel in 1901. By the mid-twentieth century the steel mill and the automobile plant were the two pillars upon which the...

The creative and science-driven design of the point of sale has become a crucial success factor for both retailers and service businesses. In the newly revised and expanded edition of this book, you will learn some of the shopper marketing secrets...

Readers will find Twist the Familiar a transformative book for today's success-oriented business leaders, sales professionals, entrepreneurs, or anyone who wants a boost to find that extra gear. With his keen knack for storytelling, Gary Hernbroth...

The goal of this book is to deal, in a provocative way, with a number of key issues involvingthe increased participation of the private sector within cultural tourism. My goal is notto write a complete overview of the field. Instead, this short book...

The goal of this book is to deal, in a provocative way, with a number of key issues involvingthe increased participation of the private sector within cultural tourism. My goal is notto write a complete overview of the field. Instead, this short book...

The Road to West 43rd Street by Nash K. Burger with Pearl A. McHaneyAfterword by Eudora WeltyFor nearly thirty years and through the tenure of five editors-in-chief, Nash K. Burger was on the editorial staff of the New York Times Book Review. In this...

Pacific Northwest waters from Alaska to Oregon lie between the Arctic whaling grounds and the home whaling ports of San Francisco and Honolulu. While the Pacific Northwest was not a whaling destination, whales in these rich grounds were pursued for many...

While Delaware maintains one of the oldest beer-brewing traditions in the United States, its history has largely been lost or forgotten over the course of nearly four centuries. Beer was a main source of sustenance to Delaware's early European settlers,...

Grand River Avenue, or Michigan US-16 as it was ultimately designated, is one of Michigan's true "Blue Highways"--an original two-lane, blacktop road still serving as a direct path through roadside America. Originally a Native American trail, this...

Forty-five years before the drilling of the famous 1859 Colonel Drake oil well in Pennsylvania, oil was produced and marketed from salt brine wells dug in southeast Ohio. The oil was bottled and sold as a cure-all medicine, Seneca Oil. In 1860, one of...

Dayton's department store, grand in scope and company spirit, enjoyed a century in the limelight as one of the nation's leading retailers. Its disappearance has been a challenge to the community, but it is a sign of the times, as many other urban...

For more than 130 years, there has been no sweeter word in Detroit than Sanders. The venerable confectioner was once as much a part of Detroit's streetscape as the Big Three, Hudson's, and Coney Islands. Sanders was more than just an ice-cream and candy...

IBM is heir to all the ideas for innovative ciphering machines of the past. From granite blocks used to tell time, to beads used for accounting purposes, to punch cards, to computer chips as small as a raindrop, all are the historical roots of this...

Taverns, saloons, and restaurants have always played an important role in the development of large American cities like Detroit. Historically Detroiters probably regarded their neighborhood watering hole as no more than a place to drink and discuss...

Originating as simple one- or two-room storefront operations, Cleveland's department stores grew as population and industry in the region boomed throughout the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th. They moved into ever larger and elaborate...

Founded by Reuben H. Fleet in 1923, Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (later Convair) became one of the most significant aircraft manufacturers in American history. For roughly 60 years, this prolific company was synonymous with San Diego. In fact, whole...