Excerpt from Agricultural, Manufacturing and Commercial Resources and Capabilities of Washington, 1901 Older communities in the eastern states are apt to think of the State of Washington as being so young that its history is only in the formative period. Of course, in some respects this is true. For three dozen years the commonwealth was on pro bation as a territory, and since that period there has been but a single dozen of years of statehood. During those four dozen years the nation has passed through some of its most important epochs of history, such as the culmination of the Kansas Nebraska struggle, the great Civil War and the consequent period of reconstruction. Washington was too young and too remote to experience a very large or very active participation in those stirring events, and yet there was some contact with that portion of national history, and back of that period there lies a history that must not be overlooked. Besides the thrilling record of explorations by land and by sea, the settlers passed through the trials, dangers and sufferings incident to all occasions when civil ized races have come in contact and into conflict with savage or barbarous races occupying a desired region. In these experi ences of the pioneer settlers of Washington may be traced the experiences or history of the successive settlements of America's receding frontier. As Kentucky was a colony of Virginia and her neighbors, as Ohio was a colony of New England and Vir ginia, so Washington was a colony of numerous eastern states. A recent French writer has said that a colony is to history what a mountain is to geology. It brings past forms to view. From such a View point, the study of our own State history is sure to be of interest to thoughtful readers, and it is likewise sure to grow in importance as the knowledge of the broader national topics deepens through constant research. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Agricultural, Manufacturing and Commercial Resources and Capabilities of Washington, 1903 Naturally the greatest accumulations of wealth, the com forts and agencies of life, the treasures of art, literature, science, all desirable human conditions, Will be found where there is the highest combination of the three great essentials already named. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

On August 24-25, 2010, the National Defense University held a conference titled “Economic Security: Neglected Dimension of National Security?” to explore the economic element of national power. This special collection of selected papers from the conference represents the view of several keynote speakers and participants in six panel discussions. It explores the complexity surrounding this subject and examines the major elements that, interacting as a system, define the economic component of national security.

The rise of China is no doubt one of the most important events in world economic history since the Industrial Revolution. Mainstream economics, especially the institutional theory of economic development based on a dichotomy of extractive vs. inclusive political institutions, is highly inadequate in explaining China's rise. This book argues that only a radical reinterpretation of the history of the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the West (as incorrectly portrayed by the institutional theory) can fully explain China's growth miracle and why the determined rise of China is unstoppable despite its current 'backward' financial system and political institutions. Conversely, China's spectacular and rapid transformation from an impoverished agrarian society to a formidable industrial superpower sheds considerable light on the fundamental shortcomings of the institutional theory and mainstream 'blackboard' economic models, and provides more-accurate reevaluations of historical episodes such as Africa's enduring poverty trap despite radical political and economic reforms, Latin America's lost decades and frequent debt crises, 19th century Europe's great escape from the Malthusian trap, and the Industrial Revolution itself.

Although few Americans work as farmers these days, agriculture on the whole remains economically importantâ€"playing a key role in such contemporary issues as consumer health and nutrition, worker safety and animal welfare, and environmental protection. This publication provides a comprehensive picture of the primary education system for the nation's agriculture industry: the land grant colleges of agriculture. Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities informs the public debate about the challenges that will shape the future of these colleges and serves as a foundation for a second volume, which will present recommendations for policy and institutional changes in the land grant system. This book reviews the legislative history of the land grant system from its establishment in 1862 to the 1994 act conferring land grant status on Native American colleges. It describes trends that have shaped agriculture and agricultural education over the decadesâ€"the shift of labor from farm to factory, reasons for and effects of increased productivity and specialization, the rise of the corporate farm, and more. The committee reviews the system's three-part missionâ€"education, research, and extension serviceâ€"and through this perspective documents the changing nature of funding and examines the unique structure of the U.S. agricultural research and education system. Demographic data on faculties, students, extension staff, commodity and funding clusters, and geographic specializations profile the system and identify similarities and differences among the colleges of agriculture, trends in funding, and a host of other issues. The tables in the appendix provide further itemization about general population distribution, student and educator demographics, types of degree programs, and funding allocations. Concise commentary and informative graphics augment the detailed statistical presentations. This book will be important to policymakers, administrators, educators, researchers, and students of agriculture.