George Robb: 2 books
Ladies of the Ticker
Women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2017
Long overlooked in histories of finance, women played an essential role in areas such as banking and the stock market during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Yet their presence sparked ongoing controversy. Hetty Green's golden touch brought her millions, but she outraged critics...
Food and Power in Hawai‘i
Visions of Food Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
In Food and Power in Hawai`i, island scholars and writers from backgrounds in academia, farming, and community organizations discuss new ways of looking at food policy and practices in terms of social justice and sustainability. Each of the nine essays describes Hawai`i’s foodscapes and collectively...