Things of Darkness: Economics of Race and Gender in Early Modern England
Author: Kim F Hall
The "Ethiope," the "tawny Tartar," the "woman blackamoore," and "knotty Africanisms" - allusions to blackness abound in Renaissance texts. Kim F. Hall's book is the first to view these evocations of blackness in the contexts of sexual politics, imperialism, and slavery in early modern England. Her work reveals the vital link between England's expansion into realms of difference and otherness - through exploration and colonialism - and the highly charged ideas of race and gender which emerged. Concentrating on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Hall shows how race, sexuality, economics, and nationalism contributed to the formation of a modern (white, male) identity in English culture. The volume includes a useful appendix of not readily accessible Renaissance poems on blackness.
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Economic Development Finance
Author: Karl F Seidman
"Incredible. What a major contribution, just to pull together the diverse array of information out there about development finance into one volume. I consider this book an 'education' for the lay reader, and a fabulous resource for the practitioner of development finance." --Dr. Rhonda Phillips, AICP, CED, University of Florida
"This is the most comprehensive and best-written economic development text in the market. This would be a good text for a graduate level course and would work well with a one-semester teaching plan. . . The main strength of the book is the author's ability to summarize concepts, programs, and institutions and then draw from them issues, lessons, and challenges." --John S. Strong, School of Business, College of William and Mary
Economic Development Finance is a comprehensive and in-depth presentation of private, public, and community financial institutions, policies and methods for financing local and regional economic development projects. The treatment of policies and program models emphasizes their applications and impact, key design and management issues, and best practices. A separate section addresses critical management issues for development finance programs: program and product design, the lending and investment process, and capital management. Case studies are included throughout the book to help readers develop their skills and apply policies and tools to real practice issues. A glossary of finance terms is also included.
Economic Development Finance provides a foundation for students and professionals in the technical aspects of business and real estatefinance and surveys the full range of policies, program models, and financing tools used in economic development practice within the United States.
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Table of Contents:
| Pt. I | Introduction | 1 |
| 1 | Capital availability and economic development | 3 |
| Pt. II | The basics of business finance | 21 |
| 2 | Financing business enterprises : the role of equity and debt | 23 |
| 3 | An introduction to business financial statements | 41 |
| 4 | Analyzing business financial statements | 60 |
| 5 | Working capital finance | 91 |
| 6 | Fixed asset financing | 111 |
| 7 | Real estate finance | 133 |
| Pt. III | Policies to perfect private capital markets | 159 |
| 8 | Loan guarantee programs | 161 |
| 9 | Bank regulations and development banks | 184 |
| Pt. IV | Institutional models for economic development finance | 215 |
| 10 | Revolving loan funds | 217 |
| 11 | Venture capital and equity investment funds | 240 |
| 12 | Community-based financial institutions | 267 |
| 13 | Microenterprise finance | 292 |
| Pt. V | Federal and municipal government finance tools | 317 |
| 14 | Federal economic development programs | 319 |
| 15 | Municipal finance tools | 341 |
| Pt. VI | Managing development finance institutions | 363 |
| 16 | Program planning and design | 365 |
| 17 | Managing the lending and investment process | 386 |
| 18 | Raising and managing capital | 412 |
| Pt. VII | Conclusions | 441 |
| 19 | Economic development finance practice and its future | 443 |
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