Road Builders

Author : B.G. Hennessy
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0425291219
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Road Builders written by B.G. Hennessy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wonder how a road is built? Come along with Caldecott Medalist Simms Taback and find out! First you’ll meet the crew. Then you’ll see all the trucks up close—cement mixers, bulldozers, dump trucks, graders, pavers—and learn what each one does. And finally, you’ll watch a bustling new road come to life! “A splendid introduction to a world that many children find riveting.”—Publishers Weekly

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Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.0U/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Labor Relations Division, Michigan Road Builders' Association v. State Labor Mediation Board, 330 MICH 176 (1951) written by and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 74

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Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earth Mover and Road Builder ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pacific Road Builder and Engineering Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Miriam Driessen
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888528041
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales of Hope, Tastes of Bitterness written by Miriam Driessen and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER – 2020 SEAA's Francis L. Hsu Book Prize Honorable Mention China’s new globalism plays out as much in the lives of ordinary workers who shoulder the task of implementing infrastructure projects in the world as in the upper echelons of power. Through unprecedented ethnographic research among Chinese road builders in Ethiopia, Miriam Driessen finds that the hope of sharing China’s success with developing countries soon turns into bitterness, as Chinese workers perceive a lack of support and appreciation from Ethiopian laborers and state entities. The bitterness is compounded by their position at the margins of Chinese society, suspended as they are between China and Africa and between a poor rural background and a precarious urban future. Workers’ aspirations and predicaments reflect back on a Chinese society in flux as well as China’s shifting place in the world. Tales of Hope, Tastes of Bitterness: Chinese Road Builders in Ethiopia sheds light on situations of contact in which disparate cultures meet and wrestle with each other in highly asymmetric relations of power. Revealing the intricate and intimate dimensions of these encounters, Driessen conceptualizes how structures of domination and subordination are reshaped on the ground. The book skillfully interrogates micro-level experiences and teases out how China’s involvement in Africa is both similar to and different from historical forms of imperialism. “A trailblazing ethnography that at once humanizes and complicates our understanding of the China-Africa encounter. Taking us deep into the personal, social, and working life worlds of Chinese and Ethiopian construction staff and laborers, Driessen mounts a powerful challenge against the clichéd narrative of China in Africa as a case of neocolonialism masterminded by Beijing.” —Ching Kwan Lee, UCLA, author of The Specter of Global China: Politics, Labor, and Foreign Investment in Africa “China rapidly transformed itself from an international aid recipient into a world-leading aid provider. This seemingly epochal shift, as this book powerfully demonstrates, is much more complex and less predictable than it appears to be. Driessen’s wonderfully perceptive ethnography and insightful analyses pave a new path in understanding ongoing global changes.” —Biao Xiang, University of Oxford, author of Global “Body Shopping”: An Indian Labor System in the Information Technology Industry

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Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bulletin of the Associated Pennsylvania Highway Contractors written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrew J. Hoffman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781932399240
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Builder's Apprentice written by Andrew J. Hoffman and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1986, Andy Hoffman quit an engineering job, declined acceptances for graduate school at Harvard and Berkeley and accepted a carpenter's job in Nantucket. Unbeknownst to him, he had entered the world of high-end custom building. Within four years, he was supervising the construction of a 29,000 square-foot mansion on a 180-acre estate in Fairfield County Connecticut. This is a book about his personal and professional growth along that journey, from apprentice to builder through the tutelage of a seasoned and hard-nosed builder. It describes how uniquely high-end homes are built for select clients, a glimpse into the lives of the blue-collar workers, architects, engineers and clients that come together to make these projects a reality. At its core, this is a coming-of-age story, a celebration of the pursuit of creative impulses and a story about defying the "rules" and finding a personal calling in life.

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Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roads and Road Construction written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Samuel Merwin
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Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Road-builders written by Samuel Merwin and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Pizzo
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 172824224X
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let's Build a Highway written by Robert Pizzo and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the publisher that brought you the bestselling Baby University books comes a brand new board book series of construction books for kids. Join the construction team and help build a highway! Let's build a highway! Follow along step-by-step as big trucks and machines construct a busy road, from surveying the roadway, to using a bulldozer to clear the path, and so much more. With a simple format and the introduction of new engineering concepts and words, tiny truck lovers will enjoy being a part of the construction crew. The Let's Build series introduces young readers to engineering, construction, and architecture, helping them imagine what they can build!