Great Plains harvest: evolution of the US public employment service,transnational labor,and nonimmigrant visas

Government H-2A visa data and employer surveys show that Great Plains custom harvesting operations now rely on the US public employment service (PES) and private labor agencies to hire transnational labor. Wheat harvest labor problems and private labor bureau abuses during the Progressive Era were a driving force in the formation and development of the local, state, and federal PES agencies that are now used to secure foreign workers. The PES addressed harvest labor problems from the late nineteenth century until the 1930s when mechanization and drought sufficiently reduced labor demand. The PES became active in the wheat harvest again during WW II and into the 1950s until mobile custom combining crews eliminated the need for the federal government’s involvement. Beginning in the 1990s, domestic labor scarcity caused custom harvesting employers to hire foreign labor through the H-2A and J-1 visa programs. The PES is part and parcel of the H-2A visa program, but unlike most agricultural employers that use H-2A labor, foreign workers in custom harvesting are from South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and numerous European and other countries rather than Latin America. Transnational custom harvesting employees that use H-2A visas occupy a niche within the program and thereby maintain Great Plains harvesting’s unique place in the labor market. This article traces the concurrent evolution of Great Plains harvesting and the PES from the end of the nineteenth century to the 1950s and examines the role of the PES and private labor agencies in today’s global labor market.     

共同富裕与西部大开发战略

西部大开发战略是为了培育新的经济增长带,是我们党对邓小平理论的丰富和发展。加快西部地区的发展,是实现共同富裕的必要条件。     

“价值规律是一个伟大的学校”的解读

本文仅从文字表述的理解出发,对"价值规律是一个伟大的学校"的伟大之所在、知识之深奥、学业之所难、学业之所获等方面进行解读.     

“大练兵”给警体课教学带来的启示

文章简要阐述了"大练兵"活动的时代背景和主要内容,指出了"大练兵"给警体课教学带来的启示,提出体能课应加强短距离冲刺跑和短距离往返跑能力的教学;散打课和射击课应加强实用性教学;查缉战术课应遵循"精讲多练"的教学原则.     

Petitioning,addressing and the historical imagination: the case of Great Yarmouth,England 1658–1784

ABSTRACT

This article examines the role of loyal addresses, petition-like texts that emerged during the Cromwellian Protectorate in England, as repositories of public memory. It contends that loyal addresses were a particularly mnemonic form of political communication: not only did addresses themselves incorporate historical narratives but their reproduction in contemporary newsbooks facilitated their later collection in compendia and histories of addressing. These volumes in turn gave an overall ‘sense’ or character to public opinion nationally and allowed its shifts to be charted over time. The article uses the case study of an address to Richard Cromwell issued in 1658 from the corporation of Great Yarmouth to demonstrate how this text was redeployed to wage a political campaign against leading magistrates in the town in the 1670s. The address gained renewed political significance in the late eighteenth century, as the interplay of local political and historical interests made its depiction of the influence of religious factions in the borough once again relevant. This local memory in turn fed upon a wider national use of the Cromwellian addresses as an example of political faithlessness and duplicity. Combined, these local and national discussions demonstrated the importance of addresses in defining public opinion and political identity over time.     

国际制度视角下“一带一路”与大欧亚伙伴关系的对接

中俄所提出的两大倡议分别代表了各自在国际制度竞争有所加剧背景下的本国利益需求。二者都以拓宽欧亚经济合作渠道为首要目标,但是它们在原则、方向、手段等方面的差异是相互关系的不利因素。为了协调国际规则的制定,中俄确定对接两大倡议。一方面,中俄两国希望通过制度合作制衡美国霸权;另一方面,中俄在欧亚地区的一致性和冲突性并存,双方需要一个协调关系的制度框架。中俄两国既有以制度合作在国际体系层面应对美国压力的意图,也希望在地区范围内协调彼此关系。两大倡议的对接将增强国际社会新兴力量在国际制度体系构建和全球治理中的影响力,同时也能化解中俄双方潜在的矛盾,推动欧亚区域合作的进程。     

近代中英关系史上的小斯当东--《小斯当东回忆录》译后余语

小斯当东是近代中英关系史中最具代表性的人物之一，他的商人、外交使节、议员等多重身份，使得他的经历富有故事性。他于1856年完成的《小斯当东回忆录》极具史料价值。从小斯当东的履历、小斯当东与中国、小斯当东与《大清律例》的翻译、小斯当东的英国议员经历等角度出发，可以展现《小斯当东回忆录》一书的主要内容，并勾勒出小斯当东在中英交往初期所发挥的独特作用。     

福建与大帆船贸易时代的中拉交流

由于以漳州月港为起点，马尼拉为中点，阿卡普尔科为终点的中国——菲律宾——墨西哥的大帆船贸易航路的开辟，福建在中国与拉丁美洲经济文化交流中发挥了桥梁作用。首先，大量的中国丝绸和瓷器通过福建输入拉美，不仅丰富了当地人民的生活，而且促进了拉美经济的发展；同时，拉丁美洲的白银也大量流入中国，对中国社会经济发展起了积极的作用。其次，天主教传教士沿着大帆船贸易航路来到福建，扩大了双方的宗教文化交流。第三，福建移民移居拉丁美洲，将中国文化传入拉丁美洲。     

浅论公安机关“大情报”系统建设

公安机关的＂大情报＂系统建设是公安社会管理创新的必然要求,目前,公安机关在＂大情报＂系统建设意识、公安信息情报合作等方面都存在一系列的问题,通过树立情报信息主导警务理念、建立警务合作机制、开发情报信息软件系统平台及建立情报信息保障系统等方面推动公安机关＂大情报＂系统的发展和完善,将会达到信息情报的动态化、高效化运转,从而更好地为公安社会管理工作服务。     

《汉书·五行志》考论

班固《汉书》创设“五行志”一目 ,集先秦两汉阴阳五行灾异学说之大成 ,对后出史书多有影响 ,而近现代学术界对之评价较低 ,重视不够。本文通过对中华书局标点本存在的标点、校勘问题和《汉语大词典》与《汉书·五行志》相关的立目释义和书证问题等的考查 ,认为对“五行志”一目的设立及其价值应当重估 ,在古籍整理和学术研究过程中 ,应重视“五行志”的文献价值