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"This book addresses the phenomenon of historic houses as a distinct species of museum. By analyzing the motivation of the founders, and subsequent keepers, of house museums, the author identifies a typology that casts light on what they were intended to represent and their significance (or lack of it) today."--Provided by publisher

The history of history's institutions can offer a gritty context in which to understand historical production. A wide spectrum of influences, from the personal to the intellectual to the political, can be seen at work in shaping the history made and communicated at Blundell's Cottage over the years. Even though it has always been a humble participant in the project of history, its products probably reach some of history's larger audiences. Hence it is worthwhile to review fifty years of historio-museography.

The impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on workers in both the United States and Mexico is bound to be enormous. Ever since the negotiations began, a great deal of attention has been devoted to attempting to predict the amount of job loss or growth on both sides of the border. The irony is, however, that there is no consistency to the projections, particularly when the question is concerned if increases in manufacturing employment in Mexico will offset the job loss in agriculture that will result from complete liberalization of the agricultural sector. (Lat Am Perspect/DÜI)

Contrary to assertions by Mexican policymakers, it is demonstrated that agroindustrialization has had a negative employment-generating effect in agriculture in the El Bajio region. Survey data obtained 1982/83 on 266 food-processing farms indicate that the impact of widespread crop substitution & the wholesale transfer of technology promoted by transnational processing plants have both reduced the total labor employed & increased the instability of employment through heightened seasonality of labor demand. A decomposition analysis assesses the role played by various determinants of labor demand in the alteration of regional agricultural employment resulting from agroindustrialization. 10 Tables, 1 Figure, 15 References. Adapted from the source document.