10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIFTLESSNESS»
Discover the use of
shiftlessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
shiftlessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Joblessness. and. Shiftlessness: Labor. Force. Activity. in. Chicago's. Inner. City.
MARTA TIENDA and HAYA STIER Americans expect able-bodied adults to work
for a living, but there are troubling signs that people are increasingly falling short
...
Christopher Jencks, Paul E. Peterson,
2001
2
Caste and Class in a Southern Town
A Negro informant agreed to this charge of ignorance and shiftlessness, and
asserted that the Negroes make no improvements for themselves, and have to be
told every little thing to do; but he added his own rebuttal: The ignorance and ...
3
Exploding the Gene Myth: How Genetic Information is Produced ...
For instance, with reference to "shiftlessness," Davenport wrote: Let us take "
shiftlessness" as an important element in poverty. Then classifying all persons in .
. . two families as very shiftless, somewhat shiftless, and industrious the following
...
4
The Fugitive's Properties: Law and the Poetics of Possession
Such impropriety offends Stowe's Ophelia (“But the waste,—the expense!”), the
personification of a “domestic economy” that holds “shiftlessness” to be the “great
sin of sins,” a “mode of procedure” lacking in “a direct and inevitable relation to ...
Shiftlessness is the mother of famine. G1 agrees with MS 319, but VL has:
quoniam superbia perditio et inconstantia magna est; et luxuria diminutio et
impietas magna est, "for pride is ruin and great inconstancy; and indulgence is
loss and ...
6
Baccalaureate Addresses, and Other Talks on Kindred Themes
He believes poverty and shiftlessness to be so largely due to want of knowledge
that if you provide the knowledge you will do away with nearly all of the
shiftlessness and much of the poverty. Up to a certain point all this is true. There
is a vast ...
Arthur Twining Hadley,
1807
7
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Casebook
“shiftlessness,” haphazard “modes of procedure which had not a direct and
inevitable relation to the accomplishment of some purpose.” Dinah's shiftlessness
, because indifferent to the carefulness and regulation necessary to the integrity
of ...
8
Domestic Individualism: Imagining Self in Nineteenth-Century ...
The Southern slave system produces what Ophelia terms "shiftlessness,"
haphazard "modes of procedure which had not a direct and inevitable relation to
the accomplishment of some purpose." Dinah's shiftlessness, because it is
indifferent to ...
9
Disarming the Nation: Women's Writing and the American Civil War
"Shiftlessness" was a common racist stereotype about slaves. In George Aiken's
theatrical adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin, for example, Topsy's initial
appearance prompts Miss Ophelia to a flood of observations about her
shiftlessness: ...
10
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
... till the evening"; and if they do not "late take rest," they truly "eat the bread of
carefulness." It is hardly surprising that nine years of persevering shiftlessness
should have resulted in nothing but the ability to procure the bare necessaries of
life.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIFTLESSNESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
shiftlessness is used in the context of the following news items.
N.Korea blasts defector activist
North Korean state media Uriminzokkiri on Monday blasted defector-activist Kang Chol-hwan, accusing the author of shiftlessness and a criminal history. Kang is ... «NK News, Jul 15»
Two racist, mentally disturbed AWOL soldiers go on killing rampage …
Their peers and supervisors, on the other hand, viewed their umbrage as ordinary ignorance and shiftlessness. On May 24, 1961, York and Latham deserted for ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
Author Thomas McGuane examines the changing West
The narrator of “Grandma and Me” wants to blame all his problems – the shiftlessness, the DUIs – on the old lady. “I knew that thought was a tough sell which ... «Albuquerque Journal, May 15»
There's Nothing 'Random' About Islamic Terrorism, Mr. President
Recognizing what drives a terrorist undermines the progressive theory that says this movement is merely a byproduct of shiftlessness, criminality and poverty ... «The Federalist, Feb 15»
It's the Branding, Stupid
But top tax rates confiscating as much as 95 percent of income, a welfare state incentivizing shiftlessness, and a misdiagnosis of criminal behavior as the fault of ... «American Spectator, Dec 14»
Biden hails Renton Tech as vital path to reviving middle class
... Renton Technical College, Biden acknowledged “the middle class is hurting,” but said he gets angry at those who accuse out-of-work people of shiftlessness. «The Seattle Times, Oct 14»
5 Seconds Of Summer Promise To Drop Their Pants At 2014 VMAs
Yep, stripped down to their American Apparel underwear. Well, since Zac Efron already owns shiftlessness, we guess pointlessness is the next logical choice. «NewNowNext, Jul 14»
Happy 'Star Wars' Day! Why 'Girls' Adam Driver Will Be the Perfect …
But back to Adam Driver, who, with his sultry shiftlessness as Adam Sackler on Girls, has come to embody the boyfriend we love to hate and hate to love. «Bustle, May 14»
The Auteurs
So, the 90s were not simply a decade-long episode of Game On: they also incorporated the post-Thatcherite shiftlessness documented in programmes like ... «The Quietus, Mar 14»
Ford Still Trying to Get Millennials to Like Them
The assembled marketing geniuses lamented the shiftlessness of Gen Y, their laziness about finding jobs amid a recession that erased 2.5 million jobs that it ... «Streetsblog Capitol Hill, Dec 13»