Featured Reading: Women's History Month
Women's History Month
March is Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate women and their contributions to the world. It's a time to reflect on how far gender equality has come, how far we have left to go, and strategize on how to make a more equal future. So Pardee is shining a spotlight on women's history as the history of business, management, labor, economics, and myriad other fields with these fascinating titles from our collection.
This year's theme is "Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations". Consider the women mentors you have had, and what they have taught you. This Women's History Month focuses on the strength and influence of women in mentorship, education, and leadership -- past, present, and on the rise. These titles draw attention to scholars, CEOs, philanthropists, organizers, and everyday working women who inspired transformations in our society.
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Gender and the Dismal Science: Women in the Early Years of the Economics Profession by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022How did economics become such a boys' club, and what lessons does this history hold for attempts to achieve greater equality? Blending rich historical detail with extensive empirical data, Ann Mari May details successes won and hurdles faced by women as they fought to receive due credit for their work in the field.
Women Money Power: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2024The compelling story of women's fight for financial freedom, the social and political hurdles that have kept them from equality, and the work that remains to be done. Cox delves deep into the challenges women face today and the culture and systems that hold them back. This is a fascinating narrative account of progress, women's lives, and the work still to be done.
The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Rebellion at 30,000 Feet by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022The empowering true story of a group of airline stewardesses who "stood up to huge corporations and won, creating momentous change for all working women." (Gloria Steinem, co-founder of Ms. magazine)
Books for Women's History Month
Betsy Ann Plank: The Making of a Public Relations Icon by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022Betsy Ann Plank came of age during World War II, and began a career during the 1950s when women were expected to stay at home. Yet, she still became the first woman president of several trade associations. Plank, with her strong moral compass and positive vision for the future, offers a symbol of hope to future generations navigating tumultuous times.
Beyond Norma Rae: How Puerto Rican and Southern White Women Fought for a Place in the American Working Class by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2023Drawing on union records, industry reports, film scripts, and oral histories, Aimee Loiselle's cutting-edge scholarship shows how gender, race, culture, film, and mythology have reconfigured the history of the American working class and their labor activism.
Making Choices, Making Do: Survival Strategies of Black and White Working Women During the Great Depression by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022When let go from a job, a white woman was more successful in securing a less desirable job, while Black women, especially older Black women, were pushed out of the labor force entirely. Helmbold's comparative study fills the gap in the history of women's labor across race.
The Rise of Corporate Feminism: Women in the American Office, 1960-1990 by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022Follows three decades of changes in the workplace for women, from the handful of female CEOs to the "pink collar" workers - the secretaries, typists, clerks, and receptionists - who fought for raises and respect.
The Uprising of Women in Philanthropy by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2024The inspiring, never-before-told, story of the Global Women's Funding Movement--considered the women's movement's greatest secret--and how it enabled women from all walks of life to harness the power of money to free themselves from oppression.
When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2024A portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three women who led them: Hortense Odlum, Dorothy Shaver, and Geraldine Stutz. Journalist Julie Satow draws back the curtain on three visionaries who took great risks and forged new paths for women in business.
Working 9 To 5: A Women's Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022Before the classic movie and Dolly Parton's song, ten Boston office workers gathered to talk about their problems on the job. In a few years, they had built a nationwide movement to take on corporate giants.
Ides of March: Featured Reading
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones.
Julius Caesar, Act III Scene II
The Ides of March is celebrated on March 15th, and is most famous for marking to day Julius Caesar was assassinated by his senators in 44 BC. In observation of this Roman calendar holiday, explore some modern day examples of powerful businesspeople investigated or indicted for fraud, embezzlement, and other white collar crimes.
Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Location: Pardee Stacks HD9502.U54 E5763 2003Publication Date: 2003It was just two years before 2003 that Enron was thought to epitomize a great New Economy company, with its skyrocketing profits and share price. But that was before Fortune published an article by McLean that asked a seemingly innocent question: How exactly does Enron make money? From that point on, Enron's house of cards began to crumble. Now, McLean and Elkind have investigated much deeper, to offer the definitive book about the Enron scandal and the fascinating people behind it.
Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2017The story of billionaire trader Steven Cohen, the rise and fall of his hedge fund SAC Capital, and the largest insider trading investigation in history. Black Edge offers a revelatory look at the gray zone in which so much of Wall Street functions. It's a riveting, true-life legal thriller that takes readers inside the government's pursuit of Cohen and his employees, and raises urgent and troubling questions about the power and wealth of those who sit at the pinnacle of modern Wall Street.
Barbarians at the Gate: the Fall of RJR Nabisco by Location: Pardee Stacks HD2796.R57 B87 2008Publication Date: 2008#1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco at the hands of a buyout from investment firm KKR. The fight to control RJR Nabisco during October and November of 1988 was more than just the largest takeover in Wall Street history. Marked by brazen displays of ego not seen in American business for decades, it became the high point of a new gilded age and its repercussions are still being felt.
Books for the Ides of March
Ruse: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022After college, Kerbeck took an unlikely survival job as a waiter turned corporate spy. The job was supposed to have been temporary, but Kerbeck became one of the world's best practitioners of this deceptive--and illegal--trade. Until the inevitable crash.
The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend by Location: Pardee Stacks HG4930 .C67 2023Publication Date: 2023New York Times journalist Rob Copeland punctures the carefully-constructed narrative of Ray Dalio the benevolent business titan, exposing his much-promoted "principles" as one of the great feats of hubris in modern memory.
The Wizard of Lies by Location: Pardee Stacks HV6692.M33 H46 2011Publication Date: 2011The inside story of Bernie Madoff and his $65 billion Ponzi scheme, with surprising and shocking new details from Madoff himself.
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by Location: On Loan from Pardee and OnlinePublication Date: 2018The biggest corporate fraud since Enron is a cautionary tale set amid the bold promises and gold-rush frenzy of Silicon Valley.
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2018In 2009, a mild-mannered business school grad named Jho Low, with the aid of Goldman Sachs and others, siphoned billions of dollars from an investment fund--right under the nose of global financial industry watchdogs.
The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2021When WeWork collapsed, nearly $40 billion of value vaporized in one of corporate America's most spectacular meltdowns. The Cult of We is the gripping story of careless and often absurd people--and the financial system they have made.
The Key Man: The True Story of How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale by Location: Pardee Stacks HG5435.5 .C53 2021Publication Date: 2021In this compelling story of lies, greed and tarnished idealism, the authors investigate a man who Bill Gates and Western governments entrusted to make profits and end poverty, but who now stands accused of masterminding one of the biggest, most brazen financial frauds ever.
Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend by Location: Pardee Stacks HV6692.P66 Z83 2006Publication Date: 2006For a run of magical weeks in the spring and summer of 1920, Charles Ponzi raised the "rob Peter to pay Paul" scam to an art form. At the peak of his success, Ponzi was raking in more than $2 million a week at his office in downtown Boston. Then his house of cards came crashing down.
Featured Reading: Business of Sports
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The sports world and the business world have been closely linked since the beginning. From the real-life franchises to fantasy ventures, marketing madness to retailing revolutions, there's nearly as many ways to profit as there are to play. In honor of March Madness, we're highlighting some items from our collection that highlight the unique, complicated, fascinating ways these two worlds intersect.
An Economist Goes to the Game: How to Throw Away $580 Million and Other Surprising Insights from the Economics of Sports by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022Paul Oyer shows the many ways economics permeates the world of sports. This book is an entertaining guide to how a bit of economics can make you a better athlete and a more informed fan.
Game of Edges: The Analytics Revolution and the Future of Professional Sports by Location: Pardee Book Display GV734 .S36 2023Publication Date: 2023Franchises today are more than just sports; they integrate a whole suite of other businesses focused on keeping you, the viewer, engaged with the products. An essential exploration of a world where winning the game is just the beginning.
Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Fans Use Mathematics in Sports by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022Mathletics reveals the mathematical methods top coaches and managers use to evaluate players and improve team performance, and gives math enthusiasts the practical skills they need to enhance their understanding and enjoyment of their favorite sports-and maybe even gain the outside edge to winning bets.
Books on the Business of Sports
Before March Madness: The Wars for the Soul of College Basketball by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2020Kurt Edward Kemper tells the dramatic story of the clashes that shook college basketball at mid-century--and how the repercussions continue to influence college sports to the present day.
Business the NHL Way: Lessons from the Fastest Game on Ice by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022Using ice hockey as an analogy for life, Norm O'Reilly and Rick Burton inform business and industry professionals on best practices to achieve strategic outcomes and career advancement.
Game On: How Sports Media Grew Up, Sold Out, and Got Personal with Billions of Fans by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2024Game On tells the story of how and why the sports media industry grew to become one of the most important and profitable components of the global entertainment landscape.
Never Ask Why: Football Players' Fight for Freedom in the NFL by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2023Journalist Chuck Cascio presents the writings Ed Garvey, the first executive director of the pro football players' union, the NFLPA. Follow Garvey as he navigated strikes, lockouts, scabs, stooges, lies, as well as the sports media complex--to maintain players' dignity.
Numbers Don't Lie: New Adventures in Counting and What Counts in Basketball Analytics by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2020How did basketball analytics get from counting one stat, the final score, to counting thousands? Numbers Don't Lie recounts how big data basketball emerged, its current practices, and the deeper ramifications across culture and society.
Sport and Social Media in Business and Society by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2024This concise, practical book examines the significance of social media for the sport industry, explaining key concepts and sharing tools and best practice for the use of social media in sport business communication.
Sports Analytics: A Guide for Coaches, Managers, and Other Decision Makers by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2024A practical, nontechnical guide to incorporating sports data into decision making, giving leaders the knowledge they need to maximize their organization's investment in analytics.
Sports Entrepreneurship: Beyond the Big Leagues by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2023This book is for anyone who dreams of starting a sports business. Christopher Mumford explores the state of the game in data analytics, sports betting, eSports, youth sports, fitness, and the fan experience.
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