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  Credit Unions : A Theoretical and Empirical Overview

  Summary of the international history of the credit union, its functions, and how it operates. Covers the credit union's birth, growth, popularization around the world, and its continuing structural development. Makes mention of the significance of the Quebec and New England "caisse populaire."
  Contains the following sections: Introduction Historical Development Classification and Statistical Overview Modeling the Objective Function Structure and Conduct Regulatory Environment Demutualization Concluding Comments References From the author: "In 2009 there were over 49,330 credit unions across 98 countries with more than 184 million members and approximately $1,354 billion in assets. There is a great diversity within the credit union movement across these countries. This reflects the various economic, historic and cultural contexts within which credit unions operate. This paper traces the evolution of the credit union movement...."

  Tags Africa, Asia, Business and Economics, Caribbean, Europe, Germany, Great Britain, Latin America, Manchester NH, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, North America, United States
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  Yeast

  A collection of writings in cultural studies, compiled for a University of Maine course in English composition. Available at the Franco-American Centre, Orono, Maine.

  Tags Education, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Great Britain, Illness, Language and Linguistics, Latin America, Lewiston ME, Maine, Native Americans, Peru, Poetry, Rumford ME, Texas, United States

• American, United Statian, USAmerican, or Gringo?

  One of two articles in the "From the Culture of Borders to Border Cultures" issue of AmeriQuests journal. From AmeriQuests: "The text discusses the use of the word 'American' when referring to people from, or citizens of, the United States of America. The fact that the citizens of the United States call themselves 'Americans' causes discomfort for many Latin Americans, who see the appropriation of the collective identity of all peoples and countries of the Western Hemisphere as a clear act of cultural imperialism. The article discusses the historic origins and the consolidation of the use of 'American' in this restricted sense."

  Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Europe, Government and Politics, Language and Linguistics, Latin America, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Paraguay, Peru, United States, Uruguay, War
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  Accenting the French in Comparative American Studies

  Critical essay on the inclusion of Francophone peoples and regions in the broadening scope of American Studies. Brief survey on certain literary works and literary criticism that illustrate how cultural identity gets articulated in terms of the wide geography, multiple languages, and human migrations of the Americas. The ways in which regional writers "remap" their region's identity and build specific international relationships, with examples from Haiti, Québec, and other Francophone areas in the western hemisphere. Particular emphasis on the peoples and literatures of Latin America and the Caribbean, Québec and French Canada, with some comments on Cajuns and Creoles in Louisiana and Franco Americans New England.

  Tags Antilles, Canada, Caribbean, Criticism and Review, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Geography, Language and Linguistics, Latin America, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, New England, North America, Québec, United States