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The Chinese People's Movement: Perspectives on Spring, 1989: Perspectives on Spring, 1989 by Tony Saich 9780873327466
RRP: $93.58Booksplease Price: $87.34The pro-democracy demonstrations of April-May 1989 heralded the awakening of public opinion in urban China; the brutal suppression in June revealed a Communist Party leadership severely out of touch... -
The Other Japan: Democratic Promise Versus Capitalist Efficiency, 1945 to the Present by Joe Moore 9780873324502
RRP: $54.58Booksplease Price: $54.19This book concentrates on existing realities on potentials for yet-to-be-explored developments in Japan's postwar history. It focuses on the unresolved conflicts beneath the smooth surface of managed... -
Reading the Modern Chinese Short Story by Theodore Huters 9780873327107
RRP: $46.78Booksplease Price: $45.90Translations of six stories accompany seven papers from a workshop on critical approaches to modern Chinese short stories held at the U. of Hawaii in December 1982. With one exception, the essays... -
Controversies in Soviet Social Thought: Democratization, Social Justice and the Erosion of Official Ideology: Democratization, Social Justice and the Erosion of Official Ideology by Murray Yanowitch 9780873328814
RRP: $56.53Booksplease Price: $55.85Over the past several years observers have become aware of what might be called the "expansionary logic" of the reform debate in the Soviet Union. Punctuated by periods of reaction and retreat,... -
Social Policy: Issues of Choice and Change: Issues of Choice and Change by Martin Rein 9780873322355
RRP: $77.98Booksplease Price: $74.08The development and use of the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki number among the formative national experiences for both Japanese and Americans as well as for 20th-century Japan-US relations... -
Economic Reforms in the Socialist World by Stanislaw,etc, Gomulka
Booksplease Price: $90.66First Published in 1990. Socialist countries now account for about a quarter of the world economy, about a third of the world population and about half the world military power. What happens in those... -
The Agrarian Question in North Vietnam, 1974-79 by Adam Fforde 9780873324861
RRP: $60.43Booksplease Price: $59.16This volume investigates why peasants defend themselves against the predations of politics by using such "everyday" forms of protest as footdragging, feigned ignorance, false compliance, etc. With a... -
The Cost of Human Neglect by Harrell R. Rodgers 9780873322379
RRP: $54.58Booksplease Price: $54.19This book discusses the failure in America's welfare system and provides effective welfare reforms. It also includes a survey of the Western European nations' welfare programs and provides the... -
The Great Market Debate in Soviet Economics: An Anthology: An Anthology by David M. Jones 9780873328685
RRP: $185.23Booksplease Price: $176.83The most agonizing and protracted of all the Soviet reform debates has been the debate over economic reform. This anthology of essays and roundtables from party, professional and literary journals... -
On Socialist Democracy and the Chinese Legal System: Li Yizhe Debates: Li Yizhe Debates by Anita Chan 9780873323420
RRP: $77.98Booksplease Price: $74.08The Chinese political system has not been hospitable to political dissidence. From the end of the Cultural Revolution fighting in 1968 up to 1976, the year of Mao's death -- an eight year period... -
Reorganization and Reform in the Soviet Economy by Susan J. Linz 9780873324724
RRP: $224.25Booksplease Price: $215.26Richly represented in the Russian folktale tradition, the legends in this work are religious tales in a peasant village setting. Among the standard themes is the return of Christ, who wanders through... -
Labyrinth: An Essay on the Political Psychology of Change: An Essay on the Political Psychology of Change by R.E. Wilson 9780873324854
RRP: $185.23Booksplease Price: $176.83To receive tenure, college and university professors have long been required to write scholarly monographs or articles, engage in serious research and teach effectively. This collection of articles... -
Controversies in Soviet Social Thought: Democratization, Social Justice and the Erosion of Official Ideology: Democratization, Social Justice and the Erosion of Official Ideology by Murray Yanowitch 9780873325585
RRP: $185.23Booksplease Price: $176.83Over the past several years observers have become aware of what might be called the "expansionary logic" of the reform debate in the Soviet Union. Punctuated by periods of reaction and retreat,... -
Macroeconomics by Amit Bhaduri 9780873323604
RRP: $93.58Booksplease Price: $87.34The climate of opinion among economists recently seems to have shifted in favour of the view that the Keynesian style of economic management does not work in industrial capitalism. This has provided... -
Legacy of a War: American Soldier in Vietnam by Ellen Frey-Wouters
RRP: $81.88Booksplease Price: $77.40A survey examines American attitudes toward the Vietnam War and the experiences and ideas that turned most people against the war.About the AuthorEllen Frey-Wouters (Author)Book InformationISBN... -
Cult and Canon: Origins and Development of State Maoism, 1935-78: Origins and Development of State Maoism, 1935-78 by Helmut Martin 9780873321501
Booksplease Price: $215.26The 18th-century Chinese poet, Yuan Mei, also wrote some short fiction - "Censored by Confucius" - which is reproduced here. The stories offer insights into Mei's views on crime, sex, the status of... -
The Emergence of a National Economy, 1775-1815 by Curtis P. Nettels
RRP: $95.53Booksplease Price: $89.56Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume traces the development of agriculture, transportation, labour movements and the factory system, foreign and... -
Made in Japan and Other Japanese Business Novels Tamae K. Prindle 9780873327725
RRP: $95.53Booksplease Price: $88.98The term "business novel" is a translation of the Japanese word kezai shosetsu, which may be translated literally as * 'economy novel.'' Critic Makoto Sataka first used the word "business" in place... -
Reflections on the Brazilian Counter-revolution by Florestan Fernandes 9780873321778
RRP: $56.53Booksplease Price: $55.85Combining a journalist's view of major trials with a political-legal analysis, this text gives a picture of the politics of justice in Russia. Coverage of major court cases ranges from the 1961 trial... -
Worlds of Modern Chinese Fiction: Short Stories and Novellas from the People's Republic, Taiwan and Hong Kong: Short Stories and Novellas from the People's Republic, Taiwan and Hong Kong by Michael S. Duke 9780873327589
RRP: $95.53Booksplease Price: $88.98This book's pluralistic, non-dogmatic, and committed investigation of the values of ecological sustainability, economic justice, and human dignity provides balanced analysis of environmental problems... -
Just Married by Debbie Cornwell
RRP: $70.18Booksplease Price: $67.45This book is the playful and romantic approach to gourmet dining for newlyweds. It includes elegant, yet easy, recipes to launch newlyweds' life together with fun and style. The book is designed to... -
China's Establishment Intellectuals by Carol Lee Hamrin 9780873323666
RRP: $224.25Booksplease Price: $215.26First published in 1987. This book is part of an ongoing intellectual project-to understand how a changing Chinese Marxism both reflects and shapes the lives of the intelligentsia in China.About the... -
On Her Own: Journalistic Adventures from San Francisco to the Chinese Revolution, 1917-27: Journalistic Adventures from San Francisco to the Chinese Revolution, 1917-27 by Milly Bennett 9780873325233
Booksplease Price: $177.41Born in 1897, Milly Bennett lived an extraordinary life that led from her native San Francisco, to Honolulu, to China for the revolution, to the Soviet Union on the eve of World War II, to the... -
Scratches on Our Minds: American Images of China and India Harold R. Isaacs 9780873321617
RRP: $95.53Booksplease Price: $88.98A presentation of eight contemporary Chinese women writers, representing two generations of women with different backgrounds and experiences. The selections explore esthetic, cultural and ideological... -
Origins of the Crisis in the U.S.S.R.: Essays on the Political Economy of a Disintegrating System: Essays on the Political Economy of a Disintegrating System by Hillel Ticktin
RRP: $81.88Booksplease Price: $77.40Hillel Ticktin has been one of the most controversial figures in Soviet studies for 25 years. His assertions that the Soviet economy was hopelessly inefficient, that the ruble was a sham, and that... -
The Soviet Regional Dilemma by Jan Ake Dellenbrant
RRP: $81.88Booksplease Price: $77.40Incorporating an oral history approach, this history of radio covers the impact of the arrival of television, the rise of transistor radios, the popularity of rock n' roll, FM stereo stations,... -
Why Economics is Not Yet a Science by Alfred S. Eicher
RRP: $95.53Booksplease Price: $88.98First published in 1983. A collection of papers directed at those outside the field of Economics, to open up discussions around the scientific worth of Economics.About the AuthorAlfred S. Eichner,... -
Privacy: Studies in Social and Cultural History: Studies in Social and Cultural History by Barrington Moore, Jr. 9780873322690
RRP: $97.48Booksplease Price: $90.66This title was first published in 1984. Focusing on Brazil, this text covers issues such as: the legacy of colour; social realities; and diversions and assertive behaviour.About the AuthorBarrington... -
The Atomic Bomb: Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki Kyoko Iriye Selden 9780873327732
RRP: $95.53Booksplease Price: $88.98This collection of factual reports, short stories, poems and drawings expresses in a deeply personal voice the devastating effects of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.About the AuthorAuthored... -
Using the Past to Serve the Present: Historiography and Politics in Contemporary China: Historiography and Politics in Contemporary China by Jonathan Unger 9780873327480
RRP: $115.03Booksplease Price: $107.21An historiographical examination of the political debates of the 1980s over despotism in Chinese history and over Party history. The extent of popular culture and its reinterpretation of history is... -
Political Economy of Socialism by Branko Horvat 9780873322560
RRP: $95.53Booksplease Price: $88.98This book is an exploration into the uncharted territory of social reality. It explores social relations and politics, presenting a critique of contemporary socioeconomic systems and discussions on... -
Comparative Economic Systems: v. 2 by Richard L. Carson 9780873325813
RRP: $58.48Booksplease Price: $57.51Comparative Economic Systems is published in three editions, one for each major part. This is Part II and covers Socialist Alternatives, looking at the Hungarian Economy, the structure and trends of... -
Advertising and socialism: The nature and extent of consumer advertising in the Soviet Union, Poland: The nature and extent of consumer advertising in the Soviet Union, Poland by Philip Hanson
Booksplease Price: $117.16This title was first published in 1974.Book InformationISBN 9780873320535Author Philip HansonFormat HardbackPage Count 182Imprint -
Soviet Historians and Perestroika: The First Phase: The First Phase by Donald J. Raleigh
Booksplease Price: $117.16The Soviet historical profession is in ferment. For decades it was relegated to the task of obfuscating the past, gilding the status quo and papering over the "blank spots" in Soviet history - events... -
The Pro-democracy Protests in China: Reports from the Provinces by J. Unger
RRP: $107.23Booksplease Price: $100.60The mass protests that erupted in China during the spring of 1989 were not confined to Beijing and Shanghai. Cities and towns across the great breadth of China were engulfed by demonstrations, which... -
The Philosophy of Science and Economics by Robert A. Solo
Booksplease Price: $90.66The philosophy of science proposes criteria to delineate true science and a theory to explain its progress. As a graduate student under the supervision of Lionel Robbins and Karl Popper, Solo first... -
The Stone Lion and Other Chinese Detective Stories: Wisdom of Lord Bau by Yin-Lien C. Chin 9780873326353
RRP: $56.53Booksplease Price: $55.85Presents ten tales featuring Lord Bau, a wise judge who was a champion of righteousness and protector of the weak against the powerful.About the AuthorYIN-LIEN CHIN teachers Chinese at Vassar College... -
Hunger Trilogy by Wang Ruowang
RRP: $81.88Booksplease Price: $77.40This autobiographical novella was written in 1980 by one of China's leading dissidents, who was released from jail in late October 1990 again after being imprisoned as a pro-democracy activist in the... -
Asia's Miracle Economies by Jon Woronoff
RRP: $95.53Booksplease Price: $88.98An expanded and updated edition of Woronoff's 1986 study of Asia's emerging economic giants, this book looks back at what has happened in the intervening years, especially as regards the "discovery"... -
The Power of the Powerless: Citizens Against the State in Central Eastern Europe Vaclav Havel 9780873327619
RRP: $81.88Booksplease Price: $74.82Books of great political insight and novelty always outlive their time of birth and this reissued work, initially published in 1985, is no exception. Written shortly after the formation of Charter...