The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
New York: Penguin Press, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. More
Economics
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Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective: A Book of Essays
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, 1965. First Edition. Paperback. Rare. These fourteen essays covering a wide range of subjects of great current interest reflect the continuous evolution of the author’s thought from 1951 to 1961. Range and flexibility characterize Alexander Gerschenkron’s dynamic approach to Europe’s industrial history. Connecting..... More
Big Dragon - China's Future: What It Means for Business, the Economy, and the Global Order
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. In BIG DRAGON, Dan Burstein joins with China specialist Arne de Keijzer to offer a comprehensive look at China and its future. They suggest that no other country poses such significant business and political questions for the West and..... More
In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India
New York: Little, Brown, 2006. First UK Edition. Hardcover. As the world's largest democracy and a rising international economic power, India has long been heralded for its great strides in technology and trade. Yet it is also plagued by poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, and a vast array of other social and..... More
Civilization and Capitalism: The Structures of Everyday Life (Volume I)
London: Collins/Fontana Press, 1981. First U.K. Paperback Edition. Softcover. From Kirkus (Jan. 1, 1981): The Braudel craze set off in 1972 by the English translation of his great work The Mediterranean has abated a bit, but it is likely to flourish again with the appearance in English of his..... More
China Perspectives No. 2020/4
Hong Kong: French Centre for Research of Contemporary China, 2020. Issue 123. Softcover. SPECIAL FEATURE Facets of Global China - Editorial – Global China Beyond the Belt and Road Initiative - Establishing the National Immigration Administration: Change and Continuity in China’s Immigration Reforms - The Aid-Contracting Nexus..... More
The American Challenge
See annotation, 1968. Hardcover. Appears to be a Taiwanese pirated edition. Sold for its collectible value only since cannot guarantee accuracy of contents. From the front cover: A startling report on the impact of American Industry, Technology and Culture on Europe and the World. Translated from the..... More
Crises and Compassion: From Russia to the Golden Gate
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Letiche, now in his nineties, provides an intriguing look at the changes that have occurred during his lifetime. Following his Kiev childhood and formative years in Depression-era Montreal, he completed a doctorate at the University of Chicago and took up a Rockefeller..... More
Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
London: Progress Publishers, 1977. Reprint. Appears to be a Taiwanese pirated edition. Communism as a political movement attained global importance after the Bolsheviks toppled the Russian Czar in 1917. After that time the works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, especially the influential Communist Manifesto (1848), enjoyed an international audience..... More
United States, China, and Taiwan: Bridges for a New Millennium
Carbondale: Public Policy Institute, Southern Illinois University, 1999. First Edition. Paperback. Published in cooperation with The American Journal of Chinese Studies. On 6-7 December 1998 the Public Policy Institute Southern Illinois University sponsored an International Symposium in United States, China and Taiwan entitled " Building New Bridges for a...... More
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
London: Penguin Books, 2008. Revised Edition. Paperback. Paul krugman, winner of the 2008 nobel prize in economics, shows how todays crisis parallels the events that caused the great depression - and explains what it will take to avoid catastrophe in 1999, in the return of depression economics, paul krugman surveyed..... More
An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change
Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1982. Sixth printing. Paperback. This book contains the most sustained and serious attack on mainstream, neoclassical economics in more than forty years. Richard R. Nelson and Sidney G. Winter focus their critique on the basic question of how firms and industries change..... More
Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992. First Edition (presumed), Seventh Printing. Hardcover. First published in 1992, Earth In The Balance helped place the environment on the national agenda; now, as environmental issues move front-and-center in the public consciousness, the time is right to reflect deeply on the fate of our planet..... More
The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends That Will Disrupt the World
Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. More
The Agrarian Origins of Modern Japan
New York: Atheneum, 1966. Antonio Frasconi (cover design). Reprint. First Atheneum Edition. Softcover. Atheneum book no. 94. More
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