New York: Pantheon Books Inc., 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Why do so many of us love or hate our work? How has it come to dominate our lives? And what should we do about it? Work makes us. Without it we are at a loss; in work we hope to... More about The Pleasure and Sorrow of Work
Detroit: General Motors Corporation, 1955. Ernest W. Scanes. Revised Edition. Paperback/Pamphlet. More about American Battle for Abundance: A Story of Mass Production
London: Collins/Fontana Press, 1984. First U.K. Paperback Edition. Softcover. Translated from the French by Sian Reynolds. Volume III investigates what Braudel terms "world-economies"—the economic dominance of a particular city at different periods of history, from Venice to Amsterdam, London, New York. More about Civilization and Capitalism: The Perspective of the World (Volume III
New York: International Publishers Co., Inc., 1972. Third Printing of 1939 Ediiton. Paperback. New World Paperbacks book no. NW-21. More about Herr Eugen Duhring's Revolution in Science (Anti-Dühring
New York: The New American Library, 1963. Milton Glaser (cover art). First Printing. Paperback. A collection of essays on developments and achievements in the 19th century by various contributors inlcuding Mario Praz, R.R. Palmer, Werner Conze, Robert E. Riegel, G.B.L. Wilson, Jean Rostand, Richard H. Shryock, A.A. Zvorikine, Paul Droulers..... More about The Nineteenth Century World: Readings in the History of Mankind
Greenwich: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1973. Paperback. More about B.C. Right On
London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1970. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. This study of modern China was completed during the twentieth anniversary year of the People's Republic. It embodies the results of long research checked by the personal experience gained in the course of extensive travel between 1958 and 1966... More about The Transformation of the Chinese Earth: Aspects of the Evaluation of the Chinese Earth from...
New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2008. First Edition (stated), First Printing. Hardcover. Winner of the 2009 Asian American Literary Award For Nonfiction, given by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop Winner of the PEN USA Literary Award for Research Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book of 2008 One of the... More about Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1988. Kikuchi Yosai (line drawings). First Tuttle Edition, Third Printing. Paperback. Translated from the French by Eileen M. Lowe. From the tenth century onwards the emperors of Japan gradually lost power. The local lords or clan chiefs waged ceaseless war against each other... More about Daily Life in Japan at the time of the Samurai, 1185-1603
New York: Pantheon Books Inc., 1974. Third Printing. Hardcover (cloth). More about Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
New York: Atheneum, 1966. Antonio Frasconi (cover design). Reprint. First Atheneum Edition. Softcover. Atheneum book no. 94. More about The Agrarian Origins of Modern Japan
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