Politics & Social Sciences

Imagine This: A Mere Century Ago, The Purchasing Power Of An Average American Was One-tenth Of What It Is Today. But What Will It Take To Sustain That Growt...

In this much-anticipated book, a leading economist argues that many key problems of the American economy are due not to the flaws of capitalism or the inev...

This Work Analyzes Events Surrounding The Yokohama Incident (1942-1945), Which Led To The Arrest Of Dozens Of Journalists And Researchers In Japan During Th...

"A truly excellent book that explains where our pandemic response went wrong, and how we can understand those failings using the tools of economics." --Tyle...

The roots of Japan's aggressive, expansionist foreign policy have often been traced to its concern over acute economic vulnerability. Michael A. Barnhart t...

this Is A Fascinating Analysis Of The Meaning Of Rice As A Symbol Of Personal And Particularly Of Social Identity In Japanese Culture.--robert N. Bellah o...

A classic study of the Japanese psyche, a starting point for a true understanding Japanese behavior.... The discovery that a major concept of human feelin...

This lucid, hard-hitting book explores a central paradox of the Japanese economy: the relegation of women to low-paying, dead-end jobs in a workforce that d...

Translated From The Japanese By Richard L. Gage. Translation Of The Author's Nihonjin To Yudayajin.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social Science...

Text: English, Japanese (translation)Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesGeneral

Drawing on his diplomatic experience and expertise, George F. Kennan offers an informed, plain-spoken appraisal of United States foreign policy. His evalua...

The United States has been epitomized as a land of opportunity, where hard work and skill can bring personal success and economic well-being. The American D...

Less Freedom. More Regulation. Higher Costs. Make No Mistake: Those Are The Surefire Consequences Of The Modern Global Warming Campaign Waged By Political A...

From A Cutting-edge Cultural Commentator And Documentary Filmmaker, This Work Is A Bold And Brilliant Challenge To Cherished Notions Of The Internet As The ...

From the author of the widely acclaimed The Book of Ruth comes a harrowing, heartbreaking drama about a rural American family and a disastrous event that f...

Two Noted Professors Offer Easily Remembered Rules For Using History Effectively In Day-to-day Management Of Governmental And Corporate Affairs To Avoid Cos...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * USA TODAY! BESTSELLER In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chr...

It Has Been Fifty Years Since Japan Admitted Defeat And Accepted The Terms Of The Potsdam Declaration Following World War Ii. At The Time, Japan Was In Sham...

Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty assumptions about the causes of poverty, resulting in the use of strategies that do considerable h...

Shapiro Presents In-depth Conversations With Twenty Leading Women Of Broadway. He Selected Tony Award-winning Stars Who Have Spent The Majority Of Their Car...

A retrospective covers forty years worth of the best of American Bandstand, a popular music television show hosted by the author who remains a pop icon toda...

Describes How The Author Journeyed To Greece With A Suitcase Full Of Philosophy Books In Order To Learn How To Achieve A Fulfilling Old Age, Explaining How ...

The Classic Study Of Human Nature Which Depicts The Degeneration Of A Group Of Schoolboys Marooned On A Desert Island. By William Golding ; With A Biographi...

In Reading the Figural, or, Philosophy after the New Media D. N. Rodowick applies the concept of “the figural” to a variety of philosophical and aesthe...

Seb Hunter wasn't just a heavy metal fan. He was a blind devotee who threw away his education and future prospects to become a rock star. In Hell Bent for ...

Having created his alter-ego, the Hungry Cyclist and with thousands of pedal-powered miles before him, Tom Kevill-Davies pushed off from New York City on on...

For the past twenty-five years, no one has been better at revealing secrets than Oprah Winfrey. On what is arguably the most influential show in television ...

David Brooks. Includes Index.Categories: Politics & Social SciencesSociology

The follow-up to Clark Howard's #1 New York Times bestseller, Living Large in Lean Times, offers no-nonsense financial tips for achieving lifelong prosperi...

New York Times Bestselling Journalist John Stossel Shows How The Expansion Of Government Control Is Destructive For American Society. Fixing The Economy -- ...

Exposes The Myth Of The Good Girl, Freeing Girls From Its Impossible Standards And Encouraging Them To Embrace Their Real Selves. The Myth Of Girls' Emotion...

Presents An Exploration Of Child Genius Through The Stories Of Fifteen Exceptionally Gifted Young People, From Cybernetics Founder Norbert Wiener And Chess ...

Neil White, a journalist and magazine publisher, wanted the best for those he loved nice cars, beautiful homes, luxurious clothes. He loaned money to fami...

Did you ever wonder what life might be like in a Native American village? What would you eat, and how would you pass the long winter nights? In this book, ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “gripping, revelatory” (NPR) memoir of hard-won success, struggles with addiction, and a lifelong mission to give backâ€...

Americans Are Living Through A Social Crisis. Populist Firebrands -- On Left And Right Alike -- Propose To Address The Crisis Through Acts Of Tearing Down. ...

perspectives On The Nature & Causes Of Suicide/suicide Prevention, Postvention/approaches For Trmt/rational Suicide booknews a Revised Edition Of The T...

The Korean Sixth Sense For Winning Friends And Influencing People, Nunchi (pronounced Noon-chee) Can Help Readers Connect With Others So They Can Succeed In...

**Shortlisted for the 2021 Stephan Russo Goddard Riverside Book Prize for Social Justice** This definitive account of the battle for reproductive freedom i...

Douglas Little exposes the persistence of "orientalist" stereotypes in American popular culture and examines United States policy toward the Middle East fro...

Once A Sleeping Giant, China Today Is The World's Fastest Growing Economy -- The Leading Manufacturer Of Cell Phones, Laptop Computers, And Digital Cameras ...

All Nations Make Themselves Up As They Go Along, But Not All Make Themselves Up In The Same Way. In This Study, Alon Confino Explores How Germans Turned Nat...

Over recent decades, John W. Dower, one of America’s preeminent historians, has addressed the roots and consequences of war from multiple perspectives. I...

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Ian Buruma. Previously Published As: A Japanese Mirror. London : Jonathan Cape, 1983. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Politics &am...

They are burning Japanese cars in Detroit. The top management at Toyosan Motors must decide whether to begin offshore production of its cars in the U.S. But...

Katie Malone and her twin boys' trip along the beautiful mountain roads to Virgin River is stopped short by a tire as flat as her failed romance. To make ma...

Deterrence remains a primary doctrine for dealing with the threat of nuclear weapons in the 21st century. The author reviews the history of nuclear deterr...