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Adam Smith and Modern Political Economy: Bicentennial Essays on the Wealth of Nationsby Gerald P. O'DriscollISBN 0813819008 (0-8138-1900-8)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub Professional
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Agricultural Choice and Change: Decision Making in a Costa Rican Communityby Peggy F. BarlettISBN 081350936X (0-8135-0936-X)
Hardcover, Rutgers Univ Pr
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Apartheid in Theory and Practice: An Economic Analysisby Mats LundahlISBN 0813384478 (0-8133-8447-8)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Barron's Finance and Investment Handbookby John Downes, Jordan Elliot Goodman, Barron's Educational Series IncISBN 0812057295 (0-8120-5729-5)
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Becoming Native to This Placeby Wes JacksonISBN 0813118468 (0-8131-1846-8)
Hardcover, Univ Pr of Kentucky
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The Big Catch: A Practical Introduction to Developmentby A.F. RobertsonISBN 0813325226 (0-8133-2522-6)
Softcover, Westview Pr
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The Big Picture: Money And Power in Hollywoodby Edward Jay EpsteinISBN 0812973828 (0-8129-7382-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Epstein shows that in Hollywood, the only art that matters is the art of the deal: Major films turn huge profits not from the movies themselves but through myriad other enterprises, from video-game spin-offs and soundtracks to fast-food tie-ins, and even theme-park rides. The studios may compete for stars and Oscars, but their corporate parents view wth one another in less glamorous markets such as cable, home video, and pay-TV.
Money, though, is only a small part of the Hollywood story; the social and political milieuspower, prestige, and statustell the rest. Alongside its remarkable financial revelations and incisive profiles of the pioneers who helped build Hollywood, The Big Picture is filled with eye-opening insider stories. If you are interested in Hollywood today and the complex and fascinating way it has evolved in order to survive, you haven t seen the big picture until youve read The Big Picture. [via]More editions of The Big Picture: Money And Power in Hollywood:
Blood Diamondsby Greg CampbellISBN 0813342201 (0-8133-4220-1)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stonesby Greg CampbellISBN 0813339391 (0-8133-3939-1)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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Books for You: A Booklist for Senior High Studentsby Donald R. Gallo, Robert C. Small, National Council of Teachers of EnglishISBN 0814103634 (0-8141-0363-4)
Softcover, The Council
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Business and the State in Contemporary Russiaby Peter RutlandISBN 0813336562 (0-8133-3656-2)
Softcover, Westview Pr
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The Canting Crew: London's Criminal Underworld, 1550-1700by John L. McMullanISBN 0813510228 (0-8135-1022-8)
Hardcover, Rutgers Univ Pr
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Capitalism and Arithmetic: The New Math of the 15th Century, Including the Full Text of the Treviso Arithmetic of 1478, Translated by David Eugene Sby Frank SwetzISBN 0812690141 (0-8126-9014-1)
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Capitalism in Colonial Puerto Rico: Central San Vicente in the Late Nineteenth Centuryby Teresita Martinez-VergneISBN 0813011108 (0-8130-1110-8)
Hardcover, Univ Pr of Florida
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The Capitalist Philosophers : The Geniuses of Modern Business - Their Lives, Times and Ideasby Andrea GaborISBN 0812928202 (0-8129-2820-2)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Changing Fortunes: The Shaping of the International Monetary Orderby Paul A. VolckerISBN 081292018X (0-8129-2018-X)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Communication and the Transformation of Economics: Essays in Information, Public Policy, and Political Economyby Robert E. BabeISBN 0813326710 (0-8133-2671-0)
Softcover, Westview Pr
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Communism: A Historyby Richard PipesISBN 0812968646 (0-8129-6864-6)
Softcover, Modern Library
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This compelling little book is a devastating critique of Marxism, Leninism, Stalinism, and everything else that fits under the awful rubric of Communism. It begins by tracing Communism's philosophical origins (it has antecedents in Plato) and then outlines the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Next comes the story of why Communism took root in Russia and not the industrial West, where Marx himself believed it would sprout (answer: the traditions of property rights and the rule of law were too strong). Even in Russia, Communism was not the product of popular demand (in fact, it has never been the product of popular demand anywhere). Instead, it was a top-down revolution imposed on the whole country by a small minority of elites, led by Lenin. The Communists claimed to represent workers, but few workers were actually a part of their movement. Thus, "the Communists had to rule despotically and violently; they could never afford to relax their authority." And they were capable of incredible cruelty: "The so-called purges of the 1930s were a terror campaign that in indiscriminate ferocity and number of victims had no parallel in world history." In 1937 and 1938, for instance, the Soviet rulers of Russia executed an average of 1,000 people per day; the tsarist regime they supplanted, which was often criticized as inhumane, executed less than 4,000 people for political crimes over an 85-year period.
Though Pipes appropriately spends much time discussing the Soviet Union, he also examines Communism's reception in the West and in developing countries. The book is a concise tour de force. As the cold war fades into history, it is critical not to forget the monstrous legacy of Communism, whose horrible record Pipes lays out on these pages. This is a magnificent book, a wonderful primer on a topic whose importance is difficult to overstate. --John Miller [via]
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The Complete Art of Warby Sun-Tzu, Sun Pin, Mei-Chun Lee Sawyer, Ralph D. SawyerISBN 0813330858 (0-8133-3085-8)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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Creating a World Economy: Merchant Capital, Colonialism, and World Trade, 1400-1825by Alan K. SmithISBN 0813311098 (0-8133-1109-8)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Darwinian Politics: The Evolutionary Origin of Freedomby Paul H. RubinISBN 0813530962 (0-8135-3096-2)
Softcover, Rutgers Univ Pr
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Debt and Democracy in Latin Americaby Barbara Stallings, Robert KaufmanISBN 0813375487 (0-8133-7548-7)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Debt and Taxes : How America Got into Its Budget Mess and What We Can Do about Itby John H. Makin, Norman J. OrnsteinISBN 081292312X (0-8129-2312-X)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Debt For Sale: A Social History of the Credit Trapby Brett WilliamsISBN 0812218868 (0-8122-1886-8)
Hardcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Discovering Aftificial Economics: How Agents Learn and Economies Evolveby David F. BattenISBN 0813397707 (0-8133-9770-7)
Hardcover, Perseus Books
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East and West: China, Power and the Future of Asiaby Christopher PattenISBN 0812932323 (0-8129-3232-3)
Softcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Few Western political figures can answer that question as well as Christopher Patten. For five years, Patten was the governor of Hong Kong, and as China prepared to reclaim its people and its land, he struggled to put in place democratic institutions that would ensure Hong Kong's continued vitality.
In East and West, Patten draws on those struggles to give us an intimate portrait of the real Asia, in all its diversity, and to make a vital argument for the common interest of Eastern and Western powers. The result is a startling departure from the conventional wisdom about China, power, and the future of Asia.
Starting from his own experience as governor, his attempt to introduce democracy to Hong Kong, and his often difficult relationship with both Chinese and Western business and political interests, Patten addresses some of the most vital, and often confused, issues of the coming century.
Patten dismisses talk of a monolithic "Asian value system"--in the East as well as the West--as a self-serving excuse for authoritarianism. While tumbling currencies have silenced talk of "the Asian economic miracle," scholars and politicians still make a living touting Asian exceptionalism, many suggesting that what works for the West cannot work for the East. But Patten argues that it already has. What took place in Asia in the last thirty years, he says, was similar to the industrialization of Europe and the United States, only much faster.
Ultimately, Patten argues that free markets and free politics sustain each other. In the East and in the West, political liberty and economic freedom march together. "I believe a process has likely begun which is irreversible," Patten writes, "and which will ensure that the next century belongs not to Asia or America or any other continent, but to those values which best combine decency and a good life. A hundred years ago, A. E Housman's 'steady drummer' best a warning of death and misery to come. Today, on the threshold of another century, the omens seem better. Eastward as well as westward, the land is bright." [via]More editions of East and West: China, Power and the Future of Asia:
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eBoys : The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Workby Randall E. StrossISBN 0812930959 (0-8129-3095-9)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Stross is a gifted storyteller who weaves the personal histories of the Benchmark partners with stories of how the firm came to back such companies as Priceline.com and Webvan. We meet guys who weren't born to privilege, men who took unconventional routes into the venture capital business. Probably the most intriguing is Dave Beirne, a hyperaggressive executive recruiter who went into the business after realizing venture capitalists are the ones who really call the shots at high-tech start-ups. We also see the problems Silicon Valley guys have when they try to dot-com the bricks-and-mortar world. The short tale of an aborted partnership between Benchmark and Toys 'R' Us illustrates why the old economy is so mystified by the new.
Anyone interested in how business works should find something of interest in eBoys. From the organizational structure and corporate culture of Benchmark to the histories and personalities of its partners to its adventures in the world of Internet start-ups, it's a digital snapshot that reveals how successful businesses look, think, and mine gold in today's economy. --Lou Schuler [via]
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The Economic Illusion: False Choices Between Prosperity and Social Justiceby Robert KuttnerISBN 0812212401 (0-8122-1240-1)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Economic Strategy and National Security: A Next Generation Approachby Patrick J. DesouzaISBN 0813368340 (0-8133-6834-0)
Hardcover, Westview Pr
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Economics and Institutions: A Manifesto for a Modern Institutional Economicsby Geoffrey M. HodgsonISBN 0812281136 (0-8122-8113-6)
Hardcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil Warby Jeffrey R. HummelISBN 0812693116 (0-8126-9311-6)
Hardcover, Open Court Publishing Company
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Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil Warby Jeffrey Rogers HummelISBN 0812693124 (0-8126-9312-4)
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Energy in World Historyby Vaclav SmilISBN 0813319021 (0-8133-1902-1)
Softcover, Westview Pr
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Eye of the Worldby Robert JordanISBN 0812500482 (0-8125-0048-2)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Faith and Credit: The World Bank's Secular Empireby Susan George, Fabrizio SabelliISBN 0813326079 (0-8133-2607-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faith and Credit: The World Bank's Secular Empire'Book summary:In its fifty years of existence, the World Bank has influenced more lives in the Third World than any other institution, yet it remains largely unknown, even enigmatic. Although it claims to be a purely economic institution, the Bank wields enormous political power and has succeeded in making its own view of development appear to be the norm.In this richly illuminating and lively overview, Susan George and Fabrizio Sabelli examine the Banks policies, its internal culture, and the interests it serves. They reveal a supranational, nondemocratic, and extremely powerful institution that functions much like the medieval church or a monolithic political party, relying on rigid doctrine, hierarchy, and a rejection of dissenting ideas to perpetuate its influence. Its faith in orthodox economics, the idea of perpetual growth, and the capacity of the market to solve development problems is incompatible with its professed goals of helping the poor and protecting the environment. Faced with these contradictions, the Bank is increasingly struggling to reconcile the roles of commercial lender, policymaker, and great humanitarian. This book is crucial reading for anyone interested in development and economy of the Third World, especially for international, political, and development economists.[via]More editions of Faith and Credit: The World Bank's Secular Empire:
The Fate of the Dollarby Martin MayerISBN 0812908805 (0-8129-0880-5)
Hardcover, Times Books
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From Marx to Mises: Post-Capitalist Society and the Challenge of Economic Calculationby David R. SteeleISBN 0812690168 (0-8126-9016-8)
Softcover, Open Court Publishing Company
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Full Faith and Credit: The Great S and L Debacle and Other Washington Sagasby William SeidmanISBN 0812921348 (0-8129-2134-8)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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The Games Players: Tales of Men and Moneyby John BrooksISBN 0812908643 (0-8129-0864-3)
Hardcover, Times Books
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Give Us Credit : How the Micro-Lending Revolution is Empowering Women from Bangladesh to Chicagoby Alex CountsISBN 0812924649 (0-8129-2464-9)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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How the Farmers Changed China : Power of the Peopleby Kate X. ZhouISBN 0813326826 (0-8133-2682-6)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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IBM Vs. Japan: The Struggle for the Futureby Robert SobelISBN 0812830717 (0-8128-3071-7)
Hardcover, Stein & Day Pub
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If Americans Really Understood the Income Tax: Uncovering Our Most Expensive Ignoranceby John O. FoxISBN 0813397952 (0-8133-9795-2)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Inequality Reader: Contemporary and Foundational Readings in Race, Class and Genderby David B. Grusky, Szonja SzelenyiISBN 0813343453 (0-8133-4345-3)
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Keys to Investing in Mutual Fundsby Warren BorosonISBN 0812049209 (0-8120-4920-9)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Keys to Retirement Planningby Warren BorosonISBN 0812090136 (0-8120-9013-6)
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Keys to Saving Money on Income Taxesby Warren BorosonISBN 0812090128 (0-8120-9012-8)
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Latin America and the Caribbean in the International Systemby G. AtkinsISBN 0813333830 (0-8133-3383-0)
Softcover, Westview Pr
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The Man Who Made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel And the Rise of Modern Financeby Dan RottenbergISBN 081221966X (0-8122-1966-X)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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It was the height of the Gilded Age and J. Pierpont Morgan controlled the fate of railroads, corporations, and governments. The wealthy and influential were said to tremble before his blinding intellect and intimidating gaze, yet he deferred to one man: Anthony J. Drexel. Drexelwhose name is familiar today only through the university he founded and his recently canonized niece and protegee, Katharinewas the most influential financier of the nineteenth century.
The second son of an Austrian emigre, Anthony Drexel (1826-1893) soon established himself as the preeminent financial mind in the Philadelphia currency brokerage his father began in 1838. Shunning publicity, self-promotion, and high-profile public accolades (he declined President Ulysses S. Grant's invitation to become Secretary of the Treasury), Drexel initiated a partnership with J. P. Morgan and his father, Junius, that became the most powerful financial combination of its age.
At a time when the United States did not have a central bank, the government as well as large-scale commercial ventures relied on financiers to raise the enormous sums of money necessary to build railroads, construct factories, and fight major wars. With branches and partnerships in London, Paris, Chicago, and New York, all benefiting from their leader's reputation for impeccable integrity, Drexel's firms were able to steer American business through the most extraordinary long-term economic growth of any nation in world history, as well as through four devastating depressions, an enlightening lesson in the cyclical nature of the U.S. economy.
Drexel and his firm quietly pioneered many of the financial and business strategies that we now take for granted, such as trading national currencies, guaranteeing credit for travelers abroad, rewarding workers based on individual initiative, and offering "sweat equity" to deserving employees who could not afford to buy stock. By cultivating Morgan's self-confidence and allowing his younger business partner to become the public face for the firm, Drexel was able to avoid attention and, instead, nurture his extended family.
Today, Anthony J. Drexel's influence and accomplishments are mostly forgotten or credited to others, but after decades of detective work and careful research, Dan Rottenberg has succeeded in writing the first biography of this exceptionally influential and elusive man. Since Drexel gave no interviews, kept no diaries, held no public offices, and destroyed most of his personal papers, Rottenberg had painstakingly to track down every reference and anecdote he could find and, in the process, discovered 150 previously unknown letters and cables in Drexel's hand. Drexel believed that there is no limit to what one can accomplish if one doesn't mind who gets the credit, but as The Man Who Made Wall Street shows, the balance has finally been paid in full.More editions of The Man Who Made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel And the Rise of Modern Finance:
Marxism And The Call Of The Future: Conversations On Ethics, History, And Politicsby Bill Martin, Bob AvakianISBN 0812695798 (0-8126-9579-8)
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Millennium : Winners and Losers in the Coming Orderby Jacques AttaliISBN 0812920880 (0-8129-2088-0)
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The Myth of the Plan: Lessons of Soviet Planning Experienceby Peter RutlandISBN 0812690052 (0-8126-9005-2)
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The New China: Comparative Economic Development in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kongby Alvin RabushkaISBN 0813305195 (0-8133-0519-5)
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The New York Times Guide to Buying or Building a Homeby William G. ConnollyISBN 0812907558 (0-8129-0755-8)
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The Next Agenda: Blueprint for a New Progressive Movementby Robert L. Borosage, Roger HickeyISBN 0813398142 (0-8133-9814-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Next Agenda: Blueprint for a New Progressive Movement'Book summary:In The Next Agenda, editors Robert Borosage and Roger Hickey of the Campaign for America's Future have gathered essays written by some of America's most progressive thinkers and activists that lay out ideas and reforms to address the serious issues facing us today. They argue that the economic prosperity of the last decade can only be sustained if it is more widely shared. And they call for a new progressive movement to forge new rules for the global economy just as the Progressives of the last century tamed the excesses of America's national economy.Each of the fourteen essays in The Next Agenda detail the context that makes fundamental reform both necessary and possible and outlines the policy proposals that are vital to begin meeting the challenge. David Moberg, reporter for In These Times, writes about reforming labor law to empower workers whose voices have been drowned out by globalization. Richard Rothstein, education columnist for the New York Times, writes of the growing shortage of classrooms and teachers and suggests reform initiatives for public education. Ted Marmor of the Yale School of Management, and Jon Oberlander, of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, provide a plan to make affordable, comprehensive health care available to everyone. Carl Pope of The Sierra Club and a leader of the environmental movement joins with labor leader Robert Wages, of PACE International, to lay out elements of a Green Growth agenda, detailing how labor and environmentalists can combine in promoting sensible investments for sustainable growth. These forward-thinking essays serve as a springboard for national debate and provide an ambitious agenda for the next administration.[via]More editions of The Next Agenda: Blueprint for a New Progressive Movement:
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The Organization Manby William Hollingsworth Whyte, Joseph NoceraISBN 0812218191 (0-8122-1819-1)
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As an editor for Fortune magazine, Whyte was well placed to observe corporate America; it became clear to him that the American belief in the perfectibility of society was shifting from one of individual initiative to one that could be achieved at the expense of the individual. With its clear analysis of contemporary working and living arrangements, The Organization Man rapidly achieved bestseller status.
Since the time of the book's original publication, the American workplace has undergone massive changes. In the 1990s, the rule of large corporations seemed less relevant as small entrepreneurs made fortunes from new technologies, in the process bucking old corporate trends. In fact this "new economy" appeared to have doomed Whyte's original analysis as an artifact from a bygone day. But the recent collapse of so many startup businesses, gigantic mergers of international conglomerates, and the reality of economic globalization make The Organization Man all the more essential as background for understanding today's global market. This edition contains a new foreword by noted journalist and author Joseph Nocera. In an afterword Jenny Bell Whyte describes how The Organization Man was written.More editions of The Organization Man:
Outsourcing America: What's Behind Our National Crisis And How We Can Reclaim American Jobsby Anil Hira, Ron HiraISBN 0814408680 (0-8144-0868-0)
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The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran And Americaby KENNETH POLLACKISBN 0812973364 (0-8129-7336-4)
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Here Pollack, a former CIA analyst and National Security Council official, brings his keen analysis and insider perspective to the long and ongoing clash between the United States and Iran, beginning with the fall of the shah and the seizure of the American embassy in Tehran in 1979. Pollack examines all the major events in U.S.-Iran relationsincluding the hostage crisis, the U.S. tilt toward Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war, the Iran-Contra scandal, American-Iranian military tensions in 1987 and 1988, the covert Iranian war against U.S. interests in the Persian Gulf that culminated in the 1996 Khobar Towers terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia, and recent U.S.-Iran skirmishes over Afghanistan and Iraq.
He explains the strategies and motives from American and Iranian perspectives and tells how each crisis colored the thinking of both countries leadership as they shaped and reshaped their policies over time. Pollack also describes efforts by moderates of various stripes to try to find some way past animosities to create a new dynamic in Iranian-American relations, only to find that when one side was ready for such a step, the other side fell short.
With balanced tone and insight, Pollack explains how the United States and Iran reached this impasse; why this relationship is critical to regional, global, and U.S. interests; and what basic political choices are available as we deal with this important but deeply troubled country.
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The Political Economy of South Africa: From Minerals-Energy Complex to Industrializationby Ben Fine, Zavareh RustomjeeISBN 0813327903 (0-8133-2790-3)
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Pride and Prejudiceby Jane AustenISBN 0812523369 (0-8125-2336-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pride and Prejudice'Book summary:"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Promised Lands: The Low Countries Under Burgundian Rule, 1369-1530by Walter Prevenier, Willem Pieter Blockmans, Edward Peters, Elizabeth FackelmanISBN 0812213823 (0-8122-1382-3)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Prosperity : The Coming Twenty-Year Boom and What It Means to Youby Bob DavisISBN 0812928199 (0-8129-2819-9)
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Radical Political Economy Since the Sixties: A Sociology of Knowledge Analysisby Paul A. AttewellISBN 0813510538 (0-8135-1053-8)
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The Real Thing: Truth And Power At The Coca-cola Companyby Constance HaysISBN 081297364X (0-8129-7364-X)
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Remaking The American University: Market-smart And Mission-centeredby William F. Massy, Robert Zemsky, Gregory R. WegnerISBN 0813536243 (0-8135-3624-3)
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The Rule of Law and Economic Reform in Russiaby Jeffrey Sachs, Katharina PistorISBN 081333313X (0-8133-3313-X)
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Sale of the Century: Russia's Wild Ride from Communism to Capitalismby Chrystia FreelandISBN 0812932153 (0-8129-3215-3)
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Song of Hope: The Green Revolution in a Panjab Villageby Murray J. LeafISBN 0813510252 (0-8135-1025-2)
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The Soviet Economic System: A Legal Analysisby Peter B. Maggs, Olimpiad S. IoffeISBN 0813372224 (0-8133-7222-4)
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Struggling for Survival Workers, Women, and Class on a Nicaraguan State Farmby Gary RuchwargerISBN 0813374073 (0-8133-7407-3)
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Stunted Lives, Stagnant Economies: Poverty, Disease, and Underdevelopmentby Eileen StillwaggonISBN 0813524946 (0-8135-2494-6)
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The Sun Also Setsby Bill EmmottISBN 0812918169 (0-8129-1816-9)
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Sun-Tzu: The Art of Warby Ralph D. SawyerISBN 081331951X (0-8133-1951-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sun-Tzu: The Art of War'Book summary:[via]The Art of War is almost certainly the most famous study of strategy ever written and has had an extraordinary influence on the history of warfare. The principles Sun-tzu expounded were utilized brilliantly by such great Asian war leaders as Mao Tse-tung, Giap, and Yamamoto. First translated two hundred years ago by a French missionary, Sun-tzus Art of War has been credited with influencing Napoleon, the German General Staff, and even the planning for Desert Storm. Many Japanese companies make this book required reading for their key executives. And increasingly, Western businesspeople and others are turning to the Art of War for inspiration and advice on how to succeed in competitive situations of all kinds.Unlike most editions of Sun-tzu currently available (many simply retreads of older, flawed translations), this superb new translation makes use of the best available classical Chinese manuscripts, including the ancient tomb text version discovered by archaeologists at Linyi, China.Ralph Sawyer, an outstanding Western scholar of ancient Chinese warfare and a successful businessman in his own right, places this classic work of strategy in its proper historical context. Sawyer supplies a portrait of Sun-tzus era and outlines several battles of the period that may have either influenced Sun-tzu or been conducted by him. While appreciative of the philosophical richness of the Art of War, this edition stresses Sun-tzus practical origins and presents a translation that is both accurate and accessible.More editions of Sun-Tzu: The Art of War:
Survive and Win in the Inflationary Eightiesby Howard J. RuffISBN 0812908864 (0-8129-0886-4)
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Theory of Property Rights With Applications to the California Gold Rushby John R. UmbeckISBN 0813816750 (0-8138-1675-0)
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This Is Cuba: An Outlaw Culture Survivesby Ben CorbettISBN 0813342244 (0-8133-4224-4)
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Three Who Made a Revolution: A Biographical Historyby Bertram David WolfeISBN 0812829646 (0-8128-2964-6)
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To Their Own Soil: Agriculture in the Antebellum Northby Jeremy Atack, Fred BatemanISBN 0813800862 (0-8138-0086-2)
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Trouble with Prosperity : A Contrarian's Tale of Boom, Bust and Speculationby James GrantISBN 0812924398 (0-8129-2439-8)
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Untruths: Why the Conventional Wisdom Is Almost Always Wrongby Robert J. SamuelsonISBN 0812991648 (0-8129-9164-8)
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The Utopia Readerby Gregory Claeys, Lyman Tower SargentISBN 0814715710 (0-8147-1571-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Utopia Reader'Book summary:Utopian literature has given voice to the hopes and fears of the human race from its earliest days to the present. The only single-volume anthology of its kind, The Utopia Reader encompasses the entire spectrum and history of utopian writing-from the Old Testament and Plato's Republic, to Sir Thomas More's Utopia and George Orwell's twentieth century dystopia, Nineteen Eighty-Four, through to the present day.
The editors of this definitive collection demonstrate the various ways in which utopias have been used throughout history as veiled criticism of existing conditions and how peoples excluded from the dominant discourse-such as women and minorities-have used the form to imagine empowering alternatives to present circumstances.
An engaging tour through the dissident, polemic, and satirical tradition of utopian writing, The Utopia Reader ultimately provides a telling portrait of civilization's persistent need to imagine and construct ideal societies.
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Wages and Hours: Labor and Reform in Twentieth-Century Americaby Ronnie SteinbergISBN 0813509165 (0-8135-0916-5)
Hardcover, Rutgers Univ Pr
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Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap and What Women Can Do About Itby Warren FarrellISBN 0814472109 (0-8144-7210-9)
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The Witch Doctors: Making Sense of the Management Gurusby Adrian Wooldridge, John MicklethwaitISBN 0812928334 (0-8129-2833-4)
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The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Workby Joanne B. CiullaISBN 0812929012 (0-8129-2901-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work'Book summary:Work, for most of us, is something we do, not something we think about. We may wonder whether our work is sufficiently stimulating, whether it brings in enough money, or whether it makes a difference in the grand scheme of things, but we don't often question what, in fact, work really is, and why we work in the first place. In The Working Life, Joanne Ciulla asks these critical questions and others, taking a philosophical, sociological, and practical look at the nature of work and its role in our lives today.
As Ciulla points out, we live in a work-oriented society where, even though we have more freedom and flexibility than ever and more tools to increase convenience and efficiency, our work determines our lives. We have "gone beyond the work ethic," she states, to a point where our jobs have become our primary source of identity. To understand this, Ciulla looks at the values we reflect in our choice of jobs and professions, the attitudes we express in our language for work, and the sociohistorical journey that work has taken from cursed necessity to calling. She follows the path of work in our recent past, from unregulated labor and slavery, through unionism, to the rise of the all-encompassing corporation and today's blurred lines between private and public lives. In the final section, Ciulla investigates the role that work plays in our understanding and use of time and our search for meaning.
Now teaching courses on ethics, leadership, and critical thinking at Virginia's University of Richmond, Ciulla has examined and experienced the nature of work from both sides of the managerial divide. After supporting herself through the first nine years of an academic career with bar and restaurant work, she went on to study and teach business ethics at Harvard and Wharton. These varied experiences give the book a balanced and sensitive tone, adding credibility to her insights. She supports and refines her ideas about work with the comments of philosophers, writers, sociologists, economists, management theorists, and even the narratives of popular television shows. Her sources range from Aristotle and the ancient storyteller Aesop to the early-20th-century time-study engineer Frederick Winslow Taylor, the comic strip "Dilbert," and modern-day business gurus. The diversity of perspectives is inspiring and helps--together with Ciulla's own interpretations and clear, precise prose--create a thought-provoking and stimulating look at the nature of work. --S. Ketchum [via]
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