61. |  | Title: Historical economics: art or science? Author: Kindleberger, Charles Poor 1910- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Economics and Business | European History | United States HistoryPublisher's Description: Charles P. Kindleberger's writing has ranged widely in the past, from international economics to such specialized topics as the Marshall Plan. In recent years, however, his perspective has shifted to one that tempers the rigidity of technical economics with the flexibility of the liberal arts. Histo . . . [more]Similar Items |
62. |  | Title: Disaster hits home: new policy for urban housing recoveryAuthor: Comerio, Mary C Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Architecture | Urban Studies | Public Policy | Economics and Business | California and the WestPublisher's Description: Whenever a major earthquake strikes or a hurricane unleashes its fury, the devastating results fill our television screens and newspapers. Mary C. Comerio is interested in what happens in the weeks and months after such disasters, particularly in the recovery of damaged housing.Through case studies . . . [more]Similar Items |
63. |  | Title: The waning of the communist state: economic origins of political decline in China and Hungary Author: Walder, Andrew George Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Politics | Sociology | European History | Asian History | China | European Studies | Economics and BusinessPublisher's Description: This collection of essays offers a compelling explanation for the decline of communism in the two countries that went the furthest with economic reforms - China and Hungary. Articulating a vision of change that serves as a counterpoint to the prevailing emphasis on citizen resistance and protest, th . . . [more]Similar Items |
64. |  | Title: Warriors into traders: the power of the market in early GreeceAuthor: Tandy, David W Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Classics | Ancient History | Classical History | Economics and Business | Anthropology | PoliticsPublisher's Description: The eighth century dawned on a Greek world that had remained substantially unchanged during the centuries of stagnation known as the Dark Age. This book is a study of the economic and cultural upheaval that shook mainland Greece and the Aegean area in the eighth century, and the role that poetry pla . . . [more]Similar Items |
65. |  | Title: When government fails: the Orange County bankruptcyAuthor: Baldassare, Mark Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Economics and Business | Politics | American Studies | Sociology | Law | California and the WestPublisher's Description: When Orange County, California, filed for Chapter 9 protection on December 6, 1994, it became the largest municipality in United States history to declare bankruptcy. In the first comprehensive analysis of this momentous fiscal crisis, Mark Baldassare uncovers the many twists and turns from the dark . . . [more]Similar Items |
66. |  | Title: The rice economies: technology and development in Asian societiesAuthor: Bray, Francesca Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Asian Studies | European History | Social Theory | Political Theory | Economics and BusinessPublisher's Description: The contrast in the rate of growth between Western and Eastern societies since 1800 has caused Asian societies to be characterized as backward and resistant to change, though until 1600 or so certain Asian states were technologically far in advance of Europe. The Rice Economies , drawing on original . . . [more]Similar Items |
67. |  | Title: The fountain of privilege: political foundations of markets in Old Regime France and England Author: Root, Hilton L Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: History | Politics | Economics and Business | European History | Sociology | French StudiesPublisher's Description: Hilton Root's new book applies contemporary economic and political theory to answer long-standing historical questions about modernization. It contrasts political stability in Georgian England with the collapse of the Old Regime in France. Why did a century of economic expansion rupture France's pol . . . [more]Similar Items |
68. |  | Title: Hesiod's AscraAuthor: Edwards, Anthony T Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: Classics | Classical History | Classical Politics | Classical Literature and Language | Economics and BusinessPublisher's Description: In Works and Days, one of the two long poems that have come down to us from Hesiod, the poet writes of farming, morality, and what seems to be a very nasty quarrel with his brother Perses over their inheritance. In this book, Anthony T. Edwards extracts from the poem a picture of the social structur . . . [more]Similar Items |
69. |  | Title: Choosing justice: an experimental approach to ethical theory Author: Frohlich, Norman Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Politics | Economics and Business | Philosophy | Political Theory | Social Theory | EthicsSimilar Items |
70. |  | Title: High-Tech Europe: the politics of international cooperation Author: Sandholtz, Wayne Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Politics | Public Policy | Economics and Business | Technology and SocietyPublisher's Description: A study of cooperative efforts in the high-tech industries of Europe. Sandholtz examines why collaboration came late to these countries, how protective walls came down, how countries work together in economically sensitive areas.Governments have recognized for decades the dynamic role played by micr . . . [more]Similar Items |
71. |  | Title: The triumph of Venus: the erotics of the marketAuthor: Schroeder, Jeanne Lorraine Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: Social and Political Thought | Economics and Business | Gender Studies | LawPublisher's Description: The theory of law and economics that dominates American jurisprudence today views the market as rational and individuals as driven by the desire to increase their wealth. It is a view riddled with misconceptions, as Jeanne Lorraine Schroeder demonstrates in this challenging work, which looks at cont . . . [more]Similar Items |
72. |  | Title: Big business and industrial conflict in nineteenth-century France: a social history of the Parisian Gas Company Author: Berlanstein, Lenard R Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: History | European History | French Studies | Economics and Business | Technology and SocietyPublisher's Description: Founded in 1855, the Parisian Gas Company (PGC) quickly developed into one of France's greatest industrial enterprises, an exemplar of the new industrial capitalism that was beginning to transform the French economy. The PGC supplied at least half the coal gas consumed in France through the 1870s an . . . [more]Similar Items |
73. |  | Title: Creating the corporate soul: the rise of public relations and corporate imagery in American big businessAuthor: Marchand, Roland Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: History | American Studies | Popular Culture | Intellectual History | Media Studies | Economics and BusinessPublisher's Description: Over the course of the twentieth century the popular perception of America's giant corporations has undergone an astonishing change. Condemned as dangerous leviathans in the century's first decades, by 1945 major corporations had become respected, even revered, institutions. Roland Marchand's lavish . . . [more]Similar Items |
74. |  | Title: Still a man's world: men who do "women's" workAuthor: Williams, Christine L 1959- Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Sociology | Anthropology | Gender Studies | Women's Studies | Economics and Business | Men and MasculinityPublisher's Description: Men who do "women's work" have consistently been the butt of jokes, derided for their lack of drive and masculinity. In this eye-opening study, Christine Williams provides a wholly new look at men who work in predominantly female jobs. Having conducted extensive interviews in four cities, Williams u . . . [more]Similar Items |
75. |  | Title: Decades of crisis: Central and Eastern Europe before World War IIAuthor: Berend, T. Iván (Tibor Iván) 1930- Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: History | European History | European Studies | Russian and Eastern European Studies | Economics and BusinessPublisher's Description: Only by understanding Central and Eastern Europe's turbulent history during the first half of the twentieth century can we hope to make sense of the conflicts and crises that have followed World War II and, after that, the collapse of Soviet-controlled state socialism. Ivan Berend looks closely at t . . . [more]Similar Items |
76. |  | Title: Plundering paradise: the struggle for the environment in the PhilippinesAuthor: Broad, Robin Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Environmental Studies | Politics | Southeast Asia | Ecology | Asian Studies | Economics and BusinessPublisher's Description: This gripping portrait of environmental politics chronicles the devastating destruction of the Philippine countryside and reveals how ordinary men and women are fighting back. Traveling through a land of lush rainforests, the authors have recorded the experiences of the people whose livelihoods are . . . [more]Similar Items |
77. |  | Title: Poverty in America: a handbookAuthor: Iceland, John 1970- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Economics and Business | Ethnic Studies | Labor Studies | Politics | Urban Studies | American Studies | SociologyPublisher's Description: Poverty may have always been with us, but it hasn't always been the same. In an in-depth look at trends, patterns, and causes of poverty in the United States, John Iceland combines the latest statistical information, historical data, and social scientific theory to provide a comprehensive picture of . . . [more]Similar Items |
78. |  | Title: Manufacturing militance: workers' movements in Brazil and South Africa, 1970-1985Author: Seidman, G Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Politics | Latin American Studies | African Studies | Labor Studies | Economics and BusinessPublisher's Description: Challenging prevailing theories of development and labor, Gay Seidman's controversial study explores how highly politicized labor movements could arise simultaneously in Brazil and South Africa, two starkly different societies. Beginning with the 1960s, Seidman shows how both authoritarian states pr . . . [more]Similar Items |
79. |  | Title: International development and the social sciences: essays on the history and politics of knowledgeAuthor: Cooper, Frederick 1947- Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: History | Social Science | Postcolonial Studies | Anthropology | Economics and Business | PoliticsPublisher's Description: During the past fifty years, colonial empires around the world have collapsed and vast areas that were once known as "colonies" have become known as "less developed countries" or "the third world." The idea of development - and the relationship it implies between industrialized, affluent nations and . . . [more]Similar Items |
80. |  | Title: Landscapes of power: from Detroit to Disney WorldAuthor: Zukin, Sharon Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Politics | Politics | Postcolonial Studies | Urban Studies | Geography | Economics and BusinessSimilar Items |