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Bob Hartman
Why Dogs Chase Cats: And Other Animal Stories

2004 y.
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ISBN: 0745946968
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Sherri McArdle, Jim Ramerman
Why Dogs Wag Their Tails: Lessons Leaders Can Learn about Work, Joy, and Life

2007 y.
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ISBN: 0832950114
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Why Don`t Penguins` Feet Freeze? And 114 Other Questions

2007 y.
Publisher: Free Press
Description: What time is it at the North Pole? What`s the chemical formula for a human being? Why do boomerangs come back? Why do flying fish fly? Do the living really outnumber the dead? Why does lightning fork? Why does the end of a whip crack? Everyone has at one time or another thought up odd questions like these, questions that are strange, intriguing, maybe even impossible to answer. Making your morning omelet, perhaps you`ve wondered why most eggs are egg shaped. Or maybe, the last time you walked on the beach, you felt compelled to ask why the sea is salty. Watching Polly sit on her perch, have you ever marveled at how she stays there - even when she`s asleep? Well, the readers of New Scientist`s wildly popular, long-running column `The Last Word` thought of these questions, too, and weren`t afraid to ask them. `Why Don`t Penguins` Feet Freeze? And 114 Other Questions` is a brilliant collection of… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1416541462
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Mike O`Connor
Why Don`t Woodpeckers Get Headaches: And Other Answers to Bird Questions You Know You Want to Ask

2007 y.
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ISBN: 0080708574
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Rick Maurer
Why Don`t You Want What I Want? How to Win Support for Your Ideas without Hard Sell, Manipulation, or Power Plays

— y.
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Description: In Why Don`t You Want What I Want? Rick Maurer introduces you to a high integrity process that enables you and the other person to create outcomes you both fully support. Without the old-style hard sell, manipulation, and power plays, he shows you how toturn resistance into support and use 6 principles of engagement to help you persuade while you build relationships and get your ideas into action. Drawing on theory and practice from psychology, management, theater, mediation, principled negotiation,and the philosophy of Martin Buber, Rick offers a powerful book that will enable you to build bridges and get results. Interviews with Senator George Mitchell, chair of the North Ireland Peace Process, Alan Alda, award winning actor and director, Lynne Jacobs, noted therapist and psychoanalyst, Neil Rackham, researcher and author of best-selling book Spin Selling, and Miriah Burton Nelson, author of The Unburdened Heart provide real-world examples of the principle [detailed...]

ISBN: 1885167563
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F. Robert Jacobs, David Clay Whybark, F. Robert Jacobs, D. Clay Whybark
Why ERP? A Primer on SAP Implementation

— y.
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Description: What is Enterprise Resource Planning and why does it matter? Like The Goal, Why ERP? is a short novel about a manager in a furniture manufacturing business who is charged with learning about and implementing a new ERP system, SAP R/3. The story tells of his experience and provides a non-technical, non-programming introduction to the basic concepts and architecture of ERP systems. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0072400897
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Jeff Madrick
Why Economies Grow: The Forces That Shape Prosperity and How We Can Get Them Working Again

— y.
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Description: The past two years have been an unhappy and uncertain time for the once-unstoppable U.S. economy. The dot-com bubble has burst, the major stock indexes have lost hundreds of billions of dollars of value, there is a crisis of confidence in corporate governance, and the economy as a whole is growing sluggishly if at all. These developments have many people asking questions they thought we`d already answered: What makes economies grow? How can we get ours healthy again? There are any number of one-dimensional answers to be had. Some focus on the national savings rate. Others take for granted that growth is driven by new technologies. In Why Economies Grow , New York Times columnist Jeff Madrick argues that these factors are not as dominant as many believe and all the emphasis they receive leads us to ignore other crucial factors. The most important of those neglected is the strength of market demand itself. The surprising thesis at the heart of this book is… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0465043119
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J. D. Trout
Why Empathy Matters: The Science and Psychology of Better Judgment

2010 y.
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Description: A road map to empathic and efficient decisions and policies, constructed from new insights in the science of human judgment Faced with another`s suffering, human beings feel sympathy and may even be moved to charity. However, for all our good intentions and vaunted free will, we are lousy at making the bigger decisions that actually improve lives. Why? Drawing on his sweeping and innovative research in the fields of psychology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience, philosopher and cognitive scientist J. D. Trout explains how our empathic wiring actually undermines the best interests of individuals and society. However, it is possible to bridge this `empathy gap` and improve our decision-making. Here, Trout offers a tantalizing proposal- how to vault that gap and improve the lives of not just ourselves but the lives of everyone all around the world. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0143116614
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John F. Kennedy
Why England Slept

1981 y.
Publisher: Greenwood Press Reprint
Description: Written by John F. Kennedy in 1940 when he was still in college and reprinted in 1961 when he was president, this book is an appraisal of the tragic events of the thirties that led to World War II. It is an account of England`s unpreparedness for war and a study of the shortcomings of democracy when confronted by the menace of totalitarianism. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0313228744
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Simon Tupman
Why Entrepreneurs Should Eat Bananas: 101 Timeless and Inspirational Ideas for Growing Your Business and Yourself

2006 y.
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Description: Just as bananas provide an excellent source of carbohydrate fuel, this guide boasts timeless, inspirational, energy-boosting tips and advice for today`s entrepreneur. Striking a balance between creating a successful business and seeking a satisfactory life, this book tackles common issues such as how to work smarter, not harder, connect with existing customers and attract new ones, bring out the best in your people and free up time, promote a company in the market, and keep happy and healthy. Whether running a small direct mail company from a garage or starting up a software company in Silicon Valley, this much-needed guide empathizes with entrepreneurs of all kinds. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1904879497
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Jerry A. Coyne
Why Evolution Is True

2009 y.
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Description: Why evolution is more than just a theory: it is a factIn all the current highly publicized debates about creationism and its descendant ?intelligent design,? there is an element of the controversy that is rarely mentioned?the evidence, the empirical truth of evolution by natural selection. Even Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould, while extolling the beauty of evolution and examining case studies, have not focused on the evidence itself. Yet the proof is vast, varied, and magnificent, drawn from many different fields of science. Scientists are observing species splitting into two and are finding more and more fossils capturing change in the past?dinosaurs that have sprouted feathers, fish that have grown limbs. Why Evolution Is True weaves together the many threads of modern work in genetics, paleontology, geology, molecular biology, and anatomy that demonstrate the ?indelible stamp? of the processes first proposed by Darwin. In crisp, lucid prose accessible to a wide audience, Why… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0670020532
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Jerry A. Coyne
Why Evolution Is True

2010 y.
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Description: `Coyne`s knowledge of evolutionary biology is prodigious, his deployment of it as masterful as his touch is light.` -Richard Dawkins In the current debate about creationism and intelligent design, there is an element of the controversy that is rarely mentioned-the evidence. Yet the proof of evolution by natural selection is vast, varied, and magnificent. In this succinct and accessible summary of the facts supporting the theory of natural selection, Jerry A. Coyne dispels common misunderstandings and fears about evolution and clearly confirms the scientific truth that supports this amazing process of change. Weaving together the many threads of modern work in genetics, paleontology, geology, molecular biology, and anatomy that demonstrate the `indelible stamp` of the processes first proposed by Darwin, Why Evolution Is True does not aim to prove creationism wrong. Rather, by using irrefutable evidence, it sets out to prove evolution right. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0143116649
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John Kay
Why Firms Succeed

— y.
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Description: When John Kay`s Foundations of Corporate Success first appeared in the U.K., it commanded the attention of the corporate world--and drew widespread praise. The Financial Times hailed it as `a powerfully argued book, which casts a fresh light on a range of practical business challenges.` And Business Age wrote, `You must read John Kay`s new book Foundations of Corporate Success. Kay is currently the best management theorist in Britain, bar none….He is a rare find.` Now Oxford University Press is publishing an American edition of this landmark book. In this freshly revised volume, Kay applies his groundbreaking theories to the U.S. experience, illustrating them with examples of success and failure in the American market. For too long, he writes,managers have chased after the latest fad in business planning and strategy, beguiled by military analogies and the demand for overarching vision. Success, he believes, should not be measured by organizational size or market share,… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0195087674
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H. W. Lewis
Why Flip a Coin?: The Art and Science of Good Decisions

— y.
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Description: `It is rare to come across a book that can truly be called fascinating, but here is one.`—New Scientist Why Flip a Coin? What`s the best way to choose the right spouse? . . . How can I increase my chances of winning the office football pool? . . . By what process should I choose a candidate in the Senate race? . . . Could I possibly make more money playing poker instead of the stock market? Using examples gleaned from everyday life, noted physicist H. W. Lewis explains what science has discovered about the rules that govern good—and not-so-good—decision making. Full of provocative insights into human psychology and behavior, Why Flip a Coin? will leave you laughing—even as you`re learning. `Should you read this book or not? If you don`t read it you will surely miss out on Lewis`s flinty wit and sharp sense of irony. The choice is clear. You needn`t even flip a coin.`—The Sciences `Lighthearted but far from… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0471296457
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Why France?: American Historians Reflect on an Enduring Fascination

2007 y.
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Description: France has long attracted the attention of many of America`s most accomplished historians. The field of French history has been vastly influential in American thought, both within the academy and beyond, regardless of France`s standing among U.S. political and cultural elites. Even though other countries, from Britain to China, may have had a greater impact on American history, none has exerted quite the same hold on the American historical imagination, particularly in the post-1945 era. To gain a fresh perspective on this passionate relationship, Laura Lee Downs and StA©phane Gerson commissioned a diverse array of historians to write autobiographical essays in which they explore their intellectual, political, and personal engagements with France and its past. In addition to the essays, Why France? includes a lengthy introduction by the editors and an afterword by one of France`s most distinguished historians, Roger Chartier. Taken together, these essays provide a rich and… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0801444144
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Harm de Blij
Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America: Climate Change, the Rise of China, and Global Terrorism

2005 y.
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Description: Over the next half century, the human population, divided by culture and economics and armed with weapons of mass destruction, will expand to nearly 9 billion people. Abrupt climate change may throw the global system into chaos, China will emerge as a superpower, and Islamic terrorism and insurgency will threaten vital American interests. How can we understand these and other global challenges? Harm de Blij has a simple answer: by improving our understanding of the world`s geography. De Blij demonstrates how geography`s perspectives yield unique and penetrating insights into the interconnections that mark our shrinking world. Centuries ago a surge of climate change halted China`s maritime plans, more recently, environmental calamity altered the course of geopolitical events in East Asia, today, terrorists look for failed and malfunctioning states to base their operations--and some of these are in our own hemisphere. Preparing for climate change, averting a cold war with… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0195183010
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Harm de Blij
Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America: Climate Change, the Rise of China, and Global Terrorism

2007 y.
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Description: Over the next half century, the human population, divided by culture and economics and armed with weapons of mass destruction, will expand to nearly 9 billion people. Abrupt climate change may throw the global system into chaos, China will emerge as a superpower, and Islamic terrorism and insurgency will threaten vital American interests. How can we understand these and other global challenges? Harm de Blij has a simple answer: by improving our understanding of the world`s geography. In Why Geography Matters, de Blij demonstrates how geography`s perspectives yield unique and penetrating insights into the interconnections that mark our shrinking world. Preparing for climate change, averting a cold war with China, defeating terrorism: all of this requires geographic knowledge. De Blij also makes an urgent call to restore geography to America`s educational curriculum. He shows how and why the U.S. has become the world`s most geographically illiterate society of consequence, and… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0195315820
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Lita Linzer Schwartz
Why Give `Gifts` to the Gifted?: Investing in a National Resource

— y.
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Description: This provocative book argues that the educational opportunities given to gifted individuals are neither elitist nor undemocratic as critics charge. The author describes the types of giftedness, giving nine categories of options for enhancing the educational experiences of gifted students, and explains how these options can be modified to meet individual needs. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0803961049
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Howard Lewis, J. David Richardson
Why Global Commitment Really Matters!

— y.
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Description: For both soaring Silicon Valley and slumping Central New York, and for firms both large and small, global integration usually has a very positive impact. In this study, Howard Lewis and J. David Richardson explore new gains from deep international integration, some of which were featured in two earlier Institute studies of the under-appreciated benefits of deep export dependence (*). Why Global Integration Matters Most! updates the export studies and explores the evidence for a more radical idea. A growing body of research literature demonstrates that globally engaged firms and their workers enjoy numerous performance benefits over local counterparts that are identical with respect to size, industry, and location. Conscious decisions to export, import, invest abroad, or partner with foreign investors or technology seem to be a catalyst for added benefits, especially rapid and stable job growth. Over time, globally engaged firms rejuvenate whole industries as their market share… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0881322989
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Martin Wolf
Why Globalization Works

2005 y.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Description: The author, a Financial Times editor, makes a conventional economist`s argument for globalization that is not likely to convince many skeptics. His faith is that growth and everything else good comes from `the market,` while any problems with globalization must be the fault of governments. Wolf doesn`t consider that economic processes redistribute power and therefore transform politics and the possibilities of government action. Like so many economists, he analyzes primarily aggregate statistics: gray averages. For example, using aggregate figures he argues that workers in rich countries are paid more because they are much more productive than workers in poor countries are. Thus high-paid workers need not fear that competition from low-paid workers will undermine their economic security. The reason, he explains, is that workers in developed countries work, on average, with far less capital per worker. While this is true in aggregate, for a particular transnational firm deciding… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0300107773
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Aaron Hopson
Why God Kept Saving Me

2007 y.
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ISBN: 1419682075
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Kevin L. Patterson
Why God Wants You Wealthy and Government Wants You Poor: Giving yourself permission is the first step in achieving great wealth in your life.

2008 y.
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Description: Why God Wants You Wealthy and Government Wants You Poor attempts to dispel the long-held belief that God does not want his followers to be wealthy, and presents a variety of sources and information to argue why the government conspires to keep people poor and unsuccessful. Kevin Patterson shares his in-depth knowledge of business development as he explores the vast differences between what he feels God wants spiritual seekers to achieve and the government`s history of playing an intrusive role in hampering business development. Through reliance on Scriptures and stories of successful entrepreneurs, Patterson motivates those who want to improve their financial status and well-being by including advice and helpful tips on many practical topics including: The definition of a true asset Ways to build a vision and a great team How to save money to start a business Methods of investing that will increase wealth How to rise above the naysayers Patterson inspires anyone who is… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0595510809
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Donald N. Sull
Why Good Companies Go Bad And How Great Managers Remake Them

2005 y.
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Description: Book DescriptionHow to keep your company from being blinded by its own success—and how to put a firm on the path to sustained greatness. Organisations must change to survive. But a blind commitment to success “formulas” that worked in the past often render companies unable to adapt when new competitive situations arise. This book spells out the common pitfalls managers fall into, and outlines specific processes managers can use to help their organizations overcome their inertia before it’s too late. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1591397162
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Debbie Ford
Why Good People Do Bad Things: How to Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy

2008 y.
Publisher: HarperOne
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ISBN: 0060897376
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James Hollis
Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves

2008 y.
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ISBN: 1592403417
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Stephen Post, Jill Neimark
Why Good Things Happen to Good People: How to Live a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life by the Simple Act of Giving

2008 y.
Publisher: Broadway
Description: A longer life. A happier life. A healthier life. Above all, a life that matters - so that when you leave this world, you`ll have changed it for the better. If science said you could have all this just by altering one behavior, would you? Dr. Stephen Post has been making headlines by funding studies at the nation`s top universities to prove once and for all the life-enhancing benefits of caring, kindness, and compassion. The exciting new research shows that when we give of ourselves, especially if we start young, everything from life-satisfaction to self-realization and physical health is significantly affected. Mortality is delayed. Depression is reduced. Well-being and good fortune are increased. In their life-changing new book, Why Good Things Happen to Good People, Dr. Post and journalist Jill Neimark weave the growing new science of love and giving with profoundly moving real-life stories to show exactly how giving unlocks the doors to health, happiness, and a longer life…. [detailed...]

ISBN: 076792018X
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Amihai Glazer, Lawrence S. Rothenberg
Why Government Succeeds and Why It Fails

— y.
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Description: This book looks beyond politics to show how the ability of the U.S. government to implement policies is strongly affected by various economic constraints. These include the credibility of the policies, the ability of government to commit to them, theextent to which firms and consumers rationally anticipate their effects, whether the success of a policy further encourages firms and individuals to behave in intended ways, and whether the behavior of such actors can be sustained without continued government intervention. The authors apply these concepts to four areas of policy: macroeconomic policies to promote employment and economic growth, redistributive policies to benefit the poor and the elderly, production policies to provide goods and services, and regulatory policies to guide the behavior of firms and individuals. In doing so they provide plausible explanations of many puzzling phenomena--for example, why government has been successful in reducing cigarette smoking,… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0674004663
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Michael A. Roberto
Why Great Leaders Don`t Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus

2009 y.
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Description: Harvard Business School`s Michael Roberto draws on powerful decision-making case studies from every walk of life, showing how to promote honest, constructive dissent and skepticism, use it to improve decisions, and align organizations behind those decisions. Learn from disasters like the Space Shuttle Columbia and JFK`s Bay of Pigs Invasion, from successes like Sid Caesar and Bill Parcells, from George W. Bush`s decision-making after 9/11. Roberto complements his compelling case studies with extensive new research on executive decisionmaking. Discover how to test and probe a management team, when `yes` means `yes` and when it doesn`t, and how to build real consensus that leads to action. Gain important new insights into managing teams, mitigating risk, promoting corporate ethics, and much more. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0137000634
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Michael A. Roberto
Why Great Leaders Don`t Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus

2005 y.
Publisher: Wharton School Publishing
Description: Leaders hear `yes` far too often. They don`t hear bad news until it`s too late. They get groupthink, not reality. They think they`ve achieved consensus, then find their decisions undermined by colleagues who never really bought in. They become isolated: even high-risk or illegal actions can go unquestioned. It`s an enormous problem: for leaders, for teams, for the entire organization. But is it inevitable? Absolutely not. In this book, Harvard Business School Professor Michael Roberto shows you how to stimulate dissent and debate to improve your decision making, he also shows how to keep that conflict constructive. Of course, conflict alone does not produce better decisions and improved results. Leaders need to cultivate debate and simultaneously build consensus. Strong buy-in paves the way to successful execution. Through fascinating examples from history, including the Columbia space shuttle disaster and the tragedy on Mount Everest, the book explores: … [detailed...]

ISBN: 0-13-145439-0
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Michio Morishima
Why Has Japan `Succeeded`?

— y.
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Description: This book, by a distinguished Japanese economist now resident in the West, offers a new interpretation of the current success of the Japanese economy. By placing the rise of Japan in the context of its historical development, Michio Morishima shows how astrongly-held national ethos has interacted with religious, social and technological ideas imported from elsewhere to produce highly distinctive cultural traits. While Professor Morishima traces the roots of modern Japan back as far as the introduction of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism from China in the sixth century, he concentrates his observations on the last 120 years during which Japan has had extensive contacts with the West. He describes the swift rise of Japan to the status of a first-rate power following the Meiji Revolution after 1867, in which Japan broke with a long history of isolationism, and which paved the way for the adoption of Western technology and the creation of a modern Western-style nation state, and a… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0521269032
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Jeffrey Alwang, Bradford F. Mills, Nelson Taruvinga, World Bank
Why Has Poverty Increased in Zimbabwe? (Poverty Dynamics in Africa Series)

— y.
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