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The Chicago Plan and New Deal Banking Reform
This work presents a comprehensive history and evaluation of the role of the 100 percent reserve plan in the banking legislation of the New Deal reform era from its inception in …
Johann Gottfried Herder on World History: An Anthology
Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) was an influential German critic and philosopher, whose ideas included "cultural nationalism" - that every nation has its own personality and …
Korean Dynasty: Hyundai and Chung Ju Yung
This study focuses on a single Korean "chaebol", the business conglomerate which dominates the Korean economy. Hyundai, the largest chaebol, is examined in the context of Korean …
Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance
Peasant rebellions are uncommon, and the author explores the alternative forms of struggle which they use to achieve their aims. Seven countries are studied for research purposes, …
Imperial Rivals
Based on archival research, this is a history of the Russo-Chinese border which examines Russia's expansion into the Asian heartland during the decades of Chinese decline and the …
Cold War Capitalism: The View from Moscow, 1945-1975
Looking back from the perspective of the mid-1990s, it is hard to believe that Soviet power for so long presented a threat and a challenge to the capitalist system. This book …
Freedom Road
"Howard Fast makes superb use of his material. ... Aside from its social and historical implications, Freedom Road is a high-geared story, told with that peculiar dramatic …
Rediscovering Russia in Asia
This work presents a trans-Siberian expedition to rediscover the peoples, cultures and riches of Russia's eastern frontiers. It addresses such questions as: who are the people of …
The Last Frontier
Originally published in 1941, The Last Frontier is the story of the Cheyenne Indians in the 1870s, and their bitter struggle to flee from the Indian Territory in Oklahoma back to …
The Alchemy of Happiness
Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazzali (1058-1111) is one of the most important religious figures in Islamic history. He is particularly noted for his brilliant synthesis of mysticism and …
The Neo-Stalinist State
Underlying current controversies about environmental regulation are shared concerns, divided interests and different ways of thinking about the earth and our proper relationship to …
The Moral Philosophy of Management: From Quesnay to Keynes
This book explores the foundation of European management philosophy at a dramatic moment in European history: the Cold War has ended; Western capitalism has triumphed over …