Facing up to the Past offers a heavily revised English-language version of Het verleden ander ogen. To enhance global under- standing, most contributions from outside the sphere of the Netherlands have been maintained, while most of choose centering on the Netherlands and its former colonies have been replaced by new contributions particularly from Africa. Written by eminent scholars and opinio…
Armed with a thorough knowledge of Asia, Jim Rohwer is a benevolent but sharp witness of the region's fortunes. He gathers hard facts and opinions from impeccable sources and builds around them a very compelling picture of Asia's need to feed on the best standards America can offer. Asia ought to be selective in the process, and Jim Rohwer offers penetrating views on how the countries of the re…
In False Economy, Alan Beattie weaves together the economic choices, political choices, economic history, and human stories, that determine whether governments and countries remain rich or poor. False Economy is a lively and lucid book that engagingly and thought-provokingly examines macroeconomics, economic topics, and the fault lines and successes that can make or break a culture or induce…
Analyzing the new directions that subdisciplines of economics have taken in the face of modern economic challenges, these essays represent invention and discovery in the areas of information, macroeconomics and public policies, international trade and development, finance, business, contracts, law, gaming, and government. They offer not only a wealth of factual information on the current state …
The club of Rome was founded in 1968, the year of the great divide which marked the end, as well as the zenith, of the headlong post-war period of economic growth in the industrialized world. At present, the Club comprises one hundred individuals from fifty-three countries. It has no political ambition.
The contents of this books: 1. Origins of a Culture 2. Early Nineties -- A Culture is Risch 3. Enlightenment Gets out of Hand
The heart of The Grand Chessboard is Brzezinski's analysis of the four critical regions of Eurasia and of the stakes for America in each arena - Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and East Asia. The crucial fault lines may seem familiar, but the implosion of the Soviet Union has created new rivalries and new relationships, and Brzezinski maps out the strategic ramifications of the new geopolitical r…
The boundary between Canada and the United States is famously described as the world's longest undefended border. It was not always so. In The Struggle for the Border, renowned journalist and popular historian Bruce Hutchison tells the little-known story of how that border was established-a story of frontier war, Fenian raids, the burning of Washington, and diplomatic intrigues.
This volume ties together the histories of Japan and China for the modern period prior to the 20th century. Twenty-nine chapters deal with Chinese or Japanese works which were written in response to events in the other country. None of these works has received any sustained attention in the West. As a result we get a view of how Chinese and Japanese saw each other at a time when there were few …
The distinguished contributors to this volume present and interpret the intriguing relationship between China and Japan, covering the important issues - both diplomatic and economic - and considering the implications of current Sino-Japanese contacts for the wider world. This book should prove to be an essential reference for students and academics.