"During the twentieth century Japan was transformed form a poor, primarily rural country into one of the world's largest industrial powers and most highly urbanized countries. Interestingly, while Japanese government and planners borrowed carefully from the planning ideas and me…
Mothering is as old as human existence. But how has this most essential experience changed over time and cultures? What is the history of maternity--the history of pregnancy, birth, the encounter with an infant? Can one capture the historical trail of mothers? How? In Mother Is …
Corporations and American democracy
Corporations and American democracy : an introduction / by Naomi Lamoreaux & William Novak -- Early American corporations and the state / by Eric Hilt -- Corporations and organizations in the United States after 1840 / by Jessica Hennessey & John Wallis -- The dissociation of in…
This book shows that in Asia and Europe, 17th- early 20th century, the history of "free" labour is linked to that of coerced labour. Circulation of models, peoples, goods and institutions, and long-term growth contributed to increase coercion.
This text is an exploration of the origins and lasting influence of two contesting but intertwined discourses that persist today when we use the words landscape, country, scenery, and, nature.
"In this study, the 'Figure of the Earth' controversy is for the first time comprehensively explored in all its several dimensions. It shows how a largely neglected episode of European science that produced no spectacular process or artefact - beyond a relatively minor improveme…
