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Themes in modern European history, 1890-1945
by Hayes, Paul
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"Xi Chen explains why there has been a dramatic rise in social protests in China since the early 1990s and how it has strengthened the current regime"--
Research study presenting an economic theory to describe the behaviour of private sector and public sector bureaucracys - gives economic analysis of competition; covers entrepreneurship, monopolys, and management attitudes; draws parallels between government and business regardi…
This book surveys the political history and pre-history of the 'Asian values' debate. Barr explores the histories and conceptual essences of the world religions involved in or affected by the debate.
"This book offers a distinctive overview of the internal and external pressures responsible for the making of modern Japan. L.M. Cullen argues that Japanese policies and fears have often been caricatured in western accounts which have viewed the expansion of the west in an undul…
Offering a distinctive overview of the pressures responsible for the emergence of modern Japan, Louis Cullen rejects the traditional boundaries of Japanese historiography and combines economic, social, and political approaches to create a powerful analysis. Cullen reviews the Ja…
"Unique political history of Russia through the lens of alcohol. Filled with colorful stories of how rulers from Peter the Great to Stalin used alcohol to control their courts .Utilizes archival evidence from entire spectrum of Russian history, from the Tsars to Putin .Closes wi…
Comprises a linked series of previously published articles and opinion pieces. Traces political and economic developments in southern Africa from the struggle for decolonization and autonomy in the 1960s to the battle against apartheid in South Africa and efforts to end the rule…
What happens when a dictator wins absolute power and isolates a nation from the outside world? North Korea's Kim Jong Il made himself into a living god, surrounded by lies and flattery and beyond criticism. As over two million of his subjects starved to death, he lived in palace…