A product of 20 years of research, this work represents Earhart's close involvement with Japan (where he was born and lived for many years) and his scholarly interests in World War II and modern Japan
McQuarrie (marketing, U. of Santa Clara) offers a how-to manual for companies interested in getting the most from their customer visits. The author advises suppliers of goods and services to treat cus
In a primer on organization theory, principal author Vibert (business strategy, Acadia U., Wolfville, Nova Scotia) overviews four paradigms for treating large-scale organized behavior: functionalist,
This text analyzes the dramatic shifts in Chinese Communist Party economic policy during the mid to late 1950s which eventually resulted in 30 to 45 million deaths through starvation as a result of th
Shaw (information technology management, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) presents a survey of recent information systems research on electronic commerce that is aimed at the research community, pr
Collects primary sources pertaining to the experience of women in early 20th century China. Each section, prefaced by an editorial introduction, contains writings by members of the May Fourth Movemen
This book seeks not only to acquaint students with the lives of a variety of influential Americans during the decades following World War II, but also to provide a comprehensive examination, through
Crosby (American studies, U. of Texas, Austin) focuses mainly on the ecological fate of the Americas and their people after their contact with Europe, but others of his dozen essays discuss the overse
Performance budgeting, arising out of the New Public Management movement of the 1990s, incorporates performance measures into government budgeting processes. In this work written for practitioners, Ke
In the summer of 2008, a conflict that appeared to have begun in the breakaway Georgian territory of South Ossetia rapidly escalated to become the most significant crisis in European security in a dec
"Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration" presents cutting-edge perspectives on the role of ethics in public sector management - what it is and where it is going. The contribut
Bowman (public administration, Florida State U.) et al. consider components of public service professionalism--excellence in technique, ethics, and leadership--and how these are required for successfu
Leiter (theater, Brooklyn College and CUNY) presents the first English-language collection of disparate essays exploring Japan's kabuki theater. Fifteen of the 20 essays were previously published b
This book offers the first comprehensive examination of Russia's Arctic strategy, ranging from climate change issues and territorial disputes to energy policy and domestic challenges. As the receding
Mexico is reinventing itself. It is moving toward a more tolerant, global, market oriented, and democratic society. This new edition of "Changing Structure of Mexico" is a comprehens
Sixty-three documents on human rights, all written in China in the twentieth century and arranged chronologically, are presented here in English translation. Angle (philosophy, Wesleyan U.) and Svens
Until recent times, incidents of mass unrest in the USSR were shrouded in official secrecy. Now this pioneering work by historian Vladimir A. Kozlov has opened up these hidden chapters of Soviet histo
Focusing on the significant but often unacknowledged impact American trained Chinese students have played in China during the 20th century, historian Bieler investigates what price China has paid in t
The first portion of the book discusses the Chinese countryside under the rule of Mao, which was turned upside down by revolutionary changes in the 1950s. The second, larger portion deals with the per
This delightful collection makes the rich but little-known Slovak folk culture available for English-language readers. Most of the fifty tales assembled here from the collections of folklorist Pavol D
