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Confucian Capitalism

Shibusawa Eiichi, Business Ethics, and Economic Development in Meiji Japan

By: John H. Sagers

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Confucian Capitalism

Shibusawa Eiichi, Business Ethics, and Economic Development in Meiji Japan

By: John H. Sagers

With the life story of Shibusawa Eiichi (1840–1931), one of the most important financiers and industrialists in modern Japanese history, as its narrative focal point, this book explores the challenges of importing modern business enterprises to Japan, where the pursuit of profit was considered beneath the dignity of the samurai elite. Seeking to overturn the Tokugawa samurai-dominated political economy after the Meiji Restoration, Shibusawa was a pioneer in introducing joint-stock corporations to Japan as institutions of economic development. As the entrepreneurial head of Tokyo’s Dai-Ichi Bank, he helped launch modern enterprises in such diverse industries as banking, shipping, textiles, paper, beer, and railroads. Believing businesses should be both successful and serve the national interest, Shibusawa regularly cautioned against the pursuit of profit alone. He insisted instead on the ‘unity of morality and economy’ following business ethics derived from the Confucian Analects. A top leader in Japan’s business community for decades, Shibusawa contributed to founding the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce, and numerous educational and philanthropic organizations to promote his vision of Confucian capitalism. This volume marks an important contribution to the international debate on the extent to which capitalist enterprises have a responsibility to serve and benefit the societies in which they do business. Shibusawa's story demonstrates that business, government, trade associations, and educational institutions all have valuable roles to play in establishing a political economy that is both productive and humane.

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Springer

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3319763725

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9783319763729

The Nature of Grief

The Evolution and Psychology of Reactions to Loss

By: John Archer

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The Nature of Grief

The Evolution and Psychology of Reactions to Loss

By: John Archer

The Nature of Grief is a provocative new study on the evolution of grief. Most literature on the topic regards grief either as a psychiatric disorder or illness to be cured. In contrast to this, John Archer shows that grief is a natural reaction to losses of many sorts, even to the death of a pet, and he proves this by bringing together material from evolutionary psychology, ethology and experimental psychology. This innovative new work will be required reading for developmental and clinical psychologists and all those in the caring professions.

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Routledge

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1134683510

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9781134683512

Cinema and Ireland

By: Kevin Rockett,Luke Gibbons,John Hill

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Cinema and Ireland

By: Kevin Rockett,Luke Gibbons,John Hill

This was the first comprehensive study of film production in Ireland from the silent period to the present day, and of representations of Ireland and ‘Irishness’ in native, British, and American films. It remains an authority on the topic. The book focuses on Irish history and politics to examine the context and significance of such films as Irish Destiny, The Quiet Man, Ryan’s Daughter, Man of Aran, Cal, The Courier, and The Dead.

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318

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Routledge

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131792858X

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9781317928584

Argument in Composition

By: John Ramage,Micheal Callaway

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Argument in Composition

By: John Ramage,Micheal Callaway

ARGUMENT IN COMPOSITION provides access to a wide range of resources that bear on the teaching of writing and argument. The ideas of major theorists of classical and contemporary rhetoric and argument-from Aristotle to Burke, Toulmin, and Perelman-are explained and elaborated, especially as they inform pedagogies of argumentation and composition.

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Parlor Press LLC

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1602353158

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9781602353152

Preserving a Reformed Heritage

By: John W Keddie

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Preserving a Reformed Heritage

By: John W Keddie

This is the story of the Free Church of Scotland in the 20th Century. It outlines the life and witness of the Church throughout the century dealing with some of the issues which faced the Church in that period. A companion volume entitled 'A Divided Church', provides an account of the division which occurred in the Free Church of Scotland in 2000, a division that led to the emergence of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing). This is not an exhaustive history, nor is it an 'official' one. It is in the nature of 'Aspects of the History of the Free Church of Scotland in the 20th Century.' The Free Church itself reflected a confessional evangelical and reformed position throughout the century, though not without testing times, not least right at the end of the century.

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382

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Lulu.com

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1326865293

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9781326865290

Report of Proceedings in Causa Her Majesty's Advocate v. Fleming and Others

By: Court of Scotland,John Fleming,J. Irvine Smith

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Report of Proceedings in Causa Her Majesty's Advocate v. Fleming and Others

By: Court of Scotland,John Fleming,J. Irvine Smith

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752592745

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9783752592740

Carnival, Canboulay and Calypso

Traditions in the Making

By: John Cowley

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Carnival, Canboulay and Calypso

Traditions in the Making

By: John Cowley

Starting from the days of slavery and following through to the first decades of the twentieth century, this book traces the evolution of Carnival and secular black music in Trinidad and the links that existed with other territories and beyond. Calypso emerged as the pre-eminent Carnival song from the end of the nineteenth century and its association with the festival is investigated, as are the first commercial recordings by Trinidad performers. These featured stringband instrumentals, 'calipsos' and stickfighting 'kalendas' (a carnival style popular from the last quarter of the nineteenth century). The emphasis of the book is on history, and great use is made of contemporary newspaper reports. colonial documents, travelogues, oral history and folklore, providing an authoritative treatment of a fascinating story in popular cultural history.

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314

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Cambridge University Press

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0521653894

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9780521653893

The Experience of Modernism

Modern Architects and the Future City, 1928-53

By: John R. Gold

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The Experience of Modernism

Modern Architects and the Future City, 1928-53

By: John R. Gold

Making extensive use of information gained from in-depth interviews with architects active in the period between 1928-1953, the author provides a sympathetic understanding of the Modern Movement's architectural role in reshaping the fabric and structure of British metropolitan cities in the post-war period and traces the links between the experience of British modernists and the wider international modern movement.

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297

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Taylor & Francis

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1136742972

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9781136742972

Blue Ice

The Story of Michigan Hockey

By: John U. Bacon

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Blue Ice

The Story of Michigan Hockey

By: John U. Bacon

The games, coaches, and players of the University of Michigan's storied hockey program

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460

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University of Michigan Press

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0472067818

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9780472067817

Exchange and Markets in Early Economic Development

Informal Economy in the Three New Guineas

By: John D. Conroy

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Exchange and Markets in Early Economic Development

Informal Economy in the Three New Guineas

By: John D. Conroy

The idea of an informal economy emerged from, and is a critique of, the ideology of ‘economic development’. It originated from Keith Hart’s recognition of informal economic activity in 1960s Ghana. In the context of four colonialisms – German, British, Australian and Dutch – this book recounts Hart’s effort in 1972 to introduce the informal ‘sector’ into development planning in Papua New Guinea. This was problematic, because ‘the market’ was scarcely institutionalized, and traditional modes of exchange persisted stubbornly. Rather than conforming with post-colonial economic ideology, the subjected people pushed back against imposed bureaucracy to practice informal and hybrid modes of economic activity.

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Berghahn Books

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1800739680

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9781800739680

The Welsh at War: The Grinding War

The Somme and Arras

By: Steven John

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The Welsh at War: The Grinding War

The Somme and Arras

By: Steven John

The Welsh at War trilogy is the culmination of over twelve years of painstaking research by the author into the Welsh men and infantry units who fought in the Great War.These units included the four regular regiments the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, South Wales Borderers Welsh Regiment and Welsh Guards as well as the Territorial Monmouthshire Regiment, the Yeomanry regiments: the Denbighshire Hussars, Pembroke Yeomanry, Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, Glamorgan Yeomanry and Welsh Horse Yeomanry and their amalgamation into service battalions for the regular regiments during 1917.Welsh troops fought with great courage in every theater of the war the Western Front, Aden, China, Gallipoli, Egypt, India, Italy, Salonika and in Palestine and in addition to the casualties suffered during these campaigns, many men gained recognition for acts of gallantry.The three volumes, split chronologically, cover all of the major actions and incidents in which each of the Welsh infantry regiments took part, as well as stories of Welsh airmen, Welshmen shot at dawn, Welsh rugby players who fell, Welsh gallantry winners and the Welshmen who died in non-Welsh units, such as the Dominion forces and other units of the British armed forces.The Welsh at War records the gallant work of Welsh units and servicemen during the period between the arrival of the 38th (Welsh) Division in France during December 1915 until the aftermath of the Battle of Arras in the summer of 1917, covering: the campaigns in Mesopotamia, Salonika, Egypt and Palestine; the Battle of Jutland; the Somme offensive; the German Withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line; the Battle of Arras; the Battle of Messines Ridge; and the build up to the Third Battle of Ypres.

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491

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Pen and Sword

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1526700336

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9781526700339

Columbia and Richland County

A South Carolina Community, 1740-1990

By: John Hammond Moore

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Columbia and Richland County

A South Carolina Community, 1740-1990

By: John Hammond Moore

The story of South Carolina's heartland told from the prospective of a founding father, a plantation mistress, an African-American politician, an editor, a mayor, and other local residents.

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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0872498271

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9780872498273

Victorian Print Media

A Reader

By: John Plunkett,Andrew King

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Victorian Print Media

A Reader

By: John Plunkett,Andrew King

Victorian culture was dominated by an ever expanding world of print. A tremendous increase in the volume of books, newspapers, and periodicals, was matched by the corresponding development of the first mass reading public. Victorian Print Media: A Reader consists of edited extracts from nineteenth-century sources which discuss all aspects of the production and circulation of print media. The extracts are organised into themed sections such as authorship and journalism, reading spaces, and the influence of print.

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OUP Oxford

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0191533653

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9780191533655

Sherman's March Through the Carolinas

By: John G. Barrett

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Sherman's March Through the Carolinas

By: John G. Barrett

In retrospect, General William Tecumseh Sherman considered his march through the Carolinas the greatest of his military feats, greater even than the Georgia campaign. When he set out northward from Savannah with 60,000 veteran soldiers in January 1865, he

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UNC Press Books

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0807845663

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9780807845660

Photography

By: John Ingledew

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Photography

By: John Ingledew

John Ingledew: Photography provides a basic introduction for students across the visual arts. This accessible, inspirational guide to creative photography explores the subjects and themes that have always obsessed photographers and explains technique in a clear and simple way. Embracing the whole spectrum of photography from traditional to digital, it introduces the work of the masters of the art as well as showing fresh, dynamic images created by young photographers from all over the world. An essential resource, the book also provides a valuable overview of careers in photography and a comprehensive reference section, including a glossary of technical vocabulary."--BOOK JACKET.

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Laurence King Publishing

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1856694321

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9781856694322

Myanmar (Burma) since 1962: the Failure of Development

By: Peter John Perry

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Myanmar (Burma) since 1962: the Failure of Development

By: Peter John Perry

Why has Myanmar (Burma), a country rich in resources - rice, timber, minerals - descended to 'least developed country' status? Is the explanation to be found inside Burma or beyond? Is the failure of development due to political authoritarianism and conflict? Or perhaps the drugs trade is partly to blame? This book contends that all these factors have contributed. But it also maintains that the mismanagement of the country's resources is of equal, or even greater, importance. A clear answer to the question of Burma's developmental failure is sought by focussing upon the misuse of resources in concert with those factors that are more usually emphasized.

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Routledge

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1351916122

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Confucian Capitalism

Confucian Capitalism

The Nature of Grief

The Nature of Grief

Cinema and Ireland

Cinema and Ireland

Argument in Composition

Argument in Composition

Preserving a Reformed Heritage

Preserving a Reformed Heritage

Report of Proceedings in Causa Her Majesty's Advocate v. Fleming and Others

Report of Proceedings in Causa Her Majesty's Advocate v. Fleming and Others

Carnival, Canboulay and Calypso

Carnival, Canboulay and Calypso

The Experience of Modernism

The Experience of Modernism

Blue Ice

Blue Ice

Exchange and Markets in Early Economic Development

Exchange and Markets in Early Economic Development

The Welsh at War: The Grinding War

The Welsh at War: The Grinding War

Columbia and Richland County

Columbia and Richland County

Victorian Print Media

Victorian Print Media

Sherman's March Through the Carolinas

Sherman's March Through the Carolinas

Photography

Photography

Myanmar (Burma) since 1962: the Failure of Development

Myanmar (Burma) since 1962: the Failure of Development

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