LEADER 03135nam 22008054a 450 001 9910974691903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-770008-X 010 $a0-19-983984-0 010 $a1-280-84613-5 010 $a0-19-804111-X 010 $a9786610846139 010 $a1-4294-3838-X 024 7 $a10.1093/oso/9780195300413.001.0001 035 $a(CKB)1000000000469666 035 $a(EBL)272835 035 $a(OCoLC)476012794 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000517414 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12251014 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000517414 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10486625 035 $a(PQKB)10608797 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000119330 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145374 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000119330 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10057084 035 $a(PQKB)10957649 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL272835 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10160530 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL84613 035 $a(OCoLC)1406787707 035 $a(StDuBDS)9780197700082 035 $a(OCoLC)61513068 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB164202 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC272835 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000469666 100 $a20050909d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe central liberal truth $ehow politics can change a culture and save it from itself /$fLawrence E. Harrison 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 300 $aFormerly CIP.$5Uk 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2006. 311 08$a0-19-533180-X 311 08$a0-19-530041-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-244) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Riddle of Hispaniola; 2 Disaggregating "Culture"; 3 Models and Instruments of Cultural Transmission/Change; 4 Religions and Progress; 5 Culture in Action I; 6 Culture in Action II; 7 Patterns of Cultural Change; 8 Success and Failure; 9 Conclusion: Guidelines for Progressive Cultural Change; Notes; Appendix: Biographical Sketches; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z 330 8 $aDrawing on a research project that explored the cultural values of many nations, this book focuses on values around the globe, describing how each nation's culture has propelled or retarded their political and economic progress. It presents 25 factors that operate differently in cultures prone to progress and those that resist it. 410 0$aOxford scholarship online. 606 $aCulture 606 $aPolitics and culture 606 $aSocial values 615 0$aCulture. 615 0$aPolitics and culture. 615 0$aSocial values. 676 $a306/.01 700 $aHarrison$b Lawrence E$01852193 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974691903321 996 $aThe central liberal truth$94446997 997 $aUNINA