Beyond the metropolis [[electronic resource] ] : second cities and modern life in interwar Japan / / Louise Young
| Beyond the metropolis [[electronic resource] ] : second cities and modern life in interwar Japan / / Louise Young |
| Autore | Young Louise <1960-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (326 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.760952 |
| Collana | Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University |
| Soggetto topico | Urbanization - Japan - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1930s
20th century asia asian history culture east asia economic changes history ideological structures individual cities interwar period japan japan social history japan japanese history kanazawa modernization national development niigata okayama political transformation political transformations prefectural capitals regional interest sapporo social problems social transformation sociology urban areas urban culture urban development urban history urbanism |
| ISBN | 0-520-95538-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction. URBANISM AND JAPANESE MODERN -- ONE. World War One and the City Idea -- TWO. The Ideology of the Metropolis -- THREE. Colonizing the Country -- FOUR. The Past in the Present -- FIVE. The Cult of the New -- Epilogue. URBANISM AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY JAPAN -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786228303321 |
Young Louise <1960->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
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Institutions count [[electronic resource] ] : their role and significance in Latin American development / / Alejandro Portes and Lori D. Smith
| Institutions count [[electronic resource] ] : their role and significance in Latin American development / / Alejandro Portes and Lori D. Smith |
| Autore | Portes Alejandro <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.4098 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SmithLori D. <1982-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Social aspects - Latin America
Institutional economics Public administration - Latin America Social institutions - Latin America |
| Soggetto non controllato |
comparative study
cultural studies historians human condition institutional roles latin america latin american nations latin american politics latin american scholars latin american studies methodological study national development national institutions nonfiction study political science postal systems public health services research methodology retrospective social sciences sociologists sociology stock exchanges textbooks theoretical framework |
| ISBN |
1-283-54324-9
9786613855695 0-520-95406-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Institutions and Development: A Conceptual Reanalysis -- 2. The Comparative Study of Institutions: The "Institutional Turn" in Development Studies: A Review -- 3. Institutional Change and Development in Argentina -- 4. Institutional Change and Development in Chilean Market Society -- 5. The Colombian Paradox: A Thick Institutionalist Analysis -- 6. Development Opportunities: Politics, the State, and Institutions in the Dominican Republic in the Twenty-First Century -- 7. The Uneven and Paradoxical Development of Mexico's Institutions -- 8. Conclusion: The Comparative Analysis of the Role of Institutions in National Development -- Appendix: Investigators -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786253603321 |
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Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : why a few are rich and the people poor / / Ramón Eduardo Ruiz
| Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : why a few are rich and the people poor / / Ramón Eduardo Ruiz |
| Autore | Ruiz Ramón Eduardo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.972 |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Mexico
Poverty - Mexico |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
class differences colonial era contemporary mexico dependent economic oppression economics inequality international relations malaise mexican class system mexican culture mexican history mexican literature and film mexico modern mexico national development nonfiction poverty prehispanic era psychology race and class spanish conquest systematic oppression underdevelopment united states war and territory |
| ISBN |
1-282-73254-4
9786612732546 0-520-94752-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Ramblings on Mexican Underdevelopment -- 2. El Mexicano -- 3. The Legacy -- 4. Free Traders and Capitalists -- 5. Colonialism's Thumb -- 6. Lost Opportunity -- 7. Internal Market -- 8. False Miracle -- 9. Death of a Dream -- 10. NAFTA -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787302703321 |
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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