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The special focus of this book is the lives and experiences of women in China in the first half of the 20th century. It looks at the historical role of women in a time of great social and economic upheaval and presents the views of women themselves through essays and autobiographies.

An investigation of the rise and fall of Gao Gang, suggesting broader implications on the nature of elite politics in the Maoist era. Basic issues of Chinese politics, including the role of Mao Zedong, are discussed.

Peasant rebellions are uncommon, and the author explores the alternative forms of struggle which they use to achieve their aims. Seven countries are studied for research purposes, Poland, India, Egypt, Colombia, China, Nicaragua and Zimbabwe.

This collection of articles traces the evolution during the 1980s of budget policy and tax reform, and is written by an architect of the Bradley tax reform bill. They present a chronological analysis of tax changes and of the controversy over budget policy and the deficit.

Over the past several years awareness has been heightened of the "expansionary logic" of the reform debate in the Soviet Union. Yanowitch traces the dynamic evolution of reform thinking and the emergence of liberal and social-democratic schools of thought on several pivotal issues.

A collection of critical Marxian analyses by Japanese economists assessing aspects of the Japanese economy. Considered to be an important contribution to Japanese economic literature, these opinions on Japanese capitalism have not been available in Engish until now.

This collection of factual reports, short stories, poems and drawings expresses in a deeply personal voice the devastating effects of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Presents the lives and times of eight prominent Japanese women who epitomize the tragedies and triumphs of eight characteristically female roles. It covers issues of women's status throughout Japanese history, the concept of Japanese womanhood and the popular need for strong female figures.

The essays in this volume assess key aspects of Soviet society and social policy under Gorbachev. It provides a survey of Soviet family problems and demographic change, economic and labour policy, the alcohol problem, nationality policy, and trends in culture and communications.

A bibliographical guide to the works in American libraries concerning the Christian missionary experience in China.

This work gives an account of event history modelling techniques and their use in applied research in economics and the social sciences. It shows that event history modelling is a major step forward in casual analysis, and introduces the reader to the program Transition Data Analysis (TDA).

This narrative recounts the 18th and 19th century "shipping out" of Pacific islanders aboard European and American vessels, a kind of "counter-exploring", that echoed the ancient voyages of settlement of their island ancestors.

This text provides an overview of current developments within feminist political economy, including reformulations of economic theory and historical and empirical research on the economic roles and status of women and people of colour.