Through Chinese Eyes: Tradition, Revolution, and Transformation (Eyes Books Series)

Through Chinese Eyes tells the sweeping story of Chinese history, politics and culture — from ancient China to the turbulent transformation of the last thirty years — through the eyes of its own citizens. Speeches and writings from Chinese leaders and political activists are interspersed with thoughtful analysis by the editors, Edward Vernoff and Peter J. Seybolt. Artwork cleverly illustrating the complexity of modern China includes photos of Western-style billboards in Chinese cities, the cover of a Chinese copy of Monopoly and a deck of cards using pictures of Western currencies for the high cards and Asian currencies for the low cards. Half the material in this Third Edition of Through Chinese Eyes relates to changes in Chinese society since the 1980s. The Era of Reform section describes the changes, engineered primarily by Deng Xiaoping, that have taken place in China during the last two decades. China and the World discusses the role of China on the world stage, with a particular focus on international relations since the 1970s. It includes a section on Chinese relations with the United States. This edition is an expanded and updated version of the 1974 classic, slightly revised in 1981. Material from the classic text, that makes this third edition twice the size of the original, includes: Revolution: A Nation Stands Up, recounting the conditions in rural China in the 1940s and the Communist transformation of village life during the civil war; The Conservative Tradition, presenting aspects of Confucianism which dominated Chinese society for over two millennia; and The Era of Mao Zedong, presenting the story of the Communist Revolution from its beginnings in the 1920s until the death of Mao in 1976. A new section, The Seeds of Revolution, provides examples of the Chinese counter-tradition of equality and rebellion and foreshadows the revolution. Through Chinese Eyes is the third edition of a classic CITE book. CITE, the Center for International Training and Education, is a program of the Council on International and Public Affairs' "World Cultures Series," a group of books that presents world cultures to readers through the "eyes" of its own peoples. Known as the "Eyes" books, these textbooks - regularly updated - have sold more than half a million copies since the early 1970s. In 2004, one of the series (Through Middle Eastern Eyes) was a winner of the American Library Association's Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title Award.

History

Seybolt, Peter J.

Vernoff, Edward

Asia

Apex Press

Through Japanese Eyes (Eyes Books Series)

Through Japanese Eyes shows us Japanese history and society through the eyes of a wide variety of Japanese (and a few non-Japanese) observers — male and female, young and old, novelists, poets, and journalists. With an emphasis on young people and their educations, this volume interweaves the historical and the contemporary, the laudatory and the critical, the domestic and the foreign. It demolishes all stereotypes of Japan and leaves students with a new appreciation of Japanese diversity. And it challenges students to ask the same questions of their own society that these Japanese are asking of Japan. Sections with four to seven readings each treat "Japan before 1850," "The War Years," and "Japan Today." Sections with somewhat tighter focus treat "Textbooks and the Teaching of History," "Nature and Pollution," "Gender." A concluding section introduces the topic of "Japanese Americans." The text is accompanied by many boxes, photos, and charts. It is suitable for seventh grade and up. Varied, non-stereotyped; fascinating.

Minear University of Massachuset, Richard H.

Through Indian Eyes offers students glimpses into Indian culture and history through the eyes of a variety of Indians: students, novelists, poets, political and business leaders and ordinary people. With a focus on the Indian life cycle, the Hindu world view, the struggle for independence and India as an emerging world economic and political power, the book offers cultural and historic themes that draw upon India's long history and its valiant attempts to build a democratic pluralistic nation out of hundreds of cultural groups, more than 20 major linguistic traditions and all the world's major religions. Through Indian Eyes invites students to compare these features with their own society that is facing remarkably similar challenges. The first section deals with the Indian life cycle and focuses on the Hindu world view and social organization. The second section examines highlights from India's almost 5,000-year history and then focuses on Hindu-Muslim relations and the nationalist movement. The last section examines Post-Independent India's paths to economic development, the rise of the new consuming middle class, globalization, and India's increasing international status as Indians strive to integrate historic and cultural values into the emerging global world.

Through Indian Eyes (Eyes Books Series)

Johnson, Jean

Johnson, Donald

The Underbelly of the U. S. Economy: Joblessness and the Pauperization of Work in America

David Dembo

Book by Makhijani, Arjun, Saleska, Scott, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (Takoma Park, Maryland)

The Nuclear Power Deception: U.S. Nuclear Mythology from Electricity "Too Cheap to Meter" to "Inherently Safe" Reactors

Engineering & Transportation

Makhijani, Arjun

Saleska, Scott

Engineering

Corporate Power and the American Dream: Toward an Economic Agenda for Working People

Business & Money

Labor Instiutue (OCAW 8-149)

Economics

The Underbelly of the U.S. Economy: Joblessness and the Pauperization of Work in America

Dembo, David

How's business going? If you're like most business owners you'll likely respond with a reluctant "Good!" Unfortunately, the harsh reality is that the majority of businesses will not make it past year 10. If they do survive, they only do so for a couple of years due to a growing economy. Once the inevitable down market hits, these businesses are wiped out and are forced to close shop. Inside the pages of this book, Prolific Profit: How Successful Business Maximize Profits and Dominate the Market, you will uncover the secrets to making your business succeed long-term, become more profitable and dominate the market like never before. The chapters herein examine:	- How your current accountant is killing your business	- How to gain clarity and laser-beam focus on your target	- How to consistently increase cash flow	- How to save $10,000 to $100,000 in taxes	- How to pick the best legal entity for your business	- How to understand your financials and take strategic actions	- How to grow your profits with less money and time	- And much more?Once you have mastered the techniques that are described in this book you will be equipped with all the tools you need to dominate your market and change the world. Michel shares his C.P.A. Success System, which has transformed the lives of countless entrepreneurs. By working with a Profit Producing Professional (a licensed accountant that increases profits), your business will transform and experience explosive growth in the form ofProlific Profit.

Prolific Profit: How Successful Businesses Maximize Profits and Dominate the Market

Valbrun, Michel

Accounting

In these 70 essays, speeches, sermons and screeds, POCLADers probe: corporations as "legal persons"; corporate social responsibility as a ploy; strategies for amending state corporation codes and challenging judge-made laws; and much, much more. The Program on Corporations, Law &amp; Democracy (POCLAD) was created in 1995 to instigate conversations and actions that contest the authority of corporations to define our culture, govern our nation, and plunder the Earth. Seeking to strengthen institutions that disperse, rather than concentrate, wealth and power, POCLAD works to fulfill the democratic ideals of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution. This collection, which Howard Zinn calls "powerfully persuasive," chronicles POCLAD's evolution among the twelve POCLADers and with thousands of activists. Here are hidden histories, crisp analyses and thoughtful responses to corporate apologists all in one provocative book.

Defying Corporations, Defining Democracy: A Book of History & Strategy

Dean Ritz

Business

You Call This a Democracy? is a penetrating and troubling look at how the U.S. ruling class and the power elite dominate wealth, power and decision-making in all aspects of our lives and institutions. Arguing that the United States has always had a ruling class, this book does not focus on the current administration or rogue corporations, but presents a deeper, longer-term analysis of how the ruling class has created and uses the Constitution, corporations and the courts, as well as a host of other mechanisms such as tax laws, wars, buffer zones, and distractions, to dominate our society and accumulate wealth. The book is carefully researched and referenced, and filled with numerous examples and illustrations. It is an indispensable resource for every person concerned about the undemocratic concentration of wealth and power in our society. This revised second printing adds a new workshop and classroom friendly study guide which makes this an easy to use book for activists and educators focused on issues of poverty, inequality, multiculturalism, diversity, politics, and economic, racial, and gender justice. The new Afterword includes practical suggestions for incorporating democratic practice in our everyday family, classroom and workplace processes. You Call This a Democracy? is being used in high school and college classes, in study groups, in religious based social justice projects, and by activists throughout the country because it provides a framework and common vocabulary to talk about issues of economic justice and to help guide people's everyday decisions and political involvement. What People are Saying: You Call this a Democracy? is a powerful tool for those seeking to understand and change the oppressive economic, political, ideological and cultural institutions of contemporary society. Victor Rosado, Left Turn Magazine, February/March 2005 Paul Kivel has done it again by exploding another myth about our troubled land the nation that we Americans call "middle class." Instead he shows us how we are ruled by a handful of top dogs and what we must do if we want to get those dogs out of our lives. Hurray! Jim Hightower, author of Let's Stop Beating Around the Bush and other works of political subversion. Paul Kivel's courage to identify the structure of the ruling class and the impact of its power is a gift to all of us who seek justice and equality. This book should be a required text in classrooms throughout the country. Suzanne Pharr, author of In the Time of the Right: Reflections on Liberation, former director of the Highlander Research and Education Center. Paul Kivel has written an accessible field guide to our country's power elite and how they rule the rest of us. All citizens should read this book to better understand the powerful forces that distort our democracy and misshape the quality of our lives in a thousand different ways. Chuck Collins, co-author (with Bill Gates senior) of Wealth and Our Commonwealth and co-founder of United for a Fair Economy

You Call This Democracy?: : Who Benefits, Who Pays, Who Really Decides

Politics & Social Sciences

Paul Kivel

Sociology

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