Developing Cultures: Case StudiesDeveloping Cultures: Case Studies is a collection of 27 essays by a group of leading internationals scholars on the role of culture and cultural change in the evolution of countries and regions around the world. |
Contents
Questions from South Africa | |
The Culture of Development in a Southwestern Nigerian Town | |
Chinas Cultural Renaissance | |
Japanese Culture and Postwar Economic Growth | |
Values and Development in Singapore | |
Market Development Political Change and Taiwanese Cultures | |
The Brazilian Case | |
The Camel and the Needle | |
Productive Values and Poverty in Venezuela | |
Which Past Matters? Culture and Economic Development in Eastern Europe | |
Identity Master Myth | |
Novgorod and Pskov as Models of Symbolic | |
Signs of the Times in Black America and | |
The Italian Path to Modernization | |
How a Rich Nation Became Poor and Will Be Rich Again | |
Egypt as a Model of Development for the World of Islam | |
Cultural Matters and Developmental Dilemmas in Indonesia | |
Pakistan Before and After Bangladesh | |
Torn Between Two Civilizations | |
The Case of Argentina | |
The Case of Québec in the Twentieth | |
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Some Notes on the Cultural | |
Contributors | |
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Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change Lawrence E. Harrison,Jerome Kagan No preview available - 2006 |
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