ERA Reviews

China specialists, and political scientists of any stripe studying "state capacity" would do well to check this book out.

Businesspeople or others negotiating with local governments may also want to have a look at the chapters describing the ways that the central government can curtail local autonomy.

Many observers of China have interpreted the decentralization of economic authority to local governments as representing a loss of power for the central government. In this book, Huang carefully lays out the objectives of politicians at the central and provincial levels, and the control systems available to the center. He then uses economic data on inflation and investment to demonstrate that, at least for this one aspect, the central government has in fact been able to use its political tools to rein in provincial leaders when necessary.

This book is exemplary for its careful generation of hypotheses, and testing of these using publicly available, reasonably objective data.

No Doubt, Hong Kong is facing the Post Industrial Era since year 2000.

After the Rapid changes of Internet Age, Globalization is the next development in the coming decade. But it makes more competition and prices down in the Global markets. All the traditonal and industrial products are over supply than demand in these two years.

When you think back on the rapid development in Computer and Internet business since year 2000, they have over one time growth for every 18 months and the price is down for 50%. Thus, it makes the competition are so quicky and fast in year 2002 or even in the coming decade.

" Post Industrial Era " is coming now. It means that all the industrial products are over supply in the Global markets. Now we are needing the Elite people and knowledge workers to help all industries to re-fresh and re-build their new roads. High-tech skills and people are welcome in the developmet of Globalization.

New Business models and E-business structures are the only way for us to go and keep on running in the year 2003!

In order to keep your business in the rapid growth of the global markets, please try to absorb more Elite people in your Corporation in time.

I am using this text in my Intro to PoliSci course, and it is great. The chapters are logically connected, and the focus of the book is on the international arena of the future. Students see the possible sources of future conflicts, and get a sense of how the political world has become "global".

The Jacksonian Era is a splendid little book of concise invaluable history. It addresses the major themes of the Jackson Presidency: slavery, the Bank War, the robbed election, Indian removal, and even dabbles into Jackson past, which is full of grand military victories. What many people fail to grasp is the fact that without Jackson's desisive victory in New Orleans, during the War of 1812, with the British, we may not have a perfect Union, or a Union at all.

Japan At The Dawn Of The Modern Age is a specialty item which is recommended for any collection concentrating on Japanese art. Woodblock prints from the Meiji era are presented in a series of over 90 color illustrations which go beyond the traditional perception of Japanese subjects as gardens and geishas. These prints depicted current events and were painted in vivid colors, and Japan At The Dawn Of The Modern Age captures their vibrant spirit, along with history essential to understanding their meaning.

This is an excellent book on Japanese foreign policy written by someone now working for the National Security Council. It draws upon on copious research including interviews conducted by the author, as well as Japanese and English language secondary source materials. Green convincingly argues that Japanese foreign policy is particularly driven by parochial domestic considerations, and in this respect the book is quite timely in light of the political changes occurring in Japan. I learned quite a bit from reading this book -- even regarding issues on which I thought my own prior knowledge was significant.

Tapray is a French composer in classical era
I tried to play his music and I was really fascinated by it.
His music reminded me Mozart's music and every Mozart-lover would love Tapray's music too.
Clean editing and pressing. Strong recommended!

Jefferson Davis is the only American President not to be the President of the United States. In this excellent juvenile biography by Joey Frazier young readers will learn that Davis was a distinguished politician even before he became the first and only PResident of the Confederate States of America. Having grown up on a Mississippi cotton plantation, Davis was educated at West Point and served as an army officer. In the U.S. Senate Davis supported slavery and strongly championed states rights, which made him the perfect man to lead the South. Frazier also covers the years after the Civil War, when Davis was held in prison and wrote his memoirs after being released. Students having to research Davis for a class project will find lots of information in this easy to read book.

This book in the Famous Figures of the Civil War Era series is illustrated with historic paintings and etchings, although strangely enough the only photography is a contemporary one of a statue of Davis. I know there are historic photographs of him, but for some reason this series tends to shy away from such things. Side-bars focus on details such as the impact of the invention of the cotton gin on slavery and the attack on Ft. Sumter. Although these books always refer to their subjects by their first name, this is a solid series for young readers interested in the Civil War.

THIS BOOK SHOWS THAT THE AUTHOR HAS DONE HER HOMEWORK WELL. THE BOOK GIVES A DEEP INSIGHT INTO THE THREE JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF INDIA . IT ALSO HAS AN INDEPTH FEELING FOR THE COMMUNITIES WHICH COULD ONLY COME FROM INTIMATE AND CONTINUING CONTACT WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE DIFFERNT COMMUNITIES. AN EXCELLENT BOOK FOR THE AVERAGE READER OR SCHOLAR.

Tom Scanlon presents an easy to read but unfortunately short review of the swing era from personal experience and expertise. Although the book contains (too) few photographs, the index, bibliography and recommended reading and recordings lists make it a valuabe reference book besides.