The Maturing of Multinational Enterprise: American Business Abroad from 1914 to 1970 (Harvard Studies in Business History)

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Mira Wilkins
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The Emergence of Multinational Enterprise: American Business Abroad from the Colonial Era to 1914 (Harvard Studies in Business History)

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The Maturing of Multinational Enterprise: American Business Abroad from 1914 to 1970
Mira Wilkins
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A History of American Law has become a classic for students of law, American history and sociology across the country. In this brilliant and immensely readable book, Lawrence M. Friedman tells the whole fascinating story of American law from its beginnings in the colonies to the present day. By showing how close the life of the law is to the economic and political life of the country, he makes a complex subject understandable and engrossing. A History of American Law presents the achievements and failures of the American legal system in the context of America's commercial and working world, family practices and attitudes toward property, slavery, government, crime and justice.

Now Professor Friedman has completely revised and enlarged his landmark work, incorporating a great deal of new material. The book contains newly expanded notes, a bibliography and a bibliographical essay.

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Highly recommended.......2007-06-19

Dr. Friedman's book is really quite brilliantly written. It is easy to identify his argument in each section, and it is very well supported. The book is structured in a way that makes his findings highly memorable, and he draws from a variety of interesting sources. I took his class at Stanford Law School this past semester, and this was part of the required reading - and for good reason!

Mixed feelings.......2003-06-02

Though I have some reservations, I give this tome four stars, mainly because I do not want to discourage anyone from buying it, seeming as it does to have no better rival on the market.

But perhaps my criticisms are only petty: for one, I found the author's near-total neglect of the law vis-à-vis Native Americans an egregious oversight; for another, his increasing catankerousness as the book progressed put me off some; also, his occasional facetiousness was, at least for me, disproportionately maddening (e.g., "The blacks, for example, had rudely taken over, with hardly a thank-you, the job of their own liberation" (p. 680)).

So, overall, I'd have to say this book is definitely worth your while. But beware--it is by no means a definitive, comprehensive, or flawless exposition, only a starting point, and occasionally annoying (if generally very well-written) at that.

The Best Starting Point there Is.......2002-07-06

I read this book prior to starting law school. It is the best introduction to the history of American law, and to the law in general. Too many lawyers look at law as a trade, and have no perspective into why or how the law has developed and evolved as it has. This hefty volume goes a long way to remedy that shortcoming. In spite of its academic rigor, it is very readable and clear.

A landmark achievement.......2000-04-09

When Lawrence M. Friedman wrote his landmark "A History of American Law," he remarked that American legal history has been a neglected field. The United States, he noted, has no work of legal history comparable to Holdsworth's monumental "History of English Law." Friedman was right about our neglect of American legal history, and his attempt to remedy that neglect by writing his History remains the most authoritative history of American law. Friedman's History is not only authoritative, however. It is written with clarity and grace, and it is accessible to the general reader. Any attempt to gain a full understanding of American law will necessarily be incomplete without a careful reading of this book. It should be required reading for all law students.

Government Knows Better Than You.......1998-10-26

Industrialists are evil. Juries are misguided simpletons. These are the beliefs that run through Professor Friedman's History of American Law. But fear not, government will save us all.

If you keep in mind his bias, you will find the book a thorough overview of the development of American law.

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The Real History of Our Constitution

The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: 1937 Revised Edition in Four Volumes, Volume 1 (Records of the Federal Convention of 1787)

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An ongoing review in four parts, part 1: What it is and how to prepare to read it........2006-04-15

I am rereading these after many years. In working my way through these volumes, I realized that these books require some preparation on the part of the reader. I thought I would therefore tell you exactly what these books are and make some suggestions for preparing to read them. As will become clear when I explain what they are, for me to critique them would be presumptuous and odd.
WHAT THESE BOOKS ARE:
Max Farrand published the first 3 volume edition in 1911. He took all the available records from participants in the Constitutional Convention that were known at that time and published them together. These include the official journal of the Convention (kept by the Convention's secretary, William Jackson), James Madison's Notes on the Federal Convention, Robert Yates' Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention..., along with notes or papers written by Rufus King, James McHenry, William Pierce, William Patterson, Alexander Hamilton, Charles Pinckney, George Mason, and the Committee of Detail. These are arranged in a day by day format. So that on May 29th, the day that Edmund Randolph presented the Virginia Plan, we read the enteries for that day in the Journal, by Madison, by Yates, by McHenry and by Patterson. And so on until we reach the end of Volume 1 on July 13th. Volume 2 completes the Convention. Volume 3 and 4 provide supplementary material such as letters of the individual delegates, the various plans presented to the Convention, etc.
Volume 4 was added by Farrand in his 1937 edition and includes material discovered between 1911 and 1937. The whole set was reprinted for the Constitutional Bicentennial.
SUGGESTIONS FOR READING THESE VOLUMES:
1. Buy them all before you start reading the first. Or, at least, buy Volume 3 before you start reading Volume 1. There are too many references to readings in Volume 3. You need to be able to read the Virginian, the Pinckney and the Patterson Plans. You will also want to read the day by day correspondence. I recommend that you read a days entry in Volume 1 and then read whatever enteries are there for those days in Volume 3 and 4.
2. It is probably a good idea to do some preparatory reading. Farrand himself wrote a good narrative of the Convention. There are many others. Try to choose one that doesn't just indulge in hagiography. M.E. Bradford wrote A Worthy Company which is short biographies of all the delegates. Very useful. I also suggest reading some good intellectual histories of the Convention. I just finished reading McDonald's Novus Ordo Seclorum. McDonald is as opinionated as always but he is also very learned and no one writes about the Constitution without opinion. You can choose among Bailyn, Woods, Appleby, Banning, Pocock, Adair and many others for this sort of stuff. (I suggest you try to read somebody whose political bent you don't agree with. I did that purposely with McDonald. That way you might actually catch a whiff of your opponent's ideas when you read the Convention notes. Just a suggestion.)
3. Read these documents with organizing themes in mind. For example:
a. Small states versus large states.
b. Slave states versus less slave states. I have forgotten the exact number but I believe that in 1787 there were either only one or two states were slavery was illegal. I trust someone will write me with the correct information. In any case, it is fascinating to listen to all the ways the delegates talk about slavery without using the word. Not in their personal notes but definitely in their public utterences.
c. Democracy versus Aristocracy.
d. Liberalism versus Republicanism.
And so on. I am sure that all of you can suggest many more. Choose several and watch the ways your themes interrelate in one person or more during the course of that summer in Philedelphia.
I owe this idea to McDonald. He has obviously read his copy of Farrand many times with several different themes in mind. In Novus Ordo Seclorum, McDonald has an altogether brilliant section on Madison's constitutional theories (pp 204-209 of the paperback edition) which he concludes by pointing out that Madison may not have had as much influence on the finished document as people normally think. McDonald notes that on the seventy-one specific proposals that Madison moved, seconded or spoke on, he lost 40 times (pp. 208-9). Obviously, McDonald read his copy once keeping track of who won on what issue. You got to love the guy for that.
Anyway, those are my suggestions. It may seem like a lot of work. It is. But it seems to me that one thing that almost all of us (radical, liberal, conservative, libertarian) have lost sight of is that the Founders expected citizens to be participants. To give up a little for the greater good, to take some time to make the right choices, to be involved. To me that implies working a little to understand our history so that I am better able to participate in our democracy. That's my crazy idea and I am sticking with it.

The Real History of Our Constitution.......2001-08-17

Max Farrand takes the reader day by day through the butcher shop on the second floor of Independence Hall. Hear Alexander Hamilton wax eloquent on the virtues of monarchy! Hear Madison expound on the need for the Congress to have the power to "veto" any state law it considered "unconstitutional"! Hear Geo. Washington describe his main course at Dr. Franklin's table! Hear the great thoughts and ideas of countless men now obscure. You cannot claim to have any library of consequence on American History without these three volumes and the excellent supplement. The real deal.

American Political Trials: Revised, Expanded Edition (Contributions in American History)

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An updated and expanded revision of a popular book published in 1981, American Political Trials examines the role of politicized criminal trials and impeachments in U.S. history from the early colonial era to the late twentieth century. Each chapter focuses on a trial representative of a particular era in the American past. The emphasis is on cases that resulted from political persecution, but the book also shows how defendants have exploited the judicial process to advance their political objectives. All of the chapters appearing in the earlier book have been updated. In addition, the volume includes new chapters on the 1637 trial of Anne Hutchinson and the 1989 trial of Lt. Col. Oliver North for his role in the Iran-Contra scandal. The book also includes an updated bibliographical essay.

The Pursuit of Equality in American History, Second edition, Revised and Enlarged (A Centennial Book)

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J. R. Pole
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Since the Declaration of Independence, equality has been America's primary moral commitment. But equality of what? and for whom? In this completely revised second edition, the British historian J. R. Pole examines the concept of equality in American political, legal, and social thought. Applying psychological as well as historical analysis, he addresses the meaning of equality for Americans of different occupational class, ethnicity, religion, and gender. While J.R. Pole draws on many fields--religion, law, intellectual history, economics--The Pursuit of Equality in American History is best described as an account of America's moral history.

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Outstanding.......2000-08-10

As a long time student of American history I found this British perspective eye opening. He picks apart the ultimate paradox in American culture...how we were a country founded on freedom that works so hard to deny it to so many. The evolution of the American identity and our definition of equality is painstakingly examined under a microscope. Americans and non-Americans alike should find this book inspiring.

Social Movements Past and Present Series - Civil Rights: The 1960s Freedom Struggle, Revised Edition (Social Movements Past and Present Series)

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Social Movements Past and Present Series - Civil Rights: The 1960s Freedom Struggle, Revised Edition (Social Movements Past and Present Series)
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The federal special prosecutor: unprincipled abuser of power or staunch defender of the law? As Katy Harriger shows, the special prosecutor was a hotly debated and controversial subject throughout much of its existence. This was especially true, she argues, during the lengthy, expensive, and highly-politicized investigations of Lawrence Walsh and Kenneth Starr into allegations concerning Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.

Harriger offers the most complete assessment available of the use of special prosecutors in the post-Watergate era. She analyzes the independent counsel's role within the framework of the separation of powers, explaining how each has interacted with other key players in the political and legal system and showing how those relationships have affected the prosecutor's ability to conduct investigations.

Harriger's previous edition focused on the legacy of Watergate but was published before Walsh's Iran-Contra investigations were concluded. Her new study adds substantially more information on Iran-Contra, provides a clearheaded appraisal of Starr's sensationalized Whitewater-Lewinsky investigations, examines a number of senior-level cabinet probes, and critiques and clarifies the role of Attorney General Janet Reno in these latter matters. A completely new chapter compares Iran-Contra and Whitewater-Lewinsky to explore the limits of the law in the special prosecutor's efforts.

In this new edition, Harriger includes 20 new interviews with Washington insiders-including one with Kenneth Starr-and covers the debates that led to both the reauthorization of the independent counsel statute in 1994 and its demise in 1999. She then examines the pros and cons of the office and offers constructive suggestions for improvement should it be revived.

For students, scholars, and concerned citizens, her book takes us well beyond frenzied media hype and partisan politics to provide a timely reminder about the crucial role of separation of powers in our system of governance.

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An economy does not always work according to idealized textbook models. Frequently, economic systems are subject to wide-ranging distortions and require remedy via subsidy and taxes to restore their social optimum. InThe Distorted Economy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Mats Lundahl describe how to tackle the various distortions on goods and factor markets and apply their analytic framework to several case studies such as the trade policy of developing countries, apartheid in South Africa and socialist planned economies. The authors offer an important and timely analysis of the cause, effect and resolution of distortions in the economy.

The Distorted World of Soviet Type Economies (Pih Series in Russian and European Studies)

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The Distorted World of Soviet Type Economies (Pih Series in Russian and European Studies)
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The Distorted World of Soviet-Type Economies. (book reviews): An article from: Atlantic Economic Journal

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Steven Rosefielde
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This digital document is an article from Atlantic Economic Journal, published by Atlantic Economic Society on December 1, 1989. The length of the article is 2071 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Distorted World of Soviet-Type Economies. (book reviews)
Author: Steven Rosefielde
Publication: Atlantic Economic Journal (Refereed)
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The measurement of budgetary operations in highly distorted economies: The case of Angola (Policy, research, and external affairs working papers)
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The Uruguay Round and welfare in some distorted agricultural economies (NBER working paper series)
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