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  • Underdevelopment Is a State of Mind

    The Latin American Case

    by Lawrence E. Harrison ...
    Originally published in 1985, Underdevelopment Is a State of Mind_ was one of the first studies to examine Latin America's rocky development as cultural, rather than colonial, byproduct. ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • The Pan-american Dream

    Do Latin America's Cultural Values Discourage True Partnership With The United States And Canada?

    by Lawrence E. Harrison ...
    The initiative of Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton to forge a Western Hemisphere community has been staggered by Mexico's economic and political crisis. Is this latest grand design for the hemisphere destined to follow John Kennedy's Alliance for Progress and Franklin Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy into the cemetery of frustrated Pan-American dreams? The United States and Canada are ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

  • Jews, Confucians, and Protestants

    Cultural Capital and the End of Multiculturalism

    by Lawrence E. Harrison ...
    Multiculturalism—the belief that no culture is better or worse than any other; it is merely different—has come to dominate Western intellectual thought and to serve as a guide to domestic and foreign policy and development aid. But what if multiculturalism itself is flawed? What if some cultures are more prone to progress than others and more successful at creating the cultural capital that ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Developing Cultures

    Essays on Cultural Change

    by Lawrence E. Harrison, Jerome Kagan ...
    Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change is a collection of 21 expert essays on the institutions that transmit cultural values from generation to generation. The essays are an outgrowth of a research project begun by Samuel Huntington and Larry Harrison in their widely discussed book Culture Matters the goal of which is guidelines for cultural change that can accelerate development in the ... Read more

    $116.99 CAD

  • The Central Liberal Truth

    How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save It from Itself

    by Lawrence E. Harrison ...
    Which cultural values, beliefs, and attitudes best promote democracy, social justice, and prosperity? How can we use the forces that shape cultural change, such as religion, child-rearing practices, education, and political leadership, to promote these values in the Third World--and for underachieving minorities in the First World? In this book, Lawrence E. Harrison offers intriguing answers to ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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    Starships of Tomorrow 2

    The Greatest Journeys in Classic Science Fiction

    by Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Alfred Coppel, Erik Fennel, Fredric Brown, George O. Smith, George Whittington, Harlan Ellison, Harry Harrison, Lawrence F. Willard, Robert Silverberg, Ross Rocklynne ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi Anthologies

    Unabridged

    10 hours 38 min

    Starships of Tomorrow 2The Greatest Journeys in Classic Science FictionThe countdown is over. The next great voyage begins now.Starships of Tomorrow 2 returns with fifteen classic science fiction adventures that launch beyond the limits of imagination. From daring rescue missions and deep-space patrols to mysterious planets and impossible encounters, every story captures the excitement of ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Central Liberal Truth

    How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save It from Itself

    by Lawrence E. Harrison ...
    Which cultural values, beliefs, and attitudes best promote democracy, social justice, and prosperity? How can we use the forces that shape cultural change, such as religion, child-rearing practices, education, and political leadership, to promote these values in the Third World--and for underachieving minorities in the First World? In this book, Lawrence E. Harrison offers intriguing answers to ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Developing Cultures

    Case Studies

    by Lawrence E. Harrison, Peter Berger ...
    Developing 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. ... Read more

    $111.30 CAD

  • "The Strongest Love..."

    by T. Lawrence Harrison ...
    "THE STRONGEST LOVE..." has as its tag line the observation of W. Somerset Maugham that "The love that is the strongest is the love that is not returned." Following the format of Emile Zola's "For a Night of Love" its author T. Lawrence Harrison begins with the title novella: The powerful and provocative story of a Catholic priest whose life is turned upside down when he chances to meet an aging ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Culture Matters in Russia—and Everywhere

    Backdrop for the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

    by Lawrence Harrison, Evgeny Yasin, Oscar Árias Sánchez, Miguel Basáñez, Marita Carballo, Valery Chirkov, Oleg Chirkunov, Daniel Etounga-Manguelle, James Fox0, Mariano Grondona1, Geert Hofstede2, Ronald Inglehart3, Josef Joffe4, Jerome Kagan5, Irina Karatsuba6, Rob Kleinbaum7, Borris Knorre8, Andrei Konchalovsky9, Deepak Lal0, Nadezhda Lebedeva1, Vladimir Magun2, Matteo Marini3, Eric Maskin4, Richard Nisbett5, Douglass North6, Rachel Okunubi7, Fernando Reimers8, Maksim Rudnev9, Reese Schonfeld0, Shalom Schwartz1, Maria Snegovaya2, Guido Tabellini3, Katherine Taylor4, Natalya Tikhonova5, Pervez Hoodbhoy6, William Easterly7, Richard Lamm8, Tu Weiming9 ...
    This book pulls together experts in the fields of economics and Russian culture, all participants in the Samuel P. Huntington Memorial Symposium on Culture, Cultural Change and Economic Development, a follow-up to the 1999 Cultural Values and Human Progress Symposium at Harvard University. As the sequel to the 2001 volume Culture Matters, it discusses modernization, democratization, economic, and ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

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    50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 2: More Than 29 Hours of Classic Science Fiction

    Legendary Authors. Timeless Stories. Endless Imagination.

    by Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, Alfred Coppel, August Derleth, Bjarne Kirchhoff, Bob Tucker, C. H. Thames, C.M. Kornbluth, Darius John Granger, Erik Fennel, Frederik Pohl, Fredric Brown, Fritz Leiber, George O. Smith, George Whittington, H. B. Fyfe, Harry Harrison, Jack McKenty, Lawrence F. Willard, Lyman D. Hinckley, Mike Ellis, Millard V. Gordon, Murray Leinster, Ray Bradbury, Richard R. Smith, Robert Silverberg, Rog Phillips, Russ Winterbotham, S. J. Sackett, William Morrison, Winston Marks ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi Anthologies

    Unabridged

    29 hours 23 min

    50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 2: More Than 29 Hours of Classic Science Fiction is another extraordinary collection of timeless adventures from the Golden Age of science fiction. Featuring fifty unforgettable stories by many of the genre’s greatest authors, this epic audiobook delivers more than 29 hours of exploration, suspense, imagination, and unforgettable ideas.Inside you’ll discover classic ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Lost Sci-Fi Books 81 thru 100

    by Philip K. Dick, Frederik Pohl, August Derleth, Fritz Leiber, George O. Smith, Harry Harrison, Jack McKenty, Lawrence F. Willard, Lyman D. Hinckley, Mike Ellis, Murray Leinster, Robert Silverberg, William Morrison ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi 20 Book Box Sets

    Unabridged

    11 hours 50 min

    Lost Sci-Fi Books 81 thru 100 - Twenty Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1940s, 50s and 60sHuman Is by Philip K. DickAdjustment Team by Philip K. DickThe Luckiest Man Alive! by William MorrisonSix Frightened Menby Robert SilverbergDust Unto Dustby Lyman D. HinckleyMeddler by Philip K. DickLet The Ants Try by Frederik PohlAsteroid of the Damned by Frederik PohlNice Girl With 5 Husbands by Fritz Le ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus