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Author:

Harrison, Lawrence E.

Title:

Who prospers? : how cultural values shape economic and political success / Lawrence E. Harrison.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c1992

Description:

280 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Economic development--Psychological aspects.
Economic development--Social aspects.
Ethnopsychology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [248]-272) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : progress and poverty without Marx -- Success stories. Brazil : immigrant entrepreneurs drive growth ; Spain : the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution finally arrive ; Taiwan and Korea : the entrepreneurial power of Confucianism ; The Japanese miracle : the Meiji Restoration shows the way -- The fortunes of ethnic groups in America. The Chinese, the Japanese, and the Koreans ; The Mexicans ; The blacks -- The erosion of American culture. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in Japan...

ISBN:

9780465016341
0465016340

OCLC:

(OCoLC)25369738

LCCN:

91058597

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)