CHINA FROM THE INSIDE is a must read for investors, economists, and anyone with an interest in the global economy! This economics text offers a truly panoramic view of the Chinese economy and a unique, insider's analysis of into the policy and events that have shaped modern reform over the past two decades. Coverage includes topics such as macro-economic policy in the context o...(展开全部)

Growing Out of the Plan is a comprehensive study of China's economic reforms, from their beginnings at the end of 1978 through the completion of many of the initial reform measures during 1993. The book focuses on industry and macroeconomic policy, using these to describe reform strategy in its entirety. In addition to being a thorough and reliable guide to the specifics of Ch...(展开全部)

本书中文部分精选我国著名经济学家、经济史学家厉以宁先生在1980年到1998年之间发表的关于中国经济改革与发展的16篇著述，集中反映了他在这一时期的主要学术观点，是厉先生经济学论文的代表之作；英文部分则由北京外国语大学英语学院客座教授凌原先生主译，并由英国社会科学研究院院士、伦敦大学亚非学院金融管理系首席教授孙来祥作序推荐。 厉以宁先生的主要研究领域包括西方经济学、中国宏观经济问题、宏观经济的微观基础和资本主义的起源问题等。他在对中国以及其他国家经济运行的实践进行比较研究的基础上，发展了非均衡经济理论，并运用这一理论解释了中国的经济运行。他从中国经济改革之初就提出用股份制改造中国经济的构想，包括用股份制改造国有企业、集体企业、乡镇企业以及其他所有权不明晰的企业，认为这是中国经济改革取得成功的保证，也是今后中国经济顺利发展的制度前提。这一思想对中国经济...(展开全部)

This volume brings together for the first time the most significant papers on the interpretation of objects and collections and examines how people relate to material culture and why they collect things. The first section of the book discusses the interpretation of objects, setting the philosophical and historical context of object interpretation. Papers are included which dis...(展开全部)

Ian Jeffrey is a superb guide in this profusely illustrated introduction to the appreciation of photography as an art form. Novices and experts alike will gain a deeper understanding of great photographers and their work, as Jeffrey decodes key images and provides essential biographical and historical background. Profiles of more than 100 major photographers, including Alfred S...(展开全部)

In this landmark work, a Nobel Prize-winning economist develops a new way of understanding the process by which economies change. Douglass North inspired a revolution in economic history a generation ago by demonstrating that economic performance is determined largely by the kind and quality of institutions that support markets. As he showed in two now classic books that inspir...(展开全部)

Lawrence, Kan. : Kress Foundation Dept. of Art History, University of Kansas, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City in association with University of Washington Press, c1989. "The papers in this volume were delivered in the Workshop on Chinese Painting, held at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, in November, 1980"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references a...(展开全部)

This book will become the bible of regulatory reform. No broad, authoritative treatment of the subject has been available for many years except for Alfred Kahn's "Economics of Regulation" (197O). And Stephen Breyer's book is not merely a utilitarian analysis or a legal discussion of procedures; it employs the widest possible perspective to survey the full implications of govern...(展开全部)

"Interpreting Art: Reflecting, Wondering, and Responding" introduces readers to the varied methodologies of art interpretation without unnecessary jargon, presenting difficult and complex issues in an understandable way for beginning students without alienating more sophisticated readers.