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New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1967. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW & bright. First Edition, 1st Printing. Green softcover/VG; sound w/light edge & surface wear. Studies in public education of half century past. A 2 year, 1967 field study of the public Nichu Middle School of Nippon City (then 90 minutes from Tokyo by electric train), Japan, and, the school's relationship with the community at large. 125 pgs , in 8 chapters: 1, Nippon City & Nichu District; 2, The Local School System; 3, Nichu; 4, The Local Community & the School; 5, School & Community Interaction; 6, School & Administration Interaction; 7, School & Teachers Union Interaction; and 8, The Nichu Teachers. A historical analysis prior to active student movements both prevalent in Japan, and now a common world-wide phenomena.

New York, NY: Samuel French, 1952. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/Very Good w/trace marginalia. Orange, stapled softcover/VG w/PO (Marie Fischer Wing) to upper front, and again, to first title page. Light water damage resulting in bleeding to first & last page. Vintage 1925 one-act play by playwright, actor & director George Edward Kelly (1887 - 1974), and father of Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco (1929 - 1982). A realistic playwright, Kelly's dramas of the 1920s are foibles of the American middle class with telling accuracy. Featuring one male & three female actors, this 1925 work, was an immediate Broadway success. Story of a visit from an old friend of Amy Piper, on an late Saturday afternoon, during which Amy's husband Aubrey tries to impress their guest his accomplishments in terms of wealth, home & car but to have his mother-in-law burst in & comically puncture his balloon of self-aggrandizement --- adding insult to injury,… Leer más

Chicago, IL: Aldine Publishing, 1971. First Edition, 7th Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/light wear. First published 1971; this is the 7th Printing of 1976. Examination of the social organization of primates. Text in 6 chapters: 1, "Culture" & the Conceptual Frame of Biology; 2, An Introduction to Primate Societies; 3, Adaptive Functions of Primate Societies; 4, Ways of Adapting; 5, How Flexible Is the Trait?; and, 6, Man & Primates Compared.

Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1962. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. As New. Softcover/VG; sound w/edge rubs. and faint creasings to front surface & light soiling to back. Faint bends to lower corner pages from poor shelving. PO name to rear cover verso. Behavioristic psychology. First published 1938; this is a re-issue of 1962. Analysis, rich in anecdotes, of patterns in learning processes of human beings in terms of what is learnt, and, how it is learnt. For Edwin R. Guthrie (1886 - 1959) the law of learning was based on the principle of association between stimulus & response --- in short, humans react to, and therefore learn from, environmental changes especially in the area of human conflict. 408 pgs, in 28 chapters.

New York, NY: Dell Pub. Co, 1977. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/NEW, showing faint margin discoloration. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Softcover/NF w/faint creasings to upper front corner. Thought-provoking, witty analysis of "herd mentality" in USA, where a good majority are convinced they function as true-blue "individualists". 1977 vintage examination of patterns of behavior in the 1970s --- findings still applicable today? Is there really "freedom of choice" in what we eat, how we travel , & why we "choose" to do what we do? Or, might "pseudo-choices" be the more correct term? Points to ponder.

New York, NY: New Century Publishers, 1946. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Charles Keller (Illustrator). Text/As New. Stapled softcover/Good; intact w/edge rubs, faint creasing to lower front corner, & closed tears to spine. Vintage 1946 dialogues addressing social problems familiar to our world. Time: end of World War II. In 1945 some US 930,000 veterans return to no home --- their requests to pitch tents in open spaces for themselves & their families turned down. A top selling, persuasive argument for Socialism versus Capitalism in the light of American social disorders --- housing & jobs for veterans, anxieties of farmers & small business versus coddling of German & Japanese bankers. Philadelphia born A.B. Magil, (1905 - 2003), also known as Abraham B. Magil and "Abe" Magil, was a Yiddish-speaking, full-time Communist Party Member & journalist for the Daily Worker. 63 pgs. A civil dialogue, and, social active ideas to improve… Leer más

San Francisco, CA: Chandler Publishing, 1961. First Edition, First Thus . Soft Cover/Stiched. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/New Near & Bright. Softcover/Good; strong but tired --- edge & surface rubs w/faint creasings to corner tips. PO name dated 1962 to fEP. 1961 Vintage collection of classic, popular folk songs compiled by James Franklin Leister (1927 - 1989), published under the pseudonym Frank Lynn. 259 pgs. Songs in 9 parts: I, Gang Singin' Songs; II, Songs for Singin'; III, Songs for Swingin' Servicemen; IV, Campus Classics; V, Sick Songs & Tearjerkers; VI, Drinking Songs & German Student Songs; VII, Folk Songs & Ballads; VIII, Country & Western Song; and IX, Catches, with Index of Titles, First Lines & Key Phrases to the rear. Strong copy in tired softcover.

New York, NY: Information Services of South Africa, 1974. 3rd Edition, First Thus . Paperback. New/None as Issued. Black & White Photos (Various Photographers). Text/NEW & Bright. Vintage 1974, 3rd Edition, First Thus. Softcover/Fine. Introductory survey of the arts & culture of richly diverse traditions of South Africa --- native home to Bantus, settled by the Dutch, became a Crown colony and then an independent state. 144 pgs. Contributing authors' list precedes 10 chapters illustrated with b/w photos: 1, Literature; 2, The Fine Arts; 3, Handicrafts; 4, The Performing Arts; 5, Music; 6, In Lighter Vein; 7, Radio South Africa; 8, Motion Picture Industry; 9, Architecture; and 10, Sports & recreation.

Chicago, IL: Univ of Chicago Press, 1978. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW Bright. Softcover/NF w/a whisper of shelfwear. Inked numeral to rear cover verso. First published 1973; this 1978 paperback edition has a new Introduction from author Paul Hollander. Systematic, comparative analysis of social values, institutions, political ideology & practices in religion, education, family life, sexual mores, problems of authority & crime, with special reference to the most enduring features of life in America versus that in the Soviet Union. An enduring scholarly reference for cross-cultural studies of post World War II. 476 pgs, 9 chaptersFine copy.

Stanford, CA: Stanford Univ Press, 1948. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Collectible - Fine/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW. Vintage 1948, First Edition, First Thus. Red linen boards w/gilt lettering/NF. Illustrated DJ/VG; price clipped w/closed tears, nips, & chips to edges, losses to upper/lower spine region and lower back, & discoloration/soiling. Analysis of productivity in the work force. A probe into non-economic factors why higher wages do not necessarily equate higher productivity, and why a rise in the cost of goods does not make men work harder in exchange for purchasing power, nor better quality control of production..

New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 1983. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. First published in 1969, this is a 1983 reprint. Text/Near New w/trace margin discoloration. Illustrated cover/VG w/edge rubs, faint surface creasings, and soiling to lower back. Social history. A scholarly study of Victorian sexual behavior that lay behind the farcade of genteel behavior. Relevant background study for all students of the Victorian era, so rich in artists and writers.. Strong copy

Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press/Lyle Stuart Inc, 1986. First American Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Photography (Various). Text/New & Bright. 1986, First Edition, 1st Thus. Softcover/Fine. Date inked to fEP. First published in UK. On what it is to be an average human being from English journalist, broadcaster & writer Gyles Daubeney Brandreth (March 1948 -), former House of Commons MP. A book of what humans hold in common --- such as hairs on our heads, being born w/about 350 bones that fuse into some 206 in adulthood, and specifically, which countries in the 1980's had the highest murder rates... 128 pgs covering eating habits, sex & marriage, diseases, to how fast finger nails grow annually, and a "test" readers can take to determine how long they can expect to live. A diverting compilation of information on man.

New York, NY: Basic Books, 1980. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Text/NEW & Bright. Vintage 1980, First Edition, 2nd Printing. Gilt embossed, charcoal linen boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. PO name to front endpaper. Socio-economics. Classic analysis of US economic policies --- addressing slow growth, declining productivity, energy shortages, over-regulationi, chronic inflation of the 1970s --- all still relevant today. Lester Carl Thurow (1938 - 2016), American political economist, Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, and advisor to George McGovern's 1972 bid for presidency, forwards income redistribution as a major issue. Thurow argues the nation's economic problems stem from America's inability to decide whose income ought rightly to increase versus whose ought justifiably to decline, and, ought winners compensate losers? In short, how to divide up the one pie? 230 pgs in 8 chapters: 1, An Economy That No Longer Performs; 2, Energy; 3. Inflation; 4, Slow… Leer más