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Book SynopsisThis text looks at the give-and-take of modern world history. John Weber draws on examples from Europe, the US and the developing world to suggest that the modern political landscape is not polorized between pure socialist and capitalist regimes.
Trade ReviewWeber's understanding of the 'end of ideology' in the Yeltsin years is the best brief treatment of the subject that I have seen. -- Paul Buhle, Brown University
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword by James Lawler Chapter 2 Subverted at Birth Chapter 3 The Socialistic Shorter Working Day Chapter 4 The Grandest Concession Chapter 5 What If They Have No Boots? Chapter 6 Two Centuries: Two Concessions Chapter 7 Double Trouble for Women Chapter 8 The Movement Toward an Economic Bill of Rights Chapter 9 The Second Reconstruction Chapter 10 Health Care as Socialist Intruder Chapter 11 The Forty-Four Main Concessions and Some Patterns Observed Chapter 12 Two Worlds Or One? Chapter 13 The German Model Chapter 14 French and Italian Statism Chapter 15 The Wayward Six in Eastern Europe Chapter 16 The Vietnamese and Cuban Models Chapter 17 India's Special Ways Toward the Mix Chapter 18 The Portent of "Chinese Characteristics" Chapter 19 Four Mixtures Made in Russia Chapter 20 The Arena of Future Third Ways
