Wellsprings of Achievement: Cultural and Economic Dynamics in Early Modern England and Japan
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List of contributorsAcknowledgements1Strategies for Understanding and Interpreting Achievement12Towards an Understanding of Intelligence, Creativity, and Achievement263'Achievement' and the Macro-Sociology of Culture474On Achievement: A Philosophical Approach775Springs of Action or Vocabularies of Motive?9461066 and a Wave of Gadgets: The Achievements of British Growth1147Working Bodies: Protestantism, the Productive Individual, and the Politics of Idleness1338Work, Discipline, and the Apprentice in Early Modern London1599Printing and the Invention of Public Opinion in Seventeenth-Century England18010Some Comparisons of England and Japan20111Work and Culture in Early Modern Japan22112Culture, Action, and Institutions: On Exploring the Historical Economic Successes of England and Japan239Index267
\ BooknewsThe first six essays concentrate on discussing the definition of "achievement" in sociological and economic terms, particularly its relationship to creativity and innovation. The next six essays compare Britain and Japan as case studies, including elements in Britain such as: discipline, individualism, Protestantism. The advent of the printing press is also discussed. The comparisons to Japan, and discussions about Japan, concentrate on work and culture in the society. No bibliography. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
