books by Basic Books Inc.,U.S.

books by Basic Books Inc.,U.S.

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Basic Books Inc.,U.S.

... The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age

Walter A. McDougall

Basic Books Inc.,U.S., 1985

Insightful, Revealing and Ahead of its Time
I purchased this book when it first came out 20 years ago. At the time, it was very controversial. Author McDougall suggested that President Eisenhower actually wanted the Soviet Union to be the first to launch an earth satellite because that would establish the legal ...

Anarchy, State, and Utopia

Robert Nozick

Basic Books Inc.,U.S., 1974

I Loved This Book
An observation and common criticism of the book, both in this little Amazon fishbowl and elsewhere, is that Nozick takes givens, starts the arguments, and proceeds without initial justification of his givens. The charge is accurate. So throughout the logic of the ...

The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

Alice. Miller

Basic Books Inc.,U.S., 1983

A Significant Piece of the Puzzle
Reading books about psychology, especially books dealing with childhood trauma, is a bit like looking into a shattered mirror. Some parts will accurately reflect aspects of one's own psyche; other parts will be too distorted to have any relevance. As far as mirrors go, ...

How the West Grew Rich: The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World
Nathan Rosenberg, Jr. L.E. Birdzell

Basic Books Inc.,U.S., 1985

The authors argue persuasively that it is the political pluralism and remarkable flexibility of the West's institutions that explains its unparalleled wealth and prosperity. 11 cassettes.

Manias Panics and Crashes

Kindleberge

Basic Books Inc.,U.S., 1978

Manias, Panics, and Crashes
I gave this book to my grandson who is majoring at UCSD in economics. He has not had any course yet covering the history of financial crashes, etc. and finds it fascinating to compare past times with the present economic slowdown. Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History ...

The Ordeal of Civility: Freud, Marx, Levi-Strauss, and the Jewish Struggle With Modernity

John Cuddihy

Basic Books Inc.,U.S., 1974

Important book...
To read this intellectually intoxicating book is suddenly to realize how unfree public discourse is in America. Its argument is compelling and, in its broad outline, rather obvious. It is serious and brilliantly illuminating. It is in no way hateful or racist. But ...

The View from Sunset Boulevard: America as Brought to You by the People Who Make Television

Benjamin Stein, Ben Stein

Basic Books Inc.,U.S., 1979

Taught me how to watch TV.
I read this book over 20 years ago. It taught me "how to watch TV." Critics have compared it to the film book classic, FROM CALIGARI TO HITLER (an analysis of how Weimer Germany films reflected German sociological undercurrents). Ben Stein watched popular TV shows ...

Playing and Reality

Winnicott

Basic Books Inc.,U.S., 1971

A Profound Opening into the Origins of Love and Culture
I am sorry to be so blunt about this, but previous reviewers Sierra and whomi do not appear to have really grasped Winnicott's work in this book (Sierra really has no clue at all). I have to respond at some length. But better to just read the book. Winnicott ...

The Social Transformation of American Medicine

Paul Starr

Basic Books Inc.,U.S., 1983

Great history of American medicine
For anyone interested in the healthcare as a profession or area of study, I can't recommend this book highly enough. Despite the 20 years since its publication, Paul Starr's Pulitzer prize winner is still relevant today and in retrospect his projections made of the ...

For Capital Punishmt
Berns

Basic Books Inc.,U.S., 1981

This distinguished constitutional theorist takes a hard look at current criminal law and the Supreme Court's most recent decisions regarding the legality of capital punishment. Examining the penal system, capital punishment, and punishment in general, he reviews the continuing debate about the purpose of punishment for deterrence, rehabilitation, ...

Men and Women of the Corporatn
Kanter

Basic Books Inc.,U.S., 1977

In this landmark work on corporate power, especially as it relates to women, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the distinguished Harvard management thinker and consultant, shows how the careers and self-images of the managers, professionals, and executives, and also those of the secretaries, wives of managers, and women looking for a way up, are determined by ...

Anxiety Disorders and Phobias

Aaron T. Beck

Basic Books Inc.,U.S., 1985

Beck's Anxiety Disorders and Phobias - Cognitive Perspective
Every day, veterans of the Vietnam War commit suicide in deep depression. With the United States almost continually cutting its Veterans Administration budget, you would think that the V.A. would give up, but books like those of Beck help it treat and cure depression ...

Advertising, the Uneasy Persuasion

Michael Schudson

Basic Books Inc.,U.S., 1987

Give me more stars
Whatever the stars are available for rating - they are not enough for the book. Deep, thoughtful, unbiased and with good humor. After being 15 years in advertising I've never thought that an outsider can have such an accurate view of our real processes and thinking. ...