Institutional Critique

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The Crack in the Third Carriage cover
Rating 2.8
The Crack in the Third Carriage 陆诗琪 · 2026 Through small incidents, this book reveals the overlooked fractures and contradictions in how society operates. It uses stories to mirror reality and …
The Abyss of the Hospital (Documentary Translation) cover
Rating 4.0
The Abyss of the Hospital (Documentary Translation) 高梨有希子 / 张士杰 / 殷玥 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2025 Gunma University Hospital is one of the leading medical centers in Japan's northern Kanto region. In 2014, this top hospital, trusted by local residen…
Savage Justice cover
Rating 4.2
Savage Justice 埃文·J.曼德利 / 曲若菲 Peking University Press · 2025 This book examines the history of the death penalty in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century, focusing on two cases, Furman v.…
The Price of Silence: An Empirical Study on the Miranda Rule's Hindrance to Police Enforcement Effectiveness cover
Rating 3.5
The Price of Silence: An Empirical Study on the Miranda Rule's Hindrance to Police Enforcement Effectiveness 郭义贵 / 刘方权 / 陈晓云 Peking University Press · 2025 This book collects four long empirical studies published between 1997 and 2017 by Paul G. Cassell, Professor at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney Co…
Training of Military and Political Personnel by the National Government during Wartime cover
Rating 4.1
Training of Military and Political Personnel by the National Government during Wartime 张瑞德 / 冯启宏 / Zhang Xianwen / 朱庆葆 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2025 This book examines how, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Nationalist government trained and selected Party and government cadres throug…
A Century of Decay: A Political History of Spain cover
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A Century of Decay: A Political History of Spain 保罗·普雷斯顿 / 何晓鸿 Guangdong People's Publishing House · 2023 At the end of the nineteenth century, Spain's disastrous defeat in the Spanish-American War stripped it of its status as a global power. For more than…
Scam: A Brief History of American Business Fraud cover
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Scam: A Brief History of American Business Fraud 爱德华·J.巴莱森 / 陈代云 Truth & Wisdom Press · 2023 America's commercial development is a story of never-ending combat with swindlers. America has always been magnetic to devoted believers, shrewd busin…
High-Performance Government Performance Evaluation System cover
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High-Performance Government Performance Evaluation System 张小峰 / 刘显睿 Fudan University Press · 2022 Performance evaluation is an effective tool for improving government services that emerged from the New Public Management movement of the 20th century…
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Rating 4.4
Ecological Vision Peter Ferdinand Drucker / 慈玉鹏 / 赵众一 China Machine Press · 2025 This book collects 31 articles written over a span of more than 40 years—the earliest being Chapter 10, "The Delusion of Keynesian Economics," publish…
Convict Life at the Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater, Minnesota cover
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Convict Life at the Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater, Minnesota Heilbron, William Casper, 1864- Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The Slavery Question cover
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The Slavery Question Lawrence, John, 1824-1889 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States cover
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The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States Lewis, James, 1863-1939 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
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Monopolies and the People Cloud, D. C. Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Some War-time Lessons cover
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Some War-time Lessons Keppel, Frederick P. (Frederick Paul), 1875-1943 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The Influence of Religion on the Politics of the State cover
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The Influence of Religion on the Politics of the State Macedo, Inácio José de, 1774-1834 Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The Political Situation cover
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The Political Situation Pimenta, Alfredo, 1882-1950 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
What Is and What Might Be cover
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What Is and What Might Be Holmes, Edmond, 1850-1936 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
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Monopolies and the People Baker, Charles Whiting, 1865-1941 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Hindu Law and Judicature cover
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Hindu Law and Judicature Yájnavalkya Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
High-Cost Health: What Has Gone Wrong with American Health Care and What to Do About It? cover
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High-Cost Health: What Has Gone Wrong with American Health Care and What to Do About It? 马蒂·马卡里 / 潘驿炜 Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2024 Today, roughly one in five Americans carries medical debt. Health care, which should be a basic right, has increasingly become a luxury in the United …