Hill James N Editor (6 results)

hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. The 8th in a series of advanced seminars sponsored by the School of American Research, in in Santa Fe NM. 356 pages. The topic was the explanation of prehistoric organizational change. ex college library. dj spine label inked, stamped on top edge of pages & title page. pocket on last page.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xiv+356pp with figures, maps and index. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/4") issued in beige cloth with brown lettering to spine. Foreword by Douglas W Schwartz, preface and introduction by James N Hill. A School of American Research Book (SAR. Papers from a seminar held in Santa Fe, April 2-8, 1970. 1st edition. Contents: Fred Plog: Explaining Change; James N Hill: Systems Theory and the Explanation of Change; Arthur A Saxe: On the Origin of Evolutionary Processes: State Formation in teh Sadwich Islands; Richard I Ford: Evolutionary Ecology and the Evolution of Human Ecosystems: A Case Study from the Midwestern USA; Michael A Glassow: Population Aggregation and System Change: Examples from the American Southwest; Henry T Wright: Toward and Explanation of the Origin of the State; William T Sanders: Resource Utilization and Political Evolution in the Teotihuacan Valley; Fred Plog: Systems Theory and Simulation: The Case of Hawaiian Warfare and Redistribution; James N Hill: Discussion; Melvin L Perlman: Comments on Explanation, and on Stabiity and Change. Condition: Light edge wear. Avery good to fine copy in a better than very good jacket.…

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The College of William and Mary Near Fine. 1982. First Edition. Softcover. First edition. Magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6" x 9"], perfect-bound, 115 pages, illustrated. Near Fine copy whb11.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 208 pp., x. '1' in number line. Following the list of Contributors and "Introduction: Looking Forward Into History" by Editor, Contents divided into 24 Essays in 6 Sections: [I] INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS (1) Jeffrey G. Williamson, "How Tough Are Times in the Third World?"; (2) Julian L. Simon and Rita James Simon, "Do We Really Need All These Immigrants?'; (3) Lance E. Davis and Robert A. Huttenback, "Do Imperial Powers Get Rich Off Their Colonies?"; (4) Robert Higgs, "How Military Mobilization Hurts the Economy"; [II] WORKERS AND EMPLOYMENT (5) Price V. Fishback, "Does Workers' Compensation Make for a Safer Workplace?"; (6) Lee J. Alston, "American Farming: If It's Broke, Why Can't We Fix It?"; (7) Elizabeth Hoffman,"How Can Displaced Workers Find Better Jobs?"; [III] WOMEN AND MINORITIES (8) Robert A. Margo, "What is the Key to Black Progress?"; (9) Elyce J. Rotella, "The Equal Rights Amendment--Yes, But Whose?"; [IV] GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY (10) Barry Eichengreen, "As Good As Gold--By What Standard?"; (11) Mark Thomas, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Trade Deficit?"; (12) John Wallis, "The Great Depression: Can It Happen Again?"; (13) Benjamin Baack and Edward Ray, "The Income Tax: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone and Come?"; (14) Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill, "Are Government Giveaways Really Free?"; (15) Jonathan Hughes, "Do Americans Want Big Government?"; [V] REGULATION, DEREGULATION AND REREGULATION (16) Richard Sylla, "Should We Reregulate the Banks?"; (17) Hugh Rockoff, "Can Price Controls Work?"; (18) Susan M. Phillips and J. Richard Zecker, "The Securities Exchange Commission: Where From, Where To?'; [VI] TECHNOLOGY AND COMPETITIVENESS (19) Gary M. Walton, "Fulton's Folly"; (20) Peter Temin, "Down the Primrose Path"; (21) Gary Libecap, "What Really Happened at Teapot Dome?"; (22) Paul Uselding, "Does Government Intervention in the Economy Hurt Competitiveness--or Help It?"; (23) Donald N. McCloskey, "Competitiveness and the Antieconomics of Decline"; (24) Nathan Rosenberg, "Does Science Shape Economic Progress--Or Is It the Other Way Around?"; Appendix: Chronology of Important Dates, pp. 181-199; For Further Reading, pp. 201-203; Index, pp. 205-208. Taupe cloth with bold black lettering on spine. Glossy beige dustwrapper not price-clipped (no price) with Title lettering in large, thick, purple letters on top third front cover, above Subtitle lettering in smaller purple across middle front cover; Editor name letters in smaller purple across bottom front cover. Only peccadilloes are spine sunned to lighter taupe than rest of cover (all lettering still bold purple and eminently readable) and SLIGHT crease remaining at top edge front cover from once having had a paper clip positioned there. Book itself is As New: Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear; NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Apart from collecting sun's rays on the shelf, book looks unheld, UNREAD. …

First Penguin printing. Tanning to pages. Very Good condition. Includes "Ocean-Bed Prospecting" by Gaskell & Hill, "The Movement of Individual Atoms in Metals" by Barnes, "Methods in Psychology" by George, "Cheese Biology" by Barnett, "Germination" by Mayer, "Phenomena of Supersonic Flight" by Lance, and "Research Report" by Haslett.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, illustrated, 356pp., bound in beige cloth, spine lettered in black, a fine copy in nearly fine unclipped dust jacket with tiny nick to bottom edge.