Dale Leisure Hours

Daphne Dale: Leisure Hours: 150 Sketches with Pen & Pencil, for Home Entertainment, Philadelphia and Chicago Elliott & Beezley 1891
Good Hay, Hacker, Poole, Halswell, Harris, Pettie, Stieler, Walters, Etc.

Binding cracked at covers but pages all intact, small water spot at bottom corner of pages, pictorial cover with gold gilt print, edges worn. Still good condition considering age. No Jacket Half-Leather 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Dale, Daphne: Leisure Hours One Hundred and Fifty Sketches, With Pen and Pencil, For Home Entertainment, USA Elliott and Beezley 1889
Bays, Hacker, Poole, Halswell, harris, Pettie, Steiler, Walters

vg+ green cloth hard cover with black design and gilt print to cover and spine. No dj. Previous owners name dated 1892 on second page ow clean and tight. Light corner wea, Gilt page edges. Hinges intact and tight. A very nice copy 415pp vg+/-- Hard Cover

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Sakaiya, Taichi; Fields, George (translator); Marsh, William (translator). The Knowledge-Value Revolution : Or a History of the Future. New York, Ny.: Kodansha America, Incorporated, 1991.
Brand Newin Fine DJ; Gift qual 1st Engl Ed Brand New F/Fine. Usually mail within 12 hours. ; 1.44 x 8.57 x 5.88; 379 pages; Library Jour: Soar with Sakaiya on a dizzying journey with this prophetic view of the future. His latest work (he has written 30 books) has already sold over 500, 000 in Japan & should be successful in this English ed. Sakaiya easily transcends other works in this genre, such as Alvin Toffler's The Third Wave or Daniel Bell's The Coming of Post-Industri al Society) , as he describes a future knowledge-value society. Knowledge-v alue is "the price of & the value created by wisdom, & the worth, or price a society gives to that wisdom. " Massive changes will characteriz e this brave new world, & Sakaiya describes the 3 main "disrupters" as technological advances, population shifts, & dwindling resources. His review of history & broad-brushed approach without footnotes may frustrate some. This is sure to be in demand by CEOs & futurist thinkers & is strongly recommended for most libraries. - Dale Farris, Groves, Tex. Copyright 1991 Reed. From Kirkus: Revs Millennial murk that, under the title Chika Kakumei, was a 1985 best-seller in Japan. A former official at his homeland's redoubtable Ministry of International Trade & Industry, Sakaiya prophesies a brave new world in which leisure time & wisdom abound but material & human resources are in short supply. In the Arcadian environment he envisions, the mass-produced manufactures that underpin consumer societies will yield to goods that combine utility with the equivalent of intelligence & distinctively personal appeal. The author is decidedly vague as to what constitutes a so-called knowledge-value product... Paradoxically, perhaps, Sakaiya's projections are based on notably specific conclusions drawn from surveys of Middle Eastern, Oriental, & Western civilizations. The author espouses cyclical theory to the extent that he dwells on instances from the past illustrating how conspicuous consumption gave way to thrift, & materialism to spiritual values. In like vein, Sakaiya makes a case for the proposition that art & fashion are harbingers of marketplace trends. Of particular interest to US readers who bear with the author's discontinuous critique is his conviction that America's open society is better equipped than that of conformist Japan to capitalize on New Age economics. Be that as it may, Sakaiya's musings are too mystical & mystifying ©1991, Kirkus A deep & influential work, August 15, 1997 Reviewer: Joe Raimondo from New Jersey This book continues to influence my thinking about society more than any other I've read in the last ten years. Sakaiya's concept of "social subjectivity" as being one of the driving forces in societal evolution has provided a frame for thinking about why people behave the way they do This is not an easy read. The first third is a detailed primer on Asian culture history. Sakiya uses this deep history to set up the epochal trends that he sees. To a Westerner not schooled in Asian history, it was a tough read because Sakaiya assumed familiarity with some of the historical figures... Yet this history opened a lot of avenues in terms of seeing history unfold over a MUCH longer timeframe than the average American is accustomed to... Once Sakiya gets into the present, however, the book fairly crackles with unique ideas about the types of fundamental processes & definitions that constitute a "knowledge value society". The core value or operator is nuance. The ability to create nuance, in fashion, music, art, or even terminology, is the source of value in a knowledge value society. The tools for aiding ion te creation of nuance, & the networks for conducting nuance are likewise the core utilities in this kind of society.. 0870119427.

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[SW: FUTURISM KNOWLEDGE THEORY PHILOSOPHY EPISTEMOLOGY,]

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