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Books by Alan Booth
  | | Looking for the Lost(Updated) Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan (Kodansha Globe) by Alan Booth, Joshua Sitzer Paperback, 389 Pages, Published 1996 by Kodansha Usa ISBN-13: 978-1-56836-148-2, ISBN: 1-56836-148-3 "A VIBRANT, MEDITATIVE WALK IN SEARCH OF THE SOUL OF JAPAN Traveling by foot through mountains and villages, Alan Booth found a Japan far removed from the stereotypes familiar to Westerners. Whether retracing the footsteps of ancient warriors or detailing the encroachments of suburban sprawl, he unerringly finds the telling detail, the unexpected transformation, the everyday drama that brings this remote world to life on the page. Lookin ..." |
 | | The Roads to Sata A 2000-mile walk through Japan (Paperback) by Alan Booth Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2021 by Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-0-14-199283-9, ISBN: 0-14-199283-2 "The Roads to Sata is a wry, witty, inimitable account of that prodigious trek, vividly revealing the reality of life in off-the-tourist-track Japan." |
 | | The British Economy in the Twentieth Century (British Studies Series) by Alan Booth Paperback, 244 Pages, Published 2001 by Palgrave ISBN-13: 978-0-333-69842-6, ISBN: 0-333-69842-8 "It is commonplace to assume that the twentieth-century British economy has failed, falling from the world's richest industrial country in 1900 to one of the poorest nations of Western Europe in 2000. Manufacturing is inevitably the centre of this failure: British industrial managers cannot organise the proverbial 'knees-up' in a brewery; British workers are idle and greedy; its financial system is uniquely geared to the short term inter ..." |
 | | Teaching History at University(1st Edition) Enhancing Learning and Understanding by Alan Booth Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2003 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-30537-2, ISBN: 0-415-30537-3 "Alan Booth draws on a wide range of international research as well as the reflections and experiences of university historians, linking theory and practice. Teaching History at University examines how high-quality history teaching and learning can be achieved in today's universities worldwide. This is an essential resource for university teachers and all those who are responsible for ensuring the quality of teaching and learning policie ..." |
 | | Alone Together How Marriage in America Is Changing by Paul R. Amato, Alan Booth, David R. Johnson, Stacy J. Rogers Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2007 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-02281-2, ISBN: 0-674-02281-5 "Most observers agree that marriage in America has been changing. Some think it is in decline, that the growth of individualism has made it increasingly difficult to achieve satisfying and stable relationships. Others believe that changes, such as increasing gender equality, have made marriage a better arrangement for men as well as women. Based on two studies of marital quality in America twenty years apart, this book takes a middle vie ..." |
 | | The Roads to Sata(Reprint) A 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan by Alan Booth Paperback, 302 Pages, Published 1997 by Kodansha Globe ISBN-13: 978-1-56836-187-1, ISBN: 1-56836-187-4 "ALAN BOOTH'S CLASSIC OF MODERN TRAVEL WRITING Traveling only along small back roads, Alan Booth traversed Japan's entire length on foot, from Soya at the country's northernmost tip, to Cape Sata in the extreme south, across three islands and some 2,000 miles of rural Japan. The Roads to Sata is his wry, witty, inimitable account of that prodigious trek. Although he was a city person-he was brought up in London and spent most of his adul ..." |
 | | This Great Stage of Fools(1st Edition) An anthology of uncollected writings by Alan Booth, Timothy Harris, My Huynh Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2018 by Bright Wave Media ISBN-13: 978-0-9899163-1-8, ISBN: 0-9899163-1-6 "This extraordinary book consists of a rich selection of reviews and articles Alan Booth wrote for magazines and newspapers in Japan, its topics covering Japanese film, festivals, and folk-songs. It is a remarkable volume, written with keen insight and a wickedly wry humor, a work any Japanophile will appreciate. This Great Stage of Fools, carefully edited by Booth's friend and one-time editor Timothy Harris, includes a foreword by Harri ..." |
 | | Alone Together(7th Edition) How Marriage in America Is Changing by Paul R. Amato, Alan Booth, David R. Johnson, Stacy J. Rogers Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2009 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-03217-0, ISBN: 0-674-03217-9 " Most observers agree that marriage in America has been changing. Some think it is in decline, that the growth of individualism has made it increasingly difficult to achieve satisfying and stable relationships. Others believe that changes, such as increasing gender equality, have made marriage a better arrangement for men as well as women. Based on two studies of marital quality in America twenty years apart, this book takes a middl ..." |
 | | Japan(2nd Edition) (Asian Guides Series) by Alan Booth, Ken Straiton Paperback, 255 Pages, Published 1992 by Passport Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8442-9684-5, ISBN: 0-8442-9684-8 "Japan is often imagined as a small country, yet the largest of its four main islands, Honshu, is larger than all of Great Britain." |
 | | Family-School Links How Do They Affect Educational Outcomes? by Alan Booth, Judith F. Dunn Paperback, Published 2016 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-96962-9, ISBN: 1-138-96962-1 |
 | | A Generation at Risk(Updated) Growing Up in an Era of Family Upheaval by Paul R. Amato, Alan Booth Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2000 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-00398-9, ISBN: 0-674-00398-5 " Just what do we know about the current generation of young Americans? So little it seems that we have dubbed them Generation X. Coming of age in the 1980s and '90s, they hail from families in flux, from an intimate landscape changing faster and more profoundly than ever before. This book is the first to give us a clear, close-up picture of these young Americans and to show how they have been affected and formed by the tremendous domes ..." |
 | | Travelers' Tales Guides Japan True Stories of Life on the Road by Donald Richie, Alan Booth, Donald W. George, Amy G. Carlson, Amy Greimann Carlson Paperback, 411 Pages, Published 1998 by Travelers' Tales Guides ISBN-13: 978-1-885211-04-0, ISBN: 1-885211-04-X "Japan, with its old and ever-changing heart and soul, simultaneously astonishes, delights, and frustrates travelers. Visit the place of tranquil temples, exquisite ancient inns and lurid love hotels, where electric baths sit beside indoor ski slopes and cheery blossoms fall on kindly grandmothers, cynical salarymen, wise monks, and wild lovers alike." |
 | | Looking for the Lost Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan by Alan Booth, John Urda Hardcover, 387 Pages, Published 1995 by Kodansha Usa Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-56836-065-2, ISBN: 1-56836-065-7 "In his final work Alan Booth takes us on a fascinating journey by foot through three remote regions of Japan to search for the country's geographic and spiritual heart - and for the elusive connections between present and past, self and society. Looking for the Lost is a beautifully written, opinionated, and entertaining look at the life and slow death of a culture, and a poignant self-portrait of a writer also nearing death. Booth's jo ..." |
 | | The Sackville Illustrated Dictionary of Golf(1st Edition) by Alan Booth, Michael Hobbs, Valerie Mendes Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 1988 by Slawson Communications ISBN-13: 978-0-948615-01-6, ISBN: 0-948615-01-X "Book by Booth, Alan, Hobbs, Michael" |
 | | Men in Families(1st Edition) When Do They Get involved? What Difference Does It Make? (Penn State University Family Issues Symposia Series) by Alan Booth, Ann C. Crouter, Alan Booth Phd Hardcover, 356 Pages, Published 1998 by Psychology Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8058-2539-8, ISBN: 0-8058-2539-8 "Recently, the roles of fathers and husbands in families have been recognized as important issues. They appear in legislation aimed at deadbeat dads, social movements including the Million Man March and Promise Keepers, in the development of advocacy groups, and in think tanks. Therefore, contemporary research on men in family relationships has very mixed results. Some studies show that fathers have small effects on child development and ..." |
 | | Modern Britain An Economic and Social History by John Irwin, Sean Glynn, Alan Glynn Booth, Alan Booth Paperback, 388 Pages, Published 1995 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-10473-9, ISBN: 0-415-10473-4 "Modern Britain focuses on two major periods of British history; the interwar period, and postwar Britain. The authors compare and contrast developments in the two periods, dealing with the themes of:* growth and welfare* industry* labour* social policy* the economyCombining a narrative with a conceptual and analytic approach,Modern Britain provides an end-of-century review of progress and decline and an essential background to current p ..." |
 | | Documents in Contemporary History Ser. British Economic Development since 1945 by Editor-Alan Booth, Alan Booth Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1995 by Manchester University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-4503-5, ISBN: 0-7190-4503-7 "Alan Booth (Ph. D.) have argued that this economic future, and hence the welfare and standard of living of this nation, depends upon the degree of its ... extent to which the people concerned with the separate contributions perceive common aims and how well they relate together ... of the present generation of engineers must be deployed to greater effect than hitherto, not just at technical operating levels, ..." |
 | | Employment, Capital, and Economic Policy Great Britain, 1919-1939 by Alan Booth, Melvyn Pack Hardcover, 205 Pages, Published 1985 by Blackwell Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-631-13804-4, ISBN: 0-631-13804-8 "Book by Booth, Alan" |
 | | Penn State University Family Issues Symposia Immigration and the Family : Research and Policy on U. S. Immigrants by Ann C. Crouter, Alan Booth, Nancy Landale Paperback, 316 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-99238-2, ISBN: 1-138-99238-0 "This book documents the third in a series of annual symposia on family issues--the National Symposium on International Migration and Family Change: The Experience of U.S. Immigrants--held at Pennsylvania State University. Although most existing literature on migration focuses solely on the origin, numbers, and economic success of migrants, this book examines how migration affects family relations and child ..." |
 | | Managing the Modern Workplace Productivity, Politics and Workplace Culture in Postwar Britain (Paperback) by Alan Booth, Joseph Melling Paperback, Published 2016 by Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-138-27529-4, ISBN: 1-138-27529-8 |
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