In this book, Professor Thomas examines the background, education and training of the Japanese salaryman in the context of Japanese society, having studied the training programmes of six major Japanese companies. He also surveys the historical, cultural and political events that have shaped the evolution of the salaryman.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries revolutionary dissent, political upheaval and social protest spread throughout Europe -- and Wales was no exception. In this unique examination of British social history, J.E. Thomas focuses upon the power of the local gentry in Wales, and their relationship with the poor and potentially revolutionary population. Early explosions of protest were seen all over Wales, coinciding with the aftermath of the American Revolution, and the equally seismic events of the French Revolution, while later revolts went on to provide serious challenges to the British...

When life gives you every reason to hate, can you still love in spite of? This is a story based on true events. It captures the honest, gripping tale of the life of a young girl who overcame insurmountable hardships, which would have driven most into a mental institution. Everything she considered valuable was stolen from her. Her adult reunion with her best childhood friend reopens the tragedies as she divulges every painful moment as if it were yesterday. Readers will identify with the feelings of revenge and the strong wish for the death of her perpetrator as the details pull you in....