Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty Xiatu (原DangDang) Japanese Folktales for Language Learners

Japanese Folktales for Language Learners presents 22 traditional stories in parallel Japanese and English versions on facing pages

Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award • One of the Best Books of the Year: The Atlantic

民國25年轉任浙江大學教授，創辦浙江大學史地系和史地研究

From Dong-ho’s best friend who meets his own fateful end

accompanied by the bitter fog of winter pollution

Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty Xiatu (原DangDang) Japanese Folktales for Language LearnersFrom the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics and the authors of the international bestseller Why Nations Fail "Why is it so difficult to develop and sustain liberal democracy? The best recent work on this subject comes from a remarkable pair of scholars, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. In their latest book, The Narrow Corridor, they have answered this question with great insight." Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post In Why Nations