Preface: "modernity" and social science, beyond universal history

The problem, the argument, and the study

Institutions of work in theoretical and historical context : sources of variation in the course of industrialization

Work, community, and authority in late-industrializing Japan : prewar "traditionalism" to postwar "syncretism"

Work, community, and authority in late-industrializing Russia : socialist revolution and the "scientific organization of labor"

Comparisons and implications.

Social change > Japan.

Social values > Japan.

Postmodernism > Social aspects > Japan.

Social change > Russia (Federation)

Social values > Russia (Federation)

Postmodernism > Russia (Federation)

Japan > Economic conditions.

Russia (Federation) > Economic conditions.