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Vincent O'Sullivan
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Oxford
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The Oxford Book of New Zealand Short Stories
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Recommended for readers seeking unique, diverse short stories from a range of New Zealand authors, including Maori writers and literary giants like Katherine Mansfield and Janet Frame. The anthology offers a mix of new and old, traditional and experimental writing styles, showcasing the depth and variety of New Zealand's literary heritage.
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Neil Grant
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Oxford
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Children's History of the World 2005
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The whole of human history is here, from the earliest settlement of the world to the beginning of the new millennium, in one sumptuously illustrated and easy to use volume. The essential events of world history are easy to find, because each subject is given its own double page spread. Substantial coverage of each subject is given in the lively narrative text, from a top author of history books for children, backed by a team of expert consultants. This is a new edition with a new jacket design and updated text.
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Tim Judah
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Oxford
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Kosovo : What Everyone Needs to Know (R)
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On February 17, 2008, Kosovo declared its independence, becoming the seventh state to emerge from the break-up of the former Yugoslavia. A tiny country of just two million people, 90% of whom are ethnic Albanians, Kosovo is central-geographically, historically, and politically-to the future of the Western Balkans and, in turn, its potential future within the European Union. But the fate of both Kosovo, condemned by Serbian leaders as a "fake state" and the region as a whole, remains uncertain.In Kosovo: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Tim Judah provides a straight-forward guide to the complicated place that is Kosovo. Judah, who has spent years covering the region, offers succinct, penetrating answers to a wide range of questions: Why is Kosovo important? Who are the Albanians? Who are the Serbs? Why is Kosovo so important to Serbs? What role does Kosovo play in the region and in the world? Judah reveals how things stand now and presents the history and geopolitical dynamics that have led to it. The most important of these is the question of the right to self-determination, invoked by the Kosovo Albanians, as opposed to right of territorial integrity invoked by the Serbs. For many Serbs, Kosovo's declaration of independence and subsequent recognition has been traumatic, a savage blow to national pride. Albanians, on the other hand, believe their independence rights an historical wrong: the Serbian conquest (Serbs say "liberation") of Kosovo in 1912.For anyone wishing to understand both the history and possible future of Kosovo at this pivotal moment in its history, this book offers a wealth of insight and information in a uniquely accessible format.What Everyone Needs to Know® is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press.
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Jeffrey Witsoe
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University
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Democracy against Development : Lower-Caste Politics and Political Modernity in Postcolonial India
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Hidden behind the much-touted success story of India’s emergence as an economic superpower is another, far more complex narrative of the nation’s recent history, one in which economic development is frequently countered by profoundly unsettling, and often violent, political movements. In Democracy against Development , Jeffrey Witsoe investigates this counter-narrative, uncovering an antagonistic relationship between recent democratic mobilization and development-oriented governance in India. Witsoe looks at the history of colonialism in India and its role in both shaping modern caste identities and linking locally powerful caste groups to state institutions, which has effectively created a postcolonial patronage state. He then looks at the rise of lower-caste politics in one of India’s poorest and most populous states, Bihar, showing how this increase in democratic participation has radically threatened the patronage state by systematically weakening its institutions and disrupting its development projects. By depicting democracy and development as they truly are in India—in tension—Witsoe reveals crucial new empirical and theoretical insights about the long-term trajectory of democratization in the larger postcolonial world.
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Justin Yifu Lin, Célestin Monga |
Princeton
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Beating the Odds : Jump-Starting Developing Countries
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How poor countries can ignite economic growth without waiting for global action or the creation of ideal local conditionsContrary to conventional wisdom, countries that ignite a process of rapid economic growth almost always do so while lacking what experts say are the essential preconditions for development, such as good infrastructure and institutions. In Beating the Odds , two of the world's leading development economists begin with this paradox to explain what is wrong with mainstream development thinking―and to offer a practical blueprint for moving poor countries out of the low-income trap regardless of their circumstances.Justin Yifu Lin, the former chief economist of the World Bank, and Célestin Monga, the chief economist of the African Development Bank, propose a development strategy that encourages poor countries to leap directly into the global economy by building industrial parks and export-processing zones linked to global markets. Countries can leverage these zones to attract light manufacturing from more advanced economies, as East Asian countries did in the 1960s and China did in the 1980s. By attracting foreign investment and firms, poor countries can improve their trade logistics, increase the knowledge and skills of local entrepreneurs, gain the confidence of international buyers, and gradually make local firms competitive. This strategy is already being used with great success in Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and other countries. And the strategy need not be limited to traditional manufacturing but can also include agriculture, the service sector, and other activities.Beating the Odds shows how poor countries can ignite growth without waiting for global action or the creation of ideal local conditions.
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Anthony Yazaki, Rohan Mukherjee |
Oxford
University
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Poised for Partnership : Deepening India-Japan Relations in the Asian Century
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This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in learning about the India-Japan relationship and how to strengthen it further. The book covers a wide range of topics such as trade, investment, energy security, and global governance. The contributors offer insightful perspectives on their respective countries' interests, achievements, obstacles and propose concrete policies to ensure a lasting partnership. The book is a must-read for policymakers from both sides and anyone interested in the future of Asia.
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Geneva Overholser
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Oxford
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The Institutions of American Democracy : The Press
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American democracy is built on its institutions. The Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary, in particular, undergird the rights and responsibilities of every citizen. The free press, for example, protected by the First Amendment, allows for the dissent so necessary in a democracy. How has this institution changed since the nation's founding? And what can we, as leaders, policymakers, and citizens, do to keep it vital?The freedom of the press is an essential element of American democracy. With the guidance of editors Geneva Overholser and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, this volume examines the role of the press in a democracy, investigating alternative models used throughout world history to better understand how the American press has evolved into what it is today. The commission also examines ways to allow more voices to be heard and to improve the institution of the American free press.The Press , a collection of essays by the nation's leading journalism scholars and professionals, will examine the history, identity, roles, and future of the American press, with an emphasis on topics of concern to both practitioners and consumers of American media.
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Sulmaan Wasif Khan
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Harvard
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Haunted by Chaos : China's Grand Strategy from Mao Zedong to XI Jinping
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Before the Chinese Communist Party came to power, China lay broken and fragmented. Today it is a force on the global stage, and yet its leaders have continued to be haunted by the past. Drawing on an array of sources, Sulmaan Wasif Khan chronicles the grand strategies that have sought not only to protect China from aggression but also to ensure it would never again experience the powerlessness of the late Qing and Republican eras.The dramatic variations in China's modern history have obscured the commonality of purpose that binds the country's leaders. Analyzing the calculus behind their decision making, Khan explores how they wove diplomatic, military, and economic power together to keep a fragile country safe in a world they saw as hostile. Dangerous and shrewd, Mao Zedong made China whole and succeeded in keeping it so, while the caustic, impatient Deng Xiaoping dragged China into the modern world. Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao served as cautious custodians of the Deng legacy, but the powerful and deeply insecure Xi Jinping has shown an assertiveness that has raised both fear and hope across the globe.For all their considerable costs, China's grand strategies have been largely successful. But the country faces great challenges today. Its population is aging, its government is undermined by corruption, its neighbors are arming out of concern over its growing power, and environmental degradation threatens catastrophe. A question Haunted by Chaos raises is whether China's time-tested approach can respond to the looming threats of the twenty-first century.
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Ravi Ramamurti, Jitendra Singh |
Cambridge
University
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Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets
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Why have so many firms in emerging economies internationalized quite aggressively in the last decade? What competitive advantages do these firms enjoy and what are the origins of those advantages? Through what strategies have they built their global presence? How is their internationalization affecting Western rivals? And, finally, what does all this mean for mainstream international business theory? In Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets, a distinguished group of international business scholars tackle these questions based on a shared research design. The heart of the book contains detailed studies of emerging-market multinationals (EMNEs) from the BRIC economies, plus Israel, Mexico, South Africa, and Thailand. The studies show that EMNEs come in many shapes and sizes, depending on the home-country context. Furthermore, EMNEs leverage distinctive competitive advantages and pursue distinctive internationalization paths. This timely analysis of EMNEs promises to enrich mainstream models of how firms internationalize in today's global economy.
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Iris Marion Young
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Princeton
University
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Justice and the Politics of Difference
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This book challenges the prevailing philosophical reduction of social justice to distributive justice. It critically analyzes basic concepts underlying most theories of justice, including impartiality, formal equality, and the unitary moral subjectivity. Starting from claims of excluded groups about decision making, cultural expression, and division of labor, Iris Young defines concepts of domination and oppression to cover issues eluding the distributive model. Democratic theorists, according to Young do not adequately address the problem of an inclusive participatory framework. By assuming a homogeneous public, they fail to consider institutional arrangements for including people not culturally identified with white European male norms of reason and respectability. Young urges that normative theory and public policy should undermine group-based oppression by affirming rather than suppressing social group difference. Basing her vision of the good society on the differentiated, culturally plural network of contemporary urban life, she argues for a principle of group representation in democratic publics and for group-differentiated policies. "This is an innovative work, an important contribution to feminist theory and political thought, and one of the most impressive statements of the relationship between postmodernist critiques of universalism and concrete thinking.... Iris Young makes the most convincing case I know of for the emancipatory implications of postmodernism." --Seyla Benhabib, State University of New York at Stony Brook
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Paul Rock, David Downes |
Oxford
University
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Understanding Deviance : A Guide to the Sociology of Crime and Rule-breaking
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This popular textbook provides the reader with an indispensable guide to criminological theory. It sympathetically outlines the principal theories of crime and rule-breaking, placing them in their European and North American contexts, confronting major criticisms that have been voiced againstthem, and constructing defences where appropriate. The book has been thoroughly revised and brought up to date to include new issues of crime, deviance and theory in the early twenty-first century, and includes summaries of cultural criminology and new assessments of the contribution made byGottfredson and Hirschi to control theory.
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Roger Pearson, Émile Zola |
Oxford
University
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The Masterpiece
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The Masterpiece is the tragic story of Claude Lantier, an ambitious and talented young artist who has come from the provinces to conquer Paris but is conquered instead by the flaws of his own genius. Set in the 1860s and 1870s, it is the most autobiographical of the twenty novels in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. It provides a unique insight into Zola's career as a writer and his relationship with Cezanne, a friend since their schooldays in Aix-en-Provence. It also presents a well-documented account of the turbulent Bohemian world in which the Impressionists came to prominence despite the conservatism of the Academy and the ridicule of the general public.
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Michael E. O'Hanlon
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Princeton
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The Science of War : Defense Budgeting, Military Technology, Logistics, and Combat Outcomes
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An essential introduction to modern defense policyThe U.S. military is one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world. How it spends its money, chooses tactics, and allocates its resources have enormous implications for national defense and the economy. The Science of War is the only comprehensive textbook on how to analyze and understand these and other essential problems in modern defense policy.Michael O'Hanlon provides undergraduate and graduate students with an accessible yet rigorous introduction to the subject. Drawing on a broad range of sources and his own considerable expertise as a defense analyst and teacher, he describes the analytic techniques the military uses in every crucial area of military science. O'Hanlon explains how the military budget works, how the military assesses and deploys new technology, develops strategy and fights wars, handles the logistics of stationing and moving troops and equipment around the world, and models and evaluates battlefield outcomes. His modeling techniques have been tested in Iraq and Afghanistan, including the methods he used to predict higher-than-anticipated troop fatalities in Iraq―controversial predictions that have since been vindicated.The Science of War is the definitive resource on warfare in the twenty-first century.
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Paul M. Kellstedt, Guy D. Whitten |
Cambridge
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The Fundamentals of Political Science Research
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The Fundamentals of Political Science Research provides an introduction to the scientific study of politics. It offers the basic tools necessary for readers to become both critical consumers and beginning producers of scientific research on politics. Professors Kellstedt and Whitten present an integrated approach to research design and empirical analyses in which researchers can develop and test causal theories. The authors use examples from political science research that students will find interesting and inspiring, and that will help them understand key concepts. The book makes technical material accessible to students who might otherwise be intimidated by mathematical examples. This revised second edition refines discussions from the first edition, with a new chapter on how to write an original research project. The second edition also contains an additional forty exercises and adds definitions for terms discussed in each chapter.
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Wayne C. Booth, Joseph M. Williams, Gregory G. Colomb |
University
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Chicago
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The Craft of Research
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This manual offers practical advice on the fundamentals of research to college and university students in all fields of study. The Craft of Research teaches much more than the mechanics of fact it explains how to approach a research project as an analytical process. The authors chart every stage of research, from finding a topic and generating research questions about it to marshalling evidence, constructing arguments, and writing everything up in a final report that is a model of authority. Their advice is designed for use by both beginners and seasoned practitioners, and for projects from class papers to dissertations.This book is organized into four parts. Part One is a spirited introduction to the distinctive nature, values, and protocols of research. Part Two demystifies the art of discovering a topic. It outlines a wide range of sources, among them personal interests and passions. Parts Three and Four cover the essentials of argument—how to make a claim and support it—and ways to outline, draft, revise, rewrite, and polish the final report. Part Three is a short course in the logic, structure, uses, and common pitfalls of argumentation. The writing chapters in Part Four show how to present verbal and visual information effectively and how to shape sentences and paragraphs that communicate with power and precision."A well-constructed, articulate reminder of how important fundamental questions of style and approach, such as clarity and precision, are to all research."— Times Literary Supplement
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Graham Huggan
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Oxford
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The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Studies
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The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the latest scholarship in postcolonial studies, while also considering possible future developments in the field. Original chapters written by a worldwide team of contritbuors are organised into five cross-referenced sections, "The Imperial Past," "The Colonial Present," "Theory and Practice," "Across the Disciplines," and "Across the World." The chapters offer both country-specific and comparative approaches to current issues, offering a wide range of new and interesting perspectives. The Handbook reflects the increasingly multidisciplinary nature of postcolonial studies and reiterates its continuing relevance to the study of both the colonial past--in its multiple manifestations--and the contemporary globalized world. Taken together, these essays, the dialogues they pursue, and the editorial comments that surround them constitute nothing less than a blueprint for the future of a much-contested butintellectually vibrant and politically engaged field.
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Thomas M. Nichols
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Oxford
University
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The Death of Expertise : The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters
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Technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people to more information than ever before. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues. Today, everyone knows everything: with only a quick trip through WebMD or Wikipedia, average citizens believe themselves to be on an equal intellectual footing with doctors and diplomats. All voices, even the most ridiculous, demand to be taken with equal seriousness, and any claim to the contrary is dismissed as undemocratic elitism.Tom Nichols' The Death of Expertise shows how this rejection of experts has occurred: the openness of the internet, the emergence of a customer satisfaction model in higher education, and the transformation of the news industry into a 24-hour entertainment machine, among other reasons. Paradoxically, the increasingly democratic dissemination of information, rather than producing an educated public, has instead created an army of ill-informed and angry citizens who denounce intellectual achievement. When ordinary citizens believe that no one knows more than anyone else, democratic institutions themselves are in danger of falling either to populism or to technocracy or, in the worst case, a combination of both. An update to the 2017breakout hit, the paperback edition of The Death of Expertise provides a new foreword to cover the alarming exacerbation of these trends in the aftermath of Donald Trump's election. Judging from events on the ground since it first published, The Death of Expertise issues a warning about the stability and survival of modern democracy in the Information Age that is even more important today.
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Amy Tan
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Cambridge
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The Joy Luck Club
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If you're looking to dive into the complexities of mother-daughter relationships through the lens of different cultures coming together, then Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club" is a profound pick. It intertwyines the stories of four Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters, offering insights rich in cultural heritage and emotional depth. This novel doesn't just recount life stories; it uncovers the universal rhythms of love, loss, and identity that resonate across generational and cultural divides.
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A. Leon Higginbotham
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Oxford
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Shades of Freedom : Racial Politics and Presumptions of the American Legal Process
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Shades of Freedom by A. Leon Higginbotham is a must-read for those seeking a comprehensive understanding of the interplay between law and racial oppression in America from colonialism to modern-day. The book provides a magisterial account of racial inferiority, white perceptions and their codification into law. Through eloquent voices of Reconstruction Congressman John R. Lynch, Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan and W. E. B. DuBois, the book offers a glimpse into various viewpoints. A powerful and insightful portrayal of race relations through the Dred Scott and Plessy v. Ferguson cases makes this book worth reading.
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Mario Praz, A. Davidson |
Oxford
University
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The Romantic Agony
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In this now-classic study, Praz describes the whole of Romantic literature under one of its most characteristic aspects, that of erotic sensibility. This wide spread mood in literature had a major effect on 19th-century poets and painters, and the affinities between them and their 20th-centurycounterparts makes this account of the Romantic-Decadents an indispensible guide to the study of modern literature.
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Ronald Hutton
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Oxford
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The Restoration: A Political and Religious History of England and Wales, 1658-67
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In less than a decade, the commonwealth of Oliver Cromwell was dramatically transformed into the very different realm of the Restoration monarchy. This is the first detailed account of this vital and eventful period, which witnessed the end of a republic, the reestablishment of royal government, naval wars, plague, religious persecution, and the destruction of the capital in the Great Fire. Drawing on a wealth of public and private manuscript sources to rework each issue anew, Hutton explores the way government policy was set and put into practice during these nine years and how national concerns, local issues, and various social, political, and religious groups all interacted to influence the shifting currents of the nation's affairs.
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Steven E. Ozment
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Yale
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The Reformation in the Cities : The Appeal of Protestantism to Sixteenth-Century Germany and Switzerland
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“A bold synthesis of intellectual and social history which explains the appeal of Protestantism to the German and Swiss cities, the media of its communication, and the means of its establishment.”― Religious Studies Review“This book is a stimulating addition to the recent work in urban history, and it offers a new and thought-provoking perspective on the teachings and appeal of early Protestantism.”― History“Ozment very masterfully combines the history of ideas and social history in a work of exacting scholarship and persuasive argumentation. It will no doubt become a seminal work in its field.”― The Annals“This fine study is a pleasure to read, shows an excellent understanding of the late medieval scene, and presents convincing evidence that magistrates and city council leaders were not the ‘motors of reform’ in the cities of Germany and Switzerland…. There is nothing in print in English that is comparable.”― Choice“A work of unusual interest and value. . . . Essential reading for all students of the Reformation.”― New Review of Books and Religion
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Natalie Zemon Davis
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Harvard
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The Return of Martin Guerre
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The clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost persuaded the learned judges at the Parlement of Toulouse when, on a summer’s day in 1560, a man swaggered into the court on a wooden leg, denounced Arnaud, and reestablished his claim to the identity, property, and wife of Martin Guerre. The astonishing case captured the imagination of the continent. Told and retold over the centuries, the story of Martin Guerre became a legend, still remembered in the Pyrenean village where the impostor was executed more than 400 years ago.Now a noted historian, who served as consultant for a new French film on Martin Guerre, has searched archives and lawbooks to add new dimensions to a tale already abundant in mysteries: we are led to ponder how a common man could become an impostor in the sixteenth century, why Bertrande de Rols, an honorable peasant woman, would accept such a man as her husband, and why lawyers, poets, and men of letters like Montaigne became so fascinated with the episode.
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Charlotte Livingstone
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Oxford
University
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Oxford Mini Dictionary and Thesaurus
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Combining two essential language resources in one small package, this marvelous combined dictionary and thesaurus offers a portable, compact, and convenient reference to the English language. The Oxford Mini Dictionary & Thesaurus is small enough to fit easily into a bag or backpack, providinghelp with studies and solutions to everyday language problems and puzzles, wherever you may be.Containing over 40,000 words, phrases, and definitions, and over 65,000 synonyms--all of the words you need to know for everyday use--this Second Edition features an attractive new design so that you can find what you need easily. The new design includes a closer meshing of the dictionary andthesaurus text, so that the synonyms for a particular word sit directly alongside the definition of that word, so that you have the meaning of a word and alternative word choices in one handy place. In addition, a new center section packed with language reference information makes this dictionaryand thesaurus a one-stop tool that will help to solve your grammar and spelling queries.The perfect resource for people on the go, Oxford Mini Dictionary and Thesaurus blends portability and authority in the most comprehensive reference work of its size.
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Béla Petheö, William H. McNeill |
University
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Chicago
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Rise of the West : A History of the Human Community
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The Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeill challenges the Spengler-Toynbee view that a number of separate civilizations pursued essentially independent careers, and argues instead that human cultures interacted at every stage of their history. The author suggests that from the Neolithic beginnings of grain agriculture to the present major social changes in all parts of the world were triggered by new or newly important foreign stimuli, and he presents a persuasive narrative of world history to support this claim. In a retrospective essay titled "The Rise of the West after Twenty-five Years," McNeill shows how his book was shaped by the time and place in which it was written (1954-63). He discusses how historiography subsequently developed and suggests how his portrait of the world's past in The Rise of the West should be revised to reflect these changes. "This is not only the most learned and the most intelligent, it is also the most stimulating and fascinating book that has ever set out to recount and explain the whole history of mankind. . . . To read it is a great experience. It leaves echoes to reverberate, and seeds to germinate in the mind."—H. R. Trevor-Roper, New York Times Book Review
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Maurice Agulhon, Janet Lloyd |
Cambridge
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The Republican Experiment, 1848-1852
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"The Republican Experiment, 1848-1852" by Maurice Agulhon is a great read for history buffs interested in the events that shaped modern day French politics. The book delves into the bold attempt by the Second Republic to combine liberty with democracy for the first time in French history. Agulhon examines the social conditions and psychological mindset of the masses of new citizens which led to the Republic's temporary failure. This book is recommended for anyone interested in the history of popular culture and thought in France.
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G. Edward White
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Oxford
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Tort Law in America : An Intellectual History
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This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of tort law in America. White's approach to the subject is multi-faceted, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of the field. From intellectual history to sociology of knowledge and professionalization, Tort Law in America covers every angle. White's impressive research makes this book highly informative and easily digestible.
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Philip Abrams
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Cambridge
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Towns in Societies : Essays in Economic History and Historical Sociology
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ECONOMIC GROWTH IN TOWNS IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY. CHINESE CITIES, ORIGINS OF THE MEDIEVAL TOWN PATRICIATE, MEDIEVAL GENOA, DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IN A RENAISSANCE FLORENCE;' URBAN DECAY IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND;. CLASS FORMATION, LONDON 1650-1750.
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Anthony Reid
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National
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Singapore
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To Nation by Revolution : Indonesia in the 20th Century
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The twelve chapters of this book all derive from the reflections of a prominent historian on the nature of modern Indonesian history, over a 40-year time span. A central thread running through the book is the importance of the fact that Indonesia entered the modern community of nation-states through political revolution. This revolution has often been denied or downplayed as a failure because it did not have a communist outcome like those of China and Vietnam. A much better analogy is the French revolution - a profound breaking with and discrediting of the ancien regime but without the guiding hand of a disciplined party intent on power. Like other revolutions, it demanded a huge price in violence, human suffering, and the loss of cultural traditions; like them too, it offered a glittering prize. The prize turned out not to be the freedom and equality of which the revolutionaries had dreamt, but a previously inconceivable unity enforced by a state of a completely new kind. The Faustian bargain in by which Indonesia was created in the 1940s is at the heart of this book. All the chapters save one have been revised and updated for this publication, with the injection of some additional optimism called for by post-1998 democracy. The exception is the earliest paper, from 1967, on the paroxysm of violence that punctuated Indonesia's independent history from 1965-1966. This piece has been left unchanged as a document in the early quest for understanding of those horrific events.
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Tony McAleavy
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Cambridge
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Press
Twentieth Century History: IGCSE : International Relations since 1919
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Cambridge IGCSE Twentieth Century History covers the Cambridge IGCSE History syllabus and relates to the Twentieth Century core content. The theme of the book is International Relations from 1919 to the end of the 20th century. Lively and accessible text is based around lead questions matching those in the Cambridge IGCSE syllabus. Essential knowledge is provided through background briefings, analysis of issues through investigations and review sections to provide opportunities for revision.
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Ithiel de Sola Pool
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Belknap
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Technologies of Freedom
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How can we preserve free speech in an electronic age? In a masterly synthesis of history, law, and technology, Ithiel de Sola Pool analyzes the confrontation between the regulators of the new communications technology and the First Amendment.
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Derek French
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Oxford
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Press
Blackstone's Statutes on Company Law 2010-2011
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Designed specifically for students, Blackstone's Statutes lead the market in providing a carefully selected, regularly updated, and well sourced collection of legislation for the core subjects and major options offered on the law syllabus. Each title Ideal for exam use Find what you need instantly Current, comprehensive coverageOnline Resource CenterUpdatesWeb linksAdditional legislation Implementation of the Companies Act 2006
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Joseph Raz, H.L.A. Hart, Leslie Green |
Oxford
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The Concept of Law
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Fifty years on from its original publication, HLA Hart's The Concept of Law is widely recognized as the most important work of legal philosophy published in the twentieth century. It is a classic book in the field of legal scholarship and remains the starting point for most students coming to the subject for the first time.Known as Hart's most famous work, The Concept of Law emerged from a set of lectures that Hart began to deliver in 1952 in which he developed a sophisticated view of legal positivism. Hart revolutionized the methods of jurisprudence and the philosophy of law in the English-speaking world by bringing the tools of analytic, and especially linguistic, philosophy to bear on the central problems of legal theory.In this third edition, Leslie Green provides a new introduction that sets the book in the context of subsequent developments in social and political philosophy, clarifying misunderstandings of Hart's project and highlighting central tensions and problems in the work. The Concept of Law remains a must-read for anyone interested in the great thinkers of the 20th century.
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G. Wilfred Stout, Dennis J. Taylor, Roland Soper |
Cambridge
University
Press
Biological Science 1 : Organisms, Energy and Environment
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If you're interested in biology, Biological Science 1 is an excellent read. It covers a wide range of topics including human health and disease, microbiology, genetics and biotechnology. The author provides comprehensive coverage of the latest syllabuses and includes questions and practical work, making it perfect for students. The appendices cover biological chemistry, biological techniques and statistics, adding value to the reader.
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William; Fraser Shakespeare
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Cambridge
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Press
"All's Well That Ends Well"
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A poor physician's daughter cures the King of France, and in return is promised the hand of any nobleman she wishes. But the man she chooses, the proud young Count of Rosillion, refuses to consummate the forced marriage and flees to Florence. Depicting the triumph of trickery over youthful arrogance, All's Well that Ends Well is among Shakespeare's darkest romantic comedies, yet it remains a powerful tribute to the strength of love.
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Cathy Stein Greenblat
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University
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Chicago
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Alive with Alzheimer's
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The confusion, losses, and devastation of Alzheimer's disease are familiar to the millions of Americans suffering from the disease and to their family members. Understandably, declining abilities and changing personal characteristics shape our picture of the disease, leading some to refer to the "double death" of Alzheimer's in which the sufferer drifts away long before his or her eventual physical end.This small, tender volume of 85 photographs and accompanying discussion powerfully shows the limitations of this view. Cathy Stein Greenblat, an internationally respected sociologist and photographer, demonstrates in Alive with Alzheimer's that, while the ravages of the disease are real, Alzheimer's sufferers can do more than survive, they can thrive. Her images, interviews, and observations attest to the possibility of their being "alive" with Alzheimer's far beyond the expectations of the general public and even of many physicians with long experience with the disease.Greenblat offers a new vision, taking us into a world of life-enhancing institutional care. Nursing homes and similar facilities don't have to be a last resort; as Greenblat shows, with a dedicated and experienced staff and an enriched environment (that includes respect, choices, pets, and music), extraordinary changes can be effected in Alzheimer's patients. Alive with Alzheimer's, the first photographic book on the disease, offers hope and inspiration. Moreover, its vivid, impressive evidence that ongoing stimulation in a good institutional setting can sustain Alzheimer's patients at a far higher level than is generally believed has significant implications for personal and policy decisions.The new standard of care chronicled in Alive with Alzheimer's will provide hope and inspiration to those touched by the disease. As Dr. Enid Rockwell writes in her Afterword to Greenblat's moving book, "These photographs are extraordinary for practitioners, for family members, for everyone to see what's going on with these people. The stimulation pictured in this book is more powerful than any medication that we will have in our lifetime. . . . They so vividly show us that there are people inside these bodies, people with personalities, who experience emotion, and they show that there is life after Alzheimer's."
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Amy Yin Man Chow, Cecilia Lai-Wan Chan |
Hong
Kong
University
Press
Death, Dying and Bereavement: A Hong Kong Chinese Experience
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If you're intrigued by cultural perspectives on sensitive topics like death and bereavement, this book offers a deep look into the Chinese experience, particularly from a Hong Kong context. It bridges east and west, blending ancient rituals with modern practices. Such insights could be invaluable for professionals in the field, or anyone interested in how different cultures approach life’s final chapter. This isn’t just academic—it's a gateway to understanding and possibly improving end-of-life care.
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Bridget Welsh
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National
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Singapore
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Impressions of the Goh Chok Tong Years in Singapore
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Singapore experienced substantial changes during the 14-year tenure of the country's second Prime Minister, Goh Chok Tong (1990-2004). Coming after a long period of growth and stability, the period brought to office a new generation of political leaders who faced the task of sustaining and building upon the policies of their predecessors. There were social and cultural initiatives and significant challenges to the economy arising from the Asian crisis of 1998 and the SARS outbreak in 2003. This volume examines the changes that took place during the Goh premiership and assesses its legacy. The 45 essays in the volume review a range of issues from domestic politics and foreign policy to economic development, society, culture, the arts and media.
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Trevor Owen Lloyd
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Oxford
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The British Empire, 1558-1983
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This is the first major book to survey the entire history of the British Empire as a completed story. Avoiding the polemics or apologetics that were inevitable when the empire was still at the center of political controversy, the author describes the full sweep of expansion and decolonization from the voyages of discovery in the reign of Elizabeth I to the swift moves to independence in the reign of Elizabeth II. The author argues that British expansion was relatively easy, and was initially held in place by a spirit of loyalty to a monarch whose subjects had settled all over the world. He charts the later growth of nationalism, and shows how the constitutional rights claimed by emigrants in their internal affairs became signposts on the road to full independence. Drawing out both parallels and differences between paths of development throughout the empire, the book provides a unified and coherent account of a vital period in the history of all the countries that make up the modern Commonwealth.
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Akhil Reed Amar
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Yale
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The Bill of Rights : Creation and Reconstruction
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A professor of Constitutional law at Yale analyzes the history and meaning of each clause of the original Bill of Rights and shows how a later generation of abolitionists profoundly changed the Bill into the one Americans know today. History Bk Club. UP.
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Zena Sutherland
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University
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Chicago
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The Best in Children's Books : The University of Chicago Guide to Children's Literature, 1966-72
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This book is an ideal read for parents, teachers, and librarians who want to help children develop good reading habits and learn how to choose appropriate books. The book contains 1,400 reviews of the best children's literature published between 1966 and 1972 and can help adults select high-quality books that children will enjoy and benefit from. The clear and concise reviews make it easy to choose great books for kids of all ages.
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Zena Sutherland
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University
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Chicago
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The Best in Children's Books : The University of Chicago Guide to Children's Literature, 1979-84
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Designed to aid adults—parents, teachers, librarians—in selecting from the best of recent children's literature, this guide provides 1,400 reviews of books published between 1979 and 1984.This volume carries on the tradition established by Zena Sutherland's two earlier collections covering the periods from 1966 to 1972 and 1973 to 1978. Her 1973 edition of The Best in Children's Books was cited by the American School Board Journal as one of the outstanding books of the year in education.
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Charles Carrington
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Cambridge
University
Press
The British Overseas, Part 1, Making of the Empire : Exploits of a Nation of Shopkeepers
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This is a digital reprint of a volume from 1968 where Professor Carrington brought up to date the first nine chapters of his classic study of the expansion of the British peoples overseas. This volume deals with the early British ventures overseas from the seventeenth to the late nineteenth century. Professor Carrington describes the establishment of the American colonies, the activities of the East India Company, the exploration of the South Seas and British activities in the Cape and the East.
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T.H. Aston, Robert Brenner, C.H.E. Philpin |
Cambridge
University
Press
The Brenner Debate : Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-industrial Europe
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Few historical issues have occasioned such discussion since at least the time of Marx as the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Western Europe. The Brenner Debate, which reprints from Past and Present various article in 1976, is a scholarly presentation of a variety of points of view, covering a very wide range in time, place and type of approach. Weighty theoretical responses to Brenner's first formulation followed from the late Sir Michael Postan, John Hatcher, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie and Guy Bois; more particular contributions came from Patricia Croot, David Parker, Arnost Klìma and Heide Wunder on England, France, Bohemia and Germany; and reflective pieces from R. H. Hilton and the late J. P. Cooper. Completing the volume, and giving it an overall coherence, are Brenner's own comprehensive response to those who had taken part in the debate, and also R. H. Hilton's introduction that aims to bring together the major themes in the collection of essays. The debate has already aroused widespread interest among historians and scholars in allied fields as well as among ordinary readers, and may reasonably be regarded as one of the most important historical debates of prevailing years.
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C.M. Turnbull
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National
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Singapore
Press
A History of Modern Singapore, 1819-2005
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When C.M. Turnbull's A History of Singapore, 1819-1975 appeared in 1977, it quickly achieved recognition as the definitive history of Singapore. A second edition published in 1989 brought the story up to the elections held in 1988. In this fully revised edition, rewritten to take into account recent scholarship on Singapore, the author has added a chapter on Goh Chok Tong's premiership (1990-2004) and the transition to a government headed by Lee Hsien Loong. The book now ends in 2005, when the Republic of Singapore celebrated its 40th anniversary as an independent nation. Major changes occurred in the 1990s as the generation of leaders that oversaw the transition from a colony to independence stepped aside in favour of a younger generation of leaders. Their task was to shape a course that sustained the economic growth and social stability achieved by their predecessors, and they would be tested towards the end of the decade when Southeast Asia experienced a severe financial crisis. Many modern studies on Singapore focus on current affairs or very recent events and pay a great deal of attention to Singapore's successful transition from the developing to the developed world. However, younger historians are increasingly interested in other aspects of the country's past, particularly social and cultural issues. A History of Modern Singapore, 1819-2005 provides a solid foundation and an overarching framework for this research, surveying Singapore's trajectory from a small British port to a major trading and financial hub within the British Empire and finally to the modern city state that Singapore became after gaining independence in 1965.
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Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Frank Stewart |
University
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Hawai'i
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Starry Island: New Writing from Singapore
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"Starry Island" might be just the cultural tapestry you're looking for. As Singapore commemorates its independence anthology-style, you'll traverse through myriad voices—each presenting a unique facet of this vibrant society. This book unravels the paradoxes and harmonies of Singaporean identity, through an engaging mix of essays, fiction, and poetry. It's a chance to witness the literary heartbeat of a country at a pivotal moment, all curated within one enriching volume.
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Caroline S. Hau
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National
University
Of
Singapore
Press
The Chinese Question: Ethnicity, Nation, and Region in and Beyond the Philippines
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If you're fascinated by the interplay of cultural identities and how they influence national narratives, "The Chinese Question" could resonate with you. Caroline S. Hau delves into the evolving concepts of race, class, and ideology within the Philippines, framing it through the lens of the local Chinese community. This book might particularly appeal to those interested in ethnicity and regional dynamics in Southeast Asia, as it offers a profound exploration of what it means to belong and how heritage can shape an entire nation's perspective.
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Mikihiro Moriyama
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National
University
Of
Singapore
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Sundanese Print Culture and Modernity in 19th Century West Java
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Sundanese Print Culture and Modernity in 19th Century West Java traces the development of modern printed books written in Sundanese, the dominant language in West Java, Indonesia, and the mother tongue of about 30 million people.Starting with the 'discovery' of Sundanese by Europeans in the early 19th century, Mikihiro Moriyama follows the developments in the ensuing century when a small group of Dutch scholars and colonial officials reshaped the language and its literature over the next one hundred years. Schools taught Sundanese, and printed materials based on western concepts began to influence indigenous writing and oral tradition. The imposition of European standards of literary aesthetics shaped a modernity that rejected traditional knowledge in favour of rational and empirical paradigms. Interest in traditional poetry and its mythologies declined, and new forms of prose, including novels, captured the attention of the reading public. These materials promoted useful knowledge and morality, and encouraged deference and loyalty towards colonial authority.Early in the 20th century, the establishment of the Commissie voor de Inlandsche School- en Volkslectuur (Committee for Indigenous Schoolbooks and Popular Reading Books), a government-subsidised institution, provided the growing number of literate people in the Indies with 'good' and 'appropriate' reading materials. Its development marked the end of an era when Sundanese writing competed with Western-style schools and publications, and signalled the triumph of the new colonial modernity.
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Andrew W. Lo
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Princeton
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Adaptive Markets : Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought
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A new, evolutionary explanation of markets and investor behaviorHalf of all Americans have money in the stock market, yet economists can't agree on whether investors and markets are rational and efficient, as modern financial theory assumes, or irrational and inefficient, as behavioral economists believe--and as financial bubbles, crashes, and crises suggest. This is one of the biggest debates in economics and the value or futility of investment management and financial regulation hang on the outcome. In this groundbreaking book, Andrew Lo cuts through this debate with a new framework, the Adaptive Markets Hypothesis, in which rationality and irrationality coexist.Drawing on psychology, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and other fields, Adaptive Markets shows that the theory of market efficiency isn't wrong but merely incomplete. When markets are unstable, investors react instinctively, creating inefficiencies for others to exploit. Lo's new paradigm explains how financial evolution shapes behavior and markets at the speed of thought--a fact revealed by swings between stability and crisis, profit and loss, and innovation and regulation.A fascinating intellectual journey filled with compelling stories, Adaptive Markets starts with the origins of market efficiency and its failures, turns to the foundations of investor behavior, and concludes with practical implications--including how hedge funds have become the Galapagos Islands of finance, what really happened in the 2008 meltdown, and how we might avoid future crises.An ambitious new answer to fundamental questions in economics, Adaptive Markets is essential reading for anyone who wants to know how markets really work.
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Jacques Maquet
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Yale
University
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The Aesthetic Experience : Anthropologist Looks at the Visual Arts
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Examines how we experience art, discusses the symbolic and cultural aspects of aesthetic objects, and considers the effect of art from other cultures