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The First Chinese Democracy: Political Life in the Republic of China on Taiwan

March 22, 2015

The political transformation of Taiwan from an authoritarian regime into a democracy is one of the great political sagas of the 20th century. Defeated on the China mainland, the Kuomintang established a new polity on Taiwan that allowed for four remarkable patterns of political development. These patterns reflect a complex political process of behavioral and […]
Maoist Insurgency Since Vietnam

March 22, 2015

This is an analysis of revolutions based on the Maoist Mode. These insurgencies failed, having been successfully contained by their governments. How did the world’s strongest power – America – fail where Third World governments have succeeded? Sale Price:$50.50 0714641235
Introducing Tibetan Buddhism (World Religions)

March 22, 2015

This lively introduction is the ideal starting point for students wishing to undertake a comprehensive study of Tibetan religion. It covers the development and influence of Tibetan Buddhism and the key schools and traditions, including Bon. Geoffrey Samuel helps students get to grips with a complex set of beliefs and practices and provides a clear […]
Batek Negrito Religion: The World-View and Rituals of a Hunting and Gathering People of Peninsular Malaysia

March 22, 2015

Book by Endicott, Kirk Michael Sale Price:$97.54 0198231970
Restless Valley: Revolution, Murder, and Intrigue in the Heart of Central Asia

March 22, 2015

It sounds like the stuff of a fiction thriller: two revolutions, a massacre of unarmed civilians, a civil war, a drug-smuggling highway, brazen corruption schemes, contract hits, and larger-than-life characters who may be villains . . . or heroes . . . or possibly both. Yet this book is not a work of fiction. It […]
The Vietnam War Files: Uncovering the Secret History of Nixon-Era Strategy (Modern War Studies)

March 22, 2015

How Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger pursued their public vow to end the Vietnam War and win the peace has long been entangled in bitter controversy and obscured by political spin. Recent declassifications of archival documents, on both sides of the former Iron and Bamboo Curtains, have at last made it possible to uncover the […]
Between Shanghai and Hong Kong: The Politics of Chinese Cinemas

March 22, 2015

Based on meticulous archival research and a repetorary of rarefilms, most of which were believed lost, this book is a pioneering critical study of the Chinese cinemas in Hong Kong and Shanghai and their complex interconnections. The years 1935-50 were a period of ceaseless violence in China, of war, occupation, civil war, and colonialism, leading […]
On Friendship: One Hundred Maxims for a Chinese Prince

March 22, 2015

” On Friendship, with its total of one hundred sayings, is the perfect gift for friends.”—Feng Yingjing, renowned scholar and civic official, 1601Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) is best known as the Italian Jesuit missionary who brought Christianity to China. He also published a landmark text on friendship—the first book to be written in Chinese by a […]
Research on the Early Malay Doctors 1900-1957 Malaya and Singapore

March 22, 2015

This book explains ‘how to do’ research on the early Malay doctors. A detailed account of the meaning of the word ‘Malay’ is given, in due recognition of the high status accorded to Malay Civilisation in the Malay annals and Chinese chronicles. Forty-three early Malay doctors were traced over nine years in Malaya and Singapore. […]
From Silicon Valley to Singapore: Location and Competitive Advantage in the Hard Disk Drive Industry (Stanford Business Books)

March 22, 2015

Momentous developments in the global economy over the last two decades have dramatically increased the availability of industrial investment sites and lowered the cost of relocating core activities to new countries. But how should these developments be exploited for competitive advantage? Firms face competing pressures: scale economies and the advantages of proximity push them to […]

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