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  • Autobiography Of A Chinese Girl Autobiography Of A Chinese Girl
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    Autobiography Of A Chinese Girl

    First published in 2010. At the beginning of this quarter of a century Chinese women still concealed herslef in her boudoir, and confined herself to needlework and embroidery, cooking and wahing nad sometimes composing poetry.  This conservative...
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  • The Arab Awakening The Arab Awakening
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    The Arab Awakening

    First published in 1938, this fine book is the first study of the Arab national movement ever written. 'The whole of this brilliantly written book moves at the same plane of objective and critical scholarship.' Daily Telegraph, London. 'A good book...
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  • The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony
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    The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony

    Harmony is a concept essential to Confucianism and to the way of life of past and present people in East Asia. Integrating methods of textual exegesis, historical investigation, comparative analysis, and philosophical argumentation, this book presents a...
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  • Disability in Japan Disability in Japan
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    Disability in Japan

    Disability and chronic illness represents a special kind of cultural diversity, the "other" to "normal" able-bodiedness. Most studies of disability consider disability in North American or European contexts; and studies of diversity in Japan consider...
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  • Spoken and Written Discourse in Online Interactions Spoken and Written Discourse in Online Interactions
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    Spoken and Written Discourse in Online Interactions

    Common patterns of interactions are altered in the digital world and new patterns of communication have emerged, challenging previous notions of what communication actually is in the contemporary age. Online configurations of interaction, such as video...
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  • Islam in Perspective (RLE Politics of Islam) Islam in Perspective (RLE Politics of Islam)
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    Islam in Perspective (RLE Politics of Islam)

    There has been a significant upsurge of western interest in the political manifestations and significance of Islam in the last decade, fuelled by the notion of Islamic 'revival', the Iranian revolution and by events in countries as diverse as Egypt,...
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  • Misunderstanding the Internet Misunderstanding the Internet
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    Misunderstanding the Internet

    The growth of the internet has been spectacular. There are now more than 3 billion internet users across the globe, some 40 per cent of the world's population. The internet's meteoric rise is a phenomenon of enormous significance for the economic,...
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  • Justice as Attunement Justice as Attunement
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    Justice as Attunement

    The meaning of an expression resides not in the expression itself but in the experience of a person's engagement with it. Meaning will be different not only to different people but also to the same person at different times. This book offers a way of...
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  • Gender and Radical Politics in India Gender and Radical Politics in India
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    Gender and Radical Politics in India

    The Naxalbari movement marks a significant moment in the postcolonial history of India. Beginning as an armed peasant uprising in 1967 under the leadership of radical communists, the movement was inspired by the Marxist-Leninist theory of revolution and...
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  • The Comparative Study of Traditional Asian Literatures The Comparative Study of Traditional Asian Literatures
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    The Comparative Study of Traditional Asian Literatures

    This book represents the first ever published introduction to the comparative study of traditional Asian literatures, embracing three vast literary zones: Arab-Islamic, Indo-South East Asian and Sino-Far Eastern. The aim of the book is to outline the...
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  • Medieval Texts in Context Medieval Texts in Context
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    Medieval Texts in Context

    This collection of essays by leading experts in manuscript studies sheds new light on ways to approach medieval texts in their manuscript context. Each contribution provides groundbreaking insight into the field of medieval textual culture, demonstrating...
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  • Rethinking Freire Rethinking Freire
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    Rethinking Freire

    This landmark collection of essays by Third World activists highlights two major world changes which, they argue, have been neglected by Freire and his many followers: the Third World grass-roots cultural resistance to economic globalization, and the...
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  • Globalization's Contradictions Globalization's Contradictions
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    Globalization's Contradictions

    Since the 1980s, globalization and neoliberalism have brought about a comprehensive restructuring of everyone's lives. People are being 'disciplined' by neoliberal economic agendas, 'transformed' by communication and information technology changes,...
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  • Sun Tzu On The Art Of War Sun Tzu On The Art Of War
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    Sun Tzu On The Art Of War

    First Published in 2005. This is the classic translation of the Chinese military masterpiece; it preserves the character and nuances of the Chinese original. The inspiration of Mao Tse Tung and countless generations of military leaders, it was written in...
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  • Azeri Women in Transition Azeri Women in Transition
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    Azeri Women in Transition

    This study of women and gender in a Muslim society draws on archival and literary sources as well as the life stories of women of different generations to offer a unique ethnographic and historical account of the lives of urban women in contemporary...
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  • The Globalisation of Chinese Food The Globalisation of Chinese Food
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    The Globalisation of Chinese Food

    By considering the practice of globalisation, these essays describe changes, variations and innovations to Chinese food in many parts of the world. The book reviews and broadens classic theories about ethnic and social identity formation through the...
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  • Myth and Masculinity in the Japanese Cinema Myth and Masculinity in the Japanese Cinema
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    Myth and Masculinity in the Japanese Cinema

    This study argues that in Japanese popular cinema the 'tragic hero' narrative is an archetypal plot-structure upon which male genres, such as the war-retro and yakuza films are based. Two central questions in relation to these post-war Japanese film...
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  • Mencius on the Mind Mencius on the Mind
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    Mencius on the Mind

    Long out of print, I. A. Richards's extraordinary 1932 foray into Chinese philosophy is worth reviving for its detached interpretation of the Chinese classics.
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  • Islamic Extremism in Kuwait Islamic Extremism in Kuwait
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    Islamic Extremism in Kuwait

    This book is the first to provide a complete overview of Islamic extremism in Kuwait. It traces the development of Islamist fundamentalist groups in Kuwait, both Shiite and Sunni, from the beginning of the twentieth century. It outlines the nature and...
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  • Neoliberalism and Culture in China and Hong Kong Neoliberalism and Culture in China and Hong Kong
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    Neoliberalism and Culture in China and Hong Kong

    This book examines the period leading up to the Hong Kong handover in 1997 - the 'countdown of time', and by using iconic cultural symbols such as the countdown clock, the Hong Kong Museum exhibitions and cultural heritage sites, argues that China has...
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  • The Tibetan Independence Movement The Tibetan Independence Movement
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    The Tibetan Independence Movement

    Tibet has been occupied for over fifty years, yet no progress has been made in solving the Tibetan problem. The first serious analysis of the Tibetan independence movement, this book is also the first to view the struggle from a comparative perspective,...
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  • Agriculture in Crisis Agriculture in Crisis
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    Agriculture in Crisis

    Indonesia's monetary and political crisis is examined here in relation to its impact on Indonesia's agricultural sector. The twelve essays that comprise this volume take a micro-economic approach and analysis relies on observed facts and first-hand data...
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  • Sikh Religion, Culture and Ethnicity Sikh Religion, Culture and Ethnicity
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    Sikh Religion, Culture and Ethnicity

    This book brings together new approaches to the study of Sikh religion, culture and ethnicity being pursued in the diaspora by Sikh academics in western universities in Britain and North America. An important aspect of the volume is the diversity of...
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  • Ismaili Hymns from South Asia Ismaili Hymns from South Asia
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    Ismaili Hymns from South Asia

    The Aga Khans have long played a prominent part on the international stage, but much less tends to be understood about the most important group of their followers, the Khoja Ismailis of South Asia, who are now also settled in many other parts of the...
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  • Pain and Its Ending Pain and Its Ending
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    Pain and Its Ending

    Demonstrates how the four noble truths are used thorughout the Pali canon as a symbol of Buddha's enlightenment and as a doctrine within a larger network of Buddha's teachings. Their unique nature rests in their function as a proposition and as a symbol...
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  • State and Society in Modern Rangoon State and Society in Modern Rangoon
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    State and Society in Modern Rangoon

    While most of Asia's major cities are increasingly homogenized by rapid economic growth and cultural globalization, Rangoon, which is Burma's former capital and largest city, still bears the imprint of a unique and often turbulent history. It is the site...
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  • International Governance and Regimes International Governance and Regimes
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    International Governance and Regimes

    This book examines China's involvement in international governance, international regimes, and globalization. Peter Kien-hong Yu offers a new framework with which to understand 'international regimes' and applies it to important Chinese case studies such...
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  • Japan's Relations with Southeast Asia Japan's Relations with Southeast Asia
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    Japan's Relations with Southeast Asia

    The Fukuda Doctrine has been the official blueprint to Japan's foreign policy towards Southeast Asia since 1977. This book examines the Fukuda Doctrine in the context of Japan-Southeast Asia relations, and discusses the possibility of a non-realist...
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  • Urban Spaces in Japan Urban Spaces in Japan
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    Urban Spaces in Japan

    Urban Spaces in Japan explores the workings of power, money and the public interest in the planning and design of Japanese space. Through a set of vivid case studies of well-known Japanese cities including Tokyo, Kobe, and Kyoto, this book examines the...
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  • Defending Rights in Contemporary China Defending Rights in Contemporary China
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    Defending Rights in Contemporary China

    The growth of rights defence movements in China reflects the increasing capacity of Chinese citizens to shape their own civic discourse in order to achieve diverse goals. Rights defence campaigns have taken novel forms which are unprecedented in China,...
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  • Ethics and the Laws of War Ethics and the Laws of War
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    Ethics and the Laws of War

    This book is an examination of the permissions, prohibitions and obligations found in just war theory, and the moral grounds for laws concerning war.Pronouncing an action or course of actions to be prohibited, permitted or obligatory by just war theory...
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  • Foreigners and Foreign Institutions in Republican China Foreigners and Foreign Institutions in Republican China
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    Foreigners and Foreign Institutions in Republican China

    Republican China attracted an uncommon diversity of foreign interests, groups, and individuals, which included missionaries, adventurers, diplomats, academics, humanitarians and refugees, as well as hedonists and tourists. By exploring the diverse nature...
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  • Global Justice, Kant and the Responsibility to Protect Global Justice, Kant and the Responsibility to Protect
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    Global Justice, Kant and the Responsibility to Protect

    This book provides an innovative contribution to the study of the Responsibility to Protect and Kantian political theory.The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine has been heralded as the new international security norm to ensure the protection of...
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  • Eurasia's Ascent in Energy and Geopolitics Eurasia's Ascent in Energy and Geopolitics
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    Eurasia's Ascent in Energy and Geopolitics

    The Sino-Russian relationship has experienced several permutations in recent decades as both states have undergone radical domestic changes, including the end of Soviet communism and the abandonment of Maoism. This volume brings together scholars to...
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  • Education Reform and Social Class in Japan Education Reform and Social Class in Japan
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    Education Reform and Social Class in Japan

    Until the early 1990s, Japanese education was widely commended for achieving outstanding outcomes in global comparison. At the same time, it was frequently criticized for failing to cultivate 'individuality' and 'creativity' in students. Wide-ranging...
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  • The Evolution of the Japanese Developmental State The Evolution of the Japanese Developmental State
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    The Evolution of the Japanese Developmental State

    The Japanese economy underwent a fundamental transition from a liberal economy to a developmental state system during World War II, and despite efforts by the American occupation forces to dismantle them after 1945, these elements of the wartime economic...
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  • Mexico-United States Relations Mexico-United States Relations
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    Mexico-United States Relations

    Sovereignty is a key factor to consider when studying the Mexico-United States relationship. During most of the twentieth century, as a result of the new character of the Mexican post-revolutionary regime, there was a decoupling between the state's...
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  • Southeast Asia and the Cold War Southeast Asia and the Cold War
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    Southeast Asia and the Cold War

    The origins and the key defining moments of the Cold War in Southeast Asia have been widely debated. This book focuses on an area that has received less attention, the impact and legacy of the Cold War on the various countries in the region, as well as...
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  • Economic Assistance and Conflict Transformation Economic Assistance and Conflict Transformation
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    Economic Assistance and Conflict Transformation

    This book examines the role of economic aid in the management and resolution of protracted ethnic conflicts, focusing on the case study of Northern Ireland.The book describes the results of a study of the role of economic aid within Northern Ireland,...
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  • Diminishing Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific Diminishing Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific
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    Diminishing Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific

    Since the publication of the 2005 Human Security Report, scholars and policy-makers have debated the causes, interpretation and implications of what the report described as a global decline in armed conflict since the end of the Cold War. Focusing on the...
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  • Violence in Post-Conflict Societies Violence in Post-Conflict Societies
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    Violence in Post-Conflict Societies

    This book compares post-civil war societies to look at the presence or absence of organized violence, analysing why some ex-combatants return to organised violence and others do not.Even though former fighters have been identified as a major source of...
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  • The Judicialization of Politics in Asia The Judicialization of Politics in Asia
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    The Judicialization of Politics in Asia

    Over the last two decades courts have become major players in the political landscape in Asia. This book assesses what is driving this apparent trend toward judicialization in the region. It looks at the variations within the judicialization trend, and...
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  • Social and Gender Inequality in Oman Social and Gender Inequality in Oman
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    Social and Gender Inequality in Oman

    Looking at the social, political and legal changes in Oman since 1970, this book challenges the Islamic and tribal traditional cultural norms relating to marriage, divorce and women's rights which guide social and legal practice in the modern Omani state...
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  • Government, Imperialism and Nationalism in China Government, Imperialism and Nationalism in China
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    Government, Imperialism and Nationalism in China

    The Chinese Maritime Customs Service, which was led by British staff, is often seen as one of the key agents of Western imperialism in China, the customs revenue being one of the major sources of Chinese government income but a source much of which was...
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  • New Models of Human Resource Management in China and India New Models of Human Resource Management in China and India
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    New Models of Human Resource Management in China and India

    This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the similarities and differences of contemporary human resource management systems, processes and practices in the two increasingly important economic great powers in Asia. It covers the full range of human...
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  • Malaysia and the Developing World Malaysia and the Developing World
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    Malaysia and the Developing World

    As Malaysia's economy grows and flourishes, strong new links are being forged with other developing countries in the region and beyond. This book traces the ways in which age-old organizational, political, religious and trade networks between Nusantara,...
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  • Power and Legitimacy - Challenges from Russia Power and Legitimacy - Challenges from Russia
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    Power and Legitimacy - Challenges from Russia

    This book sheds new light on the continuing debate within political thought as to what constitutes power, and what distinguishes legitimate from illegitimate power. It does so by considering the experience of Russia, a polity where experiences of the...
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