This book discusses and compares the advantages of different systems and aids researchers and industrialists in understanding energy generation in the form... Læs mere
Character and Dystopia examines dystopian characterization through analysis of the "last man" figure. By reading character as crucial to the dystopian project, the... Læs mere
In China from a U.S. Policy Perspective, Eric J. Heikkila explores a truly important question that has not been adequately analyzed to date: how the rise of China alters the context in which the broad spectrum of policies in the United States should be assessed.
Change and Continuity in American Colleges and Universities explores major ideas which have shaped the history and development of higher education in North America and considers how these might inform contemporary innovations in the sector.
When it was first published in 2012, Children, Citizenship and Environment correctly predicted a strong surge in youth activism. Nearly a decade... Læs mere
This book examines Shanxi piaohao – private financiers from the Chinese hinterland – in the economic and business history of late imperial China, forming the original theory of Chinese hinterland capitalism.
This book analyses China’s foreign technology acquisition activity and how this has helped its rapid rise to superpower status.
As the field of materials and manufacturing has progressed tremendously, there is a need for up-to-date knowledge with respect to the latest novelties, techniques and applications.
In Challenging Inequality in South Africa: Transitional Compasses leading scholars of South Africa explore creative possibilities to challenge structures of economic, social and political power that produce inequality.
In this ground-breaking book, Changing the Game, Lucas Simons and André Nijhof, together with respected sector experts, bring decades of real-life experience and knowledge based on academic research to uncover the theory of sustainable market transformation and system change.
This book examines the politics of social, cultural and political recognition of caste groups in North India. It explores the factors that make some castes politically influential, while others continue to remain socially and economically marginalized.
This book discusses the use of the internet in China, the complicated power relations in online political communications, and the interactions and struggles between the government and the public over the use of the internet.