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A Tight Grip - State Power And Control In Modern China

by Wen-Hsuan Tsai

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 A Tight Grip uncovers the strategies of political terror and ideological control that underpin regime survival in modern-day China.
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Not Just A Man'S War - Chinese Women'S Memories Of The War Of Resistance Against Japan, 1931â€“45

by Yihong Pan

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 Not Just a Manâ€™s War uncovers the extraordinary stories of ordinary Chinese women during the horrific fourteen-year War of Resistance against Japan, from 1931 to 1945.
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China'S Asymmetric Statecraft - Alignments, Competitors, And Regional Diplomacy

by Yuxing Huang

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 Chinaâ€™s Asymmetric Statecraft uncovers the different narratives and paradigms that constitute Chinese foreign policy toward its weaker neighbours, alerting us to a dramatically changing international environment.
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Indigenous Peoples And Dementia - New Understandings Of Memory Loss And Memory Care

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 Indigenous People and Dementia brings together research and Indigenous knowledge on memory loss and memory care in later life to assist students, practitioners, and educators to decolonize their work with Indigenous peoples.
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British Columbia By The Road - Car Culture And The Making Of A Modern Landscape

by Ben Bradley

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 By offering behind-the-scenery glimpses of how boosters and builders modified the BC landscape and shaped what drivers and tourists could view from the comfort of their vehicles, this book confounds the idea of â€œfreedom of the road.â€
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Contesting Elder Abuse And Neglect - Ageism, Risk, And The Rhetoric Of Rights In The Mistreatment Of Older People

by Joan R. Harbison

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 Drawing on twenty years of original, interdisciplinary research, Contesting Elder Abuse and Neglect explores how and why the mistreatment of older people became known as â€œelder abuse and neglectâ€ and the consequences of this designation.
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Yuan Shikai - A Reappraisal

by Patrick Fuliang Shan

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 This first major comprehensive study of Yuan Shikai in more than half a century explores the controversial life of one of the most important figures in Chinaâ€™s transition from empire to republic.
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The Experimental Poetry Of Jose Juan Tablada - A Collection In Spanish And English

by Jose Juan Tablada

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 Jose Juan Tablada (1871-1945) wrote more than 20 books on a range of subjects in several genres but is best known as an avant-garde poet of the Mexican Modernista movement. Now all three volumes of his experimental poetry have been translated into English, carefully researched and crafted, and presented here for the first time in one volume.
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Pinay On The Prairies - Filipino Women And Transnational Identities

by Glenda Tibe Bonifacio

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 An investigation into the experiences of Filipino women in Canadaâ€™s Prairie provinces, which reveals much about their understanding of transnational identities, feminism, migration, diaspora, and the rubric of multiculturalism.
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Inequality And The Fading Of Redistributive Politics

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 Leading political scientists, sociologists, and economists explain how and why Canadian public policy has been falling behind in the race to contain surging income inequality.
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Sporting Gender - Women Athletes And Celebrity-Making During China'S National Crisis, 1931-45

by Yunxiang Gao

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 This book explores the casting of Chinaâ€™s earliest female Olympians as celebrities within the context of a national crisis, born of internal conflicts and external attack by Japan.
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Teachers' Schools And The Making Of The Modern Chinese Nation-State, 1897-1937

by Xiaoping Cong

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 Presents an account of educational and social transformations in politically tumultuous early twentieth-century China. This book focuses on the nature of Chinese teachers' schools, which bridged Chinese and Western ideals, and the critical role that these schools played in the changes sweeping Chinese society.
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Sporting Gender - Women Athletes And Celebrity-Making During Chinaâ€™S National Crisis, 1931-45

by Yunxiang Gao

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 This book explores the casting of Chinaâ€™s earliest female Olympians as celebrities within the context of a national crisis, born of internal conflicts and external attack by Japan.
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Gutenberg In Shanghai - Chinese Print Capitalism, 1876-1937

by Christopher A. Reed

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 Gutenberg in Shanghai demonstrates how Western technology and evolving traditional values resulted in the birth of a unique form of print capitalism whose influence on Chinese culture was far-reaching and irreversible.
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A School In Every Village - Educational Reform In A Northeast China County, 1904-31

by Elizabeth R. Vanderven

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 Engaging with topics central to scholarly debates on modern China, this book shows that Chinaâ€™s early twentieth-century school system, a product of negotiation and compromise, was more successful than previous scholarship has allowed.
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Chinese Democracy After Tiananmen

by Yijiang Ding

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 A multi-dimensional picture of China at the political crossroads, this title looks at the significant change in the state-society relationship in contemporary China in three interrelated areas: intellectual, social and cultural.
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Ccf Colonialism In Northern Saskatchewan - Battling Parish Priests, Bootleggers, And Fur Sharks

by David Quiring

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 An elegantly written history that documents the colonial relationship between the CCF and the Saskatchewan north.
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Resisting Manchukuo - Chinese Women Writers And The Japanese Occupation

by Norman Smith

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 Reveals the literary world of Japanese-occupied Manchuria (Manchukuo, 1932-45). This book examines the lives, careers, and literary legacies of seven prolific Chinese women writers during the occupation. It is suitable for those who study the history of East Asia, imperialism, and women.
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Not Just A Man'S War - Chinese Women'S Memories Of The War Of Resistance Against Japan, 1931â€“45

by Yihong Pan

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Mao'S Final Legacies And The Sino-Vietnamese War, 1971â€“79

by Chenyi Wang

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Ruling China - Power And Control

by Wen-Hsuan Tsai

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Blue Skies Over Wuhan - The Evolution Of Environmental Protection Policy In Hubei, 1970sâ€“80s

by Yun Liu

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 Blue Skies over Wuhan traces the development of environmental protection policy in China through a case study of Hubei Province, where an environmental agenda dominated by economic growth priorities gradually gave way to more mature, state-led governance.
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Chiang Kai-Shek'S Critical Years, 1935â€“50

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 Chiang Kai-shekâ€™s Critical Years analyzes an enigmatic figure at the peak of his influence, revealing an improvisational approach to political problems that brought remarkable successes alongside ultimate defeat.
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Sustainable Energy Transitions In Canada

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 Sustainable Energy Transitions in Canada brings together experts from across the country to share their perspectives on how energy systems can respond to climate change, enhance social justice, respect local cultures and traditions â€" and still make financial sense.
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