Chung: 249 books
China
A Geographical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
China has become a superpower, exerting significant influence globally. This accessible text integrates thematic and regional coverage to provide a panoramic view of China--its physical geography; population, including ethnic diversity; urban development; agriculture and land use; transportation networks;...
Translation and Fantasy Literature in Taiwan
Translators as Cultural Brokers and Social Networkers
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
This book examines the rise in popularity of fantasy literature in Taiwan and the crucial but often invisible role that translators have played in making this genre widely available. Topics covered include global fantasy fever, Chinese fantasy, game industry, the social status of translators, and the sociological direction of translations studies.
by Chung Hyung-Min
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Korean Culture Series 5
Modern Korean Ink Painting
This book seeks to define how the term “modern” should be applied to Korean art, while exploring its evolution over roughly a hundred years, from the opening of Korea’s ports to outside trade in 1876 through the 1980s. The purpose...
Connecting Teaching and Learning
History, Evolution, and Case Studies of Teacher Work Sample Methodology
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
As accountability in education has become an increasingly prominent topic, teacher preparation programs are being asked to provide credible evidence that their teacher candidates can impact student learning.
Teacher Work Samples, first developed 30 years ago, have emerged as an effective method...
The Korean Tradition of Religion, Society, and Ethics
A Comparative and Historical Self-understanding and Looking Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
By making Korea a central part of comparative history of East Asian religion and society, this book traces the evolution of Korean religion from the oldest representation to that of the current day by utilizing wide-ranging interdisciplinary and comparative resources.
This book presents a holistic...
Muslims in Amdo Tibetan Society
Multidisciplinary Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Muslims in Amdo Tibetan Society: Multi-Disciplinary Approaches offers nine case studies from several academic disciplines. The chapters describe the ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious diversity within the Muslim communities of Amdo and illustrate complex social interactions with other Amdo...
Thinking Between Islam and the West
The Thoughts of Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Bassam Tibi and Tariq Ramadan
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
In this book, the author assesses the social vision of three western Muslim intellectuals, Seyyed H. Nasr, Bassam Tibi and Tariq Ramadan. He finds that the thoughts of Nasr and his students promote a kind of tradition-based society, which is in harmony with the Divine Law in Islam and a hierarchical...
by Neha Ahmed, Angie Y. Chung, Miliann Kang
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
Second-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States and Canada, Pyong Gap Min and Samuel Noh have compiled a comprehensive examination of 1.5- and second-generation Korean experiences in the United States and Canada. As the chapters demonstrate, comparing younger-generation Koreans with first-generation...
by Ghulam Ali, Yu Bin, Jean-Marc F. Blanchard
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Since the end of the Cold War, the new Chinese leadership generation has had to promulgate new guiding principles for handling global diplomacy which acknowledges China's new position. Given the dramatic changes in the international system and its domestic economic success for the growing 'China's...
by Liu Hsieh, Vincent Yu-chung Shih
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons is the first comprehensive work of literary criticism in Chinese, and one that has been considered essential reading for writers and scholars since it was written some 1,500 years ago. A vast compendium of all that was known about Chinese literature at...
Beyond Ethnicity
New Politics of Race in Hawai‘i
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
Written by scholars of various disciplines, the essays in this volume dig beneath the veneer of Hawai‘i’s myth as a melting pot paradise to uncover historical and complicated cross-racial dynamics. Race is not the primary paradigm through which Hawai‘i is understood. Instead, ethnic difference...
Chinese Capitalism in a Global Era
Towards a Hybrid Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Chinese Capitalism in a Global Era examines the dynamic ways in which millions of ethinic Chinese in East and Southeast Asian economies organize their economic activities. It analyses how Chinese capitalism has changed under conditions of contemporary globalization and anticipates what the future...
by Wai-Chung Ho
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2018
This book focuses on the rapidly changing sociology of music as manifested in Chinese society and Chinese education. It examines how social changes and cultural politics affect how music is currently being used in connection with the Chinese dream. While there is a growing trend toward incorporating...
China's Multilateral Co-operation in Asia and the Pacific
Institutionalizing Beijing's 'Good Neighbour Policy'
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2010
The leaders and bureaucrats of China have actively attended, initiated, promoted or made skilful use of regional multilateral political, economic, and security institutions to accelerate regional cooperation and integration with neighboring states, convince Asian states that China’s rise will not...