John Paddison: 3 books

This photo narrative is a compilation of this author's experiences in China since 2001. During the past fourteen years I have had the opportunity to travel to China eight times, during which time I have lived there a total of fourteen months. This “grassroots” perspective has provided me...

The setting for Fragments is Southern California in the 1950s; the main character in the story is Joel Sheppard, a child growing up in the tough steel town of Fontana. The chapters alternate between internal and external reflections and observations about the events, people, and circumstances shaping...

Retailing in less developed countries can take any number of forms and fulfils a wide range of different needs. As this book shows it is susceptible to cultural as well as to economic forces and it needs to be analysed in terms of both global economic shifts and place-specific social and economic formations.