Wang: 1062 books
The New Evangelisation
What it is and how to do it
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
Why do we need a New Evangelisation? What is the history and theology of this idea? What does it look like in practice? How can we engage in the New Evangelisation in our parishes and communities? What are the key documents we can turn to for inspiration? These are some of the questions explored in...
The Sinews of State Power
The Rise and Demise of the Cohesive Local State in Rural China
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
The Sinews of State Power seeks to explain why rural China has been so unstable since 2000, despite numerous national reforms. Using original fieldwork, it traces the rise and demise of cohesive local states in rural China since the Maoist era. It shows that, the county, township, and village levels...
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;...
Memory Politics, Identity and Conflict
Historical Memory as a Variable
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
This book focuses on the methodology of research on historical memory and contributes to theoretical discussions concerning the use of historical memory as a variable to explain political action and social movement. The chapters of the book conceptualize the relationship between historical memory...
by William S-Y Wang, Chaofen Sun
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics offers a broad and comprehensive coverage of the entire field from a multi-disciplinary perspective. All chapters are contributed by leading scholars in their respective areas. This Handbook contains eight sections: history, languages and dialects, language...
by Zhi-Hui Wang
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Theoretical Modelling of Aeroheating on Sharpened Noses under Rarefied Gas Effects and Nonequilibrium Real Gas Effects employs a theoretical modeling method to study hypersonic flows and aeroheating on sharpened noses under rarefied gas effects and nonequilibrium real gas effects that are beyond the...
by Ya Ping Wang
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2004
Economic reform in China has resulted in a widening gap between the rich and the poor, and urban poverty has emerged as a key factor which may affect future development. This new book examines the poverty problem in relation to housing and social changes in large inland cities, and assesses the effectiveness...
by Chih-Jou Jay Chen, Jianyu He, Shu Keng
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Since the Chinese economic reform was realized in the early 1990s, a significant revolution has been launched socially, economically, and politically in China. At present, China is an indispensable actor in the international arena, so that the transitionsdomestically bring about substantial influence...
The Demoralization of Teachers
Crisis in a Rural School in China
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
The educational system in China is marked by its dramatic inequality between rural and urban schools. The challenges facing rural schools are usually understood as disadvantages in funding, facilities, and staffing, which consequently result in undesirable student performance in general. This book,...
by Chengzhi Wang, Su Chen
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
North America maintains the largest collection of archival materials relating to the Chinese Republican era (1911–1949) outside of China. Most of the archival materials are also unique, and the collections contain special materials supplementing historical records in China and Taiwan. In many cases,...
Commercial Aircraft Hydraulic Systems
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press Aerospace Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
Commercial Aircraft Hydraulic Systems: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press Aerospace Series focuses on the operational principles and design technology of aircraft hydraulic systems, including the hydraulic power supply and actuation system and describing new types of structures and components such...
Asian/Americans, Education, and Crime
The Model Minority as Victim and Perpetrator
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
Asian/Americans, Education, and Crime: The Model Minority as Victim and Perpetrator analyzes Asian/Americans’ interactions with the U.S. criminal justice system as perpetrators and victims of crime. This book contributes to a limited amount of scholarly writing so that researchers, policymakers,...
Dessert and Booze Hacks
75 Amazingly Simple, Tricked-Out Sweets and Drinks: A Cookbook
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Hacking just got sweeter.
Massive sweets craving and only your cabinets to scavenge? Friends coming by at the last minute to pre-party and you can’t run to the store? Have no fear, hacks are here. Raid your freezer to find the fixings for a no-bake ice cream sandwich cake or combine three...
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...