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Class, Politics, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution
Mansoor Moaddel
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• Author(s): Mansoor Moaddel • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralThis examination of the events of the Iranian Revolution highlights class politics and the c...
View full detailsApproaching the Past: Historical Anthropology Through Irish Case Studies
Marilyn Silverman
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• Author(s): Marilyn Silverman • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Europe - IrelandA highly provocative and original volume that examines the issues, themes, and difficulties emerging out...
View full detailsSupport for the American Welfare State: The Views of Congress and the Public
Fay Lomax Cook
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• Author(s): Fay Lomax Cook • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Public Policy - Social Services & WelfareWhat is the state of the American welfare state? This work asks how much suppo...
View full detailsThe Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III (2 Vols.)
Brian Morton
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• Author(s): Brian Morton • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: GeneralThe book, in two volumes, is the proceedings of the Fourth International Marine Biological Workshop The Marine Flora...
View full detailsTopics in Primatology: Human Origins/Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation/Evolutionary Biology, Reproductive Endocrinology, and Virology
Peter Marler
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• Author(s): Peter Marler • Publisher: University of Tokyo Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Tokyo Press • BISAC: Life Sciences - Evolution
Interactions: The Biological Context of Social Systems
Marjorie Grene
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• Author(s): Marjorie Grene • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Life Sciences - EvolutionArgues against the reductionist tendencies in Darwinism known as genetic reductionism. The authors...
View full detailsWorks by Fang Zhaoling
Zhaoling Fang
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• Author(s): Zhaoling Fang • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Techniques - Painting - GeneralFang Zhaoling, one of China's foremost artists, is renowned for her ability to meld traditi...
View full detailsLugard in Hong Kong: Empires, Education and a Governor at Work 1907-1912
Bernard Mellor
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• Author(s): Bernard Mellor • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Asia - ChinaSir Frederick Lugard ranks as one of Britain? most distinguished colonial administrators, although he remains...
View full detailsWu Tingfang (1842-1922): Fact and Opinion
Linda Pomerantz–Zhang
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• Author(s): Linda Pomerantz–Zhang • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralThis book is a biography of Wu, and sheds considerable light on a crucial period in ...
View full detailsForeign Military Intervention: The Dynamics of Protracted Conflict
Ariel Levite
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• Author(s): Ariel Levite • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Security (National & International)Foreign Military Intervention brings together prominent scholars in an ambitious and i...
View full detailsForeign Military Intervention: The Dynamics of Protracted Conflict
Ariel Levite
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• Author(s): Ariel Levite • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Security (National & International)Foreign Military Intervention brings together prominent scholars in an ambitious and i...
View full detailsExtinction and Phylogeny
Michael Novacek
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• Author(s): Michael Novacek • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Life Sciences - EvolutionComprising research papers in evolutionary and systematic biology, this text encompasses chapters...
View full detailsVisions of a New Industrial Order: Social Science and Labor Theory in America's Progressive Era
Clarence Wunderlin
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• Author(s): Clarence Wunderlin • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Labor & Industrial RelationsAn examination of the historical debate over US labour relations and the expansion of g...
View full detailsThe Unplanned Society: Poland During and After Communism
J Wedel
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• Author(s): J Wedel • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialA well-informed set of contributors detail the emergence of civil society in Poland after Comm...
View full detailsJuries: A Hong Kong Perspective
Peter Duff
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• Author(s): Peter Duff • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Legal EducationThis book is based on the findings of a research on the jury system in HK. The issues addressed include the co...
View full detailsThe Communist Party of China and Marxism 1921-1985
Laszlo Ladany
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• Author(s): Laszlo Ladany • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: American Government - GeneralThis book follows the development of the Communist Party and of Marxism in China from the ear...
View full detailsTask Strategies: An Empirical Approach to Clinical Social Work
William J. Reid
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• Author(s): William J. Reid • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Social WorkAn in-depth examination of intervention strategies suitable for common problems encountered by clinical social ...
View full detailsDemocracy and Foreign Policy: The Fallacy of Political Realism
Miroslav Nincic
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• Author(s): Miroslav Nincic • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Political Ideologies - DemocracyThis monograph challenges the belief that US democracy is incompatible with effective fore...
View full detailsJacopo Della Quercia
James Beck
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• Author(s): James Beck • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: History - General
Jacopo Della Quercia
James Beck
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• Author(s): James Beck • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: History - General
Western Press Coverage of News in the Third World: A Bibliographical Review of Literature (1976-1988)
Sunny Tszesun Li
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• Author(s): Sunny Tszesun Li • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: International Relations - General
Advanced Chinese Reader
Tien-Yi Li
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• Author(s): Tien-Yi Li • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Ethnic Studies - GeneralAdvanced Chinese Reader is broadly representative of the baihua or colloquial w...
View full detailsThe Yellow Earth: A Film by Chen Kaige, with a Complete Translation of the Filmscript
Bonnie Mcdougall
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• Author(s): Bonnie Mcdougall • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Ethnic Studies - General
Pacific Basin Industries in Distress: Structural Adjustment and Trade Policy in the Nine Industrialized Economies
Hugh Patrick
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• Author(s): Hugh Patrick • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Development - Economic DevelopmentPresents case studies of how North American, Asian, and Oceanic governments have intervened...
View full detailsAsian Voices in English
Mimi Christine Chan
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• Author(s): Mimi Christine Chan • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshA selection of papers presented at the Symposium on English Literature by Asian autho...
View full detailsMemoirs of a Chinese Revolutionary
Fan-Hsi Wang
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• Author(s): Fan-Hsi Wang • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-Communism & SocialismAn important account of the historical roots of the Tiananmen...
View full detailsMemoirs of a Chinese Revolutionary
Fan-Hsi Wang
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• Author(s): Fan-Hsi Wang • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-Communism & SocialismAn important account of the historical roots of the Tiananmen...
View full detailsMarine Lover of Friedrich Nietzsche
Luce Irigaray
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• Author(s): Luce Irigaray • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: PhilosophersFrom the Back CoverIn a bold reconceptualization of discourse, Irigaray interrogates Nietzsche, the grandfather ...
View full detailsFrontiers of Social Theory: The New Synthesis
George Ritzer
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• Author(s): George Ritzer • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThis book presents essays reflecting the current state and near-term prospects of sociological theory.
Business Associations
Clement Shum
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• Author(s): Clement Shum • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Business & FinancialThis book deals mainly with the law of agency and partnership and also touches on the basic princip...
View full detailsA Choice Fulfilled: The Business of High Technology
Charles Kao
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• Author(s): Charles Kao • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Industries - Computers & Information Technology
China, Britain, and Hong Kong, 1895-1945
Kit-Ching Chan Lau
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• Author(s): Kit-Ching Chan Lau • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Asia - China
Sages and Filial Sons: Mythology and Archaeology in Ancient China
Julia Ching
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• Author(s): Julia Ching • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Aesthetics
Cheques, Second Edition
Derek Roebuck
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• Author(s): Derek Roebuck • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Criminal Law - GeneralThe purpose of this book is to introduce the law of cheques in Hong Kong. It assumes that the reader...
View full detailsFossils from a Rural Past: A Study of Extant Cantonese Children's Songs
Mimi Christine Chan
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• Author(s): Mimi Christine Chan • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: EthnicA selection of popular extant Cantonese children's songs, studying both their linguistic and non-linguistic as...
View full detailsPromoting Prosperity
Catherine Jones
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• Author(s): Catherine Jones • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare
The Major Plays of Chikamatsu
Donald Keene
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• Author(s): Donald Keene • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asian - General
The Bivalvia: Proceedings of a Memorial Symposium in Honour of Sir Charles Maurice Yonge
Brian Morton
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• Author(s): Brian Morton • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Life Sciences - BiologySir Charles Maurice Yonge who died in 1986 was the foremost authority on the Bivalvia and one of the...
View full detailsBecause of Their Faith: Calcav and Religious Opposition to the Vietnam War
Mitchell Hall
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• Author(s): Mitchell Hall • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asia - Southeast Asia
New Towns in the New World: Images and Perceptions of Nineteenth-Century Urban Frontiers
David Hamer
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• Author(s): David Hamer • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Sociology - Urban
Changing Cities of Pacific Asia: A Scholarly Interpretation
Yue-Man Yeung
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• Author(s): Yue-Man Yeung • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Cultural & Ethnic Studies - General
Education in Hong Kong, Pre-1841 to 1941: Fact and Opinion
Anthony Sweeting
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• Author(s): Anthony Sweeting • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: HistoryTo reflect the development and history of education in Hong Kong, the author has collected a wide range of fasci...
View full detailsMen of the Cliffs and Caves: The Development of the Chinese Eremitic Tradition to the End of the Han Dynasty
Vervoorn Aat
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• Author(s): Vervoorn Aat • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophySome of the greatest philosophers, poets and painters of China were famo...
View full detailsMarket Environmentalism: Lessons for Hong Kong
Jo Ann Kwong
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• Author(s): Jo Ann Kwong • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: American Government - National
Heal the Sick Was Their Motto: The Protestant Medical Missionaries in China
G. H. Choa
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• Author(s): G. H. Choa • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Life Sciences - Ecology
Production Power and World Order: Social Forces in the Making of History
Robert Cox
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• Author(s): Robert Cox • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: GeneralIn this seminal study, Robert Cox offers a new approach to the study of power by identifying the connections between pro...
View full detailsPhilosophy of Psychology
Daniel N. Robinson
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• Author(s): Daniel N. Robinson • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: General
Stories by Gao Yang: Rekindled Love and Purple Jade Hairpin
Sin-Wai Chan
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• Author(s): Sin-Wai Chan • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Asian - GeneralText: English, Chinese (translation) Original Language: Chinese
The Brush and the Spur: Chinese Culture and the Cockfight
Robert Joe Cutter
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• Author(s): Robert Joe Cutter • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Commercial PolicyText: English, Chinese
The Chance of a Lifetime: The Birth of a New Medical School in Hong Kong
A. E. Starling
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• Author(s): A. E. Starling • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Ethnic Studies - General
The United States Constitution: Its Birth, Growth, and Influence in Asia
J. Barton Starr
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• Author(s): J. Barton Starr • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Government - GeneralThe United States Constitution is the oldest written constitution in the world. But what were its or...
View full detailsUntended Gates: The Mismanaged Press
Norman Isaacs
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• Author(s): Norman Isaacs • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: JournalismIdentifies reasons for public disenchantment with the press, provides specific examples of mistakes made by newspa...
View full detailsBasic and Applied Aspects of Vestibular Function
Chi-Chiu Joseph Hwang
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• Author(s): Chi-Chiu Joseph Hwang • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Life Sciences - Marine BiologyThis volume is the compilation of the series of original articles presentes at the I...
View full detailsPrelude to Solidarity
Keith Lepak
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• Author(s): Keith Lepak • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: General
Health and Illness in a Changing Japanese Society
Kyoichi Sonoda
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• Author(s): Kyoichi Sonoda • Publisher: University of Tokyo Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Tokyo Press • BISAC: Health Care Delivery
The Music Forum
William Mitchell
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• Author(s): William Mitchell • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Genres & Styles - Classical
Literature and Negation
Maire Jaanus
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• Author(s): Maire Jaanus • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Semiotics & Theory
The Metamodel of Clinical Social Work
Er Tolson
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• Author(s): Er Tolson • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Social WorkIn developing an eclectic approach to the practice of clinical social work, Eleanor Reardon Tolson brilliantly analyz...
View full detailsSources of Indian Tradition: Modern India and Pakistan
Ainslie T. Embree
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• Author(s): Ainslie T. Embree • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralPrimary sources in the history, philosophy, and religions of South Asia: Volume II focuses on the ...
View full detailsCities of the United States: Studies in Urban Anthropology
Leith Mullings
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• Author(s): Leith Mullings • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanUtilizing the strengths of traditional ethnographic approaches, the authors of this provocative volume of ...
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