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A History of Brazil
E. Bradford Burns
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• Author(s): E. Bradford Burns • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Latin America - South AmericaComplete in breadth and chronological span, A History of Brazil is a panoramic interpretati...
View full detailsConrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives: Contexts for Conrad
Keith Carabine
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• Author(s): Keith Carabine • Publisher: East European Monographs • Publisher Imprint: East European Monographs • BISAC: GeneralThe second of a three-volume collection of studies focusing on Joseph Conrad's Polish roots and his contributions as a...
View full detailsHong Kong Public Law Reports, Vol. 1 (1991)
Andrew Byrnes
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• Author(s): Andrew Byrnes • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: ConstitutionalThe Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance came into force in June 1991, ushering in an important new stage of d...
View full detailsHarnessing Information Power
Robert Ian Tricker
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• Author(s): Robert Ian Tricker • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Management - GeneralInformation technology offers the potential for quite different ways of organization and manageme...
View full detailsTropical Deforestation: Small Farmers and Land Clearing in the Ecudorian Amazon
Thomas Rudel
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• Author(s): Thomas Rudel • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)Using a case study of tropical deforestation in the upper reaches o...
View full detailsPolitical Organization and the Interwar Crisis in Europe
Lauri Karvonen
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• Author(s): Lauri Karvonen • Publisher: East European Monographs • Publisher Imprint: East European Monographs • BISAC: Eastern Europe - GeneralThe breakdown of democracy in large parts of interwar Europe has often been attributed to the fragmen...
View full detailsFifty Patterns of Modern Chinese
Dezhi Han
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• Author(s): Dezhi Han • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Ethnic Studies - GeneralThis book includes fifty most widely used Chinese sentence patterns and is speci...
View full detailsThe Fragrant Chinese
Anthony Lawrence
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• Author(s): Anthony Lawrence • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Asia - China
Tropical Deforestation: Small Farmers and Land Clearing in the Ecudorian Amazon
Thomas Rudel
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• Author(s): Thomas Rudel • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)Addressing decades of rain forest destruction, concerned scientists...
View full detailsGeorge Sand and Idealism
Naomi Schor
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• Author(s): Naomi Schor • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: European - GeneralA reanalysis of Sand's major writing, ranging from her early short stories to her later fiction, which ident...
View full detailsFarm to Factory: Women's Letters, 1830-1860
Thomas Dublin
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• Author(s): Thomas Dublin • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Careers - GeneralFrom the Back CoverThis volume contains a chronological table of Chinese history beginning with 2852 B.C. u...
View full detailsMultilateralism Matters: The Theory and Praxis of an Institutional Form
John Gerard Ruggie
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• Author(s): John Gerard Ruggie • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: International Relations - General
A History of Chinese Calligraphy
Yuho Tseng
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• Author(s): Yuho Tseng • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Cultural & Ethnic Studies - GeneralChinese calligraphy has been an independent visual art form for ...
View full detailsSourcebook of Korean Civilization: From Early Times to the Sixteenth Century
Peter Lee
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• Author(s): Peter Lee • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asia - KoreaThis anthology is the most ambitious, comprehensive, and authoritative English-language sourcebook of Korean civiliz...
View full detailsA Social and Religious History of the Jews: Index to Volumes 9-18
Salo Wittmayer Baron
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• Author(s): Salo Wittmayer Baron • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Jewish - GeneralDesigned to accompany the 18-volume reference work, this index contains the names, events and dates t...
View full detailsPostmodernism: A Reader
Thomas Docherty
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• Author(s): Thomas Docherty • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Semiotics & TheoryThe arguments over postmodernism are among the most important intellectual debates of our time. Goin...
View full detailsThe Logic of Anarchy: Neorealism to Structural Realism
Barry Buzan
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• Author(s): Barry Buzan • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: International Relations - General-- James Der Derian, University of Massachusetts
Regicide and Revolution: Speeches at the Trial of Louis XVI
Michael Walzer
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• Author(s): Michael Walzer • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Europe - FranceWalzer defends the trial and execution of Louis XVI as necessary, since it not only tried to destroy mystiqu...
View full detailsZaibatsu: The Rise and Fall of Family Enterprise Groups in Japan
Hidemasa Morikawa
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• Author(s): Hidemasa Morikawa • Publisher: University of Tokyo Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Tokyo Press • BISAC: Industries - GeneralZaibatsu are central to the economic history of modern Japan. These family-owned business groups, so...
View full detailsClass, 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