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THE BEFORE MIDNIGHT SCHOLAR The Jou Pu Tuan of Li YuSOLD OUT
China's Transformations: The Stories beyond the$90.60This successor volume to China beyond the Headlines takes the reader even farther beyond the 'front stage' to explore a China few Westerners have seen. The contributors argue that the great gap between what specialists understand and the general public believes has led to distorted and potentially dangerous misunderstandings of the most powerful emerging player on the global stage.
One Country, Two Societies: Rural Urban Inequality in$29.47 This timely and important collection of original essays analyzes China’s foremost social cleavage: the rural-urban gap. It is now clear that the Chinese communist revolution, though professing dedication to an egalitarian society, in practice created a rural order akin to serfdom, in which 80 percent of the population was effectively bound to the land.
The Paradox of China's Post Mao Reforms (Harvard$14.99 China's bold program of reforms launched in the late 1970s--the move to a market economy and the opening to the outside world--ended the political chaos and economic stagnation of the Cultural Revolution and sparked China's unprecedented economic boom. Yet, while the reforms made possible a rising standard of living for the majority of China's population, they came at the cost of a weakening central government, increasing inequalities, and fragmenting society.
Environmental Governance and Sustainability (The Iucn$140.22This timely volume provides fascinating insights into emerging developments in the field of legal governance of the environment at a time when environmental governance is increasingly concerned with far more than legal doctrine. The expert contributors are concerned with the totality of arrangements through which power and resources are deployed to protect and restore natural resources, and how the costs and benefits of this are allocated.
Scotland Adventure Guide (Adventure Guides)SOLD OUTComprehensive background information - history, culture, geography and climate - gives you a solid knowledge of each destination and its people. Regional chapters take you on an introductory tour, with stops at museums, historic sites and local attractions. Places to stay and eat; transportation to, from and around your destination; practical concerns; tourism contacts - it's all here! Detailed regional and town maps feature walking and driving tours.
Red Hot: Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family$22.00The art world has recently witnessed an international phenomenon, literally 'red hot' in its pulsating energy, as new artists from Asia have been redefining the parameters of the contemporary scene. Featuring works from an extraordinary private collection in Houston, this stunning book provides a survey of the freshest and most innovative trends and movements coming out of Japan, China, South Korea and Vietnam, as well as responses from artists in America and Europe.
China and the WTO: Accession, Policy Reform, and$13.00China's accession to the WTO requires a great many specific policy reforms. However, if the best results are to be obtained, it is important that these reforms be implemented as part of a consistent development program, rather than simply by treating them as a recipe. To do this, policy makers must understand the range and nature of the policy changes required by accession, their implications for the economy, and the availability and effects of supporting policies.