Автор: Schell Orville, Delury John Название: Wealth and Power: China`s Long March to the Twenty-First Century ISBN: 0812976258 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812976250 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 11030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Through a series of lively and absorbing portraits of iconic modern Chinese leaders and thinkers, two of today's foremost specialists on China provide a panoramic narrative of this country's rise to preeminence that is at once analytical and personal. How did a nation, after a long and painful period of dynastic decline, intellectual upheaval, foreign occupation, civil war, and revolution, manage to burst forth onto the world stage with such an impressive run of hyperdevelopment and wealth creation--culminating in the extraordinary dynamism of China today? Wealth and Power answers this question by examining the lives of eleven influential officials, writers, activists, and leaders whose contributions helped create modern China. This fascinating survey begins in the lead-up to the first Opium War with Wei Yuan, the nineteenth-century scholar and reformer who was one of the first to urge China to borrow ideas from the West. It concludes in our time with human-rights advocate and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, an outspoken opponent of single-party rule. Along the way, we meet such titans of Chinese history as the Empress Dowager Cixi, public intellectuals Feng Guifen, Liang Qichao, and Chen Duxiu, Nationalist stalwarts Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek, and Communist Party leaders Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Zhu Rongji. The common goal that unites all of these disparate figures is their determined pursuit of fuqiang, "wealth and power." This abiding quest for a restoration of national greatness in the face of a "century of humiliation" at the hands of the Great Powers came to define the modern Chinese character. It's what drove both Mao and Deng to embark on root-and-branch transformations of Chinese society, first by means of Marxism-Leninism, then by authoritarian capitalism. And this determined quest remains the key to understanding many of China's actions today. By unwrapping the intellectual antecedents of today's resurgent China, Orville Schell and John Delury supply much-needed insight into the country's tortured progression from nineteenth-century decline to twenty-first-century boom. By looking backward into the past to understand forces at work for hundreds of years, they help us understand China today and the future that this singular country is helping shape for all of us. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
"Superb . . . beautifully written and neatly structured."--Financial Times " An] engaging narrative of the intellectual and cultural origins of China's modern rise."--The New York Times Book Review "Informative and insightful . . . a must-read for anyone with an interest in the world's fastest-rising superpower."--Slate "It does a better job than most other books of answering a basic question the rest of the world naturally asks about China's recent rise: What does China want?"--The Atlantic "The portraits are beautifully written and bring to life not only their subjects but also the mood and intellectual debates of the times in which they lived."--Foreign Affairs "Excellent and erudite . . . The authors] combine scholarly learning with a reportorial appreciation of colorful, revealing details."--The National InterestFrom the Hardcover edition.
Автор: Zhang, Liang Nathan, Andrew J. Link, Perry Schell, Название: Thе Tiananmen papers ISBN: 1586481223 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781586481223 Издательство: Ingram Цена: 35850.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The headline-making book that exposed the inner workings of the Chinese government and the crackdown on Tiananmen Square
Автор: , Schell Morgan Название: Academe Master Baiter: An Academic Book ISBN: 2234263417 ISBN-13(EAN): 9782234263413 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 8270.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
The master of baiting a consumer to believe anything is the academic convinced of their own pragmatism, that the convincing of an idea is up to them rather than up to whom they are trying to convince. There is a point at which the wise man is defined for us and the academic is defined for us, the definitions of which grant us a hyperfact to base our reason to value on. Our valuation, the nature of subjects and situations, the understandable, are up for mastery. What does the metaphysical rambler ramble about that makes a valid ontology?This book is an attempt to make a sequence of unsequential musings and simultaneously an attempt to make a long joke which has no punchline. From anarchy and the perception of chaos, to valuation and superformality, to sexual desire and psychedelia, this very, very academic book is a manipulation of language to make a series of points that may consensually violate a set of "basic principles."
Understanding modern philosophy is to also understand abstract things. Abstraction has become the focus of philosophy, and practicality, assumed to be dichotomous with abstraction, is seen as antithetical to philosophy. Philosophy is for those who deal with nothing practical, it is just nothing. But philosophy, in dealing with questions, is everything. And what can be gained with everything, supposedly? What is nothing?
Everything which is practical is something. It is often assumed what is abstract is essentially nothing. Nothing, however, is just as important as something. What we take to be "nothing"s are often things we take for granted out believing them without questioning the values. Is there more to life than just value itself? What do we take for granted? What do we value? What should we value? How valuable is nothing?
From what work is to what values are, correction to animals, this book is a collection of thoughts connecting together to make some sort of understanding that could be gained. This book doesn't directly answer these questions, but it does investigate them in a tangential collection of thoughts where one can possibly find some answers. Just connecting things together.
A practical, what-you-need-to-know guide to getting started making amateur radio contacts via FM radios and satellites.
All that's required to begin is a good handheld radio, an inexpensive antenna, and a smartphone. Of course, you can get complicated (and expensive) in this area of the hobby, but we're going to keep it to the basics here.
Inside you'll find step-by-step tutorials on finding out where, when, and how to connect to the various "Amsat" satellites that can be accessed by amateur radio operators. The same information can be used to look up hundreds of other non-ham satellites that you can visually spot or listen to with a radio.
The sky has never been more accessible! This short book gives you a simple step-by-step walkthrough of all the options to make long-distance contacts through an inexpensive Yagi antenna using mostly free software available on the Internet and includes many screenshots and examples. The whole process is detailed, from buying (or making) an antenna to programming your radio and adjusting for Doppler shift.
Once you know a few simple procedures, you can start making your first calls to individuals, ham repeaters, or world-wide talk groups.
Автор: Jarrett-Schell Peter Название: Seeing My Skin: A Story of Wrestling with Whiteness ISBN: 1640651926 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781640651920 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 25700.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: - A personal journey of a priest's understanding of his Whiteness widens into an invitation to wrestle with larger cultural issues of race and belonging With humor, and a sharp, easily-readable style, Peter Jarrett-Schell delves deeply into how Whiteness has shaped his life. By telling his story, he challenges readers to personally consider the role of race in their own lives. In recent years, white institutions, congregations, and individuals have all begun to wrestle with their racial legacy. But these reflections often get lost abstracting ideas of "white privilege," "white fragility," "structural racism," and the like, until they become nothing more than jargon. This book challenges its readers to look closely at how these concepts show up in their everyday lives. By examining how Whiteness has distorted his own perceptions, relationships, and sense of self, Jarrett-Schell argues for the personal stakes that white people have in dismantling racism, and offers the creative possibilities that emerge when we begin to do the work.
Автор: John Gledhill, Patience A. Schell Название: New Approaches to Resistance in Brazil and Mexico ISBN: 0822351730 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822351733 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 108680.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
Bringing together historically and ethnographically grounded studies of the social and political life of Brazil and Mexico, this collection of essays revitalizes resistance as an area of study. Resistance studies boomed in the 1980s and then was subject to a wave of critique in the 1990s. Covering the colonial period to the present day, the case studies in this collection suggest that, even if much of that critique was justified, resistance remains a useful analytic rubric. The collection has three sections, each of which is preceded by a short introduction. A section focused on religious institutions and movements is bracketed by one featuring historical studies from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries and another gathering more contemporary, ethnographically-based studies. Introducing the collection, the anthropologist John Gledhill traces the debates about resistance studies. In the conclusion, Alan Knight provides a historian’s perspective on the broader implications of the contributors’ findings.
Contributors. Helga Baitenmann, Marcus J. M. de Carvalho, Guillermo de la Peña, John Gledhill, Matthew Gutmann, Maria Gabriela Hita, Alan Knight, Ilka Boaventura Leite, Jean Meyer, John Monteiro, Luis Nicolau Parés, Patricia R. Pessar, Patience A. Schell, Robert Slenes, Juan Pedro Viqueira, Margarita Zárate
Автор: Schell Tom Название: As I See It ISBN: 1644925710 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781644925713 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 12830.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
As I See It is a journey of mind, body, and spirit by veterinarian, Tom Schell, DVM. Over the course of his career, adulthood, and parenthood, Dr. Schell began to question the many things in his life. What is the purpose? What are we supposed to be doing? What is the true path to health for my patients and for myself? What is death and what does it mean? Does being a Christian imply that we just go to church, or is there something more? Are we missing the point taught to us by Jesus, caught up in the perception of the person, and missing the overall message? Does spirituality go beyond what we have been taught in the Bible? Can we create change for ourselves and for others around us? In these pages, Dr. Schell relays his thoughts on a variety of topics as he pondered his own life, interacted with people, and watched over countless patients. The simple power of observation can sometimes lead us to many answers in our lives.
Автор: Schell, Coleman Название: Glimpse of yesterday ISBN: 1543944191 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781543944198 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13720.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Combining theoretical rigor, practical relevance and pedagogical innovation, Human Resource Development: From Theory into Practice is an essential resource for students working towards a career in human resource development (HRD), human resource management (HRM), occupational and organizational psychology, and related areas of business management and organization.
Christ often used children as an example for believers. He even told Nicodemus that unless one is "born again," they cannot see the Kingdom of God (John 3:3). But what is it about children that makes them a model for the Christian life? Through psychological science, we have learned much about the way children perceive, think, and act from the moment they are born and throughout their childhood. If we apply this knowledge to the theology that Christ brought during His ministry, it becomes clear why the child is the model for faith. In this book, we will see through the child's eyes and hopefully recapture the wonder we all felt when we first believed. We will walk through childhood together, learning not only about the psychology of children but also insights about our faith, our spiritual growth, the role of the Church, and other important topics.
Автор: Schell Amanda Название: Finding a Home ISBN: 1643503723 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643503721 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 10070.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
