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This book seeks to explore wide-ranging studies of international relations theory, Sinology, Asian security, and Chinese foreign policy. It targets university libraries, research institutes, and think-tanks around the world.

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An outstanding resource for high school readers and first-year college students, this book explores early Christianity from its beginnings in the first century through the fourth century when Christianity went from a persecuted faith to the only legalized faith in the Roman Empire.

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A one-stop source for in-depth history, analysis, and ready reference material on the rise of fascism in Europe.

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This book is a valuable resource for understanding the character, development, and consequences of fascist dictatorships.

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The legendary leader of fashion luxury retail, Ira Neimark, relays how he and his fashion and merchandising team brought Bergdorf Goodman to its fashion leadership position, and how and why Bergdorf helped build the fashion industry during the late Sixties through the early Nineties, one of the most exciting periods in fashion history.

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This book presents a case study of the ascendancy of Gnpo Namgyel, a minor Tibetan chieftain in Kham who had a great impact on Sino-Tibetan relations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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How a more positive form of identity politics can restore public trust in government. This book explores the philosophical underpinnings of illiberalism and documents how it has infiltrated the mainstream of political discourse in the United States.

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Students examine the concepts of intelligence, culture, technology and communication in this study. Using the information, they can form a culture for an intelligent organism that could exist on an unknown planet. A set of colour transparencies are also available (ISBN 1-56308-414-7).

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Traces the spread of Islam from the time of Muhammad to the early 10th century. Comprehensive but accessible, with a mix of narrative chapters, primary documents, and biographical sketches.

Addresses the impact made by Islam during and after the Arab conquest of Iran in the middle of the seventh century. Discussing a variety of subjects which covers the spectrum of life in early Islamic Iran, this title offers one of the most ambitious perspectives on Persian religion, society and culture.

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Lumumba-Kasongo examines those forces that contributed to the fate of multiparty democracy in Africa. Lumumba-Kasongo challenges the existing paradigms on democracy and development, so the book is of considerable interest to scholars and policy makers involved with African politics and socio-economic development.

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The Rise of Politics and Morality in Nietzsches Genealogy examines Nietzsches account of the origin of political society and moral life in the Second Essay of his On the Genealogy of Morals. It argues this account is coherent and grounded in Nietzsche's understanding of nature and the will to power.

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This distinctive and enlightening book explores development of tea drinking in China, using tea culture to explore the profound question of how Chinese have traditionally expressed individuality. By linking tea to individualism, Bret Hinsch's deeply researched book makes an original and influential contribution to the history of Chinese culture.

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This distinctive and enlightening book explores the development of tea drinking in China, using tea culture to explore the profound question of how Chinese have traditionally expressed individuality. By linking tea to individualism, Hinschs deeply researched book makes an original and influential contribution to the history of Chinese culture.

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Against the backdrop of Enron and the other high-profile cases of corporate malfeasance, it is easy to paint today's executives as villains and blame big business, and corporations generally, for a wide array of social ills.

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In 1985, The WELL, a dial-up discussion board, began with the phrase: "You own your own words." This book states that though almost everything else about online discussion has changed since, those words still describe its central premise. It provides a cultural/historical account of the blog, as well as an analysis of its different aspects.

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Pairing big ideas in marketing with the popular activity of content curation, The Rise of the Curator Class positions curation as a humanization movement that is restructuring the internet.

Curation is set to overturn the $2.2 trillion global creative industry, revolutionizing how we create, market, and discover content.

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This challenging book explores the debates over the scope of the enumerated powers of Congress and the Fourteenth Amendment that accompanied the expansion of federal authority during the period between the beginning of the Civil War and the inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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Beginning in 500 with the fusion of classical, Christian, and Germanic cultures and ending in 1300 with a Europe united by a desire for growth, knowledge, and change, this volume provides basic information on the significant cultural figures of the Middle Ages.

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This guide explores the dominant methodologies, theories and debates surrounding the emergence of the novel during the eighteenth century. Covering key criticism on authors such as Defoe, Fielding, Richardson and Austen, the emphasis is on how critical work is interrelated, allowing readers to discern trends in the critical conversation.

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American society is often characterized as a guilt culture, as opposed to non-Western shame cultures. But through examples like shaming penalties in criminal law, fat shaming, and cyberbullying on the social media, this book shows how and why shame is increasingly invading our lives, leading to feelings of humiliation and depression.