A robust trade in human lives thrived throughout North China during the late Qing and Republican periods. Whether to acquire servants, slaves, concubines, or children--or dispose of unwanted household members--families at all levels of society addressed various domestic needs by…
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With a combined population larger than that of the EU or NAFTA, economic integration of the ASEAN states will have a massive impact on both the Asian and global economies. This book examines the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and its opportunities and challenges. It looks at the…
The China Reader: Rising Power
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The rise of China is the most important development in world affairs. During the past three decades China dramatically modernized its economy and taken a positon as one of the two major powers in the world. For all of its newfound prowess, China's rise has not been a smooth proc…
Trapped in a world of brutal physical punishment and back-breaking labour, Frederick Douglass mused that it was the friendships he shared with other enslaved men that carried him through his darkest days. In this study, Sergio A. Lussana offers an in-depth investigation of the s…
Trivsel og levevilkår i de 5 største byer i Danmark, beskrevet med både objektive og subjektive indikatorer.
Meeting the needs of teachers and students studying for the revised AS and A2 exams, this text presents an approach to teaching and learning 20th-century British history at A level. "Britain in the Twentieth Century" focuses on the key topics within the period. Each topic is th…
Ideology and atheism in the Soviet Union
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This book is a guide to claims about the proper role of government and markets in a global economy. Moving between systematic comparison of nineteen rich democracies and debate about what the United States can do to restore a more civilized, egalitarian and fair society, Harold …