China in Africa

"Americans need to become educated on the great economic benefits of investing in Africa. But there has to be a high level of ethical practice atta...

DescriptionThis clearly written and engrossing book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world from 1400 to the present. Unlike...

Reducere. The second volume of The Cambridge History of Communism explores the rise of Communist states and movements after World War II. Leading experts ana...

DescriptionA digital anthropologist examines the online lives of millions of people in China, India, Brazil, and across the Middle East--home to mo...

Reducere. In this detailed, image-rich reference first published in 1935, William Ukers describes the history, cultivation method and etymology of the world'...

Leading scholars examine China's global strategic plans, from Hong Kong to military power, to economic dominance Over the past few decades, China h...

Ride Out shines a light on the classic and most inspiring riding landscapes, from never-ending meandering mountain passes to routes along the Medit...

Land Fictions explores the common storylines, narratives, and tales of social betterment that justify and enact land as commodity. It interrogates ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ronald Dalton Jr"From beyond the Rivers of Ethiopia My worshippers, My dispersed ones, Will bring My offerings." - Zephania...

Shows that foreign policy encounters between rising powers and Global South states do not necessarily exhibit the same logics, behaviors, or invest...

Updated with expanded coverage of twenty-first century architecture, this new edition uniquely comprises a detailed survey of Western architecture ...

DescriptionAfrica finds itself at the centre stage of world politics in the twenty-first century. To truly determine its rising influence and role ...

Reducere. Christianity is the most global of religions. However, most books on the subject fail to do justice to the history of Christianity outside Europe a...

Reducere. Over the past five centuries, advances in Western understanding of and control over the material world have strongly influenced European responses ...

Providing uniquely broad coverage, encompassing North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, ...

Reducere. Is China a rogue donor, as some media pundits suggest? Or is China helping the developing world pave a pathway out of poverty, as the Chinese claim...

Reducere. This book explores the close relationships between three of the most famous twentieth-century African Americans, W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, an...

"From beyond the Rivers of Ethiopia My worshippers, My dispersed ones, Will bring My offerings." - Zephaniah 3: 10 Modern Jewry has been looking fo...

Reducere. Christian Book AwardA 2007 ECPA Christian Book Award Winner Taking a narrative approach, The IVP Atlas of Bible History draws you into the rich res...

Reducere. Emerging market economies, from China, Mexico, South Africa, and Indonesia, are rapidly changing the competitive business landscape; the traditiona...

The Companion to Global Environmental History offers multiple points of entry into the history and historiography of this dynamic and fast-growing ...

Now in its fifth edition, this book explores the ways in which the industrial revolution reshaped world history, covering the international factors...

DescriptionThe development of transgenic crops is revolutionary, but what does it mean for food production, prices and to the environment? This is ...

Reducere. Money Must Be Made, London-based Italian photographer Lorenzo Vitturi's (born 1980) highly anticipated second photobook, takes us to the heart of t...

A vivid look at China's shifting place in the global political economy of technology production How did China's mass manufacturing and "copycat" pr...

An in-depth analysis of the 'Africa rising' narrative and how the continent's fragile economic growth is largely tied to China's expansion.

Reducere. As China and the U.S. increasingly compete for power in key areas of U.S. influence, great power conflict looms. Yet few studies have looked to the...

This widely acclaimed, beautifully illustrated survey of Western architecture is now fully revised throughout, including essays on non-Western trad...

This book examines the connections between the British Empire and French colonialism in war, peace and the various stages of competitive cooperatio...

Reducere. Anil Sigdel dives into some of the most interesting trends in international relations, such as the rising influence of China and the instruments it...

Reducere. Over the past decade, the international political system has come to be characterized as a Great Power Competition in which multiple would-be hegem...

Globalization affects every aspect of our lives, from what we buy to what we eat to what we study-and the study of design history is no exception. ...