China in Africa

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. ...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

"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...

DescriptionSouth Africa is the most industrialized power in Africa. It was rated the continent's largest economy in 2016 and is the only African me...

Reducere. DescriptionThe conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War has long been understood in a global context, but Jeremy...

A comparative history of the practices, technologies, institutions, and people that created distinct literary traditions around the world, from anc...

One of the most intriguing activists and artists of the twentieth century, Shirley Graham Du Bois also remains one of the least studied and underst...

Reducere. Kehinde Wiley's acclaimed World Stage series inserts into the language of old master portraiture the very ethnicities and ethnic iconography that w...

Reducere. Chronological events are supplemented by thematic ones, such as the development of cities and trade, the spread of religions and the idea of the la...

Written in plain language, the book proposes a new perspective of Chinese development. Coevolutionary transformation is the key. Effects of China-A...

Reducere. About This BookFrom the earliest times in human history, across various cultures and civilisations, uniqueness and individuality of each person has...

Empires--vast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambition--have dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia. E...

Reducere. A critical look at how the world is responding to China's rise, and what this means for America and the world. China is advancing its own interests...

This powerful book explores new global human rights duties through four case studies: mass incarceration in the United States, LGBT rights in Afric...

What unites these dwellings is authenticity, a love of detail, and a zest for individual expression that will never go out of fashion.Includes inte...

Looking back to the evolution of foreign aid during the Cold War, David C. Engerman invites us to recognize the strategic thinking at the heart of ...

From acclaimed aviation historian Michael Napier, this is a highly illustrated survey of the air war over Korea. The Korean War holds a unique plac...

DescriptionThis open access collection examines how higher education responds to the demands of the automation economy and the fourth industrial re...

Reducere. The book discusses what led to US involvement in Eritrea after World War II. In length, it details, the why, the how, the people behind the moves, ...

Reducere. Everything Australia wants to achieve as a country depends on its capacity to understand the world outside and to respond effectively to it. In Fea...

In this moving and thought-provoking volume, Arthur Kleinman tells the unsettling stories of a handful of men and women, some of whom have lived th...

Reducere. China today has become a world economic giant in just three decades. The country's central bank holds more than $3.5 trillion in foreign exchange r...

In this expansive historical synthesis, Richard Butsch integrates social, economic, and political history to offer a comprehensive and cohesive exa...

Reducere. DescriptionExistential-Psychology East-West(Volume 2) emerged from continued dialogues on existential psychology, particularly existential-humanist...

An accessible exploration of how diverse cultures have explained humanity's origins through narratives about the natural environment Drawing from a...

Reducere. Reframing the House continues the conversation of global theology as the future of the church. Jennifer Buck tells how women's voices from Africa, ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Martin GilbertMartin Gilbert, author of the multivolume biography of Winston Churchill and other brilliant works of history...

DescriptionRussia's leadership in establishing the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is emblematic of its desire to end ...

26 new short stories representing the state of the art in international science fiction, selected by Lavie Tidhar. 21 counties: France, China, Sing...

Reducere. For thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks, from the city sundials of ancient Rome to the medieval water clocks of im...

"Globalization" has become a popular buzzword for explaining today's world. The expression achieved terminological stardom in the 1990s and was soo...

Reducere. Witness our incredible human story unfold - from the very first people in Africa to the collapse of Communism and beyond - exquisitely charted map ...

Reducere. The mere mention of red hair calls to mind vivid pictures. Stereotypes of redheaded women range from the funloving scatterbrain, like Lucille Ball,...

Climate Diplomacy and Emerging Economies analyses the role of the BASIC countries - Brazil, South Africa, India and China - in the international cl...

DescriptionCaptain Dan Lenson is under fire both at sea, and in Washington. His command of the first antiballistic-missile-capable cruiser in the F...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): Daniel LargeNumber of pages: 250Collection: China TodayPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 149 x 210 x 25Cover type...

Reducere. In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to expl...

Reducere. The first book to show that immigration laws in the US have always been motivated by racial exclusion and the desire to save the idea of a white Am...

Only decades ago, the population of Guangzhou was almost wholly Chinese. Today, it is a truly global city, a place where people from around the wor...

Reducere. Underneath the desert sands, a forgotten culture awaits your discovery...Its pyramids jut like wind-ravaged arrowheads from the ground, dominating ...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower: an unprecedented, momentous account of Covid-19--its origins, its wide-ranging repercu...