In China's Vulnerability Paradox, Pascale Massot presents an original framework to examine the uneven transformations in global commodity markets resulting from the dramatic, contemporary expansion of China's economy. While one might expect China to be able to easily exert power in these markets, Massot argues that China is actually quite vulnerable to external forces. She zeros in on the relative position of China's market power across numero...
The boom in South-South relations since the early 2000s has seen a flurry of investment in African infrastructure from emerging markets across the Global South. While the extent to which these projects spur growth is constantly debated, few studies have addressed their impact on ground-level political and socio-economic practices in Africa--or their consequences for transnational governance more broadly.Through the lens of infrastructure, this...
Seldom in history has a single military campaign had such immediate and far-ranging consequences as the series of battles and skirmishes known as "Saratoga." In the spring of 1777, determined to end the fighting once and for all, the British devised what they believed a war-winning strategy. By early fall, their entire northern army had surrendered. Kevin J. Weddle offers the most thorough account to date, showing how an operation that begin w...
For the first time in nearly two centuries, one ethnic group now constitutes an absolute majority of Bosnia and Herzegovina's population: the Bosniaks. It is an unlikely development given that, scarcely thirty years ago, they were targeted for extermination and expulsion by Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic. Even as the Bosniak community fought to survive these atrocities, it simultaneously came under attack from militants led by Croatian president ...
On the publication of this book in 1941, W.W. Tarn described it in the Journal of Roman Studies as "the most important [work] which has appeared in our time on the Hellenistic world....a very great book, alike in its vast learning, in the ease with which the author handles this huge and complex mass of often very refractory material, in the closeness of its reasoning, and in the sanity of its judgments." Forty-seven years later, it is still th...
Paradise Isle is just a little bit of land in the middle of a muddy creek, but to Adam it is home. When the city decides to demolish everything on the island and build a motorway through it, Adam and his neighbors fight back. In the end of this, Charles Keeping's last book, everyone gets some of what he or she wants -- well, almost everyone.
This wartime biography of the Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of U.S. forces in the Pacific Ocean Area during World War II, gives a bird's eye view of the war from inside the theater headquarters of the man most responsible for eventual victory against Japan.
This book provides a nonmathematical, descriptive approach to modern nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, using examples from organic, inorganic, and biological chemistry to help chemists decide which NMR technique will solve their particular structural or mechanistic problem. The authors offer practical advice about the acquisition and use of spectra, starting from the simple 'one pulse' sequence and moving on to consider multiple pulse a...
When Molly persuades her reluctant cat Marmalade to go shopping on a blustery day, neither can guess what's in store. The purchase of a duck-headed umbrella -- no ordinary umbrella -- soon propels them into a grand adventure. The book's beautifully detailed illustrations capture the whimsy of the story and add to its appeal.
This is the strange and mysterious story of Mr. Punch and how he became the wooden puppet that we all love to hate. In this richly and dramatically illustrated book, you'll meet Judy and her baby, Napoleon Bonaparte, the German Kaiser, Queen Victoria, and many odd and bizarre characters -- tops among them, Mr. Punch himself.
Discover things to make, games to play, mysteries to solve, a play to perform, stories and poems to savor. Learn about all the Christmas traditions: mistletoe, the Yule log, the holly and the ivy, Christmas puddings, Saint Nicholas, and Christmas in other lands. A perfect gift for the whole family and a wonderful resource for classroom activities.
Public Relations Campaigns is designed to guide current and aspiring Public Relations professionals through the campaign development and implementation process. It illustrates the application of planning theory to real life scenarios to provide a practical approach for planning a successful campaign.
