Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9781604977158
As sustainable agricultural development has increasingly become an international trend in recent years, a focus on the analysis and management of its practical dimensions is imperative. This book helpfully provides a comprehensive analytical framework within which agricultural sustainability can be better analyzed and understood by articulating ecological economics as a policy science to guarantee transparency and fairness in the decision-making process.
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Political Essays on Women, Culture, and Nation
ISBN: 9781604976717
This volume of translations of Mahadevi Varma’s feminist political essays is the first of its kind. While there is ample work on Varma in Hindi, scholars of feminism (and students of Hindi who are in the nascent stages of language acquisition) have nowhere to turn for a comprehensive sampling of her work. This book now helps fill the void with contributions from some of the highly regarded experts in the world of Hindi today.
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ISBN: 9781604977059
In this first critical study of Zheng Guanying’s career, cultural
milieu, political and economic thoughts, as well as his spirituality,
Guo Wu steers us into examining Zheng Guanying as a hybrid
product of the late Qing treaty port culture, professionalism, and
tradition, and he illuminates the contribution that this Chinese merchant
made in the social and political transformation of China into
an urban, commercial environment.
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Negotiating Identities in a Global World
ISBN: 9781604976861
While previous studies have focused on a few specific and well-known cases, this book examines Japanese transnationalism from a broader perspective, including Japanese nationals living overseas permanently or temporarily, and Europeans of Japanese ancestry who have recently rediscovered their Japanese roots. Specialists from many areas will be drawn to this work on the Nikkei experience and transnational culture and economy.
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A Processability Perspective
ISBN: 9781604976854
"The first in-depth study of Japanese as a second language (l2) within the framework of PT [Processability Theory] ... an excellent guide to understanding PT ... well organized book ... highly recommended not only to Japanese language professionals but also to those who are keen on enhancing their knowledge on the mechanisms of language acquistion." - Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching
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Language, Class, and the Chinese of Singapore, 1945–2000
ISBN: 9781604976779
“Successfully critiques the unity of what Koh calls the ‘English Singapore Story’ … works best in unraveling the plurality of experiences … engages a number of important questions for writing recent Singapore history … there is much good material in this book which offers the possibility of a more richly textured social history seen from the inside out.” – Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
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Divine and Magical Female Figures of Eurasia
ISBN: 9781604976748
Winner of Sarasvati Award for the Best Nonfiction Book in Women and Mythology! "This book illustrates well the powerful synergies that are so often generated within world history scholarship by collaboration between specialists in different regions and different scholarly disciplines ... learned a lot from this book’s extensive catalogue." – Journal of World History
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A Longitudinal Study on the Acquisition of the English Article System
ISBN: 9781604976700
This book which details an in-depth longitudinal study of Chinese ESL learners' acquisition process of English articles helps fill the gap in needed research of the challenges faced by ESL learners.While the findings from this study challenge several claims documented in current L2 research literature on one hand, it also casts some much-needed light on the acquisition processes of English articles by Chinese ESL learners.
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ISBN: 9781604976601
"A long-awaited contribution to the study of Chinese women’s history … It is the first piece of systematic historical research on the changes and continuities in women’s journalism ... Based on a painstakingly extensive reading of women’s journals, … Ma deserves special credit for her extensive introductions to the different women’s periodicals and her unearthing of previously ignored biographical information on women journalists ... A must read for graduate students and scholars who are interested in Chinese women’s history, print culture, late Qing society, and the history of Republican China." - Women and Gender in Chinese Studies
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Transnational Students Between Hong Kong and Canada
ISBN: 9781604975437
Thought-provoking and inspiring, this book makes an important contribution to the literature of international education and contains a wealth of ideas for professionals interested to go on
probing. The clear development, novel perspective and convincing
argument are worthy of a good read. Recommended to
all those working in education and its related fields." - International Education
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