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Dispatches from the South China Sea

Navigating to Common Ground

By: James Borton

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Dispatches from the South China Sea

Navigating to Common Ground

By: James Borton

The impact of continuous coastal development, reclamation, destruction of corals, overfishing and increased maritime traffic places all of us on the front lines of preserving our oceans. Marine biologists, who share a common language that cuts across political, economic and social differences, recognize that the sea’s remarkable coral reefs, which provide food, jobs and protection against storms and floods, have suffered unprecedented rates of destruction in recent decades. Dispatches from the South China Sea’s blend of participatory research and field reportage paves the way for a transformation of policy and, provides a basis for the eventual resolution of some of today’s major maritime conflicts. From overfishing, illegal and unregulated fishing, coral reef destruction and reclamations, Dispatches from the South China Sea charts science-driven cooperation opportunities. James Borton purposefully and passionately argues that the South China Sea can become a body of water that unites, rather than divides.

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1627343709

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Islands and Rocks in the South China Sea

Post-Hague Ruling

By: James Borton

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Islands and Rocks in the South China Sea

Post-Hague Ruling

By: James Borton

The situation in the South China Sea with regard to territorial disputes remains unsettled despite The Hagues Permanent Court of Arbitration unanimous ruling in favor of the Philippines and against Chinas historic rights to the South China Sea. This collection of academic essays examines many interpretations of international law on the legal status of the contested islands and rocks. Whats clear to all is that the failure to uphold international law and norms harms all claimants interests in the contested sea.

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1524584819

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Nikkola of Dur

By: James A. McKenzie

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Nikkola of Dur

By: James A. McKenzie

Nikkola of Dur is no man's slave, no man's property, and no man's fool. She refuses to be a victim to the darkness that threatens everything she loves and dreams about. Rather than join those who did nothing to escape from the slavers, she chooses to flee into the wilderness. Even though her planet has been enslaved by imperial forces, she will not be discouraged by the overwhelming fear and hopelessness that surrounds her. Hers is a story of great evil-and great good. Hers is a story of unimaginable terror-and those who bring hope to the hopeless.Hers is a story of a brutal domination-and the brave woman who fought for freedom. In book two of the Princesses of the Light saga, the battle rages for dignity and freedom of the human race. The Princesses of the Light fight to unlock the very Gates of Time and come back into reality. They are the champions of a culture that has balanced ancient traditions with modern technology without the loss of their moral core. The saga of the Princesses of the Light is not a fairy story, nor is it a children's tale; it is a warning. The Light and the Dark are both very real, and they are both inside each of us. It is the responsibility of each individual to choose which will shape her soul.

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iUniverse

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1491753463

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The Communist Takeover of Hangzhou

The Transformation of City and Cadre, 1949–1954

By: James Z. Gao

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The Communist Takeover of Hangzhou

The Transformation of City and Cadre, 1949–1954

By: James Z. Gao

Existing literature on the Chinese Revolution takes into account the influence of peasant society on Mao’s ideas and policies but rarely discusses a reverse effect of comparable significance: namely, how peasant cadres were affected by the urban environment into which they moved. In this detailed examination of the cultural dimension of regime change in the early years of the Revolution, James Gao looks at how rural-based cadres changed and were changed by the urban culture that they were sent to dominate. He investigates how Communist cadres at the middle and lower levels left their familiar rural environment to take over the city of Hangzhou and how they consolidated political control, established economic stability, developed institutional reforms, and created political rituals to transform the urban culture. His book analyzes the interplay between revolutionary and non-revolutionary culture with respect to the varying degrees with which they resisted and adapted to each other. It reveals the essential role of cultural identity in legitimizing the new regime and keeping its revolutionary ideal alive.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824861957

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The Dilemmas of Growth in Prewar Japan

By: James William Morley

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The Dilemmas of Growth in Prewar Japan

By: James William Morley

The sixth and final volume in the series published for the Conference on Modern Japan reviews the political, economic and foreign policy problems faced by Japan during the 1930's and '40's. James Morley's introductory chapter, "Choice and Consequence," and Edwin O. Reisehauer's conclusion. "What Went Wrong?" define the context of the discussion. Contents: "Foreword," John Whitney Hall. 1. "Introduction: Choice and Consequence," James William Morley. PART ONE: Political and Military. II. "The Bureaucracy as a Political Force, 1920-45," Robert M. Spaulding, Jr. III. "Retrogression in Japan's Foreign Policy Decision-Making Process," Chihiro Hosoya. IV. "The Failure of Military Expansionism," Akira Iriye. V. "The Radical Left and the Failure of Communism," George M. Beekmann. PART TWO: Economic and Social. VI. "Rural Origins of Japanese Fascism," R. P. Dore and Tsutomu Ouchi. VII. "The Economic Muddle of the 192O's," Hugh I. Patrick. VIII. "Big Business and Politics in Prewar Japan," Arthur E. Tiedemann. PAKT THREE: Intellectual. IX. "Intellectuals as Visionaries of the New Asian Order," James B. Crowley. X. "Nakano Seigo and the Spirit of the Meiji Restoration in Twentieth- Century Japan," Tetsuo Najita. XI. "Oyama Ikuo and the Search for Democracy," Peter Duus. PART FOUR: Comparisons and Conclusions. XII. "Japan and Germany in the Interwar Period," Kentaro Hayashi. XIII. "What Went Wrong?" Edwin O. Reischauer. Index. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400872901

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Study Skills for Health and Social Care Students

By: Juliette Oko,James Reid,Jim Reid

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Study Skills for Health and Social Care Students

By: Juliette Oko,James Reid,Jim Reid

A guide to study skills for students on health and social care foundation degree programmes.

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SAGE

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0857258052

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Lawrence of Arabia's Secret Air Force

Based on the Diary of Flight Sergeant George Hynes

By: James Patrick Hynes

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Lawrence of Arabia's Secret Air Force

Based on the Diary of Flight Sergeant George Hynes

By: James Patrick Hynes

X Flight was designated the task of giving close air support to the desert army formed and commanded by Lawrence of Arabia. It flew from advanced desert landing grounds on reconnaissance, liaison, bombing and ground attack missions. The existence and deeds of the flight were kept secret, so much so that even the RFC Paymaster was unaware of their existence.George Hynes was an aircraft mechanic and became responsible for keeping the flights somewhat elderly aircraft airworthy whilst working in the most difficult desert conditions on hastily constructed landing strips and living and working under canvas in temperatures that froze at night and rose to 100 degrees plus at noon.His diary gives a clear insight into the conditions endured, the actions that took place and the many almost insurmountable problems that occurred as they followed Lawrences steady advance against the numerically superior Turkish Army and Air Force. George personally encountered Lawrence on many occasions and maintained contact with him after the war.The diary is supported with the Flights weekly operational records, perspectives of the battle scenarios and other background information.

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Casemate Publishers

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1844683389

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Dispatches from the South China Sea

Navigating to Common Ground

By: James Borton

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Navigating to Common Ground

By: James Borton

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People of the Plow

An Agricultural History of Ethiopia, 1800–1990

By: James C. McCann

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People of the Plow

An Agricultural History of Ethiopia, 1800–1990

By: James C. McCann

For more than two thousand years, Ethiopia’s ox-plow agricultural system was the most efficient and innovative in Africa, but has been afflicted in the recent past by a series of crises: famine, declining productivity, and losses in biodiversity. James C. McCann analyzes the last two hundred years of agricultural history in Ethiopia to determine whether the ox-plow agricultural system has adapted to population growth, new crops, and the challenges of a modern political economy based in urban centers. This agricultural history is set in the context of the larger environmental and landscape history of Ethiopia, showing how farmers have integrated crops, tools, and labor with natural cycles of rainfall and soil fertility, as well as with the social vagaries of changing political systems. McCann traces characteristic features of Ethiopian farming, such as the single-tine scratch plow, which has retained a remarkably consistent design over two millennia, and a crop repertoire that is among the most genetically diverse in the world. People of the Plow provides detailed documentation of Ethiopian agricultural practices since the early nineteenth century by examining travel narratives, early agricultural surveys, photographs and engravings, modern farming systems research, and the testimony of farmers themselves, collected during McCann’s five years of fieldwork. He then traces the ways those practices have evolved in the twentieth century in response to population growth, urban markets, and the presence of new technologies.

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0299176134

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9780299176136

The Jordan Automobile

A History

By: James H. Lackey

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The Jordan Automobile

A History

By: James H. Lackey

The subject of one of the great advertising campaigns of the early 20th century, the "Somewhere West of Laramie" ads, Jordan is a well-remembered marque despite its brief duration. Edward Stanlaw "Ned" Jordan was born November 21, 1882, in Merrill, Wisconsin, and worked as a journalist before finding work in the automobile industry. A pioneer of automobile advertising and sales who got his start with Thomas B. Jeffery and Company in 1907, he founded the Jordan Motor Car Company with fellow Jeffery employees Russell S. Begg as experimental engineer and Paul Zens as purchasing agent in 1916. This book is both a biography of Ned Jordan and a history of his company and its vehicles from its beginning in 1916 to its end on April 1, 1932, when non-payment of franchise taxes forced its dissolution. Jordan's first models were four- and seven-passenger custom-type touring cars, but it would become famous for the Sport Marine, the Playboy, the Little Tomboy, and the Little Custom Jordan. Spectacularly illustrated.

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1476609217

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The Rough Guide to Iceland

By: David Leffman,James Proctor

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The Rough Guide to Iceland

By: David Leffman,James Proctor

Now available in ePub format. Iceland has never been so hot. Let The Rough Guide to Iceland be your companion when planning a trip to this unspoiled country--from the party capital, Reykjavík, with its white nights and northern lights, to the vast glaciers of the uninhabited interior. Come eye to eye with the giants of the sea on a whale watching tour or take a dip in the geothermal hot springs of the Blue Lagoon: Iceland is Europe's most unusual destination. This complete travel guide for Iceland includes full-color pictures to inspire your travels through this vivid country of lava fields and bubbling mud pools, detailed maps to help you find your way, and expert background information on everything from smorgasbords to sagas. The Rough Guide to Iceland also includes detailed listings of the best hotels, restaurants, bars, and shops for all budgets. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Iceland.

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Penguin

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1409325504

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Ikki

Social Conflict and Political Protest in Early Modern Japan

By: James W. White

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Ikki

Social Conflict and Political Protest in Early Modern Japan

By: James W. White

The reign of the Tokugawa shoguns was a time of statebuilding and cultural transformation, but it was also a period of ikki: peasant rebellion. James W. White reconstructs the pattern of social conflict in early modern Japan, both among common people and between the populace and the government. Ikki is the first book to cover popular protest in all regions of Japan and to encompass nearly three centuries of history, from the beginnings of the Tokugawa shogunate in the 1590s to the Meiji restoration. White applies contemporary sociological theory to evidence previously unavailable in English. He draws on the long historical record of peasant uprisings, using narrative interpretation and sophisticated quantitative analysis. By linking the texture of conflict to the political and economic regime the shoguns created, he casts doubt on competing interpretations of a contained, orderly society.

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Cornell University Press

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1501704583

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Self and Motivational Systems

Towards A Theory of Psychoanalytic Technique

By: Joseph D. Lichtenberg,Frank M. Lachmann,James L. Fosshage

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Self and Motivational Systems

Towards A Theory of Psychoanalytic Technique

By: Joseph D. Lichtenberg,Frank M. Lachmann,James L. Fosshage

In this sequel to Lichtenberg's Psychoanalysis and Motivation (TAP, 1989), the authors show how their revised theory of motivation provides the foundation for a new approach to psychoanalytic technique. The approach in Self and Motivational Systemsemphasizes a finely honed sensitivity to moment-to-moment analytic exchanges and an appreciation of which motivational system is dominant during that exchange. Throughout, the authors stress the creative power of psychoanalysis as a joint effort shaped by the intersubjective context of a particular analysand communicating and interacting with a particular analyst. At the heart of the analytic relationship is the analysand's expectation of evoking a vitalizing selfobject experience from the analyst and the analyst's expectation, in turn, of evoking a selfobject experience of efficacy from his or her work with the analysand.

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1317758110

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The Electrocution of Baby Lawrence

A Murder That Shook a New England Town

By: James E. Overmyer

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The Electrocution of Baby Lawrence

A Murder That Shook a New England Town

By: James E. Overmyer

Was it a “mercy killing?" Was it an accident? Was it murder? Read the full account of the death of baby Lawrence Noxon and subsequent arrest, trial, and conviction that divided a 1940s small town. Publishers Weekly calls it "an enlightening and discomfiting account of a horrific crime." With no witnesses and destroyed evidence, questions still surround the mysterious death of baby Lawrence Noxon. This the account of the 1940s murder case, arrest, trial, and conviction of John Noxon as well as a story of changing city and state. It’s not every day that a prominent citizen, a highly successful lawyer, no less, is arrested for murder. The case itself drew in newspaper readers from coast to coast, and Lawrence’s death was often characterized as a “mercy killing,” at a time when euthanasia societies were publicly advocating for the selection out of mental defectives from American society. Noxon consistently maintained the electrocution was accidental, although admittedly due to his own negligence but the prosecution was pushing for the death penalty. Based on scientific, or forensic evidence, they recreated some of the lost evidence and called upon university medical faculty, chemists, and electrical engineers to show the death could not have been an accident. The defense, of course, had its own cadre of witnesses from those disciplines to testify just the opposite. Despite the complicated technicalities of the evidence, the jury deliberated only about five hours before finding Noxon guilty of first-degree murder, which, at the time carried an automatic death penalty.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538181304

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Nisei linguists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service During World War II (Paperbound)

By: James C. McNaughton

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Nisei linguists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service During World War II (Paperbound)

By: James C. McNaughton

This book tells the story of an unusual group of American soldiers in World War II, second-generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) who served as interpreters and translators in the Military Intelligence Service."--Preface.

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Dispatches from the South China Sea

Dispatches from the South China Sea

Islands and Rocks in the South China Sea

Islands and Rocks in the South China Sea

Nikkola of Dur

Nikkola of Dur

The Communist Takeover of Hangzhou

The Communist Takeover of Hangzhou

The Dilemmas of Growth in Prewar Japan

The Dilemmas of Growth in Prewar Japan

Study Skills for Health and Social Care Students

Study Skills for Health and Social Care Students

Lawrence of Arabia's Secret Air Force

Lawrence of Arabia's Secret Air Force

Dispatches from the South China Sea

Dispatches from the South China Sea

People of the Plow

People of the Plow

The Jordan Automobile

The Jordan Automobile

The Rough Guide to Iceland

The Rough Guide to Iceland

Ikki

Ikki

Self and Motivational Systems

Self and Motivational Systems

The Electrocution of Baby Lawrence

The Electrocution of Baby Lawrence

Nisei linguists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service During World War II (Paperbound)

Nisei linguists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service During World War II (Paperbound)

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