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Saving the World

Chen Hongmou and Elite Consciousness in Eighteenth-Century China

By: William T. Rowe

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Saving the World

Chen Hongmou and Elite Consciousness in Eighteenth-Century China

By: William T. Rowe

Through the case of a single well-placed official, Chen Hongmou (1696-1771), this book studies the consciousness and the governing project of the 18th-century Chinese official-elite.

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620

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Stanford University Press

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0804748187

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9780804748186

Sources of Chinese Tradition

By: William Theodore De Bary

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Chronologically presents Chinese civilization, covering antiquity figures such as Confucius, Mencius, and Laozi; the Han dynasty, including readings from the "I Jing"; the development of Buddhism, including Daoism and Mahayana Buddhism; Neo-Confucianism; and thought in late imperial China.

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1052

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Columbia University Press

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0231109385

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9780231109383

The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics

By: William S-Y Wang,Chaofen Sun

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The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics

By: William S-Y Wang,Chaofen Sun

The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics offers a broad and comprehensive coverage of the entire field from a multi-disciplinary perspective. All chapters are contributed by leading scholars in their respective areas. This Handbook contains eight sections: history, languages and dialects, language contact, morphology, syntax, phonetics and phonology, socio-cultural aspects and neuro-psychological aspects. It provides not only a diachronic view of how languages evolve, but also a synchronic view of how languages in contact enrich each other by borrowing new words, calquing loan translation and even developing new syntactic structures. It also accompanies traditional linguistic studies of grammar and phonology with empirical evidence from psychology and neurocognitive sciences. In addition to research on the Chinese language and its major dialect groups, this handbook covers studies on sign languages and non-Chinese languages, such as the Austronesian languages spoken in Taiwan.

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792

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Oxford University Press

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0190266848

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9780190266844

Dependence, Independence, and Death

Toward a Psychobiography of Delmira Agustini

By: William James

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Dependence, Independence, and Death

Toward a Psychobiography of Delmira Agustini

By: William James

Dependence, Independence, and Death: Toward a Psychobiography of Delmira Agustini depicts the life of Uruguayan poet Delmira Agustini (1886-1914) based on her poems and other writings. These works give evidence of two constructs related to a psychological conflict in her life. The first is a dependence/independence dichotomy, thematized as a polarized love relationship between speaker and Other, who can represent two individuals or dual aspects of the poet's self. The second involves the poet's fascination with death, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy when she is murdered by her ex-husband at the age of twenty-seven.

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188

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Peter Lang

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1433102609

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9781433102608

The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis: The classical building

By: William Bell Dinsmoor,William B. Dinsmoor

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The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis: The classical building

By: William Bell Dinsmoor,William B. Dinsmoor

211 illus, 9 b/w pls, 10 tbls & 9 foldout plans & drawings

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ASCSA

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0876619413

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9780876619414

The Land of the Morning. An Account of Japan and its People, Based on a Four Years' Residence in that Country, Including Travels Into the Remotest Parts of the Interior

By: William Gray Dixon

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The Land of the Morning. An Account of Japan and its People, Based on a Four Years' Residence in that Country, Including Travels Into the Remotest Parts of the Interior

By: William Gray Dixon

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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730

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385416833

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9783385416833

Journal of a Voyage Round the World

By: William Deane Seymour

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Journal of a Voyage Round the World

By: William Deane Seymour

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

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182

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3385554047

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9783385554047

Soil Mechanics

Concepts and Applications, Second Edition

By: William Powrie

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Soil Mechanics

Concepts and Applications, Second Edition

By: William Powrie

The aim of this book is to encourage students to develop an understanding of the fundamentals of soil mechanics. It builds a robust and adaptable framework of ideas to support and accommodate the more complex problems and analytical procedures that confront the practising geotechnical engineer. Soil Mechanics: Concepts and Applications covers the soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering topics typically included in university courses in civil engineering and related subjects. Physical rather than mathematical arguments are used in the core sections wherever possible. New features for the second edition include: an accompanying website containing the lecturers solutions manual; a revised chapter on soil strength and soil behaviour separating the basic and more advanced material to aid understanding; a major new section on shallow foundations subject to combined vertical, horizontal and moment loading; revisions to the material on retaining walls, foundations and filter design to account for new research findings and bring it into line with the design philosophy espoused by EC7. More than 50 worked examples including case histories Learning objectives, key points and example questions

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741

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CRC Press

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0203461525

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9780203461525

Inner Asia and the Spatial Politics of Empire

Archaeology, Mobility, and Culture Contact

By: William Honeychurch

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Inner Asia and the Spatial Politics of Empire

Archaeology, Mobility, and Culture Contact

By: William Honeychurch

This monograph uses the latest archaeological results from Mongolia and the surrounding areas of Inner Asia to propose a novel understanding of nomadic statehood, political economy, and the nature of interaction with ancient China. In contrast to the common view of the Eurasian steppe as a dependent periphery of Old World centers, this work views Inner Asia as a locus of enormous influence on neighboring civilizations, primarily through the development and transmission of diverse organizational models, technologies, and socio-political traditions. This work explores the spatial management of political relationships within the pastoral nomadic setting during the first millennium BCE and argues that a culture of mobility, horse-based transport, and long-distance networking promoted a unique variant of statehood. Although states of the eastern steppe were geographically large and hierarchical, these polities also relied on techniques of distributed authority, multiple centers, flexible structures, and ceremonialism to accommodate a largely mobile and dispersed populace. This expertise in “spatial politics” set the stage early on for the expansionistic success of later Asian empires under the Mongols and Manchus. Inner Asia and the Spatial Politics of Empire brings a distinctly anthropological treatment to the prehistory of Mongolia and is the first major work to explore key issues in the archaeology of eastern Eurasia using a comparative framework. The monograph adds significantly to anthropological theory on interaction between states and outlying regions, the emergence of secondary complexity, and the growth of imperial traditions. Based on this approach, the window of Inner Asian prehistory offers a novel opportunity to investigate the varied ways that complex societies grow and the processes articulating adjacent societies in networks of mutual transformation.

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330

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Springer

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149391815X

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9781493918157

History of Miso and Its Near Relatives

Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook

By: William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi

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History of Miso and Its Near Relatives

Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook

By: William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi

The world's most comprehensive, well documented and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographical index. 363 photographs and illustrations - many in color. Free of charge in digital PDF format.

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Soyinfo Center

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194843637X

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9781948436373

What We Owe the Future

By: William MacAskill

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What We Owe the Future

By: William MacAskill

An Instant New York Times Bestseller “This book will change your sense of how grand the sweep of human history could be, where you fit into it, and how much you could do to change it for the better. It's as simple, and as ambitious, as that.” —Ezra Klein An Oxford philosopher makes the case for “longtermism” — that positively influencing the long-term future is a key moral priority of our time. The fate of the world is in our hands. Humanity’s written history spans only five thousand years. Our yet-unwritten future could last for millions more — or it could end tomorrow. Astonishing numbers of people could lead lives of great happiness or unimaginable suffering, or never live at all, depending on what we choose to do today. In What We Owe The Future, philosopher William MacAskill argues for longtermism, that idea that positively influencing the distant future is a key moral priority of our time. From this perspective, it’s not enough to reverse climate change or avert the next pandemic. We must ensure that civilization would rebound if it collapsed; counter the end of moral progress; and prepare for a planet where the smartest beings are digital, not human. If we make wise choices today, our grandchildren’s grandchildren will thrive, knowing we did everything we could to give them a world full of justice, hope and beauty.

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Basic Books

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1541618637

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9781541618633

Book's by William Sima

Saving the World

Saving the World

Sources of Chinese Tradition

Sources of Chinese Tradition

The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics

The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics

Dependence, Independence, and Death

Dependence, Independence, and Death

The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis: The classical building

The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis: The classical building

The Land of the Morning. An Account of Japan and its People, Based on a Four Years' Residence in that Country, Including Travels Into the Remotest Parts of the Interior

The Land of the Morning. An Account of Japan and its People, Based on a Four Years' Residence in that Country, Including Travels Into the Remotest Parts of the Interior

Journal of a Voyage Round the World

Journal of a Voyage Round the World

Soil Mechanics

Soil Mechanics

Inner Asia and the Spatial Politics of Empire

Inner Asia and the Spatial Politics of Empire

History of Miso and Its Near Relatives

History of Miso and Its Near Relatives

What We Owe the Future

What We Owe the Future

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