Hou: 38 books

This book represents the most important academic achievements won by Dr. Renzhi Hou, one of the founding fathers of and pioneering researchers in the modern historical geography of China. His collected papers and speeches, spanning from the 1940s to the 1990s, serve as a window into Hou’s academic...

In today’s technological world, we are all fascinated with blogging on the internet. An increasing number of teens and businesses run blogs on several social media websites. In fact, some of the web's most influential voices now belong to bloggers as young as 13. Blogs created by teenagers...

Hou proposes to end the dichotomous view of the state and the market, and capitalism and communism, by examining the local institutional innovation in three villages in China and presents community capitalism as an alternative to the neoliberal model of development. Community is both the unit of redistribution...

1938. Prison d'Alcatraz. James débute sur son nouveau poste : gardien de prison. Là-bas, il découvre les conditions de détention. La saleté, la violence, la folie. Sur cette île aride, il ne se passe rien de bon. Jusqu'à sa rencontre avec Jarvis....

As society advances at breakneck speed amid widespread digital disruption and information avalanche—including the ever-increasing bombardment of contradictory advice and news on health—how do you stay healthy to live well? Stayin’ Alive aims to empower readers to think and live healthily by...

The Book of Five Rings is the most recommended martial arts book of all time. But what if you don't train the sword? What if you train a non Japanese martial art? How do you apply Musashi's wisdom for long ago to modern arts? Using his 35 years of martial experience,Sifu Hou San gives the reader a...

很久很久以前，在樹林中分成兩派，一派喜歡在陰暗的地方，白皮膚是他們引以為傲的特點，特別看不起那些在陽光底下，曬得黑黑的樹。有一天，有一棵紅頭髮的小白樹意外的曬到太陽，他覺得很舒服，一不注意就曬黑了。他原本的朋友都厭棄他，沒想到最後......

It is well known that the Soviet Union strongly influenced China in the early 1950s, since China committed itself both to the Sino-Soviet alliance and to the Soviet model of building socialism. What is less well known is that Chinese proved receptive not only to the Soviet economic model but also...

Written in a unique style, this book is a valuable resource for faculty, graduate students, and researchers in the communications and networking area whose work interfaces with optimization. It teaches you how various optimization methods can be applied to solve complex problems in wireless networks....

This book is the first comprehensive, full-scale treatment of the law, politics and economics with regard to the policies and policy instruments for budget stabilization at the state level. Covering the period from 1946 through 2008 in the United States, it provides details on the methods and results...

This book discusses the relationship between construction quality and the state of the Singapore national economy, and describes how construction quality is affected as contracting firms strategically manage issues relating to profitability and survivability during economic boom and bust cycles.    Adopting...

This corpus-based study investigates the use of nominalization in English translations of Chinese literary prose through the analysis of three English versions of the Chinese novel Hong Lou Meng (Dream of the Red Chamber). Previous studies have explored the relevance of the cultural and linguistic...

A modern reference guide on the benefits of incorporating traditional Chinese medicine into modern-day therapies! The Healing Power of Chinese Herbs and Medicinal Recipes is an easy-to-follow introduction to the history of traditional Chinese phytomedicine. This useful guide clearly explains...

A frank and engaging exploration of the burgeoning academic field of environmental history Inspired by the pioneering work of preeminent environmental historian Donald Worster, the contributors to A Field on Fire: The Future of Environmental History reflect on the past and future of this discipline....