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Book cover of Hong Kong Cantopop
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Cantopop was once the leading pop genre of pan-Chinese popular music around the world. In this pioneering study of Cantopop in English, Yiu-Wai Chu shows how the rise of Cantopop is related to the emergence of a Hong Kong identity and consciousness. Chu charts the fortune of this important genre of...
Book cover of Exploring Contemporary Migration
by Paul Boyle, Keith H. (University Of Wales, Swansea) Halfacree
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014

Exploring Contemporary Migration provides the first comprehensive introduction to the various aspects of population migration in both the developed and the developing worlds. Some of the most important quantitative and qualitative methods used for the description and analysis of migration are presented...
Book cover of The Cambridge medieval history, planned by J.B. Bury; edited by H.M. Gwatkin [and] J.P. Whitney
by Robarts, University of Toronto
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017

The Cambridge Medieval History is a history of medieval Europe in eight volumes published between 1911 and 1936. Publication was delayed by the First World War and changes in the editorial team. The work was planned by John Bagnell Bury, Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University,...
Book cover of Taxation Without Representation
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This book tells an instructive tale of Hong Kong’s tax system from 1940 (when taxes on income were first introduced in the territory) until the present day. For Hong Kong’s own historians and political scientists, it supplies cogent but previously neglected evidence of the influence of the territory’s...
Book cover of China’s Macroeconomic Outlook

China’s Macroeconomic Outlook

Quarterly Forecast and Analysis Report, February 2016

by Center for Macroeconomic Research of Xiamen University
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016

This book is a quarterly forecast and analysis report on the Chinese economy. It is published twice a year and presents ongoing results from the “China Quarterly Macroeconomic Model (CQMM),” a research project at the Center for Macroeconomic Research (CMR) at Xiamen University. Based on the CQMM...
Book cover of Minority Education in China
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This edited volume brings together essays by leading experts exploring different aspects of ethnic minority education in China: among these are the challenges associated with bilingual and trilingual education in Xinjiang and Tibet; Han Chinese reactions to preferential minority education; the role...
Book cover of Whither Taiwan and Mainland China
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This is one of the few books that argues for a feasible compromise solution to the political conflict across the Taiwan Strait that still troubles greater China. The author elaborates on the factors both enabling and constraining the formation of a hybrid of federation and confederation. In a unique...
Book cover of Managing Professional Development in Education
by Glover, Derek (Research Associate, Department of Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2005

This work evaluates and attempts to produce a model for effective professional development. It contrasts the work in Britain with that in other countries, with case studies and exercises to illustrate points, highlighting good practice.
Book cover of A Practical Guide to Academic Research
by Birley, Graham (Head, Education Research Unit
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014

Covering all aspects of research methodology, this research tool also deals with planning issues and self-management techniques needed by the researcher. It contains information on data analysis and advice for staff members needing support from their institutions to pursue research.
Book cover of The Age of Openness
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The era between empire and communism is routinely portrayed as a catastrophic interlude in China’s modern history, but this engagingly written book shows instead that the first half of the twentieth century witnessed a qualitatively unprecedented trend towards openness. Frank Dikötter argues that...
Book cover of Queer Bangkok
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The Thai capital Bangkok is the unrivalled centre of the country’s gay, lesbian, and transgender communities. These communities are among the largest in Southeast Asia, and indeed in the world, and have a diversity, social presence, and historical depth that set them apart from the queer cultures...
Book cover of The Perfect Dictatorship
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The Chinese system is like no other known to man, now or in history. This book explains how the system works and where it may be moving. Drawing on Chinese and international sources, on extensive collaboration with Chinese scholars, and on the political science of state analysis, the author concludes...
Book cover of Functional Constituencies
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES: A Unique Feature of the Hong Kong Legislative Council provides detailed information on: the relevant law of functional constituencies, their place in the Basic Law and with respect to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, their history, a full list of...
Book cover of Bio-Based Polymers and Composites
by Richard Wool, Ph.D. Materials Science & Eng. University of Utah 1974, Xiuzhi Susan Sun
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011

Bio-Based Polymers and Composites is the first book systematically describing the green engineering, chemistry and manufacture of biobased polymers and composites derived from plants. This book gives a thorough introduction to bio-based material resources, availability, sustainability, biobased...
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