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Book cover of Robert Morrison and the Protestant Plan for China
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Sent alone to China by the London Missionary Society in 1807, Robert Morrison (17821834) was one of the earliest Protestant missionaries in East Asia. During some 27 years in China, Macau and Malacca, he worked as a translator for the East India Company and founded an academy for converts and missionaries;...
Book cover of China’s Macroeconomic Outlook

China’s Macroeconomic Outlook

Quarterly Forecast and Analysis Report, September 2016

by CMR of Xiamen University
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017

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 Josiah Royce for the Twenty-first Century

Josiah Royce for the Twenty-first Century

Historical, Ethical, and Religious Interpretations

by Zbigniew Ambrozewicz, Marc M. Anderson, Thomas O. Buford
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012

The sixteen chapters of Josiah Royce for the Twenty-first Century are papers from the Fourth Annual Conference on American and European Values / International Conference on Josiah Royce, held at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Opole, Poland in June 2008. The presentation of diverse perspectives,...
Book cover of Alternative Approaches in Music Education

Alternative Approaches in Music Education

Case Studies from the Field

by Frank Abrahams, Joseph Abramo, Carlos Abril
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010

Explore the creative ways music educators across the country are approaching emerging practices in music teaching and learning. Outlined in twenty-five unique case studies, each program offers a new perspective on music teaching and learning, often falling outside the standard music education curriculum....
Book cover of Postphenomenological Investigations

Postphenomenological Investigations

Essays on Human–Technology Relations

by Don Ihde, Stony Brook University, Lenore Langsdorf
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015

Postphenomenological Investigations: Essays on Human–Technology Relations provides an introduction to the school of thought called postphenomenology and showcases projects at the cutting edge of this perspective. Postphenomenology presents a unique blend of insights from the philosophical traditions...
Book cover of Horror to the Extreme
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This book compares production and consumption of Asian horror cinemas in different national contexts and their multidirectional dialogues with Hollywood and neighboring Asian cultures. Individual essays highlight common themes including technology, digital media, adolescent audience sensibilities,...
Book cover of Cultural Studies and Cultural Industries in Northeast Asia
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

What difference does a region make? Are the new regional cultures of Northeast Asia the product of individuals fighting to overcome national trade barriers, or are they driven by governments promoting national interests in new ways? Are they the result of economic pursuits alone, or do cultural and...
Book cover of Japanese Cinema Goes Global
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Japan’s film industry has gone through dramatic changes in recent decades, as international consumer forces and transnational talent have brought unprecedented engagement with global trends. With careful research and also unique first-person observations drawn from years of working within the international...
Book cover of Landscapes Lost and Found
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Hong Kong’s approach to heritage conservation has focused mainly on saving an old building here and there with little or no regard to its surroundings. Recent public debates challenging proposals to demolish the former Central Government Offices have highlighted this problem and, for the first time,...
Book cover of A Dictionary of Hong Kong English
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This book is the first dictionary of Hong Kong English and one of the few non-native variety dictionaries of English. It includes only words and word senses that are particular to this variety or have a specific reference to Hong Kong, and thus contributes to legitimizing Hong Kong English as a variety...
Book cover of Art Worlds
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The growth of Shanghai in the late nineteenth century gave rise to an exciting new art world in which a flourishing market in popular art became a highly visible part of the treaty port’s commercialized culture. Art Worlds examines the relationship between the city’s visual artists and their urban...
Book cover of Johnnie To Kei-Fung's PTU
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

PTU is an underappreciated noir masterpiece by one of Hong Kong’s most prolific and commercially successful directors. Johnnie To Kei-fung has been called “the poet of post-1997 and the economic savior of the Hong Kong film industry” for an extraordinary range of films produced during some of...
Book cover of Queer Singapore
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Singapore remains one of the few countries in Asia that has yet to decriminalize homosexuality. Yet it has also been hailed by many as one of the emerging gay capitals of Asia. This book accounts for the rise of mediated queer cultures in Singapore’s current milieu of illiberal citizenship. This...
Book cover of Christian Encounters with Chinese Culture
by Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Written by a team of internationally recognized scholars, Christian Encounters with Chinese Culture focuses on a church tradition that has never been very large in China but that has had considerable social and religious influence. Themes of the book include questions of church, society and education,...
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