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North Korea's Women-led Grassroots Capitalism

North Korea's Women-led Grassroots Capitalism

North Korea is in the throes of economic and social if not political transition. These changes have a pronounced gender dimension: the crisis of the command economy and the gradual emergence of an informal market economy where remarkably the vast majority of North Korea’s traders and merchants are women. This book examines the complex relationship between gender roles and economic and social changes in North Korea. The book based on extensive original research provides rich details of this development considers how women’s roles in North Korea have developed over time and highlights how women are driving change in other areas of North Korean life too including family relationships women’s sexuality and reproductive issues and women’s cultural identity. | North Korea's Women-led Grassroots Capitalism

GBP 130.00
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Indigenous Practice and Community-Led Climate Change Solutions The Relevance of Traditional Cosmic Knowledge Systems

Indigenous Practice and Community-Led Climate Change Solutions The Relevance of Traditional Cosmic Knowledge Systems

This book centers Indigenous knowledge and practice in community-led climate change solutions. This book will be one of the first academic books to use the consciousness framework to examine and explain humans' situatedness and role in maintaining ecosystems' health. Drawing on teachings from the Indigenous Adi-Shaiva community the authors present up-to-date research on meanings and implications of South Asian traditional cosmic knowledge which focuses on relationality and spirituality connected to climate change. This knowledge can create innovative climate change solutions in areas including land water traditional management sustainability goals and expectations and state development projects. Overall this book provides an innovative framework for nonviolent climate solutions which has its foundations in a traditional cosmic and consciousness-based context. This book which aims to bridge the gap between Indigenous and Western perspectives by re-educating researchers and decolonizing popular climate change solutions will be of great interest to students and scholars studying climate change conservation environmental anthropology and Indigenous studies on a broader scale. | Indigenous Practice and Community-Led Climate Change Solutions The Relevance of Traditional Cosmic Knowledge Systems

GBP 130.00
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Analytical Affinity Chromatography

Analytical Affinity Chromatography

This volume presents discussions of theoretical and experimental considerations that have led to the analytical affinity chromatography field as well as current efforts to use this methodology to characterize the interaction mechanisms of biological macromolecules and to establish conditions for employing bioaffinity chromatographic systems as preparative tools. The chapters include a comprehensive discussion of interactive chromatography theory (DeLisi and Hethcote) a review of experimental data obtained for biological macromolecules and the relevant theoretical considerations of affinity chromatography which led to them (Swaisgood and Chaiken) an evaluation of rate processes in affinity chromatography and the potential to determine biologically meaningful chemical rate constants (Walters) and the use of quantitative and molecular considerations to design affinity chromatographic systems (Stellwagen and Liu).

GBP 120.00
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The Chinese Defense Establishment Continuity And Change In The 1980s

The Chinese Defense Establishment Continuity And Change In The 1980s

Complex issues of national security and defense modernization continue to be a major preoccupation of the PRC leadership. In the 1970s especially during the second half of that crucial decade critical decisions were made that led to Beijing's alignment with the West against the USSR and a revitalization of its armed forces. This book looks at Chi | The Chinese Defense Establishment Continuity And Change In The 1980s

GBP 125.00
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Microbial Fermentation and Enzyme Technology

Microbial Fermentation and Enzyme Technology

The discovery of enzymes as biocatalysts has led to various biotechnological developments. The capability of enzymes to catalyse various chemical reactions both in vivo and in vitro has led them to applications in various industries such as food feed pharmaceutical diagnostics detergent textile paper leather and fine chemical industries. Microbial Fermentation and Enzyme Technology mainly focuses on production and application of enzymes in various industries. Further it also discusses recent developments in enzyme engineering particularly those involved in creating and improving product formations through enzyme and fermentation technology. Salient features: Includes current research and developments in the area of microbial aspects in different fields like food chemicals pharmaceutical bioprocess etc. Discusses various enzymes that are used in refinement of environmental pollutions and its application in different industrial sectors Focuses on production and application of enzymes in various industries Highlights recent developments in enzyme engineering with respect to its application in textile pharmaceutical nanobiotechnology bioremediation and many other related fields.

GBP 115.00
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Guerrillas and Combative Mothers Women and the Armed Struggle in South Africa

Guerrillas and Combative Mothers Women and the Armed Struggle in South Africa

Guerrillas and Combative Mothers is a narrative of women participating in the armed struggle against apartheid from 1961 to 1994 and their lives in a democratic South Africa. Focusing on their agency commitment beliefs and actions it describes how women got politicised and the decisions and circumstances that led them to join the armed struggle in South Africa and exile. Siphokazi Magadla discusses the forms of military training they received the combat activities and their transformation as women and soldiers. Magadla also talks about their participation in the South African National Defence Force-led demobilisation process and their contributions to the democratic transformation of the SANDF. By illuminating the different eras and arenas of their participation this book shows the broadness of the armed struggle against apartheid as a historical truth and as a matter of gender equality and justice for an inclusive and more democratic future. | Guerrillas and Combative Mothers Women and the Armed Struggle in South Africa

GBP 130.00
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Commonwealth and Independence in Post-Soviet Eurasia

Commonwealth and Independence in Post-Soviet Eurasia

Commonwealth and Independence in Post-Soviet Eurasia (1998) examines the various attempts to create new forms of integration by the new states of Eurasia. The contributors to this volume analyse in detail how the national elites in the independent states conceived their regional policies. It looks in particular at the Russian-led Commonwealth of Independent States feared by many of the newly-independent nations as being the Soviet Union Mark II.

GBP 90.00
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From the Subprime Crisis to the Great Recession A Financial History of the United States 2006–2009

From the Subprime Crisis to the Great Recession A Financial History of the United States 2006–2009

Originally published in 2010 this book covers the development of the mortgage market the residential housing boom and bust that led to the subprime crisis and the effect of this crisis on financial institutions as well as the stock market panic of 2008. It details the massive government interventions that sought to prevent another Great Depression. | From the Subprime Crisis to the Great Recession A Financial History of the United States 2006–2009

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Russia and Japan in the Sea of Okhotsk A Global History of Maritime Travel and Cultural Encounters 1600-1900

Russia and Japan in the Sea of Okhotsk A Global History of Maritime Travel and Cultural Encounters 1600-1900

Bailey describes how the Sea of Okhotsk area became integrated into a world system of economic and cultural ties between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. This happened primarily because of maritime explorations travel and trade which led to increased connections with both Russia and Japan. Individual chapters of the book provide analyses of historical sources which describe cross-cultural encounters and changes in the Sea of Okhotsk area. This includes analyses of explorers and travelers who traversed the region for commerce exploration diplomacy and possible colonization. Historical sources are explored from the different perspectives of Russians Japanese Indigenous peoples and international observers from Western countries. Cross-cultural encounters in the region among these groups led to collaboration syncretism and resistance sometimes violent and sometimes peaceful. The last chapter discusses how some international travelers and foreign residents of Hokkaidō described the area at the end of the nineteenth century. Their perspectives confirm that Hokkaidō had become a fully colonized space. An essential resource for students and scholars of cross-cultural studies Russian history Japanese history and Ainu and Indigenous history. | Russia and Japan in the Sea of Okhotsk A Global History of Maritime Travel and Cultural Encounters 1600-1900

GBP 130.00
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The Asia Pacific War Impact Legacy and Reconciliation

The Asia Pacific War Impact Legacy and Reconciliation

This book examines key aspects of the Asia Pacific War (1931–1945) that was initially waged between Japan and China before Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor drew in the U. S. led allied forces from 1941 to 1945. Part I of the book examines three interlocking components the origins of the war; its impact on combatants and civilians; and its short-term legacy including the huge changes that took place in the postwar governance of Japan. Part II explores the ongoing impact and legacy of the war for those in postwar Japan and later generations particularly through the examination of the ambiguity of state-led reconciliation with Japan’s neighbors the growth of dynamic civil reconciliation efforts and the prominent role of the arts in peace movements. Through a people-centered approach it filters historical events through the lens of the war’s impact on individuals who found themselves players within a larger frame of the social history of Japan and caught up in the international power dynamics of the nuclear age. Featuring studies of contemporary peace activism this will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of Modern Asian and U. S. History as well as those interested in postwar memory and reconciliation. | The Asia Pacific War Impact Legacy and Reconciliation

GBP 130.00
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Governmentality Power and Counter Conduct in Northeast India’s Manipur and Nagaland

Governmentality Power and Counter Conduct in Northeast India’s Manipur and Nagaland

This volume examines how protest movement counter-conducts the ways in which the citizens have been governed. It studies the rationale forms technologies techniques practices and impact of two protest movements in Northeast India: the tribal movement led by the Joint Action Committee Against Anti-Tribal Bills (hereafter JACAATB) in Manipur and the anti-corruption movement led by the Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) in Nagaland. The study is an ethnographic enquiry into three counter-conduct approaches: First the attempt at disciplining the local state government through the adoption and deployment of certain technologies of citizenship making individuals politically active and capable of self-governance Second the desire for truth through the usage of Right to Information Act and the judicial inquiry against the misconducts of the state governments Third counter-conduct activities through techniques of critique and self-examination to not only resist or evade the state but also usher in new subjectivities and forms of governance An in-depth look at citizenship and state in contemporary Northeast India this volume will be of interest to scholars and students of political science governance public policy Northeast Studies and South Asia studies. | Governmentality Power and Counter Conduct in Northeast India’s Manipur and Nagaland

GBP 130.00
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Tracing Indo-Russian Diplomatic History

Tracing Indo-Russian Diplomatic History

The India-Russia relationship has been through a number of phases since its formal establishment in April 1947. Prime Minister Nehru’s strategic vision led him to seek diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union (USSR) even before India attained Independence. The enthusiastic Soviet response launched a relationship which has had some unique features in the past seventy-two years. The detailed history of the India-Russia relationship presented in this volume highlights the continued relevance of many of the factors that led to a close India-Russia bonding even while identifying the slip roads into which the partnership has occasionally drifted. Politics evolves continuously but geography remains constant. The India-Russia relationship has a mutually-recognized geopolitical logic. They have common concerns in the shared neighbourhood of West and Central Asia. Like India Russia has had a complex relationship with China. In the quest for a multi-polar world in which every pole seeks to protect its core interests and promote its aspirations Russia and India as this comprehensive volume notes will remain staunch partners in the foreseeable future. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka | Tracing Indo-Russian Diplomatic History

GBP 130.00
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The Media as a Tool of International Intervention House of Cards

The Media as a Tool of International Intervention House of Cards

This book explores the role of external powers and international organisations in media assistance in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Through analysis of key documents media reports and interviews with key participants it examines the main actors their roles and the way in which they influenced the media and society. Bosnia and Herzegovina remains one of the biggest experiments in international intervention in modern history. Media assistance as well as international intervention was an enormous project which involved many donors and recipient organisations and large amounts of money but it is just one of many countries where democratisation and state-building took place with little to no input from the local community. Since the mid-1980s media assistance has been an integral part of international intervention used as a tool of democratisation in post-conflict countries and societies. The process is often led and created outside these countries and implemented by various international organisations led by technocrats and dictated by the will of donors. The author uses the case study of Bosnia and Herzegovina to assess this in a broader context. This volume will be of interest to scholars and students of Southeast Europe international organisations peace-building and rebuilding society in post-war countries as well as journalists and policy-makers. | The Media as a Tool of International Intervention House of Cards

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Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

Most famous in Europe for his efforts to establish the League of Nations under US leadership at the end of the First World War Woodrow Wilson stands as one of America’s most influential and visionary presidents. A Democrat who pursued progressive domestic policies during his first term in office he despised European colonialism and believed that the recipe for world peace was the self-determination of all peoples particularly those under the yoke of the vast Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires. His efforts to resist heavy reparations on Germany fell on deaf ears while the refusal of France Russia and Britain to accept a League of Nations led by America together with the US Senate’s refusal to ratify the League led to its ultimate failure. Woodrow Wilson has traditionally been seen by both admirers and critics as an idealist and a heroic martyr to the cause of internationalism. But John Thompson takes a different view arguing that Wilson was a pragmatist whose foreign policy was flexible and responsive to pressures and events. His conclusion that Wilson was in fact an exceptionally skilful politician who succeeded in maintaining national unity whilst leading America onto the world stage for the first time in its history offers a challenging interpretation for anyone interested in the man and his era.

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Orientalism

Orientalism

At a crucial moment in the history of relations of East and West Orient and Occident Christianity and Islam Orientalism provides a timely account of the subject and the debate. In the 1960s and 1970s a powerful assault was launched on 'orientalism' led by Edward Said. The debate ranged far beyond the traditional limits of 'dry-as-dust' orientalism involving questions concerning the nature of identity the nature of imperialism Islamophobia myth Arabism racialism intercultural relations and feminism. Charting the history of the vigorous debate about the nature of orientalism this timely account revisits the arguments and surveys the case studies inspired by that debate.

GBP 130.00
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Pakistan Fifty Years Of Nationhood Third Edition

Pakistan Fifty Years Of Nationhood Third Edition

Although it achieved independence in 1947 Pakistan still has not succeeded in integrating its diverse peoples into a nation?as its short yet turbulent history vividly demonstrates. The nation's search for stability is traced in this revised and updated introduction to Pakistan's political economic and social development. New chapters detail political developments since 1991 including the elections of 1993 and 1996. Economic changes including the financial crisis that led to the fall of Benazir Bhutto's government in 1996 are given particular attention. Also included is an extensive analysis of the nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan an issue of global concern. | Pakistan Fifty Years Of Nationhood Third Edition

GBP 130.00
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Advanced Computational Approaches for Water Treatment Applications in Food and Chemical Engineering

Advanced Computational Approaches for Water Treatment Applications in Food and Chemical Engineering

A rapid growth in global industrialization and population has triggered intense environmental pollution that has led to a water crisis resulting in the decay in the quality of human life and economic losses. Novel water purification techniques are expected to alleviate this challenge. Recently various water purification techniques along with different computational techniques have been developed. For instance water purification techniques such as electromagnetic water purification solute-surface interactions in water use of micro-magnetofluidic devices UV-led water purification and use of membranes can be thoroughly investigated by using a range of computation techniques such as molecular dynamics the lattice Boltzmann method and the Navier-Stokes method-based solver. Advanced Computational Approaches for Water Treatment: Applications in Food and Chemical Engineering presents these different numerical techniques and traditional modeling and simulation approaches to elaborate on and explain the various water purification techniques. Features: Serves as a dedicated reference for this emerging topic Discusses state of the art developments in advanced computational techniques for water purification Brings together diverse experience in this field in one reference text Provides a roadmap for future developments in the area This book is primarily intended for chemical engineers hydrologists water resource managers civil engineers environmental engineers food scientists and food engineers interested in understanding the numerical approaches for different water purification techniques such as membrane sedimentation filtration micromagnetofluidic device and ozone/UV among others. | Advanced Computational Approaches for Water Treatment Applications in Food and Chemical Engineering

GBP 170.00
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Deep Neural Network Applications

Deep Neural Network Applications

The world is on the verge of fully ushering in the fourth industrial revolution of which artificial intelligence (AI) is the most important new general-purpose technology. Like the steam engine that led to the widespread commercial use of driving machineries in the industries during the first industrial revolution; the internal combustion engine that gave rise to cars trucks and airplanes; electricity that caused the second industrial revolution through the discovery of direct and alternating current; and the Internet which led to the emergence of the information age AI is a transformational technology. It will cause a paradigm shift in the way’s problems are solved in every aspect of our lives and from it innovative technologies will emerge. AI is the theory and development of machines that can imitate human intelligence in tasks such as visual perception speech recognition decision-making and human language translation. This book provides a complete overview on the deep learning applications and deep neural network architectures. It also gives an overview on most advanced future-looking fundamental research in deep learning application in artificial intelligence. Research overview includes reasoning approaches problem solving knowledge representation planning learning natural language processing perception motion and manipulation social intelligence and creativity. It will allow the reader to gain a deep and broad knowledge of the latest engineering technologies of AI and Deep Learning and is an excellent resource for academic research and industry applications. | Deep Neural Network Applications

GBP 145.00
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Liquid Architecture Experimental Practices of Design in a State of Flux

Liquid Architecture Experimental Practices of Design in a State of Flux

Liquid Architecture challenges the idea of architecture as a fixed inert container and reconceptualises it as a body whose boundaries are rather blurred and ever-changing. This book moves away from form as the primary driver of spatial protocols and explores what the built environment might look like when viewed through the lenses of a ‘wet ontology’ that is attentive to fluidity flows and territorial dynamism. A reconfiguration of architectural materials and authorship is thus considered leading in turn to an exploration of the ethical dimensions of co-designing with natural systems (of various viscosities) through liquid paradigms. The book examines a set of principles for practice-led discoveries that incorporate hybrid mixed media with the author’s intersubjective relationship with liquid matter. Drawing from qualitative-based analytical investigation models the text allows comprehension of the liquid phenomena via material contextualisation of an ever-becoming research setting. Through a practical and theoretical engagement with the ontology of liquids the reader is exposed to a range of design-led experiments and creative propositions visualisation systems construction and testing of physical models that collectively translate into a series of novel insights for architectural agendas. This book will be of interest to architecture and design research students and academics because it advocates the need for a more symbiotic and resilient approach to natural systems which could benefit from the integration of regenerating material flows into our buildings and urban settlements. | Liquid Architecture Experimental Practices of Design in a State of Flux

GBP 130.00
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Crime as Destiny A Study of Criminal Twins

Crime as Destiny A Study of Criminal Twins

First published in 1931 Crime as Destiny throws a beam of light across the darkness which enshrouds the study of the deeper causes of crime and the eternal debate between nature versus nurture. The author’s investigations led him to conclusions of the first importance to the sociologist and the psychologist. But the subject is wilder than it seems and by its direct bearing on the question of determinism will arouse the interest of the theologian and the student of philosophy as well. For the student of history this research work will help trace the beginning of the logic of eugenics that will eventually take its nightmarish form under Hitler. | Crime as Destiny A Study of Criminal Twins

GBP 99.99
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Rabindranath Tagore's Ideational Universe

Rabindranath Tagore's Ideational Universe

This book explores Tagore’s socio-political ideas through his novels short stories and essays. It looks at Tagore beyond his literary achievements and examines his notions of friendship religion nationalism civilization and knowledge. It highlights his uniquely textured and innovatively argued views on critical aspects of humanity in the tumultuous phase of Indian nationalist campaign that also witnessed a kaleidoscope of myriad ideological voices besides the hegemonic mainstream nationalist campaign led by Gandhi. It captures the bard’s creative ideational priorities and his attempts to radically transform the prevalent socio-economic and politico-cultural environment. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of history politics literature and South Asian studies. | Rabindranath Tagore's Ideational Universe

GBP 130.00
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