Download or read book On the Margins of Tibet written by Ashild Kolas and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The state of Tibetan culture within contemporary China is a highly politicized topic on which reliable information is rare. Based on fieldwork and interviews conducted between 1998 and 2000 in China's Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures, this book investigates the present conditions of Tibetan cultural life and cultural expression.
Download or read book China s Provinces and Populations written by Eric Croddy and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-23 with total page 821 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual provides an overview of China's administrative geography, history, and populations of all 31 provinces, as well as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It focuses primarily on how the provinces came to be, how they were named, as well as their people and populations throughout history. In addition to extensive use of bilingual names (Chinese-English) for specificity, this resource is unique in the datasets contained therein: (1) Up-to-date residential populations of mainland China using the latest decennial (2020) census, and (2) political-administrative registered household (hukou) data based on official numbers provided by People’s Republic of China (PRC) Ministry of Public Security showing trends from 2012-2020. Each internally consistent, but differing in their methodologies, whereby the Census (decennial) data provide a snapshot of how many people live in a given location, and the permanent (hukou) registered household data track each individual based on their hometown, household, urban/rural status, and nationality. This book addresses this chasm which, among other issues, points to the phenomenon of China’s "floating populations", where millions of Chinese spend much if not all of their time living, working, and studying outside their home provinces. By showing how the Chinese have been populated and their organization throughout history, this manual is the go to place for professionals, practitioners and academics working and interested in China’s provinces and populations.
Download or read book The Paper Road written by Erik Mueggler and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-11-02 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exhilarating book interweaves the stories of two early twentieth-century botanists to explore the collaborative relationships each formed with Yunnan villagers in gathering botanical specimens from the borderlands between China, Tibet, and Burma. Erik Mueggler introduces Scottish botanist George Forrest, who employed Naxi adventurers in his fieldwork from 1906 until his death in 1932. We also meet American Joseph Francis Charles Rock, who, in 1924, undertook a dangerous expedition to Gansu and Tibet with the sons and nephews of Forrest’s workers. Mueggler describes how the Naxi workers and their Western employers rendered the earth into specimens, notes, maps, diaries, letters, books, photographs, and ritual manuscripts. Drawing on an ancient metaphor of the earth as a book, Mueggler provides a sustained meditation on what can be copied, translated, and revised and what can be folded back into the earth.
Download or read book Mermaid Construction written by Tasaku Tsunoda and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 719 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides detailed studies of the crosslinguistically unusual mermaid construction in seventeen languages of Asia, including Modern Standard Japanese, and one language of Africa. This construction appears to be absent in languages of Europe, Oceania and the Americas. The name - mermaid construction - alludes to its paradoxical make-up, where the structure closely resembling a verb-predicate clause ends with what may look like a noun-predicate clause. Superficially it looks biclausal; however, syntactically it is monoclausal. It has a compound predicate which contains an independent noun, a clitic or an affix derived from a noun, or a nominalizer. Its compound predicate has a modal, evidential, aspectual, temporal, stylistic or discourse-related meaning. The paradox is resolved from a diachronic perspective insofar as a biclausal structure is reanalyzed as a monoclausal one. This volume shows how a noun may be reanalyzed to become a constituent of a predicate. It constitutes an important contribution to research on grammaticalization and in particular, the grammaticalization of nouns and more generally, to the typology of syntactic reanalysis.
Download or read book Readings of the Platform Sutra written by Morten Schltter and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Essays that introduce the history and ideas of the sūtra to a general audience and interpret its practices." (book jacket)
Download or read book China Marches West written by Peter C. Perdue and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perdue illuminates how China came to rule Central Eurasia and how it justifies that control, what holds the Chinese nation together, and how its relations with the Islamic world and Mongolia developed. He offers valuable comparisons to other colonial empires and discusses the legacy left by China's frontier expansion.
Download or read book Physiological biochemical and molecular approaches in response to abiotic stresses in plants written by Giselle Camargo Mendes and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-05-24 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book China s Economic Development written by Chu-yuan Cheng and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How has the government of the PRC transformed traditional economic institutions into a socialist, central-planning system? What has been the impact of this transformation on China's economic growth? What is the essence of the Chinese development model and how successfully has it functioned during the past three decades? What are the prospects for t
Download or read book Spoiling Tibet written by Gabriel Lafitte and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mineral-rich mountains of Tibet so far have been largely untouched by China’s growing economy. Nor has Beijing been able to settle Tibet with politically reliable peasant Chinese. That is all about to change as China’s 12th Five-Year Plan, from 2011 to 2015, calls for massive investment in copper, gold, silver, chromium and lithium mining in the region, with devastating environmental and social outcomes. Despite great interest in Tibet worldwide, Spoiling Tibet is the first book that investigates mining at the roof of the world. A unique, authoritative guide through the torrent of online posts, official propaganda and exile speculation.
Download or read book Clay Minerals and Synthetic Analogous as Emulsifiers of Pickering Emulsions written by Fernando Wypych and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2022-08-13 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clay Minerals and Synthetic Analogous as Emulsifiers of Pickering Emulsions begins with basic concepts of Pickering emulsions, describes the thermodynamic, kinetic and gravitational stability, the methods of preparation, and the most common characterization techniques. Next, the book presents detailed structure, properties, and physical-chemical modifications of natural and synthetic layered minerals to optimize its properties. Figures and schemes are prepared for experts in the area as well as the undergraduate and graduate students from many different research areas where clay minerals, synthetic layered materials and Pickering emulsion have potential applications. Clay Minerals and Synthetic Analogous as Emulsifiers of Pickering Emulsions fills a gap in the literature, stimulates the aggregation of value of clay minerals, and shows the readers the methods of preparation, characterization, and applications of Pickering emulsions stabilized with layered materials, giving special attention to clay minerals. - Fills a gap in the literature with multidisciplinary coverage of Pickering Emulsions - Presents methods of preparation, characterization, and applications of Pickering emulsions for clay minerals - Includes contributions from top experts in the relevant fields
Download or read book Macular Degeneration written by Philip L. Penfold and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-11-19 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Macular Degeneration: Science and Medicine in Practice provides a unique overview of current thinking in the pathogenesis, incidence and treatment of AMD. It includes, for the first time, a synthesis of the views of the world's leading scientists and practitioners regarding retinal biology, basic mechanisms, clinical and pathogenetic processes, and rational approaches to intervention.
Download or read book Ancient Starch Remains and Prehistoric Human Subsistence written by Ying Guan and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-04-06 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Past Human Migrations in East Asia written by Alicia Sanchez-Mazas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-07-25 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of the prehistory of East Asia is developing very rapidly. In uncovering the story of the flows of human migration that constituted the peopling of East Asia there exists widespread debate about the nature of evidence and the tools for correlating results from different disciplines. Drawing upon the latest evidence in genetics, linguistics and archaeology, this exciting new book examines the history of the peopling of East Asia, and investigates the ways in which we can detect migration, and its different markers in these fields of inquiry. Results from different academic disciplines are compared and reinterpreted in the light of evidence from others to attempt to try and generate consensus on methodology. Taking a broad geographical focus, the book also draws attention to the roles of minority peoples – hitherto underplayed in accounts of the region’s prehistory – such as the Austronesian, Tai-Kadai and Altaic speakers, whose contribution to the regional culture is now becoming accepted. Past Human Migrations in East Asia presents a full picture of the latest research on the peopling of East Asia, and will be of interest to scholars of all disciplines working on the reconstruction of the peopling of East and North East Asia.
Download or read book Experimental Plant Virology written by Jishuang Chen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-19 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Experimental Plant Virology” provides the updated methodology for studying the genomic characterization and mechanisms of infection, the quantitative determination as well as the diagnosis of plant pathogenic viruses. With illustrations showing viral symptoms and ultra-structures, clear and concise descriptions, the book presents the latest developments in experimental plant virology. This book is intended for researchers, university teaching staff, graduate students and undergraduates in plant science. Dr. Jishuang Chen is a professor of plant pathology at the Institute of Bioengineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China.
Download or read book Xinjiang China s Northwest Frontier written by K. Warikoo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Xinjiang is the ‘pivot of Asia’, where the frontiers of China, Tibet, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia approach each other. The growing Uyghur demand for a separate homeland and continuing violence in Xinjiang have brought this region into the focus of national and international attention. With Xinjiang becoming the hub of trans-Asian trade and traffic , and also due to its rich energy resources, Uyghur Muslims of Xinjiang are poised to assert their ethno-political position, thereby posing serious challenge to China’s authority in the region. This book offers a new perspective on the region, with a focus on social, economic and political developments in Xinjiang in modern and contemporary times. Drawing on detailed analyses by experts on Xinjiang from India, Central Asia, Russia, Taiwan and China, this book presents a coherent, concise and rich analysis of ethnic relations, Uyghur resistance, China’s policy in Xinjiang and its economic relations with its Central Asian neighbours. It is of interest to those studying in Chinese and Central Asian politics and society, International Relations and Security Studies.
Download or read book Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 52 written by Eric Lichtfouse and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-02 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents advanced knowledge and techniques to improve food quality, such as organic farming, fertilization using waste, reducing arsenic in food, soil restoration, forage production in arid regions and weed control. Agriculture is actually facing two major challenges, feeding an ever-growing population and providing safe food in the context of pollution, climate change and the future circular economy.
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