Min Min: 254 books
High Literacy in Secondary English Language Arts
Bridging the Gap to College and Career
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2018
This volume culls scholarship on both what high literacy is and how it is developed. It embraces the call put forth by Langer and Applebee (2016) that high literacy must continue to be our aim and to see more research analyzing and identifying how teachers might promote literacy practices that promote...
by Luo Zhewen Li Min
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
This rich and detailed book celebrates Chinas entries on the treasured UNESCO World Heritage List using colour photography and key content from Chinese experts. The Chinese Treasure World Heritage in China is a full-length academic pictorial album offering unrivalled coverage of the UNESCO World Heritage...
by Dr David Hitchcock, Professor Brian Cowan, Beat Kümin
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2017
The first social and cultural history of vagrancy between 1650 and 1750, this book combines sources from across England and the Atlantic world to describe the shifting and desperate experiences of the very poorest and most marginalized of people in early...
Post-Industrial Development in East Asia
Taiwan and South Korea in Comparison
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2018
This book purports to investigate and compare the economic development experiences in both Taiwan and South Korea in last two decades. Taiwan and South Korea’s economic development after WWII is a well-known story. However, their development after the successful post-war industrialization has not...
China-Taiwan Rapprochement
The Political Economy of Cross-Straits Relations
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
This book examines how since about 2008 the economy of Taiwan has become ever more deeply integrated into the economy of China. It goes beyond a consideration of trade and investment flows, and discusses also the large population flows, the growing integration of the two financial systems and the...
China–South Korea Relations in the New Era
Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
This book offers a comprehensive examination of China–South Korea relations after their diplomatic normalization in 1992, paying close attention to the most recent controversies in the bilateral relationship after the turn of the century. Inspired by the sharp contrast between their booming economic...
by Ming Qiu Zhang, Min Zhi Rong
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
A state-of-art guide on the interdisciplinary aspects of design, chemistry, and physical properties of bio-inspired self-healing polymers
Inspired by the natural self-healing properties that exist in living organisms—for example, the regenerative ability of humans to heal from cuts and broken...
Peace on Earth
The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Peace on Earth: The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies provides a critical analysis of faith and religious institutions in peacebuilding practice and pedagogy. The work captures the synergistic relationships among faith traditions and how multiple approaches to conflict transformation...
by Min-Hua Chiang
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
South Korea's post-war economic success is a well-known story. However, its development in the past two decades is relatively less investigated. By reviewing key economic issues in South Korea's economy today, this book offers an input to the research of contemporary South Korea, in particular the...
Assessing the Lee Teng-hui Legacy in Taiwan's Politics: Democratic Consolidation and External Relations
Democratic Consolidation and External Relations
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
The 12 years of Lee Teng-hui's presidency were marked by a series of contrary trends such as progress in the consolidation of Taiwan's democracy, and periodic conflicts with China. This book assesses the complex legacy of Lee Teng-hui by looking at his accomplishments and setbacks.
Changing China
A Geographic Appraisal
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
"This textbook will be welcomed by professors and students who have been long looking for an appropriate textbook for teaching and studying the changing geography of post-reform China." —Hongmian Gong, Hunter College, CUNY "A wonderful collection of current source data. The range...
Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss in the Chinese-Speaking World
Reorienting the Political
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss in the Chinese-Speaking World: Reorienting the Political examines
the reception of Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss in China and Taiwan. The legacies of both
Schmitt, the German legal theorist and thinker who joined the Nazi party, and Strauss, the
German-Jewish classicist...
Faithful, Focused and Fearless
Lessons to Fortify Your Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Readers can turn fear into power by trusting God and believing that a faithful, focused relationship with Him can make all the difference. Author Rev. Dr. Jo Ann Browning provides nine God-given lessons, showing readers how to fortify themselves for future challenges, unlock their spiritual potential...
Communication, Digital Media, and Popular Culture in Korea
Contemporary Research and Future Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018
In recent decades, Korean communication and media have substantially grown to become some of the most significant segments of Korean society. Since the early 1990s, Korea has experienced several distinctive changes in its politics, economy, and technology, which are directly related to the development...