Qian Lu: 4 books
From Partisan Banking to Open Access
The Emergence of Free Banking in Early Nineteenth Century Massachusetts
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
How did banking in early nineteenth-century Massachusetts evolve? Lu provides a compelling narrative about the connection between inclusive political systems and open access economies, hypothesizing that entry into banking was firstly made upon partisan grounds before later becoming open access/free...
Terrestrial-Satellite Communication Networks
Transceivers Design and Resource Allocation
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
This book targets major issues in terrestrial-satellite communication networks and presents the solutions. While the terrestrial networks can achieve high-speed data service at low cost, satellite based access is one way to complement terrestrial based networks to ensure ubiquitous, 100% geographic...
Women in Traditional Chinese Theater
The Heroine's Play
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2012
Women in Traditional Chinese Theatre seeks to introduce Western readers to Chinese classical drama as well as investigate how women have traditionally been portrayed on stage by presenting original translations of six plays from the fourteenth to twentieth centuries. Framed with a comprehensive introduction...
Toward Better Governance in China
An Unconventional Pathway of Political Reform
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
Toward Better Governance in China takes a fresh look at the latest efforts made by Chinese leaders to promote governance-based reform. It asserts that the improvement of governance has now become one of the breakthrough points of the much anticipated political reform. Although the Chinese government...