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The Making of the Chinese State - Ethnicity and Expansion on the Ming Borderlands - Bog af Leo K. (University of British Columbia Shin - Hardback

In this well-crafted study of the relationships between the state and its borderlands, Leo Shin traces the roots of China's ethnic configurations to the Ming dynasty. Shin argues that the categorisation of borderland 'non-Chinese' populations was facilitated by the political interests of the state and the settlers' economic needs.

DKK 1183.95

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The Making of the Chinese State - Ethnicity and Expansion on the Ming Borderlands - Bog af Leo K. (University of British Columbia Shin - Paperback

In this well-crafted study of the relationships between the state and its borderlands, Leo Shin traces the roots of China's ethnic configurations to the Ming dynasty. Shin argues that the categorisation of borderland 'non-Chinese' populations was facilitated by the political interests of the state and the settlers' economic needs.

DKK 547.95

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The Rhetoric and Reality of Shareholder Democracy and Hedge-Fund Activism - Bog af Jan-Sup (National University of Singapore) Shin - Paperback

DKK 211.95

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The Rhetoric and Reality of Shareholder Democracy and Hedge-Fund Activism - Bog af Jan-Sup (National University of Singapore) Shin - Hardback

DKK 662.95

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The Unfinished History of the Iran-Iraq War - Faith, Firepower, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards - Bog af Annie (University of Tennessee Tracy Samuel -

Provides a close look at Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to understand Iran's recent history and how the Revolutionary Guards view their own roles therein. By using the Iran-Iraq War, one of the most significant events in the Islamic Rlic's history, as a focal point, Tracy Samuel analyzes the links between war and revolution.

DKK 914.95

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The Unfinished History of the Iran-Iraq War - Bog af Annie Tracy Samuel - Paperback

An examination of how Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) view their history and their roles in the Iran-Iraq War.

DKK 257.95

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Public Faces and Private Identities in Seventeenth-Century Holland - Portraiture and the Production of Community - Bog af Ann Jensen Adams - Paperback

During the seventeenth century, Dutch portraits were actively commissioned by corporate groups and by individuals from a range of economic and social classes. Ann Jensen Adams examines four portrait genres - individuals, the family, history portraits, and civic guards.

DKK 608.95

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The Sounds of Korean - Bog af Jiyoung (Korea University Shin - Paperback

This introduction to the sounds of Korean is designed for English-speaking students with no prior knowledge of the language and includes online sound files which demonstrate the sounds and pronunciation described. It will be an invaluable resource for students of Korean as well as those studying Korean linguistics.

DKK 330.95

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Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling - Bog af Shin (Fuji Tokoha University) Takagi - Paperback

A coherent and self-contained account of macroscopic quantum phenomena, and the application of macroscopic quantum tunneling to the Schroedinger's cat problem. Assuming knowledge of only elementary quantum mechanics, this book emphasises conceptual aspects rather than technical details, providing a firm introduction to the subject for graduate students and researchers.

DKK 547.95

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Human Dignity in Asia - Bog af Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu - Hardback

Using interdisciplinary methods, this book explores Asian understandings of human dignity and human rights in the context of courts, religious traditions, and socio-political change. Furthering the dialogue between Asian and Western social values, this comparative study offers an alternative to a rigidified social imagination.

DKK 1344.95

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The Sounds of Korean - Bog af Jiyoung (Korea University Shin - Hardback

This introduction to the sounds of Korean is designed for English-speaking students with no prior knowledge of the language and includes online sound files which demonstrate the sounds and pronunciation described. It will be an invaluable resource for students of Korean as well as those studying Korean linguistics.

DKK 1243.95

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Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling - Bog af Shin (Fuji Tokoha University) Takagi - Hardback

A coherent and self-contained account of macroscopic quantum phenomena, and the application of macroscopic quantum tunneling to the Schroedinger's cat problem. Assuming knowledge of only elementary quantum mechanics, this book emphasises conceptual aspects rather than technical details, providing a firm introduction to the subject for graduate students and researchers.

DKK 1526.95

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Police and State in Prussia, 1815–1850 - Bog af Alf Ludtke - Paperback

This book focuses on the way in which people were treated by the police and military guards in nineteenth-century Prussia, in the general context of Prussian bureaucratic development. The book therefore offers an understanding of the repressive side of the Prussian and German state since the middle of the nineteenth-century.

DKK 375.95

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French Colonial Soldiers in German Captivity during World War II - Bog af Raffael (Colby College Scheck - Paperback

This book discusses the experience of French colonial prisoners of war captured by Nazi Germany during World War II. It shows that the colonial prisoners' contradictory experiences with French authorities, French civilians, and German guards led to clashes with a colonial administration eager to return to a discriminatory routine following the war.

DKK 373.95

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The Varangians of Byzantium - Bog af Benedict Benedikz - Paperback

An aura of romance has clung about the Varangians for over six centuries. This book examines how the Norsemen came to be drawn into the Imperial service until the greatest of all the Emperors of the East, Basil II, formed them into the regiment of guards which was to give unique service to the Empire.

DKK 485.95

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Defending Iran - From Revolutionary Guards to Ballistic Missiles - Bog af Gawdat Bahgat - Paperback

Offering a detailed and authoritative analysis of Iran's defense doctrine and security policies, this examines Iran's military capabilities and compares these with those of other regional powers, including Israel and Saudi Arabia for a broad analysis of security and political relations in the Middle East.

DKK 375.95

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Defending Iran - From Revolutionary Guards to Ballistic Missiles - Bog af Gawdat Bahgat - Hardback

Offering a detailed and authoritative analysis of Iran's defense doctrine and security policies, this examines Iran's military capabilities and compares these with those of other regional powers, including Israel and Saudi Arabia for a broad analysis of security and political relations in the Middle East.

DKK 791.95

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Redefining Development - Bog af Jessica Kritz - Paperback

In 2015, Old Fadama, the largest informal community in Accra, was a government 'no-go zone.' Armed guards accompanied a participatory action research team and stakeholders as they began an empirical research project. Their goals: resolve wicked problems, advance collaboration theory, and provide direct services to vulnerable beneficiaries. In three years, they designed a collaboration intervention based on rigorous evidence, Ghana's culture and data from 300 core stakeholders. Sanitation policy change..

DKK 204.95

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Climate Variability and Tropical Cyclone Activity - Bog af Pao-Shin (University of Hawaii Chu - Hardback

A comprehensive summary of tropical cyclone variability at time scales from intraseasonal and interannual to interdecadal and centennial. Major climate oscillations (Madden-Julian, El Nino, Atlantic Meridional Mode and Pacific Decadal) are covered, and their impacts on tropical cyclone activity in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans are discussed.

DKK 767.95

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The Logical Status of Diagrams - Bog af Sun-Joo (University of Notre Dame Shin - Paperback

Diagrams are widely used in reasoning about problems in physics, mathematics and logic, but have traditionally been considered to be only heuristic tools and not valid elements of mathematical proofs. This book challenges this prejudice against visualisation in the history of logic and mathematics and provides a formal foundation for work on natural reasoning in a visual mode.

DKK 461.95

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The Logical Status of Diagrams - Bog af Sun-Joo (University of Notre Dame Shin - Hardback

Diagrams are widely used in reasoning about problems in physics, mathematics and logic, but have traditionally been considered to be only heuristic tools and not valid elements of mathematical proofs. This book challenges this prejudice against visualisation in the history of logic and mathematics and provides a formal foundation for work on natural reasoning in a visual mode.

DKK 1354.95

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Confucianism and Democratization in East Asia - Bog af Doh Chull (University of Missouri Shin - Paperback

Examines core Confucian legacies and their impacts on civic and political orientations in six Confucian countries: China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam.

DKK 339.95

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Youth Culture in China - From Red Guards to Netizens - Bog af Paul (University of Auckland) Clark - Hardback

Paul Clark examines today's youth culture phenomena - centred on music, fashions and distinct spaces (both real and virtual) for the young - and traces their roots to three historical points - 1968, 1988 and 2008. In doing so, he argues that present-day youth culture in China has both international and local roots.

DKK 872.95

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The UN and Human Rights - Who Guards the Guardians? - Bog af Guglielmo (King's College London) Verdirame - Hardback

By examining UN operations including international territorial administration, the implementation of sanctions and the provision of humanitarian aid, this book demonstrates that the powers exercised by the UN carry a serious risk of human rights abuse.