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Heritage Conservation and China's Belt and Road Initiative

Heritage Conservation and China's Belt and Road Initiative

This book explores how China’s Belt and Road Initiative through promoting a non-Western-centred geopolitical narrative is affecting the conservation and management of Belt and Road heritage sites. Considering the dynamics between academics heritage professionals and government officials the inscription process and management of Silk Roads heritage sites and the practice of China’s Belt and Road heritage diplomacy the book examines how changing heritage conservation practices are influenced by politics and professionalism and negotiated in different ways across different nation states in the Belt and Road zones. Highlighting the different aims and outlooks of Chinese diplomacy UNESCO and other international heritage conservation organisations nation states as guardians of national interests and local communities as custodians of everyday lived heritage it shows how the Belt and Road Initiative has energised multilateral efforts in heritage diplomacy and management. It also discusses how the ‘professional’ status of heritage professionals including practitioners engaged by governments and international organisations and also scholars and researchers who provide consultancy advice is often not politics-free with heritage professionals often co-opted into speaking for stakeholders especially national governments. | Heritage Conservation and China's Belt and Road Initiative

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative A Geopolitical and Geo-economic Assessment

China’s Belt and Road Initiative A Geopolitical and Geo-economic Assessment

The IISS Strategic Dossier China’s Belt and Road Initiative provides a geopolitical and geo-economic assessment of President Xi Jinping’s flagship foreign-policy initiative. The dossier explores the Belt and Road Initiative’s role in China’s domestic industrial strategy and in the country’s growing influence around the world. It studies how Beijing’s ambitions management and financing of the initiative have evolved since its launch in 2013. In addition the volume reflects on the future of China’s initiative following the COVID-19 pandemic. The dossier is organised around a region by region assessment of what Beijing has sought to achieve in different countries and how the Belt and Road Initiative has played out over time. The volume examines recipient countries’ responses to the Belt and Road Initiative and how these have affected it. It also looks at responses from other global and regional powers to China’s economic activities around the world and offers thoughts on ways the West might better contend with Beijing’s geo-economic influence. | China’s Belt and Road Initiative A Geopolitical and Geo-economic Assessment

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Metropolitan Commuter Belt Tourism

Metropolitan Commuter Belt Tourism

With the current rise of metropolitan regions as a present location and driver of the development of rural tourism agritourism food tourism and nature tourism there is a need to analyse the major economic social political and managerial aspects of these types of tourism which occur within the rural-urban fringe. This book establishes a current inventory and appropriate future selection of commuter belt tourism products for metropolitan areas. It also explains how public and private resources can be combined to achieve synergistic effects in tourism promotion and provides a structural analysis for the proper management of tourist organisations in metropolitan areas. Additionally there is insight into how the development of metropolitan areas affects rural tourism and agritourism within broader social economic and environmental relations. The issue of the growth of metropolitan areas which is a complex and multifaceted challenge is elaborated on with diverse examples in Poland and further afield. This is valuable reading for students researchers and academics of tourism as well as rural and urban studies business management farm management and leisure studies. | Metropolitan Commuter Belt Tourism

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The Belt Conveyor A Concise Basic Course

The Belt Conveyor A Concise Basic Course

This book describes all parts of belt conveyors their functions and different types presented one after the other with necessary illustrations covering all the basic aspects so that the reader can obtain an overall understanding of their operation and implementation within the field of bulk material handling mining and mineral processing. Dedicated study of this work will also enable engineers to carry out minor repairs on their own without having to wait for maintenance personnel. This is an introductory preliminary book for beginners in the field of bulk material handling mining and mineral processing written in lucid easy-to-understand language well-illustrated and with self-explanatory descriptions that do not compromise in maintaining academic standards while dealing with the subject matter. A salient feature of this book is that all the new terminology used to describe the components and their functions has been included and explained. Much of the content of this book has been tested and evaluated positively by graduate and postgraduate students and professional engineers of several bulk material handling plants during training programs over the last twenty-five years in India. | The Belt Conveyor A Concise Basic Course

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The Belt and Road Initiative Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Aspects

The Belt and Road Initiative Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Aspects

This book studies the geopolitical and geoeconomic aspects of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It argues that the BRI has the potential to redesign the spatial and territorial dimensions of governance and effectively counterbalance the hitherto predominant hegemonies of the Anglo-American sea power. The volume: Highlights the main geopolitical patterns including geographical economic financial technological and strategic factors guiding the BRI on a global scale Presents a historical account of the development of the Silk Road and underlines its contemporary relevance Traces China’s growing inf luence from Eurasia to America Discusses how the Initiative is likely to transform international relations by the middle of the 21st century. A comprehensive guide to China’s rise as the new centre of gravity in global geopolitics the book will be indispensable for students of political studies geopolitics international relations and foreign policy. It will also be useful for policymakers strategic investors think tanks and government officials. | The Belt and Road Initiative Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Aspects

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The Geopolitics of China's Belt and Road Initiative

The Geopolitics of China's Belt and Road Initiative

This book argues that China’s Belt and Road Initiative should be seen more as a geopolitical project and less as a global economic project with China aiming to bring about a new Chinese-led international order. It contends that China’s international approach has two personas – an aggressive one focusing on a nineteenth century-style territorial empire which is applied to Taiwan and the seas adjacent to China; and a new-style persona based on relationship building with the political elites of countries in the Global South relying on large scale infrastructure projects to help secure the elites in power a process often leading to lower democratic participation and weaker governance structures. It also shows how this relationship building with elites leads to an acceptance of Chinese norms and to changes in states’ geopolitical preferences and foreign policies to align them with China’s geopolitical interests with states thereby joining China’s emerging international order. Overall the book emphasizes that this new-style non-territorial “empire” building based on relationships is a major new development in international relations not fully recognized and accounted for by international relations experts and theorists. | The Geopolitics of China's Belt and Road Initiative

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The Belt and Road Initiative A Pathway towards Inclusive Globalization

The Belt and Road Initiative A Pathway towards Inclusive Globalization

The Belt and Road Initiative (hereafter BRI) of China has attracted worldwide attention and participation causing a lot of debate over its implications for international society. Although it is still in a budding stage the BRI seems to afford a framework for an increasing number of countries to explore jointly new international economic governance mechanisms and offer significant opportunities for them to cope jointly with global challenges. Taking a globalization perspective and tracking the ancient silk roads this book tries to examine the general context in which the BRI is raised and implemented arguing that this Chinese initiative instead of replacing existing international cooperation mechanisms is a call for the reform and development of neoliberal globalization and will open up a new era of inclusive globalization. Inclusive globalization is neither an overturning nor a simple continuation of neoliberal globalization but rather a proposal capable of addressing the problems of existing globalization. The difference between them lies in the fact that globalization cannot only serve the spatial fix of capital but also has to meet the needs of living people. The book also addresses a number of major issues on building the Belt and Road and contains Chinese media’s interviews with the author on various BRI issues. Given the author has been intensively involved in the study of and planning for the BRI the book offers a valuable academic insight into this Chinese initiative. | The Belt and Road Initiative A Pathway towards Inclusive Globalization

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Regions in the Belt and Road Initiative

Regions in the Belt and Road Initiative

Introduced in 2013 China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has had a significant impact within Asia and across other regions. This book provides empirical case studies examining the relations between China and the states in specific regional groupings including South-East Asia Central Asia South Asia the Persian Gulf the Horn of Africa and Central/Eastern Europe. At the theoretical level Buzan and Waever’s work on regional security complexes is used to develop a framework for analyzing the current impact of the BRI and its potential future effects within these regions while the case studies explore the extent to which different International Relations and International Political Economy theories explain change in these relationships as the regional security environment shifts. The contributors address questions as diverse as the domestic political and economic drivers impacting the level of BRI cooperation; the effects of cooperation with the US; as well as the historical political and economic risk considerations for China in pursuing BRI cooperation; and the motivations of regional responses to the BRI and rivalries and variations in those responses. This book will be of interest to academics working in the fields of Chinese foreign policy International Relations International Political Economy and area studies. Professionals in the corporate world and Governmental practitioners and non-government agencies will also find the contributions useful. | Regions in the Belt and Road Initiative

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The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative From Asia to Europe

The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative From Asia to Europe

This book merges macro- and micro-level analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to dissect China’s aim in creating an integrated Eurasian continent through this single mega-project. BRI has been the source of much interest and confusion as established frameworks of analysis seek to understand China’s intentions behind the policy. China’s international activity in the early 21st century has not yet been successfully theorised by IR scholars because of a failure to satisfactorily encompass its complexity. In addition the mix-and-match syncretism of the Chinese approach to foreign policy has been under-emphasised or omitted in many analyses. Bringing together complexity thinking and analytic eclecticism to assess the degree to which this scheme can transform international relations Garlick critically examines this large-scale interconnectivity project and its potential impacts. The book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in the field of international relations and China studies including academics policy-makers and diplomats around the world. | The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative From Asia to Europe

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The European Union and China’s Belt and Road Impact Engagement and Competition

The European Union and China’s Belt and Road Impact Engagement and Competition

This book explores key elements of European Union (EU) engagement with the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) drawing on the expertise of leading practitioners and scholars of EU-China relations. Under the theme of discerning the BRI and its nexus with the EU chapters examine the nature of the BRI as China’s approach to global governance and consider how BRI intersects with the EU as a very different regional integration project. Under the theme of BRI factors in EU law and policy chapters examine the BRI as a factor in specific domains of EU law and policy including investment finance the environment and the COVID-19 pandemic and consider EU responses. Under the theme of EU Member State experiences chapters present a series of case studies of individual Member States their engagement with the BRI and ongoing policy debates. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of International Relations EU external relations Chinese public policy and foreign relations European studies and security studies as well as policymakers dealing with China in EU and Member State institutions. | The European Union and China’s Belt and Road Impact Engagement and Competition

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China's Presence in the Middle East The Implications of the One Belt One Road Initiative

China's Presence in the Middle East The Implications of the One Belt One Road Initiative

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “One Belt One Road” (OBOR) vision heralded as an attempt to revive the pre-modern Silk Route is intended to strengthen West Asia’s economic links with China through ambitious infrastructural projects. Central to this are fast-track rail links funded by the newly-established Asia Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB) which has its headquarters in Beijing. This book explores the implications of OBOR and the AIIB for the Middle East/West Asia and addresses a number of key strategic questions arising from China’s new initiatives. These include: how far are the strategic imperatives underpinning China’s policies connected to the political dynamics of Xinjiang and the spread of radical Islam in Central Asia? How are Middle Eastern stakeholders’ views of China affected by the new initiatives? How does China’s increasing involvement in the Middle East/West Asia affect other regional powers with ambitions in the region notably Russia? The book also considers the impact of China’s increasing presence on individual countries including Saudi Arabia and Israel. | China's Presence in the Middle East The Implications of the One Belt One Road Initiative

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative Strategic and Economic Impacts on Central Asia Southeast Asia and Central Eastern Europe

China’s Belt and Road Initiative Strategic and Economic Impacts on Central Asia Southeast Asia and Central Eastern Europe

This edited volume presents a trans-disciplinary and multifaceted assessment of the strategic and economic impacts of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on three regions namely Central Asia Southeast Asia and Central Eastern Europe. The contributions to this book demonstrate the requirement of a more realistic view concerning the anticipated economic benefits of the New Silk Road. The contributors critique the strategic effects of China’s opaque long-term grand strategy on the regional and global political order. Specific countries that are covered are Finland Hungary Kazakhstan Malaysia Poland and Thailand. Additionally case studies from South Asia and Africa notably India and Ethiopia enable insightful comparisons. Encouraging readers to critically challenge mainstream interpretations of the aims and impacts of the BRI this book should interest academics and students from various disciplines including Political Science International Relations Political Geography Sociology Economics International Development and Chinese Studies. | China’s Belt and Road Initiative Strategic and Economic Impacts on Central Asia Southeast Asia and Central Eastern Europe

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Regional Connection under the Belt and Road Initiative The Prospects for Economic and Financial Cooperation

Regional Connection under the Belt and Road Initiative The Prospects for Economic and Financial Cooperation

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is intended to radically increase investment and integration along a series of land and maritime routes. As the initiative involves more than 100 countries or international organizations and huge amounts of infrastructure construction cooperation between many different markets is essential to its success. Cheung and Hong have edited a collection of essays that between them examine a range of practical issues facing the BRI and how those issues are being addressed in a range of countries. Such challenges include managing financing and investment ensuring infrastructure connectivity and handling the necessary e-commerce and physical logistics. Emphasizing the role of Hong Kong as an intermediary and enabler in the process this book attempts to tackle the key practical challenges facing the BRI and anticipate how these challenges will affect the initiative’s further development. The book provides a holistic and international approach to understanding the implementation of the BRI and its implications for the future economic integration of this huge region. Chapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3. 0 license. https://s3-us-west-2. amazonaws. com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9780429467172_oachapter5. pdf | Regional Connection under the Belt and Road Initiative The Prospects for Economic and Financial Cooperation

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China’s New Global Strategy The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Volume I

China’s New Global Strategy The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Volume I

Rising as a global power and regarding the existing world order unjust and unreasonable enough to meet the interests of both itself and other emerging powers China has demanded reform to global governance and taken new initiatives using its new quotient of wealth and influence to draw countries into its orbit. This comprehensive volume focuses on the two most important of these initiatives: the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) launched in 2013 to strengthen China’s connectivity with a large part of the world through infrastructure and economic development; and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) created in 2015 which represented China’s effort in the reconstruction of the international development rules. This book explores how these two initiatives are central to China’s emerging global strategy. The authors examine China’s geopolitical and geo-economic motivations and domestic political dynamics in launching these two initiatives. They also investigate the responses from the major foreign partners involved in both initiatives. This book will be of great interest to students academics and researchers of China’s emerging global strategy. It comprises articles originally published in the Journal of Contemporary China. | China’s New Global Strategy The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Volume I

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Masonry Design

Masonry Design

Masonry is found extensively in construction throughout the world. It is economical and strong. Masonry Design—part of the Architect’s Guidebook to Structures series—presents the fundamentals in an accessible fashion through beautiful illustrations simple and complete examples and from the perspective of practicing professionals with hundreds of projects under their belt and decades of teaching experience. Masonry Design provides the student with and reminds the practitioner of fundamental masonry design principles. Beginning with an intriguing case study of the Mesa Verde National Park visitor center the subsequent chapters present the fundamentals of masonry design bending shear compression design wind and seismic design and connection design. It is a refreshing change in textbooks for architectural materials courses and is an indispensable reference for practicing architects.

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China's Contingencies and Globalization

China's Contingencies and Globalization

How have Chinese views on globalization developed over time? How is China managing the new normal of slower growth? Is China creating an alternative modernity? Is China a status quo power or a reform power? Can China manage its growing international role in international institutions and in the New Development Bank the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank along with infrastructure projects in the region such as One Belt One Road and the Maritime Silk Road? Can China achieve balanced interactions with ASEAN and with developing countries in the region and worldwide? How is governance in China evolving in relation to social movements protests labour struggles and migrant workers? Do Chinese policies in relation to religious diversity contribute to social harmony or to friction? This timely volume by Chinese and international scholars offers diverse perspectives on these questions. This book was originally published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly. | China's Contingencies and Globalization

GBP 42.99
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The City's Hinterland Dynamism and Divergence in Europe's Peri-Urban Territories

The City's Hinterland Dynamism and Divergence in Europe's Peri-Urban Territories

Despite the fact that the rural commuter belts of cities are major loci of population change economic growth and dynamic social change within city regions most research tends to ignore this area while focusing on the built-up city core. However with the current emphasis on the role of rural areas in policy debates it is vital to recognize the importance of the 'commuter belt'. By comparing four major European cities (in England France Germany and Spain) this book offers the first comparative investigation of the dynamism of city rural hinterlands. It assesses whether rural areas will become effectively integrated into quality of life improvements as a result of their inter-dependencies with cities focusing on the critical arenas of employment change housing and service provision. In doing so it investigates how change in these three fields impact on the quality of life and physical environment of rural hinterlands. | The City's Hinterland Dynamism and Divergence in Europe's Peri-Urban Territories

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China and Multilateralism From Estrangement to Competition

China and Multilateralism From Estrangement to Competition

This book thoroughly analyzes China’s political ideas regarding the international order and their reflection in China’s engagement in multilateralism. It introduces the debates and discussions that take place among Chinese intellectuals in the study of international relations as an important part of non-western international relation theories generating reflections on the convergences and divergences between China’s political ideas and Europe-centric perspectives. With a focus specifically on China’s main bilateral and multilateral relations in its principal regions of interest – East Asia and Central Asia – the book also examines China’s relationship with the United States Russia and the European Union and the One Belt One Road initiative drawing on a mixture of primary and secondary Chinese language sources extensive interviews with Chinese officials academics and think tanks. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of Chinese politics/studies foreign policy analysis Asian studies and international relations. | China and Multilateralism From Estrangement to Competition

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The Architecture of Industry Changing Paradigms in Industrial Building and Planning

The Architecture of Industry Changing Paradigms in Industrial Building and Planning

From the Rust Belt to Silicon Valley the intersection between architecture and industry has provided a rich and evolving source for historians of architecture. In a historical context industrial architecture evokes the smoking factories of the nineteenth century or Fordist production complexes of the twentieth century. This book documents the changing nature of industrial building and planning from the end of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Drawing on research from the United States Europe and Australia this collection of essays highlights key moments in industrial architecture and planning representative of the wider paradigms in the field. Areas of analysis include industrial production factories hydroelectricity aerospace logistics finance scientific research and mining. The selected case studies serve to highlight architectural and planning innovations in industry and their contributions to wider cultural and societal currents. This richly illustrated collection will be of interest for a wide range of built environment studies incorporating findings from both historical and theoretical scholarship and design research. | The Architecture of Industry Changing Paradigms in Industrial Building and Planning

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The Risk of Regional Governance Cultural Theory and Interlocal Cooperation

The Risk of Regional Governance Cultural Theory and Interlocal Cooperation

Creating metropolitan regions that are more efficient equitable and sustainable depends on the willingness of local officials to work together across municipal boundaries to solve large-scale problems. How do these local officials think? Why do they only sometimes cooperate? What kind of governance do they choose in the face of persistent problems? The Risk of Regional Governance offers a new perspective on these questions. Drawing on theory from sociology and anthropology it argues that many of the most important cooperative decisions local officials make—those about land use planning and regulation—are driven by heuristic biased reasoning driven by cultural values. The Risk of Regional Governance builds a sociocultural collective action framework and supports it with rich survey and interview data from hundreds of local elected officials serving in the suburbs of Detroit and Grand Rapids Michigan. It is a story of the Rust Belt of how local officials think about their community and the region and—most importantly—of how we might craft policies that can overcome biases against regional governance. | The Risk of Regional Governance Cultural Theory and Interlocal Cooperation

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Philosophical Perspectives on Ruins Monuments and Memorials

Philosophical Perspectives on Ruins Monuments and Memorials

This collection of newly published essays examines our relationship to physical objects that invoke commemorate and honor the past. The recent destruction of cultural heritage in war and controversies over Civil War monuments in the US have foregrounded the importance of artifacts that embody history. The book invites us to ask: How do memorials convey their meanings? What is our responsibility for the preservation or reconstruction of historically significant structures? How should we respond when the public display of a monument divides a community? This anthology includes coverage of the destruction of Palmyra and the Bamiyan Buddhas the loss of cultural heritage through war and natural disasters the explosive controversies surrounding Confederate-era monuments and the decay of industry in the U. S. Rust Belt. The authors consider issues of preservation and reconstruction the nature of ruins the aesthetic and ethical values of memorials and the relationship of cultural memory to material artifacts that remain from the past. Written by a leading group of philosophers art historians and archeologists the 23 chapters cover monuments and memorials from Dubai to Detroit from the instant destruction of Hiroshima to the gradual sinking of Venice. | Philosophical Perspectives on Ruins Monuments and Memorials

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China and Eurasia Rethinking Cooperation and Contradictions in the Era of Changing World Order

China and Eurasia Rethinking Cooperation and Contradictions in the Era of Changing World Order

This book facilitates exchanges between scholars and researchers from around the world on China-Eurasia relations. Comparing perspectives and methodologies it promotes interdisciplinary dialogue on China’s pivot towards Eurasia the Belt and Road initiative the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Beijing’s cooperation and arguments with India the EU Western Balkans and South Caucasus states and the Sino-Russian struggle for multipolarity and multilateralism in Eurasia. It also researches digitalization processes in Eurasia notably it focuses on China's Silk Road and Digital Agenda of Eurasian Economic Union. Multipolarity without multilateralism is a dangerous mix. Great power competitions will remain. In the Asian regional system more multilateral cushions have to be developed. Scholars from different nations including China India Russia Austria Armenia Georgia United Arab Emirates and Montenegro introduce their own independent research making recommendations on the developments in China-Eurasia relations and demonstrating that through joint discussions it is possible to find ways for cooperation and for ensuring peaceful coexistence. The book will appeal to policymakers and scholars and students in Chinese Eurasian International and Oriental Studies. | China and Eurasia Rethinking Cooperation and Contradictions in the Era of Changing World Order

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The End of Tradition Country Life in Central Surrey

The End of Tradition Country Life in Central Surrey

First published in 1978 The End of Tradition is the history of four Surrey villages the Horsleys and Clandons close to London but isolated and protected from it by the Green Belt. Towards the end of the last century a period of rapid change began in rural England as a new way of life centred on the nearby towns and cities replaced a traditional rural village life. Estates were broken up agricultural life declined village schools and parish councils were set up and the pervasive influence of the village squire disappeared. But the coming of the railway and later the motor car provoked the most fundamental changes for the isolation of the village was ended. The railway linked the villages of Surrey with London. In exclusive housing estates of detached homes in culs-de-sac the exceptionally high status of the village was enhanced by the efforts of the newcomers to protect their new style of life through the most comprehensive countryside protection system in Britain. This is a must read for students and scholars interested in British history and sociology. | The End of Tradition Country Life in Central Surrey

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US–China Relations in the 21st Century

US–China Relations in the 21st Century

The beginning of the new millennium marked the meteoric rise of China in a decades-old world order dominated by the United States of America. This book explores the intricacies of China’s political economic and diplomatic relationship with the US and its consequences on international politics. It looks at the historical evolution of the US–China relationship their struggle for strategic power in various regions of the world as well as their bilateral involvement. The volume focuses on the need for greater Sino-American political and strategic partnerships in order to address global concerns such as non-proliferation of arms and nuclear weapons climate change energy security and international terrorism. It also looks at China’s growing influence the Belt and Road initiative and areas of conflicts and mutual interest. The authors unravel the major conflicts and political developments between the two countries offering a deeper insight into the challenges and strategies for greater co-operation and resolution of differences in the coming decades. This book will be of great interest for researchers and scholars of international relations China studies comparative politics development studies and public policy. It will also be useful for think tanks policy makers and general readers interested in the USA–China relationship. | US–China Relations in the 21st Century

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Faith War and Violence

Faith War and Violence

Faith War and Violence analyzes the age-old links between religion and violence perpetrated in the name of God and the role religion performs in politically infusing the state with romantic spiritualism. The volume examines instances of this phenomenon from ancient Rome to the modern day; it finds that religion-inspired violence is not restricted to Abrahamic faiths or to one geographic region. The fact that symbolically charged religious violence has destructive consequences is not lost on contributors to Faith War and Violence. Among the subjects tackled are: the ideological and religious foundations that inspired the founders of Al-Qaeda and its role in the Arab Spring; the long history of religious conflict in Ireland known as the Troubles; Sikh extremism; and the evolution of the Christian approach to war. As the contributors demonstrate in Western societies the unity of religious fervor and warmongering stretches from Constantine's incorporation of Christian symbols into Roman army flags to slogans like Gott mit uns (God is with us) which appeared on the belt buckles of German soldiers in World War I. In recent years George W. Bush declared the war on terror a crusade and his speechwriter David Frum coined the religiously inspired term Axis of Evil to describe Iraq and other countries opposing the United States.

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