Blackfriday Living with the Dragon: How the American Public Views the Rise of China (Contemporary Asia in the World)It is widely believed that most Americans not only distrust but also despise China. Considering the country's violent political history, unprecedented economic rise, and growing military capabilities, China has become America's strongest market competitor and arguably the most challenging global threat to the United States. Nevertheless, a full consideration of American opinion proves the opposite to be true. Carefully analyzing all available polls and surveys, Benjamin I. Page and Tao Xie find most Americans favor peaceful engagement with China. The public view has been surprisingly coherent and consistent, changing only in response to major events and new information. While a majority of Americans are not happy that China's economy is projected to become as large as that of the United States, they are prepared to live with it. "Unfair" Chinese trade practices and their impact on American jobs and wages are a concern, along with the quality and safety of Chinese-made goods. However, Americans favor free trade with China, provided it is tempered with environmental and workplace protections. They also believe that the United States should "balance" Chinese power through alliances with neighboring countries, such as Japan. Yet they oppose military action to defend Taiwan. Page and Xie examine these opinions in relation to facts about China and in light of current U.S. debates on diplomacy and policy. Cheap Living with the Dragon: How the American Public Views the Rise of China (Contemporary Asia in the World)  | |
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Blackfriday Marketing Management: An Asian Perspective - 5th EditionMarketing Management: An Asian Perspective has been successful in offering a learning product that combines the excellent content that Kotler has done with examples and case studies from a relevant Asian viewpoint. The 5th Edition builds on the strengths of the previous editions, with an emphasis on highlighting emerging market trends to help students stay relevant in today s fast-changing marketing environment. Marketing Management is typically taught through case studies, and is application-oriented. It is therefore important to showcase companies and brands that have been successful in their marketing strategies. An effort has been made to ensure that familiar Asian and international brands/companies are featured. This enables students relate to the analyses of these case studies and vignettes. Framework / Approach The 5th Edition makes an effort to reflect the changes in marketing management. It now includes (1) Global brand names that have marketed themselves successfully throughout the world, (2) Emerging markets and trends, and (3) A greater focus on technology. Features Unique to MMA 1. NEW and IMPROVED - International case studies and examples in the proportion of: 40% international companies in a non-Asian context 40% international companies in an Asian context 20% Asian companies in an Asian context / non-Asian context oAdvantage: Provides a balanced look at international marketing activities oBenefit: Students in Asia relate much better when they can recognize brands or company names which are familiar, especially MNCs which operate widely in this region 2. NEW - Cases on emerging markets and trends for eg Tata in India. oAdvantage and Benefit: Students are kept up-to-date and informed of up-and-coming markets and trends. 3. NEW - More focus on technology oAdvantage and Benefit : With online marketing becoming increasingly popular, we have included examples to show students how some companies incorporate e-marketing.Cheap Marketing Management: An Asian Perspective - 5th Edition  | |
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Blackfriday Contemporary Southeast AsiaThis thoroughly updated new edition of an already popular text brings together specially-commissioned chapters by leading authorities, rigorously edited to ensure systematic coverage. It provides students with an accessible and up-to-date thematically-structured comparative introduction to Southeast Asia today. Cheap Contemporary Southeast Asia  | |
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Cheap-Blackfriday Letters of the Nun Eshinni: Images of Pure Land Buddhism in Medieval Japan
Blackfriday Letters of the Nun Eshinni: Images of Pure Land Buddhism in Medieval JapanEshinni (1182-1268?), a Buddhist nun and the wife of Shinran (1173-1262), the celebrated founder of the True Pure Land, or Shin, school of Buddhism, was largely unknown until the discovery of a collection of her letters in 1921. In this study, James C. Dobbins, a leading scholar of Pure Land Buddhism, has made creative use of these letters to shed new light on life and religion in medieval Japan. He provides a complete translation of the letters and an explication of them that reveals the character and flavor of early Shin Buddhism. Readers will come away with a new perspective on Pure Land scholarship and a vivid image of Eshinni and the world in which she lived.After situating the ideas and practices of Pure Land Buddhism in the context of the actual living conditions of thirteenth-century Japan, Dobbins examines the portrayal of women in Pure Land Buddhism, the great range of lifestyles found among medieval women and nuns, and how they constructed a meaningful religious life amid negative stereotypes. He goes on to analyze aspects of medieval religion that have been omitted in our modern-day account of Pure Land and tries to reconstruct the religious assumptions of Eshinni and Shinran in their own day. A prevailing theme that runs throughout the book is the need to look beyond idealized images of Buddhism found in doctrine to discover the religion as it was lived and practiced. Scholars and students of Buddhism, Japanese history, women's studies, and religious studies will find much in this engaging work that is thought-provoking and insightful. | |
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Blackfriday Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992Taking Gandhi's statements about civil disobedience to heart, in February 1922 residents from the villages around the north Indian market town of Chauri Chaura attacked the local police station, burned it to the ground and murdered twenty-three constables. Appalled that his teachings were turned to violent ends, Gandhi called off his Noncooperation Movement and fasted to bring the people back to nonviolence. In the meantime, the British government denied that the riot reflected Indian resistance to its rule and tried the rioters as common criminals. These events have taken on great symbolic importance among Indians, both in the immediate region and nationally. Amin examines the event itself, but also, more significantly, he explores the ways it has been remembered, interpreted, and used as a metaphor for the Indian struggle for independence.The author, who was born fifteen miles from Chauri Chaura, brings to his study an empathetic knowledge of the region and a keen ear for the nuances of the culture and language of its people. In an ingenious negotiation between written and oral evidence, he combines brilliant archival work in the judicial records of the period with field interviews with local informants. In telling this intricate story of local memory and the making of official histories, Amin probes the silences and ambivalences that contribute to a nation's narrative. He extends his boundaries well beyond Chauri Chaura itself to explore the complex relationship between peasant politics and nationalist discourse and the interplay between memory and history. Cheap Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992  | |
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Blackfriday Count Your Way Through ChinaPresents the numbers one through ten in Chinese, using each number to introduce concepts about China and Chinese culture.Cheap Count Your Way Through China  | |
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Blackfriday The Intimate University: Korean American Students and the Problems of SegregationThe majority of the 30,000-plus undergraduates at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign—including the large population of Korean American students—come from nearby metropolitan Chicago. Among the campus’s largest non-white ethnicities, Korean American students arrive at college hoping to realize the liberal ideals of the modern American university, in which individuals can exit their comfort zones to realize their full potential regardless of race, nation, or religion. However, these ideals are compromised by their experiences of racial segregation and stereotypes, including images of instrumental striving that set Asian Americans apart. In The Intimate University, Nancy Abelmann explores the tensions between liberal ideals and the particularities of race, family, and community in the contemporary university. Drawing on ten years of ethnographic research with Korean American students at the University of Illinois and closely following multiple generations of a single extended Korean American family in the Chicago metropolitan area, Abelmann investigates the complexity of racial politics at the American university today. Racially hyper-visible and invisible, Korean American students face particular challenges as they try to realize their college dreams against the subtle, day-to-day workings of race. They frequently encounter the accusation of racial self-segregation—a charge accentuated by the fact that many attend the same Evangelical Protestant church—even as they express the desire to distinguish themselves from their families and other Korean Americans. Abelmann concludes by examining the current state of the university, reflecting on how better to achieve the university’s liberal ideals despite its paradoxical celebration of diversity and relative silence on race. Cheap The Intimate University: Korean American Students and the Problems of Segregation  | |
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Blackfriday D.K.'s Sushi Chronicles from Hawai'i: Recipes from Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi BarFresh, innovative Japanese-inspired fare from one of Hawaii's most adventurous and renowned chefs.In this collection of favorite dishes from his celebrated restaurant, chef D.K. Kodama teaches readers how to recreate exquisite Asian fusion cuisine in their own kitchens. His unique global approach masterfully blends Asian, Hawaiian, American, and European ingredients and techniques in dishes that are as visually spectacular as they are delicious. Cheap D.K.'s Sushi Chronicles from Hawai'i: Recipes from Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar  | |
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