Goodbye Chairman Mao
Author: Christopher New
Publisher: Coward McCann
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13:
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Goodbye Shanghai - a Memoir
Author: Sam Moshinsky
Publisher: eBookIt.com
Published: 2014-01-16
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 1456621556
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring his seventeen years in Shanghai, Sam experienced wars, changing regimes, different currencies and a variety of schools that reflected the evolving political landscape. In a world obsessed with conflicting nationalism, his family survived as stateless residents, neither beholden to, nor the responsibility of, any country. They were instead, sustained by their Russian Jewish culture and community.Through Sam's memories of early life and his love of history, we learn of Shanghai's uniqueness as a home and haven to thousands of Jews over many centuries.
Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
Author: Eugene Benson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-11-30
Total Pages: 1950
ISBN-13: 1134468482
DOWNLOAD EBOOK" ... Documents the history and development of [Post-colonial literatures in English, together with English and American literature] and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.
Shades of Mao: The Posthumous Cult of the Great Leader
Author: Geremie Barme
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2016-09-16
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1315285762
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Essays, poems, songs, folkloric anecdotes and photographs celebrating the myth of Mao. ... The editor supplies an insightful, and cohesing introduction". -- Reference & Research Book News "(A) highly entertaining and informative collection of translations of official, admiring, tacky, but sometimes also highly critical writings, and illustrations of objects, all featuring Mao. ... A must-have book for everybody interested in contemporary China, Mao, and his legacy now and in the future". -- China Information
A Long Goodbye
Author: Artemy M. Kalinovsky
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2011-05-16
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0674058666
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles the Soviet Union's nine-year struggle to extricate itself from Afghanistan in the 1980s and compares it to the challenges the United States may face in withdrawing from the region.
Secret History
Author: Craig Bauer
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2021-04-20
Total Pages: 775
ISBN-13: 1351668498
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first edition of this award-winning book attracted a wide audience. This second edition is both a joy to read and a useful classroom tool. Unlike traditional textbooks, it requires no mathematical prerequisites and can be read around the mathematics presented. If used as a textbook, the mathematics can be prioritized, with a book both students and instructors will enjoy reading. Secret History: The Story of Cryptology, Second Edition incorporates new material concerning various eras in the long history of cryptology. Much has happened concerning the political aspects of cryptology since the first edition appeared. The still unfolding story is updated here. The first edition of this book contained chapters devoted to the cracking of German and Japanese systems during World War II. Now the other side of this cipher war is also told, that is, how the United States was able to come up with systems that were never broken. The text is in two parts. Part I presents classic cryptology from ancient times through World War II. Part II examines modern computer cryptology. With numerous real-world examples and extensive references, the author skillfully balances the history with mathematical details, providing readers with a sound foundation in this dynamic field. FEATURES Presents a chronological development of key concepts Includes the Vigenère cipher, the one-time pad, transposition ciphers, Jefferson’s wheel cipher, Playfair cipher, ADFGX, matrix encryption, Enigma, Purple, and other classic methods Looks at the work of Claude Shannon, the origin of the National Security Agency, elliptic curve cryptography, the Data Encryption Standard, the Advanced Encryption Standard, public-key cryptography, and many other topics New chapters detail SIGABA and SIGSALY, successful systems used during World War II for text and speech, respectively Includes quantum cryptography and the impact of quantum computers
China, 1973-1976
Author: United States. Department of State
Publisher: Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian
Published: 2008-03
Total Pages: 1048
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume documents fluctuations in Sino-American relations, ranging from the euphoria lingering from President Nixon's visit to China in 1972, to the practical challenges of normalizing diplomatic relations between Washington and Beijing.
The Philosopher's Habitat
Author: Laurence Goldstein
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2023-02-14
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 100080982X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1990 The Philosopher's Habitat introduces the subject by investigating a variety of the problems which are currently engaging philosophers, and which can be made intelligible to an absolute beginner. Rather than introducing philosophy by examining, in the traditional way, the writings of great philosophers, the author has inverted this procedure. The idea is that the reader will become absorbed in these dramas, will thereby come to appreciate the ways in which the stage was set by the great writers of the past, and will feel the urge to participate. Questions at the end of each chapter encourage the reader to push beyond the text. This book is a must read for students of philosophy.
City Gate, Open Up
Author: Bei Dao
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Published: 2017-04-25
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0811226441
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA magical, impressionistic autobiography by China’s legendary poet Bei Dao In 2001, to visit his sick father, the exiled poet Bei Dao returned to his homeland for the first time in over twenty years. The city of his birth was totally unrecognizable. “My city that once was had vanished,” he writes: “I was a foreigner in my hometown.” The shock of this experience released a flood of memories and emotions that sparked Open Up, City Gate. In this lyrical autobiography of growing up—from the birth of the People’s Republic, through the chaotic years of the Great Leap Forward, and on into the Cultural Revolution—Bei Dao uses his extraordinary gifts as a poet and storyteller to create another Beijing, a beautiful memory palace of endless alleyways and corridors, where personal narrative mixes with the momentous history he lived through. At the center of the book are his parents and siblings, and their everyday life together through famine and festival. Open Up, City Gate is told in an episodic, fluid style that moves back and forth through the poet’s childhood, recreating the smells and sounds, the laughter and the danger, of a boy’s coming of age during a time of enormous change and upheaval.
Tide Players
Author: Jianying Zha
Publisher: New Press, The
Published: 2011-03-29
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1595586202
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChina is one of the world's most rapidly changing cultural and economic landscapes which is being transformed from the inside by a new generation of savvy and inspired individuals. Zha collects nuanced and sharply etched profiles of these movers and shakers, capturing both the concrete detail and the epic dimension of life in the world's fastest growing economy through a vivid cast of characters. Deeply engaging, lucid and poignant, Zha's insightful insider-outsider portraits offer a view of China that few have seen outside of the country.
