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  • The End of Poverty and the Taming of Inequality

    A Manifesto for Personal and Social Action

    by Xiaoyun Li ...
    Translated by Jin Xu, Jing Gu, Sam Huckstep ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    In this book, Li Xiaoyun tries to address these questions that attract public attention in today’s China. Drawing on classic and cutting-edge poverty research from political economy, economics and social psychology, Li elaborates on the political and social meanings of China’s recent war on extreme poverty and the institutional set-ups that helped the country successfully escape the poverty trap. ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Empire of Silver

    A New Monetary History of China

    by Jin Xu ...
    Translated by Stacy Mosher ...
    A thousand-year history of how China’s obsession with silver influenced the country’s financial well-being, global standing, and political stabilityThis revelatory account of the ways silver shaped Chinese history shows how an obsession with “white metal” held China back from financial modernization. First used as currency during the Song dynasty in around 900 CE, silver gradually became central ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Empire of Silver

    A New Monetary History of China

    by Jin Xu ...
    Narrated by Nancy Wu ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 32 min

    This revelatory account of the ways silver shaped Chinese history shows how an obsession with “white metal” held China back from financial modernization. First used as currency during the Song dynasty in around 900 CE, silver gradually became central to China’s economic framework and was officially monetized in the middle of the Ming dynasty during the sixteenth century. However, due to the early ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Maximal Planar Graph Theory and the Four-Color Conjecture

    by Jin Xu ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This open access book integrates foundational principles with advanced methodologies concerning maximal planar graphs. It offers readers an exceptional examination of graph structures, chromatic polynomials, and the construction and proof techniques of the Four-Color Conjecture. It is tailored for researchers, educators, and students involved in graph theory, combinatorics, and computational ... Read more

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  • Biological Computing

    by Jin Xu ...
    This open access book comprehensively introduces biocomputing, focusing on its foundational theories, experimental operations, and computational models. Biocomputing represents an innovative computational paradigm that leverages biomolecules as a carrier for processing and storing information. As a core enabler of human progress, computational tools serve as critical benchmarks of societal ... Read more

    Free

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  • International Aid and China's Environment

    Taming the Yellow Dragon

    by Katherine Morton ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on China in Transition
    Rapid economic growth in the world's most populous nation is leading to widespread soil erosion, desertification, deforestation and the depletion of vital natural resources. The scale and severity of environmental problems in China now threaten the economic and social foundations of its modernization.Using case studies, Morton analyzes the relationship between international and local responses to ... Read more

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  • Pre-Calculus Know-It-ALL

    by Stan Gibilisco ...
    Master pre-calculus from the comfort of home! Want to "know it ALL" when it comes to pre-calculus? This book gives you the expert, one-on-one instruction you need, whether you're new to pre-calculus or you're looking to ramp up your skills. Providing easy-to-understand concepts and thoroughly explained exercises, math whiz Stan Gibilisco serves as your own private tutor--without the expense! His ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Clean Air at What Cost?

    The Rise of Blunt Force Regulation in China

    by Denise Sienli van der Kamp ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
    China's green transition is often perceived as a lesson in authoritarian efficiency. In just a few years, the state managed to improve air quality, contain dissent, and restructure local industry. Much of this was achieved through top-down, 'blunt force' solutions, such as forcibly shuttering or destroying polluting factories. This book argues that China's blunt force regulation is actually a sign ... Read more

    $25.49 USD

  • Digital Control Engineering

    Analysis and Design

    by M. Sami Fadali, Antonio Visioli ...
    Digital Control Engineering covers the fundamental principles and applications of digital control engineering, with emphasis on engineering design. Digital controllers are part of nearly all modern personal, industrial, and transportation systems. Every senior or graduate student of electrical, chemical or mechanical engineering should therefore be familiar with the basic theory of digital ... Read more

    $92.69 USD

  • Signals and Systems using MATLAB

    by Luis F. Chaparro ...
    This new textbook in signals and systems provides a pedagogically rich approach to what can commonly be a mathematically dry subject. With features like historical notes, highlighted common mistakes, and applications in controls, communications, and signal processing, Chaparro helps students appreciate the usefulness of the techniques described in the book. Each chapter contains a section with ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Road Towards Common Prosperity

    by Qunhui Huang, Quheng Deng ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book introduces how China plans and implements to achieve the goal of common prosperity. As the internal essential requirement by Chinese social and economic system, common prosperity is a coherent national strategy to combine economic growth and poverty reduction. It explains the path as how to make the "pie" bigger and better, and how to cut and divide the "pie" well . This book also ... Read more

    $125.99 USD

  • Schaum’s Outline of Feedback and Control Systems, 2nd Edition

    by Joseph J. Distefano ...
    Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?Fortunately for you, there’s Schaum's. This all-in-one-package includes more than 700 fully solved problems, examples, and practice exercises to sharpen your problem-solving skills. Plus, you will have access to 20 detailed videos featuring instructors who explain the most commonly tested problems--it's just like having your own virtual tutor! ... Read more

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