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  • Addicted to War

    Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism

    by Joel Andreas ...
    Addicted to War takes on the most active, powerful, and destructive military in the world.Hard-hitting, carefully documented and heavily illustrated, it reveals why the United States has been involved in more wars in recent years than any other country. Read Addicted to War to find out who benefits from these military adventures, who pays and who dies. Over 120,000 copies of the previous editions ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rise of the Red Engineers

    The Cultural Revolution and the Origins of China's New Class

    by Joel Andreas ...
    Series series Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific
    Rise of the Red Engineers explains the tumultuous origins of the class of technocratic officials who rule China today. In a fascinating account, author Joel Andreas chronicles how two mutually hostile groups—the poorly educated peasant revolutionaries who seized power in 1949 and China's old educated elite—coalesced to form a new dominant class. After dispossessing the country's propertied classes ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Disenfranchised

    The Rise and Fall of Industrial Citizenship in China

    by Joel Andreas ...
    In the decades following World War II, factories in many countries not only provided secure employment and a range of economic entitlements, but also recognized workers as legitimate stakeholders, enabling them to claim rights to participate in decision making and hold factory leaders accountable. In recent decades, as employment has become more precarious, these attributes of industrial ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Addicted to War

    Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism

    by Joel Andreas ...
    Hard-hitting, carefully documented and heavily illustrated, it reveals why the United States has been involved in more wars in recent years than any other country. Read Addicted to War to find out who benefits from these military adventures, who pays and who dies. Over 120,000 copies of the previous editions are in print. This edition is substantially reworked and fully updated including Barack ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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    by Dr. Sun Yat-Sen ...
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  • The Awakening of China

    Enriched edition. A Cultural Awakening: Understanding Late Qing China

    by W. A. P. Martin, Owen Bradshaw ...
    In "The Awakening of China," W. A. P. Martin presents a compelling exploration of China's socio-political and cultural evolution during a pivotal period marked by modernization and reform. Written in a succinct yet evocative prose style, the book interweaves historical analysis with personal observations, providing readers with an insightful perspective on both the triumphs and tribulations of a ... Read more

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  • The Cultural Revolution at the Margins

    Chinese Socialism in Crisis

    by Yiching Wu ...
    Mao Zedong envisioned a great struggle to "wreak havoc under the heaven" when he launched the Cultural Revolution in 1966. But as radicalized Chinese youth rose up against Party officials, events quickly slipped from the government's grasp, and rebellion took on a life of its own. Turmoil became a reality in a way the Great Leader had not foreseen. The Cultural Revolution at the Margins recaptures ... Read more

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  • Wares of the Ming Dynasty

    by R. L. Hobson ...
    This book explains and illustrates as many varieties of Ming ceramics as possible. The text is based primarily on information obtained from Chinese sources and the occasional notes made by Europeans who visited China in Ming times. To these, Mr. Hobson has added his own penetrating deductions, made after careful study of well-authenticated specimens and of observation by earlier scholars. His ... Read more

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  • Call to Arms

    by Lu Xun ...
    Call to Arms is a collection of revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun’s most famous and most important short stories. Featuring “A Madman’s Diary,” a scathing attack of traditional Confucian civilization and “The True Story of Ah Q,” a poignant satire about the hypocrisy of Chinese national character and the first work written entirely in the Chinese vernacular. Together this collection exposes a ... Read more

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  • Chinese Working-Class Lives

    Getting By in Taiwan

    by Hill Gates ...
    Series series The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues
    Taiwan's working class has been shaped by Chinese tradition, by colonialism, and by rapid industrialization. This book defines that class, explores that history, and presents with sensitive honesty the life experiences of some of its women and men. Hill Gates first provides a solid and informative introduction to Taiwan's history, showing how mainland China, Japan, the convulsions of twentieth ... Read more

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  • Selfishness, Greed and Capitalism

    Debunking Myths about the Free Market

    by Christopher Snowdon ...
    Series series Hobart Papers
    This IEA publication deals head-on with a number of widely quoted myths about the market economy. In the case of the philosophical myths, such as the idea that economists believe that everybody is greedy, the author, Christopher Snowdon, carefully and entertainingly unpicks the misguided ideas that have taken hold. The author then moves on and effectively disposes of a number of economic myths ... Read more

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  • Donald Trump and the New World Order

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