The Rays Before Satyajit: Creativity and Modernity in Colonial India
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Although the filmmaker Satyajit Ray is well-known across the world, few outside Bengal know much...
Sir Walter Winterbottom: The Father of Modern English Football
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Sir Walter Winterbottom was arguably the most influential man in modern English football. He is...
China's Transition to Modernity: The New Classical Vision of Dai Zhen
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The figure of Dai Zhen (17241777) looms large in modern Chinese intellectual history. Dai was a...
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
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This is from the bestselling author of Wild Swans and Mao: The Unknown Story. In this groundbreaking...
Managing Modern Healthcare: Knowledge, Networks and Practice
Mike Bresnan, Damian Hodgson, Simon Bailey and Paula Hyde
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Until now, research has given us only a limited understanding of how managers actually make sense of...
Modernizing the Public Sector: Scandinavian Perspectives
Irvine Lapsley and Hans Knutsson
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As policymakers and scholars evaluate possible ways forward in the reform and renewal of public...
Empires of Coal: Fueling China's Entry into the Modern World Order, 1860-1920
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From 1868-1872, German geologist Ferdinand von Richthofen went on an expedition to China. His...
China's Rural Areas: Building a Moderately Prosperous Society
China Development Research Foundation
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The prosperity of China's people has advanced very much in recent decades. However, in many respects...
Biography of a Yogi: Paramahansa Yogananda and the Origins of Modern Yoga
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With over four million copies in print, Parmahansa Yogananda's autobiography has been translated...