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  • Textiles in the Pacific, 1500–1900

    by Debin Ma ...
    Series series The Pacific World: Lands, Peoples and History of the Pacific, 1500-1900
    Textiles in the Pacific, 1500-1900 brings together 13 articles which include both classics and lesser-known but important works related to the trade and production of textiles in the Pacific region, extending from the tip of Northeast Asia to the other end of South America and Australia. Collectively these articles bring out two central themes, as highlighted in the introduction. First, there is ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Functionalized Graphene Materials and Their Applications

    by Linjie Zhi, Yingjie Ma, Debin Kong, Sijia Hao ...
    This book proposes the systematic classification and exact definition of all the products from graphene functionalization, which are illustrated by several representative examples. Additionally, the corresponding preparation strategies of functionalizing graphene are summarized and are demonstrated by some typical approaches. All the products from graphene functionalization are defined as ... Read more

    $84.59 USD

  • The Cambridge Economic History of China: Volume 1, To 1800

    Edited by Debin Ma, Richard von Glahn ...
    Series series The Cambridge Economic History of China
    China's rise as the world's second-largest economy surely is the most dramatic development in the global economy since the year 2000. But China's prominence in the global economy is hardly new. Since 500 BCE, a dynamic market economy and the establishment of an enduring imperial state fostered precocious economic growth. Yet Chinese society and government featured distinctive institutions that ... Read more

    $149.29 USD

  • The Cambridge Economic History of China

    Edited by Debin Ma, Richard von Glahn ...
    Series series The Cambridge Economic History of China
    China's rise as the world's second-largest economy surely is the most dramatic development in the global economy since the year 2000. Volume II, which spans China's two turbulent centuries from 1800, charts this wrenching process of an ancient empire being transformed to re-emerge as a major world power. This volume for the first time brings together the fruits of pioneering international ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Law and Long-Term Economic Change

    A Eurasian Perspective

    Edited by Debin Ma, Jan Luiten van Zanden ...
    Recently, a growing body of work on "law and finance" and "legal origins" has highlighted the role of formal legal institutions in shaping financial institutions. However, these writings have focused largely on Europe, neglecting important non-Western traditions that prevail in a large part of the world. Law and Long-Term Economic Change brings together a group of leading scholars from economics, ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

  • Quantitative History of China

    State Capacity, Institutions and Development

    Edited by Zhiwu Chen, Cameron Campbell, Debin Ma ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This Open Access book marks the beginning of a new era in the study of Chinese history. Since the beginning of the computer age, quantitative techniques have been increasingly used to study specific topics like family, population, and living standards in China's past. However, sample sizes have usually been small due to either historical archives' availability constraints or limited human ... Read more

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  • The Great Divergence

    China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy

    by Kenneth Pomeranz ...
    Series series Princeton Classics
    A landmark comparative history of Europe and China that examines why the Industrial Revolution emerged in the WestThe Great Divergence sheds light on one of the great questions of history: Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe? Historian Kenneth Pomeranz shows that as recently as 1750, life expectancy, consumption, and product and factor markets were comparable in Europe ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Rome and China

    Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires

    by Walter Scheidel ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Early Empires
    Transcending ethnic, linguistic, and religious boundaries, early empires shaped thousands of years of world history. Yet despite the global prominence of empire, individual cases are often studied in isolation. This series seeks to change the terms of the debate by promoting cross-cultural, comparative, and transdisciplinary perspectives on imperial state formation prior to the European colonial ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites

    Manufacture, Properties, and Applications

    by Brian P. Grady ...
    The accessible compendium of polymers in carbon nanotubes (CNTs)Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-extremely thin tubes only a few nanometers in diameter but able to attain lengths thousands of times greater-are prime candidates for use in the development of polymer composite materials. Bringing together thousands of disparate research works, Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites: Manufacture, Properties, and ... Read more

    $130.00 USD

  • Understanding China

    A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture

    by John Bryan Starr ...
    "A clearheaded, multidimensional tour of China's political, economic, and social landscapes." — Current History"Packed with facts and figures, but enlivened with firsthand observations. . . . An excellent introduction to China for anyone in search of solid but concise information about that complicated country." — The New York Times Book ReviewFor more than a decade, John Bryan Starr's ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Debt

    The First 5,000 Years,Updated and Expanded

    by David Graeber ...
    Now in paperback, the updated and expanded edition: David Graeber’s “fresh . . . fascinating . . . thought-provoking . . . and exceedingly timely” (Financial Times) history of debtHere anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom: he shows that before there was money, there was debt. For more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Nanochemistry

    A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials

    by Geoffrey A Ozin, André Arsenault ...
    International interest in nanoscience research has flourished in recent years, as it becomes an integral part in the development of future technologies. The diverse, interdisciplinary nature of nanoscience means effective communication between disciplines is pivotal in the successful utilization of the science. Nanochemistry: A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials is the first textbook for teaching ... Read more

    $56.69 USD