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  • After Postmodernism

    by Wang Ning ...
    Series series China Perspectives
    This book engages with the critical decline of postmodernism and newer currents of thinking that have come to the fore, including postcolonialism, feminism, and cultural studies, constituting an exploration of the cultural landscape after the heyday of postmodernism in the West and its profound influence on the Chinese cultural scene.Topics discussed include the prevalent theoretical trends and ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Cultural Turn in Translation Studies

    by Wang Ning ...
    Series series China Perspectives
    Applying the latest Western translation theories to the situation in China, this book redefines translation from an interdisciplinary and intercultural perspective, bringing intercultural semiotic translation into the sight of translation researchers.This book systematically expounds on the cultural turn in translation studies and contributes to the escape of translation studies from the "cage of ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Postmodernism and China

    by Wang Ning, Anthony D. King, Abidin Kusno, Ping-Hui Liao ...
    Few countries have been so transformed in recent decades as China. With a dynamically growing economy and a rapidly changing social structure, China challenges the West to understand the nature of its modernization. Using postmodernism as both a global frame of periodization and a way to break free from the rigid ideology of westernization as modernity, this volume’s diverse group of contributors ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Translation, Globalisation and Localisation

    by Wang NING and Sun YIFENG ...
    The global/local distinction has changed significantly, and the topic has been heatedly debated in literary and cultural as well as translation scholarship. In this age of globalisation, the traditional definition of translation has been altered. In the present anthology, translation is viewed as a cultural and political practice, and accordingly translation studies is based on a heightened ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • From Multiscale Modeling to Meso-Science

    A Chemical Engineering Perspective

    by Jinghai Li, Wei Ge, Wei Wang, Ning Yang, Xinhua Liu, Limin Wang, Xianfeng He, Xiaowei Wang, Junwu Wang, Mooson Kwauk ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Multiscale modeling is becoming essential for accurate, rapid simulation in science and engineering. This book presents the results of three decades of research on multiscale modeling in process engineering from principles to application, and its generalization for different fields. This book considers the universality of meso-scale phenomena for the first time, and provides insight into the ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • AFM-Based Observation and Robotic Nano-manipulation

    by Shuai Yuan, Lianqing Liu, Zhidong Wang, Ning Xi ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    This book highlights the latest advances in AFM nano-manipulation research in the field of nanotechnology. There are numerous uncertainties in the AFM nano-manipulation environment, such as thermal drift, tip broadening effect, tip positioning errors and manipulation instability. This book proposes a method for estimating tip morphology using a blind modeling algorithm, which is the basis of the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Grokking Streaming Systems

    Real-time event processing

    by Josh Fischer, Ning Wang ...
    A friendly, framework-agnostic tutorial that will help you grok how streaming systems work—and how to build your own!In Grokking Streaming Systems you will learn how to:Implement and troubleshoot streaming systemsDesign streaming systems for complex functionalitiesAssess parallelization requirementsSpot networking bottlenecks and resolve back pressureGroup data for high-performance systemsHandle ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Lee Kuan Yew Through The Eyes Of Chinese Scholars

    by Gungwu Wang, Chen Ning Yang, Ying-shih Yu ...
    Lee Kuan Yew through the Eyes of Chinese Scholars is a compilation of essays by highly-respected Chinese scholars in which they evaluate the life, work and philosophy of Lee Kuan Yew, founding Prime Minister of Singapore. Presenting a range of views from a uniquely Chinese/Asian perspective, this book provides valuable insights for those who wish to gain a fuller and deeper understanding of Lee ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Travels in Paradox

    Remapping Tourism

    by Kathleen Adams, Tim Edensor, Steven Flusty, Jessica Jacobs, Pauliina Raento, John Urry, Soile Veijola, Ning Wang, Mike Crang ...
    This innovative volume focuses on tourism through the twin lenses of cultural theory and cultural geography. Presenting a set of innovative case studies on tourist destinations around the world, the contributors explore the paradoxes of the tourist experience and the implications of these paradoxes for our broader understanding of the problems of modernity and identity. The book examines how ... Read more

    $49.39 USD

  • Banished to the Great Northern Wilderness

    Political Exile and Re-education in Mao’s China

    by Ning Wang ...
    **After Mao Zedong's Anti-Rightist Campaign of 1957–58, Chinese intellectuals were subjected to "re-education" by the state.**In Banished to the Great Northern Wilderness, Ning Wang draws on labor farm archives, interviews, and memoirs to provide a remarkable look at the suffering and complex psychological world of these banished Beijing intellectuals. Wang's use of newly uncovered Chinese ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Groundwater overexploitation in the North China Plain: A path to sustainability

    by Wolfgang Kinzelbach, Haijing Wang, Yu Li, Lu Wang, Ning Li ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Over-pumping of aquifers is a worldwide problem, mainly caused by agricultural water use. Among its consequences are the falling dry of streams and wetlands, soil subsidence, die-off of phreatophytic vegetation, saline water intrusion, increased pumping cost and loss of storage needed for drought relief.Stopping or reversing the trend requires management interventions. The North China Plain serves ... Read more

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  • Advanced Teleoperation and Robot Learning for Dexterous Manipulation

    by Chenguang Yang, Zhenyu Lu, Ning Wang ...
    Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
    This book offers an in-depth exploration of the interdisciplinary field of dexterous robotic manipulation, focusing on advanced methods that enable robots to autonomously learn, adapt, and perform a variety of tasks. It covers key topics such as teleoperation systems, advanced control frameworks, and bio-inspired autonomous learning. The book stands out by providing a comprehensive examination of ... Read more

    $134.09 USD