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  • Dat is Chinees voor mij

    zin en onzin over China

    de Peter Ho ...
    Van clichés en misverstanden tot Chinese tafeletiquette Voor en tijdens de Olympische Spelen stond China intensief in de schijnwerpers. Vele facetten werden belicht, maar vaak gebeurde dat nogal fragmentarisch. China is een land van superlatieven. Het heeft de snelst groeiende economie van de laatste twintig jaar en de grootste consumentenmarkt. We kijken naar de ontwikkelingen met westerse ogen ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Challenges Of Governance In A Complex World, The

    de Peter Ho ...
    Peter Ho, former Head of the Singapore Civil Service, was the Institute of Policy Studies' 2016/17 S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore.This book collects the four IPS-Nathan Lectures that he delivered between April and May 2017, and gathers highlights of his dialogues with the audience.Ho surveys the increasingly complex world, and suggests what governments can do to prepare for the ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Unmaking China's Development

    The Function and Credibility of Institutions

    de Peter Ho ...
    Why would the removal of authoritarian institutions in some developing countries lead to sustained socio-economic crisis, while others experience explosive growth despite 'persisting' informal, insecure and rent-seeking institutional arrangements? A key to solving this enigma lies in understanding China, a country where the paradoxes of development are highly visible. Peter Ho argues that ... Leer más

    $109.99 USD

  • Developmental Dilemmas

    Land Reform and Institutional Change in China

    de Peter Ho ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations
    Developmental Dilemmas singles out land as an object of study and places it in the context of one of the world's largest and most populous countries undergoing institutional reform: the People's Republic of China. The book demonstrates that private property protected by law, the principle of 'getting-the-prices-right', and the emergence of effectively functioning markets are the outcome of a given ... Leer más

    $65.99 USD

  • Greening Industries in Newly Industrializing Economies

    de Peter Ho ...
    First published in 2006. Over the past decades, the world has witnessed the profound transformation of China, Vietnam, Taiwan and Singapore from impoverished developing regions into strong and internationally competitive economies. Also dubbed Newly Industrializing Economies (NIEs), it has become obvious that their rapid development has come at a price. Contrary to their economic successes, these ... Leer más

    $42.99 USD

  • The Welsh Girl

    A Novel

    de Peter Ho Davies ...
    A WWII-era Welsh barmaid begins a secret relationship with a German POW in this "beautiful" novel by the author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself (Ann Patchett).Longlisted for the Man Booker PrizeSet in the stunning landscape of North Wales just after D-Day, this critically acclaimed debut novel traces the intersection of disparate lives in wartime. When a prisoner-of-war camp is ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Fortunes

    A Novel

    de Peter Ho Davies ...
    An NPR Best Book of the Year: "The most honest, unflinching, cathartically biting novel I've read about the Chinese American experience." —Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Our Missing HeartsWinner, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award * Winner, Chautauqua Prize *Finalist, Dayton Literary Peace Prize * A New York Times Notable Book * A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearSly, funny, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself

    de Peter Ho Davies ...
    From an award-winning author, this novel about the choice to start a family is an "achingly honest, searingly comic portrait of fatherhood."*A People ten Best Books of the Year • A New York Times Notable Book of the Year • An Independent (UK) twenty Best Books of the Year"Wise, bracingly honest . . .... ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Equal Love

    de Peter Ho Davies ...
    "Touching and funny" short fiction about family, estrangement, and dislocation from the award-winning author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself (Elizabeth McCracken, author of Bowlaway).Featuring "stories about the touchy relationships between parents and children and the necessary pain of letting go—both for parents with children who are becoming adults and for adults whose parents are ... Leer más

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  • The Ugliest House in the World

    Stories

    de Peter Ho Davies ...
    Short stories from the author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself—"a writer to behold with real pleasure" (Gish Jen).In tales that travel from Coventry to Kuala Lumpur, from the past to the present, and from hilarity to tragedy, American bandits herd ostriches in Patagonia, British soldiers confront Zulus in Natal, and John Wayne leads the way for local revolutionaries in Southeast Asia.These ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Tolerance of Informality

    State, Religion and Property in China

    de Peter Ho, Heng Zhao ...
    Series series Elements in Global Development Studies
    Today's resurgence of global strife, polarization and neo-nationalism is unprecedented in intensity since the end of the Cold War. Against the backdrop of such dramatic changes, there is anxiety leading many to cling to certitudes that the world is made up of clear-cut divisions: developed versus undeveloped; democratic versus dictatorial; tolerant versus intolerant... Yet, when taking a long term ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • The Art of Revision

    The Last Word

    de Peter Ho Davies ...
    Series series Art of...
    The fifteenth volume in the Art of series takes an expansive view of revision—on the page and in lifeIn The Art of Revision: The Last Word, Peter Ho Davies takes up an often discussed yet frequently misunderstood subject. He begins by addressing the invisibility of revision—even though it’s an essential part of the writing process, readers typically only see a final draft, leaving the practice ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD