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China in Africa: In Zheng He’s FootstepsLi Xinfeng, translated by Shelly Bryant Some six centuries ago, the great Chinese explorer and diplomat Zheng He set sail to blaze a trail across the Indian Ocean to the east coast of Africa. In 2002, Li Xinfeng set out to find traces of Zheng's several journeys in Africa. The result is the compelling China in Africa: In Zheng He’s Footsteps.
Beginning on Kenya's Pate Island, Li's comprehensive research led him to More > | ![]() |
Zheng He’s Voyages to Africa in the 15th Century: The Maritime Silk and Porcelain RoadLi Xinfeng, translated by Shelly Bryant Though it has been some six centuries since explorer Zheng He visited Africa, scholar Li Xinfeng finds connections between Zheng's voyages and China-Africa relations today.
Li discusses Zheng's travels at length, ranging from details of his ships and crews to the nature of the relationships that he forged. As he considers the explorer's legacy in the current global environment, he More > | ![]() |
Social Stigma and Sexual Epidemics: Dangerous DynamicsBronwen Lichtenstein Bronwen Lichtenstein draws on cases around the world to illustrate how sexual epidemics continue to be shaped by powerful forces of race, gender, and the lingering consequences of history.
Illuminating the continuity of ideas and dynamics that affect both individual behavior and public health responses, Lichtenstein reveals a vicious interplay between the stigmas of social status and the More > | ![]() |
Turkey in the Middle East: Oil, Islam, and PoliticsAlon Liel, translated by Emanuel Lottem At the turn of the century, modern Turkey remains torn between the secular heritage of its founder, Kemal Ataturk, and the political and social trends that challenge that legacy. Alon Liel traces the development of Turkey's current political environment, investigating the collapse of the country's economy in the 1970s, its recovery in the 1980s, its relationship with its Middle Eastern More > | |
South Korea and the Politics of Ethnic NationalismTimothy C. Lim, editor Though for decades South Korea was considered the quintessential homogeneous nation-state, the more recent influx of significant immigration has given rise to intensely debated questions about the nature of the country's national identity. Who is a "real" Korean? Who has a right to be a member of South Korean society? Which immigrants are acceptable? Who qualifies for citizenship? More > | ![]() |
Doing Comparative Politics: An Introduction to Approaches and Issues, 3rd editionTimothy C. Lim This systematic, user friendly, and refreshingly unusual introduction to comparative politics has not only been updated and refined in the third edition, but also fully revised to reflect the impact of major new developments in world politics.
Designed to teach students how to think comparatively and theoretically about the world they live in, the book is organized around a set of critical More > | ![]() |
Politics in East Asia: Explaining Change and ContinuityTimothy C. Lim This systematic, innovative introduction to the dynamic politics and political economies of China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan teaches students how to think analytically, critically, and independently about the most significant developments in the region.
The text offers in-depth coverage of the unique experiences of each country, all within the framework of an explicit More > | ![]() |
Going Global: Transforming Relief and Development NGOsMarc Lindenberg and Coralie Bryant This is an invaluable resource to anyone studying general nonprofit management issues, as well as those studying the specific challenges of relief and development organizations. Boasting a unique insiders' perspective, it is the first book-length study of the largest Northern-based international relief and development NGOs.
Drawing on extensive fieldwork and candid group discussions with More > | ![]() |
Early Nigerian LiteratureBernth Lindfors | ![]() |
Women's Voice in Latin American LiteratureNaomi Lindstrom Women’s Voice is a detailed study of Clarice Lispector’s Laços de família, Rosario Castellanos’s Oficio de tinieblas, Marta Lynch’s La señora Ordóñez, and Silvina Bullrich’s Mañana digo basta. In deciding to focus on these, Lindstrom chose, from a wealth of literature, the authors that she felt not only express women’s More > |