As incredible as it may seem, the American missionaries who journeyed to China in 1860 planning solely to spread the Gospel ultimately reinvented their entire enterprise. By 1900, they were modernizing China with schools, colleges, hospitals, museums, and even YMCA chapters. In Cultures Colliding, John R. Haddad nimbly recounts this transformative institution-building—how and why it happened—and its consequences.
When missionaries first traveled to rural towns atop mules, they confronted populations with entrenched systems of belief that embraced Confucius and rejected Christ. Conflict ensued as these Chinese viewed missionaries as unwanted disruptors. So how did this failing movement eventually change minds and win hearts? Many missionaries chose to innovate. They built hospitals and established educational institutions offering science and math. A second wave of missionaries opened YMCA chapters, coached sports, and taught college. Crucially, missionaries also started listening to Chinese citizens, who exerted surprising influence over the preaching, teaching, and caregiving, eventually running some organizations themselves. They embraced new American ideals while remaining thoroughly Chinese.
In Cultures Colliding, Haddad recounts the unexpected origins and rapid rise of American institutions in China by telling the stories of the Americans who established these institutions and the Chinese who changed them from within. Today, the impact of this untold history continues to resonate in China.
Collusion between business communities and the state can lead to a measure of security for those in power, but this kind of interaction often limits new development. In Syria, state-business involvement through informal networks has contributed to an erratic economy. With unique access to private businessmen and select state officials during a critical period of transition, this book examines Syria's political economy from 1970 to 2005 to explain the nation's pattern of state intervention and prolonged economic stagnation.
As state income from oil sales and aid declined, collusion was a bid for political security by an embattled regime. To achieve a modicum of economic growth, the Syrian regime would develop ties with select members of the business community, reserving the right to reverse their inclusion in the future. Haddad ultimately reveals that this practice paved the way for forms of economic agency that maintained the security of the regime but diminished the development potential of the state and the private sector.
Описание: An illustrated guide to enrich and develop the practice of Thai massage
Автор: Haddad Rana Название: The Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor ISBN: 9774168615 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789774168611 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2110.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Aspiring photographer Dunya Noor discovers early on that her curious spirit, rebellious nature, and very curly hair are a recipe for disaster in 1980s Syria. And at the tender age of thirteen, she is exiled to live with her grandparents in England. Many years later in London, she meets Hilal, the son of a humble tailor from Aleppo and no match for Dunya, daughter of the great heart surgeon Joseph Noor. But, dreamy, restless Dunya falls in love with Hilal and they decide to return to Syria together, embarking on a journey that will change them both forever. Rana Haddad's vivid and satirical debut novel captures the essence of life under the Assad dictatorship, in all its rigid absurdity. With humor and an unexpected playfulness, this is a story of love and light against the forces of conservatism and oppression.
Self-healing materials are an emerging class of smart materials that are capable of repairing themselves from damage, either spontaneously or under a stimulus such as light, heat, or the application of a solvent. Intended for an audience of researchers in academia and industry, this book addresses a wide range of self-healing materials and processes, with emphasis on their performance in the space environment.
This revised, expanded and updated second edition addresses the key concepts of self-healing processes, from their occurrences in nature through to recent advances in academic and industrial research. It includes a detailed description and explanation of a wide range of materials and applications such as polymeric, anticorrosion, smart paints, and carbon nanotubes. Emphasis is given to performance in the space environment, addressing vacuum, thermal gradients, mechanical vibrations, and space radiation. Innovations in controlling self-healing materials for space debris mitigation are also covered. The book concludes with a comprehensive outlook into the future developments and applications of self-healing materials.
Автор: Haddad, Tania N. (american University Of Beirut, Lebanon) Название: International and local actors in disaster response ISBN: 103211990X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781032119908 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7501.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: International and Local Actors in Disaster Response uses the Beirut explosion in August 2020 to explore disaster prevention and response in developing states.
Автор: Haddad James W. Название: Boy ISBN: 1892986167 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781892986160 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2482.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: This volume is the first published collection of papers on the impact of diglossia and dialectal variations on language and literacy acquisition, impairment, and education.
Автор: Gibril Fouad Haddad, Haddad Название: The musnad of ahl al-bayt ISBN: 1938058631 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781938058639 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 5242.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Lambrakis-haddad, Frederique Название: Trauma and teens ISBN: 1803880082 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781803880082 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 8498.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A straightforward, jargon-free book that draws on educational and psychological theory, first-hand experience and a series of interactive case studies to explore how we can become better parents and educators of our teens when faced with trauma.
Автор: Haddad Gibril Fouad Название: The Maturidi School ISBN: 1912356732 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781912356737 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4391.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The doctrinal creed of the largest denomination of Muslims that came to be known as 'The Adherents to the Sunna and the Congregation' found staunch defenders in the school of the 'Arch-master of guidance' (Imam al-huda) and 'Standard-bearer of guidance' (Alam al-huda) of Samarqand, Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (d. 333/945), who codified the theology of 'the Greatest Leader' (al-Imam al-A'zam) Abu Hanifa.
This work is a survey of the most important Maturidi authorities and their doctrinal textbooks with a condensed overview of the bio-bibliography of Maturidi scholarship in descending order of antiquity.
It highlights their resolutions (taqrirat) as the defining parameters of Sunnism and can serve both as an introductory synopsis of the great themes of Maturidism and as a tool for the study of the school's theology from its early founders to our time.
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