Описание: How China’s expansive new era of urbanization threatens to undermine the foundations of rural life Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, China has vastly expanded its urbanization processes in an effort to reduce the inequalities between urban and rural areas. Centered on the mountainous region of Chongqing, which serves as an experimental site for the country’s new urban development policies, The End of the Village analyzes the radical expansion of urbanization and its consequences for China’s villagers. It reveals a fundamental rewriting of the nation’s social contract, as villages that once organized rural life and guaranteed rural livelihoods are replaced by an increasingly urbanized landscape dominated by state institutions. Throughout this comprehensive study of China’s “urban–rural coordination” policy, Nick R. Smith traces the diminishing autonomy of the country’s rural populations and their subordination to larger urban networks and shared administrative structures. Outside Chongqing’s urban centers, competing forces are at work in reshaping the social, political, and spatial organization of its villages. While municipal planners and policy makers seek to extend state power structures beyond the boundaries of the city, village leaders and inhabitants try to maintain control over their communities’ uncertain futures through strategies such as collectivization, shareholding, real estate development, and migration.As China seeks to rectify the development crises of previous decades through rapid urban growth, such drastic transformations threaten to displace existing ways of life for more than 600 million residents. Offering an unprecedented look at the country’s contentious shift in urban planning and policy, The End of the Village exposes the precarious future of rural life in China and suggests a critical reappraisal of how we think about urbanization.
Автор: Murray-smith, Joanna Название: Female of the species ISBN: 1854595229 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781854595225 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2058.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A deliciously wicked comedy that proves that the female of the species is not only deadlier, but funnier than the male.
Описание: Landscape Liturgies offers outdoor worship material drawn from 2,000 years of outdoor Christian practice. It contains prayers, rituals, blessings and liturgies compiled from Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist and Orthodox sources, as well as early church material, the desert tradition and monastic spirituality.
Автор: Farris Smith, Michael Название: Nick ISBN: 0857304542 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857304544 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2058.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Critically acclaimed novelist Michael Farris Smith pulls Nick Carraway out of the shadows and into the spotlight in this exhilarating imagination of his life before The Great Gatsby...
Автор: Smith, Zadie,Laird, Nick Название: Weirdo ISBN: 024144960X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241449608 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1715.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Bestselling authors Zadie Smith and Nick Laird make their picture book debut with this warm and endearing story celebrating the quiet power of being different.
Автор: Bailey, Professor Stephen Gunn, Michael Taylor, Nick Ormerod, Professor David, Qc Название: Smith, bailey & gunn on the modern english legal system ISBN: 0421909102 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780421909106 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 8437.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Widely regarded as the leading work on this subject. Provides a lucid and wide #ranging account of the English Legal System covering the institutions, personnel and procedures, and the handling of case law and statutes. The text is accompanied by sample court forms, tables of essential statistics and flow charts illustrating the court structures
Автор: Smith Michael Farris Название: Nick ISBN: 0316529761 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780316529761 Издательство: Hachette Book Group Рейтинг: Цена: 2822.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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Critically acclaimed novelist Michael Farris Smith pulls Nick Carraway out of the shadows and into the spotlight in this "masterful" look into his life before Gatsby (Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of EMPIRE FALLS and CHANCES ARE...) Before Nick Carraway moved to West Egg and into Gatsby's periphery, he was at the center of a very different story-one taking place along the trenches and deep within the tunnels of World War I.
Floundering in the wake of the destruction he witnessed firsthand, Nick delays his return home, hoping to escape the questions he cannot answer about the horrors of war. Instead, he embarks on a transcontinental redemptive journey that takes him from a whirlwind Paris romance-doomed from the very beginning-to the dizzying frenzy of New Orleans, rife with its own flavor of debauchery and violence.
An epic portrait of a truly singular era and a sweeping, romantic story of self-discovery, this rich and imaginative novel breathes new life into a character that many know but few have pondered deeply. Charged with enough alcohol, heartbreak, and profound yearning to paralyze even the heartiest of golden age scribes, Nick reveals the man behind the narrator who has captivated readers for decades.
Автор: Mayhew-smith, Nick Guy Hayward Название: Britain`s pilgrim places ISBN: 0954476786 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780954476786 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3166.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Britain`sPilgrim Places captures thespirit of 2,000 years of history, heritage and wonder. It is the complete guideto every spiritual treasure, including 500 enchanting holy places throughoutEngland, Wales and Scotland and covers all major pilgrimage routes.
Автор: Smith Stef Название: Nora: A Doll`s House ISBN: 1848429509 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848429505 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1741.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Henrik Ibsen`s brutal portrayal of womanhood caused outrage when it was first performed in 1879. This bold new version by Stef Smith reframes the drama in three different time periods; the fight for women`s suffrage, the Swinging Sixties and the modern day
Автор: Smith Nick Название: Bridge Literature: Second Edition ISBN: 1771402075 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781771402071 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2788.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Parody is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
Bridge Literature was first published by Cadogan Books in 1993 and has since been acclaimed as one of the quirky classics of the game. Most of the stories in Bridge Literature originally appeared in English Bridge, International Popular Bridge Monthly and other periodicals.
Readers may be inspired to turn to the original works upon which these stories are based. Most of the original stories are well-known, at least as far as the plot and major characters are concerned, but more pleasure may be derived from the stories if read in conjunction with the original.
This new edition has been updated and extended to precede the publication of More Bridge Literature.
Автор: Mayhew-Smith Nick Название: Naked Hermit ISBN: 0281081549 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780281081547 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3642.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This colourful travelogue takes the reader on a journey into some of the foundational stories and enigmatic places that have shaped Britain`s sacred landscape.
Автор: Smith Nick Название: Bridge and the Romantics ISBN: 1771401974 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781771401975 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2935.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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June 1822. P.B. Shelley is planning a new bridge book. It will feature the most dazzling, difficult deals ever published, the bridge of the gods. It will also be his manifesto - a defence of bridge...
But before Shelley leaves on his ill-fated trip to Livorno, he only has time to send his publisher a short "Declarer Play Problems" pamphlet. Nick Smith, however, has unearthed a series of hitherto unchronicled episodes in the poet's life, which demonstrate where the deals first arose, and what actually happened at the bridge table in each case. Historically accurate and beautifully illustrated, this is a book for fans of classic literature as well as bridge players.
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