The Future of Globalization - Explorations in Light of Recent Turbulence
Erudite and topical, this well balanced treatment, with essays from world renowned contributors including the former President of Ireland – Mary Robinson, Jagdish Bhagwati and Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, considers the forces that propel globalization and those that resist it. Local and regional experiences from Bangladesh, China, India, Latin America and the Middle East are analyzed along with some of globalization’s most potent risks.
Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the history of the great Chinese empire and the customs and traditions of its people. Stunning real-life photographs and lifelike models offer an eyewitness view of life in imperial China, from its earliest beginnings in the Bronze Age to its final days in the early years of the 20th century. See the bronze work of the ancient Chinese and the beautiful implements used for Chinese calligraphy. Learn why the First Emperor created the terra-cotta army and what a civil servant's job entailed. Discover what kinds of weapons were used in early battles, how fishermen used bivas to catch fish, and much, much more.
The Opium Wars - The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption of Another
In this tragic and powerful story, the two Opium Wars of 18391842 and 18561860 between Britain and China are recounted for the first time through the eyes of the Chinese as well as the Imperial West. Opium entered China during the Middle Ages when Arab traders brought it into China for medicinal purposes. As it took hold as a recreational drug, opium wrought havoc on Chinese society. By the early nineteenth century, 90 percent of the Emperor's court and the majority of the army were opium addicts.
Britain's Chinese Eye - Literature, Empire and Aesthetics in Nineteenth-Century Britain
This book traces the intimate connections between Britain and China throughout the nineteenth century and argues for China's central impact on the British visual imagination. Chang brings together an unusual group of primary sources to investigate how nineteenth-century Britons looked at and represented Chinese people, places, and things, and how, in the process, ethnographic, geographic, and aesthetic representations of China shaped British writers' and artists' vision of their own lives and experiences.
Painting on mirrors, glass, china/porcelain, wood and mat board with acrylics? Susan shows us that it’s possible. She became a “mad scientist” in her art studio and developed a fast, easy way to prepare glass,mirror and slick china surfaces for painting with acrylics. Soft yellow roses decorate a china dresser set. Whimsical birds brighten a wooden cabinet and china plates. Lovely irises and tulips enhance inexpensive picture frames. Includes two color worksheets. Acrylics
