This book examines the economic success of the newly industrializing and near-industrializing economies of East Asia. The distinguished group of authors covers a range of topics in a comparative perspective, and identifies lessons of concern to economic, political, and social questions throughout the developing world. Contributors: James Riedel, Hollis Chenery, Seiji Naya, Thomas G. Parry, Robert Wade, Arnold C. Harberger, Deepak Lal, Ryokichi Hirono, Stephen Haggard, J.A.C. Mackie, William J. O'Malley.
This book examines the economic success of the newly industrializing and near-industrializing economies of East Asia. The distinguished group of autho...
This edited collection of contributions from media scholars, film practitioners and film historians connects the vibrant fields of documentary and disability studies.
This edited collection of contributions from media scholars, film practitioners and film historians connects the vibrant fields of documentary and dis...
The Historical Romance explores the ways in which romance authors seek to represent our fantasies of life in the past. Examining how the cut-and-thrust swashbucklers of the 1930s gave way to female-orientated romances, Helen Hughes takes a comprehensive look at how romance authors have dealt with the turbulent question of female independence, and how traditional attitudes towards love, marriage and women's sexuality have been approached in more recent texts. Hughes also charts the ways in which the marketing of romance has developed, with the eventual explosion of the mass market and...
The Historical Romance explores the ways in which romance authors seek to represent our fantasies of life in the past. Examining how the cut-...
During the first decade of the twenty-first century, a stunning array of documentary films focusing on environmental issues, representing the world on the brink of ecological catastrophe, has been met with critical and popular acclaim. This cohesive and accessible volume is the first book-length study of environmental documentary filmmaking, offering a coherent analysis of controversial and high-profile documentary films such as "Gasland," "An Inconvenient Truth," "Manufactured Landscapes," and "The Cove." With analysis that includes the wider context of environmental documentary filmmaking,...
During the first decade of the twenty-first century, a stunning array of documentary films focusing on environmental issues, representing the world on...