Looking East Looking West

Author : Bill Slee,Chen Tong,Bundit Anurugsa,Rainer Haas,Maurizio Canavari
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789086867035

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Looking east looking west by Bill Slee,Chen Tong,Bundit Anurugsa,Rainer Haas,Maurizio Canavari Pdf

This book represents a unique collection of European and Asian perspectives on the production, trade and consumption of high quality food. The rapidly growing demand for organic and quality food in Europe imposes new challenges on competing food value chains. Europe, as the biggest worldwide food importer, attracts many developing and developed countries in Asia. Prospering Chinese and Thai food markets offer new opportunities for European operators. Wealthy and informed consumers on both continents search for trustworthy high quality food products. Farmers, operators and retailers from distant cultures are coping with different standards, facing the ever increasing necessity for mutual understanding. This publication is the output of Bean-Quorum, a European funded Asia-Link project. Bean-Quorum represents a consolidated network of researchers working together with the business sector and NGOs to enhance European Asian understanding about organic and quality food. This book describes global trends in organic and quality food trade and connects them with recent developments in Asian and European market structures. Selected case studies illustrate the impact of organic and quality food production on topics ranging from sustainable rural development, to the potential of exotic new plant varieties to purchase decisions of European or Asian retail managers. Selected European markets are mirrored by the situation in Chinese and Thai markets. Finally, environmental issues concerning global trade of quality food are addressed.

Author : Sunanda K. Datta-Ray
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9789814279048

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Looking East to Look West by Sunanda K. Datta-Ray Pdf

When P.V. Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh launched India's "Look East" policy, it was only the first stage of the strategy to foster economic and security cooperation with the United States. But "Looking East" became an end in itself, and Singapore a valid destination, largely because of Lee Kuan Yew. He had been trying since the 1950s to persuade India's leaders that China would steal a march on them if they neglected domestic reform and ignored a region that India had influenced profoundly in ancient times. With his deep understanding of Indian life, close ties with India's leaders from Jawaharlal Nehru on, and sound grasp of realpolitik, Lee never tired of stressing that Asia would be "submerged" if India did not "emerge." Looking East to Look West recounts how India and Singapore rediscovered long-forgotten ties in the endeavour to create a new Asia. Singapore sponsored India's membership of regional institutions. India and Singapore broke diplomatic convention with unprecedented economic and defence agreements that are set to transform boundaries of trade and cooperation. This book traces the process from the earliest mention of Suvarnadbhumi in the Ramayana to Lee Kuan Yew's letter to Lal Bahadur Shastri within moments of declaring independence on 9 August 1965, from the Tata's pioneering industrial training venture in Singapore to Singapore's Information Technology Park in Bangalore. It explains the part Lee played in India's emergence as a player in the emerging Concert of Asia. History comes alive in these pages as Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, who had eight long conversations with Lee Kuan Yew, tells the story in the words of the main actors and with a wealth of anecdotes and personal details not available to many chroniclers.

Author : Kavita Singh
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606065181

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Real Birds in Imagined Gardens by Kavita Singh Pdf

Accounts of paintings produced during the Mughal dynasty (1526–1857) tend to trace a linear, “evolutionary” path and assert that, as European Renaissance prints reached and influenced Mughal artists, these artists abandoned a Persianate style in favor of a European one. Kavita Singh counters these accounts by demonstrating that Mughal painting did not follow a single arc of stylistic evolution. Instead, during the reigns of the emperors Akbar and Jahangir, Mughal painting underwent repeated cycles of adoption, rejection, and revival of both Persian and European styles. Singh’s subtle and original analysis suggests that the adoption and rejection of these styles was motivated as much by aesthetic interest as by court politics. She contends that Mughal painters were purposely selective in their use of European elements. Stylistic influences from Europe informed some aspects of the paintings, including the depiction of clothing and faces, but the symbolism, allusive practices, and overall composition remained inspired by Persian poetic and painterly conventions. Closely examining magnificent paintings from the period, Singh unravels this entangled history of politics and style and proposes new ways to understand the significance of naturalism and stylization in Mughal art.

Author : Tibor Martí,Roberto Quirós Rosado
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2503581331

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Eagles Looking East and West by Tibor Martí,Roberto Quirós Rosado Pdf

Symbolised by the 'double-headed eagle' looking East and West, the Habsburg dynasty constituted a universal power structure in the early modern era. The dynasty's Spanish and Austrian branches created a code of shared identity, one which also encompassed their religious piety and their ability to pitch the Austriacum Imperium against multiple enemies worldwide. The present volume investigates the construction of the dynasty's political image in two spheres, the Kingdom of Hungary and the Spanish monarchy, between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Fifteen Hungarian, Czech and Spanish specialists offer comparative perspectives on the Habsburg era during this convulsive period of European history, addressing topics including diplomatic links, dynastic ritual and representation, and the Order of the Golden Fleece. In covering a wide range of themes, their contributions aim towards a better understanding of the emergence of new political attitudes in the Western world prior to the Enlightenment. Contributors to the volume include Cristina Bravo Lozano, Vaclav Buzek, Nora G. Etenyi, Alfredo Floristan Imizcoz, Ruben Gonzalez Cuerva, Borbala Gulyas, Fanni Hende, Janos Kalmar, Zsolt Kokenyesi, Zoltan Korpas, Pavel Marek, Tibor Monostori, and Geza Palffy.

Author : Joseph Laurence Black
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0742529665

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Vladimir Putin and the New World Order by Joseph Laurence Black Pdf

J. L. Black's latest work is a rich and carefully crafted attempt to expose the textures of Russia's perceptions of itself and its place in the world. Based almost entirely on Russian sources, Vladimir Putin and the New World Order argues that to understand Russian foreign policymaking, international situations must be viewed through the prism of Russian analysts and officials.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Local transit
ISBN : WISC:89114882582

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Milwaukee East-west Corridor Transportation Study, Major Investment Study/draft Environmental Impact Statement, Milwaukee, Wisconsin by Anonim Pdf

Author : McIntosh Battery & Optical Co
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Lantern slides
ISBN : NYPL:33433066414933

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Illustrated Catalogue of Stereopticons, Sciopticons, Dissolving View Apparatus, Microscopes, Solar Microscope and Stereopticon Combination by McIntosh Battery & Optical Co Pdf

Author : Charlene Tan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317802587

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Educational Policy Borrowing in China by Charlene Tan Pdf

For over a decade, Mainland China has been embarking on an ambitious nation-wide education reform ('New Curriculum Reform') for its basic education. The reform reflects China’s propensity to borrow selected educational policies from elsewhere, particularly North America and Europe. Chinese scholars have used a local proverb "the West wind has overpowered the East wind" to describe this phenomenon of ‘looking West’. But what do we mean by educational policy borrowing from the West? What are the educational policies in China's new curriculum reform that are perceived to be borrowed from the West? To what extent have the borrowed educational policies in China's new curriculum reform been accepted, modified, and rejected by the various educational stakeholders? How does culture influence the various educational stakeholders in China in interpreting and mediating educational policy borrowing from the West? How do the findings of this study on China’s education reform inform and add to the existing theories on and approaches to on cross-cultural educational policy borrowing? This book answers the above questions by critically discussing China’s policy borrowing from the West through its current reform for primary and secondary education. It presents the latest in-depth research findings from a three-year empirical study (2013-2015) with school principals, teachers, students and other educational stakeholders across China. This study offers new insights into China’s educational policy borrowing from the West and international implications on cross-cultural educational transfer for academics, policymakers and educators.

Author : Kevork Oskanian
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030697136

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Russian Exceptionalism between East and West by Kevork Oskanian Pdf

This monograph provides a novel long-term approach to the role of Russia’s imperial legacies in its interactions with the former Soviet space. It develops ‘Hybrid Exceptionalism’ as a critical conceptual tool aimed at uncovering the great power’s self-positioning between ‘East’ and ‘West’, and its hierarchical claims over subalterns situated in both civilizational imaginaries. It explores how, in the Tsarist, Soviet, and contemporary eras, distinct civilizational spaces were created, and maintained, through narratives and practices emanating from Russia’s ambiguous relationship with Western modernity, and its part-identification with a subordinated ‘Orient’. The Romanov Empire’s struggles with ‘Russianness’, the USSR’s Marxism-Leninism, and contemporary Russia’s combination of feigned liberal and civilizational discourses are explored as the basis of a series of successive civilising missions, through an interdisciplinary engagement with official discourses, scholarship, and the arts. The book concludes with an exploration of contemporary policy implications for the West, and the former Soviet states themselves.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556034539056

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Norfolk-Virginia Beach Light Rail Transit System East/West Corridor Project, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Florian Bieber,Nikolaos Tzifakis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429516498

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The Western Balkans in the World by Florian Bieber,Nikolaos Tzifakis Pdf

This book provides a detailed understanding of how different types of engagements impact upon the reform and EU integration of the Western Balkan region. It examines the influence of Russia, China, Turkey and the UAE in the region and analyses the range of existing links. Contributors offer an academic and multifaceted perspective of the role of external and non-Western actors in the region that goes beyond, on the one hand, the tendency of some Western decision makers to perceive all engagement by third powers as a sinister threat and, on the other, the view of regional governments of all external involvement as a boon coming at a time of Western neglect and reduced foreign investments. By looking at the importance of Russia, Turkey, China and the UAE in the Western Balkans, the book sheds light on one key arena of global competition, offers new insights on the strengths and weaknesses of Euro–Atlantic integration and advances our knowledge of foreign policy and its economic, social and security dimensions for small and medium-sized countries. It will be of interest to academics, postgraduate and research students, and think-tankers with research interest in IR and Southeast European Studies. European decision makers will also gain an insight into the extent of non-Western influence in the region.

Author : Michael Gott
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780748694167

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East, West and Centre by Michael Gott Pdf

Re-examines notions of East and West in contemporary European cinema. This book presents a comprehensive investigation of Central European cinema in the early 21st century.

Author : Geological Survey of Pennsylvania,Henry Darwin Rogers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Coal
ISBN : OSU:32435024120156

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The Geology of Pennsylvania by Geological Survey of Pennsylvania,Henry Darwin Rogers Pdf

Author : Daniel K. Richter,Director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies Daniel K Richter
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674042728

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Facing East from Indian Country by Daniel K. Richter,Director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies Daniel K Richter Pdf

In the beginning, North America was Indian country. But only in the beginning. After the opening act of the great national drama, Native Americans yielded to the westward rush of European settlers. Or so the story usually goes. Yet, for three centuries after Columbus, Native people controlled most of eastern North America and profoundly shaped its destiny. In Facing East from Indian Country, Daniel K. Richter keeps Native people center-stage throughout the story of the origins of the United States. Viewed from Indian country, the sixteenth century was an era in which Native people discovered Europeans and struggled to make sense of a new world. Well into the seventeenth century, the most profound challenges to Indian life came less from the arrival of a relative handful of European colonists than from the biological, economic, and environmental forces the newcomers unleashed. Drawing upon their own traditions, Indian communities reinvented themselves and carved out a place in a world dominated by transatlantic European empires. In 1776, however, when some of Britain's colonists rebelled against that imperial world, they overturned the system that had made Euro-American and Native coexistence possible. Eastern North America only ceased to be an Indian country because the revolutionaries denied the continent's first peoples a place in the nation they were creating. In rediscovering early America as Indian country, Richter employs the historian's craft to challenge cherished assumptions about times and places we thought we knew well, revealing Native American experiences at the core of the nation's birth and identity.

Author : David R. Swartz
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190250805

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Facing West by David R. Swartz Pdf

"The dramatic growth of Christianity around the world in the last century has shifted the balance of power within the faith away from the traditional strongholds of Europe and the United States to the Global South. While we typically imagine Western missionaries carrying religion to the ends of the earth, David R. Swartz shows that the line of influence has often run the other way, as evangelicals in nations such as Korea, India, and Uganda shaped the American church from abroad. Swartz tells stories of evangelicals crossing national boundaries, offering new insights into a tradition that imagines itself as simultaneously American and part of a global communion"--