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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453328003321

Titolo

China' diplomacy in Eastern and Southern Africa / / edited by  Seifudein Adem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate Publishing Company, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-317-16729-5

1-317-16728-7

1-4094-4710-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series

Altri autori (Persone)

AdemSeifudein

Disciplina

327.5106

Soggetti

Electronic books.

China Foreign economic relations Africa, Southern

China Foreign economic relations Africa, Eastern

China Foreign relations Africa, Southern

China Foreign relations Africa, Eastern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Foreword: Africa and China in a "Post-American World"; Preface; 1 The Yellow Man's Burden: Race and Revolution in Sino-African Relations; 2 Trends in Sino-Zambian Relations; 3 China's Somali Piracy Deployment: Strategic Context and Implications; 4 Merchandise Trading between Kenya and China: Implications for the East African Community (EAC); 5 Perspectives on Sino-Tanzanian Relations; 6 Sino-Ugandan Relations: Themes and Issues; 7 A New All-Weather Friend? China's Evolving Relations with South Sudan

8 The Logic of China's Diplomacy in Ethiopia9 Impact of the Growing Chinese Foreign Trade on the Economy of Madagascar; 10 China-Zambia Relations; 11 China's Foreign Policy toward Africa from the Bandung Conference to the Twenty-First Century (1955-2011); 12 Conceptualizing China-Africa Relations: A Conclusion; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In contemporary discourse on China-Africa relations, there are three



differing perspectives. On one hand Sino-pessimists view China as a giant, feeding on Africa's resources to fuel its own industrialization. On the other hand, Sino-optimists see China as a benevolent state capable of 'developing' the continent. In the middle sit the Sino-pragmatists who remain unsure of what Africa might gain from China-Africa relations. This book introduces a regional approach to the study of China-Africa relations by focusing on Eastern and Southern Africa; and it puts forward a disciplinary framework - dis

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910165098203321

Autore

Gale Patrick

Titolo

Friendly fire : a novel / / Patrick Gale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Open Road Integrated Media, , 2016

2005

ISBN

1-5040-3653-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 pages)

Disciplina

959.70431

Soggetti

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Casualties

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Protest movements - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

At an elite English boarding school in the late 1970s, an orphaned fourteen-year-old girl falls in love with two boys--one of them gay--in this coming-of-age novel  The town orphanage has been Sophie Cullen's only home since she was five years old. She knows not whether her parents are living or dead, and has no memory of her life before Wakefield House. No one is more surprised than Sophie when she wins the last scholarship to an exclusive boarding school. Tatham's was founded in the fourteenth century, and it is only the rare female scholar who gains entry. Even with the girls outnumbered twenty-five to one, Sophie only has eyes for upperclassman Lucas Behrman. Until she sees him kissing a boy.  Then she meets Charlie Somborne-Abbot, whose



life is shadowed by scandal. And solid, dependable Will Franks, who gives her her first kiss. But her education is just beginning. It will take a fall from grace and a devastating tragedy for Sophie to discover who she is and find her true place in the world.  From the author of the bestselling Notes from an Exhibition, Friendly Fire is a wise and affecting chronicle of the painful angst of adolescence. A novel about friendship, family, and love, it explores the intransigence of beauty, the ephemerality of youth, the exhilaration of learning, and that most British of all preoccupations: class.