Algebraic theory of semigroups / edited by G. Pollák

• Record Nr.: UNIBAS000011524
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam [etc.] : North-Holland, c1979
• ISBN: 0444-85282-4
• Descrizione fisica: 753 p. ; 25 cm.
• Collana: Colloquia Mathematica, Societatis János Bolyai ; 20
• Disciplina: 512.2
• Soggetti: Teoria dei gruppi
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Contest for the South China Sea / / Marwyn S. Samuels

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910964374503321
• Autore: Samuels Marwyn S.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-136-57560-X; 1-136-57553-7; 1-315-01890-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (220 p.)
• Collana: China, history, philosophy, economics ; ; XXV
• Disciplina: 320.12095
• Soggetti: Paracel Islands International status; Spratly Islands International status
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1982.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction -- 2. A Chinese lake -- 3. The open sea -- 4. A question of sovereignty -- 5. The post-war contest -- 6. Battle for the Paracels -- 7. China's ocean policy -- 8. The southern maritime ; frontier.
• Sommario/riassunto: First published in 1982. Wide-ranging and fully documented, this book is the first detailed study of the origins, contexts and consequences of the long-standing dispute between China, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines over the Paracel and Spratly Archipelagos in the South China Sea - one of the world's most strategically important inter-ocean basins and China's southern maritime frontier. Samuels' analysis: * Highlights the impact of the shifting balance of power in Asia and the growing competition for oceanic resources * Examines the implications of the dispute in terms of the historical an