This book introduces the history of cultural exchanges between East Asia and the West through comparative biographical sketches of sixty personalities from China and Japan....Lasīt vairāk
Originally published in 1987 and revised in 2004, Compañeras speaks with the voices of Latina lesbians; women who met to speak about what it implies to be both Latina and lesbian in our communities, whether we live in Latin America or the US....Lasīt vairāk
This book surveys the lives and careers of all 32 Prime Ministers from Sir Robert Walpole (1721-42) to Archibald Philip Primrose (1894-95) in 32 succinct, informative and entertaining chapters. It is also part of a 2-volume set with the companion Mo...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1991, is an invaluable guide to biographies of scientists from a wide variety of scientific fields. These biographies are unique in that they explore the whole personality of the scientist, giving students a glimpse at...Lasīt vairāk
First published in 1978. This biography aims solve the problem of the lack of access to information regarding American engineers and technologists of the nineteenth-century, whilst also providing opportunities for scholars to study and assess the wo...Lasīt vairāk
Talented Young Men Overcoming Tough Times features the life stories of five gifted, high-achieving young men who overcame serious adversity in their lives....Lasīt vairāk
First published in 1992. This volume compiles the autobiographies of the management disciplines most distinguished laureates. The autobiographies in this volume offer the reader a glimpse of the subjective determinants and personal experiences of th...Lasīt vairāk
First published in 1993. This volume compiles the autobiographies of the management disciplines most distinguished laureates. The autobiographies in this volume offer the reader a glimpse of the subjective determinants and personal experiences of th...Lasīt vairāk
First published in 1993. This volume compiles the autobiographies of the management disciplines most distinguished laureates. The autobiographies in this volume offer the reader a glimpse of the subjective determinants and personal experiences of th...Lasīt vairāk
First published in 1996. This volume compiles the autobiographies of the management disciplines most distinguished laureates. The autobiographies in this volume offer the reader a glimpse of the subjective determinants and personal experiences of th...Lasīt vairāk
First published in 1998. This volume compiles the autobiographies of the management disciplines most distinguished laureates. The autobiographies in this volume offer the reader a glimpse of the subjective determinants and personal experiences of th...Lasīt vairāk
First published in 2002. This volume compiles the autobiographies of the management disciplines most distinguished laureates. The autobiographies in this volume offer the reader a glimpse of the subjective determinants and personal experiences of th...Lasīt vairāk
Dr Chaloner considers economic history to be a branch of what the French call the historical sciences. In this collection of essays, first published in 1963, he provides biographies of certain entrepreneurs, inventors and engineers together with his...Lasīt vairāk
Until the publication of this book in 1974, the leaders of the October Revolution remained little-known. This book exhumes the autobiographies written by the men whose actions and ideas moulded events. Unique as sources of documentation on the Bolsh...Lasīt vairāk
Originally published in 1981. This book looks at the autobiographical work of nine twentieth-century writers Henry Adams, Henry James, W. B. Yeats, Boris Pasternak, Leiris, Jean-Paul Sartre, Vladimir Nabokov, Henry Green and Adrian Stokes....Lasīt vairāk
This volume of the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women completes the four-volume project and contains more than 400 biographies of women active in the Tang through Ming dynasties (618-1644). Many of the entries are the result of original resear...Lasīt vairāk
