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Author : 刘扬
Publisher : Taschen
ISBN 13 : 9783836554022
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (54 download)
Download or read book 东西相遇 written by 刘扬 and published by Taschen. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first volume in Yang Liu's infographic series explores the range of differences between Eastern and Western experience through her signature graphic simplicity.
Author : Patricia Belyea
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683351142
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)
Download or read book East-Meets-West Quilts written by Patricia Belyea and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen simple projects: “Readers will be awestruck by the brilliant designs and . . . sidebars on famous stitcher Ayako Miyawaki, yukata cottons, and more.” —Booklist (starred review) Improv quilting—in which quilt designs emerge organically as fabric is cut and stitched—is easy, popular, and fun. In this book, expert quilter Patricia Belyea offers improv instruction and shares her appealing Quilt Manifesto of five simple rules. While providing quilters with a starting point, the fifth rule of the Manifesto, “Break any rule you like,” opens the door to creative freedom. (However, the solid instructions allow even the rule-breakers to create beautiful quilts on the first try!) Fourteen projects combine authentic Japanese yukata cottons and contemporary fabrics; each is finished with bold hand-stitching. The quilt-making process is presented in detail, and each quilt shows the irresistible wabi-sabi influence of Japanese design. “With fresh designs and useful directions, Belyea's book is both practical and aspirational.” —Publishers Weekly
Author : Daniel A. Bell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book East Meets West written by Daniel A. Bell and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attempts to chart a middle ground between the extremes of the international debate on human rights and democracy. Criticizes the use of "Asian values" to justify oppression, but also draws on East Asian cultural traditions and contributions by contemporary intellectuals in East Asia to identify some powerful challenges to Western-style liberal democracy.
Author : Albrecht Classen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110321513
Total Pages : 828 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)
Download or read book East Meets West in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times written by Albrecht Classen and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume explores the surprisingly intense and complex relationships between East and West during the Middle Ages and the early modern world, combining a large number of critical studies representing such diverse fields as literary (German, French, Italian, English, Spanish, and Arabic) and other subdisciplines of history, religion, anthropology, and linguistics. The differences between Islam and Christianity erected strong barriers separating two global cultures, but, as this volume indicates, despite many attempts to 'Other' the opposing side, the premodern world experienced an astonishing degree of contacts, meetings, exchanges, and influences. Scientists, travelers, authors, medical researchers, chroniclers, diplomats, and merchants criss-crossed the East and the West, or studied the sources produced by the other culture for many different reasons. As much as the theoretical concept of 'Orientalism' has been useful in sensitizing us to the fundamental tensions and conflicts separating both worlds at least since the eighteenth century, the premodern world did not quite yet operate in such an ideological framework. Even though the Crusades had violently pitted Christians against Muslims, there were countless contacts and a palpitable curiosity on both sides both before, during, and after those religious warfares.
Author : Kelly Hoppen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781850298922
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (989 download)
Download or read book East Meets West written by Kelly Hoppen and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text advises on how to mix colours, textures and objects from different cultures in your own setting. It illustrates ideas for windows and walls, furnishings and floors, tabletops and mantlepieces. Celebrating the handcrafted, influences are taken from China, India and Africa.
Author : Catherine L. Wang
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781900272
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (819 download)
Download or read book West Meets East written by Catherine L. Wang and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume consists of two parts: "Developing Quantitative Techniques" and "Exploring Mixed Research Methods". With authors from an array of country backgrounds, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Russia, Singapore, the UK and the US, this volume promotes methodological exchange between the West and the East.
Author : Peter Lavezzoli
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826418159
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (181 download)
Download or read book The Dawn of Indian Music in the West written by Peter Lavezzoli and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-04-24 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Lavezzoli, Buddhist and musician, has a rare ability to articulate the personal feeling of music, and simultaneously narrate a history. In his discussion on Indian music theory, he demystifies musical structures, foreign instruments, terminology, an
Author : Stephanie Yuen
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN 13 : 1553658639
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (536 download)
Download or read book East Meets West written by Stephanie Yuen and published by Douglas & McIntyre. This book was released on 2012 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for a TASTE CANADA - Food Writing Award in the Regional/Cultural Cookbooks category. In February 2010, Conde Nast Traveler magazine declared Metro Vancouver home to the best Chinese food in the world. While foodies flock to the city for dumplings and dim sum, they leave having discovered a wealth of world-class Asian dishes, from sushi to sambar, banh mi to bubble tea. Almost one in five of Vancouver's two million residents is ethnically Chinese, and the city supports more than four hundred Chinese restaurants. Other Vancouverites bring with them the cuisines of their onetime homes in Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam or India. The first book of its kind, East Meets West is a celebration of the city's Asian food and a mouthwatering compilation of distinctive dishes from its most talented -- but often unheralded -- kitchens. Veteran food writer Stephanie Yuen brings together a collection of recipes showcasing both traditional Asian foods made with fresh ingredients from the Pacific Northwest Coast and modern classics inspired by Asian flavours and techniques. With an introduction to the history of Asian food in Vancouver, and profiles of the city's most exciting eateries -- many of them hidden gems, elusive to the uninitiated -- East Meets West is a delicious glimpse into one of the most complex and fascinating culinary landscapes in the world.
Author : J.R. Thornton
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062411926
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)
Download or read book Beautiful Country written by J.R. Thornton and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This unsettling book about the moral encounter between America and China is a study of privilege, innocence, and risk. It is a tragedy of manners and a portrait of Beijing -- amplified and torqued and unmistakable.”— Evan Osnos, autor of Age of Ambition, winner of the National Book Award A coming-of-age story set in modern day China centering on the friendship between an American and a Chinese boy who meet while training with Beijing’s Junior National Tennis Team. Chase Robertson arrives in Beijing as a fourteen-year-old boy still troubled by the recent death of his older brother. He discovers a country in transition; a society in which the dual systems of Communist Era state control and an emerging entrepreneurial culture exist in paradox. A top ranked junior tennis player in the U.S., Chase joins the practices of the Beijing National Junior Tennis Team and is immersed in the brutal, cut-throat world of Chinese sport. It is a world in which gifted children are selected at the ages of six or seven for specialized sport schools where they devote their entire youth to the pursuit of athletic excellence and are paid as professionals by the state. Athletes find themselves compelled to do anything possible to succeed—right or wrong. Those who fail to reach the pinnacle are cast aside and are left facing a desperate future without hope. In China, Chase gains access to a culture rarely open to Westerners, and soon finds himself caught up in secrets. When his closest friend and teammate turns to him for help, Chase is faced with the dilemma of what to do when friendship, rules, and morals are in conflict. A big-hearted debut, Beautiful Country explores a friendship against the backdrop of a quickly changing country.
Author : Martin Chapman
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783791357836
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (578 download)
Download or read book East Meets West written by Martin Chapman and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning book focuses on four centuries of magnificent jewelry that resulted from the cultural exchange between India and Europe. From the dawn of the Mughal Empire through the end of the British Raj, exquisite pieces of jewelry from or inspired by India traveled between Europe and Asia. This book features more than 150 objects, including jewel-encrusted jades, famous gemstones, enameled gold, and other precious works of art that range in date from the 17th century to the 1930s, along with exquisite contemporary examples by JAR and Baghat that draw from earlier motifs. Between the 16th and 19th centuries, Indian jewelry and works of art developed Persian and Muslim influences brought over by the Mughal Empire while European styles and craftsmanship traveled to India via the British Raj. As illustrated in this elegant book, 20th-century influences flowed in the opposite direction when Indian jewelry inspired European designers to make pieces in the Indian style. East Meets West also showcases the significant role that gender played, as Indian men adorned themselves with treasures worn exclusively by women in Europe. With fascinating essays and beautiful photographs, this book illustrates the cultural and artistic conversations that resulted in some of the most gorgeous jewelry ever created. Copublished by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and DelMonico Books
Author : Daniel Brook
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393078124
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)
Download or read book A History of Future Cities written by Daniel Brook and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering exploration of four cities where East meets West and past becomes future: St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Dubai.
Author : Tiit Tammaru
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317637488
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)
Download or read book Socio-Economic Segregation in European Capital Cities written by Tiit Tammaru and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing inequalities in Europe are a major challenge threatening the sustainability of urban communities and the competiveness of European cities. While the levels of socio-economic segregation in European cities are still modest compared to some parts of the world, the poor are increasingly concentrating spatially within capital cities across Europe. An overlooked area of research, this book offers a systematic and representative account of the spatial dimension of rising inequalities in Europe. This book provides rigorous comparative evidence on socio-economic segregation from 13 European cities. Cities include Amsterdam, Athens, Budapest, London, Milan, Madrid, Oslo, Prague, Riga, Stockholm, Tallinn, Vienna and Vilnius. Comparing 2001 and 2011, this multi-factor approach links segregation to four underlying universal structural factors: social inequalities, global city status, welfare regimes and housing systems. Hypothetical segregation levels derived from those factors are compared to actual segregation levels in all cities. Each chapter provides an in-depth and context sensitive discussion of the unique features shaping inequalities and segregation in the case study cities. The main conclusion of the book is that the spatial gap between the poor and the rich is widening in capital cities across Europe, which threatens to harm the social stability of European cities. This book will be a key reference on increasing segregation and will provide valuable insights to students, researchers and policy makers who are interested in the spatial dimension of social inequality in European cities. Chapters 1 and 15 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 3.0 license.
Author : Leslie Grant
Publisher : ASCD
ISBN 13 : 1416618236
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (166 download)
Download or read book West Meets East written by Leslie Grant and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States and China: two nations drastically different in demographics, history, political structures, and education systems. Despite these differences, educators in each country have discovered they have much to learn from one another. The United States looks east and is captivated by the high assessment scores that many Chinese students achieve. China looks west and is enamored with how the United States fosters innovation and creativity in students. Teachers are increasingly looking across borders to expand, adapt, and offer their students a more balanced education. West Meets East is based on the fundamental premise that strong teaching is at the heart of educational quality and that we all benefit from understanding the practices and professional thinking of exemplary teachers. With this in mind, Grant and her colleagues set out to discover which beliefs and strategies of effective teachers can cross the cultural divide and help students in each nation make breakthrough advances. As educators, it's important to understand that even though we're setting new goals and improving outcomes, excellence is a moving target. In the globally connected 21st century, educational innovations in one country can reset the bar for students around the world. Only by learning from one another can we be sure all our students remain competitive and successful.
Author : Gail Gamache
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0897897765
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (978 download)
Download or read book West Meets East written by Gail Gamache and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1999-05-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who are the new families that are appearing on city streets, in suburban malls, and at Fourth of July celebrations? The parents, in their 40s and 50s, are obviously Caucasian, and their very young daughters are obviously Chinese. This book is about these new American & Chinese families that are being formed through the mechanism of international adoption. The first survey of bicultural Chinese-American children, based on personal experience and rigorous research, both documents these adoptions and examines their implications for American society. This book will be of great use to couples considering or living with adopted Chinese children, professionals in social welfare and education, and scholars and other researchers involved with American multiculturalism.
Author : David Harb
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453563601
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (535 download)
Download or read book West Meets East written by David Harb and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Israel and Palestine is a very small piece of land in the planet, it has received more global attention over the last 60 years and perhaps any other part of the globe. This primer is designed to help clarify the issues to give the reader a better understanding of the confl ict. Israel claims it is theirs and Palestine claims it belongs to the Palestinians. This book is intended to validate both claims with the purpose of creating a peace that both people can live side by side in harmony with one another. Many attempts have been made in the past to create a lasting peace. This is the appropriate time in history to bring both parties to the table with the intentions of bringing together a comprehensive peace agreement to both sides.
Author : Ravi Shankar
Publisher : [Delhi] : Vikas Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book My Music, My Life written by Ravi Shankar and published by [Delhi] : Vikas Publications. This book was released on 1969 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Borneman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book After The Wall written by John Borneman and published by . This book was released on 1991-03-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the disorientation and dissolution caused by German reunification, describing how democratic reform has become consumer frenzy and offering portraits of individuals that are both exhilarating and tragic.
