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  The Global in the Local - A...

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  Fear swept Zhenjiang as British soldiers gathered outside the city walls in the summer of 1842. Already suspicious of foreigners, locals had also heard of the suffering the British inflicted two months earlier, in Zhapu. A wave of suicides and mercy killings ensued: rather than leave their families to the invaders, hundreds of women killed themselves and their children or died at the hands of male family members. British observers decried an "Asian culture" of ritual suicide. In reality, the event was sui generis—a tragic result of colliding local and global forces in nineteenth-century China. 
   
   
   
  Xin Zhang's groundbreaking history examines the intense negotiations between local societies and global changes that created modern China. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, world-historic political, economic, and technological developments transformed the textures of everyday life in places like Zhenjiang, a midsize river town in China's prosperous Lower Yangzi region. Drawing on rare primary sources, including handwritten diaries and other personal writings, Zhang offers a ground-level view of globalization in the city. 
   
   
   
  Far from passive recipients, the Chinese leveraged, resisted, and made change for themselves. The Global in the Local argues that globalization is inevitably refracted through local particularities.

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  A witty, satirical reading of Twain's humorous essay packed with ironic ‘advice’ — perfect for a light, entertaining listen. 
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  The Civil Wars Book 2

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  The Mali Empire - The Tales of...

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  Spy Gal Helps Get His DNA The:...

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  Summary of Principles for...

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  Dalio takes you through the history of the world and explains the current power dynamics in terms of long-term money and debt cycles, internal wealth and international power, and wealth cycles and power cycles. 
  Using the most volatile economic and political periods in history, he explains why the times ahead are likely to differ drastically from the ones that we've seen in our lifetimes—and offers suggestions for successfully navigating those times. A bold and practical guide to the rise and collapse of empires in the last 500 years of history, with crucial lessons for today's U.S. and Chinese leaders alike. 
  This book takes the readers on a tour of the major empires, including the Dutch, British, and American, putting the "Big Cycle" that has driven the successes and failures of all of the world's major countries throughout history into perspective.  
  This book, Summary of Principles for Dealing with The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio is an unofficial Summary of the original which includes:Book Summary OverviewChapter-by-Chapter AnalysisBackground Information about the bookBackground information about the authorTrivia questions, Discussion questionsAnd much more… 
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