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  • Liberal Barbarism

    The European Destruction of the Palace of the Emperor of China

    by E. Ringmar ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In Liberal Barbarism, Erik Ringmar sets out to explain the 1860 destruction of Yuanmingyuan - the Chinese imperial palace north-west of Beijing - at the hands of British and French armies. Yuanmingyuan was the emperor's own theme-park, a perfect world, a vision of paradise, which housed one of the greatest collections of works of art ever assembled. The intellectual puzzle which the book addresses ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • History of International Relations

    A Non-European Perspective

    by Erik Ringmar ...
    Existing textbooks on international relations treat history in a cursory fashion and perpetuate a Euro-centric perspective. This textbook pioneers a new approach by historicizing the material traditionally taught in International Relations courses, and by explicitly focusing on non-European cases, debates and issues.The volume is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mechanics of Modernity in Europe and East Asia

    Institutional Origins of Social Change and Stagnation

    by Erik Ringmar ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Economic History
    Why, from the eighteenth century onwards, did some countries embark on a path of sustained economic growth, while others stagnated? This text looks at the kind of institutions that are required in order for change to take place, and Ringmar concludes that for sustained development to be possible, change must be institutionalized. Taking a global view, Ringmar investigates the implications of his ... Read more

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  • History of International Relations

    A Non-European Perspective

    by Erik Ringmar ...
    Existing books on international relations treat history in a cursory fashion and perpetuate a Euro-centric perspective. This book pioneers a new approach by historicizing the material traditionally taught in International Relations courses, and by explicitly focusing on non-European cases, debates and issues.The volume is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the international ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • International Politics of Recognition

    by Thomas Lindemann, Erik Ringmar ...
    The origins of international conflict are often explained by security dilemmas, power-rivalries or profits for political or economic elites. Common to these approaches is the idea that human behaviour is mostly governed by material interests which principally involve the quest for power or wealth. The authors question this truncated image of human rationality. Borrowing the concept of recognition ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Moving Bodies

    Embodied Minds and the World That We Made

    by Erik Ringmar ...
    Increasingly we have come to live in our heads, leaving our bodies behind. The consequences have been far-reaching, of which cognitive theory has warned us, advocating a 'return to the body.' This book employs several case studies-kings performing in ballets, sea captains dancing with natives, nationalists engaged in gymnastics exercises-to demonstrate what has been lost and what could be gained ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

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  • From the Ranks

    by Charles King ...
    Classic western novel. According to Wikipedia: "Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York 17 March 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson of Columbia University president Charles King, and great grandson of Rufus King, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He ... Read more

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  • ESV Classic Reference Bible

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