Human progress and prosperity depend on a peaceful environment, and most people have always sought to live in peace, yet our perception of the past is dominated too often by a narrative that is obsess
The only introductory text on the Hong Kong Basic Law, this book provides a highly readable starting point to understanding the important issues shaping Hong Kong’s future. The book traces the origins
The only introductory text on the Hong Kong Basic Law, this book provides a highly readable starting point to understanding the important issues shaping Hong Kong’s future. The book traces the origins
Effective since China's resumption of sovereignty on July 1, 1997, the Hong Kong Basic Law lays down the general policies and system of government for Hong Kong under the "one country, two systems" fo
Human progress and prosperity depend on a peaceful environment, and most people have always sought to live in peace, yet our perception of the past is dominated too often by a narrative that is obsess
Where is China heading in the twenty-first century? Recent curtailments of liberty, such as the new "cyberwall" prohibiting internet users from reaching pro-democracy websites, has dimmed the hopes o
Canadian National Cinema explores the idea of the nation across Canada's film history, from early films of colonisation and white settlement such as The Wheatfields of Canada and Back to God's Country
Integrating Information with GI Technology examines the components necessary for building infrastructure to support the panoly of Geographic Information (GI) research and services. These include novel
Adam Hinton began taking photographs at the age of twelve when his father bought him his first camera. Throughout his professional career he has produced several self-funded documentary projects based
If you look hard enough, you can find a face in the most unexpected places: on a light switch, a shoe, a cardboard box, or a map. Look around. They're everyplace! With its funny illustrations, colorf
Viewing his adoptive city as one of "ongoing lost promise," Price (a columnist for the Albuquerque Tribune ) argues that the major problem with Albuquerque, New Mexico is that it has failed to build
An essential text for anyone interested in crime, law and justice in Hong Kong, this book offers the only comprehensive survey of all the major parts of Hong Kong’s criminal justice system. It also pr
Keats's letters have long been regarded as an extraordinary record of poetic development. According to T. S. Eliot, Keats's letters are "the most notable and most important ever written by any Englis
