Long before the Europeans reached the East, the ancient Chinese had elaborate and meaningful perspectives of the West. In this groundbreaking book, Wang explores their view of the West as other by loc
This book concerns two focus particles (jiu, dou) and wh-expressions (shenme = ‘what’, na geren = ‘which person’) in Mandarin Chinese. These items are systematically ‘ambiguous’ and have played import
Wang (anthropology, Peking University) is one of the new breed of scholars who blend their knowledge of history and anthropology in order to uncover as much as can be known of past civilizations. Here
Mingming Wang, one of the most prolific anthropologists in China, has produced a work both of long-term historical anthropology and of broad social theory. In it, he traces almost a millennium of hist
Robot-assisted healthcare offers benefits for repetitive, intensive and task specific training compared to traditional manual manipulation performed by physiotherapists. However, a majority of existin
Divided into three sections that cover molecular mechanisms, experimental models and methods, and clinical issues, this work on the vascular aspects of brain and spinal cord trauma features contributi
