Author: Stephen K.; Kiang Tan Beng (eds.) WittkopfBuy Use
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Keywords: architecture, passive, low, energy, conference, plea, international, wind, proceedings, 24th, sun
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9810594003
ISBN-13: 9789810594008

Authors:Beng Huat Chua, Chua Beng Huat, Norman Edwards,
Publisher: Coronet Books Inc
Keywords: management, design, space, public
Number of Pages: 199
Published: 1992-12
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 9971691647
ISBN-13: 9789971691646

Author: Chee-Beng Tan
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: chinese, worlds, transnational, networks
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2006-12-06
List price: $160.00
ISBN-10: 0415395836
ISBN-13: 9780415395830

The Chinese overseas have long been relevant to China, especially to qiaoxiang, and vice-versa. Qiaoxiang refers to regions from where emigrants migrated overseas, where there are therefore ties with Chinese communities overseas. Unlike most other works, which cover either China or the Chinese overseas, this book examines both China and the Chinese overseas in relation to qioaxiang. With clearly presented chapters that examine the ancestral homeland, Chinese overseas, China and transnational networks, and the diversity of settlements and homelands, the expert team of international contrib

Author: Beng-Huat Chua
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: asia, rich, new, lifestyle, consumption, identities
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2000-08-21
List price: $195.00
ISBN-10: 0415213118
ISBN-13: 9780415213110

The essays in this collection challenge conventional ideas about consumption and consumerism: they consider if the inundation of Western consumer goods have created identity confusions among the affluent in Asia, and if the expansion of consumer culture really does threaten the stability of politically anti-liberal states in Asia. This is the first book to analyse in detial consumerism in the region, and will be valuable reading for students and researchers in Asian studies, economics, politics and cultural studies.

Author: Gordon Clarke CP Eng BEng MBADeon Reynders Pr E
Publisher: Newnes
Keywords: systems, idc, technology, related, dnp3, modern, scada, protocols, practical
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 2004-04-15
List price: $63.95
ISBN-10: 0750657995
ISBN-13: 9780750657990

SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems are at the heart of the modern industrial enterprise ranging from mining plants, water and electrical utility installations to oil and gas plants. In a market that is crowded with high-level monographs and reference guides, more practical information for professional engineers is required. This book covers the essentials of SCADA communication systems focussing on DNP3, the IEC 60870.5 standard and other new developments in this area. It commences with a brief review of the fundamentals of SCADA systems’ hardware, software and the

Authors:Christine M. Du Bois, Chee-Beng Tan, Sidney Mintz,
Publisher: University of Illinois Pre
Keywords: series, food, soy, world
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2008-08-04
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0252033418
ISBN-13: 9780252033414

As the most ecologically efficient and economical source of complete protein in human food, soy is gradually attracting more use in the American diet for its nutritional and financial value. Derived from soybean plants--the leading export crop of the United States and the world’s most traded crop--soy produced for human consumption is part of a global enterprise affecting the likes of farmers, economists, dieticians, and grocery shoppers. An international group of expert food specialists--including an agricultural economist, an agricultural sociologist, a former Peace Corps development e

Authors:Kuan-Hsing Chen, Beng Huat Chua,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: reader, studies, cultural, asia, inter
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 2007-07-27
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0415431344
ISBN-13: 9780415431347

Asian Cultural Studies or Cultural Studies in Asia is a new and burgeoning field, and the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Journal is at its cutting edge. Committed to bringing Asian Cultural Studies scholarship to the international English speaking world and constantly challenging existing conceptions of cultural studies, the journal has emerged as the leading publication in Cultural Studies in Asia.   The Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Reader brings together the best of the ground breaking papers published in the journal and includes a new introduction by the editors, Chen Kuan-Hsing and Chua