Christopher R Howe

Hot Zone: Memoir of a Professional Firefighter

This memoir is a riveting account of what it's like to be a professional firefighter, from rookie to chief officer, over the course of a 31-year career. The anecdotes are funny, sad, and grim: all serve to educate readers about a profession that many dreamed about when they were children but would n...

Authority Participation and Cultural Change in China (Contemporary China Institute Publications)

This 1973 volume is a fascinating collection of original studies on the immediate consequences and the likely long-term effects of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the enormous social and political upheaval initiated by Mao Tse-Tung in 1966. The authors discuss a series of connected problems, all in...

China And the Global Energy Crisis: Development and Prospects for China's Oil and Natural Gas

`This is a timely volume. Understanding the oil and gas industry that China has at home is an essential prerequisite to understanding Chinese foreign policy and the future role of China in world oil and gas markets. It is certain to be a major one.' - From the preface by Ron Oxburgh, Lord Oxburgh o...

China and Japan: History, Trends, and Prospects (Studies on Contemporary China)

This book is a remarkable attempt to understand and summarize the current and historical Sino-Japanese relationship: two countries bound by ties of history, culture, geography, and economic complementarity. Through this investigation, the contributors are able to broaden our understanding of contemp...

Gene Cloning and Manipulation

Now fully updated to reflect recent advances, this introduction provides a broad, but concise, coverage of recombinant DNA techniques. Emphasis is placed on the concepts underlying particular types of cloning vectors to aid understanding and to enable readers to devise suitable strategies for novel ...

The Origins of Japanese Trade Supremacy: Development and Technology in Asia from 1540 to the Pacific War

Synthesizing a wide range of scholarship Christopher Howe traces the history of Japanese trade over four centuries and locates the sources of Japan's current commercial and financial strength in events that began in the sixteenth century."Thoughtful, well-organized, and lucidly written and reflects ...

China and Japan: History, Trends, and Prospects

The Origins of Japanese Trade Supremacy: Development and Technology in Asia from 1540 to the Pacific War

The Origins of Japanese Trade Supremacy: Development and Technology in Asia from 1540 to the Pacific War

China's Economy: A Basic Guide

Foundations of the Chinese Planned Economy: A Documentary Survey, 1953-65

Foundations of the Chinese Planned Economy: A Documentary Survey, 1953-65

Shanghai: Revolution and Development in an Asian Metropolis

Employment and Economic Growth in Urban China 1949-1957