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  • CHINA AND EUROPE RELATIONS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
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    CHINA AND EUROPE RELATIONS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
    AIFEN XING / PETER PRESTON
    This book argues that although relations between China and Europe are strained in many areas, including trade, human rights and views about political systems, nevertheless established linkages, especially when considered in the context of long-term historical linkages, development trajectories and intellectual cultures, offer good prospects for future progressive collaborative ...

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  • SWORDS AND COVENANTS
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    SWORDS AND COVENANTS
    ADRIAN PRESTON AND PETER DENNIS
    Originally published in 1976, this book honours the centenary of The Royal Military College of Canada, 1876-1976. It comprises nine essays written by military historians who have been or still are in some way, as staff and students, connected with RMC since 1948. The essays range in time from the American invasion of Canada in 1775 to Hungary on the eve of the Second World War,...

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  • SOLDIERS AS STATESMEN
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    SOLDIERS AS STATESMEN
    PETER DENNIS / ADRIAN PRESTON
    ‘The Duke is a soldier – a bad education for a statesmen in a free country’. Sir Walter Scott’s fear of the political soldier has long been part of Western political life. Yet although many countries would have preferred to keep the military out of politics few have been successful. Originally published in 1976, this book examines the careers of five distinguished twentieth cen...

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  • OPERATION MARKET GARDEN
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    OPERATION MARKET GARDEN
    JOHN BUCKLEY / PETER PRESTON-HOUGH
    In September 1944 the Western Allies mounted an audacious attempt to seize a crossing over the Rhine into Germany in a bid to end the Second World War quickly. Yet despite the deployment of thousands of American, British and Polish airborne troops, in conjunction with the efforts of ground forces to link up with them, ultimately at Arnhem in the Netherlands, the plan failed spe...

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  • THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT
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    THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT
    PETER PRESTON
    Dr Preston’s book, first published in 1982, presents a critical history of development studies since the Second World War, linking the recent, neo-Marxist, debate with the whole tradition in the field, going back to the work of economists like Arthur Lewis. He identifies a series of ‘schools’ and evaluates their contribution, supplying in each case a careful analysis, informed ...

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  • NATIONAL PASTS IN EUROPE AND EAST ASIA
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    NATIONAL PASTS IN EUROPE AND EAST ASIA
    PETER W. PRESTON
    With the rise of industrial capitalism in Europe and the related imposition of colonial rule in much of East Asia, both Europe and East Asia have intertwined histories that continue to shape their political thinking and political decision making. The contemporary interactions of the two regions – now once again major trading partners – will both depend upon and facilitate deepe...

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  • RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT
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    RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT
    PETER PRESTON
    First published in 1987, this volume stresses the importance of development studies for sociology, as P. W. Preston argues that this field of study is emerging from the technical social scientific ghetto back into the mainstream of the ‘classical tradition’ of social theorizing, represented by Marx, Weber and Durkheim. Preston discusses the position of development studies in re...

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  • NEW TRENDS IN DEVELOPMENT THEORY
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    NEW TRENDS IN DEVELOPMENT THEORY
    PETER PRESTON
    The theme of this work, first published in 1985, is the exchange between issues of development and problems of social theory. They provide preliminary analysis of the multiplicity of social-theoretic arguments in development theory and their implications for social theory in general. The book will be of interest to all those interested in the contemporary ‘restructuring’ of soc...

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  • SINGAPORE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM
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    SINGAPORE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM
    PETER PRESTON
    This book tracks the phases of Singapore’s economic and political development, arguing that its success was always dependent upon the territories links with the surrounding region and the wider global system, and suggests that managing these links today will be the key to the country’s future. Singapore has followed a distinctive historical development trajectory. It was one of...

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  • WRITING THE CITY
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    WRITING THE CITY
    PETER PRESTON / PAUL SIMPSON-HOUSLEY
    `The expression of human experience it embodies ... includes all personal history'. Saul Bellow's view of the city is far from that of classic geographical descriptions which look at growth or decline, demographic patterns, traffic flows and economic potential: these empirically conceived models of urban geography fail to accommodate the crucial human aspect of city life. Locat...

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