Author: Li Zhang

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Li Zhang is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis. A 2008 Guggenheim Fellow, she is coeditor of Privatizing China: Socialism from Afar, also from Cornell, and author of Strangers in the City.




41 Ebooks by Li Zhang

Li Zhang: In Search of Paradise
A new revolution in homeownership and living has been sweeping the booming cities of China. This time the main actors on the social stage are not peasants, migrants, or working-class proletariats but …
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€19.99
Li Zhang: Strangers in the City
With rapid commercialization, a booming urban economy, and the relaxation of state migration policies, over 100 million peasants, known as China’s “floating population, ” have streamed into large cit …
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€33.99
Li Zhang & Aihwa Ong: Privatizing China
Everyday life in China is increasingly shaped by a novel mix of neoliberal and socialist elements, of individual choices and state objectives. This combination of self-determination and socialism fro …
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€21.99
Kamran T Mahmudov & Maximilian N Kopylovich: Noncovalent Interactions in Catalysis
Noncovalent interactions often provide the spine of biomolecular and material structures, and can therefore play a key role in biological and catalytic processes. Selectivity in chemical reactions, p …
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€269.99
Danilo Ardagna & Li Zhang: Run-time Models for Self-managing Systems and Applications
The complexity of Information Technology (IT) systems has been steadily incre- ing in the past decades. In October 2001, IBM released the “Autonomic Computing Manifesto” observing that current …
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€53.49
Li Zhang: Male Fertility Patterns and Determinants
This book discusses the biological, methodological and sociological issues that have caused men to be overlooked in demographic and sociological literature of fertility. It explores the patterns and …
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€96.29
William Shepherd & Li Zhang: ELEC GEN WIND POWER (2ND ED)
Is wind power the answer to our energy supply problems? Is there enough wind for everyone? Is offshore generation better than onshore generation? Can a roof-mounted wind turbine generate enough …
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€82.99
Li Zhang: Heme Biology: The Secret Life Of Heme In Regulating Diverse Biological Processes
This invaluable book provides the first description of the diverse and fascinating functions of heme in life processes for a broad audience. It begins with an introduction to the intricate chemical …
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€154.99
William Shepherd & Li Zhang: Electricity Generation Using Wind Power
The use of the wind as an energy source is increasing and growing worldwide. Wind energy is an important non-fossil option to supplement fossil (coal, natural gas and oil) and nuclear fuels for the …
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€159.99
Li Zhang: In Search of Paradise
A new revolution in homeownership and living has been sweeping the booming cities of China. This time the main actors on the social stage are not peasants, migrants, or working-class proletariats but …
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€190.75
Kamran T Mahmudov & Maximilian N Kopylovich: Noncovalent Interactions in Catalysis
Noncovalent interactions often provide the spine of biomolecular and material structures, and can therefore play a key role in biological and catalytic processes. Selectivity in chemical reactions, p …
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€269.99
Fanzhang Li & Li Zhang: Lie Group Machine Learning
This book explains deep learning concepts and derives semi-supervised learning and nuclear learning frameworks based on cognition mechanism and Lie group theory. Lie group machine learning is a theor …
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€154.95
Fanzhang Li & Li Zhang: Dynamic Fuzzy Machine Learning
Machine learning is widely used for data analysis. Dynamic fuzzy data are one of the most difficult types of data to analyse in the field of big data, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and qua …
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€169.95
Fanzhang Li & Li Zhang: Dynamic Fuzzy Machine Learning
Machine learning is widely used for data analysis. Dynamic fuzzy data are one of the most difficult types of data to analyse in the field of big data, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and qua …
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€225.63
Jingfei Chen & Li Zhang: Academic Achievement
In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the predictors, learning strategies and influences of gender in academic achievement. Topics discussed in this compilation include …
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€176.59
Susan Greenhalgh & Li Zhang: Can Science and Technology Save China?
Can Science and Technology Save China? assesses the intimate connections between science and society in China, offering an in-depth look at how an array of sciences and technologies are being made, …
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€186.95
Li Zhang: HEME BIOLOGY (2ND ED)
This invaluable book provides the first description of the diverse and fascinating functions of heme in life processes for a broad audience. It begins with an introduction of the intricate chemical …
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€92.99
Li Zhang: Anxious China
The breathless pace of China’s economic reform has brought about deep ruptures in socioeconomic structures and people’s inner landscape. Faced with increasing market-driven competition …
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€28.99
Ami Rokach & Ami Sha’ked: Together and Lonely
In this book, the authors discuss two of the most fundamental of human experiences: loneliness, and belonging. There have been other publications, over the years, about each of these topics …
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€412.76
Clemens Fuest & George R. Zodrow: Critical Issues in Taxation and Development
Experts analyze the policy challenges of taxation in developing countries, including corruption, tax evasion, and ineffective political structures.Many developing countries find it difficult to raise …
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€88.96
Guoping Xie: LEGEND OF CHINA, THE: THE HISTORY OF PUDONG DEVELOPMENT
Pudong is a district located at east of the Huangpu River and is opposite to Puxi, west of the Huangpu River and the historic city center of Shanghai. Since the establishment of Pudong New Area in …
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€114.99
Susan Greenhalgh & Li Zhang: Can Science and Technology Save China?
Can Science and Technology Save China? assesses the intimate connections between science and society in China, offering an in-depth look at how an array of sciences and technologies are being made, h …
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€18.99
Li Zhang: The Origins of COVID-19
A new strain of coronavirus emerged sometime in November 2019, and within weeks a cluster of patients began to be admitted to hospitals in Wuhan with severe pneumonia, most of them linked to the Huan …
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€9.49
Fanzhang Li & Li Zhang: Lie Group Machine Learning
This book explains deep learning concepts and derives semi-supervised learning and nuclear learning frameworks based on cognition mechanism and Lie group theory. Lie group machine learning is a theor …
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€154.95
William Shepherd & Li Zhang: Power Converter Circuits
This text reveals all key components of rectification, inversion, cycloconversion, and conversion circuits. It authoritatively describes switching, voltage and current relationships, and converter …
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€78.83
Shu Tang Liu & Li Zhang: Surface Chaos and Its Applications
This book addresses a special topic in the field of nonlinear dynamical systems,  develops a new research direction of surface chaos and surface bifurcation. It provides a clear watershed for …
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€149.79
Li Zhang & Junlin Qu: China’s Publishing Industry in the Era of Big Data
This book introduces China’s current publishing industry in the new era, especially when facing the big challenge from social media and technology transformation. Based on the calculation for the …
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€117.69
Xinbo Ruan & Li Zhang: Second Harmonic Current Reduction Techniques for Single-Phase Power Electronics Converter Systems
Two-stage single-phase converters, including two-stage single-phase dc-ac inverters and two-stage single-phase PFC converters, are interfacing power converters between dc and ac voltage/current …
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€149.79
Paul Chazot & Danny Crookes: Recent Advances in AI-enabled Automated Medical Diagnosis
Developments in deep learning in the past decade have led to phenomenal growth in AI-based automated medical diagnosis, opening a door to a new era of both medical research and medical industry. It …
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€63.09
Paul Chazot & Danny Crookes: Recent Advances in AI-enabled Automated Medical Diagnosis
Developments in deep learning in the past decade have led to phenomenal growth in AI-based automated medical diagnosis, opening a door to a new era of both medical research and medical industry. It …
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€63.57
Ben Lerwill: Islands
Remote, mysterious, exotic, unforgettable: islands are captivating and unique places. But what makes them so special? Take a trip across the globe to explore 18 of the world’s most intriguing islands …
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€3.99
Victor R. Preedy & Vinood Patel: Understanding and optimising the nutraceutical properties of fruit and vegetables
  • Provides a comprehensive overview of the wealth of research on analysing, understanding and optimising the nutraceutical properties of fruit and vegetables, focussing primarily on …
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€194.99
Li Zhang: The Reluctant Migrant’s Daughter
The Reluctant Migrant’s Daughter

Li only realised who her parents were when she was five. The fifth of eight children to migrants from China, Li grew up in her family’s s …

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€9.49
Aihwa Ong & Li Zhang: Privatizing China
Everyday life in China is increasingly shaped by a novel mix of neoliberal and socialist elements, of individual choices and state objectives. This combination of self-determination and socialism …
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€187.37
Li Zhang: China in European Narratives
This book explores how China, and especially China’s Belt and Road Initiative, is viewed in European media and by European think tanks, thereby uncovering European elites’ views of China. Looking …
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€50.79
Li Zhang: China in European Narratives
This book explores how China, and especially China’s Belt and Road Initiative, is viewed in European media and by European think tanks, thereby uncovering European elites’ views of China. Looking …
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€50.15
Li Zhang & Jiachen Zhang: Untethered Miniature Soft Robots
Covers the latest achievements in smart materials, fabrication strategies, and the multifunctional intelligent robots. Das E-Book Untethered Miniature Soft Robots wird angeboten von Wiley-VCH Gmb H …
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€124.99
Li Zhang & Jiachen Zhang: Untethered Miniature Soft Robots
Covers the latest achievements in smart materials, fabrication strategies, and the multifunctional intelligent robots. Das E-Book Untethered Miniature Soft Robots wird angeboten von Wiley-VCH Gmb H …
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€124.99
Li Zhang & Shihao Yang: Magnetic Micro and Nanorobot Swarms: From Fundamentals to Applications
This book is focused on the attractive emerging field of micro-/nanorobot swarms (microswarms). It introduces fundamental understandings of various microswarms, including pattern generation, …
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€139.09
Xianxiang Xu & Qingmiao Bi: Report on the Chinese Business Environment Survey 2020
This book provides quantitative indicators covering four main areas of business environment in China. The most distinguished feature of this book is that it evaluates Chinese business environment fro …
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€160.49
Li Zhang: Living Longer and Healthier at Older Ages
This book analyzes data from eight waves (1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011-12, 2014 and 2018) of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Surveys (CLHLS) to explore how health status of the Chine …
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€85.59