The history of the Jews in China

by S.M. Perlmann

A history of Rhodesia : compiled from official sources

by Howard Hensman

Exploring the sources of China's challenge to Japan : models of industrial organisation in the motorcycle industry

In view of the recent rise of China, this paper looks into one of the most important yet relatively overlooked ingredients of the Chinese success: industrial organisation. It will examine the case of the motorcycle industry, in which the rise of Chinese manufacturers even disrupted the established dominance of Japanese industry leaders. Adopting the modified version of the global value chain governance framework, this paper shows that the rise of China has been driven by a distinctive arm’s-length model of industrial organisation, which is in sharp contrast to the conventional captive model that has sustained the Japanese leadership.

Fossil and Nonfossil Sources of Organic and Elemental Carbon Aerosols in the Outflow from Northeast China

Source quantification of carbonaceous aerosols in the Chinese outflow regions still remains uncertain despite their high mass concentrations. Here, we unambiguously quantified fossil and nonfossil contributions to elemental carbon (EC) and organic carbon (OC) of total suspended particles (TSP) from a regional receptor site in the outflow of Northeast China using radiocarbon measurement. OC and EC concentrations were lower in summer, representing mainly marine air, than in other seasons, when air masses mostly traveled over continental regions in Mongolia and northeast China. The annual-mean contribution from fossil-fuel combustion to EC was 76 ± 11% (0.1−1.3 μg m−3). The remaining 24 ± 11% (0.03−0.42 μg m−3) was attributed to biomass burning, with slightly higher contribution in the cold period (∼31%) compared to the warm period (∼21%) because of enhanced emissions from regional biomass combustion sources in China. OC was generally dominated by nonfossil sources, with an annual average of 66 ± 11% (0.5−2.8 μg m−3), approximately half of which was apportioned to primary biomass burning sources (34 ± 6%). In winter, OC almost equally originated from primary OC (POC) emissions and secondary OC (SOC) formation from fossil fuel and biomass-burning sources. In contrast, summertime OC was dominated by primary biogenic emissions as well as secondary production from biogenic and biomass-burning sources, but fossil-derived SOC was the smallest contributor. Distinction of POC and SOC was performed using primary POC-to-EC emission ratios separated for fossil and nonfossil emissions.

The ancient history of China to the end of the Chóu dynasty,

Mode of access: Internet.

The history of freemasonry : its antiquities, symbols, constitutions, customs, etc., derived from official sources throughout the world /

Volume 1 with added illustrated title page.

History of Mohammedanism, and its sects; derived chiefly from oriental sources.

Mode of access: Internet.

Abe Lincoln's jokes : wit and humor, yarns and stories, history--chronology, gathered from authentic sources.

Original ed. under: Max Stein, ed.

History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, to the sources of the Missouri ... : performed during the years 1804, 1805, 1806, by order of the government of the United States /

The chapter on natural history (1st edition, v. 2, chapter 7) is in this edition transferred to the appendix. In this appendix the Estimate of the western Indians is given under the heading: "Enumeration of Indian nations and their places of general residence."