The Theory of Chinese Modernization

This open access book explores China's unique path to modernization, highlighting its journey from ancient civilization to modern society. It examines China's efforts from the mid-19th century's internal and external struggles to its contemporary economic achievements. The book covers historical, social, and economic aspects, emphasizing the balance between autonomous development and global int…

The Sweetpotato Genome

This open access book is a compilation of advances in sweetpotato genomics, which have been used to improve our understanding of the evolution of sweetpotato, increase our knowledge of crop growth and development, and provided critical information required for genomic-assisted breeding in sweetpotato. Sweetpotato is a critical food staple for millions of people in the developing world that has…

The South China Sea: The Geo-political Epicenter of the Indo-Pacific?

This open access book focuses on the geopolitical competition in the South China Sea, an area with highly concentrated choke points in the Indo-Pacific, presenting ideas and recommendations to manage this competition and foster cooperation to maintain a peaceful and stable environment and promote sustainable governance of the South China Sea and of the Indo-Pacific in a broader sense. The inc…

The Platformization of the Family = Towards a Research Agenda

This open access book outlines how the digital platforms that mediate so many aspects of commercial and personal life have begun to transform everyday family existence. It presents theory and research methods to enable students and scholars to investigate the changes that platformization has brought to the routines and interactions of family life including intergenerational communication, inter…

The Nexus Between Legal Pluralism and Inclusive Finance = Insights from Ethio…

This open access book provides detailed information on informal credit markets in Africa and how various legal systems affect these markets. Laws that impose strict formalism exclude many people from the financial system. The lessons learned from the informal credit markets in Ethiopia and South Africa indicate that pluralism offers better opportunities for people to access affordable and susta…

Middle Class Pentecostalism in Argentina; Inappropriate Spirits

Dalam Pentakostalisme Kelas Menengah di Argentina: Roh yang Tidak Pantas, Jens Kohrsen menawarkan penjelasan menarik tentang bagaimana kelas menengah berhubungan dengan gerakan agama paling dinamis di Amerika Latin. Berdasarkan penelitian lapangan yang menyeluruh, studi ini menunjukkan bahwa pentakostalisme berdiri dalam ketegangan dengan imajinasi sosial kelas menengah dan dipersepsikan sebaga…

The Ndebele, Frank Oates, and Knowledge Production in the 1870s = Encounters …

This open access book addresses a question fundamental to the histories of empire and Africa: at the point of the colonial encounter, how was knowledge made? How did different communities, with little or no prior contact, construct meaning about one another? Amidst huge changes in the politics and economics of a continent, on the cusp of almost complete colonization at the hands of European pow…

The Menstrual Movement in the Media = Reducing stigma and tackling social ine…

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Humane Autonomous Technology : Re-thinking Experience with and in Intelligent…

This open access book takes a human-focused multidisciplinary look at the ways in which autonomous technology shapes experience, affecting human lives and ways of working in settings ranging from the arts, design, and service to maritime and industry. The book focuses on the humane, observing how technology can be designed and implemented in an ethical, human-centered way. Chapters in this book…

Large Language Models in Cybersecurity : Threats, Exposure and Mitigation

This open access book provides cybersecurity practitioners with the knowledge needed to understand the risks of the increased availability of powerful large language models (LLMs) and how they can be mitigated. It attempts to outrun the malicious attackers by anticipating what they could do. It also alerts LLM developers to understand their work's risks for cybersecurity and provides them with …