This book provides a powerful one-stop tool for understanding China as a civilization comparable to that of the West. Sinologist Roger Ames says of this unique sourcebook of readings, selected from the last 3000 years or so to represent both civilizations: "As the world undergoes a massive and accelerating sea change in its economic, political, and cultural orders, Blair and McCormack have provided the academy with an effective multimedia engine for pursuing responsible cultural comparisons between the Chinese and Western narratives. If, as Joseph Needham would claim, productive correlations provide us with our human reservoir of wisdom, then this teaching compendium of broad yet nuanced comparisons promises our students of Chinese and Western civilization a much enhanced literacy on each other's cultural achievements." To enable a genuinely comparative approach, the authors adopt a topical rather than a chronological organization. Dominant views of the world, Western and Chinese, traditional and modern, are assessed under six categories: Learning (in and out of school), Humans in Families, Defining Humans (bodies and selves), Humans and their Surroundings (economics vs. ecology), Humans and Authority, Values and Worldviews. For teaching purposes, these readings are organized as modules. Texts originally in Chinese appear in both languages, hence are useful for students of either language. Besides its 622 printed pages of main readings, this book also contains on CD-ROM all 1680 pages in PDF format designed for on-screen reading. PDF enriches the CD with all-word searches, clickable links, images in color, and self-saved comments and highlights so readers can evolve a unique personal version of the master text. This book is ideal for Western readers who seek to understand where the new, rising China is coming from in the world of today.

Comparing Civilizations: China and the West: A Sourcebook

John G. Blair

NY: Global Scholarly Publications

There is no doubt that the digital photography revolution has opened up a world of wonderful possibilities for photographers of all levels. However, the issue of processing workflow can present a true challenge. The number of photographs that a photographer shoots with a digital camera increases tremendously over what might be shot using standard film. After the shoot is over, each of these images must be processed and edited on a computer monitor--and this can be a daunting task. Adobe Lightroom Photographers' Guide offers a solution to this challenge, providing photographers with a hands-on guide to Adobe's Lightroom product. Using the features offered by Lightroom, it tackles the issue of workflow, providing photographers with a helping hand through the complexities of digital and RAW format workflow.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Photographers' Guide

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

Course Technology Ptr

With the many technical, complex, and interwoven words, and new words being created daily, even veteran photographers have trouble keeping up with the lingo of digital photography. The solution comes to us in The Glossary of Digital Photography, which is the most comprehensive publication of its kind to date. With over 1500 words, abbreviations, and acronyms, the Glossary strives to help those involved in this cutting-edge industry to understand the language that makes it up. The Glossary has been extensively researched to collect the terms currently in use and to provide the most up-to-date meanings of these terms.
The Glossary of Digital Photography will appeal to advanced amateur photographers with more than an average interest in their hobby; to professional photographers with an interest in digital photography; to students of photography, design, and related fields; and to professionals in the design, prepress, printing, and publishing professions.

The Glossary of Digital Photography

Photography & Video

Rocky Nook

Western Civilization with Chinese Comparisons (WCwCC) includes CD-ROM 1680 pages

Jerusha Hull McCormack

Fudan University Press

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