Reflecting the rise of lighter-weight Mg alloys over steel and aluminum, this revised edition examines Mg alloys in depth and highlights the range of progresses made in resistance welding research and practice. Addressing the difficulties of welding the far less robust Mg alloys, this book investiga[...]

A Companion to Chinese Cinema is a collection of original essays written by experts in a range of disciplines that provide a comprehensive overview of the evolution and current state of Chinese cinema.[...]

The aim of this book is to concisely present fundamental ideas, results, and techniques in linear algebra and mainly matrix theory. The book contains ten chapters covering various topics ranging from similarity and special types of matrices to Schur complements and matrix normality. This book can be[...]

This SpringerBrief summarizes the development of Distributed Hash Table in both academic and industrial fields. It covers the main theory, platforms and applications of this key part in distributed systems and applications, especially in large-scale distributed environments. The authors teach the pr[...]

Ranging from 1988 to 1999, this book includes interviews with the acclaimed Chinese director of such films as Red Sorghum (1987), Shanghai Triad (1995), and Not One Less (1999) and the trilogy Ju Dou (1990), Raise the Red Lantern (1992), and The Story of Qiu Ju (1992). Several of these interviews ap[...]

"A History of Zhang Zhung and Tibet, Volume One "explores ancient Tibet's Zhang Zhung kingdom and Bon religion that preceded the advent of Buddhism in the seventh century. Countering the long-held idea that Tibet's pre-Buddhist indigenous culture was primitive and undeveloped, this book shares the r[...]

On the night of June 3-4, 1989, Chinese troops violently crushed the largest pro-democracy demonstrations in the history of the communist regime. In this extraordinary collection of hundreds of internal government and Communist Party documents, secretly smuggled out of China, we learn how these even[...]

An NYRB Classics Original
Set in the early years of Mao s China, "Naked Earth" is the story of two earnest young people confronting the grim realities of revolutionary change. Liu Ch uan and Su Nan meet in the countryside after volunteering to assist in the new land reform program. Eager to buil[...]