This volume presents a rich selection of anonymous Chinese proverbs, beautifully illustrated, alongside Romanized Chinese versions and English translations, including corresponding calligraphic characters. It highlights the depth of Chinese wisdom beyond Confucius's well-known aphorisms.
Hong Kong's skyline is ever in transition, a flamboyant affirmation of this city's determination to let nothing stand in its way as it forges full steam ahead into the future. Such unquenchable aspirations produce a seemingly endless succession of architectural marvels, but leave too little trace of historical, driving spirit of a metropolis forever creating better and grander manirestations of itself, and as a reminder of whence it came, as enchrined in the few traces of antiquity that survive that headlong progress.
Confucius has become the oft-quoted fount of aphorisms and analects far wider and more comprehensive in their didactic scope than any attributed to sages elsewhere in the world. But the real gems of Chinese wisdom lie in the anonymous and ageless proverbs, of which this volume contains a formidable and beautifully illustrated selections.
Markets, Imaginaries and Governance
Focusing on the harmful effects of neoliberal policies on young children, families, and educational settings, the authors delve into the possibilities for resistance and refusal. They reflect on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and emphasize the importance of challenging the prevailing neoliberal hegemony. Through their exploration, they offer a message of hope for creating positive change in the landscape of early childhood education and care.
The book chronicles the evolution of Rolls-Royce from its inception in 1904, highlighting the partnership between engineering visionary Henry Royce and businessman Charles Rolls. It delves into the pivotal role of managing director Claude Johnson in marketing innovations that distinguished the brand amid a burgeoning automobile market. Richly illustrated with rare marketing materials and internal documents, it showcases how Rolls-Royce transformed its name into synonymous luxury, maintaining an unwavering commitment to quality and detail over the decades.
Focusing on the challenges faced by mothers re-entering the workforce after their first child's birth, this insightful work offers an in-depth exploration of their experiences. It combines personal narratives with sociological and psychological analysis, making it a valuable resource for students and researchers in these fields. The new preface adds contemporary relevance to the original 1991 publication, enriching the discussion around work-life balance and the evolving roles of parents.
Written by two leading international experts, Early Childhood in the Anglosphere offers a unique comparison of early childhood education and care services and parenting leave across seven high-income Anglophone countries. Peter Moss and Linda Mitchell explore what these systems have in common, including the dominance of ‘childcare’ services, widespread privatisation and marketisation, and weak parenting leave. They highlight the substantial failings of these systems, and the causes and consequences of these failings. But this book is ultimately about hope, about how these failings might be made good through major changes. In other words, it is about why transformation is both necessary and possible at this particular time, what transformation might look like, and how it might happen. Part of that transformation concerns the need for new policies and structures, but even more it is about how the Anglosphere thinks about early childhood. The authors call for a turn away from conceptualising early childhood services as ‘childcare’, businesses and marketised commodities. Instead they should be envisaged as education with an ethics of care and a public good with universal access for children, supported by well-paid, individual entitlements to parenting leave. Using examples from the Anglosphere and beyond, and in a context of converging crises, the book argues that transformation of thinking, policies and structures is desirable and doable.
