Tag: Transformation

Free Download Christian Daniels, "The Transformation of Yunnan in Ming China: From the Dali Kingdom to Imperial Province "
English | ISBN: 0367353369 | 2019 | 200 pages | EPUB | 1443 KB
This book examines how the Ming state transformed the multi-ethnic society of Yunnan into a province. Yunnan had remained outside the ambit of central government when ruled by the Dali kingdom, 937-1253, and its foundation as a province by the Yuan regime in 1276 did not disrupt Dali kingdom style political, social and religious institutions. It was the Ming state in the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries through its institutions for military and civilian control which brought about profound changes and truly transformed local society into a province. In contrast to other studies which have portrayed Yunnan as a non-Han frontier region waiting to be colonised, this book, by focusing on changes in local society, casts off the idea of Yunnan as a border area far from civilisation.

Free Download James Moore, "The Transformation of Urban Liberalism: Party Politics and Urban Governance in Late Nineteenth-Century England"
English | ISBN: 1138357618 | 2022 | 336 pages | EPUB | 1333 KB
"The Transformation of Urban Liberalism" re-evaluates the dramatic and turbulent political decade following the ‘Third Reform Act’, and questions whether the Liberal Party’s political heartlands – the urban boroughs – really were in decline. In contrast to some recent studies, it does not see electoral reform, the Irish Home Rule crisis and the challenge of socialism as representing a fundamental threat to the integrity of the party. Instead this book illustrates, using parallel case studies, how the party gradually began to transform into a social democratic organisation through a re-evaluation of its role and policy direction. This process was not one directed from the centre – despite the important personalities of Gladstone and Rosebery – but rather one heavily influenced by ‘grass roots politics’. Consequently, it suggests that late Victorian politics was more democratic and open than sometimes thought, with leading urban politicians forced to respond to the demands of party activists. Changes in the structure of urban rule produced new policy outcomes and brought new collectivist forms of New Liberalism onto the political agenda. Thus, it is argued that without the political transformations of the decade 1885-1895, the radical liberal governments of the Edwardian era would not have been possible.

Free Download Managing Risks in Digital Transformation
by Kumar, Ashish;Kumar, Shashank;Kudrati, Abbas;Smith, Sarah Armstrong-;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1803246510 | 242 pages | True PDF | 17.46 MB

Free Download Gerry Webster, "Form and Transformation: Generative and Relational Principles in Biology"
English | ISBN: 0521207436 | 2011 | 302 pages | PDF | 15 MB
Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection focuses on inheritance and survival without attempting to explain the forms organisms take. The first part of Form and Transformation looks critically at the conceptual structure of Darwinism and describes the limitations of the theory of evolution. The authors argue that a theory of biological form is needed to understand the structure of organisms and their transformations. The second part of the book explores such a theory by portraying organisms as developing and dynamic systems, within which gene action is understandable. The authors present a number of specific examples, including tetrapod limb formation and Drosophila development, to illustrate how these dynamic organisms produce generic forms.