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Ever since its invention in the 1980s, the compound semiconductor
heterojunction-based high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) has
been widely used in radio frequency (RF) applications. This book
provides readers with broad coverage on techniques and new trends
of HEMT, employing leading compound semiconductors, III-N and III-V
materials. The content includes an overview of GaN HEMT
device-scaling technologies and experimental research breakthroughs
in fabricating various GaN MOSHEMT transistors. Readers are offered
an inspiring example of monolithic integration of HEMT with LEDs,
too. The authors compile the most relevant aspects of III-V HEMT,
including the current status of state-of-art HEMTs, their
possibility of replacing the Si CMOS transistor channel, and growth
opportunities of III-V materials on an Si substrate. With detailed
exploration and explanations, the book is a helpful source suitable
for anyone learning about and working on compound semiconductor
devices.
Knowledge on endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) has increased
dramatically during the last decade. Numerous research findings
have been reported, making it an opportune time to provide a
systematic update on EMFs. Endohedral Metallofullerenes: Basics and
Applications presents the most comprehensive review on all aspects
of EMFs including their generation, extraction and isolation,
structural issues, theories, intrinsic properties, chemical
behaviors, and potential applications. In this book, the editors
have collected an impressive amount of information regarding this
family of a truly sui generis form of matter. The book's authors
were chosen for their specific expertise in EMF research and have
been gathered from top research groups from around the world.
Graduate students, newcomers to the field, and experienced
researchers alike will find this book a highly useful reference on
the topic.
Knowledge on endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) has increased
dramatically during the last decade. Numerous research findings
have been reported, making it an opportune time to provide a
systematic update on EMFs. Endohedral Metallofullerenes: Basics and
Applications presents the most comprehensive review on all aspects
of EMFs including their generation, extraction and isolation,
structural issues, theories, intrinsic properties, chemical
behaviors, and potential applications. In this book, the editors
have collected an impressive amount of information regarding this
family of a truly sui generis form of matter. The book's authors
were chosen for their specific expertise in EMF research and have
been gathered from top research groups from around the world.
Graduate students, newcomers to the field, and experienced
researchers alike will find this book a highly useful reference on
the topic.
Now known to the Chinese as the ""ten years of chaos,"" the Chinese
Cultural Revolution (1966-76) brought death to thousands of Chinese
and persecution to millions. In Rhetoric of the Chinese Cultural
Revolution Xing Lu identifies the rhetorical practices and
persuasive effects of the polarizing political language and
symbolic practices used by Communist Party leaders to legitimize
their use of power and violence to dehumanize people identified as
class enemies. Lu provides close readings of the movement's primary
texts--political slogans, official propaganda, wall posters, and
the lyrics of mass songs and model operas. She also scrutinizes
such ritualistic practices as the loyalty dance, denunciation
rallies, political study sessions, and criticism and self-criticism
meetings. Lu enriches her rhetorical analyses of these texts with
her own story and that of her family, as well as with interviews
conducted in China and the United States with individuals who
experienced the Cultural Revolution during their teenage years. In
her new preface, Lu expresses deep concern about recent
nationalism, xenophobia, divisiveness, and violence instigated by
the rhetoric of hatred and fear in the United States and across the
globe. She hopes that by illuminating the way language shapes
perception, thought, and behavior, this book will serve as a
reminder of past mistakes so that we may avoid repeating them in
the future.
Now known to the Chinese as the ten years of chaos, the Chinese
Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) brought death to thousands of
Chinese and persecution to millions. Rhetoric of the Chinese
Cultural Revolution identifies the rhetorical features and explores
the persuasive effects of political language and symbolic practices
during the period. Xing Lu examines how leaders of the Communist
Party constructed and enacted a rhetoric in political contexts to
legitimize power and violence and to dehumanize a group of people
identified as class enemies. Lu provides close readings of the
movement's primary texts - political slogans, official propaganda,
wall posters, and the lyrics of mass songs and model operas. She
also scrutinizes such ritualistic practices as the loyalty dance,
denunciation rallies, political study sessions, and criticism and
self-criticism meetings. that of her family, as well as with
interviews conducted in China and the United States with persons
who experienced the Cultural Revolution during their teenage years.
Through rhetorical analyses Lu addresses the questions of why such
a cultural holocaust happened in China, how speech became so cultic
and politicized, and how the rhetoric of fanaticism induced terror
and mass hysteria. Lu contends that the rhetoric of the Cultural
Revolution has impacted Chinese thought, culture, and communication
in ominous ways. In the name of defending Mao's revolutionary
cause, the Cultural Revolution polarized Chinese thought through
its deployment of moralistic terms, filled human relationships with
hatred and mistrust, and replaced rich a artistic expression with
formulaic political jargon and tedious ideological cliches. To
illustrate the severity of the revolution's after-effects, Lu
examines public discourse in contemporary China and compares the
rhetoric of the Cultural Revolution with that of Stalinist Russia
and Nazi Germany.
Xing Lu examines language, art, persuasion, and argumentation in
ancient China and offers a detailed and authentic account of
ancient Chinese rhetorical theories and practices within the
society's philosophical, political, cultural, and linguistic
contexts. She focuses on the works of five schools of thought and
ten well-known Chinese thinkers from Confucius to Han Feizi to the
the Later Mohists. Lu compares Chinese rhetorical perspectives with
those of the ancient Greeks, illustrating that the Greeks and the
Chinese shared a view of rhetoric as an ethical enterprise and of
speech as a rational and psychological activity. The two traditions
differed, however, in their rhetorical education, sense of
rationality, perceptions of the role of language, approach to the
treatment and study of rhetoric, and expression of emotions. Lu
also links ancient Chinese rhetorical perspectives with
contemporary Chinese interpersonal and political communication
behavior and offers suggestions for a multicultural rhetoric that
recognizes both culturally specific and transcultural elements of
human communication.
A systematic examination of Chinese communication scholarship and
comprehensive critique of its theories and methodologies are long
overdue, and in this new collection of essays by a multicultural
group of scholars, both aims are achieved. Focusing on such
relatively new fields as Chinese health communication and Chinese
communication on the internet, the volume addresses key questions
about the state and the future of its field. Both challenging and
complementing the Western views of communication, it advances
theories of cultural and intercultural communication while at the
same time broadening our understanding of the relevance of Chinese
communication studies to communication studies overall, and the
ways in which this subdiscipline points the way toward a new and
more complicated future. The essayists, whose origins include the
United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China, bring their many
perspectives to bear on what is the most comprehensive and
inclusive review of Chinese communication research literature
published in English. Of great benefit to Western and Eastern
communication theorists, philosophers of social science, and Asian
studies scholars, Chinese Communication Theory and Research is an
invaluable guide to an increasingly complex and significant field
of study.
Many varying factors contribute to the dynamics of Chinese
communication, which both resembles and differs from its Western
counterparts. In this provocative new collection of essays, an
international group of scholars challenges the conventional notion
of Chinese culture as static, recognizing the causes of cultural
change and strategies of resistance. Examining communication
contexts in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, "Chinese
Communication Studies: Context and ComparisonS" considers the
relationship between culture and communication in Chinese
political, gender, family, and media contexts, providing the reader
with insight both into how enduring Chinese cultural values are,
and how they are being appropriated to meet political and economic
goals.
Moreover, comparisons and distinctions are made between Chinese
and Western communication concepts and practices on the issues of
human rights, world opinions, pedagogical approaches, and
instruction of rhetoric. In a work sure to be of value to many
disciplines, the authors trace the historical development of ideas
and value systems of both cultures, rendering an understanding of
similarities and differences in both communication and cultural
mindsets.
Mao Zedong fundamentally transformed China from a Confucian society
characterized by hierarchy and harmony into a socialist state
guided by communist ideologies of class struggle and
radicalization. It was a transformation made possible largely by
Mao’s rhetorical ability to attract, persuade, and mobilize
millions of Chinese people. Xing Lu’s book, Rhetoric of Mao
Zedong, analyzes Mao’s speeches and writings over a span of sixty
years, tracing the sources and evolution of Mao’s discourse,
analyzing his skills as a rhetor and mythmaker, and assessing his
symbolic power and continuing presence in contemporary China. Lu
observes that Mao’s rhetorical legacy has been commoditized,
culturally consumed, and politically appropriated since his death.
Applying both Western rhetorical theories and Chinese rhetorical
concepts to reach a more nuanced and sophisticated understanding of
his rhetorical legacy, Lu shows how Mao employed a host of
rhetorical appeals and strategies drawn from Chinese tradition and
how he interpreted the discourse of Marxism-Leninism to serve
foundational themes of his message. She traces the historical
contexts in which these themes, his philosophical orientations, and
his political views were formed and how they transformed China and
Chinese people. Lu also examines how certain ideas are promoted,
modified, and appropriated in Mao’s rhetoric. Mao’s
appropriation of Marxist theory of class struggle, his campaigns of
transforming common people into new communist advocates, his
promotion of Chinese nationalism, and his stand on China’s
foreign policy all contributed to and were responsible for
reshaping Chinese thought patterns, culture, and communication
behaviors.
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