China

China is unique in modern world history. No other rising power has experienced China's turbulent history in its relations with neighbors and Western countries. Its sheer size dominates the region. With leader Xi Jinping's political authority unmatched,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780295752877Author Ian M. MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint University of Washington PressPublisher University of Washington Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887554769Author Constance Gordon-CummingFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 105g

This is a study of China from the 1800s to the present day. It focuses on China's problems of development - the decay and collapse of the Chinese Empire, its failure to recover in the first half of the twentieth century, and its rapid emergence in world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594164361Author Morgan DeaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Westholme PublishingPublisher Westholme Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788495359858Author Manel OlleFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint El AcantiladoPublisher El AcantiladoWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 136mm * 17mm

This book endeavors to provide a balanced analytical treatment of ethnic nationalists, state leaders, and foreign intervenors in China's frontier politics, explaining systematically the circumstances of their entanglements, and traces in detail the...

In War and Geopolitics in Interwar Manchuria Kwong Chi Man revisits the civil wars in China (1925-1928) from the perspective of the often-overlooked "warlords," who fought against the joint forces of the Nationalist and Communist parties. In particular,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780822317722Author D.R. HowlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Duke University PressPublisher Duke University Press

By situating Traditional Chinese Law within the broader context of Traditional Western Law and Modern Law, the book presents a groundbreaking model for comparative legal history.

Knowing an Empire: Early Modern Chinese and Spanish Worlds in Dialogue unveils how these two vast empires, separated by thousands of miles, developed comparable systems to gather, order, and wield knowledge about their local worlds in the process of...

Between Public and Market: A Spatial History of Advertising in Modern Shanghai (1905-1949) unveils the silent revolution advertising brought to Shanghai's press and urban life during the pre-communist era. While traditional scholarship often treats...

Whispers from a Storm is a collection of political writing by the Japanese human rights activist and Esperantist Hasegawa Teru. In 1937, the twenty-five-year-old Hasegawa sailed from her home in Nara for Shanghai to join the resistance movement against...

First published in 1988 in response to the growing need for documentation concerning local history in the late imperial period, Geographical Sources provides bibliographical data regarding two distinct genres: route books, and topographical and...

The Qianlong emperor, who dominated the religious and political life of 18th-century China, was in turn ruled by elaborate ritual prescriptions. These texts determined what he wore and ate, how he moved, and above all how he performed the yearly Grand...

What is China? While many perceive it as a rising power challenging Western dominance, eminent historian Professor Gungwu Wang posits that the country has no ambitions on that front. In this illuminating book comprised of edited transcripts of selected...

What is China? While many perceive it as a rising power challenging Western dominance, eminent historian Professor Gungwu Wang posits that the country has no ambitions on that front. In this illuminating book comprised of edited transcripts of selected...

The local self-government movement in China began in the late Qing, and by the Revolution of 1911 no fewer than five thousand self-government councils had formed around the country. While the early revolutionaries cherished the idea of a federated state,...

First published in 1988 in response to the growing need for documentation concerning local history in the late imperial period, Geographical Sources provides bibliographical data regarding two distinct genres: route books, and topographical and...

For over a century, from the First Opium War in 1839-42 to the end of the Second World War, China was repeatedly humiliated by Western imperial powers and by its smaller neighbour, Japan. For a time the Middle Kingdom seemed on the verge of becoming a...

Sino-French Trade at Canton, 1698-1842 presents a rare and lively view of the French experience at Canton, and calls for a reappraisal of France's role in that trade. France was one of the two most important Western powers in the eighteenth century, and...

Labor Activism and Colonial Governance in Hong Kong chronicles a long neglected yet formative social and political movement in Hong Kong between the 1930s and 1950s. Drawing upon a range of British and Chinese sources, the book reveals the complex links...

While twentieth-century Shanghai has received extensive scholarly treatment, the nineteenth century has remained understudied, even though it encompasses the first half-century of Shanghai's growth as a treaty port and the early years of Chinese-foreign...

The book presents thirty great Chinese inventions, both ancient and modern, which are original, distinct, have made outstanding contributions and had extensive influence in China and around the globe. It also clarifies the misunderstandings and provides...

This book offers the first comprehensive and systematic introduction to the origins and development of China's genealogy, as well as its fundamental role in eugenics, ethics, politics and culture throughout China's history. This book is divided into two...

The book presents thirty great Chinese inventions, both ancient and modern, which are original, distinct, have made outstanding contributions and had extensive influence in China and around the globe. It also clarifies the misunderstandings and provides...

The Eight Banners is increasingly recognized as a key institution of the Qing dynasty administration. In Banner Legacy, Professor Enatsu argues that at the end of the Qing, as this region was placed under civil administration, many Han bannermen in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888139798Format HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Hong Kong University PressPublisher Hong Kong University Press

This book systematically traces the development of Chinese historiography from the 2nd century B.C. to the 19th century A.D. Refusing to fit the Chinese historical narration into the modern Western discourse, the author highlights the significant...

This book is a study of the change and continuity in paradigms in China studies, both inside and outside of China. In the last few years, the United States and China appeared to be moving in the direction of “de-coupling,” indicating that the engagement...

Bandits in Print examines the world of print in early modern China, focusing on the classic novel The Water Margin (Shuihu zhuan). Depending on which edition a reader happened upon, The Water Margin could offer vastly different experiences, a...

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the Nanjing Massacre, together with an in-depth analysis of various aspects of the event and related issues. Drawing on original source materials collected from various national archives, national libraries,...

China sees its relations with the West as absolutely crucial to its future. This wider relationship, between the new world and the old, is changing the global political and economic landscape. But can Europe and China overcome their cultural and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977408907Author Miranda PriebeFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint RAND CorporationPublisher RAND CorporationWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Remaking the Chinese Empire examines China's development from an empire into a modern state through the lens of Sino-Korean political relations during the Qing period. Incorporating Korea into the historical narrative of the Chinese empire, it...

Hong Kong is at the heart of modern China's position as a regional - and potential world - superpower. In this important and original history of the region, Steve Tsang argues that its current prosperity is a direct by-product of the British...

This book systematically traces the development of Chinese historiography from the 2nd century B.C. to the 19th century A.D. Refusing to fit the Chinese historical narration into the modern Western discourse, the author highlights the significant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888139590Author Lindsay ShenFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Hong Kong University PressPublisher Hong Kong University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888390762Author Sebastian VegFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Hong Kong University PressPublisher Hong Kong University Press

Staging Revolution refutes the deep-rooted notion that art overtly in the service of politics is by definition devoid of artistic merit. As a prominent component shaping the culture of the Cultural Revolution, model Beijing Opera (jingju) is the epitome...