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A Voluntary Exile: Chinese Christianity and Cultural Confluence since 1552 by Anthony E. Clark 9781611462135
RRP: £45.00£39.49Western missionaries in China were challenged by something they could not have encountered in their native culture; most Westerners were Christian, and competitions in their own countries were principally denominational. Once they entered China they... -
A Century of Change in a Chinese Village: The Crisis of the Countryside by Linda Grove 9781538158319
RRP: £35.00£30.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538158319Author Linda GroveFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield... -
An Anthropological Inquiry into Confucianism: Ritual, Emotion, and Rational Principle by Guo Wu 9781793654335
RRP: £30.00£26.68An Anthropological Inquiry into Confucianism provides a chronological, historicized reappraisal of Confucianism as a belief system and a way of life that revolves around three key concepts: ritual (Li), emotion (qing), and rational principle (li)... -
The Russian Orthodox Community in Hong Kong: Religion, Ethnicity, and Intercultural Relations by Loretta E. Kim 9781793616753
RRP: £35.00£30.95Hong Kong has been a unique society from its establishment as a political region separate from mainland China in the nineteenth century under British colonial rule until the present day as a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China... -
India and China: Retrospective Views on Development by Dipak Basu 9781666921922
RRP: £77.00£67.62A regular feature in almost publication has been a comparison of India’s slow economic growth and, until recently, China’s rapid progress. Yet, in 1988, both countries had similar living standards. As things stand, it is undoubtedly a tale of two... -
Chinese Workers of the World: Colonialism, Chinese Labor, and the Yunnan–Indochina Railway by Selda Altan 9781503638235
RRP: £54.00£46.79Chinese workers helped build the modern world. They labored on New World plantations, worked in South African mines, and toiled through the construction of the Panama Canal, among many other projects. While most investigations of Chinese workers focus on... -
Games and Play in Chinese and Sinophone Cultures Li Guo 9780295752396
RRP: £87.00£78.92From ancient gameboards to Honor of Kings, games as cultural agentsGames as global and connected phenomena have been examined in the rising scholarly field of game studies, but relatively little has been published on the history of games and gaming in... -
Aflame for Freedom in Tibet: The Origin and Development of the Self-Immolation Movement Namloyak Dhungser 9781666937794
RRP: £81.00£74.50Since 2009, the image of Tibetans setting themselves on fire in protest against the repressive policies of the Chinese government has drawn attention from around the world. In Aflame for Freedom in Tibet: The Origin and Development of the Self-Immolation... -
Imperial China, 1350-1900 by Jonathan Porter 9781442222922
RRP: £40.00£35.22This clear and engaging book provides a concise overview of the Ming-Qing epoch (1368-1912), China's last imperial age. Beginning with the end of the Mongol domination of China in 1368, this five-century period was remarkable for its continuity and... -
Masculinities in Chinese History by Bret Hinsch 9781442222342
RRP: £38.00£33.51Masculinities in Chinese History is the first historical survey of the many ways men have acted, thought, and behaved throughout China's long past. Bret Hinsch introduces readers to the basic characteristics of historical Chinese masculinity while... -
Women in Ancient China by Bret Hinsch 9781538158340
RRP: £30.00£26.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538158340Author Bret HinschFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield -
A Dark Page in History: The Nanjing Massacre and Post-Massacre Social Conditions Recorded in British Diplomatic Dispatches, Admiralty Documents, and U.S. Naval Intelligence Reports by Suping Lu 9780761865520
RRP: £35.00£30.95On December 13, 1937, Japanese troops captured China's former capital, Nanjing. The events that followed became known as the Rape of Nanking, or the Nanjing Massacre, which, with its magnitude and brutality, shocked the civilized world. Mass executions,... -
Women in Early Medieval China by Bret Hinsch 9781538158326
RRP: £30.00£26.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538158326Author Bret HinschFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield... -
Women in Qing China by Bret Hinsch 9781538166390
RRP: £76.00£66.76This groundbreaking work provides an original and deeply knowledgeable overview of Chinese women and gender relations during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). Bret Hinsch explores in detail the central aspects of female life in this era, including family and... -
Women in Qing China by Bret Hinsch 9781538166406
RRP: £30.00£26.68This groundbreaking work provides an original and deeply knowledgeable overview of Chinese women and gender relations during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). Bret Hinsch explores in detail the central aspects of female life in this era, including family and... -
Tiananmen Moon: Inside the Chinese Student Uprising of 1989 by Philip J. Cunningham 9781442232860
RRP: £40.00£35.62This compelling book provides a vivid firsthand account of the student demonstrations and massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Uniquely placed as a Western observer drawn into active participation through Chinese friends in the uprising, Philip J... -
Women in Early Imperial China by Bret Hinsch 9780742568235
RRP: £40.00£35.22After a long spell of chaos, the Qin and Han dynasties (221 BCE-220 CE) saw the unification of the Chinese Empire under a single ruler, government, and code of law. During this era, changing social and political institutions affected the ways people... -
China Hands and Old Cantons: Britons and the Middle Kingdom by John M Carroll 9781538198834
RRP: £30.00£26.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538198834Author John M CarrollFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield -
Chinese Migrations: The Movement of People, Goods, and Ideas over Four Millennia by Diana Lary 9780742567641
RRP: £40.00£35.22The current waves of migration sweeping the Chinese world may seem like new phenomena, the outcome of modernization and industrialization. However, this concise and readable book convincingly shows that contemporary movements are just the most recent... -
China in Revolution: History Lessons by Joseph W. Esherick 9781538162767
RRP: £97.00£85.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538162767Author Joseph W. EsherickFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Rowman & LittlefieldPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 152g -
The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future by Jonathan Chatwin 9781350324053
£65.28On a freezing January afternoon in 1992, Deng Xiaoping, China’s former paramount leader and now a revered elder statesman, set off on a month long trip around China’s south in defence of the reforms he had set in motion to open up China’s economy and... -
The Boxers, China, and the World by Robert Bickers 9780742553958
RRP: £42.00£36.93In 1900, China chose to take on imperialism by fighting a war with the world on the parched north China plain. This multidisciplinary volume explores the causes behind what is now known as the Boxer War, examining its particular cruelties and its impact... -
Encountering China: Early Modern European Responses by Rachana Sachdev 9781611484823
RRP: £45.00£39.49Encountering China addresses the responses of early modern travelers to China who, awed by the wealth and sophistication of the society they encountered, attempted primarily to build bridges, to explore similarities, and to emulate the Chinese, though... -
Canton Days: British Life and Death in China by John M. Carroll 9781538136287
RRP: £89.00£78.35Canton Days offers the first comprehensive history of the British community in China from the mid-1700s to the end of the Opium War in 1842. John Carroll challenges common assumptions about the British presence in China as he traces the lives and times... -
Women in Early Medieval China by Bret Hinsch 9781538117965
RRP: £99.00£86.96This important study provides the only comprehensive survey of Chinese women during the early medieval period of disunion, which lasted from the fall of the Eastern Han dynasty in 220 AD to the reunification of China by the Sui dynasty in 581 AD, also... -
Prosperity's Predicament: Identity, Reform, and Resistance in Rural Wartime China by Isabel Brown Crook 9781442225749
RRP: £112.00£98.15Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The A to Z of the Chinese Civil War by Pak-Wah Leung 9780810876279
RRP: £45.00£39.49China today remains a divided country, as a result of the Civil War between the Chinese Nationalists and Communists. The Chinese Civil War, has been regarded by many as an important subject in the study of modern Chinese history, as this protracted... -
The A to Z of Medieval China by Victor Cunrui Xiong 9780810875753
RRP: £45.00£40.49The crucial period of Chinese history, 220-960, falls naturally into contrasting phases. The first phase, also known as that of "early medieval China," is an age of political decentralization. Following the breakup of the Han empire, China was... -
The A to Z of the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Guo Jian 9780810868700
RRP: £45.00£39.89The Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China started in 1966 and lasted about a decade. This revolutionary upsurge of Chinese students and workers, led by Mao Zedong, wreaked havoc in the world's most populous country, often turning things... -
The A to Z of Modern China (1800-1949) by James Z. Gao 9780810876422
RRP: £45.00£39.89The A to Z of Modern China (1800-1949) offers a concise but comprehensive examination of the political, military, economic, social, and cultural development of modern China. Instead of focusing merely on the political elites of China, this reference... -
Stirring the Stillness: Book I, Volume One of The Stillness Trilogy by Richard Lee Ferguson 9780996679350
RRP: £39.50£25.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996679350Author Richard Lee FergusonFormat HardbackPage Count 550Imprint Tenebris Lux PublishersPublisher Tenebris Lux PublishersWeight(grams) 152g -
Stirring the Stillness: Book I, Volume Two of The Stillness Trilogy by Richard Lee Ferguson 9780996679367
RRP: £39.50£25.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996679367Author Richard Lee FergusonFormat HardbackPage Count 566Imprint Tenebris Lux PublishersPublisher Tenebris Lux PublishersWeight(grams) 152g -
Schools into Fields and Factories: Anarchists, the Guomindang, and the National Labor University in Shanghai, 1927-1932 by Ming K. Chan 9780822311546
RRP: £74.00£64.85In this collaborative effort by two leading scholars of modern Chinese history, Ming K. Chan and Arif Dirlik investigate how the short-lived National Labor University in Shanghai was both a reflection of the revolutionary concerns of its time and a... -
Historical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China by Lawrence R. Sullivan 9780810853805
RRP: £47.95£43.02When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seized power in October 1949 China was one of the poorest nations in the world. In fact, it was so weak it had been conquered by Japan, a country one-tenth its size, a decade earlier. Now, more than fifty years... -
Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity Is Transforming China And Changing the Global Balance of Power by David Aikman 9781596980259
RRP: £16.99£11.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596980259Author David AikmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 418Imprint Regnery Publishing IncPublisher Regnery Publishing IncWeight(grams) 519g -
Empress Dowager CIXI: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang 9780307456700
RRP: £23.00£16.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307456700Author Jung ChangFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Anchor BooksWeight(grams) 703g -
The Early Arrival of Dreams by MAHONEY 9780618035496
£14.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618035496Author MAHONEYPage Count 336Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton Mifflin -
Interracial Lovers in Revolutionary China by D. E. Mungello 9781538176252
RRP: £88.00£77.09In the twentieth century, China underwent a monumental dynastic change and was transformed from an outmoded monarchy into a modern communist state. This century of revolutionary change was marked by political upheaval and social chaos. It was a period in... -
China: An Environmental History by Robert B. Marks 9781442277878
RRP: £99.00£87.56This deeply informed and clearly written text provides a comprehensive and comprehensible history of China from prehistory to the present. Now updated to include recent political events and scientific research, the book focuses on the interaction of... -
People's Diplomacy: How Americans and Chinese Transformed US-China Relations during the Cold War by Kazushi Minami 9781501774140
RRP: £108.00£93.80In People's Diplomacy, Kazushi Minami shows how the American and Chinese people rebuilt US-China relations in the 1970s, a pivotal decade bookended by Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China and 1979 normalization of diplomatic relations. Top policymakers in...