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Living Karma: The Religious Practices of Ouyi Zhixu by Beverley Foulks McGuire 9780231168021
RRP: £55.00£42.91Ouyi Zhixu (1599-1655) was an eminent Chinese Buddhist monk who, contrary to his contemporaries, believed karma could be changed. Through vows, divination, repentance rituals, and ascetic acts such as burning and blood writing, he sought to alter what... -
Staging Chinese Revolution: Theater, Film, and the Afterlives of Propaganda Xiaomei Chen 9780231166386
RRP: £55.00£49.09Staging Chinese Revolution surveys fifty years of theatrical propaganda performances in China, revealing a dynamic, commercial capacity in works often dismissed as artifacts of censorship. Spanning the 1960s through the 2010s, Xiaomei Chen reads films,... -
The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory by Lydia H. Liu 9780231162906
RRP: £100.00£77.93He-Yin Zhen (ca. 1884-1920?) was a theorist who figured centrally in the birth of Chinese feminism. Unlike her contemporaries, she was concerned less with China's fate as a nation and more with the relationship among patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism,... -
The China Threat: Memories, Myths, and Realities in the 1950s by Nancy Bernkopf Tucker 9780231159258
RRP: £28.00£21.80Nancy Bernkopf Tucker confronts the coldest period of the cold war-the moment in which personality, American political culture, public opinion, and high politics came together to define the Eisenhower Administration's policy toward China. A... -
The China Threat: Memories, Myths, and Realities in the 1950s by Nancy Bernkopf Tucker 9780231159241
RRP: £84.00£65.69Nancy Bernkopf Tucker confronts the coldest period of the cold war-the moment in which personality, American political culture, public opinion, and high politics came together to define the Eisenhower Administration's policy toward China. A... -
Sinophone Studies: A Critical Reader by Shu-mei Shih 9780231157513
RRP: £38.00£30.41This definitive anthology casts Sinophone studies as the study of Sinitic-language cultures born of colonial and postcolonial influences. Essays by such authors as Rey Chow, Ha Jin, Leo Ou-fan Lee, Ien Ang, Wei-ming Tu, and David Wang address debates... -
The Rey Chow Reader by Rey Chow 9780231149945
RRP: £88.00£68.75Rey Chow is arguably one of the most prominent intellectuals working in the humanities today. Characteristically confronting both entrenched and emergent issues in the interlocking fields of literature, film and visual studies, sexuality and gender,... -
The Red Guard Generation and Political Activism in China by Guobin Yang 9780231149655
RRP: £22.00£17.36Raised to be "flowers of the nation," the first generation born after the founding of the People's Republic of China was united in its political outlook and at first embraced the Cultural Revolution of 1966, but then split into warring factions... -
Dangerous Strait: The U.S.-Taiwan-China Crisis by Nancy Bernkopf Tucker 9780231135658
RRP: £28.00£21.80Today the most dangerous place on earth is arguably the Taiwan Strait, where a war between the United States and China could erupt out of miscalculation, misunderstanding, or accident. How and to what degree Taiwan pursues its own national identity will... -
Dangerous Strait: The U.S.-Taiwan-China Crisis by Nancy Bernkopf Tucker 9780231135641
RRP: £92.00£72.21Today the most dangerous place on earth is arguably the Taiwan Strait, where a war between the United States and China could erupt out of miscalculation, misunderstanding, or accident. How and to what degree Taiwan pursues its own national identity will... -
The Hall of Light: A Study of Early Chinese Kingship by William Edward Soothill 9780227171240
RRP: £62.50£59.16The culmination of life-long study and research by a leading British sinologist, this book covers traditional Chinese monarchy, religion, worship, ritual, sacrifices, customs, and all aspects of early Chinese culture.Book InformationISBN... -
The People's Republic of China After 50 Years by Richard Louis Edmonds 9780199240654
£35.74Leading scholars in various fields give their views of development in the People's Republic of China since 1949, with emphasis on recent decades. After a broad overview of progress and setbacks, specific topics covered include national political reform,... -
The Beggar Lama: The Life of the Gyalrong Kuzhap by Jinba Tenzin 9780231209359
RRP: £30.00£23.29The Beggar Lama is the story of the Gyalrong Kuzhap, a Tibetan Buddhist polymath and reincarnated lama who has led a remarkable life through the vicissitudes of the twentieth century. Born in 1930 in Tsanlha, Gyalrong, on the easternmost fringes of the... -
Cultural Encounters -- China, Japan & the West: Essays Commemorating 25 Years of East Asian Studies at the University of Aarhus by Soren Clausen 9788772884974
RRP: £22.95£16.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788772884974Author Soren ClausenFormat HardbackPage Count 496Imprint Aarhus University PressPublisher Aarhus University Press -
The Beggar Lama: The Life of the Gyalrong Kuzhap by Jinba Tenzin 9780231209342
RRP: £117.00£90.93The Beggar Lama is the story of the Gyalrong Kuzhap, a Tibetan Buddhist polymath and reincarnated lama who has led a remarkable life through the vicissitudes of the twentieth century. Born in 1930 in Tsanlha, Gyalrong, on the easternmost fringes of the... -
Treatises of the Supervisor and Guardian of the Cinnamon Sea: The Natural World and Material Culture of Twelfth-Century China by Fan Chengda 9780295990781
£103.37Fan Chengda (1126-1193) was a high-ranking Chinese government official in Guangxi, an experienced traveler, a keen observer, and a gifted writer. His observations on a wide range of subjects are always interesting and revealing, and constitute an... -
Perils of Purchasing Precious Metals & Coins by Giovanni Kinsey 9781620811542
RRP: £84.99£55.93Precious metals are a class of metals deemed rare or highly valued, such as gold, silver, palladium, and platinum. Such metals can be bought and sold in the form of bullion bars, ingots, or coins. Due to the size and weight of the goods, investment firms... -
Patrolling the Revolution: Worker Militias, Citizenship, and the Modern Chinese State by Elizabeth J. Perry 9780742539198
£48.26This pioneering study explores the role of working-class militias as vanguard and guardian of the Chinese Revolution. The book begins with the origins of urban militias in the late nineteenth century and follows their development to the present day... -
Modern Chinese Journey to the West: Economic Globalization & Dualism by Ulric Killion 9781594549052
RRP: £146.99£97.31This book begins, and perhaps should end, with an excerpt from the writings of the late eminent Chinese scholar, Fung Yu-lan (or Feng Youlan) (1895-1990), who wrote: "The ancient Chinese culture is an inherent factor determining the Chinese style... -
At Home in Many Worlds: Reading, Writing and Translating from Chinese and Jewish Cultures: Essays in Honour of Irene Eber by Raoul David Findeisen 9783447061353
RRP: £87.00£82.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783447061353Author Raoul David FindeisenFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint HarrassowitzPublisher HarrassowitzWeight(grams) 640g -
Kodex 6 (2016): Buchmarkt in China by Daria Berg 9783447107280
£54.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783447107280Author Daria BergFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint HarrassowitzPublisher HarrassowitzWeight(grams) 1406g -
Constructing, Creating and Contesting Cityscapes: A Socio-Anthropological Approach to Urban Transformation in Southern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China by Madlen Kobi 9783447105903
RRP: £50.00£49.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783447105903Author Madlen KobiFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint HarrassowitzPublisher HarrassowitzWeight(grams) 839g -
Marine Animals in Traditional China: Meerestiere Im Traditionellen China by Roderich Ptak 9783447064217
£49.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783447064217Author Roderich PtakFormat HardbackPage Count 154Imprint HarrassowitzPublisher HarrassowitzWeight(grams) 5120g -
Ming Loyalists in Southeast Asia: As Perceived Through Various Asian and European Records by Claudine Salmon 9783447102728
RRP: £62.00£58.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783447102728Author Claudine SalmonFormat HardbackPage Count 134Imprint HarrassowitzPublisher HarrassowitzWeight(grams) 3990g -
Political Strategies of Identity Building in Non-Han Empires in China by Francesca Fiaschetti 9783447102452
RRP: £75.00£71.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783447102452Author Francesca FiaschettiFormat HardbackPage Count 273Imprint HarrassowitzPublisher HarrassowitzWeight(grams) 658g -
Imperial China: The Historical Background to the Modern Age by Michael Loewe 9781032151441
RRP: £31.99£28.73First published in 1966, Imperial China sets out to explain China’s past histories to non-specialists. Too often the West has misunderstood the East. China is credited with an excessively long cultural history; with a continuous line of dynastic... -
The Fox Spirit, the Stone Maiden, and Other Transgender Histories from Late Imperial China by Matthew H. Sommer 9780231214124
RRP: £100.00£77.93In imperial China, people moved away from the gender they were assigned at birth in different ways and for many reasons. Eunuchs, boy actresses, and clergy left behind normative gender roles defined by family and procreation. “Stone maidens”—women deemed... -
Chinese Civilization in the 21st Century by Andrew Targowski 9781634853569
RRP: £101.99£82.41The authors of this book believe that the 5,000 year-long-history of Chinese Civilization is the main factor in the re-emergence of China in the 21st century. It is a well-known fact that the Chinese economy became the second largest economy in the world... -
Modern Chinese History by David Kenley 9780924304705
RRP: £15.00£11.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780924304705Author David KenleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Association for Asian StudiesPublisher Association for Asian StudiesWeight(grams) 162g -
Informal Empire in Crisis: British Diplomacy and the Chinese Customs Succession, 1927-1929 by Martyn Atkins 9780939657797
RRP: £108.00£93.40The Inspector-General of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service was, without doubt, the highest-ranking foreigner in the Chinese Government. His position at the heart of China's fiscal, commercial and mercantile systems was crucial to the continued... -
Smarter Power, Stronger Partners, Volume I: Exploiting U.S. Advantages to Prevent Aggression by Terrence K Kelly 9780833092618
£35.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833092618Author Terrence K KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 454g -
Ghost Protocol: Development and Displacement in Global China by Carlos Rojas 9780822361770
RRP: £85.00£73.81Even as China is central to the contemporary global economy, its socialist past continues to shape its capitalist present. This volume's contributors see contemporary China as haunted by the promises of capitalism, the institutional legacy of the Maoist... -
Diaspora's Homeland: Modern China in the Age of Global Migration by Shelly Chan 9780822370420
RRP: £85.00£73.81In Diaspora's Homeland Shelly Chan provides a broad historical study of how the mass migration of more than twenty million Chinese overseas influenced China's politics, economics, and culture. Chan develops the concept of "diaspora moments"-a... -
The Magic of Concepts: History and the Economic in Twentieth-Century China by Rebecca E. Karl 9780822363217
RRP: £20.99£18.37In The Magic of Concepts Rebecca E. Karl interrogates "the economic" as concept and practice as it was construed historically in China in the 1930s and again in the 1980s and 1990s. Separated by the Chinese Revolution and Mao's socialist experiments,... -
After Empire: The Conceptual Transformation of the Chinese State, 1885-1924 by Peter G. Zarrow 9780804778688
RRP: £108.00£93.80From 1885-1924, China underwent a period of acute political struggle and cultural change, brought on by a radical change in thought: after over 2,000 years of monarchical rule, the Chinese people stopped believing in the emperor. These forty years saw... -
Village China Under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-History, 1948-2008 by Huaiyin Li 9780804759748
RRP: £116.00£100.62Village China Under Socialism and Reform offers a comprehensive account of rural life after the communist revolution, detailing villager involvement in political campaigns since the 1950s, agricultural production under the collective system, family... -
Social Power and Legal Culture: Litigation Masters in Late Imperial China by Melissa Macauley 9780804731355
RRP: £74.00£64.85Asserting that litigation in late imperial China was a form of documentary warfare, this book offers a social analysis of the men who composed legal documents for commoners and elites alike. Litigation masters-a broad category of legal facilitators... -
The Teahouse: Small Business, Everyday Culture, and Public Politics in Chengdu, 1900-1950 by Di Wang 9780804758437
RRP: £99.00£86.14This is the first book-length history of Chinese teahouses in the English-speaking world or in China. The Teahouse examines economic, social, political, and cultural changes as funneled through the teahouses of Chengdu during the first half of the... -
Engaging the Law in China: State, Society, and Possibilities for Justice by Neil Jeffrey Diamant 9780804750486
RRP: £99.00£85.74This interdisciplinary book of essays addresses critical issues arising from the emergence of legal process and legal institutions in contemporary China. The introduction by the editors and the individual chapters attempt, for the first time, to bring to... -
Building Culture in Early Qing Yangzhou by Tobie Meyer-Fong 9780804744850
RRP: £58.00£50.17This book explores cultural change in a Chinese city following the Manchu conquest of 1644. The city of Yangzhou, at the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Yangzi river, is best known as the site of human and physical devastation during the...