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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781883378837Author John Fulton LewisFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Sun on Earth BooksPublisher Sun on Earth BooksWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm)...

To understand a city fully, writes Di Wang, we must observe its most basic units of social life. In The Teahouse under Socialism, Wang does just that, arguing that the teahouses of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, are some of the most important...

Written around 1660, the unique Chinese short story collection Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor (Doupeng xianhua), by the author known only as Aina the Layman, uses the seemingly innocuous setting of neighbors swapping yarns on hot summer days under a...

Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan; sometimes called The Zuo Commentary) is China's first great work of history. It consists of two interwoven texts - the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu, a terse annalistic record) and a vast web of narratives and speeches that...

Back in print - Market StreetBook InformationISBN 9780295994239Author Hong XiaoFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint University of Washington PressPublisher University of Washington PressWeight(grams) 204g

This study focuses on the politics of memory in the village of Dachuan in northwest China, in which 85 percent of the villagers are surnamed Kong and believe themselves to be descendants of Confucius. It recounts both how this proud community was...

There are many Lhasas. One is a grid of uniform boulevards lined with plush hotels, all-night bars, and blue-glass-fronted offices. Another is a warren of alleyways that surround a seventh-century temple built to pin down a supine demoness. A web of...

First published in 1985, The Chinese Art of Tea is an exploration into the history of tea and the Chinese art of tea, known as ch'a-shu. The book begins by delving into the history and legends surrounding tea before moving on to a study of the Emperor...

Emperor Taizong (r. 626-49) of the Tang is remembered as an exemplary ruler. This study addresses that aura of virtuous sovereignty and Taizong's construction of a reputation for moral rulership through his own literary writings-with particular attention...

In the twenty-first century, students of Cold War history are fortunate to have the fruits of several major works on the Sino-Soviet split by European and American scholars. What is lacking in English literature, however, is a book based on international...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632864239Author Professor Frank DikotterFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Bloomsbury Academic USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307739797Author Yu HuaFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 131mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250829702Author Yang JishengFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 137g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143121312Author Henry KissingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 505gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Many nations define themselves in terms of territory or people China defines itself in terms of history. Taking into account the country's unrivaled, voluminous tradition of history writing, John Keay has composed a vital and illuminating overview of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735214736Author Jing TsuFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 132g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982184513Author Vaudine EnglandFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 550g

Throughout the War of Resistance against Japan (1931-1945), the Chinese Nationalist government punished collaborators with harsh measures, labeling the enemies from within hanjian (literally, "traitors to the Han Chinese"). Trials of hanjian gained...

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...

This book focuses on the lives, struggles, and contrasting perspectives of the 60,000 workers, military administrators, and technical staff employed in the largest, most strategic industry of the Nationalist government, the armaments industry based in...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487804138Author Monlin ChiangFormat HardbackPage Count 270Imprint Royal Collins Publishing CompanyPublisher Royal Collins Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791470732Author Christian de PeeFormat HardbackPage Count 380Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

First published in 1980, Catalogue of Chinese Manuscripts in Danish Archives is a descriptive catalogue that gives the date, address, and a summary of the contents for some 500 Chinese manuscripts in three Danish archives: the National Archives, the...

Democratic Development in East Asia explores an important but neglected topic in the literature on democratization in East Asia: the international dimension of democratization. It presents a coherent and comprehensive analysis of the impact of external...

This book will primarily appeal to scholars of modern Chinese history, but it will also be of relevance to readers interested in the social impact of print media, subversive communications, and journalism.Book InformationISBN 9780774823388Author Juan...

Colonial legacies in knowledge production affect the way the world is represented and understood today. However, the subject is rarely attended. The book, Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Studies of China and Chineseness: Unlearning Binaries,...

In April 1938 Agnes Moncrieff, in her role as the YWCA of New Zealand's foreign secretary to the YWCA of China, wrote to her mother, 'You do not travel in China at the full moon if you can help. There are always air raids.' Nessie, as she preferred to be...

This groundbreaking work provides an original and deeply knowledgeable overview of Chinese women and gender relations during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Bret Hinsch explores in detail the central aspects of female life in this era, including family and...

China's 1911 Revolution ended the rule of both the 267-year-old Manchu Qing dynasty and the more than 2,000-year-old imperial system, establishing Asia's first, if not lasting, republic. Because war correspondence was not an established profession in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780367168568Author Richard C ThorntonFormat PaperbackPage Count 534Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

In the winter of 1944--1945, Hitler sought to divide Allied forces in the heavily forested Ardennes region of Luxembourg and Belgium. He deployed more than 400,000 troops in one of the last major German offensives of the war, which became known as the...

Between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, Qing rulers, officials, and scholars fused diverse, fragmented perceptions of foreign territory into one integrated worldview. In the same period, a single "foreign" policy emerged as an...

This book will appeal to Asian Studies scholars, as well as toanyone interested in the effects of nation-building on religiousritual, oral tradition, gender roles, and the representation ofhistory.Book InformationISBN 9780774823685Author David...

This book will interest students and scholars of Chinese history, ruraland agrarian studies, and environmental history.Book InformationISBN 9780774825955Author Jiayan ZhangFormat HardbackPage Count 292Imprint University of British Columbia PressPublisher...

This open access book considers a pivotal era in Chinese history from a global perspective. This book’s insight into Chinese and international history offers timely and challenging perspectives on initiatives like “Chinese characteristics”, “The New Silk...

The "Wu Family Shrines," one of the most important cultural monuments of early China, comprise approximately fifty stone slabs from the so-called Wu cemetery in Shandong province. Depicting emperors and kings, heroic women, filial sons, and...

Combining social, political, and cultural history, this book examines the contestation over space, history, and power in the late Qing and Republican-era reconstruction of the ancient capital of Suzhou as a modern city. Located fifty miles west of...

Since the 1990s, the urban landscape of China has witnessed revolutionary changes that are unrivalled in any country of the world throughout history. Rapid urbanization, facilitated by the modern planning mechanism for growth, provides a feast for...

The Rising Sons: China's Imperial Succession & The Art of War recollects 2,000 years of China's history by examining how some of its most representative imperial rulers seized power by applying tactics and strategies from Sun Tzu's The Art of War...