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China's Great Convulsion, 1894-1924: How Chinese Overthrew a Dynasty, Fought Chaos and Warlords, and Still Helped the Western Allies Win World War One by John Fulton Lewis 9781883378837
RRP: $50.60$43.91Apologies 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)... -
The Teahouse under Socialism: The Decline and Renewal of Public Life in Chengdu, 1950-2000 by Di Wang 9781501715495
RRP: $56.53$48.67To 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... -
Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor: A Seventeenth-Century Chinese Story Collection by Aina the Layman 9780295999975
RRP: $76.05$67.31Written 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: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" Volume 2 by Stephen Durrant 9780295999166
RRP: $200.85$174.60Zuo 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... -
Market Street: A Chinese Woman in Harbin by Hong Xiao 9780295994239
RRP: $38.98$34.20Back in print - Market StreetBook InformationISBN 9780295994239Author Hong XiaoFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint University of Washington PressPublisher University of Washington PressWeight(grams) 204g -
The Temple of Memories: History, Power, and Morality in a Chinese Village by Jun Jing 9780804727570
RRP: $54.58$47.07This 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... -
Lhasa: Streets with Memories by Robert Barnett
RRP: $163.80$78.06There 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... -
The Chinese Art of Tea by John Blofeld
$172.77First 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... -
The Poetics of Sovereignty: On Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty by Jack W. Chen
RRP: $89.60$72.33Emperor 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... -
Mao and the Sino-Soviet Split, 1959–1973: A New History by Danhui Li
RRP: $78.00$68.68In 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... -
The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962--1976 by Professor Frank Dikotter 9781632864239
RRP: $39.00$24.24Apologies 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)... -
China in Ten Words by Yu Hua 9780307739797
RRP: $37.05$22.31Apologies 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... -
The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Yang Jisheng 9781250829702
RRP: $48.75$27.32Apologies 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 -
On China by Henry Kissinger 9780143121312
RRP: $42.90$26.05Apologies 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 *... -
China: A History by John Keay 9780465025183
RRP: $37.03$31.98Many 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... -
Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern by Jing Tsu 9780735214736
RRP: $35.10$19.25Apologies 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 -
Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong by Vaudine England 9781982184513
RRP: $68.25$37.77Apologies 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 -
Down with Traitors: Justice and Nationalism in Wartime China by Yun Xia
RRP: $54.58$47.07Throughout 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... -
Crossed Paths: Labor Activism and Colonial Governance in Hong Kong, 1938-1958 by Yan Lu
RRP: $60.45$53.35Labor 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... -
Workers at War: Labor in China’s Arsenals, 1937-1953 by Joshua H. Howard
RRP: $62.40$55.01This 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: Manchu-Korean Relations, 1616–1911 by Yuanchong Wang
RRP: $54.58$47.07Remaking 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... -
Tides from the West: A Chinese Autobiography by Monlin Chiang
RRP: $105.20$64.08Apologies 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)... -
The Writing of Weddings in Middle-Period China: Text and Ritual Practice in the Eighth through Fourteenth Centuries by Christian de Pee
RRP: $140.93$123.71Apologies 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... -
Catalogue of Chinese Manuscripts in Danish Archives: Chinese diplomatic correspondence from the Ch'ing dynasty (1644-1911) by Erik Baark
RRP: $179.38$155.61First 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 by Becky Shelley
RRP: $38.98$34.50Democratic 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... -
Merry Laughter and Angry Curses: The Shanghai Tabloid Press, 1897-1911 by Juan Wang
RRP: $159.90$138.96This 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 And Contemporary Studies Of China And Chineseness: Unlearning Binaries, Strategizing Self by Prapin Manomaivibool
RRP: $263.25$230.02Colonial 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,... -
You do Not Travel in China at the Full Moon by Barbara Francis
RRP: $68.15$61.13In 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... -
Women in Ming China by Bret Hinsch
RRP: $183.30$168.17This 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... -
The Birth of a Republic by Hanchao Lu
$73.32China'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... -
China: A Political History, 1917-1980 by Richard C Thornton
RRP: $74.08$65.87Apologies 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 -
State Violence in East Asia by Sung Chull Kim
$55.07In 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... -
From Frontier Policy to Foreign Policy: The Question of India and the Transformation of Geopolitics in Qing China by Matthew W. Mosca
RRP: $226.20$196.21Between 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... -
Chieftains into Ancestors: Imperial Expansion and Indigenous Society in Southwest China by David Faure
RRP: $159.90$138.96This 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... -
Coping with Calamity: Environmental Change and Peasant Response in Central China, 1736-1949 by Jiayan Zhang
RRP: $159.90$138.96This 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... -
Global History with Chinese Characteristics: Autocratic States along the Silk Road in the Decline of the Spanish and Qing Empires 1680-1796 by Manuel Perez-Garcia
RRP: $87.73$78.78This 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... -
Recarving China's Past: Art, Archaeology and Architecture of the "Wu Family Shrines" by Cary Y. Liu
$169.71The "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... -
Between Heaven and Modernity: Reconstructing Suzhou, 1895-1937 by Peter J. Carroll
RRP: $144.30$126.46Combining 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... -
Chinese Urbanism: Urban Form And Life In The Tang-song Dynasties by Jing Xie
RRP: $175.50$152.45Since 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... -
Rising Sons, The: China's Imperial Succession & The Art Of War by Ian Huen
RRP: $87.75$77.01The 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...