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Making of a New Rural Order in South China: Volume 1, Village, Land, and Lineage in Huizhou, 900-1600
Among the large caches of private documents discovered and collected in China, few rival the Huizhou sources for the insight they provide into Chinese local society and economy …
Politics of the Past in Early China
Why did the past matter so greatly in ancient China? How did it matter and to whom? This is an innovative study of how the past was implicated in the long transition of power in …
World of the Ancient Silk Road
This volume explores human migration, communication, and cross-cultural exchange on the Silk Road, a complex network of trade routes spanning the Eurasian continent and beyond. It …
East Wind
East Wind offers the first complete, archive-based account of the relationship between China and the British Left, from the rise of modern Chinese nationalism to the death of Mao …
Attack of the Dragon King
Written by the winner of the 2022 Children's & YA Jhalak Prize.When Jack's grandpa gives him a magical jade coin, Jack finds himself caught in an ancient battle between good and …
Barbarian Lens
Part of the prestigious academic book series Documenting the Image, this is a fascinating survey illustrated by extremely rare photographs of the burned architectural and landscape …
Did Marco Polo Go To China?
We all ?know? that Marco Polo went to China, served Ghengis Khan for many years, and returned to Italy with the recipes for pasta and ice cream. But Frances Wood, head of the …
Dynamics of Masters Literature
The importance of the rich corpus of "e;Masters Literature"e; that developed in early China since the fifth century BCE has long been recognized. But just what are these …
Women in Ancient China
This pioneering book provides a comprehensive survey of ancient Chinese women’s history, covering thousands of years from the Neolithic era to China’s unification in 221 BCE. For …
Mao's War against Nature
Judith Shapiro, in clear and compelling prose, relates the great, untold story of the devastating impact of Chinese politics on China's environment during the Mao years. Maoist …
The Deep Ecology of Rhetoric in Mencius and Aristotle
Discusses philosophers Mencius and Aristotle as socio-ecological thinkers.Mencius (385–303/302 BCE) and Aristotle (384–322 BCE) were contemporaries, but are often understood to …
Taiwan's Transformation
This book presents a cogent but comprehensive review of Taiwan's socio-economic transformation from a Japanese colony to a thriving East Asian mini-state. Since the 1980's, Taiwan …