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Aristotle and Confucius on Rhetoric and Truth
The current study argues that different cultures can coexist better today if we focus not only on what separates them but also on what connects them. To do so, the author discusses …
The Paradox of China’s Post-Mao Reforms
China’s bold program of reforms launched in the late 1970s—the move to a market economy and the opening to the outside world—ended the political chaos and economic stagnation of …
Kings of Shanghai
'A masterpiece of research, The Last Kings of Shanghai is a vivid and fascinating story of wealth, family intrigue, and political strategy on the world stage from colonialism to …
Bargaining with the State from Afar
In the early 1990s, when organizations representing the 2.6 million U.S. nationals living abroad appealed to Congress for their own non-voting representative, the response of one …
History of China in the 20th Century
This book provides readers with rich context and detailed description leading to new perspectives on major historical events in China. Positioned as a thought leader and highly …
The Art of Contemporary China
Fulfilling a need for an accessible, affordable introduction to a subject of sustained and growing significance in contemporary culture, this volume in the World of Art series …
China's Law of the Sea
An in-depth examination of the law and geopolitics of China's maritime disputes and their implications for the rules of the international law of the sea China's Law of the Sea is …
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
Winner of the Lionel Gelber PrizeNational Book Critics Circle Award FinalistAn Economist Best Book of the Year | A Financial Times Book of the Year | A Wall Street Journal Book of …
Peasant Life in China
A fascinating insight into the life of the vast majority of Chinese people at the end of 19th century. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and …
Kitte Kry - og andre børn
10 historier om børn, som bliver hverdagens små helte, eller som gør dumme ting og bliver klogere af det. Om børn, som lever et kummerlige liv og er udsat for stor uretfærdighed. …
Women, Property, and Confucian Reaction in Sung and Yuan China (960-1368)
This book, originally published in 2002, argues that the Mongol invasion of the thirteenth century precipitated a transformation of marriage and property law in China that deprived …
China between Empires
After the collapse of the Han dynasty in the third century CE, China divided along a north-south line. Mark Lewis traces the changes that both underlay and resulted from this split …