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Optimism, Literature, and Culture in American Capitalism and Chinese Socialism
This book examines and interprets the uncanny similarity between capitalism and socialism over the twentieth century as both systems found ways to encourage happiness and optimism …
Rice Paddy Navy
A detailed history of SACO- the rice paddy navy -the U.S. Navy's accomplished, top-secret, covert operation in China during World War II.After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. …
Industrialisation in the Non-Western World
This new edition is fully updated and revised, incorporating the massive changes in the USSR and China in the 1980's. It offers a series of case-studies charting the progress and …
China
The Qing dynasty was China's last, and it created an empire of unprecedented size and prosperity. However in 1911 the empire collapsed within a few short months, and China embarked …
Marriage and the Law in the Age of Khubilai Khan
The Mongol conquest of China in the thirteenth century and Khubilai Khan’s founding of the Yuan dynasty brought together under one government people of different languages, …
Culture, Courtiers, and Competition
"e;This collection of essays reveals the Ming court as an arena of competition and negotiation, where a large cast of actors pursued individual and corporate ends, personal …
Literati Storytelling in Late Medieval China
Scholar-officials of late medieval China were not only enthusiastic in amateur storytelling, but also showed unprecedented interest in recording stories on different aspects of …
China in Transition, Volume 2
China is a country in the midst of a transition which is inscrutable to almost all observers. The leadership has changed from the 'old guard' to the 'new guard' with hardly a slip. …
Chinese Civilization
Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social …
Collection of Ancient Chinese Cultural Relics, Volume 9
This book, a collection of ancient Chinese cultural relics, deals with relics from Qing Dynasty, 1644 to 1911. There are two volumes dealing with relics in this period. This book …
Death in Beijing
In this innovative and engaging history of homicide investigation in Republican Beijing, Daniel Asen explores the transformation of ideas about death in China in the first half of …