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Mao's Great Famine
The power of Frank Dikötter's ground-breaking work on the disaster that followed China's attempted ‘Great Leap Forward’ lies not in the detail of his evidence (though that shows …
The Origin of East Asian Medieval Capital Construction System
Ye is a historical Chinese city built in 659 BC and burned down to the ground in AD 580. The book investigates the characteristics of the city’s layout and its deep influence on …
Nordic Private Collections of Chinese Objects
This book explores the ways in which Nordic private collectors displayed their collections of Chinese objects in their homes.This leads to a reconsideration of how to define …
Bandit's Daughter
An extraordinary true adventure story -- how the bandit's daughter Mu Guiying became a great general in Ancient ChinaANCIENT CHINA, ONE THOUSAND YEARS AGO. It began with …
Staging China: Jesuit Theater and the End of an Empire
This book represents the first monograph study of Jesuit religious theater in China and its connections to the commemoration of the Society's martyrs of the late Qing. It considers …
Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period, 1644-1912 (2 vols)
Contributors include: K. Biggerstaff, H. Dubs, J.K. Fairbank, Fang Chao-ying, L.C.Goodrich, Hu Shih, T.Numata, E. Swisher, Teng Ssu-yu, C.M. Wilbur, H. Wilhelm. Hummel's …
Great Exodus from China
Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang examines one of the least understood migrations in modern East Asia - the human exodus from China to Taiwan when Chiang Kai-shek's regime collapsed in 1949. …
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Hagiographical Strategies
This book examines the potential of conducting studies in comparative hagiology, through parallel literary and historical analyses of spiritual life writings pertaining to distinct …
Education in China, ca. 1840-present
In Education in China, ca. 1840-present Meimei Wang, Bas van Leeuwen and Jieli Li offer a description of the transformation of the Chinese education system from the traditional …
Shanghai Faithful
Within the next decade, China could be home to more Christians than any country in the world. Through the 150-year saga of a single family, this book vividly dramatizes the …
Beyond the Neon Lights
How did ordinary people live through the extraordinary changes that have swept across modern China? How did peasants transform themselves into urbanites? How did the citizens of …
Mythological Approach to Exploring the Origins of Chinese Civilization
Is the lion the symbol of China? Or should it be the dragon or the phoenix? This book makes a provocative interpretation of the Chinese ancient totems such as the bear and the owl. …