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This project examines the rich history of Chinese American cookbooks and culinary memoirs that reflect the transnational......more
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Bodies of water have played myriad roles in human history--as cultural landmarks, foundation myths and origin stories, s......more
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A timeless classic, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War is more than a military manual--it’s a philosophy of strategy, discipline, ......more
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A critical account of the Japanese occupation in Inner Mongolia. Early in the twentieth century, the steppe borderlands ......more
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Cosmic Cycles of Life offers a groundbreaking look at the Mawangdui Han tombs in China--one of the twentieth century’s m......more
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A revelatory portrait of China’s literary passion, sensuality, elegance, and desire. This landmark anthology brings toge......more
Drawing on first-hand, on-the-ground reporting, Dancing on Bones argues that if we want to understand where these three ......more
Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American ta......more
When coffins lingered above ground, Qing China reimagined care, kinship, and the meaning of death In late imperial China......more
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How a mundane metal bound miners and officials to global capitalism and an emerging technocratic state Tin was everywher......more
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What does it mean to live through a world coming undone? How do people carry on amid rupture, loss, and grief? Decolonia......more
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The Presence of Peach Spring radically breaks with conventional interpretations of Tao Qian’s "Record of Peach Blossom S......more
Myth and Identity in the Martial Arts: Creating the Dragon is a study of the role of myth and ideology in the formation ......more
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China’s Date Debate is an in-depth investigation of the Chinese Communist Party’s remapping of China’s World War II time......more
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Contemporary Art Cinema Culture in China explores the dynamic networks of art cinema in China in the 21st century, highl......more
This edited volume tells the story of three Scandinavian women missionaries who dedicated their lives to helping Armenia......more
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Islam and Maoism in Southern Yunnan investigates decades of contentious relations between the communist party-state of C......more
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This book presents a systematic re-examination of the Oracle Bone Inscription writing system by integrating up-dated arc......more
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Inside the lives, scandals, and splendor of Ming China’s imperial ruling family. Sons of Heaven is the first accessible,......more
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Zhongping Chen examines the origins, rise, and reform of the Cantonese-dominated Chinese diaspora in Canada between 1788......more
Song Jiaoren (1882-1913) was early-twentieth-century China’s greatest champion of constitutional democracy. Fleeing the ......more
Song Jiaoren (1882-1913) was early-twentieth-century China’s greatest champion of constitutional democracy. Fleeing the ......more
In A History of Manchuria, Ian Nish describes the turbulent times which the three Northeastern Provinces of China experi......more
The Daoist Liturgy of the Most High for Daily Recitations (Taishang xuanmen gongke jing) is performed in Daoist temples ......more