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Based on interviews with three generations of three families, this book clarifies why the Cultural Revolution in China (......more
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A new volume in the award winning University of Pittsburgh Press Latin American Studies Series...more
From the end of the Second World War to the early 1970s, new paradigms began to form in academic, scientific, and profes......more
From the end of the Second World War to the early 1970s, new paradigms began to form in academic, scientific, and profes......more
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Khitan and Mongol Imperial Women in the Chinese Imagination is a study and translation of two classic Chinese texts abou......more
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The Chinese revolution was a forestry revolution. For decades, tree planting has been at the heart of Chinese environmen......more
Drawing from a rich body of archival documents, case studies and interviews, this book explores the ways in which graphi......more
The Silk Road may be one origin of globalization, but the Indian Ocean is another. Barry Cunliffe examines the beginning......more
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Material and visual culture of China’s long 19th century is understandably overshadowed by the traumatic warfare, land s......more
This is a guidebook to Syria’s historical and archeological treasures. It is a new, revised and expanded edition in a tr......more
An exciting and richly detailed new history of the Silk Road that tells how it became more important as a route for dipl......more
Explores the surprisingly rich early history of US-China trade and its unexpected impact on the developing republic. The......more
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For the first time in English! Milescu’s remarkable work takes you on a thrilling journey back to the 17th century when ......more
The Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet in 1959 after its occupation by China and established a government in exile in India. ......more
The Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet in 1959 after its occupation by China and established a government in exile in India. ......more
A short, but highly relevant, history of the Cold War, 1919-1994, and its significance today. The 75-year Cold War pitte......more
Throughout much of history, imperial China has exhibited a seemingly capricious relationship with the sea. At times, it ......more
This ground-breaking title, publishing to mark the centenary of the tragic 1924 British Everest expedition, reveals the ......more
Lex Lu argues in Appearance Politics that crafting an appealing and powerful outward image has long been an essential po......more
Poet-Monks focuses on the literary and religious practices of Buddhist poet-monks in Tang-dynasty China to propose an al......more
Justin Tse captures the voices of Cantonese Protestant Christians from the San Francisco, Vancouver, and Hong Kong metro......more
Early Modern expansionism and its aftermaths constitute a biopolitical laboratory, measuring social and individual well-......more
From the 17th century onwards, in a context of increasingly intense trade and diplomatic contacts, the exchange of scien......more
Secret Documents of Intelligence Branch on Father of the Nation, Bangladesh: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is a 14-......more
Secret Documents of Intelligence Branch on Father of the Nation, Bangladesh: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is a 14-......more
Genghis Khan built a formidable land empire, but he never crossed the sea. Yet by the time his grandson Khublai Khan had......more
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The first thorough account of a formative and little understood chapter in Chinese history Historians Odd Arne Westad an......more
The definitive story of a top Chinese politician’s ill-fated quest to reform the Communist Party. When Hu Yaobang died i......more
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year A BBC History Magazine Best Book of the Year "Excellent...A fascinating, authori......more
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How did an Indian game meant to teach the process of rebirth change into the children’s race-game, Snakes and Ladders? W......more
The Global Latin II Conference has highlighted the role of the Latin language as cultural medium between West and East. ......more
This is the first volume of a two-volume set on the names of China, focusing on the country’s official titles throughout......more
This is the second volume of a two-volume set on the names of China, focusing on the domestic and foreign names of the c......more
Richly illustrated with photographs of historical heritage, this book chronicles " major" events which led to the rise a......more
As countries ravaged by colonial capitalism and white supremacy sought to build a post-imperial world, many turned to so......more
Fighting Stars provides a rich and diverse account of the emergence and legacies of Hong Kong martial arts cinema stars.......more
Fighting Stars provides a rich and diverse account of the emergence and legacies of Hong Kong martial arts cinema stars.......more
Yongding County in southeast China is famous for its large, multistory communal vernacular buildings known as tulou, tra......more
Yongding County in southeast China is famous for its large, multistory communal vernacular buildings known as tulou, tra......more
The Gateless Barrier is one of the most cherished yet also one of the most enigmatic Chan or Zen texts of East Asian Bud......more
The Gateless Barrier is one of the most cherished yet also one of the most enigmatic Chan or Zen texts of East Asian Bud......more
Distills ten volumes, four dictionaries, and 1,800 years of knowledge into an authoritative introduction to the Ben cao ......more
Distills ten volumes, four dictionaries, and 1,800 years of knowledge into an authoritative introduction to the Ben cao ......more
In Asia, research in human evolution has long been considered to have lagged far behind what was going on in places like......more
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Salah Natij’s book, Al-Jahiz’s Theory of Bayân: From a Hermeneutics of Nature to a Semiotics of Culture is the first com......more
Reframes cultural diplomacy as part of China’s ongoing quest for modernity beyond wealth and power...more
Reframes cultural diplomacy as part of China’s ongoing quest for modernity beyond wealth and power...more
This book identifies the formation, development and changes in New Zealand perceptions of its Asian neighbours, the work......more
This book provides a detailed introduction to the study of the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips, explaining the preservation and an......more
Blending archival work, ethnography, and cultural analysis with memoir, graphic arts, and science fiction, Queer Chimeri......more
Blending archival work, ethnography, and cultural analysis with memoir, graphic arts, and science fiction, Queer Chimeri......more
The third edition of Critical Issues in Contemporary China offers an in-depth and up-to-date analysis of Xi Jinping’s st......more
The third edition of Critical Issues in Contemporary China offers an in-depth and up-to-date analysis of Xi Jinping’s st......more
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This Silk Road guidebook is ideal for travellers seeking inspirational guides and planning a more extended trip. It prov......more
Born into the Mao era, the author’s education in school and at home by her father, a devoted Communist propaganda office......more
In 2010, Kim Liao traveled to Taiwan to reconstruct the lost story of her grandparents. But upon arrival, she found that......more
Constance A. Cook is Professor of Chinese at Lehigh University, Christopher J. Foster is an independent scholar, and Sus......more
This book comprehensively organizes the lineage and developmental evolution of archaeological cultures in China before t......more
Chun Fung Tong is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies at Heidelberg University....more
Among the longest continuously performed dramatic forms in the world, nō and kyōgen have a wealth of connections to Japa......more
What type of exchanges occurred between West and East Asia in the first millennium CE? What sort of connections existed ......more
From being the last country in the world to open its doors to global trade in the 1850s to becoming the second industria......more
A vivid history of the relationship between Britain and China, from 1600 to the present The relationship between Britain......more
**Society of American Travel Writers Foundation GOLD Award Winner** For every fan of kung fu, steamed dumplings, Confuci......more
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The Oasis of Bukhara, Volume 3: Material Culture, Socio-territorial Features, Archaeozoology and Archaeometry, focuses o......more
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Explores the complex history and legacy of elite wives, concubines, and daughters of warlords in twentieth-century China......more
This book profiles Taiwan’s six key presidents - namely Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Ching-kuo, Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian,......more
This book profiles Taiwan’s six key presidents - namely Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Ching-kuo, Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian,......more
When Food Became Scarce is about the Great Leap Famine of 1958-61. Yixin Chen adopts a grassroots level analysis to expl......more
The years 1900 to 1954 marked the transformation from an exotic, colonized "Far East" to a more autonomous, prominent "A......more