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Voskamp, C.J
Aus dem belagerten Tsingtau. Tagebuchblätter. 5. Auflage., 26.-30. Tausend.,
Berlin, Buchhandlung der Berliner evang. Missionsgesellschaft 1915. 143 Seiten., 8°. OBroschur.,
Bookseller reference : 81823
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Voskamp, Carl Johannes
Unter dem Banner des Drachen und im Zeichen des Kreuzes.
Berlin, Buchhandlung der Berliner evangelischen Missionsgesellschaft (1898). * Mit 13 Tafeln. 176 S. 20 x 13,5 cm. Blauer Original-Halbleinenband mit Buntpapierbezug (leicht berieben), goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und gemusterten Vorsatzpapieren.
Bookseller reference : 111121
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Vospernik, Cornelia (Verfasser)
China live : Alltagsleben zwischen Tradition und Hightech.
Wien : K & S, 2008. 191 S. OPp., gebundene Ausgabe, SU.
Bookseller reference : 169937
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Voticky, Anka
Knocking on Every Door
[The Azireli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs) This extraordinary memoir describes the circuitous journey taken by Anka Voticky and her family in search for safety from the Nazis occupying Czechoslovakia -- a journey that took her and her family to faraway Shanghai. 160p. maps. plates index. Book
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VOYRON (Général) - [EXPEDITION DE CHINE 1900]
Rapport sur l'Expédition de Chine 1900-1901
Paris, Librairie Charles-Lavauzelle, sans date (1901). 1 volume in-8, 514 pp., non coupé, reliure moderne plein cuir brun, intérieur frais. Ouvrage enrichi de 67 illustrations photographiques et cartes. Bon exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 7314
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VRANCKX Franciscus C.I.C.M.
Voyages de Bruxelles en Mongolie. Travaux des missionnaires de la Congrégation de Scheutveld (lez-Bruxelles) [2 volumes]
Bruxelles, Coomans 1873-1877 Ouvrage complet enn 2 tomes, Tome I: 196pp. + frontispice (portrait du fondateur Th. Verbist) et 5 planches double-page hors-texte, Tome II: 292pp.+ 1 grande carte dépliante et 2 planches double-page hors-texte (dont 1 carte), 24cm., brochures originales (dos et plat inférieur du tome I remplacé, bien protégées par une couv. supplémentaire de papier cristal), tome 2 toujours non coupé, texte frais, bon exemplaire, R100078
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VRANCKX Franciscus C.I.C.M.
Voyages de Bruxelles en Mongolie. Travaux des missionnaires de la Congrégation de Scheutveld lez-Bruxelles, Tome I. (relié avec: Les missionnaires belges en Mongolie)
Bruxelles, Coomans 1873 196pp. + frontispice (portrait du fondateur Th. Verbist) et 5 planches double-page hors-texte, 22cm., reliure cart. (qqs. traces d'usage), dos en toile noir avec titre doré, bon état, [Relié avec un autre ouvrage: NN, Les missionnaires belges en Mongolie. Coup d'oeil sur l'établissement du christianisme a Pekin et en Mongolie, Bruxelles, Goemaere, 1866, 63pp.], R99383
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VRANCKX Franciscus C.I.C.M.
Voyages de Bruxelles en Mongolie. Travaux des missionnaires de la Congrégation de Scheutveld lez-Bruxelles, Tome I. (relié avec: Les missionnaires belges en Mongolie)
196pp. + frontispice (portrait du fondateur Th. Verbist) et 5 planches double-page hors-texte, 22cm., reliure cart. (qqs. traces d'usage), dos en toile noir avec titre doré, bon état, [Relié avec un autre ouvrage: NN, Les missionnaires belges en Mongolie. Coup d'oeil sur l'établissement du christianisme a Pekin et en Mongolie, Bruxelles, Goemaere, 1866, 63pp.], R99383
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VRANCKX Franciscus C.I.C.M.
Voyages de Bruxelles en Mongolie. Travaux des missionnaires de la Congrégation de Scheutveld (lez-Bruxelles) [2 volumes]
Ouvrage complet enn 2 tomes, Tome I: 196pp. + frontispice (portrait du fondateur Th. Verbist) et 5 planches double-page hors-texte, Tome II: 292pp.+ 1 grande carte dépliante et 2 planches double-page hors-texte (dont 1 carte), 24cm., brochures originales (dos et plat inférieur du tome I remplacé, bien protégées par une couv. supplémentaire de papier cristal), tome 2 toujours non coupé, texte frais, bon exemplaire, R100078
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VRIJDAGHS Fidelis O.F.M.
P.Marcellus Sterkendries, minderbroeder, redder der Tartaren (een Belgische missionaris)
, Mechelen/ Gent, S.Franciscus' drukkerij/ Huis Augustinus 1925, 63pp.geïll.
Bookseller reference : R22095
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VRIJDAGHS Fidelis O.F.M.
P.Marcellus Sterkendries, minderbroeder, redder der Tartaren (een Belgische missionaris)
Mechelen/ Gent, S.Franciscus' drukkerij/ Huis Augustinus 1925, 63pp.geïll.
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VV-AA.
Homenaje a Mao Tse Tung. ["Litoral", Revista de la Poesía y el Pensamiento. Director: Manuel Gallego Morell. Números 64-65 y 66].
Málaga, Talleres Dardo, 1977. 4to.mayor; 229 pp., 3 hs. Ilustraciones de José Caballero, Rafael Alberti, Antonio L. Bouza, y Emilio Machado. Cubiertas originales.
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Cartas edificantes y curiosas escritas de las Missiones Estrangeras y de Levante por algunos missioneros de la Compañía de Jesús. Traducidas del idioma francés por el Padre Diego Davin. Tomo Séptimo.
Madrid, Imprenta de la Viuda de Manuel Fernandez, 1755. 4to.; 2 hs., 464 pp. Encuadernación en pergamino, de la época. Contiene relaciones sobre India, Filipinas, China (con un extenso informe sobre el Ginseng), México, Misiones del Paraguay, de Chiquitos y de Moxos, además de las extensas e impresionantes "Cartas" del Padre Gabriel Marest sobre su Misión y Viajes en el Canadá, en las Kaskaskias y entre los Illinois en el Mississippi. Destaca su descripción de la región de la Bahía de Hudson y de la Expedición de Iberville en el otoño de 1694.
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Cartas edificantes y curiosas escritas de las Missiones Estrangeras y de Levante por algunos missioneros de la Compañía de Jesús. Traducidas del idioma francés por el Padre Diego Davin. Tomo Décimo.
Madrid, Imprenta de la Viuda de Manuel Fernandez, 1755. 4to.; 2 hs., XVI pp., 398 pp. y un mapa plegado, grabado en cobre, que muestra las misiones jesuitas en la India. Encuadernación en pergamino, de la época. Parte destacada del presente volúmen esta formada por las "Cartas" del Padre Sebastian Rasle (1658-1724) en las Misiones del Canadá, entre los Indios Abenakis, en Norridgewock, en el Rio Kennebec, en tiempo de las luchas contra los ingleses de New England, a manos de los cuales murió finalmente tras haber sido puesta a precio su cabeza. Su prestigio y fama entre los Abenakis fue imperecedero, su conocimiento de su lengua y costumbres impresionante, como lo prueba el manuscrito de su "Diccionario de la Lengua Abenaki", milagrosamente conservado hasta hoy en la Biblioteca del Harvard College y publicado en 1835. Otra interesante relación es la que contiene el viaje y estancia en el Tibet entre 1716 y 1721 del Padre Ippolito Desideri. No menor es el interés del Informe de la Visita de Fray José Peralta, Obispo de Buenos Aires, a las Misiones jesuítas del Paraguay en 1743.
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CHINA: LA LUCHA POR EL PODER.
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LA REPUBLICA CHINA EN 1976-77.
Texto en ingles y chino, profusamente ilustrado..
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Väth S. J., Alfons
Johann Adam Schall von Bell S. J. Missionar in China, Kaiserlicher Astronom und Ratgeber am Hofe von Peking 1592-1666. Ein Lebens- und Zeitbild. Neue Auflage mit einem Nachtrag und Index. Eine gemeinsame Veröffentlichung des China-Zentrums und des Instituts Monumenta Serica Sankt Augustin (= Monumenta Serica Monograph Series, Vol. XXV).
Nettetal, Steyler Verlag, 1991. XX, 421 S. Orig.-Pappband mit Schutzumschlag. Mit kleinem chinesischem Stempel, sonst schönes, gut erhaltenes Exemplar in einwandfreiem Zustand.
Bookseller reference : 009792
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VÈVRE, E. de.
La reconnaissance "de Jure" de la Régence de Mandchourie et le Traité des Neuf Puissances.
Paris, Librairie Arthur Rousseau, 1932. 4to.; 137 pp. Cubiertas originales.
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Vöckler, Kai [Hrsg.]; Luckow, Dirk [Hrsg.]
Peking, Shanghai, Shenzhen: Städte des 21. Jahrhunderts (Edition Bauhaus) (= Siemens Kulturprogramm, Band 7), herausgegeben von der Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau
Frankfurt: Campus Verlag, 2000. 608 S., zahlr. teils farb. Abb. Gebundene Ausgabe
Bookseller reference : 6100749
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W. Willets
Veertig eeuwen chinese kunst
1986 Gaade Hardcover 1st Edition
Bookseller reference : 018590
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W. Somerset Maugham
On a Chinese Screen
London: William Heinemann 1922. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 6.25 x 8.25 inches 15.5 x 20.5 cm. Black buckram binding with gilt lettering and decoration. Light staining to boards slight fading to spine tanning to endpapers previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. The scarce first edition. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 6.25 x 8.25 inches 15.5 x 20.5 cm. Hardback. Printed pages: 237 William Heinemann hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1176E025
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W. u. B. Forman
Das Drachenboot.
Prag (Artia) 1960. 277 S., Halbleinen . Bildband. 4° Halbleinen
Bookseller reference : 4186-6C
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Wachtel, Joachim (Text)
Bambusbär und Wasserbüffel. Tierbilder chinesischer Meister.
Buchheim, Feldafing (1964). Bildband mit farbigen Tafeln. 4°. OHlwd. Mit Bastschnüren als Blockbuch gebunden. Geradezu neuwertig.
Bookseller reference : 48770
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Wacom / China Lake California / Sue Byrd / Ida Davis / Clare Hunter / Virginia Murphy / Marie St. Amand / Ada Scarborough / Dori
Cook Book Wacom : Women's Auxiliary of the Commissioned Officers Mess A Cookbook / Recipe Collection / Compilation of Fresh Ideas Traditional / Regional Fare Comprehensive Cooking Instructions Techniques explained
Spiral Bound / Flex Cover: Wacom 1969 Paperback : soft cover edition in good to better condition a typical used book with slight wear to edges and spine. Overall good / nice copy of this scarce title. Excellent reading on the subject. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand for yourself. Or would make a GREAT GIFT for the fan / reader in your life. Reading is one of the great pleasures in life. White Cover Shows Minor Soil. ~ SCARCE TITLE ~. Illus. by Some b/w Illustrations. Regional Cook book Compilation. C: Cookbook Recipes Kitchen. Wacom 1969
Bookseller reference : 5027013
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WADE (Henling Thomas)
With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley
Shanghai, Shanghai Mercury Limited, 1910 (2nd edition) (first published in 1895). 1 large volume quarto, 284 pp., rebound in modern full bordeaux leather, illustrated with many black & white maps and drawings, some light foxing but internally very good and clean.
Bookseller reference : 10574
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Waddell L. A.
The Buddhism of Tibet or Lamaism
Contents: 1. Historical. 2. Doctrinal. 3. Monastic. 4. Buildings. 5. Mythology and Gods. 6. Ritual and sorcery. 7. Festivals and plays. 8. Popular Lamaism. Appendices. Index. "The special characteristics of the book are its detailed accounts of the external facts and curious symbolisms of Buddhism, and its analyses of the internal movements leading to Lamaism and its sects and cults. It provides material culled from hoary Tibetan tradition and explained by Lamas for elucidating many obscure parts in primitive Indian Buddhism and its later symbolism. Thus a clue is supplied to several dispute doctrinal points of fundamental importance, as for example the formula of the casual nexus. "With this view the nabulous Tibetan "history" so called of the earlier periods has been somewhat critically examined in the light afforded by some scholarly Lamas and contemporary history and all fictitious chronicles, hitherto treated usually as historical and rejected as authoritative for events which happened a thousand years before they were written and for a time when writing was admittedly unknown in Tibet." 598 pp
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Waddell, L. Austine
LHASA AND ITS MYSTERIES. With a Record of the Expedition of 1903-1904
reprint of the 1906 illustrated third edition. 115 b.w. photos, colored frontis, bright copy, index, 17 appendices, large folding color map. this quality reprint , in red cloth, as the original. Lhasa the forbidden city, the Grand Lama and his evolution as the Priest-God of Lhasa, how the British mission came to be sent, great Northern plateau, invasion of Sikhim, col. Younghusband's peaceful mission becomes an armed force, invasion of the Chumbi valley across the Jelep pass,occupation of Phari Fort the advance to Tuna on the Tibetan plateau, Tang pass, wintering in Tibet, on to Guru, battle at the crystal springs. The Tibetan army and its leaders, Dash on Gyantse, past the Lakes Rham and Kala with fight in the Gorge of the Red Idol. Gyiantse its fort and town, temples, priests, convents of Gyantse visit to the caves of entombed hermits and besieged at Gyantse. Relief of Gyantse , storming of the Jong. Gyantse to Lhasa, past the Yamdok Sea , across the Tsangpo Valley.
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WAGNER (Donald B.)
Dabieshan - Traditional Chinese iron-production techniques practised in southern Henan in the twentieth century
London and Malmö, Curzon Press Ltd, 1985. 1 volume in-8, 112 pp., library hardback, a Chinese stamp on the title page, library labels on the cover with library documents on end pages, good condition.
Bookseller reference : 8287
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WAGNER (Donald B.)
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume V: 11
UK, Cambridge University Press, 2008. 1 volume, hard-cover with illustrated dust jacket, in-4, xxxiii+477 pp., 48 plates, 139 figures, 4 tables, 14 text boxes, very good copy.
Bookseller reference : 4894
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WAGNER (Donald B.)
The Traditional Chinese Iron Industry and its Modern Fate
Surrey, Curzon Press, 1997. 1 volume in-8, 106 pp., paperback, illustrated cover, cover shows a folded line, enriched with 29 figures in texte, good condition.
Bookseller reference : 8950
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WAGNER (Donald B.)
The State and the Iron Industry in Han China
Copenhagen, NIAS Publishing, 2001. 1 volume in-8, 148 pp., paperback, illustrated covers, one Chinese stamp on the title page, enriched with 20 figures, 2 text boxes and 2 tables in texte, very good condition.
Bookseller reference : 8247
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Wagenseil, Hans B. (Übersetzung)
Erzähler von Drüben III. [3. Band].
Wiesbaden. Limes. 1949. 244 S. Hardcover. Buchrücken lichtrandig, Papier altersbedingt gebräunt. Sauberes Exemplar ohne Stempel oder Anstreichungen. Gut erhalten.
Bookseller reference : LIT27628
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Wagner, Mayke
Neolithikum und frühe Bronzezeit in Nordchina vor 8000 bis 3500 Jahren - Die nordöstliche Tiefebene (Südteil),
Mainz am Rhein, von Zabern (= Archäologie in Eurasien, Band 21), 2006. 4°. XVIII, 355 S. mit sehr zahlr. Farb- und s/w-Abb., Illustr., Kartendarstellungen, Fundskizzen etc., wirklich opulent bebildert!, illustr. original Pappband (Hardcover), der Vorderdeckel oben mit flacher und unauffälliger (herstellungsbedingten) Druckspur, sonst ein tadelloses, sauberes Exemplar ohne Mängel (VoGla)
Bookseller reference : 37241AB
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Wagner, Rudolf
Eine Reise durch die deutschen Kolonien, [Band 6] : Kiautschou, unter Mitwirkung von E. Buchmann, hrsg. von der illustrierten Zeitschrift "Kolonie und Heimat",
Wolfenbüttel, Melchior Verlag, 2008. quer4°, VI, 64 S. mit 2 Kartendarstellungen und 109 s/w-Abb., farbig illustr. original Pappband (Hardcover), nach einem Exemplar aus Privatbesitz, Nachdruck der Originalausgabe von 1913 schönes, sauberes Exemplar (hhstah)
Bookseller reference : 37685AB
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Waim 200 2006 Hong Kong China/ Yu Jeffrey Xu/ Kitsuregawa Masaru/ Leong Hong Va
Advances in Web-age Information Management: 7th International Conference Waim 2006 Hong Kong China June 17-19 2006 Proceedings
Springer Verlag 2006. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 606 pages. 9.20x6.10x1.40 inches. Springer Verlag paperback
Bookseller reference : __3540352252 ISBN : 3540352252 9783540352259
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WAKEMAN Jr. (Frederic) & YEH (Wen-hsin)
Shanghai Sojourners
USA, University of California, 1992. 1 volume, illustrated paperback, in-8, 362 pp., with map, very good copy.
Bookseller reference : 4957
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WAKEMAN Jr. (Frederic)
The Shanghai Badlands: Wartime Terrorism and Urban Crime, 1937-1941
USA, Cambridge University Press, 2002. 1 volume, illustrated paperback, in-8, 227 pp., 3 maps, very good copy.
Bookseller reference : 4937
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Wakeman Frederic Jr
THE FALL OF IMPERIAL CHINA
New York:: Free Press. VG clean HB; o.n.; no DJ. 1977. ISBN: xi 276 pp. Catalogs: CHINA. Keywords: EASTERN. Free Press unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS004339I
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Wakeman, Frederic E., Jr., / Edmonds, Richard L. (Ed.)
Reappraising Republican China.
Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000. VIII, 208 S. Reg. Br. *neuwertig*.
Bookseller reference : 265136
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WALLACE (Harold Frank)
Mes Chasses en Chine - Le Takin. - Le Mouflon du Kansou. - Le Serow à Crinière blanche. - Le Chevreuil et le Wapiti du Kansou. - La Gazelle de Przewlski. - La Gazelle de Mongolie.
Paris, Payot, 1939. 1 volume in-8, 227 pp., broché, couverture illustrée, dos blanc, enrichi de 12 plaches et de deux cartes, très bon état.
Bookseller reference : 9403
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WALLACE, Harold Frank:
Mes Chasses en Chine.
Paris, Payot, 1939, in-8vo, 227 p. avec 14 gravures, pt. timbre ‘Legat Dr. Guggisberg’ sur garde, brochure originale.
Bookseller reference : 96579aaf
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WALKER (Kenneth R.)
Planning in Chinese Agriculture: Socialisation and the Private Sector, 1956-1962
Great Britain, Frank Cass & Company Ltd., 1967. 1 volume, hard-cover, in-8, xviii+109 pp., 16 tables, very good copy.
Bookseller reference : 4582
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WALTER (Xavier)
Pékin Terminus -Chronique - En chemin de fer jusqu'en Chine à la veille de 1914.
Editions François-Xavier de Guibert, 2004. 1 volume in-8, 596 pp., couvertures souples illustrées, très bon état.
Bookseller reference : 9438
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WALDSCHMIDT Ernst (& BECHERT Heinz, hrsg.)
Sanskrit-Wörterbuch der buddhistischen Texte aus den Turfan-Funden. 1.Lieferung: a-, an- / Antar-vasa
Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1973 xviii + 80pp., softcover, 25cm., good condition, X77477
Bookseller reference : X77477
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WALDSCHMIDT Ernst (& BECHERT Heinz, hrsg.)
Sanskrit-Wörterbuch der buddhistischen Texte aus den Turfan-Funden. 2.Lieferung: Antar-ha / Avadata-varna
Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1976 iv + pp.81-160, softcover, 25cm., good condition, X77478
Bookseller reference : X77478
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WALLER (Derek J.)
The Kiangsi Soviet Republic: Mao and the National Congresses of 1931 and 1934
Berkeley, The Regents of the University of California, 1973. 1 volume in-8, 116 pp., orange cloth hardback with a grey paper printed cover, ex-library with markings, labels and stamps on endpages, spine and some pages, the upper left corner of the cover is damaged by adhesive tape, fair condition.
Bookseller reference : 9376
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Waldemar, Charles
Das Kleinod des Lao-Tse. Aus der Lebenspraxis des chinesischen Urweisen.
München, Perseus Edition, um 1990. 79 S. Kl.-8°, Pp. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren, sonst gut erhalten.
Bookseller reference : 55346
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WALDER ANDREW G
China Under Mao: A Revolution Derailed
Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts and London England: 2015. Softcover. Brand new book. China's Communist Party seized power in 1949 after a long period of guerrilla insurgency followed by full-scale war but the Chinese revolution was just beginning. China Under Mao narrates the rise and fall of the Maoist revolutionary state from 1949 to 1976�an epoch of startling accomplishments and disastrous failures steered by many forces but dominated above all by Mao Zedong. Mao's China Andrew Walder argues was defined by two distinctive institutions established during the first decade of Communist Party rule: a Party apparatus that exercised firm sometimes harsh discipline over its members and cadres; and a socialist economy modeled after the Soviet Union. Although a large national bureaucracy had oversight of this authoritarian system Mao intervened strongly at every turn. The doctrines and political organization that produced Mao's greatest achievements�victory in the civil war the creation of China's first unified modern state a historic transformation of urban and rural life�also generated his worst failures: the industrial depression and rural famine of the Great Leap Forward and the violent destruction and stagnation of the Cultural Revolution. Misdiagnosing China's problems as capitalist restoration and prescribing continuing class struggle against imaginary enemies as the solution Mao ruined much of what he had built and created no viable alternative. At the time of his death he left China backward and deeply divided. Andrew G. Walder is Denise O'Leary and Kent Thiry Professor of Sociology at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. "Perspicacious scholarship by the preeminent American historical sociologist working on the People's Republic of China. A balanced critical account of events of baffling complexity and a sophisticated analysis of uniquely solid empirical data. If reading is indeed the basics for all learning then this is the book to read in order to learn why Mao in the end accomplished so little of what he had hoped to achieve after 1949 and why his legacy remains so controversial."�Michael Schoenhals Lund University "This is a masterful synthesis of the literature on Mao Zedong's China and of Walder's own extensive sociological research. He combines Mao-centered political history with close attention to the organizational characteristics of the Communist Party which explain its responsiveness to Mao Zedong's often disastrous initiatives. In the author's view Mao was a 'rigidly dogmatic leader with extremely narrow and outdated ideas.' The book is replete with similarly incisive judgments. These will no doubt provoke controversy but in the end they are likely to be accepted."�Thomas P. Bernstein Columbia University Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 2015 paperback
Bookseller reference : 88664X1
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WALDER ANDREW G
China Under Mao: A Revolution Derailed
Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts and London England: 2015. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. China's Communist Party seized power in 1949 after a long period of guerrilla insurgency followed by full-scale war but the Chinese revolution was just beginning. China Under Mao narrates the rise and fall of the Maoist revolutionary state from 1949 to 1976�an epoch of startling accomplishments and disastrous failures steered by many forces but dominated above all by Mao Zedong. Mao's China Andrew Walder argues was defined by two distinctive institutions established during the first decade of Communist Party rule: a Party apparatus that exercised firm sometimes harsh discipline over its members and cadres; and a socialist economy modeled after the Soviet Union. Although a large national bureaucracy had oversight of this authoritarian system Mao intervened strongly at every turn. The doctrines and political organization that produced Mao's greatest achievements�victory in the civil war the creation of China's first unified modern state a historic transformation of urban and rural life�also generated his worst failures: the industrial depression and rural famine of the Great Leap Forward and the violent destruction and stagnation of the Cultural Revolution. Misdiagnosing China's problems as capitalist restoration and prescribing continuing class struggle against imaginary enemies as the solution Mao ruined much of what he had built and created no viable alternative. At the time of his death he left China backward and deeply divided. Andrew G. Walder is Denise O'Leary and Kent Thiry Professor of Sociology at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. "Perspicacious scholarship by the preeminent American historical sociologist working on the People's Republic of China. A balanced critical account of events of baffling complexity and a sophisticated analysis of uniquely solid empirical data. If reading is indeed the basics for all learning then this is the book to read in order to learn why Mao in the end accomplished so little of what he had hoped to achieve after 1949 and why his legacy remains so controversial."�Michael Schoenhals Lund University "This is a masterful synthesis of the literature on Mao Zedong's China and of Walder's own extensive sociological research. He combines Mao-centered political history with close attention to the organizational characteristics of the Communist Party which explain its responsiveness to Mao Zedong's often disastrous initiatives. In the author's view Mao was a 'rigidly dogmatic leader with extremely narrow and outdated ideas.' The book is replete with similarly incisive judgments. These will no doubt provoke controversy but in the end they are likely to be accepted."�Thomas P. Bernstein Columbia University Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 2015 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 84037X1
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WALDRON ARTHUR
The Great Wall Of China: From History To Myth
Cambridge University Press Cambridge: 1992. Softcover. Good condition. ISBN: 052142707X. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 1992 paperback
Bookseller reference : 50901X1 ISBN : 052142707X 9780521427074
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