‎Porcelaine chinoise‎

‎Hillenbrand Margaret, Chloe Starr‎

‎Documenting China: A Reader in Seminal Twentieth-Century Texts‎

‎4to, br. ed. Documenting China brings together a series of linked texts, each one chosen for its impact when first published, and which together chart the core developments in twentieth-century Chinese history. With extracts spanning the fields of philosophy, political science, gender studies, popular culture, literary history, neo-nationalist discourse, and international relations, the book challenges advanced language learners to elevate their reading ability to the level necessary for handling real primary sources in an unmediated way while deepening their understanding of Chinese politics, society, and culture. Each chapter is structured around crucial passages from a core historical text, each chapter begins with an introductory essay in English that provides context for fully understanding the text, suggested further readings, and a glossary of key terms. About the Author: Margaret Hillenbrand is university lecturer in modern Chinese and a fellow of Wadham College at the University of Oxford, and author of Literature, Modernity, and the Practice of Resistance: Japanese and Taiwanese Fiction, 1960-1990. Chloe Starr is assistant professor of Asian theology at the Yale Divinity School, author of Red-Light Novels of the Late Qing, and coeditor of China and the Quest for Gentility: Negotiations beyond Gender and Class.‎

‎Courtney Chris‎

‎The Nature of Disaster in China: The 1931 Yangzi River Flood‎

‎8vo, br. 304pp. ed. In 1931, China suffered a catastrophic flood that claimed millions of lives. This was neither a natural nor human-made disaster. Rather, it was created by an interaction between the environment and society. Regular inundation had long been an integral feature of the ecology and culture of the middle Yangzi, yet by the modern era floods had become humanitarian catastrophes. Courtney describes how the ecological and economic effects of the 1931 flood pulse caused widespread famine and epidemics. He takes readers into the inundated streets of Wuhan, describing the terrifying and disorientating sensory environment. He explains why locals believed that an angry Dragon King was causing the flood, and explores how Japanese invasion and war with the Communists inhibited both official relief efforts and refugee coping strategies. This innovative study offers the first in-depth analysis of the 1931 flood, and charts the evolution of one of China's most persistent environmental problems.‎

‎Strong Anne Louise‎

‎Lettere Dalla Cina‎

‎8vo, br. ed. Traduzione di G. Cherchi e V. de Tassis , pp.401.‎

‎Bortone Fernando S. J.‎

‎Lotte e Trionfi in Cina. I Gesuiti nel Ciannan, nel Celì e nel Cuantun. - Dal loro ritorno in Cina alla divisione del Ciannan in tre Missioni indipendenti (1842-1922). Illustrazioni, cartine geografiche, topografiche e grafici statistici. Tavole fuori Tes‎

‎8vo grande. LEGATURA IN BROSSURA EDITORIALE ILLUSTRATA, 252 ILLUSTRAZIONI, 32 CARTE GEOGRAFICHE E 29 TAVOLE FUORI TESTO numero pagine: 861 formato: 25X17.7 stato conservazione: BUONO, LIEVISSIME TRACCE D'USO IN COPERTINA‎

‎Rashid al-Din Tabib‎

‎Extraits de l'histoire des Mongols: texte persan [Reprint] (1847)‎

‎Reprinted from 1847 edition. The book is printed in black and white. Illustrations if any are also in black and white. Sewn perfect bound for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover. The content of this print on demand book has not been changed. Each page is checked manually before printing. Fold-outs, if any, are not included. If the book is a multi volume set then this is only a single volume. This is a reprint of a very old book so there might be some imperfections like blurred pages, poor images or missing pages.‎

‎Wong Joshua‎

‎Noi siamo la rivoluzione. Perché la piazza può salvare la Democrazia‎

‎8vo, br. ed. 220pp. "Anche se siamo lontani, la nostra ricerca di democrazia e di libertà è la stessa. Vi prego di stare con Hong Kong, perché la nostra lotta non è ancora finita." Questa battaglia è cominciata anni fa, quando Joshua Wong era un adolescente. Mentre gli adulti stavano in silenzio, Joshua organizzò la prima protesta studentesca nella storia di Hong Kong per opporsi alla riforma dell'istruzione voluta dal governo filocinese. Da allora, ha guidato la Rivolta degli ombrelli, il grande movimento di resistenza pacifica al braccio sempre più lungo di Pechino sull'ex colonia britannica. Ha fondato un partito politico, Demosist?, e ha attirato l'attenzione della comunità internazionale sulle proteste contro l'ingerenza della Cina nell'autonomia della città. Più di due milioni di persone sono scese nelle piazze e nelle strade di Hong Kong. Joshua è stato ripetutamente in carcere. Per la prima volta racconta la sua storia, che fa rumore ovunque nel mondo e, soprattutto, è la testimonianza di una battaglia che ci riguarda da vicino. La sua è la lotta della libertà contro la censura e dei valori democratici contro il titanismo totalitario della Cina. Joshua Wong è un ribelle ed è un testimone straordinario della sua generazione, perché è ispirato da ideali che portano alla nascita di diritti nuovi. I diritti, infatti, non stanno fermi. La loro area non è definita per sempre. Le trasformazioni della società comportano nuove domande. Ed è proprio questa la trama della democrazia. Una democrazia sempre a rischio, in Oriente come in Occidente. La battaglia di Hong Kong è anche la nostra. Restare in silenzio non è più possibile.‎

‎Edited by Thomas G. Rawski, Lillian M. Li‎

‎Chinese History in Economic Perspective‎

‎8vo, cloth pp.xiv-362. ex library, stamps, paste downs, pencil underlinings to introduction. suitable as working copy. A Comparative Study of the History of Measurement Trade in China. Britain. America. Germany and Japan The compilation of available data will pass the mainstream statistics and statistics on the relationship between Chinas trade and economic growth in the past 300 years. Ex-Library‎

‎John Kuo Wei Tchen, Dylan Yeats‎

‎Yellow Peril! An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear‎

‎8vo, br. ed. Paperback, 15.5x23.5cm, 384pp.Synopsis: From invading hordes to enemy agents, a great fear haunts the West! The “yellow peril” is one of the oldest and most pervasive racist ideas in Western culture—dating back to the birth of European colonialism during the Enlightenment. Yet while Fu Manchu looks almost quaint today, the prejudices that gave him life persist in modern culture. Yellow Peril! is the first comprehensive repository of anti-Asian images and writing, and it surveys the extent of this iniquitous form of paranoia. Written by two dedicated scholars and replete with paintings, photographs, and images drawn from pulp novels, posters, comics, theatrical productions, movies, propagandistic and pseudo-scholarly literature, and a varied world of pop culture ephemera, this is both a unique and fascinating archive and a modern analysis of this crucial historical formation. About the Author: John Kuo-Wei Tchen is a professor at New York University, the author of New York Before Chinatown, and co-founder of the Museum of Chinese in America. Dylan Yeats is a doctoral candidate at New York University.‎

‎Leung Vincent S.‎

‎The Politics of the Past in Early China‎

‎8vo, br. ed. Why did the past matter so greatly in ancient China? How did it matter and to whom? This is an innovative study of how the past was implicated in the long transition of power in early China, as embodied by the decline of the late Bronze Age aristocracy and the rise of empires over the first millenium BCE. Engaging with a wide array of historical materials, including inscriptional records, excavated manuscripts, and transmitted texts, Vincent S. Leung moves beyond the historiographical canon and explores how the past was mobilized as powerful ideological capital in diverse political debate and ethical dialogue. Appeals to the past in early China were more than a matter of cultural attitude, Leung argues, but were rather deliberate ways of articulating political thought and challenging ethical debates during periods of crisis. Significant power lies in the retelling of the past.‎

‎Terzi Lodovico‎

‎L'imperatore Timido‎

‎In-16°, leg. in tutta tela e sop.c. edit., pp. 153(7‎

‎Dunlop Fuchsia‎

‎The Food of Sichuan‎

‎4to, original cloth, 496pp. 'No one explains the intricacies of Sichuan food like Fuchsia Dunlop. This book remains my bible for the subject' Jay Rayner A fully revised and updated edition of Fuchsia Dunlop's landmark book on Sichuan cookery. Almost twenty years after the publication of Sichuan Cookery, voted by the OFM as one of the greatest cookbooks of all time, Fuchsia Dunlop revisits the region where her own culinary journey began, adding more than 50 new recipes to the original repertoire and accompanying them with her incomparable knowledge of the dazzling tastes, textures and sensations of Sichuanese cookery. At home, guided by Fuchsia's clear instructions, you will be able to recreate Sichuanese classics such as Mapo tofu, Twice-cooked pork and Gong Bao chicken, or try your hand at a traditional spread of cold dishes comprising Bang bang chicken, Numbing-and-hot dried beef, Spiced cucumber salad and Green beans in ginger sauce. With spellbinding writing on the culinary and cultural history of Sichuan and accompanied by gorgeous travel and food photography, The Food of Sichuan is a captivating insight into one of the world's greatest cuisines. Fuchsia Dunlop is a cook and food-writer specialising in Chinese cuisine. She was the first Westerner to train as a chef at the Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine, and has spent much of the last two decades exploring China and its food. Her first book, 'Land of Plenty' (published in the UK as 'Sichuan Cookery') won the Jeremy Round Award for best first book, and was listed in the top ten of the Observer's '50 Best Cookbooks of All Time'. 'Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook: Recipes from Hunan Province' was shortlisted for two major awards, while 'Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China' won the IACP Jane Grigson Award and the Kate Whiteman Award for writing on food and travel. 'Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking', published in 2012, won the James Beard Foundation International Award and the Kate Whiteman Award for writing on food and travel.‎

‎Szonyi, Michael‎

‎The Art of Being Governed: Everyday Politics in Late Imperial China‎

‎8vo, br. ed. An innovative look at how families in Ming dynasty China negotiated military and political obligations to the state How did ordinary people in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) deal with the demands of the state? In The Art of Being Governed, Michael Szonyi explores the myriad ways that families fulfilled their obligations to provide a soldier to the army. The complex strategies they developed to manage their responsibilities suggest a new interpretation of an important period in China’s history as well as a broader theory of politics. Using previously untapped sources, including lineage genealogies and internal family documents, Szonyi examines how soldiers and their families living on China’s southeast coast minimized the costs and maximized the benefits of meeting government demands for manpower. Families that had to provide a soldier for the army set up elaborate rules to ensure their obligation was fulfilled, and to provide incentives for the soldier not to desert his post. People in the system found ways to gain advantages for themselves and their families. For example, naval officers used the military’s protection to engage in the very piracy and smuggling they were supposed to suppress. Szonyi demonstrates through firsthand accounts how subjects of the Ming state operated in a space between defiance and compliance, and how paying attention to this middle ground can help us better understand not only Ming China but also other periods and places. Combining traditional scholarship with innovative fieldwork in the villages where descendants of Ming subjects still live, The Art of Being Governed illustrates the ways that arrangements between communities and the state hundreds of years ago have consequences and relevance for how we look at diverse cultures and societies, even today. From the Back Cover: "This astute and powerful blend of micro- and macrohistory pursued over the longue durée explores how resistance infuses apparent compliance. The magnifying lens of this book focuses on conscription throughout the Ming Dynasty, but the intellectual quarry is nothing less than the illumination of the strategic maneuvering between subject and state."--James C. Scott, Yale University "This is state-of-the-art Sinology: a work that combines the old-school erudition needed to sift through thousands of pages of documents and decipher obscure stele, with the ability to sit down and talk to people in a remote part of China, listen to their stories, and triangulate this oral history with the written record. Szonyi gives us not only an absorbing new take on Ming military history, but also a parable for how the Chinese have dealt with the state for centuries--through negotiation."--Ian Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Souls of China "In this pioneering book on military service during the Ming dynasty, Szonyi opens a window on life during imperial China, revealing a fascinating world where families creatively bent the government's rules in order to survive. This ground-up view of how the Chinese coped constitutes an enormously significant and relevant contribution to the field."--John Pomfret, author of The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom "The Art of Being Governed looks at the relationship between the military households of southeastern China and the Ming state, with an emphasis on how individuals negotiated their obligations to the government. With a brilliant use of sources, this illuminating book links the past to the present in creative ways and is one of the most sophisticated and vivid descriptions of social relations in late imperial China published in recent years."--Peter C. Perdue, Yale University "This ambitious book probes the ways in which military households engaged the state. Szonyi shows how people registered in these households used their status to take advantage of differing regulatory schemes in Ming China, and how these efforts shaped social relations, politics, and culture--in some cases even down to the present. Based on extensive fieldwork, primary sources, and engaging scholarship, this is a major contribution to the field."--Joe Dennis, University of Wisconsin-Madison‎

‎Enduran‎

‎La Chine et Les Français En 1860‎

‎8vo, br. ed. Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l opportunite d acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF. Les uvres faisant partie de cette collection ont ete numerisees par la BnF et sont presentes sur Gallica, sa bibliotheque numerique. En entreprenant de redonner vie a ces ouvrages au travers d une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande, nous leur donnons la possibilite de rencontrer un public elargi et participons a la transmission de connaissances et de savoirs parfois difficilement accessibles. Nous avons cherche a concilier la reproduction fidele d un livre ancien a partir de sa version numerisee avec le souci d un confort de lecture optimal. Nous esperons que les ouvrages de cette nouvelle collection vous apporteront entiere satisfaction.‎

‎Lynteris Christos‎

‎Ethnographic Plague: Configuring Disease on the Chinese-Russian Frontier (ISBN:9781349955626)‎

‎8vo, br. ed. Challenging the concept that since the discovery of the plague bacillus in 1894 the study of the disease was dominated by bacteriology, Ethnographic Plague argues for the role of ethnography as a vital contributor to the configuration of plague at the turn of the nineteenth century. With a focus on research on the Chinese-Russian frontier, where a series of pneumonic plague epidemics shook the Chinese, Russian and Japanese Empires, this book examines how native Mongols and Buryats came to be understood as holding a traditional knowledge of the disease. Exploring the forging and consequences of this alluring theory, this book seeks to understand medical fascination with culture, so as to underline the limitations of the employment of the latter as an explanatory category in the context of infectious disease epidemics, such as the recent SARS and Ebola outbreaks. About the Author: Christos Lynteris is a social anthropologist working on biopolitical and visual aspects of infectious disease epidemics. He is Senior Research Associate at CRASSH, University of Cambridge, UK, and Principal Investigator of the European Research Council funded project Visual Representations of the Third Plague Pandemic. He is also the author of The Spirit of Selflessness in Maoist China (2012).‎

‎Lufrano Richard John‎

‎Honorable Merchants: Commerce and Self-Cultivation in Late Imperial China (Studies of the East Asian Institute)‎

‎8vo, orig.cloth in dj 15cm, xii,241 pp Contents: Introduction; The Late Imperial World: Commerce, Education & Society; The Confucian Origins of Apprentice's Education; The Apprentice's Education Begins; Relations with Government & Community; Personal Relations in the Marketplace; The Market, Management, Money & Finance; Travel & Crime; Conclusion: Self-Cultivation in Mid-level Merchant Culture;Appendix: The Maoyi xuzhi Manual. In light of East Asia's current economic success, it has become increasingly clear that Confucian social thought, long assumed in Western scholarship to be a major stumbling block to economic development, can, under the proper circumstances, have exactly the opposite effect. Lufrano's study is the most sustained and sophisticated of recent reevaluations of Confucianism's role in the rapid commercial development in the late Ming to mid-Qing period. It will be of great interest and value to scholars in the growing field of Chinese business history and should be welcomed by those interested in the Confucian roots of Pacific Rim business practice. About the Author: Richard Lufrano is assistant professor of history at Barnard College.‎

‎Dott Brian R.‎

‎The Chile Pepper in China: A Cultural Biography (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History)‎

‎8vo, hardcover in dj. 296pp. Chinese cuisine without chile peppers seems unimaginable. Entranced by the fiery taste, diners worldwide have fallen for Chinese cooking. In China, chiles are everywhere, from dried peppers hanging from eaves to Mao's boast that revolution would be impossible without chiles, from the eighteenth-century novel Dream of the Red Chamber to contemporary music videos. Indeed, they are so common that many Chinese assume they are native. Yet there were no chiles anywhere in China prior to the 1570s, when they were introduced from the Americas. Brian R. Dott explores how the nonnative chile went from obscurity to ubiquity in China, influencing not just cuisine but also medicine, language, and cultural identity. He details how its versatility became essential to a variety of regional cuisines and swayed both elite and popular medical and healing practices. Dott tracks the cultural meaning of the chile across a wide swath of literary texts and artworks, revealing how the spread of chiles fundamentally altered the meaning of the term spicy. He emphasizes the intersection between food and gender, tracing the chile as a symbol for both male virility and female passion. Integrating food studies, the history of medicine, and Chinese cultural history, The Chile Pepper in China sheds new light on the piquant cultural impact of a potent plant and raises broader questions regarding notions of authenticity in cuisine.‎

‎Cahen Gaston‎

‎Histoire Des Relations De La Russie Avec La Chine Sous Pierre Le Grand 1689-1730‎

‎extremely rare anastatic chinese reprint of the alcan paris 1912 ed. wraps, very good 8vo gr.br. pp. 274-ccxix‎

‎Gerth Karl‎

‎China Made: Consumer Culture and the Creation of the Nation (Harvard East Asian Monographs 224)‎

‎8vo, br. "Chinese people should consume Chinese products!" This slogan was the catchphrase of a movement in early twentieth-century China that sought to link consumption and nationalism by instilling a concept of China as a modern "nation" with its own "national products." From fashions in clothing to food additives, from museums to department stores, from product fairs to advertising, this movement influenced all aspects of China's burgeoning consumer culture. Anti-imperialist boycotts, commemorations of national humiliations, exhibitions of Chinese products, the vilification of treasonous consumers, and the promotion of Chinese captains of industry helped enforce nationalistic consumption and spread the message--patriotic Chinese bought goods made of Chinese materials by Chinese workers in factories owned and run by Chinese.In China Made, Karl Gerth argues that two key forces shaping the modern world--nationalism and consumerism--developed in tandem in China. Early in the twentieth century, nationalism branded every commodity as either "Chinese" or "foreign," and consumer culture became the place where the notion of nationality was articulated, institutionalized, and practiced. Based on Chinese, Japanese, and English-language archives, magazines, newspapers, and books, this first exploration of the historical ties between nationalism and consumerism reinterprets fundamental aspects of modern Chinese history and suggests ways of discerning such ties in all modern nations.ed.‎

‎Barzini Luigi‎

‎Parigi Pechino in sessanta giorni. Con introduzione del Principe Scipione Borghese. 126 illustrazioni nel testo, 13 tavole colorate ed una carta itineraria.‎

‎4th ed. 8vo gr. br, ed. xxv, 523p + fold-out map; illus. copetina originale usurata, altrimenti ottomo. Original card covers, soiled and worn, still a very good and tight copy.‎

‎Chavannes, Edouard‎

‎Le T'ai Chan.: Essai de Monographie d'un Culte Chinois. Appendice. Le Dieu du Sol dans la Chine Antique. Annales du Musee Guimet, Bibliotheque d'Etudes, Tome 21. 1910‎

‎8vo, br. ed. pp.591 pp.591, chinese reprint rarer than the original 60 illustrations. folding map. bound chinese style . A classic study of the role the taishan sacred mountain and its role in Chinese religion, with an appendix on the sun god. scarce.‎

‎Brook Timothy‎

‎Mr. Selden's Map of China: Decoding the Secrets of a Vanished Cartographer‎

‎8vo, 240pp. ex library but in excellent condition with its mylar protected dj. no internal marks, as new.‎

‎Elvin Mark‎

‎The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China‎

‎8vo, br. ed. 564pp. This is the first environmental history of China during the three thousand years for which there are written records. It is also a treasure trove of literary, political, aesthetic, scientific, and religious sources, which allow the reader direct access to the views and feelings of the Chinese people toward their environment and their landscape. Elvin chronicles the spread of the Chinese style of farming that eliminated the habitat of the elephants that populated the country alongside much of its original wildlife; the destruction of most of the forests; the impact of war on the environmental transformation of the landscape; and the re-engineering of the countryside through water-control systems, some of gigantic size. He documents the histories of three contrasting localities within China to show how ecological dynamics defined the lives of the inhabitants. And he shows that China in the eighteenth century, on the eve of the modern era, was probably more environmentally degraded than northwestern Europe around this time. Indispensable for its new perspective on long-term Chinese history and its explanation of the roots of China?s present-day environmental crisis, this book opens a door into the Chinese past.‎

‎Bortone Fernando‎

‎Il Saggio d'Occidente‎

‎8vo, Il P. Matteo Ricci S. J. (1552 - 1610) un grande italiano nella Cina impenetrabile. Illustrazione in antiporta a piena pagina con ritratto del P. Ricci in abito di letterato cinese. Molte illustrazioni in nero a piena pagina su carta lucida e illustrazioni in nero nel testo. Carte geografiche in nero e a colori. Esemplare perfetto. Brossura editoriale illustrata, pp. 235, con fascetta editoriale.‎

‎Wilson Dick‎

‎China's Revolutionary War‎

‎8vo, br. ed.‎

‎Segalen Victor‎

‎OEUVRES I ET II SOUS COFFRET‎

‎2 tomes, 16mo reliure, jaquette coffret. Volumes 1 et 2. Segalen, médecin de la Marine, ausculte le monde comme un grand corps. Faire de ce monde une part de soi, tel est pour lui l’enjeu de la littérature. Plus que d’autres, il a le don de percevoir la multiplicité du visible, l’instabilité des choses, la variété du sensible. L’exotisme est son affaire, mais pour en aborder les thèmes il a soin, précaution rare en son temps, de se débarrasser du poncif « palmier, chameau, casque colonial ». Son appétence pour le divers n’est pas d’ordre ethnographique. Ce qu’il vise, c’est « une Esthétique du Divers ».À sa mort à quarante et un ans, en 1919, trois livres seulement avaient paru : Les Immémoriaux, Stèles et Peintures. Des milliers de feuillets manuscrits attendent éditeurs et lecteurs. Les efforts d’Annie Joly-Segalen font peu à peu sortir de l’ombre cet édifice virtuel, « poésie encore ignorée et au sein de laquelle vit un mystère » (Pierre Jean Jouve, 1955). C’est sans doute cette lente maturation qui a fait de l’oeuvre de Segalen notre contemporaine inattendue. La nature des manuscrits, lieu d’un dialogue de l’auteur avec soi-même, interroge la notion même d’oeuvre et rend illusoire toute idée d’exhaustivité. Les genres, fiction, poésie, journal, essai, sont soit combinés, comme dans Le Fils du Ciel, projet d’art total, soit déjoués : « J’étouffe dans le Roman ! »En respectant comme jamais la présentation des documents autographes (images comprises), la présente édition ne renouvelle pas seulement la lecture du Fils du Ciel ou de l’Essai sur l’exotisme elle rend aux textes leur mouvement propre, celui d’une marche vers l’idée grandiose, et chimérique, que l’auteur se faisait de l’oeuvre à laquelle il les destinait. Édition de Christian Doumet avec la collaboration d'Adrien Cavallaro, Jean-François Louette, Andrea Schellino et Maud Schmitt. Préface et notes de Christian Doumet 183x118x70mm 1022g.‎