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TOPPING AUDREY RONNING
China Mission: A Personal History From The Last Imperial Dynasty To The People's Republic
Louisiana State University Press Baton Rouge and London: 2013. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Winner of the PROSE Award for Media & Cultural Studies. When the Reverend Halvor Ronning his sister Thea and fellow missionary Hannah Rorem set out in 1891 to found a Lutheran mission and school in the interior of China they could not have foreseen the ways in which that decision would ripple across generations of the Ronning family. Halvor and Hannah would marry and their son Chester born in Hubei Province in 1894 would spend over half his life in China as a student teacher and a Canadian diplomat. Chester's daughter Audrey studied at Nanking University during the Chinese Civil War and later spent decades reporting on the People's Republic of China for the New York Times Foreign Affairs and many other publications. "During the last century" Audrey Topping notes "a member of our family was there for almost every event of importance." China Mission presents a personal history of her family's ties to their adopted home and the momentous events that radically changed one of the most powerful countries in the world. The Ronnings found Imperial China at the end of the nineteenth century to be a nation on the cusp of change and they were swept up as both observers and participants in these dramatic events. During their years as missionaries the Ronnings witnessed the Boxer Uprising in 1898 the subsequent Palace Coup and the Siege of Peking the death of the last emperor and the collapse of China's dynasty system. They also endured personal challenges�famine births deaths and the almost constant threat of attack�that were countered with songs celebrations friendship and a deep appreciation for the culture of which they had become a part. Later Chester Ronning would return to China as would his daughter Audrey bringing their family's story to the end of the twentieth century. This extraordinary account compiled from the diaries letters and photographs of three generations offers modern readers a rare and remarkable look at a world long gone. Audrey Ronning Topping is a freelance photojournalist author and writer of documentary films specializing in Asian affairs. Her photos have been exhibited in numerous galleries and universities and her articles and photos have appeared in major publications in the United States and abroad including the National Geographic LIFE Newsweek Time Reader's Digest and Harper's Bazaar. She is the author and photographer of five books including The Splendors of Tibet and Dawn Wakes in the East. She has written scripts and been a commentator and assistant producer on six television documentaries including Great Wall Across the Yangtze The Forbidden City The Tomb of the Terra-cotta Warriors and Chester Ronning's China Mission. Audrey is married to Seymour Topping former foreign correspondent and managing editor of the New York Times. They have five daughters born in Saigon London Berlin and Scarsdale New York. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge and London: 2013 hardcover
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FOK SILVIA
Life And Death: Art And The Body In Contemporary China
Intellect Bristol: 2013. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. For all their ubiquity life and death have not been fully explored as integral themes in many forms of contemporary Chinese art. Life and Death addresses that lacuna. Exploring the strategies employed by a variety of Chinese artists who engage with these timeless concerns Silvia Fok opens a new line of inquiry about contemporary art in a rapidly changing environment. Fok focuses in particular on the ways in which these artists use their own bodies animals' bodies and other corporeal substances to represent life and death in performance art installations and photography. Over the course of her investigations corporeality emerges as a common means of highlighting the social and cultural issues that surround these themes. By assessing its effectiveness in the expression of life death and related ideas Fok ultimately illuminates the extent to which we can see corporeality as a significant trend in the history of contemporary art in China. Her conclusions will fascinate scholars of performance and installation art photography and contemporary Chinese art. Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface 1. Life Death and the Body in Art in the PRC 2. The Role of the Body in Representing Death in Art: Simulation of Death versus Dying in the Name of Art versus Photography Documenting Dying and Death 3. Animal Body in Art 4. Corporeal Materials in Art 5. Transformative Roles of the Body in Art Index Intellect, Bristol: 2013 hardcover
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China Mieville
King Rat
Tor 1999. Later Edition. Hardcover standard size i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inches. Fine/Fine. True first hardcover edition. As new. Signed on title page. Novel Tor hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000-193934 ISBN : 0312890737 9780312890735
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GALLAND China.
Longing for Darkness. Tara and the Black Madonna. A Ten- Year Journey in Search of the Female Face of God.
First Edition. DW. Illustrated. Lean to upper board o/w VG/VG in slightly worn wrapper. Century, London. 1990 unknown
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Brown Claudia;Barnhart Richard M.;Owyoung Steven D.;Araki Minol;Phoenix Art Museum;Kuo Li Li Shih Po Wu Kuan China
Minol Araki
Phoenix Arizona U.S.A.: Phoenix Art Museum 1999. Hardcover. New. NEW Book perfect condition cover/text completely pristine. No physical flaws. FREE TRACKING within the US and email notice when shipped. Normally books are shipped twice a day with afternoon USPS pickup or next morning drop-off at the Post Office. We package on Sunday for shipment first thing Monday morning. Your satisfaction guaranteed. We have multiple copies of most books. Email inquiries are welcomed. Thanks for reading all of our boilerplate. <br/> <br/> Phoenix Art Museum hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010435 ISBN : 0910407363 9780910407366
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Lonely Planet Williams China Beales Mark Bewer Tim Brash Celeste Bush Austin Murphy Alan Presser Brandon
Lonely Planet Thailand Travel Guide
Lonely Planet. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. Lonely Planet unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP73073531 ISBN : 1741797144 9781741797145
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MCNAUGHTON WILLIAM; FAN JIAGENG REVISED BY
Reading And Writing Chinese: A Comprehensive Guide To The Chinese Writing System
Tuttle Publishing North Clarendon: 2013. Softcover. Brand new book. Used as a standard by students and teachers in learning Chinese for more than three decades the best selling Reading and Writing Chinese has been completely revised and updated! Reading and Writing Chinese places at your fingertps the essential 1725 Chinese characters' up-to-date definitions derivations pronunciations and examples of correct usage by means of cleverly condensed grids. This guide also focuses on Pinyin which is the official system to transcribe Hanzi Chinese characters into Latin script now universally used in mainland China and Singapore. Traditional characters still used in Taiwan and Hong Kong are also included making this a complete reference. Newly updated and revised these characters are the ones officially prescribed by the Chinese government for the internationally recognized test of proficiency in Chinese the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi HSK. Key features of this newly-expanded edition include: More mnemonic phrases and etymologies to help you remember the characters An extensive introduction alphabetical index and index according to stroke count and stroke order Completely updated/expanded English definitions Convenient quick-reference tables of radicals Updated and revised compounds plus 25% more vocabulary now offered Codes to assist those who are preparing for the AP exam or the HSK exam Jiageng Fan specializes in the linguistic relationship between the Chinese and Japanese languages and scripts focusing on the etymology of characters. He has lived studied and taught Chinese Japanese and/or English in China and Australia and has traveled extensively. After obtaining a B.A. at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies then working as a magazine editor he moved to Christchurch New Zealand where he earned a First Class Honours Degree from the University of Canterbury. William McNaughton was the founding teacher of Chinese at Oberlin College. From 1986 he taught at Hong Kong's City University where he was the founding program leader of the BA Honours program in Translation and Interpretation. Tuttle Publishing, North Clarendon: 2013 paperback
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DAVIES GLORIA
Lu Xun's Revolution: Writing In A Time Of Violence
Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts and London England: 2013. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Widely recognized as modern China's preeminent man of letters Lu Xun 1881-1936 is revered as the voice of a nation's conscience a writer comparable to Shakespeare and Tolstoy in stature and influence. Gloria Davies's portrait now gives readers a better sense of this influential author by situating the man Mao Zedong hailed as "the sage of modern China" in his turbulent time and place. In Davies's vivid rendering we encounter a writer passionately engaged with the heady arguments and intrigues of a country on the eve of revolution. She traces political tensions in Lu Xun's works which reflect the larger conflict in modern Chinese thought between egalitarian and authoritarian impulses. During the last phase of Lu Xun's career the so-called "years on the left" we see how fiercely he defended a literature in which the people would speak for themselves and we come to understand why Lu Xun continues to inspire the debates shaping China today. Although Lu Xun was never a Communist his legacy was fully enlisted to support the Party in the decades following his death. Far from the apologist of political violence portrayed by Maoist interpreters however Lu Xun emerges here as an energetic opponent of despotism a humanist for whom empathy not ideological zeal was the key to achieving revolutionary ends. Limned with precision and insight Lu Xun's Revolution is a major contribution to the ongoing reappraisal of this foundational figure. Gloria Davies is a literary scholar and historian of China at Monash University in Australia. She is also Adjunct Director of the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University. Cover: Lu Xun's Revolution: Writing in a Time of Violence from Harvard University PressCover: Lu Xun's Revolution in HARDCOVER Lu Xun's Revolution Writing in a Time of Violence Gloria Davies Add to Cart Book Details HARDCOVER $35.00 � �24.95 � �31.50 ISBN 9780674072640 Publication: April 2013 Academic Trade 448 pages 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches 18 halftones World Related Subjects LITERARY CRITICISM: Asian: Chinese HISTORY: Asia: China HISTORY: Revolutionary Share This Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email About This Book About the Authors Reviews Table of Contents "In Lu Xun's Revolution Davies has created a fascinating account of the final years of the writer's life and the beginning of his literary afterlife."�Julia Lovell The Wall Street Journal "A groundbreaking work."�Eva Shan Chou Times Higher Education "For those who would like to find out about Lu Xun there is plenty of information in this copious literary and political biography� Lu Xun's Revolution is a formidable book."�Jonathan Mirsky Literary Review "The range of Davies' research is staggering and her erudition is impressive as she glides through Lu Xun's literary career. She deals frankly and comprehensively with Lu Xun's most prominent critics and notes how he handled them with intensity and agility. She has much to say as well about his theories of writing�how he decried political rhetoric despised romantic fiction and saw the moral ambiguity of revolutionary writing. She also reproduces his list of eight tips for aspiring writers."�Kirkus Reviews "As the recognized founder of modern Chinese literature and arguably the central intellectual figure in China and much of East Asia throughout the twentieth century and even up to the present day the influence of Lu Xun is difficult to overestimate and so it logically follows is the significance of this book. Gloria Davies has taken a tripartite approach: she assesses Lu Xun from a literary linguistic and intellectual angle and does so with elegant precision. No one has treated Lu Xun as an essayist�particularly in the last ten years of his life�as well and as sensitively as Davies has here."�Jon Eugene von Kowallis author of The Lyrical Lu Xun "There is a wealth of insights in Lu Xun's Revolution and I applaud Gloria Davies for such thorough and conscientious efforts in plowing through all the sources of the later Lu Xun. Davies has not only carefully gone through all the controversies on the leftist literary front in Lu Xun's time; she has brought the relevance of Lu Xun's essays to the present world. I have always lamented the fact that many Lu Xun scholars including myself do not do full justice to the later Lu Xun. Now the record is being set straight."�Leo Ou-Fan Lee author of The Voices of Iron House: A Study of Lu Xun Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 2013 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 79737X1 ISBN : 0674072642 9780674072640
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WU FAYE LYNN; PADRON AYA ILLUSTRATIONS
My First Book Of Chinese Words: An Abc Rhyimg Book
Tuttle Publishing North Clarendon. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. 30 color illustrations. 9x8. On a more instructional but equally enjoyable level My First Book of Chinese Words intoduces children to the Chinese character system as well as language. Tuttle Publishing, North Clarendon hardcover
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NEE VICTOR & OPPER SONJA
Capitalism From Below: Markets And Institutional Change In China
Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts and London England: 2012. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year. "If China is to continue its unparalleled growth it will have to rely on ambitious entrepreneurs to take its economy into a new phase of development. In short it will need another ambitious wave of the type of people Nee and Opper credit with leading China's last great economic transformation." - Terrance Murray The Financialist Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 2012 hardcover
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LUTTWAK EDWARD N
The Rise Of China Vs. The Logic Of Strategy
Belknap Press Cambridge: 2012. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. A Mint Best Book of the Year. ". . . Luttwak goes beyond an attack on Sun Tsu. He argues that the dominant strategic and arrogance of the Han people - the largest ethnic group in China - could undermine efforts to lift the Middle Kingdom to the ranks of true superpower status . . . It is a cautionary tale that deserves Chinese attention." - Gary Anderson Washington Times "It is refreshing to see Edwar Luttwak . . . argue that Chinese military dominance in the Pacific is 'the least likely of outcomes.' China can't simultaneously enjoy a burgeoning economy and a rapidly growing military he contends because countries will band together to protect themselves using military coalitions and trade protectionism to counter China's rise." - Mary Kissel The Wall Street Journal Belknap Press, Cambridge: 2012 hardcover
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China Scientific and Technological Museum
China: 7000 Years of Discovery : China's Ancient Technology
China Books & Periodicals. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. China Books & Periodicals unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP10959318 ISBN : 0835112055 9780835112055
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New Archaeological Finds in China: Discoveries During the Cultural Revolution
Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1974. 2nd printing of 2nd revised ed. Soft Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 72 pp. Binding is tight. Cover shows light rubbing and a small tear. Text is tight clean and unmarked Foreign Languages Press paperback
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Ntc Publishing Group China Guide Series
Shanghai China Guide
Ntc Pub Group 1994-02-01. Rev. Paperback. Used:Good. Ntc Pub Group paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX0844298166 ISBN : 0844298166 9780844298160
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China International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies 2nd : 2000 : Beijing Kelvin C. P. Wang Guiping Xiao Jial
Traffic and Transportation Studies: Proceedings of Ictts 2000 : July 31-August 2 2000 Beijing People's Republic of China
Amer Society of Civil Engineers 2000-06-01. Paperback. Used:Good. Amer Society of Civil Engineers paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX0784405034 ISBN : 0784405034 9780784405031
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MACRI FRANCO DAVID
Clash Of Empires In South China: The Allied Nations' Proxy War With Japan 1935-1941
University Press of Kansas Lawrence: 2012. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Japan's invasion of China in 1937 saw most major campaigns north of the Yangtze River where Chinese industry was concentrated. The southern theater proved a more difficult challenge for Japan because of its enormous size diverse terrain and poor infrastructure but Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek made a formidable stand that produced a veritable quagmire for a superior opponent�a stalemate much desired by the Allied nations. In the first book to cover this southern theater in detail David Macri closely examines strategic decisions campaigns and operations and shows how they affected Allied grand strategy. Drawing on documents of U.S. and British officials he reveals for the first time how the Sino-Japanese War served as a "proxy war" for the Allies: by keeping Japan's military resources focused on southern China they hoped to keep the enemy bogged down in a war of attrition that would prevent them from breaching British and Soviet territory. While the most immediate concern was preserving Siberia and its vast resources from invasion Macri identifies Hong Kong as the keystone in that proxy war�vital in sustaining Chinese resistance against Japan as it provided the logistical interface between the outside world and battles in Hunan and Kwangtung provinces; a situation that emerged because of its vital rail connection to the city of Changsha. He describes the development of Anglo-Japanese low-intensity conflict at Hong Kong; he then explains the geopolitical significance of Hong Kong and southern China for the period following the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Opening a new window on this rarely studied theater Macri underscores China's symbolic importance for the Allies depicting them as unequal partners who fought the Japanese for entirely different reasons�China for restoration of its national sovereignty the Allies to keep the Japanese preoccupied. And by aiding China's wartime efforts the Allies further hoped to undermine Japanese propaganda designed to expel Western powers from its Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. As Macri shows Hong Kong was not just a sleepy British Colonial outpost on the fringes of the empire but an essential logistical component of the war and to fully understand broader events Hong Kong must be viewed together with southern China as a single military zone. His account of that forgotten fight is a pioneering work that provides new insight into the origins of the Pacific War. Franco David Macri is a postdoctoral fellow with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command at Hickam AFB Hawaii. "Sophisticated pioneering and a significant contribution to the field of World War II studies. Macri's research is meticulous exhaustive and well balanced; his writing is cogent and smooth. An admirable work."�Miles Maochun Yu author of The Dragon's War: Allied Operations and the Fate of China "Massively researched and splendidly narrated this is the best available international history of Hong Kong during the China-Japan war."�Akira Iriye author of China and Japan in the Global Setting "Outstanding. Sweeping in scope and illuminating."�Edward J. Drea author of Japan's Imperial Army: Its Rise and Fall "An impressive addition to the literature of the Pacific War."�Xiaobing Li author of A History of the Chinese Army University Press of Kansas, Lawrence: 2012 hardcover
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PETTIS MICHAEL
The Great Rebalancing: Trade Conflict And The Perilous Road Ahead For The World Economy
Princeton University Press Princeton: 2013. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. China's economic growth is sputtering the Euro is under threat and the United States is combating serious trade disadvantages. Another Great Depression Not quite. Noted economist and China expert Michael Pettis argues instead that we are undergoing a critical rebalancing of the world economies. Debunking popular misconceptions Pettis shows that severe trade imbalances spurred on the recent financial crisis and were the result of unfortunate policies that distorted the savings and consumption patterns of certain nations. Pettis examines the reasons behind these destabilizing policies and he predicts severe economic dislocations--a lost decade for China the breaking of the Euro and a receding of the U.S. dollar--that will have long-lasting effects. Pettis explains how China has maintained massive--but unsustainable--investment growth by artificially lowering the cost of capital. He discusses how Germany is endangering the Euro by favoring its own development at the expense of its neighbors. And he looks at how the U.S. dollar's role as the world's reserve currency burdens America's economy. Although various imbalances may seem unrelated Pettis shows that all of them--including the U.S. consumption binge surging debt in Europe China's investment orgy Japan's long stagnation and the commodity boom in Latin America--are closely tied together and that it will be impossible to resolve any issue without forcing a resolution for all. Demonstrating how economic policies can carry negative repercussions the world over The Great Rebalancing sheds urgent light on our globally linked economic future. Michael Pettis is professor of finance and economics at Peking University a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment and a widely read commentator on China Europe and the global economy. He is the author of The Volatility Machine: Emerging Economies and the Threat of Financial Collapse. "Insightful. . . . Offers a sweeping perspective that links trade exchange rates and cross-border capital flows to underlying domestic taxation investment and fiscal policies. . . . Pettis's erudite but lucid and very readable analysis brims with surprising ripostes to conventional wisdom. . . . Pettis's stimulating contrarian take on the present crisis challenges dogma with clear thinking."-Publishers Weekly "This is a book that should be read by: a politicians central bankers and anybody else involved in macroeconomic policy; b all economists; c all students of economics; and d everybody else. The Great Rebalancing: Trade Conflict and the Perilous Road Ahead for the World Economy by Michael Pettis is as sharp and clear as a cut diamond in its analysis of the continuing global imbalances. The author brings logic accounting identities and clarity of thought and language to bear on the issue of prospects for the global economy putting most other commentators into the shade."--Diane Coyle Enlightened Economist "Through the past decade of China's financial and strategic emergence Michael Pettis has been a source of unfailing common sense about the possibilities and limitations of the Chinese model. Now he has put his analysis and recommendations into one concise book. I highly recommend reading and reconsulting his book to put the daily flow of China news into perspective."--James Fallows author of China Airborne Princeton University Press, Princeton: 2013 hardcover
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Mark Bould Editor China Mieville Editor
Red Planets: Marxism and Science Fiction Early Classics of Science Fiction
Wesleyan 2009-09-08. Hardcover. Used:Good. Wesleyan hardcover
Bookseller reference : DADAX0819569127 ISBN : 0819569127 9780819569127
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WU XIAOCONG EDITOR IN CHIEF & WRITER; GUO Y EDITOR IN CHIEF & PHOTOGRAPHER
The Subterranean Army Of Emperor Quin Shi Huang: The Eighth Wonder Of The World
China Travel and Tourism and Press:1999. Softcover. Good condition but one page has a tear slightly over an inch long. Appears to have been signed in Chinese by one of the Editors. A full-color highly illustrated text discussing the life-size terracotta statues of military figures commissioned by Chinese Emperor Quin Shi Huang. ISBN: 7503216123. China Travel and Tourism and Press:1999 paperback
Bookseller reference : 71773X1 ISBN : 7503216123 9787503216121
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CHINA Company School
An album of original botanical watercolours
Shanghai 1790. Folio. 17 1/8 x 12 3/4 inches. 20 original watercolour and bodycolour drawings 14 x 11 1/2 inches and smaller on Chinese paper mounted one to a page. Mid-19th century dark red morocco gilt covers with an elaborate gilt border of two thick fillets flanking a highly decorative roll with cornerpieces of large square stylised flower-heads the border enclosing a large central panel blocked in semi-relief with highly elaborate panels to an overall Adam-influenced design centering on an oval with a large flowerhead within a lozenge this panel filled with stylized scrolling foliage and flowerheads the spine in five unequal compartments each gilt with numerous small tools the third compartment with a design centered on a shaped lozenge the others with a repeat design of a broken oval with numerous small tools elaborate gilt turn-ins white watered-silk textured paper endpapers damascened steel clasp gilt edges. A fine early collection of beautifully composed images in a style that recalls traditional Chinese compositions whilst also making allowances for the differing Western taste of the European patrons who supported a thriving school of highly talented natural history artists in Shanghai from the late 18th century onwards. The drawings are all on Chinese paper suggesting an early date. From about 1800 onwards the Shanghai artists were generally supplied with English wove paper often 'Whatman' paper. The supposition of an early date is also supported by the style of drawing which still shows strong traces of the traditional Chinese style of painting. The artist or artists of these drawings have not yet learned to portray their subjects according to the western notion of a 'botanical drawing' - i.e. with samples of the fruit or seeds and perhaps a dissection of a flower to show its structure. This collection forms part of what was to become a well-established tradition of almost exclusively anonymous Chinese artists working in and around the coastal trading ports producing work for Western patrons more particularly the members of the East India and Dutch East India Companies. The best of the drawings are arguably a match for anything that Western botanical artists were producing at the time. The quality of the album into which these drawings have been carefully mounted suggest that at an early date their outstanding quality was recognized. The subjects include a striking amaranthus a mallow tree peonies narcissi prunus begonia iris one watercolour including an unidentified bird and a very fine image of a spray of wild white dog-rose being visited by five bees and three butterflies. unknown
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EDITORS OF HIPPOCRENE BOOKS
Cantonese - English/ English - Cantonese Dictionary & Phrasebook
Hippocrene Books New York: 2012. Softcover. Brand new book. Cantonese is an official language of Hong Kong and Macau and the dominant dialect of Chinese spoken in the province of Guangdong. Spoken by nearly 60 million people worldwide it is understood by much of the Chinese diaspora population across the world and rivals Mandarin as the lingua franca of south China and ethnic Chinese living abroad. Unique among all the Chinese dialects Cantonese also has a writing system that is distinct from Mandarin Chinese and makes use of characters generally not understood by non-Cantonese speakers. Written Cantonese is commonly found on street signs in Hong Kong as well as in newspapers and novels. The spoken language also exerts a strong cultural influence on East Asia due to the prominence of Hong Kong's film and music industries. This convenient dictionary and phrasebook contains everything that a traveler to south China needs to communicate effectively in Cantonese. 4000 dictionary entries Uses an intuitive phonetic system and written Cantonese characters Includes all the essential language travelers need Concise grammar and pronunciation sections Perfect for travelers businesspeople and students ISBN: 0781812795. Hippocrene Books, New York: 2012 paperback
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China Mieville
The Scar
Del Rey. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Del Rey unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP2604953 ISBN : 0345444388 9780345444387
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China Mieville
The City & The City
Random House 27-Apr-2010. softcover. New. pp. 352 Reprint Edition Random House paperback
Bookseller reference : 6727953 ISBN : 034549752X 9780345497529
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Galland China
The Bond Between Women : A Journey to Fierce Compassion
1999. Soft cover. Like New. NEW Book no wear w/ small remainder mark on bottom edge; cover/text completely pristine. No physical flaws. FREE TRACKING within the US and email notice when shipped. Normally books are shipped twice a day with afternoon USPS pickup or next morning drop-off at the Post Office. We package on Sunday for shipment first thing Monday morning. Your satisfaction guaranteed. We have multiple copies of most books. Email inquiries are welcomed. Thanks for reading all of our boilerplate ;- <br/> <br/> paperback
Bookseller reference : 009440 ISBN : 1573227390 9781573227391
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Galland China
The Bond Between Women : A Journey to Fierce Compassion
1999. Soft cover. New. SpeakTree. NEW Book perfect condition cover/text completely pristine remainder mark at bottom edge. No physical flaws. FREE TRACKING within the US and email notice when shipped. Normally books are shipped twice a day with afternoon USPS pickup or next morning drop-off at the Post Office. We package on Sunday for shipment first thing Monday morning. Your satisfaction guaranteed. We have multiple copies of most books. Email inquiries are welcomed. Thanks for reading all of our boilerplate. <br/> <br/> paperback
Bookseller reference : 009439 ISBN : 1573227390 9781573227391
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MATHEWS GORDON
Ghetto At The Center Of The World: Chungking Mansions Hong Kong Ghetto At The Center Of The World
University of Chicago Press Chicago and London: 2011. Softcover. Brand new book. There is nowhere else in the world quite like Chungking Mansions a dilapidated seventeen-story commercial and residential structure in the heart of Hong Kong's tourist district. A remarkably motley group of people call the building home; Pakistani phone stall operators Chinese guesthouse workers Nepalese heroin addicts Indonesian sex workers and traders and asylum seekers from all over Asia and Africa live and work there�even backpacking tourists rent rooms. In short it is possibly the most globalized spot on the planet. But as Ghetto at the Center of the World shows us a trip to Chungking Mansions reveals a far less glamorous side of globalization. A world away from the gleaming headquarters of multinational corporations Chungking Mansions is emblematic of the way globalization actually works for most of the world's people. Gordon Mathews's intimate portrayal of the building's polyethnic residents lays bare their intricate connections to the international circulation of goods money and ideas. We come to understand the day-to-day realities of globalization through the stories of entrepreneurs from Africa carting cell phones in their luggage to sell back home and temporary workers from South Asia struggling to earn money to bring to their families. And we see that this so-called ghetto�which inspires fear in many of Hong Kong's other residents despite its low crime rate�is not a place of darkness and desperation but a beacon of hope. Gordon Mathews's compendium of riveting stories enthralls and instructs in equal measure making Ghetto at the Center of the World not just a fascinating tour of a singular place but also a peek into the future of life on our shrinking planet. "In this wonderful book Gordon Mathews takes on an intriguing project: daily life as it is lived articulated dreamed denied regretted and defended in a rather rundown but very public building in Hong Kong. The residents of Chungking Mansions are economically blocked from the rest of the city and often racially discriminated against so how do such marginalized people survive much less prosper This is the conundrum at the heart of Ghetto at the Center of the World. Mathews tackles it by providing a vivid description of the people who live their lives in the building's dimly lit hallways restaurants and shops and by analyzing the larger material and political forces at work. The resulting account is as informative and revealing as it is entertaining."�William Jankowiak author of Sex Death and Hierarchy in a Chinese City "Hong Kong's Chungking Mansions is the most notorious flophouse in Asia. . . . The shabby tenement is today as much about global commerce as tourism. What the building should be renowned for argues Gordon Mathews in his fluid and enjoyable field study Ghetto at the Center of the World is the ingenious way 'low-end globalists' eke out profits from petit arbitrage. . . . It reads like a first-rate business book."�Wall Street Journal University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London: 2011 paperback
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CAPON EDMUND
Art And Archaeology In China
The Macmillan Company of Australia South Melbourne: 1977. Softcover. Good condition. The scope of this book was determined in principle by the contents of the Chinese Archaeological Exhibition shown in Australia. Its intent was to provide an historical and cultural background to the arts of early China and to introduce some of the recent finds which have so dramatically brought ancient China to life. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0333229371. The Macmillan Company of Australia, South Melbourne: 1977 paperback
Bookseller reference : 74814X1 ISBN : 0333229371 9780333229378
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LILLEY JAMES WITH LILLEY JEFFREY
China Hands: Nine Decades Of Adventure Espionage And Diplomacy In Asia
PublicAffairs New York: 2004. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. James Lilley's life has been entwined with China's fate since 1917 when his father started selling kerosine for Standard Oil along the Yangtze River. China Hands recounts his adventures as well as those of three generations of his family - all of them absorbing many of them exciting and one unduly tragic. It is a fascinating and moving look at America in Asia Asia itself and the remarkable life of one especially capable American. Includes an Index. ". . . a splendid memoir - as engaging as it it informative." - James Schlesinger Former Director of the CIA ISBN: 1586481363. PublicAffairs, New York: 2004 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 74947X1 ISBN : 1586481363 9781586481360
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PRESTON DIANA
The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story Of China's War On Foreigners That Shook The World In The Summer Of 1900
Walker & Co. New York: 2000. Hardcover no dustjacket. Very good condition. A panoramic chronicle of the uprising and ensuing two-month siege of the eleven foreign ministries in Peking now Beijing and of he foreign community in Tientsin now Tianjin during the summer of 1900 - the repercussions of which have echoed throughout the intervening century. Relying on the diaries letters and memoirs of the defenders and on her own extensive research from both Chinese and Western perspectives Diana Preston portrays the dramatic human experience of the Boxer uprising. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0802713610. Walker & Co., New York: 2000 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11356X2 ISBN : 0802713610 9780802713612
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China Mieville
Embassytown
Del Rey 2012. Later Edition. Trade Paperback i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inch softcover. New Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition/N/A volume is softcover. Novel Del Rey paperback
Bookseller reference : 000-177622 ISBN : 0345524500 9780345524508
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SPENCE JONATHAN D
Return To Dragon Mountain: Memories Of A Late Ming Man
Viking New York: 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Celebrated China scholar Jonathan Spence pored over Zhang Dai's extraordinary documents and vividly brings to life this remarkable man as well as seventeenth-century China. This absorbing work illuminates a culture's transformation and reveals how China's history affects its place in the world today. Includes an Index. Viking, New York: 2007 hardcover
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CHINA
Frankfurter Antiqariatsmesse 14.-18. Oktober 2009. Catalogue dedicated to China.
52pp. Illustrated to colour. Wrs. Interesting catalogue. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . unknown
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India China and Central Asia
Approximately 315 Edwardian snapshots 120 x 95 mm of travels in India China and Central Asia with some 'at home at ease' images as well. Many are captioned some are dated 1907 and there are occasional clues to the identity of the presumably English travellers 'Captain & Mrs Gibb & Anne' etc.; intrepid women feature prominently. Most of the photographs are of North India in particular Kashmir including Ladakh and Rajasthan. Other regions well represented are South India China Tibet and Nepal Siberia the Khyber Pass and North Africa
Apart from curling at the edges the photographs are in excellent condition. unknown
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DE BARY WM. THEODORE & BLOOM IRENE COMPILERS
Sources Of Chinese Tradition: From Earliest Times To 1600 - Volume One
Columbia University Press New York: 2000. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. A collection of seminal primary readings on the social intellectual and religious traditions of China Sources of Chinese Tradition Volume 1 has been widely used and praised for almost forty years as an authoritative resource for scholars and students and as a thorough and engaging introduction for general readers. Here at last is a completely revised and expanded edition of this classic sourcebook compiled by noted China scholars Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom. Updated to reflect recent scholarly developments with extensive material on popular thought and religion social roles and women's education this edition features new translations of more than half the works from the first edition as well as many new selections. Arranged chronologically this anthology is divided into four parts beginning at the dawn of literate Chinese civilization with the Oracle-Bone inscriptions of the late Shang dynasty 1571-1045 B.C.E. and continuing through the end of the Ming dynasty C.E. 1644. Each chapter has an introduction that provides useful historical context and offers interpretive strategies for understanding the readings. The first part The Chinese Tradition in Antiquity considers the early development of Chinese civilization and includes selections from Confucius's Analects the texts of Mencius and Laozi as well as other key texts from the Confucian Daoist and Legalist schools. Part 2 The Making of a Classical Culture focuses on Han China with readings from the Classic of Changes I Jing the Classic of Filiality major Han syntheses and the great historians of the Han dynasty. The development of Buddhism from the earliest translations from Sanskrit to the central texts of the Chan school which became Zen in Japan is the subject of the third section of the book. Titled Later Daoism and Mahayana Buddhism in China this part also covers the teachings of Wang Bi Daoist religion and texts of the major schools of Buddhist doctrine and practice. The final part The Confucian Revival and Neo-Confucianism details the revival of Confucian thought in the Tang Song and Ming periods with historical documents that link philosophical thought to political social and educational developments in late imperial China. With annotations a detailed chronology glossary and a new introduction by the editors Sources of Chinese Tradition will continue to be a standard resource guidebook and introduction to Chinese civilization well into the twenty-first century. Wm. Theodore de Bary is John Mitchell Mason Professor Emeritus and provost emeritus of Columbia University where he currently holds the title of Special Service Professor. He is the author of many books including Waiting for the Dawn Message of the Mind and Learning for One's Self and the editor of Sources of Japanese Tradition and Sources of Korean Tradition as well as with Tu Weiming Confucianism and Human Rights all published by Columbia.Irene Bloom is Wm. Theodore and Fanny de Bary and Class of 1941 Associate Professor of Asian Humanities at Columbia University associate professor and chair of the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College and program director of the Columbia University Committee on Asia and the Middle East. She is the editor and translator of Knowledge Painfully Acquired: The K'un-chih chi of Lo Ch'in-shun and editor with Joshua A. Fogel of Meeting of Minds both published by Columbia. Columbia University Press, New York: 2000 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 73267X1
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DE BARY WM. THEODORE & LUFRANO RICHARD COMPILERS
Sources Of Chinese Tradition: Volume 2: From 1600 Through The Twentieth Century
Columbia University Press New York: 2000. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. For four decades Sources of Chinese Tradition has served to introduce Western readers to Chinese civilization as it has been seen through basic writings and historical documents of the Chinese themselves. Now in its second edition revised and extended through Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin-era China this classic volume remains unrivaled for its wide selection of source readings on history society and thought in the world's largest nation. Award-winning China scholar Wm. Theodore de Bary�who edited the first edition in 1960�and his coeditor Richard Lufrano have revised and updated the second volume of Sources to reflect the interactions of ideas institutions and historical events from the seventeenth century up to the present day. Beginning with Qing civilization and continuing to contemporary times volume II brings together key source texts from more than three centuries of Chinese history with opening essays by noted China authorities providing context for readers not familiar with the period in question. Here are just a few of the topics covered in this second volume of Sources of Chinese Tradition: � Early Sino-Western contacts in the seventeenth century; � Four centuries of Chinese reflections on differences between Eastern and Western civilizations; � Nineteenth- and twentieth-century reform movements with treatises on women's rights modern science and literary reform; � Controversies over the place of Confucianism in modern Chinese society; � The nationalist revolution�including readings from Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek; � The communist revolution�with central writings by Mao Zedong; � Works from contemporary China�featuring political essays from Deng Xiaoping and dissidents including Wei Jingsheng. With more than two hundred selections in lucid readable translation by today's most renowned experts on Chinese language and civilization Sources of Chinese Tradition will continue to be recognized as the standard for source readings on Chinese civilization an indispensable learning tool for scholars and students of Asian civilizations. Wm. Theodore de Bary is John Mitchell Mason Professor Emeritus and Provost Emeritus at Columbia University and Director of the Heyman Center for the Humanities. He has written extensively on Confucianism in East Asia and is coeditor of the first edition of Sources of Chinese Tradition as well as Sources of Japanese Tradition and Sources of Korean Tradition. Richard Lufrano is assistant professor of Chinese history at the College of Staten Island and the author of Honorable Merchants: Commerce and Self-Cultivation in Late Imperial China. Columbia University Press, New York: 2000 hardcover
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KENNEDY SCOTT EDITOR
Beyond The Middle Kingdom: Comparative Perspectives On China's Capitalist Transformation
Stanford University Press Palo Alto: 2011. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. This book breaks new ground by systematically examining China's capitalist transformation through several comparative lenses. The great majority of research on China to date has consisted of single-country studies. This is the result of the methodological demands of studying China and a sense of the country's distinctiveness due to its grand size and long history. The moniker Middle Kingdom a direct translation of the Chinese-language word for China is one of the most prominent symbols of the country's supposed uniqueness. Composed of contributions from leading specialists on China's political economy this volume demonstrates the benefits of systematically comparing China with other countries including France Russia Japan South Korea Indonesia India Brazil and South Africa. Doing so puts the People's Republic in a light not available through other approaches and it provides a chance to consider political theories by including an important case too often left out of studies. Scott Kennedy is Associate Professor Departments of East Asian Languages & Cultures and Political Science and Director Research Center for Chinese Politics and Business Indiana University. He is author of The Business of Lobbying in China Harvard University Press 2005 and editor of China Cross Talk: The American Debate over China Policy Since Normalization A Reader Rowman & Littlefield 2003. His current research projects are on the growing role of Chinese industry and government in global governance and on the evolution of corporate political activity in China. Scott Kennedy is Associate Professor Departments of East Asian Languages & Cultures and Political Science and Director Research Center for Chinese Politics and Business Indiana University. He is author of The Business of Lobbying in China Harvard University Press 2005 and editor of China Cross Talk: The American Debate over China Policy Since Normalization A Reader Rowman & Littlefield 2003. His current research projects are on the growing role of Chinese industry and government in global governance and on the evolution of corporate political activity in China. "With the advent of this volume the literature of contemporary Chinese political economy no longer stands alone but rather is duly blended into the mainstream studies of comparative political economy. Contributors of this volume methodically revisit salient issues of post-Mao Chinese development and masterfully compare them with those in carefully chosen reference societies on many analytical templates. Innovative and insightful."�Tun-jen Cheng Class of 1935 Professor College of William and Mary "An impressive and most welcome effort to bring China into comparative analysis. This volume will be welcomed by both China specialists and others interested more broadly in the comparative political economy of development."�Richard F. Doner Professor of Political Science Emory University Stanford University Press, Palo Alto: 2011 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 73035X1
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KENNEDY SCOTT EDITOR
Beyond The Middle Kingdom: Comparative Perspectives On China's Capitalist Transformation
Stanford University Press Palo Alto: 2011. Softcover. Brand new book. This book breaks new ground by systematically examining China's capitalist transformation through several comparative lenses. The great majority of research on China to date has consisted of single-country studies. This is the result of the methodological demands of studying China and a sense of the country's distinctiveness due to its grand size and long history. The moniker Middle Kingdom a direct translation of the Chinese-language word for China is one of the most prominent symbols of the country's supposed uniqueness. Composed of contributions from leading specialists on China's political economy this volume demonstrates the benefits of systematically comparing China with other countries including France Russia Japan South Korea Indonesia India Brazil and South Africa. Doing so puts the People's Republic in a light not available through other approaches and it provides a chance to consider political theories by including an important case too often left out of studies. Scott Kennedy is Associate Professor Departments of East Asian Languages & Cultures and Political Science and Director Research Center for Chinese Politics and Business Indiana University. He is author of The Business of Lobbying in China Harvard University Press 2005 and editor of China Cross Talk: The American Debate over China Policy Since Normalization A Reader Rowman & Littlefield 2003. His current research projects are on the growing role of Chinese industry and government in global governance and on the evolution of corporate political activity in China. Scott Kennedy is Associate Professor Departments of East Asian Languages & Cultures and Political Science and Director Research Center for Chinese Politics and Business Indiana University. He is author of The Business of Lobbying in China Harvard University Press 2005 and editor of China Cross Talk: The American Debate over China Policy Since Normalization A Reader Rowman & Littlefield 2003. His current research projects are on the growing role of Chinese industry and government in global governance and on the evolution of corporate political activity in China. "With the advent of this volume the literature of contemporary Chinese political economy no longer stands alone but rather is duly blended into the mainstream studies of comparative political economy. Contributors of this volume methodically revisit salient issues of post-Mao Chinese development and masterfully compare them with those in carefully chosen reference societies on many analytical templates. Innovative and insightful."�Tun-jen Cheng Class of 1935 Professor College of William and Mary "An impressive and most welcome effort to bring China into comparative analysis. This volume will be welcomed by both China specialists and others interested more broadly in the comparative political economy of development."�Richard F. Doner Professor of Political Science Emory University Stanford University Press, Palo Alto: 2011 paperback
Bookseller reference : 73036X1
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CHEN ZHONGPING
Modern China's Network Revolution: Chambers Of Commerce And Sociopolitical Change In The Early Twentieth Century
Stanford University Press Palo Alto: 2011. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Chambers of commerce developed in China as a key part of its sociopolitical changes. In 1902 the first Chinese chamber of commerce appeared in Shanghai. By the time the Qing dynasty ended over 1000 general chambers affiliated chambers and branch chambers had been established throughout China. In this new work author Zhongping Chen examines Chinese chambers of commerce and their network development across Lower Yangzi cities and towns as well as the nationwide arena. He details how they achieved increasing integration and how their collective actions deeply influenced nationalistic reformist and revolutionary movements. His use of network analysis reveals how these chambers promoted social integration beyond the bourgeoisie and other elites and helped bring society and the state into broader and more complicated interactions than existing theories of civil society and public sphere suggest. With both historical narrative and theoretical analysis of the long neglected local chamber networks this study offers a keen historical understanding of the interaction of Chinese society business and politics in the early twentieth century. It also provides new knowledge produced from network theory within the humanities and social sciences. Zhongping Chen is Associate Professor of History at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. "This is an insightful carefully researched study that should be on the reading list of all who are interested in the social and economic history of China." �Di Wang Professor of History Texas A&M University Stanford University Press, Palo Alto: 2011 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 73147X1
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LI HUAIYIN
Village China Under Socialism And Reform: A Micro-history 1948-2008
Stanford University Press Stanford: 2009. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Village China Under Socialism and Reform offers a comprehensive account of rural life after the communist revolution detailing villager involvement in political campaigns since the 1950s agricultural production under the collective system family farming and non-agricultural economy in the reform and everyday life in the family and community. Li's rich examination draws on original documents from local agricultural collectives newly accessible government archives and his own fieldwork in Qin village of Jiangsu province to highlight the continuities in rural transformation. Firmly disagreeing with those who claim that recent developments in rural China represent a radical break with pre-reform sociopolitical practices and patterns of production Li instead draws a clear history connecting the current situation to ecological social and institutional changes that have persisted from the collective era. "The book is the product of impeccable scholarship a combination of rigorous archival research and extensive fieldwork. Huaiyin Li's firsthand knowledge and personal connections have enabled him to probe a village community's 'informal and often invisible structures' and he has persuasively demonstrated the critical role that those 'subinstitutions' have played in determining the direction of Party-peasant relations in Qin village a microcosm of village China during the PRC's first 60 years."�Pauline Keating The China Journal "Huaiyin Li provides a comprehensive and systematic study of rural life after the founding of PRC . the book is refreshing in its theoretical perspective compelling in its arguments and meticulous in the extensive details it presents of peasants' lives and production in rural China."�Jin Di China Quarterly "Based upon extensive use of rare local documentation as well as the author's intimate familiarity with his own local community this well-crafted analysis of rural evolutionary transformation in east-central China deserves a wide reading."�CHOICE "Drawing on intensive fieldwork in his native village Huaiyin Li's book is the first to reconstruct and analyze the grassroots political economy of a Chinese village in the Maoist and post-Mao periods. Well written and insightful it illuminates what Chinese farmers have faced in their daily lives." �Jonathan Unger Director Contemporary China Center Australian National University "Throughout the book Li skillfully interweaves contextual information and quantitative data recovered from documents rarely explored by students of contemporary China. this is a well designed and admirably executed work that sets a new standard for the study of the political economy of rural China. Readers will find it informative and inspiring."�Journal of Chinese Political Science Huaiyin Li teaches modern Chinese history at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also the author of Village Governance in North China 1875-1936 Stanford 2005. Stanford University Press, Stanford: 2009 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 72501X1
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LI HUAIYIN
Village China Under Socialism And Reform: A Micro-history 1948-2008
Stanford University Press Stanford: 2011. Softcover. Brand new book. Village China Under Socialism and Reform offers a comprehensive account of rural life after the communist revolution detailing villager involvement in political campaigns since the 1950s agricultural production under the collective system family farming and non-agricultural economy in the reform and everyday life in the family and community. Li's rich examination draws on original documents from local agricultural collectives newly accessible government archives and his own fieldwork in Qin village of Jiangsu province to highlight the continuities in rural transformation. Firmly disagreeing with those who claim that recent developments in rural China represent a radical break with pre-reform sociopolitical practices and patterns of production Li instead draws a clear history connecting the current situation to ecological social and institutional changes that have persisted from the collective era. "The book is the product of impeccable scholarship a combination of rigorous archival research and extensive fieldwork. Huaiyin Li's firsthand knowledge and personal connections have enabled him to probe a village community's 'informal and often invisible structures' and he has persuasively demonstrated the critical role that those 'subinstitutions' have played in determining the direction of Party-peasant relations in Qin village a microcosm of village China during the PRC's first 60 years."�Pauline Keating The China Journal "Huaiyin Li provides a comprehensive and systematic study of rural life after the founding of PRC . the book is refreshing in its theoretical perspective compelling in its arguments and meticulous in the extensive details it presents of peasants' lives and production in rural China."�Jin Di China Quarterly "Based upon extensive use of rare local documentation as well as the author's intimate familiarity with his own local community this well-crafted analysis of rural evolutionary transformation in east-central China deserves a wide reading."�CHOICE "Drawing on intensive fieldwork in his native village Huaiyin Li's book is the first to reconstruct and analyze the grassroots political economy of a Chinese village in the Maoist and post-Mao periods. Well written and insightful it illuminates what Chinese farmers have faced in their daily lives." �Jonathan Unger Director Contemporary China Center Australian National University "Throughout the book Li skillfully interweaves contextual information and quantitative data recovered from documents rarely explored by students of contemporary China. this is a well designed and admirably executed work that sets a new standard for the study of the political economy of rural China. Readers will find it informative and inspiring."�Journal of Chinese Political Science Huaiyin Li teaches modern Chinese history at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also the author of Village Governance in North China 1875-1936 Stanford 2005. Stanford University Press, Stanford: 2011 paperback
Bookseller reference : 72500X1
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China Mieville
Kraken
Del Rey 2011. Later Edition. Trade Paperback i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inch softcover. New Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition/N/A volume is softcover. Novel Del Rey paperback
Bookseller reference : 000-173175 ISBN : 0345497503 9780345497505
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ACHESON DEAN LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
United States Relations With China: With Special Reference To The Period 1944-1949
United States Government Printing Office WashingtonL 1949. Hardcover no dustjacket. Good condition. This is Department of State Publication 3573 released August 1949. The chapter headings are as follows: I - A Century of American Policy 1844-1943; II - A Review of the Kuomintang-Chinese Communist Relations 1921-1944; III - The Ambassadorship of Major General Patrick J. Hurley 1944-1945; IV - The Yalta Agreement and the Sino-Soviet Treaty of 1945; V - The Mission of General George C. Marshall 1945-1947; VI - The Ambassadorship of John Leighton Stuart 1947-1949; VII - The Military Picture 1945-1949; and VIII - The Program of American Economic Aid 1947-1949. United States Government Printing Office, WashingtonL 1949 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 71857X1
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BUCK PEARL S
Imperial Woman: A Novel
The John Day Company New York: 1956. Hardcover no dustjacket. Good condition. A portrayal of Tzu Hsi the last ruling Empress of China a woman so diverse in her gifts so contradictory in her behavior so rich in the many aspects of her personality that it is difficult to comprehend and convey her whole self. She lived in a crucial period of history when China was struggling against encroachment while at the same time the need for modern reform was obvious. The John Day Company, New York: 1956 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 72071X1
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BAO LORD BETTE
Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic
Alfred A. Knopf New York: 1990. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Signed by the author. Brings us closer than we have ever been to penetrating the great conundrum of China: the Chinese sensibility the Chinese tradition and China now.It is the testament of a woman who is at once profoundly a daughter of her ancestral China - she was born in Shanghai - and equally a child of Americ where she was raised from ag eight. ISBN: 0394583256. Alfred A. Knopf, New York: 1990 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 71745X1 ISBN : 0394583256 9780394583259
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BERHARD WOLFRAM
A Dictionary Of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols In Chinese Life And Thought
Routledge Publishing New York: 1986. Softcover. Very good condition. An ideal rference book to help one learn and explore further while simultaneously giving greater insight into many other aspects of Chinese life . . . The most authoritative guide to Chinese xymbolism available to the general reader today . . . A well-researched informative and entertaining guide to the treasure trove of Chinese Symbols. Translated into English from the German by G. L. Campbell. ISBN: 0415002281. Routledge Publishing, New York: 1986 paperback
Bookseller reference : 70976X1 ISBN : 0415002281 9780415002288
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SHAPIRO SIDNEY
I Chose China: The Metamorphosis Of A Country And A Man
Hippocrene Books New York: 2000. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Armed with the limited conversational Chinese he learned in the U.S. Army during World War II Sidney Shapiro a New York lawyer arrives in Shanghai in 1947 for "a look around." He ends up spending the rest of his life in China. A foreigner in an alien land he falls in love with Phoenix a Chinese beauty and active revolutionary. Entranced by Chinese culture and society he gradually becomes deeply and personally involved in highly dramatic developments�the defeat of the Chiang Kai-shek dictatorship and the establishment of the People's Republic Land Reform the Korean War the break with the Soviet Union the war in Vietnam communes and the Big Leap Forward the "Cultural Revolution" the Tiananmen square protest economic reforms the opening to the West and troubled U.S.-China relations. Through it all runs the theme of an unusual love�for a Phoenix and a Dragon. Phoenix Sidney Shapiro's marriage partner of nearly 50 years teaches him to appreciate the Chinese Dragon. His understanding of the Chinese Dragon intensifies his love for the charming tempestuous Phoenix. The small bobbing craft of Shapiro's personal intellectual and emotional development is swept along on the surging socio-political tides of the last half of the twentieth century. At the age of eighty-plus after more than fifty years in China Sidney Shapiro has been able to see the whole picture�and savor it to the hilt. Speaking from an inside vantage not available to many he tells a warmly fond yet coolly objective story of his adopted land. ISBN: 078180759X. Hippocrene Books, New York: 2000 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 71138X1 ISBN : 078180759X 9780781807593
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China Mieville
City and the City
Del Rey 2010. Later Edition. Trade Paperback i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inch softcover. New Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition/N/A volume is softcover. Novel Hugo Award Winner World Fantasy Award Winner Del Rey paperback
Bookseller reference : 000-166483 ISBN : 034549752x 9780345497529
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SHINN JAMES EDITOR; BROWN HAROLD FOREWORD
Weaving The Net: Conditional Engagement With China
Council on Foreign Relations Press New York: 1996. Softcover. Good condition. Includes essays entitled: Conditional Engagement with China by James Shinn Designing a New American Security Strategy for Asia by Jonathan D. Pollack Coping With China as a Rising Power by Jianwei Wang Japan's Receptivity to Conditional Engagement by Masashi Nishihara The United States in Asia: Searching for a New Role by Byung-joon Ahn ASEAN and Conditional Engagement by AmitavAcharya and The New Multilateralism in the Asia-Pacific and the Conditional Engagement in China by Paul M. Evans. "Weaving The Net is a hard-hitting well-reasoned argument for a sustainable U.S. policy toward China and a stimulating exploration of an issue that will dominate the early 21st century." - Robert A. Scalapino University of California Berkeley ISBN: 0876091907. Council on Foreign Relations Press, New York: 1996 paperback
Bookseller reference : 69546X1 ISBN : 0876091907 9780876091906
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BOONE MURIEL
The Seed Of The Church In China
United Church Press Philadelphia: 1973. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition but dustjacket is slightly worn at the top. China in the 19th century was a country of paradoxes - a land of unbelievable wealth and a land of unbelievable poverty and disease; a great and ancient culture in a country undermined by opium. It was to this China that Dr. William J. Boone came. He brought with him just his family his faith and his life's dream: to plant the seed of God's word in this strange and foreign land. The Seed of the Church in China is the fascinating and deeply moving story of Dr. Boone's life and mission written by his granddaughter Muriel Boone herself a former missionary there. ISBN: 0829802649. United Church Press, Philadelphia: 1973 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 69066X1 ISBN : 0829802649 9780829802641
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CAMERON NIGEL
Barbarians And Mandarins: Thirteen Centuries Of Western Travelers In China
Walker / Weatherhill New York & Tokyo: 1970. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Perhaps nowhere in all history is the confrontation between civilizations more dramatically highlighted than in the uneasy centuries of intercourse between China and the West. Against this eventful background the present book recounts the travels and adventures of representative Western travelers in China during the past thirteen centuries. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0802724035. Walker / Weatherhill, New York & Tokyo: 1970 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 68164X1 ISBN : 0802724035 9780802724038
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