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  • Whither China?

    Intellectual Politics in Contemporary China

    by Gan Yang, Zhiyuan Cui, Wang Shaoguang, Wang Hui ...
    Whither China? presents an in-depth and wide-angled picture of Chinese intellectual life during the last decade of the millennium, as China struggled to move beyond the shadow of the Tiananmen tragedy. Because many cultural and intellectual paradigms of the previous decade were left in ruins by that event, Chinese intellectuals were forced in the early 1990s to search for new analytical and ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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  • China

    A History

    by John Keay ...
    An authoritative account of five thousand years of Chinese history.**"Exquisitely written." —**GuardianMany nations define themselves in terms of territory or people; China defines itself in terms of history. Taking into account the country's unrivaled, voluminous tradition of history writing, John Keay has composed a vital and illuminating overview of the nation's complex and vivid past.Keay's ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • The Republic

    by Plato ...
    THE Republic of Plato is the longest of his works with the exception of the Laws, and is certainly the greatest of them. There are nearer approaches to modern metaphysics in the Philebus and in the Sophist; the Politicus or Statesman is more ideal; the form and institutions of the State are more clearly drawn out in the Laws; as works of art, the Symposium and the Protagoras are of higher ... Read more

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  • Religions of Ancient China

    by Herbert Allen Giles ...
    Professor of Chinese at the University of Cambridge, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Chinese Civilization

    A Sourcebook, 2nd Ed

    by Patricia Buckley Ebrey ...
    Chinese Civilization sets the standard for supplementary texts in Chinese history courses. With newly expanded material, personal documents, social records, laws, and documents that historians mistakenly ignore, the sixth edition is even more useful than its classic predecessor. A complete and thorough introduction to Chinese history and culture. ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Roman Empire

    Fall of the West; Survival of the East

    by James F Morgan ...
    The Western Roman Empire collapsed more than 1500 years ago, while the Eastern Roman Empire survived for almost a thousand more years. When the west collapsed, no one questioned why. It was simply the way things were. Than about 500 years ago scholars begin to question just why the west should fail and the east survive. A long list of reasons have been presented, but they are seen as contributors ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Ancient China Simplified

    by Edward Harper Parker ...
    This is an easy to read yet highly informative history of ancient China. It is a classic in the field and covers all aspects of ancient Chinese life and culture. From the dynasties of the kings to the occupations and entertainments of the people, including ancient Chinese religions, sports, literature and customs. As well as the politics, geography and wars of this great civilization. It also ... Read more

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  • A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]

    Enriched edition. Exploring China's Ancient Civilization and Modern Legacy

    by Wolfram Eberhard, Trevor Lowe ...
    In his meticulously crafted work, "A History of China," Wolfram Eberhard offers a comprehensive and scholarly overview of China's rich and complex history, presenting it through a chronological lens that examines key political, social, and cultural developments. This third edition, revised and enlarged, provides updated insights that reflect decades of scholarly research, enhanced by Eberhard's ... Read more

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  • Central Asia in World History

    by Peter B. Golden ...
    Series series New Oxford World History
    A vast region stretching roughly from the Volga River to Manchuria and the northern Chinese borderlands, Central Asia has been called the "pivot of history," a land where nomadic invaders and Silk Road traders changed the destinies of states that ringed its borders, including pre-modern Europe, the Middle East, and China. In Central Asia in World History, Peter B. Golden provides an engaging ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • China: Fragile Superpower : How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise

    How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise

    by Susan L. Shirk ...
    Once a sleeping giant China today is the world's fastest growing economy--the leading manufacturer of cell phones laptop computers and digital cameras--a dramatic turn-around that alarms many Westerners. But in China: The Fragile Superpower Susan L. Shirk opens up the black box of Chinese politics and finds that the real danger lies elsewhere--not in China's astonishing growth but in the deep ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • The New Emperors

    Power and the Princelings in China

    by Professor Kerry Brown ...
    China has become the powerhouse of the world economy and home to 1 in 5 of the world's population, yet we know almost nothing of the people who lead it. How does one become the leader of the world's newest superpower? And who holds the real power in the Chinese system? In The New Emperors, the noted China expert Kerry Brown journeys deep into the heart of the secretive Communist Party. China's ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Political Science

    Edited by Robert E. Goodin ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Drawing on the rich resources of the ten-volume series of The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science, this one-volume distillation provides a comprehensive overview of all the main branches of contemporary political science: political theory; political institutions; political behavior; comparative politics; international relations; political economy; law and politics; public policy; contextual ... Read more

    $54.89 USD