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  • ‘This Culture of Ours’

    Intellectual Transitions in T’ang and Sung China

    de Peter K. Bol ...
    This book traces the shared culture of the Chinese elite from the seventh to the twelfth centuries. The early T'ang definition of 'This Culture of Ours' combined literary and scholarly traditions from the previous five centuries. The late Sung Neo-Confucian movement challenged that definition. The author argues that the Tang-Sung transition is best understood as a transition from a literary view ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • New Confucian Horizons

    Essays in Honor of Tu Weiming

    de Jonathan Keir, Joseph A. Adler, Peter K. Bol, Fred Dallmayr, Heup Young Kim, Wang Jianbao, Michiko Yusa, Young-chan Ro, Peter C. Phan1, Robert C. Neville2, Peimin Ni3, Anh Q. Tran4, Samuel H. Yamashita5, Mary Evelyn Tucker6 ...
    New Confucian Horizons: Essays in Honor of Tu Weiming represents both a sustained reflection on Tu Weiming’s legacy from those who have worked with him and an original contribution to the field of intercultural dialogue that Tu himself spent a lifetime cultivating. The importance of Sino-American intellectual relations in an era of mounting geopolitical rivalry between the United States and China ... Leer más

    $97.99 USD

  • Chinese History in Geographical Perspective

    de Kathlene Baldanza, Peter K. Bol, Andrew Chittick, Luke Hambleton, Laura Hostetler, Huei-Ying Kuo, Yajun Mo, Gregory Rohlf, Karl Ryavec, Daoqin Tong, Stephen Whiteman, Jiang Wu, Xiaoquan Raphael Zhang ...
    The authors in this volume believe that long-term, profound, and sometimes tumultuous changes in the last five hundred years of the history of China have been no less geographical than social, political, or economic. From the dialectics of local-empire relations to the imperial state’s persistent array of projects for absorbing and transforming ethnic regions on the margins of empire; from the ... Leer más

    $46.99 USD

  • Chinese Bridges

    Living Architecture From China's Past

    de Ronald G. Knapp ...
    Bridges, the least known and understood of China's many wonders, are one of its most striking and resilient feats of architectural prowess.Chinese Bridges brings together a thorough look at the marvels of Chinese bridge design from one of the world's leading experts on Chinese culture and historical geography, Ronald G. Knapp. While many consider bridges to be merely utilitarian civil engineering, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Man Who Loved China

    The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom

    de Simon Winchester ...
    In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman ("Elegant and scrupulous"—New York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa ("A mesmerizing page-turner"—Time) brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge scientist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China, long the world's most technologically ... Leer más

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  • Mao

    The Unknown Story

    de Jung Chang, Jon Halliday ...
    The most authoritative life of the Chinese leader every written, Mao: The Unknown Story is based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao’s close circle in China who have never talked before — and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him. It is full of startling revelations, exploding the myth of the Long March, and showing a completely unknown ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • The Silk Road - China and the Karakorum Highway

    A Travel Companion

    de Jonathan Tucker ...
    Stretching from the ancient Chinese capital of Xian across the expanses of Central Asia to Rome, the Silk Road was, for 1,500 years, a vibrant network of arteries that carried the lifeblood of nations across the world. Along a multitude of routes everything was exchanged: exotic goods, art, knowledge, religion, philosophy, disease and war. From the East came silk, precious stones, tea, jade, paper ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • Chiang Kai-Shek

    An Unauthorized Biography

    de Emily Hahn ...
    An in-depth biography of the towering 20th-century Chinese military and political figure who led the government, first on the mainland and then in exile in Taiwan, from the acclaimed New Yorker correspondent who lived in China when he was head of stateIn 1911, 24-year-old Chiang Kai-shek was an obscure Chinese student completing his military training in Japan, the only country in the Far East with ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Hidden White House

    Harry Truman and the Reconstruction of America's Most Famous Residence

    de Robert Klara ...
    The little-known story of the White House's gutting and renovation during the Truman presidency: "Delightful and informative . . . plenty of entertaining drama." — Publishers WeeklyIn 1948, President Harry Truman, enjoying a bath on the White House's second floor, almost plunged through the ceiling of the Blue Room into a tea party for the Daughters of the American Revolution. A handpicked team ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Traditional Japanese Architecture

    An Exploration of Elements and Forms

    de Mira Locher ...
    By examining the Japanese history of buildings and building designs from prehistory to modern day, lovers of Japan will develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of this island country.Simplicity, sensitivity to the natural environment, and the use of natural materials are the hallmarks of Japanese architecture. The Art of Japanese Architecture provides a broad overview of traditional ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • China as a Sea Power, 1127–1368

    A Preliminary Survey of the Maritime Expansion and Naval Exploits of the Chinese People During the Southern Song and Yuan Periods

    de Jung-pang Lo ...
    Lo Jung-pang argues that during each of the three periods when imperial China embarked on maritime enterprises (the Qin and Han dynasties, the Sui and early Tang dynasties, and Song, Yuan, and early Ming dynasties), coastal states took the initiative at a time when China was divided, maritime trade and exploration subsequently peaked when China was strong and unified, and declined as Chinese power ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • The Opium War

    Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China

    de Julia Lovell ...
    This "crisp and readable account" of the nineteenth century British campaign sheds light on modern Chinese identity through "a heartbreaking story of war" ( The Wall Street Journal).In October 1839, a Windsor cabinet meeting voted to begin the first Opium War against China. Bureaucratic fumbling, military missteps, and a healthy dose of political opportunism and collaboration followed. Rich in ... Leer más

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