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Rightful Resistance in Rural Chinaby Kevin J. O'Brien; Lianjiang Li; Douglas McAdam; Sidney Tarrow; Charles Tilly
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 26.00Introduces the concept of rightful resistance and explains how it operates in rural China. Focusing on ways in which the powerless 'work' a political system, this book highlights how evidence from China and social movement theory can speak to each other. more...
Women and Confucian Cultures in Premodern China, Korea, and Japanby Dorothy Ko; JaHyun Kim Haboush; Joan R. Piggott
University of California Press 2003; US$ 15.95Representing an unprecedented collaboration among international scholars from Asia, Europe, and the United States, this volume rewrites the history of East Asia by rethinking the contentious relationship between Confucianism and women. The authors discuss the absence of women in the Confucian canonical tradition and examine the presence of women in politics, family, education, and art in premodern China, Korea, and Japan. more...
China in Africaby Chris Alden
Zed Books 2007; US$ 22.95Nowhere in the world is Chinas rapid rise to power more evident than in Africa. From multi-billion dollar investments in oil and minerals to the influx of thousands of merchants, labourers and cheap consumer goods, Chinas economic and political reach is redefining Africas traditional ties with the international community. This book investigates the emerging relationship between China and Africa to determine whether this engagement will be that of a development partner, economic competitor or new hegemon. Alden argues that in order to understand Chinese involvement on the continent, we need to recognize the range of economic, diplomatic and security rationales behind Beijings Africa policy as well as the response of African... more...
The Political Thought of Sun Yat-Senby A. Wells
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2001; US$ 132.00The significance of Sun Yat-sen's political thought has rarely been appreciated though he is hailed as the Father of Modern China. This is the first extended treatment of the subject, which will be invaluable to sinologists and historians of political thought. Dr Wells first traces the development of Sun's revolutionary ideas from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. She then considers the impact of Sun's political thought on Chinese revolutionary leaders and on Third World countries, arguing that it has been considerable. This subject has never before been so widely explored. more...
The Asian Military Revolutionby Peter A. Lorge
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 22.00Explores the impact of the Chinese invention of gunpowder on the surrounding Asian region. more...
The First Emperorby Sima Qian; Raymond Dawson; K. E. Brashier
Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 8.95Sima Qian tells the story of the First Emperor, founder of the Qin dynasty, in whose reign the Great Wall was built and whose tomb was guarded by the famous terracotta warriors excavated in 1974. His account details the ruthless exercise of power but also the creation of an empire that endured until 1911. - ;'The following year Qin unified all under Heaven and the title of August Emperor was immediately adopted.'. The short-lived Qin dynasty unified China in 221 BC and created an imperial legacy that lasted until 1911. The extraordinary story of the First Emperor, founder of the dynasty, is told in the Historical Records of Sima Qian, the Grand Historiographer and the most famous Chinese historian. He describes the Emperor's birth... more...
The Chinese in Americaby Iris Chang
Penguin Group Inc. 2004; US$ 14.99In an epic story that spans 150 years and continues to the present day, Iris Chang tells of a people?s search for a better life?the determination of the Chinese to forge an identity and a destiny in a strange land and, often against great obstacles, to find success. She chronicles the many accomplishments in America of Chinese immigrants and their descendents: building the infrastructure of their adopted country, fighting racist and exclusionary laws, walking the racial tightrope between black and white, contributing to major scientific and technological advances, expanding the literary canon, and influencing the way we think about racial and ethnic groups. Interweaving political, social, economic, and cultural history, as well as the stories... more...
China Condensedby Ong Siew Chey
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2010; US$ 15.60About five thousand years ago, the fertile flatlands of the middle Yellow River slowly emerged and grew to what we know today as China. Throughout the millennia, this civilisation has slowly evolved to be one of the worlds biggest economy to reckon with today. This book is a quick introduction to China, with the major part being devoted to its long history. more...
Yin-Yangby Alice Renouf; Mary Ryan-Maher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2011; US$ 18.99.cs95E872D0{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt} .cs5EFED22F{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; } China has become one of the largest study and teach-abroad, travel, and business destinations in the world. Yet few books offer a diversity of perspectives and locales for Westerners considering the leap. This unique collection of letters offers a rarely seen, intimate, and refreshingly honest view of living and working in China. Woven through this correspondence is the compelling theme of outsiders coping in a culture that is vastly foreign to them and the underlying love-hate struggle it engenders. These tales of trials,... more...
Premodern Chinese Economyby Gang Deng
Routledge 1999; US$ 43.95Covering the time span from the Shang to the Qing Periods (1520BC - 1911AD), this book examines important factors in the decline of the Chinese economy from medieval sophistication to modern underdevelopment. more...