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Ji'an Literati and the Local in Song-Yuan-Ming China
BRILL 2007; US$ 151.00Drawing on local sources, including local gazetteers and literati inscriptions for religious sites, this book offers a comprehensive examination of what it means to be 'local' during the Southern Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties in Ji'an prefecture (Jiangxi). It argues that 'belonging locally' was important to Ji'an literati throughout... more...
Contributions to the Cultural History of Early Tibet
BRILL 2007; US$ 136.00Early medieval Tibet remains one of the most challenging fields in Tibetan Studies overall, wherein numerous mysteries remain. This work features six contributions that shed light on major topics in history, literature and religion. more...
DK Readers: Welcome to China
Dorling Kindersley 2008; US$ 3.99DK Readers will help your child learn to read and encourage a life-long love of reading whilst learning about China more...
Chinese Politics
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 46.95Written by a team of leading China scholars this text interrogates the dynamics of state power and legitimation in 21st Century China. Despite the continuing economic successes and rising international prestige of China there has been increasing social protests over corruption, land seizures, environmental concerns, and homeowner movements. Such... more...
DK Eyewitness Books: Ancient China
Dorling Kindersley 2005; US$ 16.99Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the history of the great Chinese empire and the customs and traditions of its people. Stunning real-life photographs and lifelike models offer a unique "eyewitness" view of life in imperial China, from its earliest beginnings in the Bronze Age to its final days in the early years of the 20th century. See... more...
The Chinese Cultural Revolution
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 42.00As one of history's most horrific political upheavals, the Cultural Revolution began in 1966, when the Chinese Communist Party officially launched the radical movement on the orders of its autocratic chairman, Mao Zedong. He intended for the movement to revitalize China's revolutionary fervor while simultaneously accelerating the country's... more...
Chinese Civilization
Free Press 2009; US$ 21.95The standard for supplementary texts in Chinese history courses. Now newly expanded with more material. Presents personal documents, social records, laws and documents that historians often ignore. Even more useful than its now classic predecessor. more...
Culture and Customs of Mongolia
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 70.00The Gobi Desert, cold mountainous regions, and harsh climate of Mongolia leave it with one of the lowest population densities in the world. Nonetheless, Mongolians are proud of their long heritage, and carry even today their customs of the past. In this all-inclusive study of contemporary Mongolian life, readers will learn about nomadic lifestyles... more...
State-Society Relations in Ba'thist Iraq
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 130.00Scholarship on Iraq under the Ba?th regime has traditionally focused on the rule of Saddam Hussein and his narrow inner circle. The centrality of the former president in Iraqi politics until spring 2003 and the tyranny of his regime were evident, and available sources concerning developments inside Iraqi society during that period were scarce. This... more...
The History of Iraq
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 66.00Since the early 1990s, Iraq (and its former dictator, Saddam Hussein) has been a fixture in Western media. However, few American adults know or understand the rich cultural history or the political forces that have shaped modern Iraq. As the future of Iraq is now being written, a clear understanding of the country's history is crucial in our new global... more...









