China: A History

Giving an introduction to the political, social, and cultural development of imperial Chinese civilisation, this work introduces a number of import...

"Information" has become a core concept across the disciplines, yet it is still often seen as a unique feature of the Western world or the digital ...

America's Response to China has long been the standard resource for a succinct, historically grounded assessment of an increasingly complicated rel...

Reducere. A concise history of an uprising that took down a three-hundred-year-old dynasty and united the great powersThe year is 1900, and Western empires a...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Dong WangIllustration(s): Illustrations, unspecified; Tables; Black & White IllustrationsNumber of pages:...

If you want to discover the captivating history of China, then keep reading...The history of China is complex-perhaps more complex than that of oth...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of China, then keep reading...The history of China is complex-perhaps more complex than that of oth...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): Harold M. TannerNumber of pages: 414Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 234 x 163 x 20Cover type: Pap...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): Harold M. TannerIllustration(s): heavily illustratedNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2010Dimen...

Reducere. DescriptionIf you want to discover the captivating history of ancient China, then keep reading... To understand present-day China, its politics, so...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of ancient China, then keep reading...To understand present-day China, its politics, society, and c...

DescriptionAn unprecedented survey of the origins and evolution of Chinese architecture, from the last millennia BCE to todayThroughout history, Ch...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. The Revised Edition of A Source Book of Ancient Chinese Bronze Inscriptions offers English translations and commentary on over eighty-two important...

Reducere. Chinese Civilization sets the standard for supplementary texts in Chinese history courses. With newly expanded material, personal documents, social...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of ancient Asia, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: Ancient China: A Capt...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of ancient Asia, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: Ancient China: A Capt...

Chinese Diasporas provides a concise and compelling new history of internal and external Chinese migration from the sixteenth century to the presen...

Reducere. Within the common destiny is the individual destiny. So it is that through the telling of one Chinese peasant woman's life, a vivid vision of Chine...

Reducere. At a time of mystery and cruelty ... in an ancient land of breathtaking beauty and exotic surprise ... a courageous woman triumphs over her world's...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of East Asia, then keep reading...Four captivating manuscripts in one book: History of China: A Cap...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): John W. DardessNumber of pages: 172Collection: Critical Issues in World and International HistoryPublicat...

Reducere. A greater understanding of China is no longer optional in our global village. It is necessary if we want to tackle global challenges such as the CO...

China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presenc...

Exam Board: Edexcel Level: AS/A-level Subject: History First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level Hi...

Reducere. From the Yangtze to the Yellow River, China is traversed by great waterways, which have defined its politics and ways of life for centuries. Water ...

Publisher: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian SchonAuthor(s): Jinyi ZhaiNumber of pages: 580Collection: Chinese Perspectives: HistoryPub...

If you want to discover the captivating history of Taiwan, then keep reading...The history of Taiwan is astonishing. Politically, Taiwan-- was a wa...

DescriptionIn the past twenty years, work on the local culture of central Hunan has been one of the most exciting sources for rethinking the nature...

Reducere. In the last forty years, China has emerged from being a place where self-indulgence reigned to one that dominates and influences the world order. T...

Contemporary Chinese Art examines China's thriving present-day cultural scene, from the country's issues of state control to its booming artistic m...

In 221 BCE, the Qin state conquered its neighbours and created the first unified Chinese empire in history. So began the imperial era, where dynast...

Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions, The Transformation of China 1936-1997 has been approved by AQA and matched to the new 201...

Reducere. DRAWN BY A CHINA MOON, Introducing Lottie Moon -- "Dear Mollie, You can't believe what is happening here in China. . . ." Actually, what Mollie can...

Publisher: PicadorAuthor(s): Yang JishengTranslator: Guo JianNumber of pages: 768Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 137 x 209 x 36Cover type: Paperb...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Maurice MeisnerIn this much-anticipated revision, Maurice Meisner again provides piercing insight and comprehensive coverag...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Taiwan, then keep reading...The history of Taiwan is astonishing. Politically, Taiwan-- was a wa...

Yang Jisheng's The World Turned Upside Down is the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail.Publisher: ...

Yang Jisheng's The World Turned Upside Down is the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail.Publisher: ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Michael (Independent Scholar, UK) DillonIllustration(s): 35 bw illusNumber of pages: 512Publication ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Michael (Independent Scholar, UK) DillonIllustration(s): 35 bw illusNumber of pages: 512Publication ...

Reducere. Volume II of David B. Honey's comprehensive history of Chinese thought covers a vital 500-year stretch in China's history, from national unificatio...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of ancient Ming Dynasty, China, then keep reading..China is one of the longest settled areas of the...

Publisher: ACLS History E-Book ProjectAuthor(s): Professor Ying-Shih (Princeton University) YuIllustration(s): black & white illustrationsNumber of...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Feng YoulanEditor: Derk BoddeThe classic chronicle of Chinese philosophical thought from the third millennium to the 20th c...

Reducere. 'Early China' refers to the period from the beginning of human history in China to the end of the Han Dynasty in AD 220. The roots of modern Chines...

John King Fairbank was the West's doyen on China, and this book is the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with this vast ancient ...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Dael A. NorwoodIllustration(s): 21 halftones, 2 line drawingsNumber of pages: 312Collection: A...

Wayne Soon tells the global health story of Overseas Chinese who transformed medicine in China and Taiwan through the practices of military medicin...

A thousand-year history of how China's obsession with silver influenced the country's financial well-being, global standing, and political stability

Reducere. Tea in China explores the contours of religious and cultural transformation in traditional China from the point of view of an everyday commodity an...

The Great Smog of China traces Chinese air pollution events dating back to more than 2, 000 years ago. Based on the authors' fieldwork, interviews ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Second Sino-Japanese War, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The S...

Reducere. Gaining an understanding of China's long and sometimes bloody history can help to shed light on China's ascent to global power. Many of China's imp...

DescriptionThrough the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family's history through early 20...

Reducere. Rethinking exhibition practices and histories in China and Southeast Asia.This book is the result of various ongoing assembly platforms linked toge...

The book 'Assassin's Mace, a Chinese Game Changer' is an intriguing and captivating analysis of China's ancient strategy that advocates use of 'sur...

Reducere. What are the foundational scriptures and major schools for Chinese Buddhists? What divinities do they worship? What festivals do they celebrate? Th...

This book is an important addition to the history of Tibetan opposition to the Chinese takeover of their country. Shangri Lhagyal was one of many T...

Reducere. The first volume of David M. Honey's comprehensive history of Chinese thought offers a close study of Confucius, that tradition's proto-classicist....

Reducere. The invasion of Korea by Japanese troops in May of 1592 was no ordinary military expedition: it was one of the decisive events in Asian history and...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Eagle and the Dragon takes the reader on an epic journey of thousands of miles by sea and land across three continents.When Senator ...

Reducere. In this stunning, lyrical memoir that includes a curriculum guide, author Chun Yu recalls the Chinese Cultural Revolution from the perspective of a...

This book covers the Paper 3 topic The making of modern China 1860-1997 in the Edexcel A level specification for first teaching from September 2015...

A single-volume history told in a new way: mingling grand sweep narrative with deep-core, local, personal stories - all woven together with landsca...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen the Chinese communists came to power in 1949, they promised to 'turn society upside down'. Efforts to build a communist society cre...

Reducere. Ten engaging personal histories introduce readers to what it was like to live in and with the most powerful political machine ever created: the Chi...

Readers with a penchant for real-life cloak-and-dagger stories won't be disappointed with this memoir. Dan Pinck's World War II adventures behind J...

DescriptionThis book gives an account of Hong Kong's medical and health development from the Second World War to the present day, investigates how ...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Fei-Hsien WangIllustration(s): 14 b/w illus. 8 tables.Number of pages: 368Collection: Studies of th...