China's Asian Dream: Empire Building along the New Silk Road, Paperback - Tom Miller

Description"China, " Napoleon once remarked, "is a sleeping lion. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will shake the world." In 2014, President X...

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The launch of China's "New Silk Road" has seen a rapid development of its higher education and research systems. In this book an international and ...

Supported by Eurasia Pacific Uninet, the second international conference on 'Archaeology and Conservation along the Silk Road' was jointly organize...

DescriptionSince China announced the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, the Gulf States have regarded it as a means for diversifying their nat...

An expert on China's growing digital empire provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks.Publisher: Profile Boo...

Reducere. An expert on China's global infrastructure expansion provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks.From the ocea...

An expert on China's growing digital empire provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networksPublisher: Profile Book...

Description'Tanb r Long-Necked Lutes Along the Silk Road and Beyond' explores the origin, history, construction, and playing techniques of tanb rs,...

The unbalanced nature of China's trade relationship with Europe is proposed in this look at the political aspirations and economic strategies behin...

Investigates the origin and effects of a textile-mediated visual culture that developed at the heart of the Silk Road between the seventh and fourt...

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Reducere. The Silk Road is iconic in world history; but what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty d...

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DescriptionTrue accounts of one man's long-distance trucking career that began in the late 1960s, these adventurous anecdotes are told by one of th...

DescriptionRichly detailed and full of engaging stories, this charming guide traces the history of Chicago's unparalleled architecture. Meticulousl...

Written in lovely prose, this book displays all the skills for which Thubron is renowned: scholarship, sensitivity, sensibility and a magical mix o...

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Reducere. To travel the Silk Road, the greatest land route on earth, is to trace the passage not only of trade and armies but also of ideas, religions, and i...

Collected papers presenting latest multi-disciplinary approaches to the manufacture, trade in and status of silk and other textiles between Rome an...

DescriptionThe first book in a new series and a thrilling debut from ER doctor turned novelist Tom Miller, The Philosopher's Flight is an epic hist...

Whilst attending university, Herman is selected to lead a group of unlikely candidates on an expedition to retrace the Silk Road journey of Marco P...

Reducere. From start to finish, Mann tracks the wonders of architecture, engineering, and construction that went into the creation of the tallest building in...

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Reducere. DescriptionThe Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it traveled precious car...

'She crossed over to the shelf where her father kept the dragon vase. He had placed it there when they first arrived in Venice. She took it down ca...

Following her bestselling Life Along the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield widens her exploration of the great cultural highway with a new captivating por...

In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to kee...

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The phrase ``silk road`` evokes vivid scenes of merchants leading camel caravans across vast stretches to trade exotic goods in glittering Oriental...

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Reducere. Chengli is an orphaned errand boy who lives in Chang an China in 630 A.D. His mother has died from illness and his father is presumed dead after di...

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Pulling together many subject areas into one, this study of the Anglo/ Indian silk trade shows the complexity of the Empire by linking usually disp...

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This CD features 15 new works – one is an ensemble improvisation· The recording includes music by two of China’s leading film composers – Zhao Jipi...

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This book discusses the Belt and Road Initiative at the provincial level in China. It analyses the evolution of the role of local governments in Ch...

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Navigating Austerity addresses a key policy question of our era: what happens to society and the environment when austerity dominates political and...

Reducere. From Roman times until the Age of Exploration, the Silk Road carried goods and ideas across Central Asia between two major centers of civilization,...

The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking o...

An exploration of China's Communist Party as a cultural rather than a political entity, defining the experience of a fifth of humanity.