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The Oxford History of Modern China, Paperback - ***

80,99 RON

Explores the history of China from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to the present day. Essential reading for anyone who wants to under...

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How to Read Chinese Prose. A Guided Anthology, Paperback - ***

219,99 RON

This book offers a guided introduction to Chinese nonfictional prose and its literary and cultural significance. It features more than one hundred ...

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Telling Details. Chinese Fiction, World Literature, Paperback - Jiwei Xiao

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This book intensifies the dialogue between Chinese fiction and world literature by focusing on a common literary idiom, the detail.Publisher: Taylo...

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Cane Reapers 3rd Edition: Chinese Indentured Immigrants in Guyana, Paperback - Trevelyan a. Sue-A-Quan

166,99 RON 178,99 RON

Reducere. Cane Reapers is the story about the Chinese who were procured to replace the emancipated slaves on the sugar plantations of Guyana (then British Gu...

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The Fight for China's Future: Civil Society vs. the Chinese Communist Party, Paperback - Willy Wo-Lap Lam

319,99 RON

The Fight for China's Future throws light on the quintessence of 21st century Chinese politics through the prism of the struggle between the Chines...

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Engaging China. Fifty Years of Sino-American Relations, Paperback - Anne Thurston

217,99 RON

This book brings together leading China specialists to offer a retrospective on relations between the United States and China over the last half-ce...

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China-Latin America and the Caribbean. Assessment and Outlook, Paperback - ***

319,99 RON

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 23 Line drawings, black and white; 18 Tables, black and white; 23 Illustrations, black and whiteNum...

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Myths & Legends of India, Egypt, China & Japan, Paperback - Rachel Storm

62,99 RON

An authoritative A-Z to the mythologies of the East, with 500 entries and 400 pictures.

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Aces of the Republic of China Air Force, Paperback - Raymond Cheung

111,99 RON

The ace pilots of the Republic of China Air Force have long been shrouded in mystery, as their retreat to Taiwan in 1949 and blanket martial law ma...

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God and Caesar in China. Policy Implications of Church-State Tensions, Paperback - ***

177,99 RON

In the late 1970s when Mao's Cultural Revolution ushered in China's reform era, religion played a small role in the changes the country was undergo...

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China: Fragile Superpower, Paperback - Susan L. Shirk

96,99 RON 103,99 RON

Reducere. Once a sleeping giant, China today is the world's fastest growing economy--the leading manufacturer of cell phones, laptop computers, and digital c...

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Cinema Off Screen. Moviegoing in Socialist China, Paperback - Chenshu Zhou

209,99 RON

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Chenshu ZhouIllustration(s): 10 b-w illustrations, 1 map, 3 tablesNumber of pages: 282Publicati...

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The Origins of Covid-19: China and Global Capitalism, Paperback - Li Zhang

87,99 RON

A new strain of coronavirus emerged sometime in November 2019, and within weeks a cluster of patients began to be admitted to hospitals in Wuhan wi...

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The Art of Useless. Fashion, Media, and Consumer Culture in Contemporary China, Paperback - Calvin Hui

217,99 RON

The Art of Useless offers an innovative way to understand China's political-economic, social, and cultural transformations, showing how consumer cu...

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Chinese Americans in the Heartland. Migration, Work, and Community, Paperback - Huping Ling

349,99 RON

Publisher: Rutgers University PressAuthor(s): Huping LingIllustration(s): 20 b&w images, 5 tablesNumber of pages: 260Collection: Asian American Stu...

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Photo Poetics. Chinese Lyricism and Modern Media Culture, Paperback - Shengqing Wu

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Shengqing Wu explores how the new medium of photography was transformed by Chinese aesthetic culture. She details the complex negotiations between ...

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Cultural Revolution in China. An Annotated Bibliography, Paperback - James C.F. Wang

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Global Governance. Evaluating the Liberal Democratic, Chinese, and Russian Solutions, Paperback - ***

337,99 RON

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Edward A. (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA.) KolodziejNumber of pages: 246Publication date: ...

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The Practice of Political Theory. Rorty and Continental Thought, Paperback - Clayton Chin

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Clayton Chin presents a critical reconstruction of the work of Richard Rorty that argues that that Rorty provides us with unrecognized tools for re...

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Languaging Myths and Realities. Journeys of Chinese International Students, Paperback - Qianqian Zhang-Wu

318,99 RON

Drawing on a digital ethnography of Chinese international students' first semester languaging practices, this book examines how they use their mult...

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Basics of the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Paperback - Zhihong Xu

165,99 RON 177,99 RON

Reducere. The high-level Office for The Marxist Theory Research and Construction Project pays meticulous and consistent efforts to prepare all kinds of cogni...

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Chinese Intelligence Operations, Paperback - MR Nicholas Eftimiades

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Reducere. From Publishers Weekly: Written by a Defense Intelligence Agency analyst, this is a straightforward examination of the structure, operations and me...

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Anxious China: Inner Revolution and Politics of Psychotherapy, Paperback - Li Zhang

186,99 RON

The breathless pace of China's economic reform has brought about deep ruptures in socioeconomic structures and people's inner landscape. Faced with...

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Avoiding War with China. Two Nations, One World, Paperback - Amitai Etzioni

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Reducere. Are the United States and China on a collision course? In this timely new work, renowned professor of international relations Amitai Etzioni explai...

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Politics in China: An Introduction, Third Edition, Paperback - William A. Joseph

447,99 RON 479,99 RON

Reducere. On October 1, 2019, the People's Republic of China (PRC) will celebrate the 70th anniversary of its founding. And what an eventful and tumultuous s...

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China and the West: The Munk Debates, Paperback - H. R. McMaster

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Reducere. Increasingly in the West, China is being characterized as a threat to the liberal international order, one that must be overcome through economic, ...

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Xi Jinping's Adages: A Guide to the Chinese Leader's Classical Allusions, Paperback - ***

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Where China's leadership and the sages of antiquity see eye-to-eye Since taking office, General Secretary Xi Jinping has promoted the 'Chinese Drea...

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Marketing and Social Structure in Rural China, Paperback - G. William Skinner

77,99 RON

Publisher: Association for Asian StudiesAuthor(s): G. William SkinnerNumber of pages: 150Collection: AAS MonographsPublication date: 2021Dimensions...

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At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration During the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943, Paperback - Erika Lee

308,99 RON 330,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Erika LeeWith the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Chinese laborers became the first group in American history to be excluded...

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China - Central and Eastern Europe Cross-Cultura - Dialogue - Society, Business and Education in Transition, Paperback - Joanna Wardega

140,99 RON

Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, WydawnictwoAuthor(s): Joanna WardegaNumber of pages: 456Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 162 x 236 x 28Cover ...

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Sagacious Monks and Bloodthirsty Warriors: Chinese Views of Japan in the Ming-Qing Period, Paperback - Joshua A. Fogel

209,99 RON 224,99 RON

Reducere. Although China and Japan have had virtually uninterrupted contact going back over many centuries, the lion's share of works addressing both China a...

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Hong Kong in Revolt. The Protest Movement and the Future of China, Paperback - Au Loong-Yu

116,99 RON

A dive into the tumultuous protests in Hong Kong that are forming the identity of a generation

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Otherness of the Everyday. Twelve Conversations from Chinese Art World During the Pandemic, Paperback - ***

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China as a Polar Great Power, Paperback - Anne-Marie Brady

159,99 RON 171,99 RON

Reducere. China has emerged as a member of the elite club of nations who are powerful at both global poles. Polar states are global giants, strong in militar...

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Choosing Daughters: Family Change in Rural China, Paperback - Lihong Shi

147,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Lihong ShiChina's patrilineal and patriarchal tradition has encouraged a long-standing preference for male heirs within fam...

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Decade of Upheaval. The Cultural Revolution in Rural China, Paperback - Andrew G. Walder

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From Being to Living : a Euro-Chinese lexicon of thought, Paperback - Krzysztof Fijalkowski

234,99 RON

This new English translation of Francois Jullien's work is a compelling summation of his thinking on the comparison between Western and Chinese tho...

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Criminalization/Assimilation. Chinese/Americans and Chinatowns in Classical Hollywood Film, Paperback - Philippa Gates

231,99 RON

Traces how Classical Hollywood films constructed America's image of Chinese Americans from their criminalization as unwanted immigrants to their ev...

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I See the Sun in China, Paperback - Dedie King

66,99 RON 71,99 RON

Reducere. The first in the I See the Sun Series, readers follow a young girl as she travels from a small town in China to the city of Shanghai to spend time ...

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Citizens of Beauty. Drawing Democratic Dreams in Republican China, Paperback - Louise Edwards

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Chinese Hordes and Human Waves, Paperback - Brigadier Brian, CBE CN Parritt

81,99 RON

A rare and gripping memoir of the too often neglected but fiercely fought Korean War. Examines the causes, wider events and implications of the War.

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Xi Jinping: The Governance of China II, Paperback - Xi Jinping

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Popular Traditions and Customs of Chinese New Year, Paperback - Jade Lim

58,99 RON

Publisher: Cypress Book Co. UK LtdAuthor(s): Jade LimNumber of pages: 56Publication date: 2004Dimensions: 259 x 186 x 5Cover type: Paperback / soft...

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A Jesuit Garden in Beijing and Early Modern Chinese Culture, Paperback - Hui Zou

430,99 RON

Analyses historical, architectural, visual, literary, and philosophical perspectives on the Western-styled garden that formed part of the great Yua...

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Teaching and Learning Chinese in Higher Education. Theoretical and Practical Issues, Paperback - ***

349,99 RON

Teaching and Learning Chinese in Higher Education deals with the current issues and challenges faced by teachers and learners of Chinese.Publisher:...

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Terror Capitalism: Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City, Paperback - Darren Byler

219,99 RON 235,99 RON

Reducere. In Terror Capitalism anthropologist Darren Byler theorizes the contemporary Chinese colonization of the Uyghur Muslim minority group in the northwe...

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Chop Suey, USA. The Story of Chinese Food in America, Paperback - Yong Chen

170,99 RON

American diners began to flock to Chinese restaurants more than a century ago, making Chinese food the first mass-consumed cuisine in the United St...

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Literature and Religion. A Dialogue between China and the West, Paperback - ***

199,99 RON

A boldexercise in inter-cultural reading of religious texts.Publisher: James Clarke & Co LtdPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 228 x 16Cover t...

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The Trouble with Taiwan. History, the United States and a Rising China, Paperback - ***

109,99 RON

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Kalley Wu Tzu (Independent Scholar, Taiwan) HuiNumber of pages: 272Collection: Asian ArgumentsPublic...

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Us Foreign Policy and China. The Bush, Obama, Trump Administrations, Paperback - Adam Bartley

139,99 RON

This book draws critical attention to the core security challenges that have defined U.S. foreign policy in relation to China and its rise on the i...

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Redefining Propaganda in Modern China. The Mao Era and Its Legacies, Paperback - ***

309,99 RON

This book revisits the central issue of how propaganda was understood within China's Communist Party system. The contributions to this volume captu...

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In the Dragon's Shadow. Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century, Paperback - Sebastian Strangio

79,99 RON

A timely look at the impact of China's booming emergence on the countries of Southeast AsiaPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Sebastian Str...

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Karl Radek on China. Documents from the Former Secret Soviet Archives, Paperback - Karl Radek

262,99 RON

This treasure trove of original documents provides invaluable insight into the Left Opposition and the Comintern's policy in China.Publisher: Hayma...

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China: Promise Or Threat?. A Comparison of Cultures, Paperback - Horst J. Helle

188,99 RON

An insightful socio-cultural analysis of the differences in Chinese and Western relationships to the public and the private spheres.

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China in the Age of Xi Jinping, Paperback - Michael Dillon

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China's Dream, The Culture of Chinese Communism and the Secr, Paperback - Kerry Brown

155,99 RON

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

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Great Expectations: Part 1: Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 2 (Chinese), Paperback - John Pasden

87,99 RON 94,99 RON

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Mao's China and the Cold War, Paperback - Jian Chen

309,99 RON 331,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jian ChenThis comprehensive study of China's Cold War experience reveals the crucial role Beijing played in shaping the ori...

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A Study Guide for Gene Yang's American Born Chinese, Paperback - Cengage Learning Gale

58,99 RON

A Study Guide for Gene Yang's "American Born Chinese, " excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot...

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Great Equal Society, The: Confucianism, China and the 21st Century, Paperback - Young-Oak Kim

142,99 RON

Confucianism is the guiding creed for a quarter of mankind, yet hardly anyone has explained it in plain terms -- until now. Written in a style both...

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Book of Lord Shang. Apologetics of State Power in Early China, Paperback - Yang Shang

170,99 RON

Compiled in China in the fourth-third centuries BCE, The Book of Lord Shang argues for a new powerful government to rule over society. In Yuri Pine...

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Great Expectations: Part 2: Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 2 (Chinese), Paperback - John Pasden

88,99 RON 95,99 RON

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Chinese Netizens' Opinions on Death Sentences. An Empirical Examination, Paperback - Jianhong Liu

292,99 RON

Provides the first in-depth examination of what Chinese netizens think about various death sentences and executions in China.Publisher: The Univers...

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Yangtze Showdown. China and the Ordeal of HMS Amethyst, Paperback - Brian Izzard

81,99 RON

New insight into a famous incident, based on the latest research. Highly readable account by an experienced journalist.

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Rural Origins, City Lives. Class and Place in Contemporary China, Paperback - Roberta Zavoretti

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The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa, Paperback - Deborah Brautigam

288,99 RON 309,99 RON

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A Companion to Chinese Art, Paperback - M J Powers

361,99 RON

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons IncAuthor(s): M J PowersNumber of pages: 592Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 179 x 254 x 35Cover type: Paperback / so...

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Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party Is Reshaping the World, Paperback - Clive Hamilton

69,99 RON

'Heavily sourced, crisply written and deeply alarming.' The Times 'This is a remarkable book with a chilling message.' Guardian The Chinese Communi...

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Indo-Pacific Empire. China, America and the Contest for the World's Pivotal Region, Paperback - ***

102,99 RON

This book explains why the idea of the Indo-Pacific is so strategically important and concludes with a strategy designed to help the West engage wi...

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Contesting Revisionism. China, the United States, and the Transformation of International Order, Paperback - ***

182,99 RON

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Weixing (Distinguished Professor of Politics and Public Policy, Distinguished Professor of Politic...

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