Religious Ethic and Mercantile Spirit in Early Modern China, Paperback - Ying-Shih Yu

The preeminent historian Ying-shih Yu offers a magisterial examination of religious and cultural influences in the development of China's early mod...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): He BianIllustration(s): 9 b/w illus. 3 tables. 4 maps.Number of pages: 264Publication date: 2022Dim...

Reducere. Now in paperback This outstanding and original book, presented here with a new preface, examines the history of material culture in early modern Ch...

Alexander Des Forges reads shiwen from a literary perspective, showing how the examination essay redefined prose aesthetics, transformed the work o...

Ling Hon Lam gives a deeply original account of the history of emotions in Chinese literature centered on the idea of emotion as space. Tracing how...

While the loss of sight may be understood as a disability, blind people in the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) could thrive because of disability. The ...

The idea of ghost is more than an enduring source of imagination, fear, and even entertainment in human society. It is an alternative key to decons...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Prof. Qitao GuoIllustration(s): 8 color illus.; 5 tables; 1 mapNumber of pages: 303Publication ...

A timely and coherent collection on conversion studies of the Early Modern period, considering themes of conversion, materiality, embodiment and ea...

"Feeling Exclusion investigates the emotional experience of exclusion at the heart of the religious life of persecuted and exiled individuals and c...

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

A timely and coherent collection on conversion studies of the Early Modern period, considering themes of conversion, materiality, embodiment and ea...

This volume explores the theme of religious and political practices in early modern Britain. -- .Publisher: Manchester University PressIllustration...

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Reducere. As China opens itself to the world and undertakes historic economic reforms, a little girl in the southern city of Guangzhou immerses herself in a ...

Reducere. The religious refugee first emerged as a mass phenomenon in the late fifteenth century. Over the following two and a half centuries, millions of Je...

In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to become the most powerful nation on earth.The Penguin History of Modern China shows how ...

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This collection of essays opens a new perspective on the interplay of religious conflict and literary culture in early modern England. Focusing on ...

The pastor in print is the first book-length analysis of the phenomenon of early modern pastors who intentionally pursued print authorship. With ca...

Reducere. The food plants of an area provide the material basis for the survival of its population, and furnish inspiring stimuli for cultural development. T...

In Blood and Boundaries, Stuart B. Schwartz takes us to late medieval Latin America to show how Spain and Portugal's policies of exclusion and disc...

Reducere. The Secrets of Chinese Meditation is a classic text that presents a rare opportunity: a chance to study the ancient and original sources which are ...

Recounting a walk of twenty miles across Beijing, Long Peace Street takes the reader on a journey through the city's recent history, explaining how...

Contributor(s): Author: Ying YiWith: Xiaobing TangIn this lavishly illustrated study, the scholar and critic Yi Ying brings a distinctly Chinese pe...

One of the most momentous stories of the last century is China's rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a global power that...

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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...

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

Based on John Kingdon's theory of the multiple streams, the book explains the origins of the legislative process and its outcomes by examining the ...

Reducere. In this revisionist history of early modern China, Evelyn Rawski challenges the notion of Chinese history as a linear narrative of dynasties domina...

First published in 1981, Chun-fang Yu's The Renewal of Buddhism in China challenged the conventional view that Buddhism had reached its height unde...

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

Reducere. Discover the China that before now was only whispered about in the dark.In this collection, award-winning writers and translators Yi Izzy Yu and Jo...

Publisher: The New PressAuthor(s): Ying ZhuNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 236 x 34Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farm...

Reducere. The Kindergartener's Handbook introduces 19 basic concepts in English and Mandarin. Included are ABCs, vowels, numbers, less and more, patterns, sh...

In the early twenty-first century, China occupies a place on center stage in the international art world. But what does it mean to be a Chinese art...

Reducere. In October 1839, a Windsor cabinet meeting votes to begin the first Opium War against China. Bureaucratic fumbling, military missteps, and a health...

Reducere. This study focuses on Neolithic period Majiayao-style painted pottery from Northwest China, which is known for its high quality and beautiful décor...

This book problematises how the sense of self and subjectivities are understood in contemporary China, and provides illuminating new insights on th...

This volume tests and contests the claim that the Global Ethic's ethical directives can be found in the world's religious, spiritual, and cultural ...

Howard Chiang traces the genealogy of sexual knowledge in China from the demise of eunuchism to the emergence of transsexuality, showing its role i...

Witchcraft in Early Modern England provides a fascinating introduction to the history of witches and witchcraft in England from the sixteenth to th...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressIllustration(s): 2 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 154 x 2...

The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe, now in its fourth edition, is the perfect resource for both students and scholars of the witch-hunts written...

In November 2019, 30 famous poets from various countries will be in Hong Kong and ten cities in China afterwards to read their works based on the t...

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Tranquil Sitting is the Taoist Master Yin Shi Zi's practical guide and inspirational testament to the healing power and spiritual benefits of medit...