China is much in the news these days, but it remains oddly opaque to most foreigners, at least partly by design. This book, the longest and most ambitious yet in the Wonders of the World series, is ……続きを見る
著者:Tim Summers
出版社: Bristol University Press
発売日: 2025年07月22日
This insightful book explores evolving perceptions of China, contrasting dominant Western narratives with Chinese perspectives. Highlighting the complexities of these discourses, the book critiques ……続きを見る
Pictures of Cotton in Eighteenth-Century China narrates cotton’s journey from a little understand material to a cherished commodity ennobled by associations with the classical heritage of China. In ……続きを見る
This open access book presents a new translation, interpretation and analysis of selected passages from the so-called Mohist Canon, a Chinese text from ca. 300 BCE, and discusses the role of the tex……続きを見る
The Study Of China: A Comprehensive Book on History, Culture, Society, and Global Impact
Motto: Unlock the Past, Understand the Present, Shape the Future.
In the 21st century, understanding China is……続きを見る
La Chine paraît avoir été balayée dans les temps préhistoriques par un grand nombre d’invasions. Les traditions parlent d’ancêtres sans foyers et ne sachant pas faire le feu. La première ébauche de ……続きを見る
Illustrates the centrality of domestic politics to colonial rule and the ways in which mastery over servants was a key expression of colonial power
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This open access book captures and elaborates on the skill of storytelling as one of the distinct leadership features of Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and the Pre……続きを見る
WHAT IS YIN YANG? Learn to receive abundance from the universe with this first-ever guide explaining the Chinese concept of opposites in easy-to-understand terms and striking red-black illustrations……続きを見る
著者:Matthew H. Sommer
出版社: University of California Press
発売日: 2015年09月15日
This book is a study of polyandry, wife-selling, and a variety of related practices in China during the Qing dynasty (1644-1912). By analyzing over 1200 legal cases from local and central court arch……続きを見る
Discover the Timeless Wisdom of Sun Tzu
The Silent Warrior: Sun Tzu delves into the enigmatic life and strategic genius of one of history’s greatest military thinkers. In this compelling exploration……続きを見る
Environmental Narratives in the Huainanzi and the Anthropocene analyzes the contemporary discourse of the Anthropocene using the Huainanzi ???, an eastern Eurasian text from the second century BCE. ……続きを見る
著者:Matthew H. Sommer
出版社: Columbia University Press
発売日: 2024年03月04日
Winner, 2025 John K. Fairbank Prize in East Asian history since 1800, American Historical Association
Co-winner, 2025 John Boswell Prize, LGBTQ+ History Association
Winner, 2025 Peter Gonville Stein……続きを見る
著者:Him Mark Lai
出版社: University of Illinois Press
発売日: 2023年12月11日
Born and raised in San Francisco, Lai was trained as an engineer but blazed a trail in the field of Asian American studies. Long before the field had any academic standing, he amassed an unparallele……続きを見る
Xiang Kairan, who wrote under the pen name “the Unworthy Scholar from Pingjiang,” is remembered as the father of modern Chinese martial arts fiction, one of the most distinctive forms of twentieth-c……続きを見る
In the early twentieth century, Chinese Buddhists sought to strengthen their tradition through publications, institution building, and initiatives aimed at raising the educational level of the monas……続きを見る
Tracing Your British Indian Ancestors gives a fascinating insight into the history of the subcontinent under British rule and into the lives the British led there. It also introduces the reader to t……続きを見る
While anyone can hop on a plane and fly anywhere in the world for work or a holiday, investigative journalist Michael McCarthy combines the two, using his frequent press trips as research for hundre……続きを見る
The thrilling true story of train-robbing revolutionaries and passengers who got more than they paid for in this Murder on the Orient Express–style adventure, set in China’s republican era.
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著者:Malcolm Merry
出版社: Hong Kong University Press
発売日: 2022年09月07日
Set against the backdrop of regional and international postSecond World War tensions, Grounded at Kai Tak is the most comprehensive account of the complex legal struggle for ownership of 71 airplane……続きを見る
All you need to know to start working with the I-Ching straightaway. Uniquely accessible, with simple step-by-step lessons and striking red-and-black graphics.
Pick up The Ultimate I-Ching and you w……続きを見る
An illustrated travelogue that brilliantly captures artist and illustrator Emma Fick’s epic train journey on the Trans-Siberian Railwayーfrom Beijing through Mongolia to Moscowーincluding more than ……続きを見る
Este libro une la guerra de Ucrania con la conquista de Genghis Khan. Por disparatada que pudiera parecer este nexo, la historia se vuelve a repetir una y otra vez, y quien sabe si con los mismos pr……続きを見る
著者:Matthew H. Sommer
出版社: University of California Press
発売日: 2015年09月15日
This book is a study of polyandry, wife-selling, and a variety of related practices in China during the Qing dynasty (1644-1912). By analyzing over 1200 legal cases from local and central court arch……続きを見る
RUINS OF DESERT CATHAY (Published 1912)
PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF EXPLORATIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA AND WESTERNMOST CHINA IN 1912 BY M. AUREL STEIN.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS, COLOUR PLATES, PANORAMAS, AND……続きを見る
Xiang Kairan, who wrote under the pen name “the Unworthy Scholar from Pingjiang,” is remembered as the father of modern Chinese martial arts fiction, one of the most distinctive forms of twentieth-c……続きを見る
This is a record of adventures, and of achievements in the face of supposedly insuperable obstacles, which is thrilling by reason of the size and color and significance of the events.
Tibet and espe……続きを見る
Kexue, or science, captured the Chinese imagination in the early twentieth century, promising new knowledge about the world and a dynamic path to prosperity. Chinese Buddhists embraced scientific la……続きを見る
A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE
The disappearance of China’s naturally occurring forests is one of the most significant environmental shifts in the country’s history, one often blamed on imperia……続きを見る