CK - China 1

Illustrates the centrality of domestic politics to colonial rule and the ways in which mastery over servants was a key expression of colonial power 続きを見る

The intercourse between China and the West began when the Portuguese sent their first trading vessel to her southern ports, of which Canton is the chief, in 1516, and till 1812 it was a purely comme……続きを見る

"Astonishing...Brings to life a thriving – and rather civilized – empire" - The Telegraph **"sparkles with energy, insight and passion... difficult to put down." Nicholas Morton, BBC History Magazin……続きを見る

Le 30 avril 1975, jour de la chute de Saïgon, Maï fuit le Vietnam avec sa mère et ses sept frères. Elle a dix ans. Dans Rien de beau sur la guerre, elle refait le chemin parcouru de son enfance dans……続きを見る

Learn all about Empress Wu Zetian and test your knowledge of Tang dynasty China when you download this free puzzle book based on "Empress Wu Zetian" by Laurel A. Rockefeller. Includes answer key. 続きを見る

Born to a powerful family and educated at the prominent Mindröling Monastery, the Tibetan Buddhist nun and teacher Mingyur Peldrön (1699–1769) leveraged her privileged status and overcame significan……続きを見る

This two-volume anthology brings much of the rich heritage conveniently together for your reading. In this first volume, prepare yourself to sit at the feet of the main representatives of the Chen V……続きを見る

This is an exciting story about a newspaper reporter who risked his life on countless occasions in Nanking, Singapore, and Manila to provide people throughout the world with riveting coverage of th……続きを見る

Spiegel-Bestsellerautor Felix Lee und Finn Mayer-Kuckuk, langjähriger Handelsblatt-Korrespondent, entwerfen Wege aus dem China-Dilemma. Xi Jinping verfolgt knallharte Interessen: die Formung einer W……続きを見る

總是在要求別人道歉的中國 ◎瑞典脫口秀諷刺中國遊客習慣不佳，中國怒稱用心險惡！ ◎義大利精品D&G「起筷吃飯」廣告引起公憤，上海大秀被迫取消！ ◎APEC高峰會要求修改領袖會議宣言，中國官員怒闖巴紐辦公室！ 集粗……続きを見る

This beautifully illustrated social history of China highlights various aspects of traditional China as seen through the eyes of foreign visitors and residents from the time of the first trading con……続きを見る

「這世界的現實就是人人要尊嚴，但尊嚴呢，可不是人人要得起。」 這是北京城裡不可言說的低端禁忌，潛居地下室的底層勞動人口悲歌 毛澤東曾歌頌他們，現代中國的經濟奇蹟要歸功於他們 但是現在，他們卻面臨被「切……続きを見る

“This book represents an important contribution to the field as it is the first to provide a detailed account of the interaction between Chinese and western medicine from a pharmacy perspective over……続きを見る

Biography of a major figure in modern Chinese history. As one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party, Li Dazhao (1889–1927) was a key figure in China's transition from empire to republic, fr……続きを見る

Winner, 2023 Toshihide Numata Book Award, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of California, Berkeley Since the early days of Buddhism in China, monastics and laity alike have expre……続きを見る

With the 1989 Beijing massacre fading from popular memory in the West, China from the mid-1990s to a few years ago felt more open than ever to global trade, communication, travel, and cultural and e……続きを見る

Even in the Rain: Uyghur Music in Modern China explores music as constitutive of Uyghur cultural and social life where subaltern experiences of ethnicity, race, and nationhood are indexed. A Central……続きを見る

William of Rubruck (circa 1220 – 1293) was a Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer. His account is one of the masterpieces of medieval geographical literature comparable to that of Marco Polo. ……続きを見る

A brief account of the interactions of the Chinese with the foreign powers in the mid nineteenth century, a time when China and her Great Wall were crumbling in the face of the western world.続きを見る

Gold Winner of the 2009 Independent Publisher Book Awards for Adult Nonfiction, Days Like Floating Water follows a retired American couple as they volunteer to teach English to college students of a……続きを見る

As the increasingly powerless Qing Dynasty in 19th Century China struggled to defend itself from European, American and Japanese colonial control, and bloody civil wars and rebellions fought by an a……続きを見る

In January 2000, two Ambassador taxis twisted their way up the narrow road leading towards Dharamsala in the Himalayan foothills of northern India - the home-in-exile of the Dalai Lama. In one taxi ……続きを見る

Some of the most creative of human expression has originated in the collision of cultures. So it is with this extraordinary archive. The Corporal and the Celestials publishes for the first time a tr……続きを見る

In this colourful story of the Hong Kong Observatory, P. Kevin MacKeown takes us through the development of the Observatory in the Crown colony in the period 18821912, featuring in particular its ne……続きを見る

In the second half of the 19th Century, Japan awoke from centuries of isolation to be a surprising and warlike challenge to European power in Asia. This ebook charts the rise of Japan's power and he……続きを見る

A rich, discovery-filled history that tells how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient world In the late 8th and early 7th centuries BCE, Scythian warriors conquered and unified most of the vast……続きを見る

Winner, 2023 Toshihide Numata Book Award, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of California, Berkeley Since the early days of Buddhism in China, monastics and laity alike have expre……続きを見る

How was Hong Kong perceived and described by writers from the 1950s during the last colonial period? Was it a British city or was it Chinese? The writers show how different life was for ex-pats ensc……続きを見る

As a digital edition, this two-volume anthology offers not only a handy historical overview of taijiquan history, but most chapters focus on actual practice. Guidance is provided through Carol Derri……続きを見る

This book includes eleven seminal essays by one of America’s leading authorities on modern Chinese history with an illuminating preface by Prof. Elizabeth Perry of Harvard University. it covers a ra……続きを見る