Battlefronts Real and Imagined (The New Middle Ages)
This collection examines the cultural and intellectual dimensions of war and its resolution between Han Chinese and the various ethnically dissimilar peoples surrounding them during the crucial 'middle period' of Chinese history.
The National Games and National Identity in China (Routledge Focus on Sport, Culture and Society)
by Liu Li and Fan Hong
The history of China’s National Games reflects both the transformation of elite sport in China and wider Chinese society. This is the first book to describe the origins and development of the National Games through their dynamic relationship with Chinese politics, nationalism and identity in the modern era. Looking specifically at the role of the National Games in China’s changing social, political and economic circumstances from 1910 to 2009, this book uncovers how the National Games reflecte...
This is the first practical. portable, and authoritative guide to Hong Kong's cultural heritage that combines walking tours with an informative and accessible introduction to Hong Kong culture. The first half of the book explains the history, culture, beliefs, social customs, and folk superstitions of the Hong Kong New Territories people, and how these are reflected in their everyday lives. The second half is a guide to touring twelve places of interest in the New Territories and outlying island...
Value-Based Consulting (Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy)
by Joel Carpenter and Associate Professor of Political Science and Facu Kevin Den Dulk
Family history sometimes offers a glimpse of the world stage. Through the collective memories of family members a window to the past is opened and we come to know what it was like to be swept up by major events affecting whole societies. Such is the family history of Virginia C. Li. She grew up in China during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and remembers the dinner table as the briefing center where enemy aggression, shortages of food, and rescue operations were discussed. Her father, first a...
This collection of rare and vintage postcards offers a unique look at a vanished China and its storied capital. Comprising 355 black-and-white and hand-tinted Beijing photography postcards that span the period from the last years of Imperial China to the Japanese invasion of 1937, it is a treasure trove for buffs of Beijing history, collectors, Sinophiles, and anyone fascinated by people and cultures from times past. Readers will enjoy the wide selection of images showing different aspects of th...
Merits and Demerits of Political Systems in Dynastic China (China Academic Library)
by Mu Ch'ien
By comparing the political systems in different dynasties, this book illustrates the continuous evolution of traditional Chinese political systems, and evaluates the merits and demerits of the political systems in different dynasties. It also provides detailed records of the evolved government organizations, the names and functions of various offices, the titles and responsibilities of officials. The book consists of five chapters, each of which focuses on one of the five dynasties respectively...
Memoire Sur Les Monasteres Bouddhiques de Luoyang (Bibliotheque Chinoise, #15)
Harmonie Und Konflikt in China (Jahrbuch Der Deutschen Vereinigung Fur Chinastudien, #9)
Personal Narrative of Occurrences During Lord Elgin's Second Embassy to China in 1860
Beitrage Zur Geschichte, Sprache Und Kultur Der Mandschuren Und Sibe (Aetas Manjurica, #6)
The Desk Hong List; A General and Business Directory for Shanghai and the Northern and River Ports Etc. 1882
by Anonymous
Leitzeichen Des Imperiums (Veroffentlichungen Des Ostasien-Instituts Der Ruhr-Universit, #61)
by Erhard Rosner
