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'Forcefully argued, well documented, and clearly written' - John Kieschnick, Academia Sinica. Relations between China and India underwent a dramatic transformation from Buddhist-dominated to commerce-centered exchanges in the 7th to 15th centuries. The unfolding of this transformation, its causes, and wider ramifications are examined in this masterful analysis of the changing patterns of interaction between the two most important cultural spheres in Asia. Tansen Sen offers a new perspective on Sino-Indian relations during the Tang dynasty (618-907), arguing that the period is notable not only for religious and diplomatic exchanges but also for the process through which China emerged as a centre of Buddhist learning, practice, and pilgrimage. He proposes that changes in religious interactions were paralelled by changes in commercial exchanges. For most of the first millennium, trading activities between India and China were closely connected with and sustained through the transmission of Buddhist doctrines. In the 11th and 12th centuries, however, secular bulk and luxury goods replaced Buddhist ritual items. Moreover, policies to encourage foreign trade instituted by the Chinese government and the Indian kingdoms transformed the China-India trading circuit into a key segment of cross-continental commerce. Tansen Sen is associate professor of Asian history and religions at Baruch College and the Graduate Centre of the City University of New York. (ISBN:0824825934) (For this item please quote stock ID 20690) ISBN: 0824825934

'A valuable addition to Pacific historiography - History Now, Summer 2003 '[This book] is broad and reflexive and contains many interesting insights' - Pacific Affairs, Winter 2001-2002 'Howe displays impressive scholarship and deep reading on a whole host of contentious issues in Pacific studies: disease and depopulation, ecology and environment, ownership and representation of scholarship, conflict between tradition and modernity. There is no other book quite like this. Clearly an important work by a distinguished historian -Brij Lal, Australian National University 'This is a remarkable book. It could only have been written by a unique individual like K. R. Howe who is both a highly creative and at the same time capable of drawing upon a long professional career of serious research and reflection about Pacific history and historiography. He helpfully places Oceania in a broad global and intellectual context and successfully explores the meeting of two perceived entities - the West and Pacific peoples. He does this in such a way as to incorporate such widely diverse topics as notions of paradise, islands as psychological spaces, human destiny, technology, 'knowing,' colonialism, racism, gender, nuclear testing, and indigenous peoples. Nature, Culture, & History represents the combination of imaginative insight, personal experience, scholarly depth, and philosophical wisdom at its best - Paul Gordon Lauren, Regents Professor, University of Montana K. R. Howe is a major and longstanding contributor to Pacific history and historiography. The author of Where the Waves Fall: The Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century (1984) and coeditor of Tides of History: The Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century (UH Press, 1994), Howe has a Personal Chair in History at Massey University's Albany Campus in Auckland, New Zealand. (ISBN:082482329X) (For this item please quote stock ID 22447) ISBN: 082482329X

From 1625 to 1627 scholar-officials belonging to a militant Confucianist group known as the 'Donglin Faction' suffered one of the most gruesome political repressions in China's history. Many were purged from key positions in the central government for their relentless push for a national moral rearmament under the Tianqi emperor. While their martyrs' deaths won them a lasting reputation for heroism and steadfastness, their opponents are remembered for fatally degrading the quality of Ming political life with their arrests and tortures of Donglin partisans. John Dardess employs a wide range of little-used primary sources (letters, diaries, eyewitness accounts, memorials, imperial edicts) to provide a remarkably detailed narrative of the inner workings of Ming government and of this dramatic period as a whole. Comparing the repression with the Tiananmen demonstrations of 1989, he argues that Tiananmen offers compelling clues to a rereading of the events of the 1620s. Leaders of both movements were less interested in practical reform than in communicating sincere moral feelings to rulers and the public. In the end the protesters succeeded in commemorating their dead and imprisoned and in disgracing those responsible for the violence. A work of unprecedented depth skillfully told, Blood & History in China will be appreciated by specialists in intellectual history and Ming and early Qing studies. John W. Dardess is professor of history at the University of Kansas. (ISBN:0824825160) (For this item please quote stock ID 18062) ISBN: 0824825160

Japanese Hermeneutics provides a forum for the most current international debates on the role played by interpretative models in the articulation of cultural discourses on Japan. It presents the thinking of esteemed Western philosophers, aestheticians, and art and literary historians, and introduces to English-reading audiences some of Japan's most distinguished scholars, whose work has received limited or no exposure in the United States. In the first part, 'Hermeneutics and Japan,' contributors examine the difficulties inherent in articulating 'otherness' without falling into the trap of essentialization and while relying on Western epistemology for explanation and interpretation. In the second part, 'Japan's Aesthetic Hermeneutics,' they explore the role of aesthetics in shaping discourses on art and nature in Japan. The essays in the final section of the book, 'Japan's Literary Hermeneutics,' rethink the notion of 'Japanese literature' in light of recent findings on the ideological implications of canon formations and transformations within Japan's prominent literary circles. Contributors: Amagasaki Akira, Haga Toru, Hamashita Masahiro, Inaga Shigemi, Kambayashi Tsunemichi, Thomas LaMarre, John C. Maraldo, Michael F. Marra, Mark Meli, Ohashi Ryosuke, Otabe Tanehisa, Graham Parkes, J. Thomas Rimer, Sasaki Ken'ichi, Haruo Shirane, Suzuki Sadami, Stefan Tanaka, Gianni Vattimo. Michael F. Marra is professor of Japanese literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. (ISBN:0824824571) (For this item please quote stock ID 18070) ISBN: 0824824571

Religion in Modern Taiwan takes a new look at Taiwan's current religious traditions and their fortunes during the 20th century. Beginning with the cession of Taiwan to Japan in 1895 and the currents of modernisation that accompanied it, the essays move on to explore the developments that have taken place as Buddhists, Daoists, Christians, non-Han aborigines, and others have confronted, resisted, and adapted to (even thrived in) the many upheavals of the modern period. An overview of Taiwan's current religious scene is followed by Charles Jones' comprehensive look at the state of religion in the country prior to the end of World War II and the return of Taiwan to Chinese sovereignty. The remaining essays probe aspects of change within individual religious traditions. The final chapter analyses changes that took place in the scholarly study and interpretation of religion in Taiwan during the course of the 20th century. Religion in Modern Taiwan will be read with interest by students and scholars of Chinese religion, religion in Taiwan, and the modern history of Taiwan and by those concerned with issues of religion and modernisation. Philip Clart is assistant professor of East Asian religions in the Department of Religious Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia. (ISBN:0824825640) (For this item please quote stock ID 21154) ISBN: 0824825640

A favourite with early Zen practitioners in China and Japan, The Ten Oxherding Pictures uses the ox as a symbol for Buddha nature - the original possession of all human beings - and the taming of the ox as a symbol for the practice of realizing that nature. This volume contains lectures on the text given by Yamada Mumon Rôshi (1900–1988) to his monks while master of Shôfuku-ji Monastery. It is the first authentic explication of a Zen text by a traditional Japanese Zen master. A seeker of the way, Yamada Mumon spent many years sharing a life of practice with young monks at the monastery in addition to serving as president of Hanazono College and director of the Research Institute for Zen Studies. Later he assumed the post of chief abbot of the Myôshin-ji temples. Followers of Zen have long been waiting for this book. According to Mumon Rôshi, the path of the seeker is not only for the committed specialist. Even the average reader, drawn along by Mumon Rôshi's straightforward explanations, will move forward on the journey of the self (symbolized by the taming of the ox) and come to see humanity with new eyes. Victor Sôgen Hori is associate professor of Japanese religions, McGill University, Montreal. (ISBN:0824828933) (For this item please quote stock ID 23303) ISBN: 0824828933

'This book is exciting to read and the translations are elegant. It is a truly significant contribution and the fruit of an impressive intellectual and linguistic adventure by its author' - J. Thomas Rimer, University of Pittsburgh Postwar modernist verse has been rarely discussed in English-language works on Japanese literature, despite the fact that it has been the dominant mode of poetic expression in Japan since World War II. Now readers of modern Japanese poetry in translation have gained an impressive intellectual and linguistic companion in their enjoyment of modern Japanese verse. Modernism in Practice combines close readings of individual Japanese postwar poets and poetry with historical and critical analysis. Five of the seven chapters concentrate on the life and work of such outstanding poets as Soh Sakon, Ishigaki Rin, Ito Hiromi, Asabuki Ryoji, and Tanikawa Shuntaro. Several of these writers have only come into prominence in recent decades, so this work also serves to acquaint readers with contemporary Japanese verse. A significant dimension of this volume is the detailed and extensive treatment afforded two important areas of postwar Japanese verse: the poetry of women and of Okinawa. Modernism in Practice is noteworthy not only as an introduction to postwar Japanese poets and their times, but also for the numerous poems that appear in translation throughout the volume - many for the first time in book form. Leith Morton is professor at the Foreign Language Research and Teaching Centre, Tokyo Institute of Technology. (ISBN:0824828070) (For this item please quote stock ID 22708) ISBN: 0824828070

'Highly recommended for its rich adventurous story.' ? Reader?s Review, The Bookseller?s Network. 'Winborn does not limit his story to hunting for wrecked aircraft. He includes anecdotes about his frequent wanderings, . . . how he adapted to local customs, food and changing political situations. He took many excellent photographs. . . . a suave writer and stylish raconteur.' ? Associated Press. Winborn was a Naval lieutenant attached to the 14th Army Air Force to serve as a Technical Air Intelligence inspector. Learning that an enemy plane was down, a team of one or two Americans plus a Chinese interpreter would sally forth to wherever the plane might be, bringing back intelligence of the capabilities of enemy airplanes. Compilations of this data made it possible to keep tabs on Japanese manufacturing plants, indicating which were the most suitable bombing targets. Winborn tells his story in an informal, understated, conversational style that ranges from the humorous to the poignantly tragic. Each American was given a Chinese name, i.e. a transliteration in Chinese characters which when spoken sounded something like his name in English. Winborn's was 'Wen bon,' typically pronounced 'Wunbun.' The best interpretation of its meaning is 'the pen is mightier than the sword.' A small neat stone 'chop,' or stamp, with 'Wen bon' and characters for 'his chop' carved in it, served as Winborn's legal signature anywhere in China. At the end of World War II, Winborn was ordered to Shanghai, where he and other junior officers steeped in the unconventional ways of southeastern China contributed their 'can-do' talents to the Naval Air Priorities Office. Byron Winborn received his engineering degree from Cornell University. He worked as a development engineer for Carrier Corporation, for General Electric Company in the aircraft gas turbine industry and for Chance Vought Aircraft on advanced aeronautical systems. Lloyd Lyman is the retired Director of Texas A&M University Press, who also served in this theatre of World War II. (For this item please quote stock ID 18934) ISBN: 9780929398778

'The chief value of this book is as a guide to sources for research, but the introductory essays are well-written and place this material in its social and intellectual contexts...There is rich material here for students of local history, economic development, geography, Buddhism, and Taoism' - Daniel Overmyer, Canadian Journal of History First published in 1988 in response to the growing need for documentation concerning local history in the late imperial period, Geographical Sources provides bibliographical data regarding two distinct genres: route books, and topographical and institutional gazetteers. In its second edition, this essential research tool has been completely revised and expanded with close to 200 new entries, providing complete coverage of these important sources for research in Chinese social, cultural, and religious history. The separate introductions to the two genres introduce the student to the history and uses of these materials. In addition to providing bibliographic data and noting variant editions, each entry provides locations where a work or its later editions can be found, whether in North America, Europe, China or Japan. (For this item please quote stock ID 4694) ISBN: 9780892640751

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The political transformation of Taiwan from an authoritarian regime into a democracy is one of the great political sagas of the 20th century. Defeated on the China mainland, the Kuomintang established a new polity on Taiwan that allowed for four remarkable patterns of political development. These patterns reflect a complex political process of behavioral and institutional change in which the key requisites for democracy now exist in Taiwan. Taiwan's history of citizen participation in direct elections, along with the political institutional changes narrated here by Chao and Myers, produced an unprecedented, peaceful political turn-over of power from the KMT ruling party to the DPP, or Democratic Progressive Party, in March 2000. (For this item please quote stock ID 5197) ISBN: 9780801856501

'Since 1950, Western military planners, journalists, and scholars have tried to determine the role of China and the Soviet Union in the outbreak of the Korean conflict. Through the use of recently released Chinese documents, conversations with People's Republic of China scholars, and in-depth interviews with people who were present at key decision-making meetings, Chen Jian has been able to furnish answers to some of the most nagging questions'. ? Choice (For this item please quote stock ID 5275) ISBN: 9780231100243

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'The last fresh work we will have of John King Fairbank (1907-1991), and it is a fascinating coda to his remarkable career.' ? American Historical Review 'Surprisingly pleasant to read.' ?Royal Asiatic Society 'With this biography coming as a labor of love and his last work, the reader can almost feel Fairbank closing the circle by once again entering into a dialogue with his old mentor.' ?Journal of Asian Studies 'A useful survey of the workings of the late nineteenth-century Maritime Customs service.' ? Bibliographie (For this item please quote stock ID 6813) ISBN: 9780813119342

'In this autobiographical account, Gulick (Wellesley emeritus) details a young English teacher's experiences at a middle school in central China during 1937-39. Hired by the Yale organization in China to teach after his 1937 graduation, Gulick experienced Chiang Kai-shek's China during full-fledged Japanese attacks. The story begins with an idyllic school opening followed shatteringly by an air raid at Thanksgiving; the school is moved and the town subsequently destroyed by residents to thwart the Japanese. Fear of more attacks, deteriorating living conditions, news of Hitler in Europe, and, finally, the author's departure from China complete the sequence. Based on journals as well as memories and illustrated with the author's striking contemporary photographs, this account combines a young teacher's perspective with the retrospective insight of a historian. The book is about wartime experiences, not about teaching. Recommended for Asian collections' - Library Journal. (For this item please quote stock ID 7647) ISBN: 9780870239120

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This pioneering work examines prostitution in Shanghai from the late nineteenth century to the present. Drawn mostly from the daughters and wives of the working poor and déclassé elites, prostitutes in Shanghai were near the bottom of Shanghai?s class and gender hierarchies. Yet they were central figures in Shanghai urban life, entering the historical record whenever others wanted to appreciate, castigate, count, regulate, cure, pathologise, warn about, rescue, eliminate, or deploy them as a symbol in a larger social panorama. Over the past century, prostitution has been understood in many ways: as a source of urbanised pleasures, a profession full of unscrupulous and greedy schemers, a changing site of work for women, a source of moral danger and physical disease, a marker of national decay, and a sign of modernity. For the 1950s Communist leadership, the elimination of prostitution symbolised China?s emergence as a strong, healthy, and modern nation. In the 1990s, as prostitution once again become a recognised feature of Chinese society, it has been incorporated into larger public discussions about what kind of modernity China should seek and what kind of sex and gender arrangements should characterise that modernity. Prostitutes, like every other non-elite group, did not record their own lives. How can sources generated by public argument about the 'larger' meanings of prostitution be read for clues to those lives? Hershatter makes use of a broad range of materials: guidebooks to the pleasure quarters, collections of anecdotes about high-class courtesans, tabloid gossip columns, municipal regulations prohibiting street soliciting, police interrogations of streetwalkers and those accused of trafficking in women, newspaper reports on court cases involving both courtesans and streetwalkers, polemics by Chinese and foreign reformers, learned articles by Chinese scholars commenting on the world history of prostitution and analysing its local causes, surveys by doctors and social workers on sexual transmitted disease in various Shanghai populations, relief agency records, fictionalised accounts of the scams and sufferings of prostitutes, memoirs by former courtesan house patrons, and interviews with former officials and reformers. Although a courtesan may never set pen to paper, we can infer a great deal about her strategising and working of the system through the vast cautionary literature that tells her customers how not to be defrauded by her. Newspaper accounts of the arrests and brief court testimonies of Shanghai streetwalkers let us glimpse the way that prostitutes positioned themselves to get the most they could from the legal system. Without recourse to direct speech, Hershatter argues, these women have nevertheless left an audible trace. Central to this study is the investigation of how things are known and remembered, and how, later still, they are simultaneously apprehended and reinvented by the historians. 'Hershatter provides a model of the use of a single theme as a window through which to experience and interpret the intellectual, political, social, and economic history of a given place . . . Her approaches to historiography and theory are challenging and informative. The book is compelling, complex, and extraordinarily readable: a book to be bought, lent, read, discussed, and treasured.' - Lenore Manderson, Journal of Historical Geography (For this item please quote stock ID 7930) ISBN: 9780520204393

A full and detailed account of China's antiforeignism in the twentieth century, with an emphasis on the post-1949 period. The author expounds fully on the factors underlying its complicated development and makes the phenomenon understandable. (For this item please quote stock ID 8973) ISBN: 9789622014909

Deng Zhongxia, the organiser and leader of the Guangzhou (Canton)-Hong Kong General Strike of 1925-26, was one of China's foremost labour activists. Marxist Intellectuals & the Chinese Labor Movement is the first English-language examination of Deng's career and thought. It extends into a wider assessment of the relationship between the Chinese labour movement and the Chinese Communist revolution, considering the conflicting interests of workers and Marxist intellectuals and the differences between local and national concerns. Deng, like most of the leaders of the labor movement during the mid-1920s in south China, was from an intellectual, rather than a working-class, background. His politicisation during the May Fourth period was representative of a general trend toward social and political radicalism among young intellectuals in search of solutions for China's problems. He became an accomplished political writer and editor and an influential leader and organiser. More important, his political experience reveals the fundamental dilemma caused by the conflicting visions of revolution held by workers and by Marxist intellectual Party leaders. Using newly available materials, this study makes a major contribution to the current historiography of the Chinese Communist movement. It also provides a comprehensive account of the most important labor movement in modern China and a critical assessment of its contribution to the Chinese revolution. (For this item please quote stock ID 9048) ISBN: 9780295976013

In contrast to the Lost Generation of youth in the West, who were disoriented and disillusioned by the First World War and its aftermath, the Chinese youth born between 1895 and 1905 not only believed they had a duty to 'save' their nation but pursued their goal through social and political experimentation. The vigorous purpose and optimism of this Found Generation contrasted with the apathy and detachment of their Western counterparts, who followed a different path in coming to terms with the new world of the twentieth century. Just after the First World War, sixteen hundred Chinese young men and women travelled to Europe, most of them to France, as members of the Work-Study Movement. Their goal was to study Western technology and culture and utilise this knowledge to achieve 'national salvation', and they planned to finance their study at European schools by factory work. While in Europe, many of these students became politicised, partly through their exposure to European political ideas such as Marxism, and partly through the social network based on shared experience that transcended what would have separated them in China. One important result of this political activity was the formation of the European Branches of the Chinese Communist Organisations (ECCO). The Found Generation explores the origins, development, and significance of the ECCO, highlights the differences between it and the Communist home organization, and describes its impact on the Chinese Communist Party. The founders of the ECCO shared values and goals with their compatriots in China, but their experiences and opportunities in Europe moulded them in different ways that can be traced in their later careers. On their return to China, many of the young activists - including Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, Cai Hesen, Li Lisan, Zhu De, Nie Rongzhen, and Wang Ruofei - quickly assumed powerful positions in Chinese politics, and their influence is still felt today. Levine's examination of the early experiences of this important cohort of Chinese leaders helps explain their adherence to the Leninist concept of Party discipline and their tenacious hold over central governmental power. The Found Generation is a pioneering study based on original sources (including interviews with several prominent participants in the Work-Study Movement and the ECCO), Chinese studies and memoirs, and Chinese and French periodicals. It provides otherwise unavailable information and analysis about the political leadership of modern China and, by pointing out the differences between the Chinese radicals in Europe in China, it furthers our understanding of the conflicts, motivations, and values of modern Chinese leaders. (For this item please quote stock ID 9470) ISBN: 9780295972404

Li Yu, considered a master of comedy in Chinese literature, was a novelist, playwright, and essayist in the seventeenth century. In this collection, Patrick Hanan has translated six of the twelve stories in the Shi'ier lou collection, which is the most famous individual collection of vernacular stories from premodern China. With Hanan's introduction and notes, and containing Li Yu's emphasis marks, notes and critiques, A Tower for the Summer Heat will be treasured by general readers, students, and scholars alike. 'Marvellous . . . a book of trenchant satire and lively humor . . . Patrick Hanan's translation is the only complete, unexpurgated one . . . With superb acuity of hearing, he has caught the author's sardonic tone, the tongue-in-cheek apology for outlandish ideas and practices, and the uproarious or deadpan humour of both speeches and narration. We are indebted to him for great fun.' - New York Times Book Review (For this item please quote stock ID 9656) ISBN: 9780231113854

Contemporary China & the Changing International Community evaluates the global impact of recent political, economic, and foreign relations developments in both the Republic of China and Mainland China. Focusing first on the ROC, Chinese studies specialists assess Taiwan's constitutional reforms, its role in a global economy, its potential for leadership in the international community, and its relationship with Mainland China. The contributors then analyse Mainland China's resistance to political modernisation and the state of the country's foreign affairs following communism's collapse in Eastern Europe. Finally, they consider the trend toward economic regionalism and its implications for Asian trade. (For this item please quote stock ID 9766) ISBN: 9781570030246

'Lufrano's book fills a void in the existing literature on China's merchant culture' - H-Net Reviews, October 1997. 'A fine empirical study of an important topic in Chinese cultural and economic history' - Nantah Journal of Chinese Languages. The city of Suzhou at the height of the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) was a flourishing metropolis, symbol of the vast Manchu empire's prosperity. Yet however much success the merchants of Suzhou may have enjoyed in the marketplace, they at the same time lived with the constant threat of fraud, coercion, robbery, even murder. Governments in late imperial China provided none of the commercial infrastructure that today's businesses take for granted. How were businesses, especially modest ones, able to thrive under such circumstances? In addition, shopkeepers were scorned by government conservatives who championed an agrarian economy. How did these merchants maintain social responsibility? Richard Lufrano's systematic analysis of a neglected primary source, the merchant manual, provides answers to these questions, while increasing our understanding of economic history and popular culture in late imperial China. (For this item please quote stock ID 10296) ISBN: 9780824817404

From the 'Red Menace' to Tiananmen Square, the United States and China have long had an emotionally tumultuous relationship. Richard Madsen's frank and innovative examination of the moral history of U.S.-China relations targets the forces that have shaped this surprisingly strong tie between two strikingly different nations. Combining his expertise as a sinologist with the vision of America developed in Habits of the Heart and The Good Society, Madsen studies the cultural myths that have shaped the perceptions of people of both nations for the past twenty-five years. The dominant American myth about China, born in the 1960s, foresaw Western ideals of economic, intellectual, and political freedom emerging triumphant throughout the world. Nixon's visit to China nurtured this idea, and by the 1980s it was helping to sustain America's hopefulness about its own democratic identity. Meanwhile, Chinese popular culture has focused on the U.S., especially American consumer goods - Coca-Cola was described by the People's Daily as 'capitalism concentrated in a bottle'. Today we face a new global institutional and cultural environment in which the old myths no longer work for either Americans or Chinese. Madsen provides a framework for us to think about the relationship between democratic ideals and economic/political realities in the post-Cold War world. What he proposes is no less than the foundation for building a public philosophy for the emerging world order. (For this item please quote stock ID 10455) ISBN: 9780520086135

During the 18th century, China's new Manchu rulers consolidated their control of the largest empire China had ever known. In this book Susan Naquin and Evelyn Rawski draw on the most recent research to provide a unique overview and reevaluation of the social history of China during this period - one of the most dynamic periods in China's early modern era. 'A lucid, original, and scholarly summary of the social, economic, and demographic history of China's last great period of glory. This will be an important book for students of Chinese history' - Jonathan Spence, Yale University. 'Engaging, complex, and elegantly written. . . Absorbing and valuable: a thorough, unique, and richly detailed account of the social forms and cultural and religious life of the people' - Choice. '[An] interesting and well-informed survey of China between about 1680 and 1820' - W.J.F. Jenner, Asian Affairs. (For this item please quote stock ID 11134) ISBN: 9780300046021

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The 13 essays in this volume, all by experts in the field of Chinese studies, reflect the diversity of approaches scholars follow in the study of China's past. Together they reveal the depth and vitality of Chinese civilisation and demonstrate how an understanding of traditional China can enrich and broaden our own contemporary worldview. (For this item please quote stock ID 12208) ISBN: 9780520064416

The first complete survey of Soviet work on pre-modern Chinese literature and history. An important source of secondary scholarship to American and European Sinologists. (For this item please quote stock ID 12253) ISBN: 9780892640539

Blood Road is a complex mix of social history, literary analysis, political biography, and murder mystery. It explores and analyses the social and cultural dynamics of the Chinese revolution of the 1920s by focusing on the mysterious 1928 assassination of Shen Dingy - revolutionary, landlord, politician, poet, journalist, educator, feminist, and early member of both the Communist and Nationalist parties. The search for Shen's killer details the contours of revolutionary change in different spatial contexts - metropolitan Shanghai, the provincial capital Hangzhou, and Shen's home village of Yaqian. Several interrelated themes emerge in this dramatic story of revolution: the nature of social identity, the role of social networks, the political import of place, and the centrality of process in historical explanation. It contributes significantly to a new understanding of Chinese revolutionary culture and the 1920s revolution in particular. But Blood Road remains at base a story of people linked in various relationships who were thrust, often without choice, into treacherous revolutionary currents that shaped, twisted, and destroyed their lives. (For this item please quote stock ID 12375) ISBN: 9780520213869

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Most existing scholarship on Japan's cultural policy toward modern China reflects the paradigm of cultural imperialism. In contrast, this study demonstrates that Japan - while motivated by pragmatic interests, international cultural rivalries, ethnocentrism, moralism, and idealism - was mindful of Chinese opinion and sought the cooperation of the Chinese government. Japanese policy stressed cultural communication and inclusiveness rather than cultural domination and exclusiveness and was part of Japan's search for an East Asian cultural order led by Japan. China, however, was not a passive recipient and actively sought to redirect this policy to serve its national interests and aspirations. The author argues that it is time to move away from the framework of cultural imperialism toward one that recognises the importance of cultural autonomy, internationalism, and transculturation. (For this item please quote stock ID 13267) ISBN: 9780674472570

On October 1, 1949, a rural-based insurgency demolished the Nationalist government of Chiang-kai Shek and brought the Chinese Communists to national power. How did the Chinese Communists gain their mandate to rule the countryside? In this pathbreaking study, Ralph A. Thaxton, Jr., provides a fresh and strikingly original interpretation of the political and economic origins of the October revolution. Salt of the Earth is based on direct interviews with the village people whose individual and collective protest activities helped shape the nature and course of the Chinese revolution in the deep countryside. Focusing on the Party's relationship with locally esteemed non-Communist leaders, the author shows that the Party's role is best understood in terms of its intimate connections with local collective activism and with existing modes of local protest, both of which were the product of rural people acting on their own grievances, interests, and goals. The author's collection and use of oral histories - from the last remaining eyewitnesses - and written corroborative materials is a remarkable achievement; his new interpretation of why China's rural people supported and joined the Communists in their quest for state power is dramatically different from what has come before. This book will stimulate debates on the genesis of popular mobilisation and the growth of insurgency for decades to come. (For this item please quote stock ID 13282) ISBN: 9780520203181

From a military dictatorship in the early 1950s, Taiwan has evolved into a prosperous, stable and increasingly democratic system. This book promotes a better understanding of the dynamism of political development in Taiwan as it emerges from defeat in the civil war in the shadow of China. (For this item please quote stock ID 13540) ISBN: 9789622093416

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This book examines Chinese food and the culture of food consumption in East and Southeast Asia. Through the lens of food, the authors address recent theories in social science concerning cultural identity, ethnicity, boundary formation, consumerism and globalization, and the invention of local cuisine in the context of rapid culture change. Written by distinguished anthropologist who have years of research experience in their respective countries and regions, this book shows how human preparation and consumption of food carry important social, economic, political, and spiritual meanings. The book describes many interesting Chinese foodways in contemporary Asia, including rice porridge culture and changing diet in rural Pearl River delta, South China; tea cafes, Hakka restaurants, and dim sum eating in Hong Kong; ethnic relations and Chinese food in Southeast Asia; localization of Chinese food in South Korea; adaptation of Chinese noodles in Japanese daily meals; distribution of pork eating in Asia; and globalization and breakfast in Taiwan. This volume concludes with a commentary by a renowned anthropologist, Professor Sidney Mintz, author of Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History (1985) and Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Culture, and the Past (1996). About the Editors: David Y. H. Wu received his anthropological training in Taiwan, the U.S., and Australia (Ph.D., Australian National University), and has carried out field research in China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific. He is currently Professor in the Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Tan Chee-beng (Ph.D., Cornell University), formerly of the University of Malaya, is Chairperson and Professor in the Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interest lies in Chinese diaspora communities in Malaysia, Singapore and Southeast Asia, as well as the minority people of Borneo and the Malay Peninsula. (For this item please quote stock ID 16321) ISBN: 9789622019140

Why do people in socialist China read and write literary works? Earlier studies in Western Sinology have approached Chinese texts from the socialist era as portraits of society, as keys to the tug-of-war of dissent, or, more recently, as pursuit of 'pure art'. The Uses of Literature looks broadly and empirically at these and many other 'uses' of literature from the points of view of authors, editors, political authorities, and several kinds of readers. Perry Link, author of Evening Chats in Beijing, considers texts ranging from elite 'misty' poetry to underground hand-copied volumes (shouchauben) and shows in concrete detail how people who were involved with literature sought to teach, learn, enjoy, explore, debate, lead, control, and resist. Using the late 1970s and early 1980s as an entree to the workings of China's 'socialist literary system', the author shows how that system held sway from 1950 until around 1990, when an encroaching market economy gradually but fundamentally changed it. In addition to providing a definitive overview of how the socialist Chinese literary system worked, Link offers comparisons to the similar system in the Soviet Union. In the final chapter, the book seeks to explain how the word 'good' was used and understood when applied to literary works in such systems. Combining aspects of cultural and literary studies, The Uses of Literature will reward anyone interested in the literature of modern China or how creativity is affected by a 'socialist literary system'. (For this item please quote stock ID 16655) ISBN: 9780691001982

As China's largest city best known for its pre-eminent achievements in the early part of the twentieth century, Shanghai grew modestly in comparison with southern China after the adoption of China's open policy in 1978. With the 1990 announcement of Pudong as an area for special development, Shanghai has raced ahead, seemingly on its way to an economic and cultural resurgence that is likely to accelerate development and modernization in the Yangzi Delta and China at large. This volume focuses on the physical and socioeconomic transformation of Shanghai across a wide range of topics. Drawing on the experience and expertise of researchers primarily in Hong Kong, this study is a major contribution to the subject of economic development and social change in China. It seeks to understand, analyze and interpret how Shanghai has transformed itself in recent years. (For this item please quote stock ID 16909) ISBN: 9789622016675

In Staging the World Rebecca E. Karl rethinks the production of nationalist discourse in China during the late Qing period, between China's defeat in the Sino-Japanese War in 1895 and the proclamation of the Republic in 1911. She argues that at this historical moment a growing Chinese identification with what we now call the Third World first made the modern world visible as a totality, and that the key components of Chinese nationalist discourse developed in reference to this worldview. The emergence of Chinese nationalism during this period is often portrayed as following from China's position vis-à-vis Japan and the West. Karl has mined the archives of the late Qing period to discern the foci of Chinese intellectuals from 1895 to 1911 to assert that even though China/Japan/West triangle was crucial, it alone is an incomplete ? and therefore flawed ? model of the development of nationalism in China. Although the perceptions and concerns of these thinkers form the basis of Staging the World, Karl begins by examining a 1904 Shanghai production of an opera about a fictional partition of Poland and its modern reincarnation as an ethno-nation. By focusing on the type of dialogue this opera generated in China, Karl elucidates concepts such as race, colonisation, globalisation, and history. From there, she discusses how Chinese conceptions of nationalism were affected by the 'discovery' of Hawai'i as a centre of the Pacific, the Philippine revolution against the United States, and the relationship between nationality and ethnicity made apparent by the Boer War in South Africa. Staging the World will appeal to students and scholars of modern Chinese history, theories and processes of nationalism, world history, and colonialism. 'Rebecca Karl not only explores an exciting period in Chinese intellectual history but also provides an alternative mapping of global relations based on a constellation of common subordinated nations. Those who, like me, are not specialists of Chinese history will find this vision of the world from below a refreshing revelation.' ? Michael Hardt, Duke University (For this item please quote stock ID 17859) ISBN: 9780822328674

In this magisterial study, Norman J. Girardot focuses on James Legge (1815-1897), one of the most important nineteenth-century figures in the cultural exchange between China and the West. A translator-transformer of Chinese texts, Legge was a pioneering cross-cultural pilgrim within missionary circles in China and within the academic world of Oxford University. By tracing Legge's career and his close association with Max Müller (1823-1900), Girardot elegantly brings a biographically embodied approach to the intellectual history of two important aspects of the emergent 'human sciences' at the end of the nineteenth century: sinology and comparative religions. Girardot weaves a captivating narrative that illuminates the era in which Legge lived as well as the surroundings in which he worked. His encyclopedic knowledge of pertinent figures, documents, peculiar ideologies, and even the personal quirks of principal and minor players brings the world of imperial China and Victorian England very much to life. At the same time, Girardot gets at the roots of much of the twentieth-century discourse about the strange religious or non-religious otherness of China. (For this item please quote stock ID 18179) ISBN: 9780520215528

Taiwan?s relationship with mainland China is one of the most fraught in East Asia, a key issue in the island?s domestic politics, and a major obstacle in Sino-American relations. Between Assimilation & Independence explores the roots of this conflict in the immediate postwar period, when the Nationalist government led by Jiang Jieshi took control of the island after 50 years of Japanese rule. It is the first in-depth examination of how the Nationalists consolidated their rule over Taiwan even as they collapsed on the mainland. During the 1945-50 period, the Taiwanese experienced disappointment with Nationalist misrule; struggles over decolonisation and the Japanese legacy; a violent uprising and brutal government response; and the chaos surrounding Jiang Jieshi?s retreat with his mainlander-dominated authoritarian regime. This book, based on archival materials newly available in Taiwan and the United States, shows how the Taiwanese sought to place the island between independence ? becoming a sovereign nation ? and assimilation into China as a province. (For this item please quote stock ID 20034) ISBN: 9780804744577

'I would recommend this work to anyone interested in trying to understand the antecedents of today?s China' - Robin Mclaren, Asian Affairs. Scholars have long recognised that Chinese politics changed fundamentally in 1925, when the radical nationalism of the May Thirtieth Movement took political centre stage. This book explains the connection between the beginning of the Nationalist revolution and the introduction of modern World War I style warfare to China. Its focus is the key year 1924, which saw a regional dispute about the status of Shanghai escalate into a massive civil war. Drawing on a wide range of newly-available archival sources, this book shows how the war of 1924 opened the way for radical nationalism, deeply affecting the Chinese economy, society, politics, and foreign relations. Like the author?s well-received first book, The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth, this volume moves easily and persuasively from specifics of strategy and politics to the large and abiding issues of Chinese history and culture. Contents: >List of illustrations & maps >Preface & acknowledgments >Note on romanisation >Characters & events >Introduction >1.China under the Northern system >2.How the wars began >3.Armament & tactics >4.The war in the South >5.The war in the North >6.The war & the economy >7.The war & society >8.The war & the powers >9.The turning point >10.The collapse of the north >11.1925 - politics in a new key >Conclusion >Major characters >Chronology >Abbreviations used in the notes >Bibliography: Archival sources >Bibliography: Western sources >Bibliography: Chinese & Japanese sources >Glossary >Illustrations & maps. (For this item please quote stock ID 20366) ISBN: 9780521523325

David Hawkes, described by a distinguished fellow sinologist as 'the best living translator in our field, as well as one of the nicest people to have graced our profession', celebrates his 80th birthday this year (2003). In this unusual and varied Birthday Book (a Festschrift with a difference), over 40 of David's friends, students, colleagues and admirers from all over the world have come together to wish him a happy birthday, and to celebrate the man, and his exceptional scholarly and creative achievements. David Hawkes is best known for his masterful translations, in which he has set the highest standards, not only of scholarship, but also of creative ingenuity and eloquence, standards that have inspired a whole generation of translators. But as readers will discover from this rich collection, the books are only part of the story: over the years their author has touched and inspired a great number of people - as teacher, friend, and mentor - perhaps more deeply than his own modesty has allowed him to realise. This book is divided into three parts. The first part consists of informal reminiscences, poems and personal contributions of various kinds; the second part brings together essays, both sinological and general; the third and last part consists of translations. The volume is embellished by a number of photographs, paintings, and pieces of calligraphy. The publication has been generously supported by the Hong Kong Translation Society, to honour one of the great scholars of our time. About David Hawkes David Hawkes was born on 6 July, 1923. He studied Classics (Latin and Greek) for a year (1942) in the War and Classical Chinese for two and a half years (1945¡V1948) after the War at Oxford, followed by three years as a research student at the National University in Beiping/Peking (1948¡V1951). He was Professor of Chinese at Oxford University from 1960 to 1971, and a Fellow of All Souls College from 1973 to 1983, after which he and his wife Jean went to live in Wales. In more recent years they have returned to live in Oxford. His publications include The Songs of the South (Oxford, 1959, greatly revised edition, Penguin, 1985), A Little Primer of Tu Fu (Oxford, 1967, reprinted as a Renditions Paperback, Hong Kong, 1987), and The Story of the Stone, volumes 1-3 (Penguin, 1973-1980). In 2000 the Centre for Literature and Translation of Lingnan University, Hong Kong, published a facsimile edition of his notebooks, kept during the period of the Stone translation. Recently he has turned his hand to Chinese drama, and translated the Yuan zaju play Liu Yi & the Dragon Princess. The arias from this translation were published in 2001 in the Hong Kong Translation Quarterly (volumes 21/22). The play in its entirety is now being published by The Chinese University Press, which previously, in 1989, issued a collection of his essays under the title Classical, Modern & Humane: Essays in Chinese Literature (the title of his 1961 Inaugural Lecture at Oxford). The editors Rachel May was born in 1951, the daughter of David and Jean Hawkes. She studied English Literature, and taught English in China (1980-1982). She has collaborated on many translations from the Chinese, most recently the Martial Arts novels of the Hong Kong novelist Louis Cha. She also works as a literary editor. Her novel Love in a Chinese Garden was published by Harlequin Books in 1997. John Minford was born in 1946. He studied Chinese with David Hawkes at Oxford, and later at the Australian National University. He has taught in China, Hong Kong and New Zealand. He translated the last two volumes of the Penguin Stone (1982-1986), and edited, with Joseph S. M. Lau, Chinese Classical Literature: An Anthology of Translations (New York & Hong Kong, 2000). (For this item please quote stock ID 20759) ISBN: 9789629961114

This book is a path-breaking study of print culture in early modern China. It argues that printing ? with both woodblocks and movable type ? exerted a profound influence on Chinese society in the 16th and 17th centuries. The book examines the rise and impact of print culture from both economic and cultural perspectives. In economic terms, the central issues were the price of books and the costs of book production. Chow argues that contrary to accepted views, inexpensive books were widely available to a growing literate population. An analysis of the economic and operating advantages of woodblock printing explains why it remained the dominant technology even as the use of movable type was expanding. The cultural focus shows the impact of commercial publishing on the production of literary culture, particularly on the civil service examination. The expansion of the book market produced publicity for literary professionals whose authority came to challenge the authority of the official examiners. (For this item please quote stock ID 21130) ISBN: 9780804733670

[Indent] This is a multi-dimensional study of a simulation of modernity that transformed Nantong, a provincial town, from a rural backwater to a model of progress in early 20th-century China. The author analyses this transformation by depicting the new institutional and cultural phenomena used by the elite to exhibit the modern: a museum, theatre, cinema, sports arenas, parks, photographs, name cards, paper money, clocks, architecture, investigative tourism, and public speaking. In focusing on this exhibitory modernity and its role in reconstructing this local community and in promoting 'the Nantong model' nationwide, the book sheds intriguing new light on the connections between local and national politics and rural and urban experience. (For this item please quote stock ID 21132) ISBN: 9780804746892

Long credited in China as a 'transitional' figure, Wang Ji (590-644) is known for his revival of eremitic themes from the earlier Wei-Jin period and for anticipating the rise of regulated verse forms in the 'golden era' of Tang poetry. Yet throughout the centuries Wang Ji has puzzled readers and sometimes offended their moral sensibilities by his unapologetic celebrations of his life as a round-the-clock drinker. Until now scholars have treated him primarily as a problem of biography and have struggled to find 'evidence' in his work for his reclusive and unwieldy character and, once and for all, to tell the story of his life and thought. This in-depth study of the early Tang-dynasty poet, the first to be published in a Western language, surveys the complete range of Wang Ji's enigmatic literary self-representation and proposes new ways of understanding the poetics behind his practice. Ding Xiang Warner is assistant professor of Chinese literature in the Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University. (For this item please quote stock ID 21160) ISBN: 9780824826697

[Indent] In 1937, the Nationalists under Chiang Kaishek were leading the Chinese war effort against Japan and were lauded in the West for their efforts to transform China into an independent and modern nation; yet this image was quickly tarnished. The Nationalists were soon denounced as militarily incompetent, corrupt, and anti-democratic and Chiang Kaishek, the same. In this book, van de Ven investigates the myths and truths of Nationalist resistance including issues such as: * The role of the US in East Asia during the Second World War * The achievements of Chiang Kaishek as Nationalist leader * The respective contributions of the Nationalists and the Communists to the defeat of Japan * The consequences of the Europe First strategy for Asia War & Nationalism in China offers a major new interpretation of the Chinese Nationalists, placing their war of resistance against Japan in the context of their prolonged efforts to establish control over their own country and providing a critical reassessment of Allied Warfare in the region. This groundbreaking volume will interest students and researchers of Chinese history and warfare. Contents: >Introduction >1. Stilwell Revisited >2. Raising the National Revolutionary Army >3. Cultures of Violence during the Northern Expedition >4. Nationalism & Military Reform during the Nanjing Decade 5. A Forward Policy in the North >6. The War of Resistance before Japan's Southern Advance >7. Wartime Mobilisation >Conclusion Hans J. van de Ven, educated at Leiden and Harvard universities, is a Reader in Chinese Studies at the University of Cambridge. He is also the author of the award-winning book From Friend to Comrade. (For this item please quote stock ID 21670) ISBN: 9780415145718

As the world is drawn together with increasing force, our long-standing isolation from - and baffling ignorance of - China is ever more perilous. This book offers a powerful analysis of China and the transformations it has undertaken since 1989. Wang Hui is unique in China's intellectual world for his ability to synthesise an insider's knowledge of economics, politics, civilisation, and Western critical theory. A participant in the Tiananmen Square movement, he is also the editor of the most important intellectual journal in contemporary China. He has a grasp and vision that go beyond contemporary debates to allow him to connect the events of 1989 with a long view of Chinese history. Wang Hui argues that the features of contemporary China are elements of the new global order as a whole in which considerations of economic growth and development have trumped every other concern, particularly those of democracy and social justice. At its heart this book represents an impassioned plea for economic and social justice and an indictment of the corruption caused by the explosion of 'market extremism.' As Wang Hui observes, terms like 'free' and 'unregulated' are largely ideological constructs masking the intervention of highly manipulative, coercive governmental actions on behalf of economic policies that favor a particular scheme of capitalist acquisition - something that must be distinguished from truly free markets. He sees new openings toward social, political, and economic democracy in China as the only agencies by which the unstable conditions thus engendered can be remedied. Wang Hui is Research Professor at Tsinghua University. Theodore Huters is Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. (For this item please quote stock ID 21805) ISBN: 9780674009325

In the 18th and 19th centuries, Western scientific interest in China focused primarily on natural history. Prominent scholars in Europe as well as Westerners in China, including missionaries, merchants, consular officers, and visiting plant hunters, eagerly investigated the flora and fauna of China. Yet despite the importance and extent of this scientific activity, it has been entirely neglected by historians of science. This book is the first comprehensive study on this topic. In a series of vivid chapters, Fan Fa-ti examines the research of British naturalists in China in relation to the history of natural history, of empire, and of Sino-Western relations. The author gives a panoramic view of how the British naturalists and the Chinese explored, studied, and represented China's natural world in the social and cultural environment of Qing China. Using the example of British naturalists in China, the author argues for reinterpreting the history of natural history, by including neglected historical actors, intellectual traditions, and cultural practices. His approach moves beyond viewing the history of science and empire within European history and considers the exchange of ideas, aesthetic tastes, material culture, and plants and animals in local and global contexts. This compelling book provides an innovative framework for understanding the formation of scientific practice and knowledge in cultural encounters. Fan Fa-ti is Assistant Professor of History at the State University of New York at Binghamton. (For this item please quote stock ID 21806) ISBN: 9780674011434

A study of Sung Chinese historical consciousness, this is the first comprehensive English work on the subject. It presents 'new and multiple' as the key ideas for interpretation. Eleven essays by leading Sung scholars in the U.S., Germany, Japan and Taiwan show that there were important developments in both Sung senses of the past and Sung historiography: from conservatism to historical analogy to new worldviews (Ch'ing-li new policy and Chu His's tao-hsueh), the Sung sought to redefine the human past. The Sung also created or refined the writing of local, universal and genealogical histories, and brought about new visions of China's past. Thomas H. C. Lee obtained his PhD from Yale University in 1975 and is Professor and Director of Asian Studies Program at the City College of The City University of New York. He has written extensively on traditional Chinese intellectual and educational history. Currently he is heading an international project on Chinese and comparative historical thinking. (For this item please quote stock ID 22274) ISBN: 9789629960964

Fictions of Enlightenment is the first book to examine the fascinating and intricate relationship between Buddhism and the development of Chinese vernacular fiction. Qiancheng Li brings Buddhist models to bear on the vision, structure, and narrative form of three classics of late imperial literature - Journey to the West, Tower of Myriad Mirrors, and Dream of the Red Chamber - arguing that by fashioning their plots after the narratives of certain Mahâyâna sutras, the novelists transformed Buddhist concepts into narrative structures. Within the traditional Chinese novel Li even defines a new genre: the fiction of enlightenment. Qiancheng Li is assistant professor of Chinese language and literature at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. 'A compelling and finely written monograph which supercedes all previous studies of these novels that try to elucidate Buddhist reference or meaning. Li's exposition of how Buddhist soteriological patterns - Surfacing in discursive representations of enlightenment or pilgrimage - can modulate to become narrative structures is persuasive, brilliant, and original' - Anthony Yu, University of Chicago. 'Chinese fiction's indebtedness to Buddhism has never before received careful scrutiny. This groundbreaking study of this very important but long-neglected topic is well researched, richly documented, and finely written' - Martin Huang, University of California, Irvine. (For this item please quote stock ID 22629) ISBN: 9780824825973

The first generation of children born under China's One-Child Policy is now reaching adulthood. What are these children like? What are their values and interests? Only Hope shows how the one-child policy has largely succeeded in its goals but with unintended consequences. Only-children are expected to be the primary providers of their retired parents, parents in law and grandparents support, and only very lucrative posts will allow them to suport so many dependents. Such conditions lead to aspirations for elite status, which only few attain. This in turn leads to increased competition and stress. This is the first book to examine the high-pressure lives of teenagers born under China's one-child family policy. Based on a survey of 2,273 students and 27 months of participant-observation in Chinese homes and schools, it explores the social, economic, and psychological consequences of the one-child policy. (For this item please quote stock ID 22919) ISBN: 9780804749619

~The 'one China' policy officially supported by the People's Republic of China, the United States, and other countries asserts that there is only one China and Taiwan is a part of it. The debate over whether the people of Taiwan are Chinese or independently Taiwanese is, Melissa Brown argues, a matter of identity: Han ethnic identity, Chinese national identity, and the relationship of both of these to the new Taiwanese identity forged in the 1990s. In a unique comparison of ethnographic and historical case studies drawn from both Taiwan and China, Brown's book shows how identity is shaped by social experience - not culture and ancestry, as is commonly claimed in political rhetoric.

~'In this eye opening book, Melissa Brown shines an illuminating light on the divisive political issues now facing China and Taiwan as both struggle over how Taiwan's future will be decided. If identity has profoundly and rapidly changed in Taiwan over the past fifteen years, as she persuasively argues, extraordinary skill, patience, and luck will be needed on both sides if a mutually acceptable political settlement is ever to become a reality' - Ramon Myers, Senior Fellow and Consultant to Hoover Archives, Hoover Institution at Stanford. (For this item please quote stock ID 23223) ISBN: 9780520231825

In this pathbreaking book, Liu Xiaoyuan establishes the ways in which the history of the Chinese Communist Party was, from the Yan?an period onward, intertwined with the ethnopolitics of the Chinese 'periphery.' As a Han-dominated party, the CCP had to adapt to an inhospitable political environment, particularly among the Hui (Muslims) of northwest China and the Mongols of Inner Mongolia. Based on a careful examination of CCP and Soviet Comintern documents only recently available, Liu?s study shows why the CCP found itself unable to follow the Russian Bolshevik precedent by inciting separatism among the non-Han peoples as a stratagem for gaining national power. Rather than swallowing Marxist-Leninist dogma on 'the nationalities question,' the CCP took a position closer to that of the Kuomintang, stressing the inclusiveness of the Han-dominated Chinese nation, 'Zhongua Minzu'. A co-publication with the Woodrow Wilson Center Press, Washington, D.C. Liu Xiaoyuan is an Associate Professor of History at Iowa State University and a recent Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington. (For this item please quote stock ID 23518) ISBN: 9780804749602

'Anyone wishing to be the architect of his or her own fortune would do well to study this amazing memoir, a testament to the human spirit' - ForeWord. '[A] compulsively readable memoir ... Shen?s wry, anecdotal storytelling style spurs one on, as does the desire to see him through to his eventual triumph' - Booklist. 'While the general outlines of this account of growing up in Communist China will be familiar to readers of recent Chinese memoir, the details can still shock and astound ... [Shen] offers a snapshot of the political wiles needed to rebel against the fate one was assigned by the party: in order to both leave the abominable and oppressive conditions and to avoid persecution, Shen learned to feign political ardor, fabricate spy stories to confound the watchful authorities, pull strings with highly placed friends and falsify health tests. Though he might seem to overly relish these clever manoeuvers, Shen's portrait of the social and political climate in China is unambiguous: power rested in the hands of a few and professed loyalty to party ideologies made it unsafe to trust anyone; the only way to win was to use the party's rules to one's own ends' - Publishers Weekly. '[A] book of stunning power ... This book is full of death, and worse, as mass sadism took hold of an entire country (the world's biggest). But it is also full of humanity, and, at times, funny as hell. ... There is even, shockingly, a love story toward the end of the book. It is as shocking and beautiful as that in 1984. Hypnotically rendered, Gang of One is a high literary achievement, documenting an even greater achievement . . . the life of this awe-inspiring man, Shen Fan' - Jay Nordlinger, National Review. In 1966 twelve-year-old Shen Fan, a newly minted Red Guard, plunged happily into China?s Cultural Revolution. Disillusion soon followed, then turned to disgust and fear when Shen discovered that his compatriots had tortured and murdered a doctor whose house he?d helped raid and whose beautiful daughter he secretly adored. A story of coming of age in the midst of monumental historical upheaval, Shen?s Gang of One is more than a memoir of one young man?s harrowing experience during a time of terror. It is also, in spite of circumstances of remarkable grimness and injustice, an unlikely picaresque tale of adventure full of courage, cunning, wit, tenacity, resourcefulness, and sheer luck ? the story of how Shen managed to scheme his way through a hugely oppressive system and emerge triumphant. Gang of One recounts how Shen escaped, again and again, from his appointed fate, as when he somehow found himself a doctor at sixteen and even, miraculously, saved a few lives. In such volatile times, however, good luck could quickly turn to misfortune: a transfer to the East Wind Aircraft Factory got him out of the countryside and into another terrible trap, where many people were driven to suicide; his secret self-education took him from the factory to college, where friendship with an American teacher earned him the wrath of the secret police. Following a path strewn with perils and pitfalls, twists and surprises worthy of Dickens, Shen?s story is ultimately an exuberant human comedy unlike any other. Shen Fen is a professor of English at Rochester Community and Technical College. (For this item please quote stock ID 23561) ISBN: 9780803243088

What is lost in translation may be a war, a world, a way of life. A unique look into the 19th-century clash of empires from both sides of the earth-shaking encounter, this book reveals the connections between international law, modern warfare, and comparative grammar - and their influence on the shaping of the modern world in Eastern and Western terms. The Clash of Empires brings to light the cultural legacy of sovereign thinking that emerged in the course of the violent meetings between the British Empire and the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Lydia Liu demonstrates how the collision of imperial will and competing interests, rather than the civilising attributes of existing nations and cultures, led to the invention of 'China,' 'the East,' 'the West,' and the modern notion of 'the world' in recent history. Drawing on her archival research and comparative analyses of English - and Chinese-language texts, as well as their respective translations, she explores how the rhetoric of barbarity and civilisation, friend and enemy, and discourses on sovereign rights, injury, and dignity were a central part of British imperial warfare. Exposing the military and philological - and almost always translingual - nature of the clash of empires, this book provides a startlingly new interpretation of modern imperial history. Lydia Liu is Helmut F. Stern Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Michigan. (For this item please quote stock ID 23723) ISBN: 9780674013070

Placing meanings of health and disease at the centre of modern Chinese consciousness, Ruth Rogaski reveals how hygiene became a crucial element in the formulation of Chinese modernity in the 19th and 20th centuries. Rogaski focuses on multiple manifestations across time of a single Chinese concept, weisheng - which has been rendered into English as 'hygiene,' 'sanitary,' 'health,' or 'public health' - as it emerged in the complex treaty-port environment of Tianjin. Before the late 19th century, weisheng was associated with diverse regimens of diet, meditation, and self-medication. Hygienic Modernity reveals how meanings of weisheng, with the arrival of violent imperialism, shifted from Chinese cosmology to encompass such ideas as national sovereignty, laboratory knowledge, the cleanliness of bodies, and the fitness of races: categories in which the Chinese were often deemed lacking by foreign observers and Chinese elites alike. Contents: >List of Illustrations >Acknowledgments >Prologue: Sun the Perfected One's Song of Guarding Life >Introduction >1. 'Conquering the One Hundred Diseases': Weisheng before the Twentieth Century >2. Health & Disease in Heaven's Ford >3. Medical Encounters & Divergences >4. Translating Weisheng in Treaty-Port China >5. Transforming Eisei in Meiji Japan >6. Deficiency & Sovereignty: Hygienic Modernity in the Occupation of Tianjin, 1900-1902 >7. Seen & Unseen: The Urban Landscape & Boundaries of Weisheng >8. Weisheng & the Desire for Modernity >9. Japanese Management of Germs in Tianjin >10. Germ Warfare & Patriotic Weisheng >Conclusion >Glossary >Notes >Bibliography Index 'Brilliantly conceived and superbly researched, this excellent study charts the transnational forces and circulating discourses on health that helped constitute a modern concept of hygiene in China... Insightfully placed within the context of a global modernity and the layered imperialisms of Japan and the 'West,' this is transnational history writing at its best. Indeed, it is one of the finest books we now have on modernity in East Asia' - Takashi Fujitani, University of California, San Diego, and author of Perilous Memories: The Asia-Pacific War. 'Rogaski examines health and disease in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, from the years before it was opened as a treaty port to the early People's Republic. She shows how weisheng, or 'hygienic modernity,' was adopted by foreigners and local elites in the service of imperialism, national strength, and revolution. Hygienic Modernity breaks new intellectual ground in our understanding of imperialism, providing local texture and transnational reach. It is ingeniously researched and elegantly argued' - Gail Hershatter, author of Dangerous Pleasures: Prostitution & Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai. Ruth Rogaski is Associate Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. (For this item please quote stock ID 23884) ISBN: 9780520240018

To this day, the perception persists that China was a civilisation defeated by imperialist Britain's most desirable trade commodity, opium - a drug that turned the Chinese into cadaverous addicts in the iron grip of dependence. Britain, in an effort to reverse the damage caused by opium addiction, launched its own version of the 'war on drugs,' which lasted roughly 60 years, from 1880 to World War II and the beginning of Chinese communism. But, as Narcotic Culture brilliantly shows, the real scandal in Chinese history was not the expansion of the drug trade by Britain in the early 19th century, but rather the failure of the British to grasp the consequences of prohibition. In a stunning historical reversal, Frank Dikötter, Lars Laamann, and Zhou Xun tell this different story of the relationship between opium and the Chinese. They reveal that opium actually had few harmful effects on either health or longevity; in fact, it was prepared and appreciated in highly complex rituals with inbuilt constraints preventing excessive use. Opium was even used as a medicinal panacea in China before the availability of aspirin and penicillin. But as a result of the British effort to eradicate opium, the Chinese turned from the relatively benign use of that drug to heroin, morphine, cocaine, and countless other psychoactive substances. Narcotic Culture provides abundant evidence that the transition from a tolerated opium culture to a system of prohibition produced a 'cure' that was far worse than the disease. Delving into a history of drugs and their abuses, Narcotic Culture is part revisionist history of imperial and 20th-century Britain and part sobering portrait of the dangers of prohibition. Frank Dikotter is professor of history at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Lars Laamann and Zhou Xun are research fellows specialising in the history of China at SOAS. (For this item please quote stock ID 23886) ISBN: 9781850657255

'This first book in English on Sima Guang is a lasting contribution to political history and an illuminating analysis of political process' - Peter K. Bol, Harvard University Sima Guang is an important figure in Chinese history and Chinese historiography. Indeed, few students of Chinese history have not heard of the multi-volume Zizhi tongjian compiled by him. He is also well-known for being the opponent of Wang Anshi?s New Policies in the Song government. This is the first book on Sima Guang?s career and thought in the English language. Dr. Ji traces the development of Sima Guang?s political career and analyses the strength of his conservative ideas. Dr. Ji's investigation sheds new light on the intricate court politics and the ambitious reform movements of the Song dynasty. This book is written in a lively yet scholarly fashion. The carefully translated quotations and the colourful anecdotes not only help to illustrate the main analytical points of this study but also make it fascinating to read. Ji Xiao-bin received his Ph.D. in East Asian Studies from Princeton University in 1998. His main research interests span the Song period, focusing on politics, institutions and ideas. He has taught Asian history at Rutgers University, Camden, NJ and at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is currently a visiting researcher in the History Department. '[On the basis of] a meticulous and comprehensive re-examination and analysis of all the available sources, Dr. Ji Xiao-bin has succeeded in reconstructing, very convincingly to the best of my judgement, the power structure and power relations uniquely characteristic of the Northern Song dynasty ... [and his examinations] contribute very significantly to our understanding of the immensely complicated political world, at its various levels, in eleventh-century China' - Yu Ying-shih, Princeton University (For this item please quote stock ID 24273) ISBN: 9789629961831

Focusing on oracular texts, Chinese Poetry & Prophecy examines the role of divination in Chinese culture, particularly in religious practice. Drawing on a dazzling array of ancient and modern sources, the author establishes the oracular sequence of important but obscure works in his celebrated engaging style. This is the second posthumous work of Michel Strickmann to be to be edited by Bernard Faure for publication by Stanford University Press. (For this item please quote stock ID 24627) ISBN: 9780804743358

It is widely recognised that internet technology has had a profound effect on political participation in China, but this new use of technology is not unprecedented in Chinese history. This is a pioneering work that systematically describes and analyses the manner in which the Chinese used telegraphy during the late Qing, and the internet in the contemporary period, to participate in politics. Drawing upon insights from the fields of anthropology, history, political science, and media studies, this book explores the internet in China and may change the direction of the emergent field of Chinese internet studies. In contrast to previous works, this book is unprecedented in its perspective, in the depth of information and understanding, in the conclusions it reaches, and in its methodology. Written in a clear and engaging style, this book is accessible to a broad audience. (For this item please quote stock ID 24631) ISBN: 9780804751285

The Muslim-led Panthay Rebellion was one of five mid-nineteenth-century rebellions to threaten the Chinese imperial court. The Chinese Sultanate begins by contrasting the views of Yunnan held by the imperial centre with local and indigenous perspectives, in particular looking at the strong ties the Muslim Yunnanese had with Southeast Asia and Tibet. Traditional interpretations of the rebellion have emphasised the political threat posed by the Muslim Yunnanese, but no prior study has sought to understand the insurrection in its broader multi-ethnic borderland context. At its core, the book delineates the escalating government support of premeditated massacres of the Hui by Han Chinese and offers the first in-depth examination of the 17-year-long rule of the Dali Sultanate. (For this item please quote stock ID 24849) ISBN: 9780804751599

This is a rich and comprehensive study of beggars? culture and the institution of mendicancy in China from late imperial times to the mid-20th century, with a glance at the resurgence of beggars in China today. Generously illustrated, the book brings to life the concepts and practices of mendicancy including organised begging, state and society relations as reflected in the issues of poverty, public opinions of beggars and various factors that contribute to almsgiving, the role of gender in begging, and street people and Communist politics. Panoramically, the reader will see that the culture and institution of Chinese mendicancy, which had its origins in earlier centuries, remained remarkably consistent through time and space and that there were perennial and lively interactions between the world of beggars and mainstream society. (For this item please quote stock ID 24850) ISBN: 9780804751483

'Time' is a basic subject to humanistic enquiry and understanding Chinese notions of time in their own terms and comparatively is an important endeavour. This collection of essays engages Chinese ways of conceiving 'time' from a variety of perspectives: philosophical, historical, and anthropological being the most salient. Although some of the texts and issues discussed in this book are widely regarded as rather metaphysical, such as the Yijing (Book of Changes) and the 'dualism and monism of change', even here a healthy respect for the concrete, the particular, and the lived experience of individuals in history is preserved. As the great eighteenth-century philosopher of history, Zhang Xuecheng, taught, the Dao (the Way) could hardly be approached or apprehended except by way of concrete things. The subject matter therefore straddles several disciplines, and individual essays will be of interest to different clusters of scholars. It is also a stimulating book for lay readers who are broadly familiar with Chinese history. Chun-chieh Huang is currently Professor of History at the National Taiwan University and Research Fellow at Academia Sinica, Taipei. He obtained his Ph.D. from University of Washington. He has written many books on Chinese intellectual history, especially on Mencius. John Henderson received his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley. He is now Professor of History at the Louisiana State University. (For this item please quote stock ID 25601) ISBN: 9789629962227

This is a new biography on Zhou Enlai, one of the most important and yet debatable political figures in the Chinese Communist Party. Based on solid research and first-hand information obtained from official documents as well as from people long acquainted with Zhou, the authors successfully give an in-depth analysis on the complex personality and controversial actions of Zhou, both as a person and a leader of the CCP. The analysis gives insight to the understanding of his political behaviour and, in particular, how such behaviour played a crucial role in the course of contemporary Chinese history. Barbara Barnouin holds a diploma from the Institute of Political Science in Paris, an MS from the University of Maryland and a PhD from the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, where she is currently a research fellow at the Asia Center (CRAM). The late Yu Changgen had worked with Zhou Enlai in the Foreign Ministry of China in the 60s and 70s. They are the co-authors of Ten Years of Turbulence: The Chinese Cultural Revolution and Chinese Foreign Policy During the Cultural Revolution. (For this item please quote stock ID 25608) ISBN: 9789629962449

Helen Foster Snow: An American Woman in Revolutionary China tells the story of a remarkable woman born in rural Utah in 1907, who lived in China during the 1930s and became an important author, a lifelong humanitarian, and a bridge-builder between the United States and China. As Kelly Ann Long recounts in this engaging biography, Helen Foster Snow immersed herself in the social and political currents of a nation in turmoil. After marrying renowned journalist Edgar Snow, she developed her own writing talents and offered an important perspective on emerging events in China as that nation was wracked by Japanese invasion, the outbreak of World War II, and a continuing civil war. She supported the December Ninth Movement of 1935, broke boundaries to enter communist Yenan in 1937, and helped initiate the 'gung ho' Chinese Industrial Cooperative movement. Helen Foster Snow wrote about the people and events in China's remote communist territories during an important era. She relayed detailed portraits of female communist leaders and famous figures such as Mao Zedong and Zhu De, as well as common people struggling to survive in a period of increasing turmoil. Her informed, compassionate depictions built a bridge linking American interest to the welfare of the Chinese. Long's account recovers the story of a controversial and important commentator on a critical period in U.S.-China relations and in Chinese history. Kelly Ann Long is an assistant professor of history at Colorado State University. (For this item please quote stock ID 27063) ISBN: 9780870818479

This new edition of The Chinese has been brought up to date with 17 new readings and new or revised essays by the editors. This textbook provides a unique introduction to China through more than 70 readings from scholarly and popular sources. Each of the volume?s six sections - History and Geography, Politics, Society, The Economy, Culture, and The Future - begins with a major essay by one of the editors, providing context for the readings that follow. Students are introduced to the complexity of contemporary China through source materials ranging from Mencius to Fang Lizhi and through writings that represent the best of modern Western and Chinese scholarship. (For this item please quote stock ID 6411) ISBN: 9780892641000

'A remarkable contribution to scholarship on China by a very distinguished China-watcher whose analyses of Chinese politics have stood the test of time'. ? American Asian Review 'Reading this excellent work by Andrew Nathan on the potential for a Chinese transition to democracy compels one to probe one's own unexamined presuppositions and unconscious cultural prejudices'. ? Edward Friedman, University of Wisconsin-Madison Philosophy East & West '[A] deeply perceptive and eloquent collection of essays. . .What distinguishes Nathan´s approach is that he takes up the political question of how to negotiate with Beijing about human rights'. ? The New York Review of Books 'Glitters with refreshing analyses on a wide range of literary, political, and ideological issues in recent PRC history. . .Packed with great insights and excellent analyses, it should be considered indispensable reading for any serious student of contemporary Chinese politics'. ? Journal of Oriental Studies With more than one billion people, China represents both an ocean of economic opportunity and a frustrating backwater of continuing brutal political repression. What are the prospects for democratic evolution in a nation with one of the world's poorest human rights records? How have other nations responded to China since the recent, dramatic opening of its economic system - and how should they respond in the future? These are some of the most important questions confronting both the United States and the international community. On democracy, human rights, and the move to integrate China into the international economy; on Mao Zedong's regime and the reform since his death; and on the Taiwan experiment and Hong Kong's reintegration with China, Nathan offers an accessible introduction to the intricate web of contemporary Chinese politics and China's changing place in the global system. (For this item please quote stock ID 11138) ISBN: 9780231110228

The transition from a planned to a market economy that began in China in the late 1970s unleashed an extraordinary series of changes, including increases in private enterprise, foreign investment, the standard of living, and corruption. Another result of economic reform has been the creation of a new class - China's new business elite. Margaret M. Pearson considers the impact that this new class is having on China's politics. She concludes that, contrary to the assumptions of Westerners, these groups are not at the forefront of the emergence of a civil society; rather, they are part of a system shaped deliberately by the Chinese state to ensure that economic development will not lead to democratization (For this item please quote stock ID 11715) ISBN: 9780520207189

'Schoppa's guide to Chinese history since 1770 is a short but surprisingly useful beginner's research tool. . .[his] book should be in the reference sections of high school as well as college libraries and may be useful as a text in Chinese politics courses'. ? Choice China, the world´s oldest and most populous state, remains an enigma to most people in the West, even at a time when that country is playing an increasingly prominent role on the international stage. At the heart of modern Chinese history have been the efforts of the Chinese people to transform their polity into a modern nation state, the Confucian orthodoxy into an ideology that can help direct that process, and an agrarian economy into an industrial one. These efforts are ongoing and of great importance. This book is both an introduction to the major features of modern Chinese history and a resource for researchers interested in virtually any topic relating to the Chinese experience of the last 220 years. This valuable reference contains: >A historical narrative providing a comprehensive overview of five core aspects of Chinese history: domestic politics, society, the economy, the world of culture & thought, & relations with the outside world >A compendium of 250 short, descriptive articles on key figures, events, & terms >A resource guide containing approximately 500 annotated entries for the most authoritative sources for further research in English, as well as descriptions of important films depicting modern China & a guide to electronic resources >Appendices, including a chronology, excerpts from key primary source documents, & a wealth of tables and graphs on demographic, social, & economic trends. (For this item please quote stock ID 12376) ISBN: 9780231112765

James Carter outlines the birth of Chinese nationalism in an unlikely setting: the international city of Harbin. Planned and built by Russian railway engineers, the city rose quickly from the Manchurian plain, changing from a small fishing village to a modern city in less than a generation. Russian, Chinese, Korean, Polish, Jewish, French, and British residents filled this multiethnic city on the Sungari River. The Chinese took over Harbin after the October Revolution and ruled it from 1918 until the Japanese founded the puppet state of Manchukuo in 1932. In his account of the radical changes that this unique city experienced over a brief span of time, Carter examines the majority Chinese population and its developing Chinese identity in an urban area of fifty languages. Originally, Carter argues, its nascent nationalism defined itself against the foreign presence in the city - while using foreign resources to modernize the area. Early versions of Chinese nationalism embraced both nation and state. By the late 1920s, the two strands had separated to such an extent that Chinese police fired on Chinese student protesters. This division eased the way for Japanese occupation: the Chinese state structure proved a fruitful source of administrative collaboration for the area's new rulers in the 1930s. James H. Carter is Assistant Professor of History at St. Joseph's University. (For this item please quote stock ID 17851) ISBN: 9780801439667

This is the first book to provide a panoramic view of the origins of the Boxer War. Comprehensively examining this historical conundrum of the 19th century from a detached perspective, the book is based on 10 years of exhaustive research of both unpublished and published materials from all nine countries involved. Analysing the misunderstanding between the Chinese and foreign governments of the day, Xiang Lanxin debunks the traditional view that the anti-foreign Empress Dowager of the Chinese Empire was chiefly responsible for this catastrophic episode which altered the course of modern China's relationship with the West. (For this item please quote stock ID 21684) ISBN: 9780700715633

China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) has had widespread impact on its administrative and legal organisations. Guangdong is at the forefront economic change and reaps the greatest benefits in many important areas. This volume examines preparations for China's entry into the WTO from the perspective of the Guangdong provincial government, local governments, enterprises and individuals; examines the opportunities available for Guangdong and its comparative advantage relative to other provinces; analyses anticipated problems due to China's entry into the WTO; and critically assesses Guangdong's preparations to meet the challenges and to make adjustments in its development strategy. This book will be a useful reference not only for academics working on Guangdong, but also for business executives, government officials, journalists, and other professionals whose work is associated with this province. '... Joseph Cheng has brought together a wide range of authoritative expertise to investigate some of the key economic and social issues that will have to be addressed ... The papers represent academic analysis at its best ...' - Robert Ash, Professor of Economics with reference to China and Taiwan, SOAS Joseph Cheng is Chair Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of the Contemporary China Research Project at the City University of Hong Kong. He is also the founding editor of the Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences and the Journal of Comparative Asian Development. His research interests include political development and public policy in Hong Kong, government and politics of China and Japan, international relations in the Asia-Pacific Region, and recent development of Guangdong. (For this item please quote stock ID 21755) ISBN: 9789629961473

The most striking feature of Wutong, the preeminent God of Wealth in late imperial China, was the deity's diabolical character. Wutong was perceived not as a heroic figure or paragon of noble qualities but rather as an embodiment of humanity's basest vices, greed and lust, a maleficent demon who preyed on the weak and vulnerable. In The Sinister Way, Richard von Glahn examines the emergence and evolution of the Wutong cult within the larger framework of the historical development of Chinese popular or vernacular religion - as opposed to institutional religions such as Buddhism or Daoism. Von Glahn's study, spanning three millennia, gives due recognition to the morally ambivalent and demonic aspects of divine power within the common Chinese religious culture. 'A fascinating story of the origins and development of the Wutong cult and the demonic in Chinese religion. From the Shang Dynasty down to late imperial times, Von Glahn lays before us an engaging wealth of knowledge and never-before presented data' - Stephen Bokenkamp, Indiana University, author of Early Daoist Scriptures. 'No other writer has explored the place of the sinister in Chinese religion in such a thoughtful and nuanced way. An excellent, gracefully written study covering major themes of the Song through Ming periods' - Patricia Ebrey, author of The Inner Quarters: Marriage & the Lives of Chinese Women in the Sung Period (For this item please quote stock ID 23222) ISBN: 9780520234086

Is corruption an inevitable part of the transition to a free-market economy? Sun Yan here examines the ways in which market reforms in the People?s Republic of China have shaped corruption since 1978 and how corruption has in turn shaped those reforms. She suggests that recent corruption is largely a byproduct of post-Mao reforms, spurred by the economic incentives and structural opportunities in the emerging marketplace. Sun finds that the steady retreat of the state has both increased mechanisms for cadre misconduct and reduced disincentives against it.

~Chinese disciplinary offices, law enforcement agencies, and legal professionals compile and publish annual casebooks of economic crimes. The cases, processed in the Chinese penal system, represent offenders from party-state agencies at central and local levels as well as state firms of varying sizes and types of ownership. Sun uses these casebooks to illuminate the extent and forms of corruption in the People?s Republic of China. Unintended and informal mechanisms arising from corruption may, she finds, take on a life of their own and undermine the central state?s ability to implement its developmental policies, discipline its staff, enforce its regulatory infrastructure, and fundamentally transform the economy.

~Sun Yan is Associate Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York, Queens College and the Graduate Centre. She is the author of The Chinese Reassessment of Socialism: 1976?92. (For this item please quote stock ID 23531) ISBN: 9780801489426

Based on solid research, Jinji Xue describes how Western Economics, combining ideas and research techniques, was introduced into China. It identifies the Chinese who studied Economics in the West and evaluates their roles in teaching, research, and publication in China. In particular, it describes and examines the activities of well-known figures such as Fang Xianting, Kang Youwei, LiChoh-ming, Liang Qichao, Sun Yat-sen and Yan Fu in transmitting and interpreting Western Economics. The evolution of Economics programs in leading universities in China is also discussed. (For this item please quote stock ID 28384) ISBN: 9789629962425

Now apparently 'out of print' but some copies remain available. This excellent essay was originally prepared at the request of Denis Twitchett, editor of the Cambridge History of China, in anticipation of publication in the second volume of that work to be devoted to the T?ang dynasty (618?907). While that project was experiencing delays, the essay became widely circulated among those interested in the history of Taoism, and has subsequently been published independently. The work sheds light on Taoism, China?s great indigenous religion (if we see Confucianism as ethics and Buddhism as imported) during this vibrant and glorious period of Chinese history; without these insights, we can have only limited understanding of an important aspect of China?s social, political, and of course, religious life. (For this item please quote stock ID 4299) ISBN: 9780948454981

Finally, a combined and standardized index for all collections of Daoist texts! Including a straightforward and easy-to-use numbering system for all collections beyond the Zhengtong daozang: the Dunhuang manuscripts, Daozang jiyao, Daozang jinghua, Daozang jinghua lu, Zangwai daoshu, and the Qigong yangsheng congshu. The Index has two parts. First, it presents separate title indexes to the seven Daoist collections, listed in Chinese characters and arranged in the order of appearance and with consecutive numbers. Second, it has an alphabetical index to the titles in all collections, arranged by pinyin romanization and including also commonly used abbreviations. Easy to use, the Index gives access to all Daoist texts collected over the centuries and provides a clear, standarized way of referring to them. Find your Daoist texts in an instant! A must-have for all engaged in the scholarly study of Daoism. Contents: >Acknowledgments >Introduction Part One: Chinese Indexes >Combined Index to the Zhengtong daozang >Index to Daoist Manuscripts Found at Dunhuang >Index to Daozang jiyao >Index to Daozang jinghua lu >Index to Daozang jinghua >Index to Zangwai daoshu >Index to Qigong yangsheng congshu Part Two: Pinyin Index >Title Index to Daoist Collections Appendixes >Appendix 1: Texts in Available Volumes of the Daozang jinghua >Appendix 2: Index to Daozang xubian Louis Komjathy is a Ph.D. Candidate in Religion at Boston University. His particular field is Daoist Studies, with an emphasis on early Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) from the perspective of comparative religious studies. He is currently conducting research in Seattle, where he teaches at the Taoist Studies Institute. (For this item please quote stock ID 21791) ISBN: 9781931483247

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No longer the exclusive domain of the wealthy, the specialist, or the enthusiast, today the internet is available to almost anyone who desires to use it and has become an integral part of our everday world. The essays in this volume examine the effect of the online environment on our social lives via three analytical frameworks: fit, link, and position. They address the way in which the internet has become an entrenched part of our personal and professional world and a vital tool on which we are incresingly dependent. The volume also explores the capacity of the Internet to embody our economic, cultural, and political "position" online. (For this item please quote stock ID 30852) ISBN: 9789629963682

'Contains the best general description and estimate of Gen. Claire Chennault I have ever read.' - Bernard Norling 'Forces us to re-evaluate the role of the military hero who has passed into the realm of myth and legend.' ? South Carolina Review 'Shows that the Tigers' success was largely due to Chennault himself.' - Rapport 'Brings together not only the commanders' stories but often more colourful - and sometimes more accurate - accounts of life and battle by the men who flew these planes and the women who participated on the ground.' - McCormick (SC) Messenger 'They were flying worn out, poorly maintained, ill-supplied aircraft in a region with some of the worst flying weather in the world - monsoons in the summer, haze and dust other times, with an inhospitable landscape below should anything go wrong. Even navigation was a joke, as electronic aids were nonexistent and accurate maps unattainable.' -from the book In the twelve months centered around the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a diverse group of American and British flyers fought one of the most remarkable air campaigns of WWII. While leaders in Washington and London viewed the Far East as a lost cause, pilots including Claire Chennault, 'Pappy' Boyington, and Art Donahue bought time for an Allied regrouping against Japan's relentless assault in the China-Burma-India theater. This part of the globe had been an air adventurer's paradise since the early 1930s, when Chinese warlords began adding aviation to their armies' capabilities. In the face of the 1941 bombings, Chiang Kai-shek turned to air power to survive, which he did thanks to Chennault's rebuilding of the Chinese Air Force and the leadership of the American Volunteer Group, or AVG. Formed by Chennault, the AVG, also known as the Flying Tigers, were contract employees working for the Chinese government. As a result, they received virtually no official American recognition for their efforts. The group was known for their romantic, reckless spirit. They performed remarkably with outdated planes and equipment in ill-repair, were almost always heavily outnumbered in battle, and were seen by outsiders as hard-drinking rebels. Whatever their image, the Flying Tigers were highly effective. In the words of Air Force Major General Charlie Bond, 'During that first week of action the AVG destroyed fifty-five enemy bombers and fighters while losing only five Tomahawks. Unfortunately, two of our colleagues were killed, but at the same time two hundred enemy airmen were either killed or captured. We were shattering the myth that the Japanese Air Force was invincible.' (For this item please quote stock ID 18959) ISBN: 9780813121154

"This is a seminal contribution to policy making as a subject of anthropological study. But to say only this would obscure the often gripping and intricate story of Chinese expert politics, where rocket scientists seized the initiative in defining historic demographic policy. Only a master ethnographer like Greenhalgh could capture it all."?George Marcus, author of Ethnography through Thick and Thin "China's 'one child' policy is often dismissed in the West as the misguided work of an alien civilization with fundamentally flawed conceptions of human rights. Greenhalgh shows how, on the contrary, it was scientific aspirations and a thirst for high-tech rationality, imported from the military to the civilian sphere, that co-produced this particular excess of planning in the post-Mao era. This is not just a devastating critique of Chinese population policy, but a thought-provoking look at the dark side of the politics of science."?Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard University "'One child.' With those two words, China launched one of the largest political, biological, and social upheavals of modern times. In a remarkably researched and thoughtful book, Susan Greenhalgh approaches this decades-long struggle armed with political science, anthropology, and science studies. The result is a book to be reckoned with in all these disciplines."?Peter L. Galison, Harvard University "This is a superb work of scholarship, fundamentally altering our knowledge of one of the most important policies ever made in the People's Republic of China, and the ways we go about knowing China. First, it is by far the most detailed study of the origins of one of the most controversial, significant, wide-ranging, and as the study makes clear, least understood decisions of the post-Mao China political system. China's one-child family policy is rarely treated with detachment, and its origins have been obscured. This book is likely to be the definitive study on their origins. Second, the mode of analysis-an ethnography of elite decision-making combined with the science studies literature and elements of theories popular in anthropology and critical studies yields insights political scientists were not likely to have come up when employing the tools of their discipline. The book thus becomes an important case for the use of such modes of analysis in and of themselves, and opens new possibilities in how policy studies in China might be done. Third, beyond the specifics of how the one-child policy came into being and the mode of analysis, the book provides broader contributions on the nature of policy-making, agenda setting, uses of rhetoric, and how elements of the political culture affect the political system in China. The overall book is exemplary in all respects."?David Bachman, University of Washington Description China's one-child rule is unassailably one of the most controversial social policies of all time. In the first book of its kind, Susan Greenhalgh draws on twenty years of research into China's population politics to explain how the leaders of a nation of one billion decided to limit all couples to one child. Focusing on the historic period 1978-80, when China was just reentering the global capitalist system after decades of self-imposed isolation, Greenhalgh documents the extraordinary manner in which a handful of leading aerospace engineers hijacked the population policymaking process and formulated a strategy that treated people like missiles. Just One Child situates these science- and policymaking practices in their broader contexts?the scientization and statisticalization of sociopolitical life?and provides the most detailed and incisive account yet of the origins of the one-child policy. About The Author Susan Greenhalgh is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. She is the coauthor of Governing China's Population: From Leninist to Neoliberal Biopolitics and the author of Under the Medical Gaze: Facts and Fictions of Chronic Pain (UC Press). (For this item please quote stock ID 29058) ISBN: 9780520253384

The Cultural Revolution 1966-1976 was a major unforgettable event in modern Chinese history. For more than thirty years, the prevalent view of the Cultural Revolution in the Chinese Foreign Ministry has been that rebels controlled the Foreign Ministry in August 1967 and caused the many excesses in foreign affairs such as the burning of the British mission in Beijing which isolated China from the rest of the world. This book challenges this perspective. The author gives a factual account of the course of the ten-year Cultural Revolution in the Foreign Ministry, based on documents issued during the Cultural Revolution, talks by Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi, manuscripts of the people concerned, as well as interviews with Foreign Ministry staff members who personally took part in the events. Ms. Ma Jisen graduated from the Beijing Foreign Languages Institute in 1952; she served first at the Chinese embassy in Denmark and then in the West European Department at the Foreign Ministry between 1952 and 1969. She worked at the Foreign Ministry during the Cultural Revolution and was an eyewitness to many of the daily events there. Since 1981, she was the Editor in charge of the 'Opinion Page' of China Daily and later at the academic quarterly Social Sciences in China until her retirement in 1994. (For this item please quote stock ID 23029) ISBN: 9789629961497

'Tucker has captured the insider's story of American policymaking toward China from 1945 to 1966'. ? Foreign Affairs 'These recollections . . . greatly enhance our knowledge and appreciation of professional diplomats who devoted - and sometimes sacrificed - their careers to the pursuit of constructive relations between the United States and China'. ? The China Journal 'A coherent and informative insider's view of a half century of Sino-American relations. . . Veteran China watchers will enjoy the stories of people who for many were old friends, and those new to the field will enjoy a wonderful introduction to an insider's view of an important era of diplomatic history'. ? China Quarterly 'An insider´s view of how American policy toward China has been made over the last seven decades, China Confidential is an indispensable source for anyone wishing to understand the formal communiqués, dispatches, and memoranda that constitute the raw materials of diplomatic history and international relations'. ? Marc Gallicchio, Villanova University, author of The African American Encounter With Japan and China In the past sixty years, relations between China and the United States have fluctuated wildly. Such divisive issues as human rights, the future of Tibet and Taiwan, trade imbalances, and illegal immigration have fueled intense debate over how the United States should deal with the most populous nation in the world. Nancy Bernkopf Tucker brings together a wide range of interviews on these and other issues, recorded by the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, with key players in the making and execution of U.S. policy towards China since World War II. Historical events usch as Nixon's trip to China, the Tiananmen Massacre, and the recurring Taiwan Straits crises come to life as never before. Portraits of the essential personalities in Sino-American relations emerge from the pages of China Confidential, including Mao Zedong, Henry Kissinger, Zhou Enlai, Ronald Reagan, Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Ching-kuo, and Lee Teng-hui. This rich array of interviews provides the context for understanding the otherwise baffling diplomatic interaction between the United States and China, shedding light on the circumstances under which difficult and crucial decisions were reached and revealing the background and biases of the people who made and carried out those policies. (For this item please quote stock ID 13579) ISBN: 9780231106313

In Confronting Communism, Victor Kaufman examines how the United States and Great Britain were able to overcome serious disagreements over their respective approaches toward Communist China. Providing new insight into the workings of alliance politics, specifically the politics of the Anglo-American alliance, the book covers the period from 1948 - a year before China became an area of contention between London and Washington - through 20 years of division to the gradual resolution of Anglo-American divergences over the People's Republic of China beginning in the mid-1960s. It ends in 1972, the year of President Richard Nixon's historic visit to the People's Republic, and also the year that Kaufman sees as bringing an end to the Anglo-American differences over China. Kaufman traces the intricate and subtle pressures each ally faced in determining how to approach Beijing. The British aspect is of particular interest because Britain viewed itself as being within 'three circles': Western Europe, the Atlantic alliance, and the Commonwealth. Also important to British policy with respect to China was the concern about being dragged into another Korean-style conflict. The impact of decisions on these 'circles', as well as the fear of another war, appeared time and again in Britain's decision making. Kaufman shows how the alliance avoided division over China largely because Britain did the majority of the compromising. Reliant upon the United States militarily and financially, most U.K. officials made concessions to their Washington counterparts. Readers of Confronting Communism will come away with a better understanding of alliance politics. They will learn that such decision making, for both Great Britain and the United States, was a highly complex process, one that posed serious challenges to the Anglo-American alliance. Despite those challenges, accord between London and Washington prevailed. Victor Kaufman is a lecturer in the Department of History at Southwest Missouri State University, in Springfield. (For this item please quote stock ID 8768) ISBN: 9780826213136

The important concept of the Three Represents - the Communist Party of China representing the requirement of the development of China's advanced productive forces, the orientation of the development of China's advanced culture, and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people - is a penetrating inference and scientific conclusion made by Jiang Zemin, general secretary of the Central Committee of the CPC. This collection of 12 Jiang Zemin speeches begins with How to Attain what the Three Represents Requires of our Party Under the New Historical Conditions and ends with Speech at the Rally in Celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China. Some of these speeches are published here for the first time. All articles have been checked and approved by the author himself. (For this item please quote stock ID 18480) ISBN: 9787119029184

Empires of the Mind tells the story of I. A. Richards, Britain?s foremost literary critic in the 1920s, and his effort to promote an 850-word version of 'global' English in China. Examining the cultural millieu of Cambridge between the World Wars, where Richards?s internationalist vision first arose, this book traces the heretofore unexplored connections between Richards's literary theories and his political ideals. Richards?s time in China covers a volatile period in Chinese history: the Japanese occupation, the Communist revolution, and the beginnings of the Cold War all feature prominently in the history of Basic English over a fifty-year period. Koeneke considers Richards?s project in the light of current theories about imperialism: Did Basic English anticipate today?s multicultural aspirations for global exchange? Or did it advance new 'empires of the mind' whose spoils are language and information? Ultimately, the history of Richards?s time in China offers a crucial window onto the postcolonial complexities of our own. (For this item please quote stock ID 22920) ISBN: 9780804748223

Legends of the Building of Old Peking is a study of a series of unique popular legends surrounding the building of the imperial cities in old Peking, including the Nazha City legend of the Yuan "Great Capital" and the Ming "Northern Capital," and the Mongol legend of "sitting by bowshot to locate the capital city" and its Chinese adaptations. These legends reveal a rich tapestry of religious and cultural traditions surrounding the Chinese and non-Han people's conceptions of the origins of their capital cities; they are very distinct from imperial ideologies and dynastic traditions, and are constantly evolving under changing political and cultural circumstances. The book is a unique study of the historical origins of the building of old Peking as well as the genesis and efflorescence of related popular culture in the modern capital of China. (For this item please quote stock ID 29266) ISBN: 9789629963132

'An extremely important book. It represents the culmination of a lifetime of careful consideration of the basic characteristics of Chinese civilization by one of the most outstanding sinologists of this century.' - Sino-Platonic Papers Award for Excellence in Publishing, Honorable Mention, Association of American Publishers (For this item please quote stock ID 4594) ISBN: 9780824813345

In the aftermath of the May Fourth movement, a growing expectation of revolution raised important intellectual issues about the position of the individual within a society in turmoil and the shifting boundaries of political and sexual identities. The theme of 'revolution plus love,' a literary response to the widespread insurrections and upheaval, was first popularised in the late 1920s. In her examination of this popular but understudied literary formula, Liu Jianmei argues that revolution and love are culturally variable entities, their interplay a complex and constantly changing literary practice that is socially and historically determined. Liu looks at the formulary writing of 'revolution plus love' from the 1930s to the 1970s as a case study of literary politics. Favoured by leftist writers during the early period of revolutionary literature, it continued to influence mainstream Chinese literature up to the 1970s. By drawing a historical picture of the articulation and rearticulation of this theme, Liu shows how changes in revolutionary discourse force unpredictable representations of gender rules and power relations, and how women's bodies reveal the complex interactions between political representation and gender roles. Revolution Plus Love is a nuanced and carefully considered work on gender and modernity in China, unmatched in its broad use of literary resources. It will be of considerable interest to scholars and students of modern Chinese literature, women's studies, cultural studies, and comparative literature. Liu Jianmei is assistant professor of Chinese literature at the University of Maryland. (For this item please quote stock ID 21158) ISBN: 9780824825867

A series that unfolds, in black-and-white photographs, natural scenes, historical sites, customs, culture, commerce and trade, and other aspects of the famous cities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Although three of these books are entitled, Old Fashions..., clothing and dress only rate a passing mention. (For this item please quote stock ID 15758) ISBN: 9787102020730

The fourteen essays presented in this volume examine the diverse ways in which cultural products are shaped and re-shaped in public spaces in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and some other countries in the Pacific in their continuing encounters with the forces of localism and globalism. Various theories of globalisation have been proposed since the 1970s to predict the trend of development toward homogenisation and explain the tensions hitherto created. However diverse the theories may be, there is one fact that assumes the form of a challenge. As the world has become seemingly less and less divergent in its ?shrinkage,? the traditional categories of cultural division and opposition, such as the East versus the West, may no longer be adequate in analysing the world we live in today. Paradoxically enough, this very shrinkage and restructuring of the world has the effect of focusing more sharply on questions of localism, identity and cultural roots. This is, in fact, a moment in history when the local and the global are co-implicated in complex and unanticipated ways. How do cultural workers, who are primarily writers, intellectuals, journalists, filmmakers and educators, in Asia and the Pacific respond to this challenging phenomenon? How do they conceptualise it? What are the prospects and problems they foresee with regard to their own societies and cultures? These are questions of utmost significance as one seeks to come to terms with East Asia and the emerging Pacific as a space of contestation and resistance in the global/local process of cultural production. The fourteen essays collected in this book represent the views of some prominent scholars in the region. Target Readers: Scholars and students in the field of cultural studies, literature and/or film studies; other cultural workers such as writers, journalists, filmmakers, etc. About the Editors: Kwok-kan Tam is Professor in the Department of English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his Ph.D. in English and comparative literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has published extensively on literary and cultural theory, Chinese-Western comparative literature, film and theatre studies. His recent publications include New Chinese Cinema (co-authored, 1998), The Politics of Subject Construction in Modern Chinese Literature (2000), Ibsen in China 1908-1997: A Critical-Annotated Bibliography of Criticism, Translation and Performance (2001) and Soul of Chaos: Critical Perspectives on Gao Xingjian (2001). Wimal Dissanayake received his Ph.D. in literature at the University of Cambridge. He has been scholar-in-residence at Hong Kong Baptist University and an senior fellow of the East-West Center, Honolulu, and is currently a professor at the University of Hong Kong. He has published more than twenty books on Asian culture, communication and film studies. Among his recent publications are Global/Local: Cultural Production and the Transnational Imaginary (co-edited, 1996) and Indian Popular Cinema: A Narrative of Cultural Change (co-authored, 1998). He is an award-winning poet and has published six volumes of poetry. Terry Siu-han Yip is Professor and Chairperson of the Department of English Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University. She received her Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has published extensively on Chinese-Western comparative literature, gender studies and Chinese women's writings. Her recent publications include A Place of One's Own: Stories of Self in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore (co-edited, 1999) and Shakespeare Global/Local (co-edited, 2002). (For this item please quote stock ID 17129) ISBN: 9789622018693

China's reform, opening-up, and development since the late 1970s have achieved extraordinary success and have attracted world-wide attention. The author, vice President of Academic Committee of Development Research Centre of the State Council, graduated from the Electrical Engineering Department, Shanghai Jiaotong University, in 1947. He has 22 years' experience in policy research in macro socio-economic issues, and has led and has been a chief researcher in national and international large-scale cooperative policy research projects. He has been invited to over 100 international conferences to give speeches on social, economic, environmental and technological questions, and half of these papers have been published as books or articles in international journals. His major publication (in Chinese) was a pioneering study in China, titled An Introduction to Systems Engineering. Integrated Study of China's Development & Reform: Preliminary Exploration of Social System is a collection of eighteen papers. They provide an overall picture of the development and reform of China as well as some other issues in a comprehensive perspective. This book is in five parts: overall perspective of development strategy of China; development of science & technology of China; economic development & reform of China; some social aspects of China; & some environmental aspects of China. (For this item please quote stock ID 21291) ISBN: 9787119033358

Unbound Voices brings together the voices of Chinese American women in a fascinating, intimate collection of documents - letters, essays, poems, autobiographies, speeches, testimonials, and oral histories - detailing half a century of their lives in America. Together, these sources provide a captivating mosaic of Chinese women's experiences in their own words, as they tell of making a home for themselves and their families in San Francisco from the Gold Rush to the years of World War II. The personal nature of these documents makes for compelling reading. We hear the voices of prostitutes and domestic slavegirls, immigrant wives of merchants, Christians and pagans, homemakers, and social activists alike. We read the stories of daughters who confronted cultural conflicts and racial discrimination; the myriad ways women coped with the Great Depression; and personal contributions to the causes of women's emancipation, Chinese nationalism, workers' rights, and World War II. The symphony of voices presented here lends immediacy and authenticity to our understanding of the Chinese American women's lives. This rich collection of women's stories also serves to demonstrate collective change over time as well as to highlight individual struggles for survival and advancement in both private and public spheres. An educational tool on researching and reclaiming women's history, Unbound Voices offers a valuable lesson on how one group of women overcame the legacy of bound feet and bound lives in America. The selections are accompanied by photographs, with extensive introductions and annotation by Judy Yung, a noted authority on primary resources relating to the history of Chinese American women. 'Dense, meticulously researched tome. . . the photographs are priceless.' - San Jose Mercury News 'A landmark contribution. . . . These rich materials - including proverbs, immigration interrogations, poems, articles, photographs, social workers' reports, recipes, and oral histories - add a new dimension to Asian American studies, U.S. women's history, Chinese American history, and immigration studies.' - Valerie Matsumoto, University of California, Los Angeles (For this item please quote stock ID 16477) ISBN: 9780520218604

'In addition to offering insights on turn-of-the-century Chinese debates over freedom in marriage, these novels also vividly describe the pain and suffering of common people caught in the wake of the Boxer rebellion. I know of no other works of fiction that reflect in such detail what life was like for many Chinese whose lives were ruined by the Boxer turmoil. In this book the Chinese original texts are rendered accurately into beautiful, idiomatic, and lively English prose and Hanan is to be congratulated for his accomplishments as a translator' - Journal of Asian Studies. (For this item please quote stock ID 7772) ISBN: 9780824817091

The Yellow River has long been viewed as a symbol of China?s cultural and political development, its management traditionally held as a gauge of dynastic power. For centuries, the country?s early rulers employed a defensive approach to the river by building dykes and diversion channels to protect fields and population centers from flooding. This situation changed dramatically after the Yuan (1260-1368) emperors constructed the Grand Canal, which linked the North China Plain and the capital at Beijing with the Yangtze Valley. One of the most ambitious imperial undertakings of any age, by the turn of the nineteenth century the water system had become a complex network of locks, spillways, and dykes stretching eight hundred kilometres from the mountains in western Henan to the Yellow Sea. Controlling the Dragon examines Yellow River engineering from two perspectives. The first looks at long-term efforts to manage the river starting in the early Ming dynasty, at the nature of the bureaucracy created to do the job, and finally focuses on two of the Confucian engineers who served successfully in the decade before the system was abandoned. In the second section, the author chronicles a series of dramatic floods in the 1840s and explores the way politics, environment, and technology interacted to undermine the state?s commitment to the Yellow River control system. Randall A. Dodgen is associate professor of history at Sonoma State University. (For this item please quote stock ID 15988) ISBN: 9780824823665

~What binds overseas Chinese communities together? Traditionally scholars have stressed the interplay of external factors (discrimination, local hostility) and internal forces (shared language, native-place ties, family) to account for the cohesion and 'Chineseness' of these overseas groups. Andrew Wilson challenges this Manichean explanation of identity by introducing a third factor: the ambitions of the Chinese merchant elite, which played an equal, if not greater, role in the formation of ethnic identity among the Chinese in colonial Manila.

~Drawing on Chinese, Spanish, and American sources and applying a broad range of historiographical approaches, this volume dissects the structures of authority and identity within Manila?s Chinese community over a period of dramatic socioeconomic change and political upheaval. It reveals the ways in which wealthy Chinese merchants dealt in not only goods and services, but also political influence and the movement of human talent from China to the Philippines. Their influence and status extended across the physical and political divide between China and the Philippines, from the villages of southern China to the streets of Manila, making them a truly transnational elite. Control of community institutions and especially migration networks accounts for the cohesiveness of Manila's Chinese enclave, argues Wilson, and the most successful members of the elite self-consciously chose to identify themselves and their protégés as Chinese.

~'Andrew Wilson's perspectives and interpretations are original and much needed ... This book will significantly enrich both the fields of Philippine history and Chinese diaspora studies' - Edgar Wickberg, professor emeritus, University of British Columbia.

Andrew Wilson is associate professor of strategy at the U.S. Naval War College, where he lectures on military history and strategic theory. (For this item please quote stock ID 22638) ISBN: 9780824826505

'Conceison opens up new vistas for both Chinese and Westerners by detailing a kind of 'reverse Orientalism' and insisting that we all examine our own subject positions and continue to redefine the way we relate to each other. She not only provides a necessary revision of theory but offers a strong view of some important productions and decisive tendencies in contemporary Chinese culture' - Richard Schechner, Performance Studies, New York University

'Conceison has adapted the theory of Occidentalism in an innovative way that contributes to contemporary social theory on images of the United States as well as to our understanding of Chinese theatre. This is a well argued and provocative book' - Colin Mackerras, Asian Studies, Griffith University, Australia

Chinese views of the United States have shifted dramatically since the 1980s, with changes in foreign relations, increased travel of Chinese citizens to the U.S., and wide circulation of American popular culture in China. Significant Other explores representations of Americans that emerged onstage in China between 1987 and 2002 and considers how they function as racial and cultural stereotypes, political strategy, and artistic innovation. Based on fieldwork in Beijing and Shanghai, it offers a unique view of contemporary Mainland Chinese spoken drama from the perspective of a Western academic who is both a Chinese studies scholar and a theatre practitioner. Claire Conceison's close readings of recent plays take into account not only the texts of the plays themselves and other primary sources, but also production contexts, creative origins, artistic collaboration, and audience reception.

Identifying the American as China's 'significant Other', Conceison introduces the complex cultural relationship between China and the United States, situating it in both the long history of Sino-Western relations and the present dynamics of post-colonialism. She then examines the emergent discourse of Occidentalism, tracing its origins and recent circulation and repositioning it as a discursive strategy to analyze appearances of Americans on the Chinese stage. Conceison maintains that Chinese staging of American characters - often played by local actors made up and costumed as Americans, and more recently played by foreigners themselves - reveals cultural norms and attitudes regarding the United States, reflects Sino-American political relations, articulates Chinese national and cultural identity, and signifies innovation in spoken drama as an art form.

Claire Conceison is assistant professor of drama in the Department of Drama and Dance, Tufts University. (For this item please quote stock ID 23287) ISBN: 9780824826536

The first monograph on phonetics following Luo Changpei and Wang Jun's Compendium of Common Phonetics published in 1956. The writers have had many years of experience in the research and teaching of phonetics, and this book was revised and written on the basis of teaching materials used at Beijing University. Beginning with the traditional phonetics, the book absorbs the recent achievements of research on modern phonetics from home and abroad, especially those of experimental phonetics. Examples are mainly from Chinese dialects and minority language and, where necessary, English and other foreign languages are also cited. (For this item please quote stock ID 21321) ISBN: 9787301018446