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Author : Barme Minf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780374522230
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (222 download)
Download or read book New Ghosts Old Dreams written by Barme Minf and published by . This book was released on 1990-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geremie Barmé
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812919097
Total Pages : 515 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (19 download)
Download or read book New Ghosts, Old Dreams written by Geremie Barmé and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geremie Barme
Publisher : Hill & Wang
ISBN 13 : 9780809045723
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (457 download)
Download or read book New Ghosts, Old Dreams written by Geremie Barme and published by Hill & Wang. This book was released on 1990-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geremie Barmé
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231106157
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)
Download or read book In the Red written by Geremie Barmé and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading observer of Chinese literature, society, and politics lifts the veil on the culture wars that have raged between officials and dissidents in the period before and after the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781724815125
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (151 download)
Download or read book The Book of Dreams and Ghosts written by Andrew Lang and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Andrew Lang It has been known for some time that Mr. Lang has added ghosts to his hobbies. In the volume before us, " The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, '' Mr. Lang offers a large collection of ghost stories old and new, and his opinions on "appearances." As far as we can gather Mr. Lang's attitude from these pages, which have much of the vagueness of expression that goes with memoirs of the supernatural, he disbelieves in traditional ghosts, the ghosts that do things-but wishes... We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Author : Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191506702
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China written by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the present day. The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China promises to be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this rising superpower on the verge of what promises to be the 'Chinese century', introducing readers to important but often overlooked events in China's past, such as the bloody Taiping Civil War (1850-1864), which had a death toll far higher than the roughly contemporaneous American Civil War. It also helps readers see more familiar landmarks in Chinese history in new ways, such as the Opium War (1839-1842), the Boxer Uprising of 1900, the rise to power of the Chinese Communist Party in 1949, and the Tiananmen protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989. This is one of the first major efforts — and in many ways the most ambitious to date — to come to terms with the broad sweep of modern Chinese history, taking readers from the origins of modern China right up through the dramatic events of the last few years (the Beijing Games, the financial crisis, and China's rise to global economic pre-eminence) which have so fundamentally altered Western views of China and China's place in the world.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Problems of Communism written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Van
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113617463X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)
Download or read book New Developments in Asian Studies written by Van and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Elizabeth J. Perry
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 041556073X
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)
Download or read book Chinese Society written by Elizabeth J. Perry and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2010 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction to Chinese society uses the themes of resistance & protest to explore the complexity of life in contemporary China. It draws on perspectives from sociology, anthropology, psychology, history & political science, & covers issues including women, labour, ethnic conflict & suicide.
Author : Timothy Cheek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 113978904X
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (397 download)
Download or read book A Critical Introduction to Mao written by Timothy Cheek and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mao Zedong's political career spanned more than half a century. The ideas he championed transformed one of the largest nations on earth and inspired revolutionary movements across the world. Even today Mao lives on in China, where he is regarded by many as a near-mythical figure, and in the West, where a burgeoning literature continues to debate his memory. In this book, leading scholars from different generations and around the world offer a critical evaluation of the life and legacy of China's most famous - some would say infamous - son. The book brings the scholarship on Mao up to date, and its alternative perspectives equip readers to assess for themselves the nature of this mercurial figure and his significance in modern Chinese history.
Author : Nicholas Jose
Publisher : Wakefield Press
ISBN 13 : 1743051522
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Chinese Whispers written by Nicholas Jose and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a literary journey of an Australian writer's encounter with the culture and people of China, particularly its young writers and artists, and of the evolving influence of China on the writer's own work and life. Nicholas Jose is the author of four novels and two collections of short stories. He was Cultural Counsellor at the Australian Embassy, Beijing, between 1987 and 1990, and has taught Australian Studies in China.
Author : Timothy Cheek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107021413
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Intellectual in Modern Chinese History written by Timothy Cheek and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid account of Chinese intellectuals across the twentieth century that provides a guide to making sense of China today.
Author : Weiming Tu
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674117549
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (175 download)
Download or read book China in Transformation written by Weiming Tu and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 10 of the 11 articles first published in Vol 22 no. 2, 1993 issue of Daedalus.
Author : Jay Taylor
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674044227
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (442 download)
Download or read book The Generalissimo's Son written by Jay Taylor and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chiang Ching-kuo, son and political heir of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, was born in 1910, when Chinese women, nearly all illiterate, hobbled about on bound feet and men wore pigtails as symbols of subservience to the Manchu Dynasty. In his youth Ching-kuo was a Communist and a Trotskyite, and he lived twelve years in Russia. He died in 1988 as the leader of Taiwan, a Chinese society with a flourishing consumer economy and a budding but already wild, woolly, and open democracy. He was an actor in many of the events of the last century that shaped the history of China's struggles and achievements in the modern era: the surge of nationalism among Chinese youth, the grand appeal of Marxism-Leninism, the terrible battle against fascist Japan, and the long, destructive civil war between the Nationalists and the Communists. In 1949, he fled to Taiwan with his father and two million Nationalists. He led the brutal suppression of dissent on the island and was a major player in the cold, sometimes hot war between Communist China and America. By reacting to changing economic, social, and political dynamics on Taiwan, Sino-American rapprochement, Deng Xiaoping's sweeping reforms on the mainland, and other international events, he led Taiwan on a zigzag but ultimately successful transition from dictatorship to democracy. Jay Taylor underscores the interaction of political developments on the mainland and in Taiwan and concludes that if China ever makes a similar transition, it will owe much to the Taiwan example and the Generalissimo's son.
Author : J. Unger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317455142
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book The Pro-democracy Protests in China written by J. Unger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mass protests that erupted in China during the spring of 1989 were not confined to Beijing and Shanghai. Cities and towns across the great breadth of China were engulfed by demonstrations, which differed regionally in content and tone: the complaints and protest actions in prosperous Fuijan Province on the south China coast were somewhat different from those in Manchuria or inland Xi'an or the country towns of Hunan. The variety of the reactions is a barometer of the political and economic climate in contemporary China. In this book, Western China specialists who were on the spot that spring describe and analyze the upsurges of protest that erupted around them.
Author : Benjamin Penny
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226655016
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)
Download or read book The Religion of Falun Gong written by Benjamin Penny and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-04-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concentrates on the beliefs and practices of Falun Gong members.
Author : Ian Buruma
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1400033322
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bad Elements written by Ian Buruma and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2002-11-12 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who speaks for China? Is it the old men of the politbureau or an activist like Wei Jingshsheng, who spent eighteen years in prison for writing a democratic manifesto? Is China’s future to be found amid the boisterous sleaze of an electoral campaign in Taiwan or in the maneuvers by which ordinary residents of Beijing quietly resist the authority of the state? These are among the questions that Ian Buruma poses in this enlightening and often moving tour of Chinese dissidence. Moving from the quarrelsome exile communities of the U. S. to Singapore and Hong Kong and from persecuted Christians to Internet “hacktivists,” Buruma captures an entire spectrum of opposition to the orthodoxies of the Communist Party. He explores its historical antecedents its conflicting notions of freedom and the paradoxical mix of courage and cussedness that inspires its members. Panoramic and intimate, disturbing and inspiring, Bad Elements is a profound meditation on the themes of national identity and political struggle.
