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Author : Jonathan Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789628687718
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (877 download)
Download or read book The Five Great Myths about China and the World written by Jonathan Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J.K. Jackson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1787556271
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (875 download)
Download or read book Chinese Myths written by J.K. Jackson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: River Gods, snake spirits, mountain and Immortals, Chinese mythology is alive with ancient passions. China’s unique set of mythological tales are derived from its vast expanse, diverse culture and the endless wars between tribes and dynasties. The result is a rich landscape of humanity, gods and spirits battling for survival and supremacy. This brilliant new book introduces the key themes and characters of Chinese legend before plunging into the fascinating stories themselves. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
Author : Tao Tao Liu Sanders
Publisher : Hachette Children's Books Australia
ISBN 13 : 9780340266502
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (665 download)
Download or read book Dragons, Gods & Spirits from Chinese Mythology written by Tao Tao Liu Sanders and published by Hachette Children's Books Australia. This book was released on 1981 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ward Wilson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 054785787X
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (478 download)
Download or read book Five Myths about Nuclear Weapons written by Ward Wilson and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanded from an article that created a stir in foreign policy circles, this book shows why five central arguments promoting nuclear weapons are, in essence, myths.
Author : Song Nan Zhang
Publisher : Tundra Books (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9780887763380
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (633 download)
Download or read book Five Heavenly Emperors written by Song Nan Zhang and published by Tundra Books (NY). This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just about every civilization has stories of creation. The myths and legends of the ancient Greeks and Romans are very well known, but these 12 myths from ancient China are just as fascinating. Between Pangu separating the sky from the earth and the Northern Emperor separating man from gods, we have an array of deities as busy and colorful as those in Greek and Roman myths. They create men out of clay, mend the broken sky after the flood, and shoot down suns so that life on earth will not die. Inspired by the art of the Ming Dynasty, this is a wonderful collection of Chinese myths of creation, illustrated by award-winning artist Song Nan Zhang.
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192750785
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Tales from China written by and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Chinese stories begins with the great legends of how Earth and Heaven came into being. There are folk-tales too, about ghosts, rain-makers, students and magicians, and a man who is nearly made into fishpaste.
Author : World Book
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780716626442
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (264 download)
Download or read book Myths and Legends of China written by World Book and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who created Earth and the sky? How does the Chinese zodiac influence the lives of Chinese people? Explore the rich mythologies and legends of the peoples of China. Famous Myths and Legends is a beautifully photographed and illustrated 12-volume series designed to narrate the ancient mythologies and inherited stories from the many diverse cultures throughout the world.
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1787552640
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (875 download)
Download or read book Chinese Myths & Tales written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curated new Myths and Tales. Great floods and river Gods, snake spirits, and Immortals, China's unique set of mythological tales are derived from its vast expanse, diverse culture and the endless wars between tribes and dynasties. The result is a rich landscape of humanity, gods and spirits introduced here in this comprehensive book of folk tales and legendary exploits. The latest title in Flame Tree's beautiful, comprehensive series of Gothic Fantasy titles, concentrates on the ancient, epic origins of modern fantasy.
Author : Edward T. C. Werner
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781499119961
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Myths & Legends of China written by Edward T. C. Werner and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 1915-04-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a member of the Chinese government's Historiographical Bureau in Peking, as well as a former barrister and British consul in Foochow, E.T.C. Werner published "Myths and Legends of China" in 1922 to elucidate the ideas and beliefs that governed the daily lives of the Chinese people prior to the 20th century. These provocative and fantastical tales of Chinese history, myth and legend draw from many ancient texts and offer a glimpse into a world dominated by tradition and superstition. These stories include the myths of stars, thunder, lightening, water and fire, and various gods, Dynasties and Emperors. It also explains the significance the Buddhism and Taoism, Confucius, yin and yang, dragons, New Year, Spirit Festivals, The Tao Te Ching and much more. Complete with an introductory chapter on the sociology of the Chinese, this fascinating and informative book will appeal to any reader who wishes to receive a true, undistorted image of Chinese mythology.
Author : Anne Birrell
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780292708792
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Chinese Myths written by Anne Birrell and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2000-09-15 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese myths were primarily a diffuse and fragmentary oral tradition, eventually preserved in writing only in a piecemeal fashion. Many classical texts are unavailable in translation, and the stories have been unknown to Western readers. Anne Birrell here introduces the general reader to a selection of narratives organized by themes and motifs that help set Chinese myths in the context of world mythology. The contents include: Origin and creation myths Myths of the flood The divine cosmos Gender in myth Metamorphoses Mythic heroes and heroines Fabled plants and animals Major sources of myth
Author : Jim Ollhoff
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 9781617147180
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (471 download)
Download or read book Chinese Mythology written by Jim Ollhoff and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects stories from ancient Chinese mythology, including the creation of the world, the story of the Yellow Emperor, and the importance of dragons who would intervene to help the Chinese people.
Author : Lihui Yang
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195332636
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Chinese Mythology written by Lihui Yang and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled from ancient and scattered texts and based on groundbreaking new research, Handbook of Chinese Mythology is the most comprehensive English-language work on the subject ever written from an exclusively Chinese perspective. This work focuses on the Han Chinese people but ranges across the full spectrum of ancient and modern China, showing how key myths endured and evolved over time. A quick reference section covers all major deities, spirits, and demigods, as well as important places, mythical animals and plants, and related items.
Author : E.T.C. Werner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1633552349
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (335 download)
Download or read book Myths and Legends of China written by E.T.C. Werner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating and comprehensive collection of Chinese myths and legends, E. T. C. Werner drew upon material readily available to him as a member of the Chinese government's' Historiographical Bureau in Peking. A former barrister and British consul in Foochow, Werner presents a wealth of information illuminating the ideas and beliefs that governed the daily lives of the Chinese people long before the revolutions of the 20th century. Offering a provocative glimpse into a world dominated by traditional rules of etiquette and inhabited by demons, dragon-gods, and spirits, the volume opens with an introductory chapter on the origins of the Chinese people. In succeeding chapters, Mr. Werner's readable, well-illustrated text considers the gods of China and myths of stars, thunder, lightning, wind and rain; of water and fire; of epidemics, medicine, and exorcism; as well as tales about the goddess of mercy, the guardian of the gate of heaven, accounts of how the Monkey became a god, and much more.
Author : Kwang-chih CHANG
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674029402
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book ART MYTH AND RITUAL P written by Kwang-chih CHANG and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading scholar in the United States on Chinese archaeology challenges long-standing conceptions of the rise of political authority in ancient China. Questioning Marx's concept of an "Asiatic" mode of production, Wittfogel's "hydraulic hypothesis," and cultural-materialist theories on the importance of technology, K. C. Chang builds an impressive counterargument, one which ranges widely from recent archaeological discoveries to studies of mythology, ancient Chinese poetry, and the iconography of Shang food vessels.
Author : Dexter Roberts
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250089387
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Myth of Chinese Capitalism written by Dexter Roberts and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of how restrictive policies are preventing China from becoming the world’s largest economy Dexter Roberts lived in Beijing for two decades working as a reporter on economics, business and politics for Bloomberg Businessweek. In The Myth of Chinese Capitalism, Roberts explores the reality behind today’s financially-ascendant China and pulls the curtain back on how the Chinese manufacturing machine is actually powered. He focuses on two places: the village of Binghuacun in the province of Guizhou, one of China’s poorest regions that sends the highest proportion of its youth away to become migrants; and Dongguan, China’s most infamous factory town located in Guangdong, home to both the largest number of migrant workers and the country’s biggest manufacturing base. Within these two towns and the people that move between them, Roberts focuses on the story of the Mo family, former farmers-turned-migrant-workers who are struggling to make a living in a fast-changing country that relegates one-half of its people to second-class status via household registration, land tenure policies and inequality in education and health care systems. In The Myth of Chinese Capitalism, Dexter Roberts brings to life the problems that China and its people face today as they attempt to overcome a divisive system that poses a serious challenge to the country’s future development. In so doing, Roberts paints a boot-on-the-ground cautionary picture of China for a world now held in its financial thrall. Dexter Roberts is an award-winning journalist and a regular commentator on the U.S.-China trade and political relationship. His prior speaking engagements include traditional news media outlets (NPR, Fox News, CNN International) as well as universities and institutes (George Washington University, Council on Foreign Relations, and the Overseas Press Club). He is available for virtual classroom visits to courses that adopt The Myth of Chinese Capitalism. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
Author : Paul D. Storrie
Publisher : Graphic Universe ™
ISBN 13 : 0822587947
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (225 download)
Download or read book Yu the Great written by Paul D. Storrie and published by Graphic Universe ™. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of one of China's greatest heroes told in graphic novel format.
Author : Jian Chen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134264003
Total Pages : 551 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)
Download or read book Globalization, Competition and Growth in China written by Jian Chen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting original work and new thinking on a wide range of important issues, the book explores the current state of globalization, competition and growth in China. China has produced an economic miracle since the late 1970s in its transition from a planned to a market economy. This remarkable economic performance was brought about by an open-door policy and gradual integration with the world economy, culminating in China’s admission into the World Trade Organisation in 2001. Studies included in this book focus on issues such as foreign direct investment, international trade, reforms in the financial sector, the development of rural township and village enterprises, the investment strategies of multinational corporations, and economic growth.
