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Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships.
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Describes the archaeological discovery of thousands of life-sized terracotta warrior statues in northern China in 1974, and discusses the emperor who had them created and placed near his tomb.
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An estimated 36 million Chinese men, women, and children starved to death during China's Great Leap Forward in the late 1950s and early '60s. Yang spent 20 years piecing together the events that led to mass nationwide starvation, including the death of his... [ More...]
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This book presents the story of China's urban middle class and its music through biographies of four Chinese musicians whose careers embody the contradictions of China's response to Western Culture.
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Now available in a new, updated edition, this groundbreaking book on post-Mao China, written by the distinguished Asian scholar Immanuel C.Y. Hsu, explores the astonishing transformation that has occurred there. Since Mao Zedong's death in 1976, China's... [ More...]
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In the first comprehensive study of Occidentalism in post-Mao China, Xiaomei Chen offers an insightful account of the unremittingly favorable depiction of Western culture and its negative characterization of Chinese culture in post-Mao China from 1978-1988.... [ More...]
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Note on RomanizationList of Tables, Maps, Figures, and Color PlatesPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Cartography and Ethnography as Early Modern Modes of Representation1. The Qing Empire: Constructing a Place in the Eighteenth-Century World2. Mapping... [ More...]
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Short description: The culmination of the life-long study and research on China of a leading British sinologist, The Hall of Light covers traditional Chinese monarchy religion, worship, ritual, sacrifices, customs, and all aspects of early Chinese culture.
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Short description: The culmination of the life-long study and research on China of a leading British sinologist, The Hall of Light covers traditional Chinese monarchy religion, worship, ritual, sacrifices, customs, and all aspects of early Chinese culture.
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