Author: Rose K. Keimig
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1978813910
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 209
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Introduction -- Filial children, benevolent parents -- Bodies in history, embodied histories -- Place & space, rhythm & routine -- Entanglements of care -- Care work -- Chronic living, delayed death -- Conclusion.
Author: David Kidd
Publisher: Eland Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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A haunting and delicately observed description of the last days of Mandarin culture before the revolution, 'Peking Story' is a testimony to a way of life, a culture, an aesthetic and a civilisation which has since completely disappeared.
Author: John King Fairbank
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674018280
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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John King Fairbank was the West's doyen on China, and this book is the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with this vast ancient civilization. The distinguished historian Merle Goldman brings the book up to date and provides an epilogue discussing the changes in contemporary China that will shape the nation in the years to come.
Author: Arthur Evans Moule
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Author: Rana Mitter
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191578797
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still trying to find a modern identity. This Very Short Introduction offers the reader with no previous knowledge of China a variety of ways to understand the world's most populous nation, giving a short, integrated picture of modern Chinese society, culture, economy, politics and art. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author: Francis Ross Carpenter
Publisher: New York : Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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A history of the trade between the United States and China, begun in 1784, which affected this country in many ways, including culturally, industrially, and territorially.
Author: Maurice Meisner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684856352
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Presents a revised account of the revolution of 1966-1969 - Examines the social and political consequences of the upheaval - Deng Xiaoping - Democracy movement - Tienamnen Incident - Mao Zedong - The hundred flowers - Great Leap Forward.
Author: Ethan Gutmann
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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"What Gutmann discovered in the company meetings, cocktail parties, and after-hours expat haunts made him uneasy. Motorola reps bragged of routinely bribing Chinese officials for market access; Asia Global Crossing executives burned through company expense accounts while racking up massive losses for the corporation; PR consultants provided svelte Mongolian prostitutes and five-star hotel suites for home office delegations. In Beijing's expat fast lane, success was measured not only by market share, but also in the ability to pay off favors by lobbying for Chinese interests in Washington. Treating the New China as a combination El Dorado and Lotus Land, American businessmen allowed themselves to be drawn into a hallucinatory Orientalist dream world of easy money and moral complicity."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Charles Grandison Finney
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Author: William C. Hunter
Publisher: London : K. Paul, Trench
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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