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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts
Author: United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Category : World politics
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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Category : World politics
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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National Library of Medicine Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 690
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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 690
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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Guide to Microforms in Print
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Category : Microcards
Languages : en
Pages : 1416
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Category : Microcards
Languages : en
Pages : 1416
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The Russo-Japanese War Fully Illustrated
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Category : Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Category : Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Understanding Canton
Author: Virgil Ho
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191536091
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
By studying six different aspects of culture in Canton in the period between the two World Wars, this book helps broaden our limited knowledge of the social and cultural lives of the common people in this largest city of South China. The author examines how the Cantonese in this period indulged in their imagined cultural superiority as "modern" citizens, ushering in a cult of the modern city. During this period, Cantonese opera was also emerging and evolving into a widely accepted form of commercialised mass entertainment. The process of social and cultural change and its impact on the development of this city and its people are revealed throughout the book. This book also aims to redress some major misconceptions of the socio-cultural realities as seen in official rhetoric or academic discourse on the matters of patriotism and anti-foreignism, gambling, prostitution, and opium consumption. Contemporary non-official and folk materials reveal that the common people were much more pro-Western than xenophobic in attitude, and the alleged social and political "calamities" of gambling, opium consumption and prostitution were more rhetorical than real. Understanding Canton provides us with, not only a fuller and more comprehensive picture of city life and popular mentalities, but also an important clue to understand how and why the social history of this city was distorted and constructed in ways that suited the political ideology and nation-building agenda of the ruling regimes.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191536091
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
By studying six different aspects of culture in Canton in the period between the two World Wars, this book helps broaden our limited knowledge of the social and cultural lives of the common people in this largest city of South China. The author examines how the Cantonese in this period indulged in their imagined cultural superiority as "modern" citizens, ushering in a cult of the modern city. During this period, Cantonese opera was also emerging and evolving into a widely accepted form of commercialised mass entertainment. The process of social and cultural change and its impact on the development of this city and its people are revealed throughout the book. This book also aims to redress some major misconceptions of the socio-cultural realities as seen in official rhetoric or academic discourse on the matters of patriotism and anti-foreignism, gambling, prostitution, and opium consumption. Contemporary non-official and folk materials reveal that the common people were much more pro-Western than xenophobic in attitude, and the alleged social and political "calamities" of gambling, opium consumption and prostitution were more rhetorical than real. Understanding Canton provides us with, not only a fuller and more comprehensive picture of city life and popular mentalities, but also an important clue to understand how and why the social history of this city was distorted and constructed in ways that suited the political ideology and nation-building agenda of the ruling regimes.
The Columbia History of Chinese Literature
Author: Victor H. Mair
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231528515
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1369
Book Description
The Columbia History of Chinese Literature is a comprehensive yet portable guide to China's vast literary traditions. Stretching from earliest times to the present, the text features original contributions by leading specialists working in all genres and periods. Chapters cover poetry, prose, fiction, and drama, and consider such contextual subjects as popular culture, the impact of religion, the role of women, and China's relationship with non-Sinitic languages and peoples. Opening with a major section on the linguistic and intellectual foundations of Chinese literature, the anthology traces the development of forms and movements over time, along with critical trends, and pays particular attention to the premodern canon.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231528515
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1369
Book Description
The Columbia History of Chinese Literature is a comprehensive yet portable guide to China's vast literary traditions. Stretching from earliest times to the present, the text features original contributions by leading specialists working in all genres and periods. Chapters cover poetry, prose, fiction, and drama, and consider such contextual subjects as popular culture, the impact of religion, the role of women, and China's relationship with non-Sinitic languages and peoples. Opening with a major section on the linguistic and intellectual foundations of Chinese literature, the anthology traces the development of forms and movements over time, along with critical trends, and pays particular attention to the premodern canon.
Select List of Recent Publications
Author: East-West Center. Library
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Category : East and West
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Category : East and West
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Daily Report. East Europe. Index
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Category : World politics
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Category : World politics
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Trade and Expansion in Han China
Author: Ying-Shih Yu
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520327969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520327969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.