China category: 3065 books
Beyond the Stone Arches
An American Missionary Doctor in China, 1892-1932
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2007
Advance Praise for Beyond the Stone Arches
"Now the world can share the life of this great man. In its intimate detail, this is a fascinating story that serves as a valuable introduction to the people of a country so important to us today."-Walter Cronkite
"A fascinating...
War and Occupation in China
The Letters of an American Missionary from Hangzhou, 1937–1938
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
A fresh eyewitness account of the Japanese invasion of mid-China in 1937-1938, these letters by an American missionary in Hangzhou provide a vividly detailed, first-hand account of the spread of war from Shanghai across the Yangzi valley and the subsequent ordeals of military occupation seen against...
by Jerusha McCormack, John G. Blair
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
This innovative book introduces China on its own terms by explaining ten key concepts that frame the way most Chinese people think about the world. Posing four questions that Westerners routinely ask about China, the authors respond using these ten Chinese key words. Not surprisingly, the answers...
The Chinese Journals of L.K. Little, 1943–54
An Eyewitness Account of War and Revolution, Volume II
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Lester Knox Little kept a detailed journal of his time in China and Taiwan. Covering the years 1943 to 1954 it provides important new insights about some of the most dramatic episodes in China’s mid-twentieth century history: Sino-Japanese military and economic competition, China’s domestic political...
Policy Metamorphosis in China
A Case Study of Minban Education in Shanghai
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
China has been experiencing great economic and social changes since the late 1970s when the Reform and Opening-Up policies were accepted. While some Sinologists argue that such changes have made the Chinese structure of authority fragmented and discrepant, and have weakened the directive power of...
China's Homeless Generation
Voices from the veterans of the Chinese Civil War, 1940s-1990s
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
China's Homeless Generation is a study of nearly two million Chinese who were displaced from home in Mainland China to the island of Taiwan. A result of the Chinese civil war between the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), this massive migration began around 1948...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2016
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This study examines the U.S. pivot to Asia to determine whether energy security issues are likely to complicate relations and/or lead to friction between the United States and China in the...
China Looks at the West
Identity, Global Ambitions, and the Future of Sino-American Relations
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Chinese leaders have long been fascinated by the United States, but have often chosen to demonize America for perceived cultural and military imperialism. Especially under Communist rule, Chinese leaders have crafted and re-crafted portrayals of the United States according to the needs of their own...
The Chinese Journals of L.K. Little, 1943–54
An Eyewitness Account of War and Revolution, Volume III
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Lester Knox Little kept a detailed journal of his time in China and Taiwan. Covering the years 1943 to 1954 it provides important new insights about some of the most dramatic episodes in China’s mid-twentieth century history: Sino-Japanese military and economic competition, China’s domestic political...
Film Studies in China
Selected Writings from Contemporary Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Film Studies in China is a collection of specially selected articles chosen from issues of the Contemporary Cinema journal published throughout the year. Contemporary Cinema is one of the most prestigious academic film studies journals in China. Recently, this journal has been active not only in publishing...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
This volume examines important aspects of China's century-long search to provide appropriate and effective health care for its people. Four subjects—disease and healing, encounters and accommodations, institutions and professions, and people's health—organize discussions across case studies of...
No Problem, Mr. Walt
A Memoir of Loss, Building a Boat,Rebuilding a Life, and Discovering China
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
Walt Hackman's "No Problem, Mr. Walt" is more than a poignant travel memoir. It is written by a father and easygoing voyager about his travels throughout China in his extraordinary quest to build an authentic wooden Chinese junk boat—in China! This delightful book is filled with humor,...
Concubines in Court
Marriage and Monogamy in Twentieth-Century China
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
This groundbreaking book analyzes marriage and family reform in twentieth-century China. Lisa Tran’s examination of changes in the perception of concubinage explores the subtle, yet very meaningful, shifts in the construction of monogamy in contemporary China. Equally important is her use of court...
La modernidad de China
Fin del socialismo y desafíos de la sociedad de mercado
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 30, 2013
La transición de China ha estado llena de éxitos en el campo de la economía. En estos últimos años se convirtió en la segunda economía del mundo. La combinación de formas mercantiles muy poderosas, pero reprimidas a lo largo de su historia y liberadas por las reformas iniciadas en 1978, han...