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Fieldwork Connections: The Fabric of Ethnographic Collaboration in China and America
Fieldwork Connections tells the story of the intertwined research histories of three anthropologists working in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China in the late twentieth century. Chapters are written alternately...
City of Virtues: Nanjing in an Age of Utopian Visions
Throughout Nanjing's history, writers have claimed that its spectacular landscape of mountains and rivers imbued the city with "royal qi," making it a place of great political significance. City of...
Gender, Power, and Talent: The Journey of Daoist Priestesses in Tang China
During the Tang dynasty (618-907), changes in political policies, the religious landscape, and gender relations opened the possibility for Daoist women to play an unprecedented role in religious and public...
The Gate to China: A New History of the People's Republic & Hong Kong
'Impressive ... Fascinating' Sunday Times'An authoritative history' Financial Times'Gripping and richly researched' Rana MitterA superb new history of the rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian...
Children of Marx and Coca-Cola: Chinese Avant-garde Art and Independent Cinema
Author: Xiaoping LinFormat: Hardback, 670g, 320 pagesPublished: University of Hawai'i Press, United States, 2009Children of Marx and Coca-Cola affords a deep study of Chinese avant-garde art and independent cinema from...
The Profits of Nature: Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth-Century China
Author: Peter B. LavelleFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 229mm, 304 pagesPublished: Columbia University Press, United States, 2020In the nineteenth century, the Qing empire experienced a period of profound turmoil caused by...
Heterodoxy in Late Imperial China
Author: Kwang-Ching Liu Format: Hardback Number of Pages: Cultural and intellectual protests, while rare, were recurrent in Chinese society. This impressive and comprehensive work traces the origins of dissent to...
Mandarin Chinese Visual Dictionary: A photo guide to everyday words and phrases in Mandarin Chinese (Collins Visual Dictionary)
Author: Collins DictionariesFormat: Paperback, 106mm x 151mm, 250g, 272 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2019The home of trusted full-colour visual dictionaries for everyday use.A photographic guide to the key words...
Liu Ye: The Book Paintings
Author: Liu YeFormat: Hardback, 210mm x 280mm, 1120g, 192 pagesPublished: David Zwirner, United States, 2021The Chinese artist Liu Ye's meticulous, colorful canvases convey his love of literature in the first...
Kiki Xue (Multi-lingual edition)
Format: Hardback, 250mm x 320mm, 1440g, 160 pagesPublished: Editions Skira Paris, France, 2023Originally from Chengdu in China, Kiki Xue first studied mathematics before deciding to become a professional photographer. Since...