International scholars and sinologists discuss culture, economic growth, social change, political processes, and foreign influences in China since the earliest pre-dynastic period.
International scholars and sinologists discuss culture, economic growth, social change, political processes, and foreign influences in China since the earliest pre-dynastic period
The Cambridge History of Ancient China provides a survey of the institutional and cultural history of pre-imperial China.
... of the Maoist system is provided by Edward Friedman , Paul Pickowicz , Mark Selden , and Kay Ann Johnson in Chinese ... For an interesting biography of one of the most popular Peking Opera stars , see A.C. Scott's Mei Lan - Fang ...
The Cambridge History of China. Volume 11, Late Ch'ing, 1800-1911. Part 2
International scholars and sinologists discuss culture, economic growth, social change, political processes, and foreign influences in China since the earliest pre-dynastic period.
This history covers mainland and island Southeast Asia from Burma to Indonesia. Volume I is from prehistory to c1500. Volume II discusses the area's interaction with foreign countries from c1500-c1800.
Stephen Owen is James Bryant Conant Professor of Chinese at Harvard University. --Book Jacket.
This is a comprehensive guide to every facet of modern war from strategy and operations to its social, cultural, technological and political contexts and legacies.
This volume introduces the geographical setting of Central Asia and follows its history from the palaeolithic era to the rise of the Mongol empire in the thirteenth century.
This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of science, medicine and mathematics of the Old World in antiquity.