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  • The Cambridge Illustrated History of China

    by Patricia Buckley Ebrey ...
    The Cambridge Illustrated History of China is an illuminating account of the full sweep of Chinese civilisation – from prehistoric times to the intellectual ferment of the Warring States Period, through the rise and fall of the imperial dynasties, to the modern communist state. Written by a leading scholar and lavishly illustrated, its narrative draws together everything from the influence of key ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

  • Chinese Civilization

    A Sourcebook, 2nd Ed

    by Patricia Buckley Ebrey ...
    This updated version of a fantastic account of Chinese culture and civilization provides analysis of notable historical documents, social records, and laws.Setting the standard for supplementary texts in Chinese history courses, the newly expanded edition of Chinese Civilization includes coverage of personal documents, social records, laws, and previously ignored reports.With insight to the ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Women and the Family in Chinese History

    by Patricia Ebrey ...
    Series series Asia's Transformations/Critical Asian Scholarship
    This is a collection of essays by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, Patricia Buckley. In the essays she has selected for this fascinating volume, Professor Ebrey explores features of the Chinese family, gender and kinship systems as practices and ideas intimately connected to history and therefore subject to change over time. The essays cover topics ranging from dowries and the sale ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • Emperor Huizong

    by Patricia Buckley Ebrey ...
    China was the most advanced country in the world when Huizong ascended the throne in 1100 CE. In his eventful twenty-six year reign, the artistically-gifted emperor guided the Song Dynasty toward cultural greatness. Yet Huizong would be known to posterity as a political failure who lost the throne to Jurchen invaders and died their prisoner. The first comprehensive English-language biography of ... Read more

    $68.99 CAD

  • Chinese Autobiographical Writing

    An Anthology of Personal Accounts

    Edited by Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Cong Ellen Zhang, Ping Yao ...
    Step into Chinese history through the accounts of those who lived itPersonal accounts help us understand notions of self, interpersonal relations, and historical events. Chinese Autobiographical Writing contains full translations of works by fifty individuals that illuminate the history and conventions of writing about oneself in the Chinese tradition. From poetry, letters, and diaries to ... Read more

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  • Chinese Funerary Biographies

    An Anthology of Remembered Lives

    Edited by Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Ping Yao, Cong Ellen Zhang ...
    Tens of thousands of epitaphs, or funerary biographies, survive from imperial China. Engraved on stone and placed in a grave, they typically focus on the deceased’s biography and exemplary words and deeds, expressing the survivors’ longing for the dead. These epitaphs provide glimpses of the lives of women, men who did not leave a mark politically, and children—people who are not well documented ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • State Power in China, 900-1325

    Edited by Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Paul Jakov Smith ...
    This collection provides new ways to understand how state power was exercised during the overlapping Liao, Song, Jin, and Yuan dynasties. Through a set of case studies, State Power in China, 900-1325 examines large questions concerning dynastic legitimacy, factional strife, the relationship between the literati and the state, and the value of centralization. How was state power exercised? Why did ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

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    Here is a fascinating compact history of Chinese political, economic, and cultural life, ranging from the origins of civilization in China to the beginning of the 21st century. Historian Paul Ropp combines vivid story-telling with astute analysis to shed light on some of the larger questions of Chinese history. What is distinctive about China in comparison with other civilizations? What have been ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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  • A Short History of China

    by Gordon Kerr ...
    The turbulent and chequered past of the world's most populous country is one of the most fascinating in world history, and relatively little known in the West. From the beginnings of Chinese prehistory right through to internet censorship with the 'Great Firewall of China', Gordon Kerr offers a comprehensive introduction to the sprawling history of this enormous country. A Short History of China ... Read more

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  • The Secret History of the Mongol Queens

    How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire

    by Jack Weatherford ...
    “A fascinating romp through the feminine side of the infamous Khan clan” (Booklist) by the author featured in Echoes of the Empire: Beyond Genghis Khan“Enticing . . . hard to put down.”—Associated PressThe Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the largest empire the world has ever known. The daughters of the Silk Route turned their father’s conquests into the first truly international ... Read more

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  • The Martian

    A Novel

    by Andy Weir ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA mission to Mars. A freak accident. One man’s struggle to survive. From the author of Project Hail Mary comes “a hugely entertaining novel that reads like a rocket ship afire” (Chicago Tribune).“Brilliant . . . a celebration of human ingenuity [and] the purest example of real-science sci-fi for many years . . . utterly compelling.”—The Wall ... Read more

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  • All the Light We Cannot See

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