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  • Cambodia: Report From a Stricken Land

    de Henry Kamm ...
    Based on his observations over three decades, Henry Kamm, Pulitzer Prize-winning NEW YORK TIMES Southeast Asia correspondent, unravels the complexities of Cambodia. Kamm's invaluable document--a factual and personal account of its troubled history-- gives the Western reader the first clear understanding of this magic land's past and present.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

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  • Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

    de Ezra F. Vogel ...
    Winner of the Lionel Gelber PrizeNational Book Critics Circle Award FinalistAn Economist Best Book of the Year | A Financial Times Book of the Year | A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year | A Washington Post Book of the Year | A Bloomberg News Book of the Year | An Esquire China Book of the Year | A Gates Notes Top Read of the YearPerhaps no one in the twentieth century ... ... Leer más

    $21.59 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Tragedy of Liberation

    A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957

    de Frank Dikötter ...
    A groundbreaking chronicle of the violent early years of the People's Republic of China, by the author of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize–winning Mao's Great Famine.“The Chinese Communist party refers to its victory in 1949 as a 'liberation.' In China the story of liberation and the revolution that followed is not one of peace, liberty, and justice. It is first and foremost a story of calculated ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • China Men

    National Book Award Winner

    de Maxine Hong Kingston ...
    Series series Vintage International
    **NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • The bestselling author of The Woman Warrior chronicles the lives of several generations of Chinese men in America, woven from memory, myth and fact."A history at once savage and beautiful, a combination of bone-grinding reality and luminous fantasy."—The New Republic**Maxine Hong Kingston’s unforgettable imaginative journey into the hearts and minds of generations of ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • China’s Crony Capitalism

    The Dynamics of Regime Decay

    de Minxin Pei ...
    When Deng Xiaoping launched China on the path to economic reform in the late 1970s, he vowed to build “socialism with Chinese characteristics.” More than three decades later, China’s efforts to modernize have yielded something very different from the working people’s paradise Deng envisioned: an incipient kleptocracy, characterized by endemic corruption, soaring income inequality, and growing ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

  • In Manchuria

    A Village Called Wasteland and the Transformation of Rural China

    de Michael Meyer ...
    In the tradition of In Patagonia and Great Plains, Michael Meyer's In Manchuria is a scintillating combination of memoir, contemporary reporting, and historical research, presenting a unique profile of China's legendary northeast territory. For three years, Meyer rented a home in the rice-farming community of Wasteland, hometown to his wife's family. Their personal saga mirrors the tremendous ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Chinese New Year For Kids

    Chinese Calendar

    de Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Explore Asia Books
    Why do dragons dance during Chinese New Year? Allow your children to find the right answers on their own with the help of this very informative book. The great thing about this book is that it’s been specifically designed for children. Therefore, you can see colors, pictures and as few texts as possible. This formula is surefire way of boosting the interest for knowledge. Grab a copy now! ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Taming Tibet

    Landscape Transformation and the Gift of Chinese Development

    de Emily Yeh ...
    The violent protests in Lhasa in 2008 against Chinese rule were met by disbelief and anger on the part of Chinese citizens and state authorities, perplexed by Tibetans' apparent ingratitude for the generous provision of development. In Taming Tibet, Emily T. Yeh examines how Chinese development projects in Tibet served to consolidate state space and power. Drawing on sixteen months of ethnographic ... Leer más

    $26.59 USD

  • Civil Examinations and Meritocracy in Late Imperial China

    de Benjamin A. Elman ...
    During China's late imperial period (roughly 1400-1900 CE), men would gather by the millions every two or three years outside official examination compounds sprinkled across China. Only one percent of candidates would complete the academic regimen that would earn them a post in the administrative bureaucracy. Civil Examinations assesses the role of education, examination, and China's civil service ... Leer más

    $51.99 USD

  • The Quest for Gentility in China

    Negotiations Beyond Gender and Class

    Edición de Daria Berg, Chloe Starr ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
    The quest for gentility has shaped Chinese civilization and the formation of culture in China until the present day. This book analyzes social aspirations and cultural practices in China from 1550 to 1999, showing how the notion of gentility has evolved and retained its relevance in China from late imperial times until the modern day. Gentility denotes the way of the gentleman and gentlewoman. The ... Leer más

    $82.99 USD

  • Love and Liberation

    Autobiographical Writings of the Tibetan Buddhist Visionary Sera Khandro

    de Sarah H. Jacoby ...
    Love and Liberation reads the autobiographical and biographical writings of one of the few Tibetan Buddhist women to record the story of her life. Sera Khandro Künzang Dekyong Chönyi Wangmo (also called Dewé Dorjé, 1892–1940) was extraordinary not only for achieving religious mastery as a Tibetan Buddhist visionary and guru to many lamas, monastics, and laity in the Golok region of eastern Tibet, ... Leer más

    $37.99 USD

  • China's Next Strategic Advantage

    From Imitation to Innovation

    de George S. Yip, Bruce McKern ...
    A book for everyone who does business with China or in China.The history-making development of the Chinese economy has entered a new phase. China is moving aggressively from a strategy of imitation to one of innovation. Driven both by domestic needs and by global ambition, China is establishing itself at the forefront of technological innovation. Western businesses need to prepare for a tidal wave ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

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