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Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power

by Yan Xuetong Princeton University Press
Pub Date:
04/2011
ISBN:
9780691148267
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Hbk 312 pages

The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in...

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Mumbai Fables

by Gyan Prakash Princeton University Press
Pub Date:
10/2011
ISBN:
9780691153179
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Pb+ 424 pages

A place of spectacle and ruin, Mumbai exemplifies the cosmopolitan metropolis. It is not just a big city but also a soaring vision...

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Emerging Lesbian: Female Same-Sex Desire in Modern China

by Tze-Lan D. Sang University of Chicago Press
Pub Date:
03/2003
ISBN:
9780226734804
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Pb+ 392 pages

In early twentieth-century China, age-old traditions of homosocial and homoerotic relationships between women suddenly became...

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Analects of Confucius

by Burton Watson Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
10/2009
ISBN:
9780231141659
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Pb+ 176 pages

Compiled by disciples of Confucius in the fourth century B.C.E., The Analects of Confucius is a collection of aphorisms and historical...

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Imperial Concubine's Tale: Scandal, Shipwreck, and Salvation in Seventeenth-Century Japan

by G G Rowley Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
11/2012
ISBN:
9780231158541
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Hbk 280 pages

Japan in the early seventeenth century was a wild place. Serial killers stalked the streets of Kyoto at night, while noblemen...

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Crisis as Catalyst: Asia's Dynamic Political Economy

by Andrew MaIntyre, TJ Pempel and John Ravenhill Cornell University Press
Pub Date:
09/2008
ISBN:
9780801474606
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Pb+ 304 pages

The financial crisis that swept across East Asia during 1997-1998 was devastating not only in its economic impact but also in...

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Yoga in Practice

by David Gordon White Princeton University Press
Pub Date:
11/2011
ISBN:
9780691140865
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Pb+ 416 pages

Yoga is a body of practice that spans two millennia and transcends the boundaries of any single religion, geographic region, or...

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Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts

by Haruo Shirane Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
03/2012
ISBN:
9780231152808
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Hb+ 336 pages

Elegant representations of nature, explicitly the four seasons, fill a wide range of Japanese genres and media—from poetry and...

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Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale

by Nagai Kafu Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
09/2011
ISBN:
9780231141192
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Pb+ 184 pages

Originally published in 1918, Rivalry is regarded as the masterpiece of Nagai Kafu, a Japanese novelist known for his brilliant...

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Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai

by Wang Anyi Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
12/2009
ISBN:
9780231143431
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Pb+ 456 pages

Set in post-World War II Shanghai, The Song of Everlasting Sorrow follows the adventures of Wang Qiyao, a girl born of the longtong,...

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Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain: The Essence of Tai Ji

by Chungliang Al Huang Singing Dragon
Pub Date:
04/2011
ISBN:
9781848190528
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Pbk 224 pages

Written with true passion and covering everything for those with an interest in Tai Ji want to know, Chungliang Al Huang's classic...

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Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay: Assessing the Economic Rise of China and India

by Pranab Bardhan Princeton University Press
Pub Date:
12/2012
ISBN:
9780691156408
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Pb+ 192 pages

The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention--and justifiably so. Together, the two countries...

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Lost Colony: The Untold Story of China's First Great Victory over the West

by Tonio Andrade Princeton University Press
Pub Date:
10/2011
ISBN:
9780691144559
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Hb+ 448 pages

During the seventeenth century, Holland created the world's most dynamic colonial empire, outcompeting the British and capturing...

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China's Democratic Future: How It Will Happen and Where It Will Lead

by Bruce Gilley Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
08/2005
ISBN:
9780231130851
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Pb+ 320 pages

The end of communist rule in China will be one of the most momentous events of the twenty-first century, sounding the death knell...

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Tearing Apart the Land: Islam and Legitimacy in Southern Thailand

by Duncan McCargo Cornell University Press
Pub Date:
08/2008
ISBN:
9780801474996
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Pb+ 232 pages

Since January 2004, a violent separatist insurgency has raged in southern Thailand, resulting in more than three thousand deaths....

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