The Manchu Way

The Manchu Way
Author: Mark C. Elliott
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 612
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780804746847

In 1644, the Manchus, a relatively unknown people inhabiting China's northeastern frontier, overthrew the Ming, Asia's mightiest rulers, and established the Qing dynasty, This book supplies a radically new perspective on the formative period of the modern Chinese nation.

Civilizing Missions

Civilizing Missions
Author: M. Hirono
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2008-11-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230616496

By comparing the role and influence of early Christian missionaries with those of Christian NGOs today, this book critically assesses the idea of a Christian 'civilizing mission' within the context of China. It provides a local, non-Han perspective based on a rich array of historical, ethnographical, and empirical sources.

The Manchus

The Manchus
Author: John Ross
Publisher:
Total Pages: 802
Release: 1880
Genre: China
ISBN:

Spinegrinder

Spinegrinder
Author: Clive Davies
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Total Pages: 1368
Release: 2015-03-06
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1909394068

First came video and more recently high definition home entertainment, through to the internet with its streaming videos and not strictly legal peer-to-peer capabilities. With so many sources available, today’s fan of horror and exploitation movies isn’t necessarily educated on paths well-trodden — Universal classics, 1950s monster movies, Hammer — as once they were. They may not even be born and bred on DAWN OF THE DEAD. In fact, anyone with a bit of technical savvy (quickly becoming second nature for the born-clicking generation) may be viewing MYSTICS IN BALI and S.S. EXPERIMENT CAMP long before ever hearing of Bela Lugosi or watching a movie directed by Dario Argento. In this world, H.G. Lewis, so-called “godfather of gore,” carries the same stripes as Alfred Hitchcock, “master of suspense.” SPINEGRINDER is one man’s ambitious, exhaustive and utterly obsessive attempt to make sense of over a century of exploitation and cult cinema, of a sort that most critics won’t care to write about. One opinion; 8,000 reviews (or thereabouts.

American International Pictures

American International Pictures
Author: Rob Craig
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1476666318

American International Pictures was in many ways the "missing link" between big-budget Hollywood studios, "poverty-row" B-movie factories and low-rent exploitation movie distributors. AIP first targeted teen audiences with science fiction, horror and fantasy, but soon grew to encompass many genres and demographics--at times, it was indistinguishable from many of the "major" studios. From Abby to Zontar, this filmography lists more than 800 feature films, television series and TV specials by AIP and its partners and subsidiaries. Special attention is given to American International Television (the TV arm of AIP) and an appendix lists the complete AITV catalog. The author also discusses films produced by founders James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff after they left the company.

Material Culture in Europe and China, 1400–1800

Material Culture in Europe and China, 1400–1800
Author: S.A.M. Adshead
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1997-09-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1349257621

This book reinterprets the rise of consumerism in terms of interaction between Europe and China 1400-1800. In particular, it examines the intellectual foundations of consumerism in food, dress, shelter, utilities, information and symbolism. It highlights consumerism as an expression of both rationality and freedom and indicates the constructive role it has played in the formation of the modern world. Particular use is made of comparisons between developments in Europe and China to differentiate both.