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| Author | : Jonathan D. Spence |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 1980-03-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0140055282 |
From “the best known and most talented historian of China writing in English today” (Los Angeles Times), an examination of a diverse collection of Western foreigners who attempted “to change China” "To change China" was the goal of foreign missionaries, soldiers, doctors, teachers, engineers, and revolutionaries for more than three hundred years. But the Chinese, while eagerly accepting Western technical advice, clung steadfastly to their own religious and cultural traditions. As a new era of relations between China and the United States begins, the tales in this volume will serve as cautionary histories for businessmen, diplomats, students, or any other foreigners who foolishly believe that they can transform this vast, enigmatic country.
| Author | : Tamara Jacka |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 327 |
| Release | : 2013-09-30 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1107292298 |
China's rapid economic growth, modernization and globalization have led to astounding social changes. Contemporary China provides a fascinating portrayal of society and social change in the contemporary People's Republic of China. This book introduces readers to key sociological perspectives, themes and debates about Chinese society. It explores topics such as family life, citizenship, gender, ethnicity, labour, religion, education, class and rural/urban inequalities. It considers China's imperial past, the social and institutional legacies of the Maoist era, and the momentous forces shaping it in the present. It also emphasises diversity and multiplicity, encouraging readers to consider new perspectives and rethink Western stereotypes about China and its people. Real-life case studies illustrate the key features of social relations and change in China. Definitions of key terms, discussion questions and lists of further reading help consolidate learning. Including full-colour maps and photographs, this book offers remarkable insight into Chinese society and social change.
| Author | : Bruce A. Elleman |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 653 |
| Release | : 2019-02-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1538103877 |
Now in a fully updated edition, this accessible text provides a balanced history of modern China in a global context. Through years of living and research in China, Taiwan, Japan, and Russia, the authors are deeply qualified to understand China’s internal dynamics as well as its foreign relations over centuries. Arguing that modern Chinese history cannot be understood without a deep appreciation of the outside factors that have influenced the country, the authors focus on China’s near neighbors, especially Japan and Russia. They also emphasize the tragic role of almost endless warfare throughout Chinese history. Providing a unique comparative approach, the authors bridge the cultural divide separating Chinese history from Western readers trying to understand it. Specifically geared to the teaching requirements of the semester system, the book is divided into four parts and a total of twenty-eight chapters, corresponding either to two chapters per week in a fourteen-week semester or one chapter per week in a two-semester course.
| Author | : Jonathan Spence |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 360 |
| Release | : 1969 |
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| Author | : Manfred Elfstrom |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 253 |
| Release | : 2021-01-21 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1108831109 |
Rising labour unrest is changing Chinese governance from below; Elfstrom shows that this is occurring in unexpected and contradictory ways.
| Author | : Victor Nee |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 450 |
| Release | : 2012-06-19 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0674065395 |
Over 630 million Chinese escaped poverty since the 1980s, the largest decrease in poverty in history. Studying 700 manufacturing firms in the Yangzi region, the authors argue that the engine of China’s economic miracle—private enterprise—did not originate at the top but bubbled up from below, overcoming initial obstacles set up by the government.
| Author | : R. Bin Wong |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 341 |
| Release | : 2018-10-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1501736043 |
The assumption still made in much social science research that Europe provides a universal model of development is fundamentally mistaken, according to R. Bin Wong. The solution is not, however, simply to reject Eurocentric norms but to build complementary perspectives, such as a Sinocentric one, to evaluate current understandings of European developments. A genuinely comparative perspective, he argues, will free China from wrong expectations and will allow those working on European problems to recognize the distinct character of Western development.
| Author | : Zak Dychtwald |
| Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2018-02-13 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1250078814 |
The author, who is in his twenties and fluent in Chinese, intimately examines the future of China through the lens of the Jiu Ling Hou—the generation born after 1990—exploring through personal encounters how his Chinese peers feel about everything from money and marriage to their government and the West
| Author | : Richard Bertschinger |
| Publisher | : Singing Dragon |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 2011-11-15 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0857010662 |
For the Chinese, the destiny of each individual and the cosmos have always been inextricably linked, and for two thousand years the Yijing, or the Book of Change, has exercised the best minds in the Orient. Richard Bertschinger, author of The Secret of Everlasting Life (the first translation of The Can Tong Qi), has worked from the classical commentaries to make a fresh and up-to-date translation for the modern world. Marriage, business ventures, journeys, military ventures, disputes, world affairs, personal problems, health or money issues, all are grist for the mill of the Book of Change. Through pondering the lines, studying their poetry, and devoting ourselves to its meaning, the heart of the ancients is clear. We pick up perhaps in a way we never could have conceived of, how to guide and direct our lives. With an introduction that explains the underlying structure and philosophy of the Book of Change, as well as its history, and a detailed explanation of how to throw the yarrow sticks, or the coins, the novice reader is given everything they need to take their first steps in consulting the ancient oracle, and those already familiar with established translations will find this fresh translation from the original texts clear and illuminating.
| Author | : Ian Johnson |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 2007-12-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0307430251 |
In Wild Grass, Pulitzer Prize—winning journalist Ian Johnson tells the stories of three ordinary Chinese citizens moved to extraordinary acts of courage: a peasant legal clerk who filed a class-action suit on behalf of overtaxed farmers, a young architect who defended the rights of dispossessed homeowners, and a bereaved woman who tried to find out why her elderly mother had been beaten to death in police custody. Representing the first cracks in the otherwise seamless façade of Communist Party control, these small acts of resistance demonstrate the unconquerable power of the human conscience and prophesy an increasingly open political future for China.
