The Prehistoric Maritime Frontier of Southeast China

The Prehistoric Maritime Frontier of Southeast China
Author: Chunming Wu
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9811640793

This open access book presents multidisciplinary research on the cultural history, ethnic connectivity, and oceanic transportation of the ancient Indigenous Bai Yue (百越) in the prehistoric maritime region of southeast China and southeast Asia. In this maritime Frontier of China, historical documents demonstrate the development of the “barbarian” Bai Yue and Island Yi (岛夷) and their cultural interaction with the northern Huaxia (华夏) in early Chinese civilization within the geopolitical order of the “Central State-Four Peripheries Barbarians-Four Seas”. Archaeological typologies of the prehistoric remains reveal a unique cultural tradition dominantly originating from the local Paleolithic age and continuing to early Neolithization across this border region. Further analysis of material culture from the Neolithic to the Early Iron Age proves the stability and resilience of the indigenous cultures even with the migratory expansion of Huaxia and Han (汉) from north to south. Ethnographical investigations of aboriginal heritage highlight their native cultural context, seafaring technology and navigation techniques, and their interaction with Austronesian and other foreign maritime ethnicities. In a word, this manuscript presents a new perspective on the unique cultural landscape of indigenous ethnicities in southeast China with thousands of years’ stable tradition, a remarkable maritime orientation and overseas cultural hybridization in the coastal region of southeast China.

Freedom of the Press

Freedom of the Press
Author: J. Edward Evans
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1990
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

Explains what freedom of the press is, its history in colonial times, its meaning in the Constitution, and current controversial issues challenging the boundaries of this freedom.

The Neverending Hunt

The Neverending Hunt
Author: Paul Herman
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 534
Release: 2008-09-08
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0809562561

Prepared by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman with the assistance of Glenn Lord, this is the first new bibliography of Robert E. Howard since 1976. This massive volume contains more than twice as much information as the preceding biblio, The Last Celt. Robert E. Howard is considered the Godfather of Sword and Sorcery, and the creator of the international icon, Conan the Cimmerian, yet wrote successfully in numerous genres. The Neverending Hunt lists every story, poem, letter and publication in which a Howard work has appeared. It's more than you might think . . .

Unearthed Arcana

Unearthed Arcana
Author: Gary Gygax
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1985
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780880380843

Includes spells, character classes, magic weapons, and other items used in playing Dungeons and Dragons.

Disorders of Hemoglobin

Disorders of Hemoglobin
Author: Martin H. Steinberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1254
Release: 2001
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780521632669

Disorders of Hemoglobin stands tall as the definitive work on the genetics, pathophysiology, and clinical management of hemoglobinopathies and thalassemia. Drs. Steinberg, Forget, Higgs, and Nagel have gathered the world authorities on the science and clinical management of these disorders and created the authoritative textbook for researchers and clinicians alike.Authors describe the scientific basis of clinical features and provide clinicians with a clear background of disorders they treat and scientists with an essential link between their research and its clinical manifestation. Disorders of Hemoglobin is the only single-source reference on hemoglobinopathies for hematologists, pediatricians, clinical investigators, and geneticists worldwide.

Recent Advances in the Scientific Research on Ancient Glass and Glaze

Recent Advances in the Scientific Research on Ancient Glass and Glaze
Author: Fuxi Gan
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 570
Release: 2016
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9814630292

"The aim of the book is to report the recent research development of ancient glass and glazing technology and the historical–cultural exchange of the East and West along the Silk Road. The contents of this book are dedicated to promote the exchanges between researchers in both social and scientific fields. The scope of this book includes the new archaeological findings of ancient glass and faience in the world, the relationship of glassmaking with glazing technology, the development and application of modern techniques used for the characterization of ancient glass and glaze, compound colorants/opacifiers among ancient glass, the early exchanges of culture and techniques used between China and elsewhere along the Silk Road, and so on."--Provided by publisher.