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9780520204393 / Hershatter: Dangerous Pleasures. Prostitution and Modernity in 20th-Century Shanghai. Paperback 
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  • Dangerous Pleasures. Prostitution and Modernity in 20th-Century Shanghai. Paperback
  • by Gail Hershatter
  • xii, 591 pages, notes, bibliography, glossary, index, 26 pages of plates. 1999

0945454309 Girardot: Daoism and Ecology. Ways Within a Cosmic Landscape 
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  • Daoism and Ecology. Ways Within a Cosmic Landscape
  • by N.J. Girardot
  • 546 pages. 2001. In this text the editors present both a scholarly understanding of the complexities of the Daoist tradition and a critical exploration of its contribution to recent environmental concerns. This installment features 28 contributions, some of which look at specific Daoist writings like the Scripture of Great Peace and the Scripture of Unconscious Unification. Other offerings examine Daoism through contemporary trends as fengshui, deep ecology, wilderness, and environmental ethics

Zhou Mingqi. The Deangs: Women Not to Be Bound in Waistbands. Paperback 
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  • Deangs: Women Not to Be Bound in Waistbands. Paperback
  • by Zhou Mingqi
  • 40 pages with colour illustrations, and 52 pages with text. 1995

Hyland: Deities, Emperors, Ladies and Literati. Figure Painting of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Paperback 
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  • Deities, Emperors, Ladies and Literati. Figure Painting of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Paperback, ca. 21x30 cm
  • by Alice R.M. Hyland
  • 96 pages, with a map, bibliography, 37 black-white and colour plates. 1987

9780728603271 Pierson: Designs as Signs: Decoration and Chinese Ceramics. Paperback 
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  • Designs as Signs: Decoration and Chinese Ceramics. Paperback, 19x24cm
  • Stacey Pierson
  • 96 pages, colour throughout . 2001. A catalogue of Chinese ceramic artwork as a sign system, divided into chapters representing nature, language, mythology, religion, literature and painting, with an introductory essay on the study of motifs and a brief chronology of China.

Yuan: Developing Writing Skills in Chinese. Paperback 
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  • Developing Writing Skills in Chinese. Paperback
  • by Boping Yuan; Kan Qian; Qian Kan
  • 216 pages, 20 illustrations. 2003. Written by experienced teachers of Chinese and thoroughly trialled with non-native students of Chinese, Developing Writing Skills in Chinese will help students to write coherently, clearly and appropriately in a variety of contexts

9780892641628 / Ye Xiaoqing: The Dianshizhai Pictorial. Shanghai Urban Life 1884 - 1898. Paperback 
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  • Dianshizhai Pictorial. Shanghai Urban Life 1884 - 1898. Paperback
  • by Ye Xiaoqing
  • 249 pages, bibliography, 137 illustrations (line drawings of Old Shanghai). 2003

9780415002288 / Eberhard: Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought. Paperback 
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  • Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought. Paperback
  • by Wolfram Eberhard
  • 332 pages, bibliography, many illustrations. 1988 reprint, 2000. A guide describing more than 400 important Chinese symbols, explaining their esoteric meanings and connections. Their use and development in Chinese literature, customs and attitudes to life are traced lucidly and precisely

China: Directory of China's Foreign Trade '95. Paperback 
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  • Directory of China's Foreign Trade '95. Paperback
  • China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. China Chamber of International Commerce
  • 397 pages. 1995

9780691004921 / Guthrie: Dragon in a Three-Piece Suit. The Emergence of Capitalism in China. Cloth 
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  • Dragon in a Three-Piece Suit. The Emergence of Capitalism in China. Cloth
  • by Doug Guthrie
  • xiv, 302 pages, index. 1990

9780804746878 / Hsu: Dreaming of Gold, Dreaming of Home. Transnationalism and Migration between US and S.China,1882-1943. Paperback 
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  • Dreaming of Gold, Dreaming of Home: Transnationalism and Migration Between the United States and South China, 1882-1943. Paperback
  • Madeline H. Hsu
  • 288 pages, with tables, figures, maps, bibliography, index. 2002

9780761816713 vsd Karetzky: Early Buddhist Narrative Art: Illustrations of the Life of the Buddha from Central Asia to China, Korea and Japan. Paperback 
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  • Early Buddhist Narrative Art: Illustrations of the Life of the Buddha from Central Asia to China, Korea and Japan. Paperback
  • by Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky
  • xli, 249 pages. 2000. Early Buddhist Narrative Art is a pictorial journey through the transmission of the narrative cycle based on the life of the historical Buddha. Karetzky maintains that there is an underlying homogeneity of the tradition in the cultures of India, Central Asia, China and Japan.

9780728602656 Pierson: Earth, fire and water: Chinese ceramic technology: A handbook for non-specialists. Paperback 
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  • Earth, fire and water: Chinese ceramic technology: A handbook for non-specialists. Paperback
  • Stacey Pierson. Percival David Foundation  of Chinese Art
  • 64 pages, colour throughout. 1996. A handbook on Chinese ceramics looking at clays and their origins; glazes; decorative techniques and forming methods; kilns and kiln furniture; and drying and firing, with a map of kiln sites in China and photographs of relevant examples.

9780486428826 / Krupp: Echoes of the Ancient Skies. The Astronomy of Lost Civilizations. Paperback 
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  • Echoes of the Ancient Skies. The Astronomy of Lost Civilizations. Paperback.
  • E.C. Krupp
  • xvii, 386 pages, bibliography, index, numerous illustrations. 1983. Reprint 2003. Director of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, astronomer Krupp writes about observation of the sky by ancient people and its impact on their culture. He explains how the sky really works, then surveys observatories in sites from China, Babylonia, Scotland, Peru, and elsewhere.

9780824828905 / Owen, Chandler, Roff: The Emergence of Modern Southeast Asia: A New History. Paperback 
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  • Emergence of Modern Southeast Asia: A New History. Paperback
  • edited by Norman G. Owen, David Chandler, and William R. Roff
  • 576 pages, 75 illustrations, 6 maps. 2005 

0938644335 Kessler: Empires Beyond the Great Wall: The Heritage of Genghis Khan. Paperback 
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  • Empires Beyond the Great Wall: The Heritage of Genghis Khan. Ca. 22x31cm. Paperback
  • by Adam T. Kessler. National History Musuem of Los Angeles County / Inner Mongolia Museum of China
  • 176 pages, with index, references, 114 figures in black-white and colour. 1997

Bunce: An Encyclopaedia of Buddhist Deities, Demigods, Godlings, Saints & Demons. With special focus on iconographic attributes. 2-Volume-set. Cloth 
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  • Encyclopaedia of Buddhist Deities, Demigods, Godlings, Saints & Demons. With Special Focus on Iconographic Attributes. 2-Volume-set. Ca. 4o. Cloth. ca. 22x29 cm
  • by F.W. Bunce
  • Volume I: 640 pages, bibliography. Volume II:  512 pages, Deiti identification tables. With 286 figures and 24 plates

9780415208413 Johnston: Engaging China: The management of an emerging power. Paperback 
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  • Engaging China. The management of an emerging power. Paperback
  • Edited by Alastair Iain Johnston & Robert S. Ross
  • 309 pages, conclusion, index, 9 figures, 9 tables. 1999. This text is concerned with the contemporary responses from various countries toward the rise of Chinese power. In particular it explores the pressures that influence the choice of options and strategies those states can make in managing the uncertainties of a rising power

978380622068 Wood: Entlang der Seidenstraße. Mythos und Geschichte. 29,5 cm. Gebunden 
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  • Entlang der Seidenstraße. Mythos und Geschichte. 29,5 cm. Gebunden
  • Frances Wood
  • 192 Seiten mit über 140 meist farbigen Abbildungen. 2007. Erlesene Stoffe und exotische Gewürze, orientalische Basare und schwer bepackte Karawanen, Marco Polo und Dschingis Khan: Erleben Sie den Zauber der Seidenstraße, lesen Sie die spannende Geschichte dieses legendären Handelswegs!

Scholz: Der entmannte Eros. Eine Kulturgeschichte der Eunuchen und Kastraten. Gebunden 
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  • Entmannte Eros. Eine Kulturgeschichte der Eunuchen und Kastraten. Gebunden
  • Piotr O. Scholz
  • 308 Seiten, illustriert, mit Quellen, Bibliographie, Namenregister. 1997. Die erste umfassnede Darstellung des Eunuchen- und Kastratentums von mythologischer Zeit bis heute. Eine besondere Geschichte von Eros und Kultur

Cleary: Entry Into the Inconceivable. An Introduction to Hua-yen Buddhism. Cloth 
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  • Entry Into the Inconceivable: An Introduction to Hua-yen Buddhism. Cloth
  • Thomas Cleary
  • 222 pages, with appendix and notes. 1996, Indian publication

71190010425 Chen Youban: Essentials of Contemporary Chinese Acupuncturists' Clinical Experiences. Hardcover 
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  • Essentials of Contemporary Chinese Acupuncturists' Clinical Experiences. Hardcover. ca.19x26cm
  • Chen Youban
  • 640 pages, index, illustrated. first edition 1989

9780415 9780815314714 Liu: The Ethnographic Eye: An Interpretative Study of Education in China. Hardback 
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  • Ethnographic Eye: An Interpretative Study of Education in China. Hardback
  • Judith Liu, Heidi A. Ross, Donald P. Kelly
  • 210 pages, index. 2000. This self-reflexive approach to school ethnography in China includes issues of cultural translation and the connections between the process of ethnographic work, the emergence of a text and the construction of a theory.

9780872207585 Loewe: Everyday Life in Early Imperial China. Paperback 
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  • Everyday Life in Early Imperial China. Paperback
  • Author Michael Loewe. Illustrations: Eva Wilson
  • 216 pages, with illustrations. 2005

9780942299892 Kuriyama: The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine. Paperback 
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  • Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine. Paperback
  • Shigeshisa Kuriyama. 340 pages, 21 figures. 2002. This text meditates on the contrasts between the human body described in classical Greek medicine and the body as envisaged by physicians in ancient China. It asks how this most basic of human realities came to be conceived by two sophisticated civilizations in radically diverging ways

9780813927053 ; Smith: Fathoming the Cosmos and Ordering the World: The Yijing (I Ching, or Classic of Changes) and Its Evolution in China. Hardcover 
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  • Fathoming the Cosmos and Ordering the World: The Yijing (I Ching, or Classic of Changes) and Its Evolution in China. Hardcover
  • by Richard J. Smith
  • xix, 393 pages. 2008

9780804731348 / Jun Jing: Feeding China's Little Emperors. Food, Children, and Social Change. Paperback 
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  • Feeding China's Little Emperors. Food, Children, and Social Change. Paperback
  • edited by Jun Jing
  • xiii, 280 pages, with 7 figures, 3 tables. 2000

Walters: Feng Shui. Perfect Placing for your Happiness and Prosperity. Paperback 
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  • Feng Shui. Perfect Placing for your Happiness and Prosperity. Paperback. ca. 25x26cm
  • Derek Walters
  • 112 pages, 7 plates, textillustrations, index, tables, geomantic chart. 1988

9780750939591 Clements: The First Emperor of China. Hardback 
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  • First Emperor of China. Hardback
  • Jonathan Clements 
  • 204 pages, 8 plates. 2006. A biography of Ying Zheng (259BC-210BC), the Emperor who unified China and built the Great Wall, examining various intrigues and scandals of his family including his mother’s plot to overthrow him, exploring the immigration crisis that threatened his kingdom, and portraying daily life under his absolute rule.

Meng Jixin: First Household under Heaven. The story of the Kong Family. Paperback 
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  • First Household under Heaven. The story of the Kong Family. Paperback
  • written by Meng Jixin, translated by Sheng Wen and Wang Yong
  • 152 pages, with some colour illustrations

9780691067681 / Kojiro: Five Hundred Years of Chinese Poetry, 1150-1650: The Chin, Yan, and Ming Dynasties. Cloth 
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  • Five Hundred Years of Chinese Poetry,  1150-1650: The Chin, Yan, and Ming Dynasties. Cloth
  • by Yoshikawa Kojiro, translated by John Timothy Wixted
  • xix, 215 pages, index, illustrated. 1989


85CE295 Yu Shing-tak: Flashback: A Decade of Changes, 1976 - 1986. Paperback 
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  • Flashback: A Decade of Changes, 1976 - 1986. Paperback, ca. 22x31 cm
  • editors: Yu Shing-tak & Yang Shaoming
  • 130 pages, 141 black-white and colour illustrations. 1986

0824811496 Weidner: Flowering in the Shadows: Women in the History of Chinese and Japanese Painting. Cloth 
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  • Flowering in the Shadows: Women in the History of Chinese and Japanese Painting. Cloth
  • Marsha Weidner, editor
  • xvi, 315 pages

Baker: The Flowering of a Foreign Faith. New Studies in Chinese Buddhist Art. Cloth 
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  • Flowering of a Foreign Faith. New Studies in Chinese Buddhist Art. Cloth. ca. 25x33 cm
  • edited by Janet Baker
  • 148 pages, index, with many black-white and colour photographs, linedrawings

Beal: The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King. A Life of Buddha: Sacred Books of China, volume 19. Hardback 
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  • Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King. A Life of Buddha: Sacred Books of China, volume 19. Hardback
  • Written by Asvaghosha Bodhisattva,  translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, A.D. 420, and from Chinese into English by Samuel Beal
  • 380 pages, with notes and index

State Bureau: Foreign Experts' Handbook. A guide to living and working in China: State Bureau of Foreign Experts. Paperback 
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  • Foreign Experts' Handbook. A guide to living and working in China: State Bureau of Foreign Experts. Paperback
  • State Bureau
  • 313 pages, with maps. black-white and colour illustrations. 1988

9780300093827 Zhang Zhongpei, Xu Hong, Wang Renxiang, Sarah Allan: The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective. Hardcover 
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  • Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective. Hardcover
  • by Zhang Zhongpei, Xu Hong, Wang Renxiang, Sarah Allan
  • 2005. Paleolithic sites from one million years ago, Neolithic sites with extraordinary jade and ceramic artifacts, excavated tombs and palaces of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. This magnificent book surveys China’s archaeological remains and in the process rewrites the early history of the world’s most enduring civilization.

9780520077959 / Hamilton: From the Soil: The Foundations of Chinese Society. A translation of Fei Xiaotong's Xiangtu Zhongguo. Cloth 
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  • From the Soil: The Foundations of Chinese Society. A translation of Fei Xiaotong's Xiangtu Zhongguo. Cloth
  • With an introduction and epilogue by Gary H. Hamilton and Wang Zheng
  • ix, 160 pages, glossary and index. 1992

Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Fundamentals of Chinese Acupuncture 
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  • Fundamentals of Chinese Acupuncture. The Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Paperback
  • 306 pages, about 132 figures, index. Printed in India, 1988

9783865682680 Pavan: Der Gelbe Fluss. Die Seele Chinas. Hardcover, 25 x 26,5 cm 
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  • Gelbe Fluss. Die Seele Chinas. Hardcover, 25 x 26,5 cm
  • Aldo Pavan
  • 272 Seiten, 210 Farbabbildungen. Er ist Chinas zweitlängster Fluss und mit 4.850 km der achtlängste Fluss der Welt. Anhand von faszinierenden Farbbildern gibt das Buch Einblicke in die große Vielfalt der Kulturen, Religionen und ethnischen Gruppen entlang des Flusses. Es behandelt nicht nur das klassische China (Xi’an mit seiner TerrakottaArmee), sondern auch weniger bekannte Gegenden wie die tibetanischen Plateaus, die mongolischen Wüsten, die buddhistischen Klöster und islamische Regionen.


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9780520211278 Ching Kwan Lee: Gender and the South China Miracle. Two Worlds of Factory Women 
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  • Gender and the South China Miracle. Two Worlds of Factory Women
  • Ching Kwan Lee
  • 210 pages, 10 illustrations, 2 figures, notes, bibliography, index. 1998

9781594772177 Temple: The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, & Invention. Paperback 
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  • Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, & Invention. Paperback
  • by Robert Temple. Foreword by Dr. Joseph Needham
  • 288 pages. 2007

9780393315561 Spence: God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan. Paperback 
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  • God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan. Paperback
    by Jonathan D. Spence
    xxvii, 400 pages. 1997

9780841912328 Favier: Gold and Spices: The Rise of Commerce in the Middle Ages. Hardcover 
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  • Gold and Spices: The Rise of Commerce in the Middle Ages. Hardcover
  • by Jean Favier
  • 390 pages, with a bibliography, index and 7 maps. 1997. Favier introduces and analyses the political, social, moral and economic milieus of the late Middle Ages that engendered Europe's transformation from feudalism to capitalism. His central theme is the evolution of the medieval businessman '

9780804802123op Scott: The Golden Age of Chinese Art. The Lively T'ang Dynasty. Hardcover.  
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  • Golden Age of Chinese Art. The Lively T'ang Dynasty. Hardcover
  • by Hugh Scott
  • 191 pages, with 24 full color plates, 100 black-white plates. 1982

9780804732079 / Watson: Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia. Paperback 
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  • Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia
  • edited by James L. Watson
  •  xvi, 256 pages, bibliography and index. 1997. Essays discuss the impact of McDonald's on the Asian countries in which it has franchises, and look at how those restaurants are different from their American counterparts

Man Shek-hay: Goldfish In Hong Kong. Paperback. UC30337 
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  • Goldfish In Hong Kong. Paperback. ca. 21x30 cm
  • by Man Shek-hay
  • 124 pages, with numerous black-white and colour illustrations, glossary, index, explanations, etc. 1993. This book shows f.e. examples of both the ranchu-like lionheads and the lionhead-like ranchu, and many more. And this is what people wrote about "Goldfish In Hong Kong 1993. This book has wonderful pictures!"

9781403921857 /2/ Saich: Governance and Politics of China. 2nd edition. Paperback 
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  • Governance and Politics of China. 2nd edition. Paperback
  • by Tony Saich
  • 408 pages. 2004
  • This text by an academic authority, who has also lived and worked in China, provides a thorough introduction to all aspects of politics and governance in post Mao China.

9780393924923 /2/ Lieberthal: Governing China: From Revolution Through Reform. 2nd edition. Cloth 
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  • Governing China: From Revolution Through Reform. 2nd edition. Cloth
  • by Kenneth Lieberthal
  • xxii, 498 pages. 2004. In this highly readable account, we enter China's real channels of power, known to all participants but invisible to most observers. It is a shadow world behind the formal organizational charts.

9780295983905 Rossabi: Governing China's Multiethnic Frontiers. Hardcover 
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  • Governing China's Multiethnic Frontiers. Hardcover
  • edited by  Morris Rossabi
  • viii, 296 pages. 2004. American and Norwegian specialists overview state relations with the minority peoples since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949, and analyze the present status of these relations. The seven essays were delivered at a 2001 conference in Washington DC; they do not include those suggesting policy alternatives for the US if crises should erupt in a minority region.

9789575625061 National Palace Museum: Grand View. Hardback 
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  • Grand View. National Palace Museum. Hardback, ca.24x31cm
  • 216 pages, colour throughout. 2007. In English and Chinese. A catalogue of Ju ceramic wares from the Northern Sung Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, including surviving pieces and archaeological excavations, tools and shards from kiln sites, and microscopic images of Ju ceramics.

9780520244542 Ho: The Graves of Tarim: Genealogy And Mobility Across the Indian Ocean. Paperback 
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  • Graves of Tarim: Genealogy and Mobility Across the Indian Ocean. Paperback
  • by Engseng Ho
  • xxvi, 379 pages. 2006

Qian Gang: The Great China Earthquake: A Revealing Account of the Worst Quake in Recorded History. Paperback 
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  • Great China Earthquake: A Revealing Account of the Worst Quake in Recorded History. Paperback
  • by Qian Gang
  • 354 pages, with many photos

9780691090108 Pomeranz: The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the making of the modern world economy. Paperback 
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  • Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the making of the modern world economy. Paperback
  • Kenneth Pomeranz
  • 392 pages, bibliography, index. 2001. This text offers insight into one of the classic questions of history: why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe, despite surprising similarities between advanced areas of Europe and East Asia?

9780742538153 Mungello: The Great Encounter Of China And The West, 1500-1800. Paperback 
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  • Great Encounter Of China And The West, 1500-1800. Paperback
    by David E. Mungello
    xv, 145 pages. 2005

9780817987824 ; Hung-mao Tien: The Great Transition: Political and Social Change in the Republic of China 
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  • Great Transition: Political and Social Change in the Republic of China.
  • Hung-mao Tien
  • xi, 324 pages. 1989

Wu Zuxiang: Green Bamboo Hermitage. Paperback 
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  • Green Bamboo Hermitage. Paperback
  • by Wu Zuxiang
  • 260 pages. 10 Stories from the 30s and the 40s present a vivid picture of the ordinairy people. 1989

9780521574624 / Naughton: Growing Out of the Plan: Chinese Economic Reform 1978-1993. Paperback 
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  • Growing Out of the Plan: Chinese Economic Reform 1978-1993. Paperback
  • by Barry Naughton
  • 379 pages, statitistical appendix, bibliography, index. 1997. A comprehensive study of China’s economic reforms, from their beginnings at the end of 1978 through the completion of many of the initial reform measures during 1993.

Guide Book to Beijing. Chinese- English edition. Paperback 
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  • Guide Book to Beijing. Chinese- English edition. Paperback
  • first edtion 1989, second edition 1989

0931394244 Birmingham Museum of Art: Handbook of the Oriental Collection. Paperback 
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  • Handbook of the Oriental Collection: Birmingham Museum of Art. Paperback
  • by John H. Seto
  • 223 pages, with 143 black and white plates and 20 color plates. 1988

Wang Qinghua. The Hanis: Females with Strange Martial Customs. Paperback 
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  • Hanis: Females with Strange Martial Customs. Paperback
  • editors: Wang Qinghau & Shi Junchao
  • 44 pages text and 33 pages with colour illustrations, 1995

Zhang Ning. The Hans: In Pursuit of Beauty. Paperback 
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  • Hans: In Pursuit of Beauty. Paperback
  • by Zhang Ning Liu Wenxiao, editors
  • 50pages text and 36 pages with colour illustrations, 1995

Jia Pingwa: The Heavenly Hound 
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  • Heavenly Hound
  • by Jia Pingwa
  • 306 pages. Stories from the prize-winning writer Jia Pingwa sets his stories in the countryside of southern Shaanxi where he comes from

Geng Junying: Herbal Formulas: Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology. Cloth 
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  • Herbal Formulas: Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology. Cloth
  • Geng Junying, Huang Wenquan, Ren Tianchi and Ma Xiufeng
  • 259 pages, with appendix. 1991

9780520064416 ; Ropp: Heritage of China: Contemporary Perspectives on Chinese Civilization. Paperback 
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  • Heritage of China: Contemporary Perspectives on Chinese Civilization. Paperback
  • Paul S. Ropp, editor
  • xxi, 369 pages, appendixes and index. 1990

9780804729680 / Zeitlin: Historian of the Strange: Pu Songlin and the Chinese Classical Tale. Paperback 
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  • Historian of the Strange: Pu Songlin and the Chinese Classical Tale. Paperback
  • Judith T. Zeitlin
  • 332 pages, notes, bibliography, character list, index. 1997

9780231128278 ; Davis: Historical Records of the Five Dynasties. Paperback 
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  • Historical Records of the Five Dynasties. Paperback
  • Translated and with an introduction by Richard L. Davis
  • 752 pages, 5 maps. 2008. Only fragments of historical text from China’s middle period have been translated into English, until now. Here at last is the first major Chinese historical work from the Song dynasty....

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9780691020228 Fung Yu-lan: History of Chinese Philosophy: Volume 2. The Period of Classical Learning (from the Second Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.) Paperback 
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  • History of Chinese Philosophy: Volume 2: The Period of Classical Learning (from the Second Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.) Paperback
  • Fung Yu-Lan. Translated by Derk Bodde
  • 783 pages. 1992

9780691020211 Fung Yu-lan: History of Chinese Philosophy: Volume I: The Period of the Philosophers (from the beginnings to circa 100 B.C.) Paperback 
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  • History of Chinese Philosophy: Volume I: The Period of the Philosophers (from the beginnings to circa 100 B.C.) Paperback
  • By Fung Yu-lan
  • 455 pages. 1992

9780500237342 Lee: History of Far Eastern Art. Fifth edition. Cloth 
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  • History of Far Eastern Art. Fifth edition. 22x30 cm. Cloth
  • by Sherman E. Lee, edited by Naomi N. Richard
  • 576 pages, 66 colour and 735 bw-illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. 1994. This is an account of the visual arts of Asia, from the Indus River to Japan and Java, between the fifth millennium BC and AD 1850. Each chapter begins with a concise historical introduction and the discussions are structured chronologically, examining many archaeological discoveries.

9780231141628 ; Berry: A History of Pain: Trauma in Modern Chinese Literature and Film. Cloth 
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  • History of Pain: Trauma in Modern Chinese Literature and Film. Cloth
  • Michael Berry
  • 432 pages, 100 illustrations. 2008. Michael Berry takes an innovative look at the representation of six specific historical traumas in modern Chinese history: the Musha Incident (1930); the Rape of Nanjing (1937-38); the February 28 Incident (1947); the Cultural Revolution (1966-76); Tiananmen Square (1989); and the Handover of Hong Kong (1997).

But: Hong Kong Bamboos. Paperback 
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  • Hong Kong Bamboos
  • by Paul Pui-Hay But
  • 86 pages, with ca. 100 Colour illustrations, Glossary, Index, References. 1985

9622150977 Hoi-chiu Tang: Hong Kong Calligraphy. Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Paperback 
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  • Hong Kong Calligraphy. Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Paperback. 21x28cm
  • by Hoi-chiu Tang & Yuen-kit Szeto, editors
  • 174 pages, and 86 plates. Contents: Seal Script. Clerical Script. Regular Script. Running Script and Cursive Script. 1990. Presented by the Urban Council, Hong Kong. Organized by the Hong Kong Museum of Art: 10-4-1990 - 10-6-1990

Hill: Hong Kong Insects: Volume II. Paperback 
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  • Hong Kong Insects: Volume II
  • by Dr. Dennis S. Hill
  • 9 pages with text, 135 pages with colour illustrations, index. 1982

Peng: Hong Kong Minerals. (New Edition) Paperback 
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  • Hong Kong Minerals. (New Edition) Paperback
  •  by C.J. Peng
  • 80 pages, with 62 colour photo's of the minerals, map, table. 1978, new edition 1991

3724302525 Nadler: Hong Kong mit Macau. Gebunden. Grossbildband in Farbe 
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  • Hong Kong mit Macau. Gebunden. Grossbildband in Farbe. Ca. 21x30cm
  • von Alexander Nadler
  • 200 Seiten mit 110 Farbbildseiten (146 Farbfoto's, Karte), mit Anhang. 1995

Atherton: Hong Kong Rocks. Paperback 
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  • Hong Kong Rocks. Paperback
  • by M.J. Atherton and A.D. Burnett
  • 146 pages, with ca. 100 colour illustrations, glossary, index, maps, bibliography. 1986