Culture and Power in the Reconstitution of the Chinese Realm, 200-600 0674005236, 9780674005235

The Chinese Mind: Essentials of Chinese Philosophy and Culture 9780824844912

What are the basic, unique characteristics of the Chinese mind, of the Chinese philosophical tradition, and of the Chine

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The Pastures of Wonder: The Realm of Mathematics and the Realm of Science 9780231896078

Deals with two weighty terms in rational thought, math and science, to help the reader acquire a sound philosophic under

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Athenian Political Thought and the Reconstitution of American Democracy 9781501723995

What does it mean to be a citizen in a democracy? This question is addressed here by thirteen historians, classicists, a

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The Realm of Essence

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Harmony and War: Confucian Culture and Chinese Power Politics 9780231522403

Confucianism has shaped a certain perception of Chinese security strategy, symbolized by the defensive, nonaggressive Gr

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Is Taiwan Chinese?: The Impact of Culture, Power, and Migration on Changing Identities 9780520927940

The "one China" policy officially supported by the People's Republic of China, the United States, and oth

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The Power of Position: Beijing University, Intellectuals, and Chinese Political Culture, 1898-1929 9780520929906

Throughout the twentieth century, Beijing University (or Beida) has been at the center of China's greatest politica

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Rise of the Chinese Militray Power 9781400878840

A study of the growth of semi-personal Chinese armies and the rise of militarists to a position that permitted them to s

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Noblewomen, aristocracy and power in the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman realm 9781526137555

Offers an important reconceptualisation of women’s role in aristocratic society and suggests new ways of looking at lord

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The Zoomorphic Imagination in Chinese Art and Culture 9780824872564

China has an age-old zoomorphic tradition. The First Emperor was famously said to have had the heart of a tiger and a wo

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