Folk Art and Modern Culture in Republican China 9781498526296, 9781498526289

Marrow of the Nation: A History of Sport and Physical Culture in Republican China 9780520354982, 9780520240841

By 1907, staff at the Tianjin YMCA were rallying their Chinese charges with the cry: When will China be able to send a w

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Publishing, Culture, and Power in Early Modern China 9781503617520

This book is a path-breaking study of print culture in early modern China. It argues that printing with both woodblocks

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Homesickness: Culture, Contagion, and National Transformation in Modern China 9780674286955

Carlos Rojas focuses on the trope of “homesickness” in China—discomfort caused not by a longing for home but by excessiv

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Unearthing the Nation: Modern Geology and Nationalism in Republican China 022609040X, 9780226090405

Questions of national identity have long dominated China’s political, social, and cultural horizons. So in the early 190

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Early Film Culture in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China: Kaleidoscopic Histories 9780472123445, 9780472053728

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The Art of Modern China 0520238141, 9780520238145

In the early twenty-first century, China occupies a place on center stage in the international art world. But what does

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Civil Law in Qing and Republican China 0804737797, 9780804737791

This pioneering volume shows that contrary to previous scholarly understanding, the courts in Qing (1644-1911) and Repub

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Civil Law in Qing and Republican China 9780804779272

This pioneering volume shows that contrary to previous scholarly understanding, the courts in Qing (1644-1911) and Repub

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The Modern Republican Party in Florida 9780813066127

Despite Florida’s current reputation as a swing state, there was a time when its Republicans were the underdogs against

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City Folk: English Country Dance and the Politics of the Folk in Modern America 9780814784525

This is the story of English Country Dance, from its 18th century roots in the English cities and countryside, to its tr

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