In the Shadow of the Han: Literati Thought and Society at the Beginning of the Southern Dynasties 9780824862978

In the Shadow of the Han: Literati Thought and Society at the Beginning of the Southern Dynasties 0824815920, 9780824815929

Falling between the great unified empires of the Han and T'ang, the Period of Division (A.D. 220-589) is one of the

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In Pursuit of the Great Peace: Han Dynasty Classicism and the Making of Early Medieval Literati Culture [Illustrated] 9781438474939

Examines the Great Peace (taiping), one of the first utopian visions in Chinese history, and its impact on literati live

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Reading Fu Poetry: From the Han to Song Dynasties 9781641894913

The fu genre is one of the major genres of Chinese poetry throughout imperial history. This volume presents close readin

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At the End of the Street in the Shadow: Orson Welles and the City 9780231850902

Explores Welles’s vision of cities by following recurring themes across his work, including urban transformation, race r

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The Growth of Thought as Affecting the Progress of Society

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Equal at the Creation: Sexism, Society, and Christian Thought 9781442674523

As an unabashedly sexist institution that has long been rooted in patriarchal ideals, the Christian church has few . Wri

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Europe at Bay: In the Shadow of US Hegemony 9781685857622

Europe at Bay was completed just before the onset of the financial crisis, and two years before the Eurozone crisis emer

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China between Empires: The Northern and Southern Dynasties 9780674040151

After the collapse of the Han dynasty, China divided along a north-south line. Lewis traces the changes that underlay an

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China between Empires: The Northern and Southern Dynasties (History of Imperial China) [2] 0674060350

After the collapse of the Han dynasty in the third century CE, China divided along a north-south line. Mark Lewis traces

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Chinese Aesthetics: The Ordering of Literature, the Arts, and the Universe in the Six Dynasties 9780824861841

This singular work presents the most comprehensive and nuanced studies available in any Western language of Chinese aest

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