The Transformation of Yunnan in Ming China 9781000762471

Asian borderlands: the transformation of Qing China's Yunnan frontier 9780674021716

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Community Schools and the State in Ming China 9781503625242

According to imperial edict in pre-modern China, an elementary school was to be established in every village in the empi

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Physiognomy in Ming China: Fortune and the Body 9004429557, 9789004429550

In Physiognomy in Ming China: Fortune and the Body, Xing Wang provides an extensive reading of the Ming (1368-1644 C. E.

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The Censorial System of Ming China 0804702896, 9780804702898

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Representing Lives in China: Forms of Biography in the Ming-Qing Period 1368–1911 9781942242918

The chapters in this ground-breaking volume examine the complex practices of biographical writing in Ming and Qing China

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China in Transformation: 1900-1949

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Railroads and the Transformation of China 9780674916418

To convey modern China’s history and the forces driving its economic success, rail has no equal. From warlordism to Cult

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The Renewal of Buddhism in China: Zhuhong and the Late Ming Synthesis 9780231552677

First published in 1981, Chün-fang Yü’s The Renewal of Buddhism in China challenged the conventional view that Buddhism

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In the Shadow of the Mongol Empire: Ming China and Eurasia 1108482449, 9781108482448

During the thirteenth century, the Mongols created the greatest empire in human history. Genghis Khan and his successors

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The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China 9780520924079

The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Eur

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