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The Cambridge Economic History of China

China's rise as the world's second-largest economy surely is the most dramatic development in the global economy since the year 2000. Volume II, which spans China's two turbulent centuries from 1800, char…

John Henry Gray, William Gow Gregor

China: a history of the laws, manners and customs of the people

Reprint of the original, first published in 1878. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

John Henry Gray, William Gow Gregor

China: a history of the laws, manners and customs of the people

Reprint of the original, first published in 1878. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

Christopher Rea

The Age of Irreverence

"I am confident that it is the finest in its field to include a lyric by me."--Eric Idle "Academic books do not always reflect their subject matter. Studies of sex, for example, are notoriously unsexy. …

Xinran Xue

The Book of Secrets

The spellbinding story of the secret life of a spy in modern China, drawn from an extraordinary archive of personal diaries and letters.

Xinran Xue

The Book of Secrets

The story of a family in modern China with a history of deceit, betrayal and political intrigue, and the communist party's long shadow over them, from the Cultural Revolution to today. Following the live…

Science Fiction Classics Box: II

Alternative Representations of the Past

The relationship between the Chinese nation and its recent past has been fraught with contradictions and tensions. In making sense of this complex relationship, this collection explores alternative repres…

Cécile Armand

Madmen in Shanghai

Madmen in Shanghai: A Social History of Advertising in Modern China (1914-1956) provides a novel perspective on the emergence of Chinese consumer society through an extensive historical investigation of …

Tonio Andrade

The Last Embassy

"In the typical narrative of modern Sino-European relations, George Macartney's disastrous 1793 mission to China plays a central role. His failure to open China to trade and diplomatic relations with Brit…

Julian Gewirtz

Never Turn Back

The 1980s saw spirited debate in China, as officials and the public pressed for economic and political liberalization. But after Tiananmen, the Communist Party erased the reform debate from memory. Julian…

Lawrence James

The Lion and the Dragon

A compelling history of Britain's complicated and compromised relationship with China between the start of the Opium Wars in 1839 and the transfer of power in Hong Kong in 1997

Jennifer Bond

Dreaming the New Woman

Based on seventy-five oral history interviews, Dreaming the New Woman uncovers the voices of Chinese women who attended Protestant missionary schools for girls in China in the early twentieth century. By …

Steve Chan

Mobilizing the Past

"Historical analogies are often utilized to frame and formulate foreign policies, illuminate issues of war and peace, and mobilize support for particular political programs. The historical record, however…

Michael Booth

Three Tigers, One Mountain

From the author of The Almost Nearly Perfect People, a lively tour through Japan, Korea, and China, exploring the intertwined cultures and often fraught history of these neighboring countries. There is a…

Myth and the Making of History

Sheds new light on the relationship between myth and history in ancient China and the central role they have played in shaping early Chinese thought.

Myth and the Making of History

Myth and the Making of History examines the relationship between myth and history in early China, a topic that has been explored by American paleographer and scholar of ancient China Sarah Allan throughou…

Weltmusik Nostalgie

Excavated Shellac: Alternate History Of The World's Music

Shabaka Hutchings (Shabaka)

We Are Sent Here By History

Shabaka Hutchings in Johannesburg: spiritueller Jazz trifft auf afrikanische Grooves! Von der Space-Jazz-Formation The Comet Is Coming zu seinem eigenen Quartett Sons of Kemet - der britische Tenorsax…