History Of China – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr

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…

Antonio De Morga

History of the Philippine Islands; From their discovery by Magellan in 1521 to the beginning of the XVII Century, with descriptions of Japan, China and adjacent countries

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Frank Dikotter

Mao's Great Famine

WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'A gripping and masterful portrait of the brutal court of Mao, based on new research but also written with great narrative verve' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Harrowing an…

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. …

Science Fiction Classics Box: II

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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 …

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…

George Hong Jiang

The Imperial Mode of China

Utilising Marxian, Weberian, and institutionalist approaches, this book proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding the nature of Chinese economic history: the imperial mode of China. The boo…

Shiho Alimtohte

Islam in China and the Islamic world

Over the past half century, China has accomplished a great deal in the study of Islam, and established a certain academic system for its study. This book offers a history of contemporary Islamic research …

Sören Urbansky,

Steppengras und Stacheldraht

'Dieses meisterhafte Panorama erweckt die Geschichte zum Leben.' Caroline Humphrey, University of Cambridge 'Eine umfassende Geschichte, die drei Jahrhunderte umspannt und einen anthropologischen Einblic…

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.

The Noname

Fortress Besieged (Red-Black Marbled Vinyl)

Seit über 20 Jahren zeigt diese chinesische Punkband der Obrigkeit den Stinkefinger. Derkompromisslose Sound wurde schnell über das Reich der Mitte hinaus bekannt und erreichte Europa und die USA. Nach nu…

Weltmusik Nostalgie

Excavated Shellac: Alternate History Of The World's Music