CHINA POLITICAL SYSTEM

... , and sometimes encouraged in the name of political economy as a means of stimulating rural commodity ... starting point, The Market and Temple Fairs of Rural China shows how state-led economic reforms in the early 1980s ...

... synthesize the new research. Drawn from Volume 13 of The Cambridge History of China, they represent the most complete and stimulating political history of the period available in the literature. The essays selected deal ...

... to warlordism, from fanatically doctrinaire socialist tyranny to almost doctrineless social-capitalism, China has experienced political, cultural and economic disintegration, reunion, and revolution on an unprecedented ...

... about the African diaspora in East Asia and, in particular, within China, where race is such a politically sensitive topic? , , ... China studies, as well as those from other social science disciplines such as political ...

... sophisticated networks they formed in the shifting geographical, social, cultural and political spaces of wartime China, where their political engagement, knowledge-making, and network-building in support of 'national ...

... to warlordism, from fanatically doctrinaire socialist tyranny to almost doctrineless social-capitalism, China has experienced political, cultural and economic disintegration, reunion, and revolution on an unprecedented ...

... Zhou in Bronze Age China, 1045-771 BC, was a critical period in the development of Chinese civilisation and culture. This book addresses the complex relationship between geography and political power in the context ...

... Zhou in Bronze Age China, 1045-771 BC, was a critical period in the development of Chinese civilisation and culture. This book addresses the complex relationship between geography and political power in the context ...

... the viewpoints of participants. Over 150 extracts from political statements, telegrams, speeches, memoirs, letters and poems illuminate the historical development of China from the May Fourth Movement onwards, and answer ...

... thorough and systematic study of religion in modern China. Contributors to the volume include historians of religion, sinologists, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, and media and communication scholars ...

... the viewpoints of participants. Over 150 extracts from political statements, telegrams, speeches, memoirs, letters and poems illuminate the historical development of China from the May Fourth Movement onwards, and answer ...

... of Tibetan Buddhism in relation to different religious, cultural, and political constituencies of China. By recognizing the greater contexts of China's politics of religion and of the global status of Tibetan Buddhism ...

... of the revolutionary situation. Exploring changes in political leadership, as well as transformation in culture ... students and scholars of Modern China, Republican China, Revolutionary China and Chinese Politics.; authors: ...

... of Tibetan Buddhism in relation to different religious, cultural, and political constituencies of China. By recognizing the greater contexts of China's politics of religion and of the global status of Tibetan Buddhism ...

... in the upper and middle Yangzi River region of China, including the Three Gorges Dam reservoir zone. It ... Pochan Chen show that centers and peripheries of political, economic and ritual activities were not coincident, ...

... asks how these identity transformations fed into the wider political, social and cultural processes that culminated in the revolutionary crises in Russia and China, and how the Communist regimes that emerged viewed these ...

... popular and official presentation of these women and their accomplishments has evolved in line with China's shifting political values and circumstances over the past one hundred years. Written in a lively and accessible ...

... at Yale, in which he traced the beginnings of, modern China to internal developments beginning in the early 17th, century. Strong on social and political history, as well as Chinese, culture and its intersections ...

... popular and official presentation of these women and their accomplishments has evolved in line with China's shifting political values and circumstances over the past one hundred years. Written in a lively and accessible ...

... China is one of the most far-reaching works of international scholarship ever undertaken, exploring the main developments in political ... unified imperial power, 589-906, when China established herself as the centre of a ...

... , and sent money, arms, military and political experts to guide the revolution. But there ... China's new government. This study of a key period in China's history, reprinted from Volume 12 of The Cambridge History of China ...

... appeal to students and scholars of history, anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, and all those with an interest in China.; authors: Zheng Yangwen; publisher: Cambridge University Press; publicationDate ...

... asks how these identity transformations fed into the wider political, social and cultural processes that culminated in the revolutionary crises in Russia and China, and how the Communist regimes that emerged viewed these ...

... appeal to students and scholars of history, anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, and all those with an interest in China.; authors: Zheng Yangwen; publisher: Cambridge University Press; publicationDate ...

... in the upper and middle Yangzi River region of China, including the Three Gorges Dam reservoir zone. It ... Pochan Chen show that centers and peripheries of political, economic and ritual activities were not coincident, ...

... , it examines the seeming contradictions of a period in which China came under immense pressure from imperial expansion while remaining a major political, cultural and demographic force in its own right. Where histories ...

... , nationalism, and popular culture, * long historical context., This timely evaluation details how China's political and economic policies have been inextricably linked, and assesses past failures and successes, as ...

... , nationalism, and popular culture, * long historical context., This timely evaluation details how China's political and economic policies have been inextricably linked, and assesses past failures and successes, as ...

... the philosopher-kings of Plato's Republic. The Jesuits in China were in the hands of the scholar-officials, with the Emperor ... these mission spaces, in which their keen political acumen and a certain taste for power ...

... the philosopher-kings of Plato's Republic. The Jesuits in China were in the hands of the scholar-officials, with the Emperor ... these mission spaces, in which their keen political acumen and a certain taste for power ...

... date of 1949, feminism, the revolutions, the discourse of the communist party, and political theatre in modern China.; authors: Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom; publisher: Taylor and Francis; publicationDate: 7th November 2002 ...

... date of 1949, feminism, the revolutions, the discourse of the communist party, and political theatre in modern China.; authors: Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom; publisher: Taylor and Francis; publicationDate: 7th November 2002 ...

... society, and music. While acknowledging the era's political chaos, these essays indicate that this was a ... Many of the trends that shaped the rest of imperial China's history have their origins in this era, such as the ...

... and in-depth study of the Zhongshan state during China's Warring States Period (476-221 BCE). Analyzing artefacts, ... , consolidated his power, and aimed to maintain political order at court after his death through the ...

... s Republic. But we must not lose sight of the human suffering and political terror that, for many now ageing quietly across China, remain the period's abiding memory.; authors: Felix Wemheuer; publicationDate: 28th March ...

... evolutionary changes in almost every aspect of China's development, being particularly notable for the ... that convey a realistic impression of significant political, economic, intellectual, religious, and social ...

... China between 1949 and 1976 from an explicitly historical perspective, using historical materials such as memoirs and archives. While there was a great deal published on the revolutionary period by political scientists ...

... People's Republic. But we must not lose sight of the human suffering and political terror that, for many now ageing quietly across China, remain the period's abiding memory.; authors: Felix Wemheuer; publisher: Cambridge ...

... of China. In contrast to conventional explanations for the Ming's collapse, which focus upon political and ... the puzzle of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty in China.; authors: Kenneth M. Swope; publisher: Taylor and ...

... so little understood. Professor Dreyer's impressive account of China at war is both an important contribution to this ... series of studies of modern wars in their full political, social and ideological contexts, and also a ...

... to describe and define the evolution of the China-Southeast Asia nexus and the interactions which have ... the world. From maritime trading relations and political interactions to overland Chinese expansion and commerce ...

... of China. In contrast to conventional explanations for the Ming's collapse, which focus upon political and ... the puzzle of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty in China.; authors: Kenneth M. Swope; publisher: Taylor and ...

This 11-volume set gathers together some key older titles on China's history. Encompassing China's political, economic, and cultural development, the books gathered here also deal with contacts with the West both ancient ...

... been dismissed as a tool of propaganda and political indoctrination. However, this book demonstrates that this transnational engagement not only facilitated China's broader transition to socialist modernity but also ...

... in China followed the death of Mao Zedong but one aspect of culture has remained constant: the use of 'Model Workers' for the purposes of propaganda and more recent public relations campaigns. In both a political and ...

... been dismissed as a tool of propaganda and political indoctrination. However, this book demonstrates that this transnational engagement not only facilitated China's broader transition to socialist modernity but also ...

... so little understood. Professor Dreyer's impressive account of China at war is both an important contribution to this ... series of studies of modern wars in their full political, social and ideological contexts, and also a ...

... Party and its armies succeeded in overthrowing the Nationalist government to bring political and social revolution to China. Drawing from a collection of biographies, memoirs, illustrations and oral histories, Diana ...

... Party and its armies succeeded in overthrowing the Nationalist government to bring political and social revolution to China. Drawing from a collection of biographies, memoirs, illustrations and oral histories, Diana ...

... Tang was one of China's minor dynasties and one of the great states in China in the tenth century. ... Southern Tang, and full coverage of military, cultural and political history in the period. It focuses on a successful ...

... Tang was one of China's minor dynasties and one of the great states in China in the tenth century. ... Southern Tang, and full coverage of military, cultural and political history in the period. It focuses on a successful ...

... - this book argues that present-day youth culture in China has both international and local roots. Paul Clark describes ... asserting their distinctive identities, despite tight political controls. By the late 1980s, Chinese ...

... - this book argues that present-day youth culture in China has both international and local roots. Paul Clark describes ... asserting their distinctive identities, despite tight political controls. By the late 1980s, Chinese ...

... from 900 - 1795. Peter Lorge questions current theories on China's relationship to war, and argues that war was the most ... argues, the strength of territorial claims and political impact of each dynasty were determined by ...

... secular ritual, and a number of comprehensive systems for classifying every form of human achievement, as well as all natural and supernatural phenomena. Richard J. Smith's Mapping China and Managing the World focuses on ...

... from 900 - 1795. Peter Lorge questions current theories on China's relationship to war, and argues that war was the most ... argues, the strength of territorial claims and political impact of each dynasty were determined by ...

... secular ritual, and a number of comprehensive systems for classifying every form of human achievement, as well as all natural and supernatural phenomena. Richard J. Smith's Mapping China and Managing the World focuses on ...

... instances of regional insurgency and unrest that erupted on China's borderlands at the turn of the nineteenth century are ... reconstruction, and demonstrates that the imperial political culture was dynamic, innovative and ...

... instances of regional insurgency and unrest that erupted on China's borderlands at the turn of the nineteenth century are ... reconstruction, and demonstrates that the imperial political culture was dynamic, innovative and ...

... day's most affluent economy. Far from being isolated, the Ming court was the greatest center of political patronage in East Eurasia, likely the world. Although the Ming throne might trumpet its superiority, it understood ...

... II: FROM 1600, 3E delivers a comprehensive cultural, political, economic, and intellectual history of East Asia, while focusing on the narratives and histories of China, Japan, and Korea in a larger, global context ...

... HISTORY, 3E delivers a comprehensive cultural, political, economic, and intellectual history of East Asia, while focusing on the narratives and histories of China, Japan, and Korea in a larger, global context. Full ...

... , VOLUME I: To 1800, 3E delivers a comprehensive cultural, political, economic, and intellectual history of East Asia, while focusing on the narratives and histories of China, Japan, and Korea in a larger, global context ...

... fundamentally transformed the face of the British party system. This book traces the evolution of recognisably modern ... cruder but more dynamic model of modern political loyalties., The transformation at Westminster and in ...

... fundamentally transformed the face of the British party system. This book traces the evolution of recognisably modern ... cruder but more dynamic model of modern political loyalties., The transformation at Westminster and in ...

... Covering the Maoist era through the Reform period to the present day, this book addresses subjects such as China's position as a world economic power, the Chinese Communist Party's treatment of ethnic minorities, women's ...

... Covering the Maoist era through the Reform period to the present day, this book addresses subjects such as China's position as a world economic power, the Chinese Communist Party's treatment of ethnic minorities, women's ...

... of international relations, of the genesis, achievements and demise of the 'Westphalian system.' Writing at a time when he believed that the spatial, political and legal order—the nomos of the earth—had collapsed, he ...

... Chinese and generically modern. In analyzing and interpreting these developments, Frank N. Pieke adopts a China-centric perspective to move beyond western preoccupations, desires, or fears. Each chapter starts with a key ...

... Part I chronicles the attempt to adapt the Soviet model of development to China, and Part II covers the subsequent efforts of China's leaders to find native solutions that would provide more rapid and appropriate answers ...