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The Analects of Confucius
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Confucius · 2007
"The single most influential philosophical work in all of Chinese history, The Analects of Confucius has shaped the thought and customs of China for centuries and has played a key role in the development of nearby countries, such as Korea, ...
The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for ...
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Jay Taylor · 2009
Drawing heavily on Chinese sources, "The Generalissimo" reveals fascinating aspects of Chiang Kai-shek's life.
Mao: The Unknown Story
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Jung Chang, Jon Halliday · 2011
The most authoritative life of the Chinese leader every written, Mao: The Unknown Story is based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao’s close circle in China who have never talked before — and with virtually ...
The Search for Modern China
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Jonathan D. Spence · 1990
In this widely acclaimed history of modern China, Jonathan Spence achieves a fine blend of narrative richness and efficiency. The Search for Modern China offers a matchless introduction to China's history.
The First Emperor: Selections from the Historical Records
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Sima Qian · 2009
Reprint. Originally published: 2007. Reissued 2009.
China's Unequal Treaties: Narrating National History
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Dong Wang · 2005
China's Unequal Treaties offers a study, based on primary sources, of the linguistic development and polemical uses of the expression "Unequal Treaties" to refer to the treaties written between 1842 and 1943.
The Inner Quarters: Marriage and the Lives of Chinese Women ...
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Patricia Buckley Ebrey · 1993
"Opening up questions about women's lives, about gender, about why we read history at all and how we write it, Patricia Buckley Ebrey has made The Inner Quarters a place we need to enter."—from the Foreword
China's Last Empire: The Great Qing
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William T. Rowe, Timothy Brook · 2012
In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West.
Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome: ...
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Albert Chan · 2002
Book Review
The Opium War Through Chinese Eyes
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Arthur Waley · 1968
The events of the war are recounted from the Chinese viewpoint by means of contemporary diaries and other documents