Asian history Books
Cornell University Press The Dynamics of Confucianism and Modernization in
Book SynopsisThis volume makes available for the first time in English a collection of the work of historian Yi Tae-Jin. Over the course of his career, he has done path-breaking research that covers virtually the entire Chosōn period (1392–1910) from the Koryō-Chosōn transition to the Kojong period and Korea's takeover by Japan in 1910. One of the focal points of his scholarship has been to reinterpret Neo-Confucianism as a dynamic force in Korean history. The first half of this volume is devoted to his seminal work on the historical factors behind the founding of the Chosōn dynasty. He has shown how the rise of Neo-Confucianism during the Koryō-Chosōn transition was tied to unprecedented advances in agriculture and medicine that led to a fundamental socio-economic transformation of Korea. A new social class emerged that became a leading force behind the new dynasty and adopted Neo-Confucianism as its ideology. One of the underlying concerns of his scholarship has been to overcome the legacy of Japanese colonial scholarship on Korean historiography. His work refutes the notion of Korea as a "Hermit Kingdom" that was stagnant for centuries before its opening to the West. The second half of the volume includes some of his work on modernization efforts in the late Chosōn period, as well as some of his more direct critiques of the continuing influence of Japanese historiography in Korea.
£100.80
Cornell University Press Teishinkoki: What Did a Heian Regent Do? — The
Book SynopsisThis book is organized around a fully annotated translation of daily entries from the year 939 in the Teishinkoki, the journal of Fujiwara Tadahira, an early regent. The translation makes entries from a courtier journal accessible to English readers for the first time. The finished work provides startling insights into the Heian court led by Tadahira during the 930s and 940s, when the regency took established form even as it met challenges from regional rebellions in eastern and western Japan. Note: This book reads from right to left. It is not in error, please do not return your order.
£100.80
Cornell University Press Chinese Walls in Time and Space: A
Book SynopsisAre walls remnants of ancient and medieval societies, destined to become anachronistic in modern and post-modern times? Or will they persist, shaping as well as adjusting to new conditions? Do walls necessarily constrain and even isolate those who live within them, or can they act as a medium of support and communication for people on both sides? This volume addresses these questions. Authors from six disciplines—history, art, law, medicine, communication, and film—provide multiple perspectives on various kinds of walls: material ones around and within states, cities, and towns, as well as virtual ones regulating the administration of justice, the flow of pathogens, and the transmission of information.
£84.00
Cornell University Press China on the Margins
Book SynopsisShould modern Chinese history be approached from the center looking out or from the margins looking in? The contributors to this book have explored a variety of relationships between the center (or centers) and the margins in China under the Qing dynasty, the Republic, and the People's Republic.
£84.00
Cornell University Press A Moment's Grace: Stories of Korea in Transition
Book SynopsisA Moment's Grace presents short stories that depict the core of Korea's modernization, from Liberation in 1945 to the Seoul Olympics in 1988. The stories here provide a view of the process through the eyes of ordinary people as they were affected by the historical and social forces that formed modern Korea. A separate background chapter affords a description of these forces with the intention of providing the reader with a better understanding of both the stories and the culture that produced them.
£100.80
Cornell University Press Making Law Work: Chinese Laws in Context
Book SynopsisBy studying law implementation in different areas and at different levels, contributors from various disciplines give a nuanced picture of law implementation in China, showing that it is rare to find examples of complete success or failure. Instead, making law work in actual practice, and in any society, is a matter of degree. The study is multidisciplinary in character and builds on insights from both sociology of law and political science.
£84.00
Cornell University Press Across the Perilous Sea: Japanese Trade with
Book SynopsisOriginally published as Le commerce extérieur du Japon des origines au XVIe siécle in 1988, this new edition of the landmark French study chronicles Japan's transformation from an importer of continental luxury items, raw materials, and techniques to an exporter of high-quality merchandise over nearly a millennium. The vicissitudes of foreign trade policy, as well as the volume and balance of trade, are examined within the context of regional political and economic developments. All aspects of state-sanctioned and unofficial external commerce are considered. Indeed, this volume reveals that proliferation of private foreign trade constituted a vital link between Japan and its neighbors throughout the suspension of diplomatic relations from the ninth to the fourteenth century. Evidence culled from Japanese, Chinese, and Korean annals and administrative compendia, archaeological excavations, classic literature, artifact collections, and monk and courtier diaries attests to the spectacular diversity of foreign trade goods and their significance in pre-Tokugawa Japanese society. Methodically revised, and featuring an updated, expanded bibliography and redesigned maps, as well as a précis on the state of the field since the original publication, the 2006 English edition is an indispensable resource for scholars and the teaching of premodern East Asian regional history.Trade ReviewMethodically revised, and featuring an updated, expanded bibliography and redesigned maps, as well as a précis on the state of the field since the original publication, the 2006 English edition is an indispensable resource for scholars and the teaching of premodern East Asian regional history. PRAISE for the FRENCH EDITION "A valuable addition to the limited documentation in Western languages on Japan's external trade and exchange before the Edo period. Its treatment of exchange with China and Korea is particularly detailed." * Journal of Asian Studies *This is the first effort to present a coherent overview of an extended period the range of material brought to our attention is impressive a well-researched overview and a timely contribution of real value. Not only does it provide a good guide to foreign contacts, but it suggests many new areas of research. We should be gratified by its publication. * Monumenta Nipponica *
£23.74
Cornell University Press The Dynamics of Confucianism and Modernization in
Book SynopsisThis volume makes available for the first time in English a collection of the work of historian Yi Tae-Jin. Over the course of his career, he has done path-breaking research that covers virtually the entire Chosōn period (1392–1910) from the Koryō-Chosōn transition to the Kojong period and Korea's takeover by Japan in 1910. One of the focal points of his scholarship has been to reinterpret Neo-Confucianism as a dynamic force in Korean history. The first half of this volume is devoted to his seminal work on the historical factors behind the founding of the Chosōn dynasty. He has shown how the rise of Neo-Confucianism during the Koryō-Chosōn transition was tied to unprecedented advances in agriculture and medicine that led to a fundamental socio-economic transformation of Korea. A new social class emerged that became a leading force behind the new dynasty and adopted Neo-Confucianism as its ideology. One of the underlying concerns of his scholarship has been to overcome the legacy of Japanese colonial scholarship on Korean historiography. His work refutes the notion of Korea as a "Hermit Kingdom" that was stagnant for centuries before its opening to the West. The second half of the volume includes some of his work on modernization efforts in the late Chosōn period, as well as some of his more direct critiques of the continuing influence of Japanese historiography in Korea.
£999.99
Cornell University Press Negotiated Power in Late Imperial China: The
Book SynopsisNegotiated Power in Late Imperial China: The Zongli Yamen and the Politics of Reform explores the nature and functioning of reform during the nineteenth century of China's Qing dynasty (1644–1911). By analyzing the bureaucratic modes of management that developed around the creation and evolution of the Zongli Yamen or Foreign Office (1861–1901), the book demonstrates the vitality of not only the Chinese State, but also the institutional traditions of its Manchu rulers. Drawing on precedent and the flexibility of the administrative system in their efforts to manage the conduct of foreign affairs, high Qing ministers transformed opportunities for institutional dynamism into the reality of a functioning central Zongli Yamen with a foreign affairs field administration supporting it in the provinces. In the process, they altered the governmental hierarchy and changed the definition of institutional power in the multi-faceted area of foreign affairs and, more generally, for the Qing bureaucracy. As the most significant example of institutional development in China's critical period of the nineteenth century, the Zongli Yamen's experience serves as valuable background for understanding reform efforts in late imperial China and beyond.
£19.99
Cornell University Press Teishinkoki: What Did a Heian Regent Do? — The
Book SynopsisThis book is organized around a fully annotated translation of daily entries from the year 939 in the Teishinkoki, the journal of Fujiwara Tadahira, an early regent. The translation makes entries from a courtier journal accessible to English readers for the first time. The finished work provides startling insights into the Heian court led by Tadahira during the 930s and 940s, when the regency took established form even as it met challenges from regional rebellions in eastern and western Japan. Note: This book reads from right to left. It is not in error, please do not return your order.
£19.99
Cornell University Press China on the Margins
Book SynopsisShould modern Chinese history be approached from the center looking out or from the margins looking in? The contributors to this book have explored a variety of relationships between the center (or centers) and the margins in China under the Qing dynasty, the Republic, and the People's Republic.
£23.74
Cornell University Press A Moment's Grace: Stories of Korea in Transition
Book SynopsisA Moment's Grace presents short stories that depict the core of Korea's modernization, from Liberation in 1945 to the Seoul Olympics in 1988. The stories here provide a view of the process through the eyes of ordinary people as they were affected by the historical and social forces that formed modern Korea. A separate background chapter affords a description of these forces with the intention of providing the reader with a better understanding of both the stories and the culture that produced them.
£19.79
Cornell University Press New Chronicles of Yanagibashi and Diary of a
Book SynopsisThis book features complete annotated translations of Narushima Ryuhoku's two most widely read and influential texts, both of which showcase the innovative and experimental use of Chinese-language discourse taking place in Japan during the nineteenth century. Focused on one of the capital city's celebrated geisha districts, the satirical New Chronicles of Yanagibashi serves as both a documentary record of changing customs during the tumultuous 1850s–70s and an amusingly nuanced social critique. Banned multiple times, the work nevertheless became a favorite of the Meiji reading public. This text is paired with Diary of a Journey to the West, Ryuhoku's travelogue from his world tour of 1872–1873.
£23.39
Cornell University Press Another Stage: Kanze Nobumitsu and the Late
Book SynopsisBy examining the life and career of the most prominent noh practitioner of the fury noh composer, Kanze Kojirō Nobumitsu (1435-1516), the author showcases the critical presence of the late Muromachi period in the history of noh.Trade ReviewAnother Stage provides students of nō with tools to appreciate Nobumitsu, his plays, and his time.... [The] chapters portray the nō when it was clearly a living and vibrant art, motivated by the creativity of its writers and actors, as well as the appetites of the broad-based audience that supported them. Another Stage paints a picture very different from what moderns usually think of as constituting the nō and will be useful for students and scholars interested in this often overlooked period of theater history. * Journal of Japanese Studies *
£26.59
Cornell University Press The Wind from Vulture Peak: The Buddhification of
Book SynopsisThe Wind from Vulture Peak addresses the history of the gradual incorporation of Buddhist concepts into Heian waka poetry and the development among court poets of a belief in the production of that poetry as a Buddhist practice in itself.Trade ReviewThe breadth and depth of this work and the brilliance of the translations constitute a significant contribution to the field of Japanese literature. * Kyoto Journal *
£22.39
Cornell University Press Rat Fire: Korean Stories from the Japanese Empire
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together twelve short stories by colonial Korean proletarian writers, as well as two works written in 1946 under U.S. military occupation. The volume provides a diverse, ever-changing portrait of the complex movements of people and ideas that constituted both colonial Korea and the Japanese empire, adding the tumultuous experiences of those from the Korean peninsula to the existing international canon of socialist and feminist literature.
£19.99
Cornell University Press 1956: Mao's China and the Hungarian Crisis
Book SynopsisIn Mao Zedong's words, 1956 was a year of "big events," both at home and abroad. The "secret speech" delivered by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Twentieth Congress had, according to Mao, "opened the lid" on the repressiveness of the postwar Soviet-style regimes, thereby "making a mess" by inspiring a wave of de-Stalinization that culminated in the massive demonstrations in Poland and Hungary. The Hungarian events, in particular, were more complicated than either a populist anti-socialist protest or a form of anti-Soviet agitation, and the Chinese leaders exerted great effort in trying to apply the lessons of Hungary to both international affairs and their own domestic situation. In the first systematic study of its kind, this volume makes sense of the inner connection between China's political and diplomatic involvement in the Hungarian crisis and the influence this crisis had on a series of mysterious policy shifts from late 1956 to 1957. Identifying the formative role that the 1956 Crisis in Hungary played in the evolution of Chinese policy, Zhu Dandan examines Chairman Mao's changing perception of the 1956 events, which eventually set China on the course of the Great Leap Forward and the break with the Soviet Union and the European Communist bloc.
£999.99
Cornell University Press Another Stage: Kanze Nobumitsu and the Late
Book SynopsisBy examining the life and career of the most prominent noh practitioner of the fury noh composer, Kanze Kojirō Nobumitsu (1435-1516), the author showcases the critical presence of the late Muromachi period in the history of noh.Trade ReviewAnother Stage provides students of nō with tools to appreciate Nobumitsu, his plays, and his time.... [The] chapters portray the nō when it was clearly a living and vibrant art, motivated by the creativity of its writers and actors, as well as the appetites of the broad-based audience that supported them. Another Stage paints a picture very different from what moderns usually think of as constituting the nō and will be useful for students and scholars interested in this often overlooked period of theater history. * Journal of Japanese Studies *
£84.00
Cornell University Press The Wind from Vulture Peak: The Buddhification of
Book SynopsisThe Wind from Vulture Peak addresses the history of the gradual incorporation of Buddhist concepts into Heian waka poetry and the development among court poets of a belief in the production of that poetry as a Buddhist practice in itself.Trade ReviewThe breadth and depth of this work and the brilliance of the translations constitute a significant contribution to the field of Japanese literature. * Kyoto Journal *
£84.00
Cornell University Press 1956: Mao's China and the Hungarian Crisis
Book SynopsisIn Mao Zedong's words, 1956 was a year of "big events," both at home and abroad. The "secret speech" delivered by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Twentieth Congress had, according to Mao, "opened the lid" on the repressiveness of the postwar Soviet-style regimes, thereby "making a mess" by inspiring a wave of de-Stalinization that culminated in the massive demonstrations in Poland and Hungary. The Hungarian events, in particular, were more complicated than either a populist anti-socialist protest or a form of anti-Soviet agitation, and the Chinese leaders exerted great effort in trying to apply the lessons of Hungary to both international affairs and their own domestic situation. In the first systematic study of its kind, this volume makes sense of the inner connection between China's political and diplomatic involvement in the Hungarian crisis and the influence this crisis had on a series of mysterious policy shifts from late 1956 to 1957. Identifying the formative role that the 1956 Crisis in Hungary played in the evolution of Chinese policy, Zhu Dandan examines Chairman Mao's changing perception of the 1956 events, which eventually set China on the course of the Great Leap Forward and the break with the Soviet Union and the European Communist bloc.
£84.00
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Forbidden City: Imperial Treasures from the
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£58.37
MerwinAsia Art Across Borders: Japanese Artists in the
Book SynopsisSeveral decades after the Korean War, the unnamed narrator of this story is taken in by an aged Turk, Uncle Hassan, a veteran of that conflict who makes a living as a butcher in a Seoul slum. The precocious narrator, a troubled boy, wonders who his parents are and why they abandoned him. He befriends a number of people, all poor and downtrodden, including Aunt Anna, a caring woman running a restaurant; Uncle Amos, a compulsive liar and a Greek who stayed on in Korea after the war, and many others. As the narrator gets to know them, he finds his path, realizing what human community is all about and what love means. Employing the child's point of view, he humorously grapples with the hypocrisy of grown-ups, racism, prejudices against the poor and different religions, and most of all, the meaning of fighting another nation's war and its aftermath. The novel begins with "my adoptive father's blood flows in my body" and ends with an echo, "my adoptive father's blood is still flowing in my body." In between, the narrator, lost and hurt, is healed by the flawed but sympathetic characters.
£26.36
MerwinAsia A China Scholar's Long March, 1978–2015:
Book SynopsisA China Scholar’ Long March is a collection of fifty pieces written between 1978 and 2015 by Charles Horner, a China Scholar, a former U.S. government official, and the author of the two-volume work Rising China and Its Postmodern Fate. The pieces originally appeared in general interest publications such as The American Interest, The National Interest, and Commentary; in newspapers like the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post; and in some more specialized periodicals such as China Heritage Quarterly and the Naval War College Review.The first piece dates from 1978, when the so-called `Rise of China’ was about to begin and, as such, Horner’s writings span a generation of China’s trying to make sense of its own rise and of American scholars and commentators trying to make sense of it also. Horner’s 1992 article, `China on the Rise’ is now bracketed, a quarter century later, by a growing sense that the so-called Rise of China is coming to an end, and that a generation of commentary about it is about to come to an end along with it.
£22.36
Cornell University Press The Capitalist Dilemma in China's Cultural
Book SynopsisHow can capitalists' motivations during a Communist revolution be reliably documented and fully understood? Up to now, the answer to this question has generally eluded scholars who, for lack of nonofficial sources, have fallen back on Communist governments' official explanations. But the essays in this volume confirm that, at least in the case of the Communist revolution in China, it is finally possible to make new and fresh interpretations. By focusing closely on individuals and probing deeply into their thinking and experience, the authors of these essays have discovered a wide range of reasons for why Chinese capitalists did or did not choose to live and work under communism. The contributors to this volume have all concentrated on the dilemma for capitalists in China's Communist revolution. But their approach to their subject through archival research and rigorous analysis may also serve as a guide for future thinking about a variety of other historical figures. This approach is well worth adopting to explain how any members of society (not only capitalists) have resolved comparable dilemmas in all revolutions—the ones in China, Russia, Vietnam, Cuba, or anywhere else.
£22.49
Cornell University Press 1943: China at the Crossroads
Book SynopsisIn the grand narrative of modern Chinese history, 1943 is usually passed over with little notice. Great attention has been paid to critical watersheds in Chinese history—the end of the empire in 1911, the outbreak of full-scale war with Japan in 1937, or the triumph of the Chinese Communist revolution in 1949. What can we learn if we focus attention on a less dramatic year? In 1943, in the middle of World War II, the Allies renounced the unequal treaties, Chiang Kai-shek wrote China's Destiny and met with Roosevelt and Churchill at Cairo, and Mme Chiang made her memorable trip to the United States. From the northwestern province of Xinjiang to the southern smuggling entrepot of Guangzhouwan, the stories of calculating politicians, suspected spies, starving peasants, downtrodden intellectuals, recalcitrant preachers, and star-crossed actors come together to illuminate the significance of this year for China as a whole. In thirteen topical chapters, both the achievements and the disappointments of 1943 are explored in an effort to capture a moment in time when China stood at a crossroads but the road ahead lay shrouded in the impenetrable fog of war.
£23.74
Cornell University Press Silvery World and Other Stories: Anthology of
Book SynopsisThis anthology is an exciting new collection of Korean fiction in translation from the early years of the twentieth century that demonstrate the political and ideological divides that Koreans experienced during this time.
£23.74
West Virginia University Press The Politics of Lists: Bureaucracy and Genocide
Book SynopsisScholars from a number of disciplines have, especially since the advent of the war on terror, developed critical perspectives on a cluster of related topics in contemporary life: militarization, surveillance, policing, biopolitics (the relation between state power and physical bodies), and the like. James A. Tyner, a geographer who has contributed to this literature with several highly regarded books, here turns to the bureaucratic roots of genocide, building on insight from Hannah Arendt, Zygmunt Bauman, and others to better understand the Khmer Rouge and its implications for the broader study of life, death, and power.The Politics of Lists analyzes thousands of newly available Cambodian documents both as sources of information and as objects worthy of study in and of themselves. How, Tyner asks, is recordkeeping implicated in the creation of political authority? What is the relationship between violence and bureaucracy? How can documents, as an anonymous technology capable of conveying great force, be understood in relation to newer technologies like drones? What does data create and what does it destroy? Through a theoretically informed, empirically grounded study of the Khmer Rouge security apparatus, Tyner shows that lists and telegrams have often proved as deadly as bullet and bombs.Trade ReviewA well-written and engaging study of why we must grapple with the bureaucratic culture of violence. I appreciate how Tyner moves between past and present—constantly reminding the reader of why the Cambodian genocide has important resonance beyond its own horrors."" - Ian Shaw, author of Predator Empire: Drone Warfare and Full Spectrum Dominance""Tyner has written an important book on the biopolitics of bureaucracy, archives, and lists. His novel concept of necrobureaucracy as a descriptor of the Khmer Rouge regime offers a new way of understanding the relationship between violence and state administration. An original and far-reaching piece of scholarship."" - Oliver Belcher, Durham UniversityTable of Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1. Emerging from the Shadows 2. A Tale of Two Lists 3. Into the Darkness 4. Mortal Accountings 5. Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index
£23.96
West Virginia University Press Red Harvests: Agrarian Capitalism and Genocide in Democratic Kampuchea
Book SynopsisReassessing the Cambodian genocide through the lens of global capitalist development.James Tyner reinterprets the place of agriculture under the Khmer Rouge, positioning it in new ways relative to Marxism, capitalism, and genocide. The Cambodian revolutionaries' agricultural management is widely viewed by critics as irrational and dangerous, and it is invoked as part of wider efforts to discredit leftist movements. Researching the specific functioning of Cambodia's transition from farms to agriculture within the context of the global economy, Tyner comes to a different conclusion. He finds that analysis of "actually existing political economy"—as opposed to the Marxist identification the Khmer Rouge claimed—points to overlap between Cambodian practice and agrarian capitalism.Tyner argues that dissolution of the traditional Khmer family farm under the aegis of state capitalism is central to any understanding of the mass violence unleashed by the Khmer Rouge. Seen less as a radical outlier than as part of a global shift in farming and food politics, the Cambodian tragedy imparts new lessons to our understanding of the political economy of genocide.Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1. "Revolution Is the People's War" 2. "Be Masters of Your Own Destiny!" 3. "We Are Building Socialism in the Cooperatives" 4. "Currency Is a Most Poisonous Tool" Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
£74.25
University of Hawaii at Manoa A Brief History of Early Okinawa Based on the
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£16.11
Art Publishing China's Covered Bridges: Architecture Over Water
£46.80
Association for Asian Studies The Pandemic – Perspectives on Asia
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£14.99
Association for Asian Studies Teaching About Asia in a Time of Pandemic
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£18.16
Association for Asian Studies Japan on American TV – Screaming Samurai Join
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£14.99
Rutgers University Press The Ruins of Ani: A Journey to Armenia's Medieval
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2019 Dr. Sona Aronian Book Prize for Excellence in Armenian Studies (NAASR) From the tenth to the thirteenth centuries, the city of Ani was the jewel of the Armenian kingdom, renowned far and wide for its magnificent buildings. Known as the city of 1001 churches, Ani was a center for artistic innovation, and its architecture is a potential missing link between Byzantine and Gothic styles. By the fifteenth century, Ani was virtually abandoned, its stunning buildings left to crumble. Yet its ruins have remained a symbol of cultural accomplishment that looms large in the Armenian imagination. The Ruins of Ani is a unique combination of history, art criticism, and travel memoir that takes readers on a thousand-year journey in search of past splendors. Today, Ani is a popular tourist site in Turkey, but the city has been falsified in its presentation by the Turkish government in order to erase Armenian history in the wake of the Armenian Genocide. This timely publication also raises questions about the preservation of major historic monuments in the face of post atrocity campaigns of cultural erasure. Originally written by young priest Krikor Balakian in 1910, just a few years before the Armenian genocide, this book offers a powerful and poignant counterpart to Balakian’s acclaimed genocide memoir Armenian Golgotha. This new translation by the author’s great-nephew, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian, eloquently renders the book’s vivid descriptions and lyrical prose into English. Including a new introduction that explores Ani’s continued relevance in the twenty-first century, The Ruins of Ani will give readers a new appreciation for this lost city’s status as a pinnacle of both Armenian civilization and human achievement. Trade Review"This fine English translation breathes new life into a crucial, and yet neglected source for the celebrated medieval Armenian city of Ani, and for the brief but important period of Russian control in the region." -- Christina Maranci * author of Medieval Armenian Architecture: Constructions of Race and Nation *"Peter Balakian's translation and recasting of his great uncle's memoir combines sensitive Armenian religious and cultural history with a clear focus on the cultural dimension of genocide. It is a remarkable and invaluable study." -- Robert Jay Lifton * author of Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide *"This is an enthralling account of the 1909 pilgrimage of an Armenian priest to the ruins of the Armenian city of Ani. Introduced by his great-nephew, the distinguished poet Peter Balakian, this memoir is a powerful expression of Armenian pride and longing for the land on which they lived for a millennium. Written a bare six years before Ottoman forces carried out the Armenian genocide, this document underscores forcefully how central cultural destruction was and is in the unfolding of that crime against humanity." -- Jay Winter * author of War beyond Words: Languages of Remembrance from the Great War to the Present *“Vartabed Balakian describes Ani as an 'Armenian genius,' a title befitting of Balakian. His eye on the ancient capital is intricate and mournful, and creates a new depth post genocide.” -- Donna-Lee Frieze * editor and transcriber of Totally Unofficial *"Krikor Balakian’s rhapsodic narrative is a scholarly, flowery mix of architectural history and a travelogue of his much-anticipated pilgrimage. He writes lovingly about church ornamentation and holy day services held among the architectural ruins; he also thunders against bloodthirsty marauders and unworthy, greedy priests in Armenia’s past. The text is accompanied by numerous richly toned photographs of Ani’s dramatic ruins, which are critical evidence of lost history." * Foreword Reviews *"Krikor Balakian’s The Ruins of Ani published by Rutgers University Press," by the Armenian-American Spectator * The Armenian-American Spectator *"[The Ruins of Ani] documents the history, genius, and tragedy of the Armenian civilization as refracted through its ancient capital. It also illuminates one of those rare places that leaves visitors feeling they might have to dust off the word mystical to describe the experience." * The Arts Fuse *"Balakian’s book explores both the ancient and modern versions of the city of Ani, unknown to many non-Armenians. The intertwined legacy of the Balakian family and their connection to a revered city provides a moving and enduring account of history." * Armenian Weekly *"This book is a valuable contribution to the scholarly study of the art, architecture, and archaeology of Ani, and its translation into English will help it to reach a wider audience." * Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies *"This new edition of The Ruins of Ani is not merely an informative description of a dazzling city that became a 'great museum of the arts and crafts of Armenian antiquity'. It is also an intriguing document of trans-historical and cross-generational imagination. The 'richness and opulence' that 'always [aroused] the greed of conquering rulers” when Ani was in its prime have long vanished, but eyes are converging on the city once more.'" * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsContents Introduction by Peter Balakian Chapter I: The History of Ani Part I—The Foundation and Flourishing of Ani Part II—The Sale of Ani Part III-The Seljuk Invasions and the Destruction of Ani Chapter II: The Topography of Ani Chapter III: The Description of the Ruins of Ani The External Walls The Cathedral Surp Krikor Lusaworich‘ [St. Gregory the Illuminator] Church Surp Aṙak‘elots‘ [Holy Apostles] Church Abughamrents‘ Surp Krikor Church Kakgashēn [Gagkashēn] Surp Krikor Church Vrats‘ [Georgian] Church The Palace of the Pakradunis Ani’s Residence of the Catholicos The Statue of Kakig [Gagik] I Ani’s Citadel The Girls’ Fortress The Two Story Bridge and the Pekhents‘ Monastery The Tombstone of the Royal Princes The Ruins of the Royal Bath The Royal Road Leading to the Akhurian River Ghōshavank‘ Near Ani [The Monastery of Hoṙomos] The Vaulted and Pillared Inner Part of the Royal Conference Hall in Ghōshavank‘ Surp Minas and Surp Kevork Chapels in the Valley of Ghōshavank‘ The Tomb of King Ashod [Ashot] the Merciful Chapter IV: Scholarly Ani Part I—The Armenian Architectural Style Ani’s Plan [illustration] Part II—The Present Excavations of Ani Voyage to Ani His Holiness the Holy Patriarch’s Voyage to Ani The Pilgrim of Ani Acknowledgments Glossary Index
£25.19
Rutgers University Press Life in a Cambodian Orphanage: A Childhood
Book SynopsisWhat is it like to grow up in an orphanage? What do residents themselves have to say about their experiences? Are there ways that orphanages can be designed to meet children's developmental needs and to provide them with necessities they are unable to receive in their home communities? In this book, detailed observations of children's daily life in a Cambodian orphanage are combined with follow-up interviews of the same children after they have grown and left the orphanage. Their thoughtful reflections show that the quality of care children receive is more important for their well-being than the site in which they receive it. Life in a Cambodian Orphanage situates orphanages within the social and political history of Cambodia, and shows that orphanages need not always be considered bleak sites of deprivation and despair. It suggests best practices for caring for vulnerable children regardless of the setting in which they are living.Trade Review"Life in a Cambodian Orphanage is very well written — a significant addition to the literature on child circulation."— David F. Lancy, author of Anthropological Perspectives on Children as Helpers, Workers, Artisans and Laborers "Wonderfully nuanced and engagingly written, Kathie Carpenter has produced the definitive book on the rise and fall of the Cambodian orphanage ‘industry’. The voices of children themselves are brilliantly contextualised making this a compelling and compassionate book, rich in detail and empathy."— Heather Montgomery, co-editor of Childhood, Youth and Violence in Global Contexts: Research and Practice in DialogueTable of Contents1 Introduction 2 History of Orphanages in Cambodia 3 Orphanage Tourism and the Anti-Orphanage-Tourism Campaign 4 Methods 5 The Rhythms of Daily Life in the Orphanage 6 The Orphanage Remembered: Milestones and Experiences 7 Reflecting Back and Looking Ahead: Interpreting the COC Experience 8 Discussion and Conclusions Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£107.20
Rutgers University Press Taste of Control: Food and the Filipino Colonial
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2021 Gourmand Awards, Asian Section & Culinary History Section Filipino cuisine is a delicious fusion of foreign influences, adopted and transformed into its own unique flavor. But to the Americans who came to colonize the islands in the 1890s, it was considered inferior and lacking in nutrition. Changing the food of the Philippines was part of a war on culture led by Americans as they attempted to shape the islands into a reflection of their home country.Taste of Control tells what happened when American colonizers began to influence what Filipinos ate, how they cooked, and how they perceived their national cuisine. Food historian René Alexander D. Orquiza, Jr. turns to a variety of rare archival sources to track these changing attitudes, including the letters written by American soldiers, the cosmopolitan menus prepared by Manila restaurants, and the textbooks used in local home economics classes. He also uncovers pockets of resistance to the colonial project, as Filipino cookbooks provided a defense of the nation’s traditional cuisine and culture.Through the topic of food, Taste of Control explores how, despite lasting less than fifty years, the American colonial occupation of the Philippines left psychological scars that have not yet completely healed, leading many Filipinos to believe that their traditional cooking practices, crops, and tastes were inferior. We are what we eat, and this book reveals how food culture served as a battleground over Filipino identity.Trade Review“Taste of Control is an original, ambitious project that joins a growing body of scholarship that takes food as a window into analyzing American history and culture.” -- Mark Padoongpatt * author of Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America *“Taste of Control is a rare and refreshing example of how historians can (and must) make the past come alive with a sense of intellectual urgency and vibrancy.” -- Sarita Echavez See * author of The Filipino Primitive: Accumulation and Resistance in the American Museum *"This revealing study explores in vivid detail the ways that food and food cultures in the Philippines under U.S. colonial rule—from the colonizers’ lavish banquets to cookbooks to domestic science classes to advertisements for imported canned foods—represented a significant site where the meanings of U.S. power were articulated and contested. Tapping into fresh primary sources, it provides a new and significant culinary lens onto the making of Philippine-American colonial hierarchies of race and civilization." -- Paul A. Kramer * author of The Blood of Government: Race, Empire, the United States, and the Philippines *"That Orquiza leaves us hungering for more of these connections is a testament to the strength of his research and the urgency of his work." * Social History of Medicine *"Recommend[ed]. This book as it contains wide-ranging information on the mindset of the Americans in the colonial Philippines." * Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints *Tip of the Tongue interview with René Alexander D. Orquiza, Jr. (Episode 128) * Tip of the Tongue podcast *Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1 First Impressions 2 Menus 3 Travel Guides 4 Cookbooks 5 Education 6 Advertisements Conclusion Acknowledgments Index
£26.99
Rutgers University Press Taste of Control: Food and the Filipino Colonial
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2021 Gourmand Awards, Asian Section & Culinary History Section Filipino cuisine is a delicious fusion of foreign influences, adopted and transformed into its own unique flavor. But to the Americans who came to colonize the islands in the 1890s, it was considered inferior and lacking in nutrition. Changing the food of the Philippines was part of a war on culture led by Americans as they attempted to shape the islands into a reflection of their home country.Taste of Control tells what happened when American colonizers began to influence what Filipinos ate, how they cooked, and how they perceived their national cuisine. Food historian René Alexander D. Orquiza, Jr. turns to a variety of rare archival sources to track these changing attitudes, including the letters written by American soldiers, the cosmopolitan menus prepared by Manila restaurants, and the textbooks used in local home economics classes. He also uncovers pockets of resistance to the colonial project, as Filipino cookbooks provided a defense of the nation’s traditional cuisine and culture.Through the topic of food, Taste of Control explores how, despite lasting less than fifty years, the American colonial occupation of the Philippines left psychological scars that have not yet completely healed, leading many Filipinos to believe that their traditional cooking practices, crops, and tastes were inferior. We are what we eat, and this book reveals how food culture served as a battleground over Filipino identity.Trade Review“Taste of Control is an original, ambitious project that joins a growing body of scholarship that takes food as a window into analyzing American history and culture.” -- Mark Padoongpatt * author of Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America *“Taste of Control is a rare and refreshing example of how historians can (and must) make the past come alive with a sense of intellectual urgency and vibrancy.” -- Sarita Echavez See * author of The Filipino Primitive: Accumulation and Resistance in the American Museum *"This revealing study explores in vivid detail the ways that food and food cultures in the Philippines under U.S. colonial rule—from the colonizers’ lavish banquets to cookbooks to domestic science classes to advertisements for imported canned foods—represented a significant site where the meanings of U.S. power were articulated and contested. Tapping into fresh primary sources, it provides a new and significant culinary lens onto the making of Philippine-American colonial hierarchies of race and civilization." -- Paul A. Kramer * author of The Blood of Government: Race, Empire, the United States, and the Philippines *"That Orquiza leaves us hungering for more of these connections is a testament to the strength of his research and the urgency of his work." * Social History of Medicine *"Recommend[ed]. This book as it contains wide-ranging information on the mindset of the Americans in the colonial Philippines." * Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints *Tip of the Tongue interview with René Alexander D. Orquiza, Jr. (Episode 128) * Tip of the Tongue podcast *Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1 First Impressions 2 Menus 3 Travel Guides 4 Cookbooks 5 Education 6 Advertisements Conclusion Acknowledgments Index
£107.20
Rutgers University Press The Films of Bong Joon Ho
Book SynopsisBong Joon Ho won the Oscar® for Best Director for Parasite (2019), which also won Best Picture, the first foreign film to do so, and two other Academy Awards. Parasite was the first Korean film to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes. These achievements mark a new career peak for the director, who first achieved wide international acclaim with 2006’s monster movie The Host and whose forays into English-language film with Snowpiercer (2013) and Okja (2017) brought him further recognition. As this timely book reveals, even as Bong Joon Ho has emerged as an internationally known director, his films still engage with distinctly Korean social and political contexts that may elude many Western viewers. The Films of Bong Joon Ho demonstrates how he hybridizes Hollywood conventions with local realities in order to create a cinema that foregrounds the absurd cultural anomie Koreans have experienced in tandem with their rapid economic development. Film critic and scholar Nam Lee explores how Bong subverts the structures of the genres he works within, from the crime thriller to the sci-fi film, in order to be truthful to Korean realities that often deny the reassurances of the happy Hollywood ending. With detailed readings of Bong’s films from Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000) through Parasite (2019), the book will give readers a new appreciation of this world-class cinematic talent.Trade Review“The Films of Bong Joon Ho is at once a path-breaking study of the director Bong Joon Ho—one of the most recognized and internationally acclaimed filmmakers currently active in South Korea—and his films and simultaneously a study of how the post-1987 South Korean film industry came into being. Drawing upon her own rich experience as a former staff writer and film critic in South Korea and with judicious use of relevant critical theories, Lee offers us both the larger sociopolitical, historical, and cultural context of Bong’s films as well as detailed analyses of a set of films, both critically received and commercially successful ones as well as relatively unknown earlier short films. This book is a great service not only to the fans of Bong but also to the general public who are interested in films of South Korea, as well as to the scholarly community of film studies and Korean studies.”— Namhee Lee, University of California, Los Angeles "For the legions of new fans of Bong Joon Ho, this timely book will demonstrate that the triumph of Parasite in the West was no fluke. Nam Lee demonstrates in loving detail just how Bong has managed over a two decade-long career of unprecedented critical and commercial success to condemn and critique contemporary society through the lens of satire, humor and sheer entertainment. It’s hard to think of a director better able to address both Korean controversies and universal anxieties and a writer better able to explicate these concerns."— David Desser, founding editor, the Journal of Japanese and Korean CinemaTable of ContentsTable of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Chapter 1 A New Cultural Generation Chapter 2 Cinematic “Perversions”: Tonal Shifts, Visual Gags and Techniques of Defamiliarization Chapter 3 Social Pujoris and the “Narratives of Failure”: Transnational Genre and Local Politics in Memories of Murder and The Host Chapter 4 Monsters Within: Moral Ambiguity and Anomie in Barking Dogs Never Bite and Mother Chapter 5 Beyond the Local: Global Politics and Neoliberal Capitalism in Snowpiercer and Okja Conclusion: Parasite, A New Beginning? Filmography Bibliography Index
£27.20
Springer Nature Switzerland AG A Princely Pandect on Astronomy: Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī's Muʿīnīya Epistle and its Appendix
Book SynopsisThis book presents an English-language translation of Risālā-yi Muʿīnīya, or the Muʿīnīya Epistle. Risālā-yi Muʿīnīya is one of the earliest known works of Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī (1201–1274), an intellectual luminary of the 13th century CE. The work is notable for the choice of Ṭūsī’s native Persian as the language of the text. In addition, Ṭūsī organized his volume into a four-part structure, which went on to become a popular template for the Islamic astronomers who succeeded him. This book helped ensure the patronage of Ṭūsī's courtly patrons during his decades-long stay with the Ismaʿīlīs, as well as the continuation of his remarkable career under the first Ilkhanid rulers of Persia. This translation helps make this notable treatise accessible to English language readers. It is among a handful of English translations of major astronomical works dealing with hay’a/cosmography in the Islamic world. Subsequently Ṭūsī was to pen his own commentary on the work (the Ḥall-i Mushkilāt-i Muʿīnīya, or A solution to the difficulties of the Muʿīnīya) and he used this occasion to discuss his celebrated mathematical formulation “the Ṭūsī Couple” (a concept that he merely hinted at in the Risālā-yi Muʿīnīya). Table of ContentsPrefacePart I. IntroductionChapter 1 Ṭūsī’s hayʾaChapter 2 Ṭūsī as a Young ScholarChapter 3 On the Structure and Contents of Risāla-yi MuʿīnīyaPart II. Edition and Translation of Risāla-yi MuʿīnīyaChapter 4 Book One: On the Introduction to this ScienceChapter 5 Two: On the Configuration of the Celestial BodiesChapter 6 Book Three: On the Configuration of the Earth and the Difference in the State of its Regions Due to the Difference in the State of the Celestial BodiesChapter 7 Book Four: On the Distances and BodiesPart III. Ṭūsī’s Commentary on Risāla-yi MuʿīnīyaChapter 8 The Chapters. AppendicesGlossaryBibliographyIndex
£85.49
Springer Nature Switzerland AG An Introduction to Human Prehistory in Arabia:
Book SynopsisThis textbook explores the mystery of human origins in the Arabian Peninsula, the lost Southern Crescent where humanity took its first steps toward civilization. Under Arabia’s surface of sand and stone lies a primordial realm of rolling grasslands, freshwater lakes, and river floodplains. This book aims to restore a critical missing chapter in the prehistory of our species that played out in this forgotten place of plenty. The author has carried out more than twenty years of fieldwork in Yemen and Oman, weaving his research together into an unorthodox tapestry of archaeology, environmental science, genetics, and Middle Eastern mythology. This volume peers beneath Arabia’s abandoned deserts, revealing a land that once served as a bridge between prehistoric worlds. This textbook is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students as well as all readers who are interested in learning about Arabian prehistory.Table of Contents1. The Time before Time.- 2. Arabia Arcadia.- 3. Studying Stone in the Stone Ages.- 4. Roots of the Human Tree.- 5. Becoming Human.- 6. The Lost Crescent.- 7. People of 'Ad'.- 8. Epistrophe.
£52.24
Springer International Publishing AG The Building of Chinese Ethnicity in Rome:
Book SynopsisThis book presents the history of Chinese migrations to Europe within a “transcalar glocal” perspective. That is, it moves between international, national, and local levels of analysis to describe the different constraints Chinese migrants deal with in their lives. It problematizes and complicates ethnicity and identity and refers to controversial concepts like Roman-ness and Chinese-ness, used as identity signifiers. Ultimately, by presenting the lives of ethnic Chinese living in Italy in both global and local context, this book hopes to show the value of a "glocal" oral history of Chinese migrations. Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Chinese Migrations in a Global Context.- 3. Oral Accounts of Chinese Migrations to Italy: A History of Translocality.- 4. Problematizing Chinatown.- 5. Roman Theater: Italians verses 'Others'.- 6. Historical "Fact Checking": Chronicles and Legacies of the Esquiline.- 7. Once Upon A Time in China: Reverberations of Identities.- 8. Epilogue: Toward a Glocal Oral History.
£85.49
Springer International Publishing AG China and Taiwan in Latin America and the
Book SynopsisThe book provides an examination of the evolution of China and Taiwan after 1949. This starting point situates the contestation for power between the two entities in the region after Taipei was recognized by the international community as the representative of China. The ramifications for Taiwan were drastic as country after country switched its recognition to China including those in the Caribbean and Latin America. Taiwan was able to maintain diplomatic relations with several countries in both regions through diplomatic strategies including providing financial assistance. This has waned over time considering China’s economic rise to power and Western Europe’s and the United States’ fall in global economic and political prestige and power.This book discusses China’s and Taiwan’s continuing engagement with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean with a particular emphasis on the sharp rise in trade between China and the two regions. China’s foreign policy agenda, and how Taiwan reacts to China’s policies, are also examined.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Cassandra Veney and Sabella Abidde (15-20 pages)SECTION ONE: HISTORY AND FOREIGN POLICY Chapter 1: The Early History of China and Taiwan in Latin America: Cuba and Peru from 1837 to 1971 Angela Ju Chapter 2: China’s Foreign Policy in Latin America Matthew Galway Chapter 3: The “One China” Policy: Battleground for Recognition in the Caribbean Kavita Johnson Chapter 4: The Dragon in The South: Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, The Rise of China and The Implications for Taiwan’s Future Jorge Troisi Melean SECTION TWO: DIPLOMATIC FIDELITY AND SWITCHING OF SIDES Chapter 5: Did Costa Rica and Panama Benefit After Switching Their Diplomatic Relations from Taiwan to China? A Trade and FDI analysis Nohelia Rivera Matias Chapter 6: Outsizing Lilliput? Diplomatic Recognition and the Sino-CARICOM Foreign Policy Axis Nand C. Bardouille Chapter 7: What is Taiwan's Diplomatic Fate in That Region? Mohamad Zreik Chapter 8: What Can I Do You For: The Republic of China's Cold War Courtship of the Republic of Panama Justina Hwang SECTION THREE: ISSUES AND POLICY APPROACHES Chapter 9: China- CARICOM Bilateral Engagements: Modalities, Motives, Impacts and Directions for The Regional Integration Agenda Dianna DaSilva-Glasgow Chapter 10: China and Taiwan’s Bilateral and Multilateral Engagements with Latin America and the Caribbean Lorenzo Maggiorelli Chapter 11: The Belt and Road Initiative, China, Taiwan, and Brazil Charalampos Stamelos and Konstantinos Tsimaras Chapter 12: The Belt and Road Initiative, China, Taiwan, and Argentina Athina Moraiti Chapter 13: Challenges Facing China And Taiwan In Latin America And The Caribbean Priye S. Torulagha Conclusion: Cassandra Veney and Sabella Abidde
£104.49
De Gruyter Islamic Imperial Law: Harun-Al-Rashid's Codification Project
Book SynopsisDespite the historical and contemporary significance of the Sharia, it has not yet been possible to solve the puzzle of its origins. Whereas previous research has postulated a greater or lesser degree of endogenous Islamic development, the present study reaches a different conclusion, namely that at the end of the 8th century Muslim state lawyers in Baghdad codified an Islamic “Imperial Law”, oriented strongly towards Roman-Byzantine law. It is part of an Islamic-Byzantine context, and can only be explained against this intercultural background.
£197.60
De Gruyter The Gongsun Longzi and Other Neglected Texts: Aligning Philosophical and Philological Perspectives
The Gongsun Longzi is often considered the only extant work of the Classical Chinese “School of Names”, an early intellectual tradition (trad. dated to the 4th cent. B.C.) mainly concerned with logic and the philosophy of language. The Gongsun Longzi is a heterogeneous collection of five chapters that include short treatises and largely fictive dialogues between an anonymous persuader and his opponent, which typically revolve around a paradoxical claim. Its value as a testimony to Early Chinese philosophy, however, is somewhat controversial due to the intricate textual history of the text and our limited knowledge about its intellectual backgrounds. This volume gathers contributions by leading specialists in the fields of Classical Chinese philosophy, philology, logic, and linguistics. Besides an overview of the scholarly literature on the topic and a detailed account of the reception of the text throughout time, it presents fresh insights into philological and philosophical problems raised by the Gongsun Longzi and other closely-related texts equally attributed to the “School of Names”.
£100.70
Springer International Publishing AG Killing Orders: Talat Pasha’s Telegrams and the
Book SynopsisThe book represents an earthquake in genocide studies, particularly in the field of Armenian Genocide research. A unique feature of the Armenian Genocide has been the long-standing efforts of successive Turkish governments to deny its historicity and to hide the documentary evidencesurrounding it. This book provides a major clarification of the often blurred lines between facts and truth in regard to these events. The authenticity of the killing orders signed by Ottoman Interior Minister Talat Pasha and the memoirs of the Ottoman bureaucrat Naim Efendi have been two of the most contested topics in this regard. The denialist school has long argued that these documents and memoirs were all forgeries, produced by Armenians to further their claims. Taner Akçam provides the evidence to refute the basis of these claims and demonstrates clearly why the documents can be trusted as authentic, revealing the genocidal intent of the Ottoman-Turkish government towards its Armenian population. As such, this work removes a cornerstone from the denialist edifice, and further establishes the historicity of the Armenian Genocide.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionThe Story and Authenticity of Naim Efendi and His MemoirsEven If the Memoirs Are Authentic, Could the Documents Still Be Forgeries?Subjects and Events Mentioned by Naim Efendi Corroborated in Ottoman DocumentsAppendix AAppendix B: Dr. Avedis Nakkashian’s Letter to AndonianAppendix C: Aram Andonian’s Letter to Mary TerzianAppendix D: Consul W. Rössler’s Letter to Dr. LepsiusAppendix E: Memorandum to the Lawyers of Soghomon TehlirianAfterword
£42.74
Walter de Gruyter Imperialismus und Modernisierung
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Campus Verlag The East Asian Dimension of the First World War:
Book SynopsisThough when people discuss World War I, they usually center on the fighting in Europe, it truly was a global war. This book examines the role of East Asia in the conflict. It looks at how East Asian commentators saw and interpreted the war, both in Europe and elsewhere, and what lessons they drew from the experience for their own societies. What influence did World War I have on East Asian visions of the world order? Presenting scholarship by a number of East Asian authors in English for the first time, the book greatly expands our understanding of World War I and its effects.
£38.00
Campus Verlag Discourses of Weakness in Modern China:
Book SynopsisFrom the time of China’s defeat in the Sino-Japanese war of 1894–95 until the 1930s, the assumption that China was a “weak state” dominated political discourse in China and beyond. In those discussions, China was seen as lacking competitiveness in a world that was increasingly being understood in harsh Darwinian terms. Aiming to better understand contemporary China’s self-image and identity, this volume traces both the emergence of the narrative of China’s alleged “national ruin” and the discursive construction of China as the “Sick Man of East Asia.”
£45.60
