Regional / International studies Books
Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH Die Aufnahme europäischer Inhalte in die
Book SynopsisGegenstand der Arbeit sind die Werke und Schriften Zhu Zhong-yuans (ca. 1616-1660), einem der bedeutendsten chinesischen Konvertiten der Ming-Qing-Ubergangszeit. Zhus Schriften gewahren sowohl Einblicke in die zweite und dritte Generation chinesischer Christen als auch in die Welt der Konvertiten aus dem mittleren und niederen Literatenstand. In dieser Studie liegt der Schwerpunkt der Betrachtung auf den Wegen, welche christliche Konzepte und Rituale auf ihrer Reise in das chinesische Kulturmuster des 17. Jahrhunderts beschreiten. Hierbei werden nicht nur die von Zhu gezogenen Verbindungen von Christentum und Konfuzianismus erortert, sondern auch thematisiert, wie der Ming-Qing-zeitliche Leser die Thesen Zhus erfasst und eingeordnet haben mag. Der Hauptteil der Arbeit beginnt mit einer Biographie Zhu Zhongyuans im historischen und kulturellen Kontext. Es folgen Kapitel uber Zhus Prasentation der wesentlichen Inhalte des Christentums, seine Thesen gegen Fremdenfeindlichkeit und Sinozentrismus sowie seine Erorterung der christlichen Liturgie vor dem Hintergrund der Welt der chinesischen Riten. Die Studie beinhaltet einen Faksimile-Abdruck der chinesischen Texte, einen Generalindex mit Glossar und eine englische Zusammenfassung.
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Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH Das Licht der Edlen (junzi zhi guang): Der Mond
Book SynopsisDer Mond ist ein zentrales Thema in der chinesischen Malerei, wurde aber bisher noch nicht umfassend erforscht. Im ersten Teil der vorliegenden Arbeit werden Bildthemen mit Mond-Landschaften der Song- bis Qing-Zeit interpretiert. Dabei wird besonders die Beziehung der chinesischen Gelehrten zum Mond, wie sie sich in der reichhaltigen chinesischen Poesie und Prosa bis zur Song-Zeit ausdruckt, berucksichtigt. Der Mond als kompositorisches Element in der chinesischen Landschaftsmalerel wird im zweiten Teil der Arbeit thematisiert. Dabei gilt den nicht dargestellten, aber vom Betrachter nachvollziehbaren Beziehungslinie zwischen dem Gelehrten und dem Mond besondere Aufmerksamkeit. Der dritte Teil behandelt den Mond als Lichtquelle und greift damit einen zentralen Problemkomplex ostasiatischer Malerei auf: die Wiedergabe des mondbeschienenen Luftraumes, die Schattierung von Gegenstanden im Mondlicht, Schlagschatten und Beleuchtung sowie verschiedene Darstellungen des reflektierten Lichtes. Den Abschluss der Arbeit bildet eine Zusammenfassung der Charakteristika chinesischer Mond-Landschaften. 90 Abbildungen illustrieren die Ausfuhrungen der Verfasserin.
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Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH Das Collegium Sinicum zu Neapel und seine
Book SynopsisWith this monograph Rivinius has added an important dimension toward understanding the historical background of the oldest school of Sinology and Oriental studies on the European continent that has taught Mandarin Chinese since 1742 and Hindi and Urdu since 1878. John W. Witek in The Catholic Historical Review Gegenstand der vorliegenden Untersuchung sind Schriftstucke aus dem Vatikanarchiv in Rom und im Bayerischen Hauptstaatsarchiv in Munchen uber das Collegium Sinicum in Neapel. In diesem Institut sind nach dem Willen seines Grunders, Matteo Ripa (1682-1745), der sich als Weltpriester der Propaganda-Kongregation fur die Mission in China zur Verfugung gestellt hatte, einhundertfunfzig Jahre lang chinesische Alumnen auf den Priesterberuf vorbereitet worden, um nach Vollendung der Studien in ihrer Heimat im Dienst an der Evangelisierung tatig zu werden. Aus dem Inhalt Erstes Kapitel: Prolegomena zur Missionsgeschichte Chinas. Zur Evangelisierung im Reich der Mitte von den Anfangen bis zum Spatmittelalter Die Jesuitenmission im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert Zweites Kapitel: Das Kolleg der Chinesen von Neapel. Grundung des Kollegs durch Matteo Ripa Das Kolleg bis zu seiner Umbenennung im Jahr 1868 Exkurs: Die erste Gesandtschaft eines britischen Konigs an den chinesischen Kaiserhof und das Kolleg der Chinesen von Neapel. Funktionale Bedeutung des chinesischen Tributsystems Suche nach chinesischen Dolmetschern Fazit der britischen Gesandtschaftsreise Drittes Kapitel: Umwandlung des Asiatischen Kollegs von Neapel in ein Orientalisches Institut. Klarung der Eigentumsverhaltnisse Namensanderung des Kollegs der Chinesen und seine Umgestaltung Neuordnung des Asiatischen Kollegs von Neapel Meinungs- und Entscheidungsbildungsprozess innerhalb des Senats Viertes Kapitel: Reaktionen auf das Gesetz zur Etablierung des orientalischen Instituts in Neapel. Rundschreiben des Kardinal-Staatssekretars Rampolla Die Reaktion der bayerischen Regierung - Epilog Anlage: 6 Dokumente - Facsimile - Literaturverzeichnis - Personen- und Ortsverzeichnis - Sachregister - Abbildung.
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Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH Karl Gützlaff (1803-1851) und das Christentum in
Book Synopsismissions in China and intercultural exchange between East Asia and the West in the 19th century. Peter Vamos in: Acta Orient. Hung. Aus dem Inhalt: THORALF KLEIN und REINHARD ZOLLNER: Einleitung. Karl Gutzlaff als Kulturvermittler REINHARD ZOLLNER: Gutzlaffs Japanreise 1837 und das Bojutsu yumemonogatari. Zur japanischen Fremdenpolitik am Vorabend der Offnung PETER MERKER: Gutzlaffs Rolle im Opiumkrieg SYLVIA BRASEL: Missionar aus Uberzeugung, Entdecker mit Marketingtalent: Gutzlaff - der erste Deutsche in Korea HARTMUT WALRAVENS: Karl Gutzlaffs Werke. Bemerkungen zu Rezeption und Wissenstransfer aufgrund der nichtmissionarischen Schriften JESSIE G. and ROLLAND R. LUTZ: Karl Gutzlaff as Propagandist and Fundraiser, 1826-1849 PATRICK DREHER: Eine gemeinsame deutsche Mission fur China? Die Chinesische Stiftung in Kassel und Gutzlaff JOST ZETZSCHE: Gutzlaffs Bedeutung fur die protestantischen Bibelubersetzungen ins Chinesische YOKO NISHINA: Gutzlaffs japanisches Johannesevangelium GERHARD TIEDEMANN: Missionarischer Einzelganger oder Visionar? Die Missionsmethoden Gutzlaffs THORALF KLEIN: Gutzlaff als Vorlaufer einer indigenen chinesischen Kirche? Dokumentation: I. Gutzlaffs Biographie und Konversion II. Gutzlaffs Reisen und sein Eintreten fur den Freihandel III. Gutzlaffs Rolle im und nach dem Opiumkrieg IV. Gutzlaff als Missionar V. Gutzlaff als Linguist und Ubersetzer VI. Gutzlaff und seine Unterstutzer, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung Deutschlands VII. Gutzlaff und der Chinesische Verein VIII. Gutzlaff im Urteil der Nachwelt Glossar - Register - Autorenverzeichnis
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Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH Forgive Us Our Sins: Confession in Late Ming and
Book SynopsisConfession in early modern Europe has been the subject of several studies. But what happened to the confessional practice when it moved to other cultures? This is the major research question of the present book as applied to late Ming and early Qing China. The origin of this research can be traced back to the Handbook of Christianity in China: Volume One (635-1800) (Leiden 2000) compiled by researchers of the K.U. Leuven, in collaboration with an international team of circa twenty scholars. As a reference work, the Handbook comprehensively presents many different aspects of Christianity in China, including sciences, arts and crafts. But there was one major absentee: ritual, which is often considered essential for understanding China. A first step in filling this gap was the organisation of an international workshop on Chinese and Christian Rituality in Late Imperial China (Leuven, June 2004). The present volume includes the revised contributions by Eugenio Menegon and Erik ZÃrcher and a reworked version of an article by Liam Brockey as well as the edition of the primary source he used for his article, a confessional manual composed by Jose Monteiro S.J. (1646-1720). These articles portray from different angles one of the sacramental rituals, viz. that of confession.
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Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH Ritendiskussionen am Hof der nördlichen
Book SynopsisDie intensive BeschÃftigung der Gelehrtenbeamten (shidafu) in der nÃrdlichen Song-Dynastie - vor allem der Vertreter des entstehenden Neokonfuzianismus - mit den Staatsriten erfuhr in der westlichen Forschung bisher kaum eine angemessene WÃrdigung. Diese Studie integriert verschiedene Ritendiskussionen samt ihrem institutionellen Rahmen und den dabei von den Hauptdiskutanten vertretenen Positionen in den Kontext der intellektuellen PrÃgungen der Beteiligten, wie auch der Reform- und Parteistreitigkeiten jener Periode, v.a. jener zwischen den AnhÃngern und Gegnern Wang Anshis (1021-1086) sowie innerhalb der konservativen Partei in der Yuanyou-Periode (1086-1093). Kristallisationspunkte dieser Diskussionen bildeten die Reformen der Ritenmusik (yayue) und Fragen zur DurchfÃhrung der vom Kaiser selbst vollzogenen Opfer - Mingtang sowie Nanjiao und Beijiao. Das komplexe Zusammenwirken der verschiedenen Dimensionen des chinesischen Ritenbegriffs (li), der gelehrte, soziale, aber auch politische und Machtaspekte in sich vereint, veranschaulicht besonders die Analyse der Debatten der Jahre 1064-1066 Ãber die korrekte Form der posthumen Verehrung Zhao Yunrangs (995-1059), des FÃrsten von Pu, durch seinen leiblichen Sohn, Kaiser Yingzong (1032-1067), in dessen doppelter Rolle als Adoptivsohn und Nachfolger Kaiser Renzongs (1010-1063).Inhaltsverzeichnis EinleitungTeil IDie ritologischen Voraussetzungen der Song-Dynastie Teil IIRekonstruktion der ritologischen Problemstellungen und des amtlichen Diskussionsverlaufs 1034-1093 Teil IIIStruktur, Kontext und Analyse der Ritendiskussionen im 11. JahrhundertTeil IVDer Ritendiskurs als Kontext des entstehenden Neokonfuzianismus: Studien zu ausgewÃhlten ReprÃsentanten verschiedener StrÃmungen unter besonderer BerÃcksichtigung des Puyi-Falls: Ouyang Xiu, Sima Guang, Cheng Yi Teil VErgebnisse - AnhÃnge - Literaturverzeichnis
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Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH Die Begegnung Chinas mit dem Christentum: Neue,
Book SynopsisWie reagierten chinesische Gelehrte des 17. Jahrhunderts auf die Lehre vom Herrn des Himmels (Tianzhujiao)? Wie gingen sie mit christlichen Glaubensinhalten wie SchÃpfergott, ErbsÃnde und Unsterblichkeit der Seele um? Jacques Gernets Standardwerk Chine et christianisme, action et reaction (erschienen 1982) war als erste Studie darauf angelegt, das chinesische VerstÃndnis des Christentums zur Zeit seiner frÃhen Verbreitung in China durch die Jesuitenmissionare zu ergrÃnden, aber auch MissverstÃndnisse und grundsÃtzliches UnverstÃndnis innerhalb dieser Begegnung zwischen zwei Kulturen aufzuzeigen. Dazu wertete Gernet eine FÃlle von chinesischen Quellen aus und berÃcksichtigte sowohl Schriften von chinesischen Konvertiten oder Sympathisanten des Christentums als auch von Gegnern und Feinden der neuen Lehre, wie z.B. buddhistischen MÃnchen. Er hat damit die Sicht auf die Geschichte des Christentums in China entscheidend verÃndert und die bis dahin in der westlichen Forschung Ãbliche eurozentrische Perspektive abgelÃst. Mit dieser neuen Ausgabe der deutschen Ãœbersetzung von Gernets Werk schließt das Institut Monumenta Serica eine LÃcke auf dem Buchmarkt, denn die ursprÃngliche deutsche Ãœbersetzung (Christus kam bis nach China. Eine erste Begegnung und ihr Scheitern, 1984) ist seit langem vergriffen. Die jetzt vorliegende deutsche Studienausgabe berÃcksichtigt die vom Autor fÃr die franzÃsische Neuausgabe (1990) vorgenommenen Ãnderungen. Umfangreiche NachtrÃge geben wichtige Einblicke in die Rezeption von Gernets Buch. Ein ausfÃhrlicher Index mit chinesischen Schriftzeichen erschließt den Text fÃr die weitere Forschung.
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Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH On the School of Names in Ancient China
Book SynopsisThe present study on ancient Chinese philosophy invites us to meet a challenging task in philosophical understanding. The so-called School of Names (mingjia åå) is a label for a diverse group of thinkers in the Warring States period (479â221 B.C.) that has sometimes been accused of dabbling in flippant linguistic and conceptual puzzles, paradoxes, or sophistries. Bernard Solomon analyzes the works of its two main representatives, namely Huizi æƒå (Master Hui, or Hui Shi æƒæ, 380â305 B.C.?) and Gongsun Long ååé (b. 380 B.C.?).The Chapter One deals with the ten paradoxes of Huizi as recorded in the Zhuangzi 莊å. Chapters Two to Six are devoted to five texts attributed to Gongsun Long that have been called cryptic or even a mixture of banality and nonsense. Among them is also found the White-Horse Dialogue with its famous dictum A white horse is not a horse. The aim of Solomonâs investigation is the discovery of the rules of language games in the School of Names and of the key to solve their linguistic and conceptual puzzles and paradoxes. His analysis shows in all the texts he interprets an evidence of an interest in language qua language (p. 12), which is unique for Chinese thought in the classical era.Bernard S. Solomon holds a Ph.D. in Far Eastern Languages of Harvard University (1952) and was a long-time Professor of Chinese in the Department of Classical and Oriental Languages at Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY).
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Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH Europe Meets China - China Meets Europe: The
Book SynopsisProceedings of the International and Interdisciplinary Symposium at the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn, May 10-12, 2012. This volume consists of selected papers from a cross-disciplinary symposium, held by the Ostasien-Institut (OAI, East Asia Research Institute) as part of the project Europe meets China - China meets Europe. It presents studies on the early encounters between two highly heterogeneous groups, European missionaries and Chinese literati, employing a cultural-psychological framework. Based on research in primary sources, the contributions elaborate on the cultural conditions and psychological interactions which influenced these encounters, thus providing new insights into the history of the Jesuit mission in China. Contents: BERNHARD FÃœHRER: Preface. ALOIS OSTERWALDER: Introduction. ISAIA IANNACCONE: The Challenge of Accommodation: The Case of Niklaas Trigault and Johannes Schreck-Terrentius. GREGORY BLUE: The Multifaceted Xu Guangqi: A Composite Sketch Based on the Current Western Literature. HUI-HUNG CHEN: A Chinese Treatise Attributed to Xu Guangqi (1615): How the Jesuits in China Defined Sacred Images. LIAM MATTHEW BROCKEY: From Coimbra to Beijing, via Madurai: Andre Palmeiro, S.J. (1569-1635) in Maritime Asia. MANJUSHA KURUPPATH: Caught in Confessional Crossfire: Representations of Johann Adam Schall von Bell in Dutch Sources in the 1660s. SHU-JYUAN DEIWIKS: Some Cultural and Psychological Aspects of the Trial of Johann Adam Schall before the Supreme Court of Peking - According to the Secret Manchu Documents. CLAUDIA VON COLLANI: Kangxi's Mandate of Heaven and Papal Authority. Index.
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Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH Das Fremde im eigenen Lande: Zur Historiographie
Book SynopsisShortlisted in the German Language Edition category of the ICAS book prize 2017.Christianity was initially a âœforeign religionâ in China, nevertheless it took roots over the course of several centuries through the process of evangelisation, negotiation, conversion, and contextualization. Therefore, it constitutes a rather complex cultural phenomenon in China. It has been, and still is, viewed from several perspectives and embedded into various, sometimes mutually exclusive, master narratives of Chinese history, e.g., Cultural exchanges between China and the West, Imperialism in China, Modernisation of China and Chinese religious history. Each of these narratives entails a different evaluation of the history of Christianity in China. As this study in German points out, changes in this field of research are an apt indicator for shifts in the conception of national and cultural identity/alterity in Mainland China. They also reflect different perceptions of the relationship between Christianity/Christian groups and Chinese culture/non-Christian population as well as between China and the West.Based on an analysis of discourses on the historiography of Christianity in China, the author demonstrates the interplay of historical research with Mainland Chinese debates on meta-topics such as paths of modernisations and identity. The focus of this research is on the contributions of Liang Qichao (1873â1929), Hu Shi (1891â1962), and Chen Yuans (1880â1971) for the early 20th century. For the late 20th and 21st century relevant articles from the leading historical journals Jindaishi yanjiu (Modern Chinese History Studies), Lishi yanjiu (Historical Reserarch) and Zhongguoshi yanjiu (Studies in Chinese History) are discussed. In the evaluation of these articles a special emphasis is put on the influence of the historian Zhang Kaiyuan as a pioneer of a new research perspective.
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Lit Verlag (Anti-)Americanisms
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Das Regierungssystem Der USA
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Kehrer Verlag Imperial County
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Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH P. Joachim Bouvet S.J. Sein Leben und sein Werk
Book SynopsisDie vorliegende Arbeit beschaftigt sich mit dem Figurismus in China, der zu den interessantesten Kapiteln der chinesischen Missionsgeschichte gehort. Diese Studie von Claudia von Collani ist die bisher ausfuhrlichste Wurdigung des Figurismus als Theorie in der Chinamission. Neben der Biographie des Initiators des Figurismus, P. Joachim Bouvet S.J. (1656-1730), werden die wichtigsten Aussagen und Ziele des chinesischen Figurismus zusammengestellt. Die Verfasserin weist nach, dass viele Vorwurfe theologischer wie sinologischer Art von Zeitgenossen, aber auch von spateren Autoren (z.B. Virgile Pinot und Rene Etiemble) zu Unrecht vorgebracht wurden. Claudia von Collani stellt fest, dass die Figuristen mit ihrer Theorie in vieler Hinsicht ihrer Zeit weit voraus waren und sie deshalb zwangslaufig in einen fur die damalige Zeit unlosbaren Konflikt mit der herrschenden Meinung gerieten.
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Springer Verlag, Japan Japanese Foreign Direct Investment and the East Asian Industrial System: Case Studies from the Automobile and Electronics Industries
Book SynopsisJapanese foreign direct investment has played a leading role in Asian economies for more than two decades. This book, describing the changing industrial dynamics after the Asian currency crisis in 1997, focuses on corporate strategies of Japanese automobile and electronics companies in Asian nations, with detailed analysis of management issues and strategies from the viewpoint of both the home economy and the recipient host economies. Among the cases presented are the global restructuring of the Korean automobile industry and the transfer of automotive technology to China via Taiwan. Other studies, from the electronics industry, look at production sites in Malaysia, backward integration in Singapore, and forward integration in Hong Kong. The contributions of specialists from Asia, Europe, and the United States collected here envision an ongoing process of globalization and provide valuable perspective and background for business management and East Asian studies.Table of Contents1 Post-Crisis Asian Economies: Some New Industrial Prospects.- 2 Trends in Multinational Strategies and Organizations in the Asia-Pacific.- 3 Japanese Multinational Enterprises and AFTA: Restructuring and Market Segmentation.- 4 AFTA in the Globalization Process: Perspectives from Industries in Malaysia.- 5 Globalization of Electronics Production Networks and the Emerging Roles and Strategies of Singapore Contract Manufacturers.- 6 Expansion Options among Hong Kong Electronics Firms: A Study of Effective Marketing Channel Strategies.- 7 Issues on the Restructuring of the Korean Automobile Industry.- 8 Leveraging Capabilities: Models of Foreign Production in the Taiwanese Automotive Industry.- 9 The Changes in the Automobile Industry in Thailand.- 10 Reevaluation of the International Division of Labor in Japan’s Automobile Industry in Asia.- 11 The Tire Industry: A Comparative Study About the Strategy of Internationalization of French and Japanese Multinationals.- 12 Evolution of Global Product Development Strategy: A Case of “Asia Car”.- 13 Taiwanese Technology Transfer to China: The Automobile Industry as a Case Study.- 14 Technology Transfer of the Toyota Production System in China.- 15 Hybrid Factory in Asia: A Case of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation.- Author and Company Index.
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Editon Synapse The Japan Weekly Mail: A Political, Commercial,
Book Synopsis first ever facsimile reprint of the leading English newspaper published in Yokohama throughout the Meiji era. complete collection provided by Yokohama Archives of History and other institutions. playing an important role for the Meiji Japan’s exchange with Western society, it covers not only articles on politics, commerce and economics, but also on the cultural activities of early Japanologists and the Asiatic Society of Japan. contributors include George Aston, Ernest Satow, Basil Hall Chamberlain, Lafcadio Hearn, Fenollosa, among others. Table of ContentsSample articles from the 1871 issues Army Reform. American Minister on Japan. China. Christian Question. Concert for the Relief of the French Wounded. Corean Expedition. Custom House Administration.Departure of Sir Harry Parkes. Epidemics and How to Avert Them. Fire Engines for Yokohama. Gas Companies. Genji Yume Monogatari. Japanese Newspaper. Japanese Post Office. Japanese Vanity. Hunting Ladies. Letters from Baba Bunyei to Nakamura Tekkei. Memorial of the Protestant Missionaries in China. Morality in Yokohama. Notes on Art. Opening of the Mint. Races. Railway Case. Revision of Treaties. Sericulture in Japan. Silk Question. Tales of Old Japan. Terms of Peace. Trade in China.
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Editon Synapse The Japan Weekly Mail: A Political, Commercial
Book SynopsisThis is the second part of the facsimile reprint series of the leading English newspaper published in Yokohama throughout the Meiji era. It represents a complete collection, containing articles on politics, commerce and economics, and the cultural activities of early Japanologists and the Asiatic Society of Japan: an indispensable primary source for any scholar of Modern Japan.
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Editon Synapse Japan Weekly Mail, Part 6: 1895–1899 (13-vol. ES
Book SynopsisThis is the sixth part of the facsimile reprint series of the leading English newspaper published in Yokohama throughout the Meiji era. It represents a complete collection, provided by the Yokohama Archives of History and other institutions. Playing an important role for Meiji Japan’s exchange with western society, the journal contains articles on politics, commerce, and economics, and also on the cultural activities of early Japanologists and the Asiatic Society of Japan. Contributors include George Aston, Ernest Satow, Basil Hall Chamberlain, F. V. Dickins, Henry Dyer, William Anderson, Lafcadio Hearn and many others. It is an indispensable primary source for any scholar of Modern Japan.Table of Contents(Sample articles from the 1900 issues) Politics & International Relation Disturbed in China China, Manchuria and Korea Japan's Failure in Formosa Japanese Opinion on the South African War Japanese Public Opinion on the Chinese Crisis Japanese Settlement in China Marquis Ito on the Transvaal War Mr. Hayashi on Korea Russo-Korea Complication Evacuation of Peking Great Britain's Policy in China Russian Acquisition at Masampho Russia and England Atrocities in China Baron Shibusawa on Korea Fight of the 13th and 14th July at Tientsin Sir Ernest Satow Shansi Massacres Missionary in the China Crisis Overseas News Indian Famine Korea and the Postal Union Foreign Interests in Korea Hawaiian Affairs British Women's Patriotic Association America in the Philippines Emigrants to Formosa In White Man's Asia Count Tolstoi on China Japanese Ladies in Peking Prince Twan Russia and Chinese Railways Saghalien Fishery Question South Africa Home News Land Ownership by Foreigners Anti-Foreign Spirit in Japan Age of Japanese Officials Ashio Mine Troubles Colonization of Hokkaido Gold in Hokkaido Marine Products of Hokkaido Count Okuma on the New Party Foreigner charged with Assaulting a Japanese Izumo Industries in Hokkaido Japanese Servants Salvation Army and the Yoshiwara Cemeteries owned by Christians Business, Economics, Trade, and Transport American Enterprise in Echigo Cotton Spinners in Japan Count Inouye on Economic Questions Foreigners in Japanese Employ Foreigners and Shares in Japanese Railways Nationalization of the Railways Silk Trade Dispute Subsidies to Steamship Companies Trans-pacific Steamship Charges Foreign Trade of Japan Japanese Steamship Services in the Far East Colonization Bank East China Railway Transport Coolies Latest Shipping Latest Commercial Finance and Banking China-Japan Bank Foreigners and Business Tax One Yen Notes Tax on Bicycles Formosa Tea Tax Bank of Japan Education, Culture, Science, Health and Religion Christian Educational Work in Japan Electricity and Tuberculosis Habutaye Imperial University's Histographical Work Koizumi Yakumo - Lafcadio Hearn Kusunoki Masashige Roma-ji Question Western Ideas about Japan Spirits of Telepathy Ecclesiastical Reform in Japan Jinzo Shinju Meiji Ongaku-kwai Concert Sendai Speeches on Education Bijutsu-in Bon-sai College of Science Seinen Domei kai Opening Ceremony of Okayama College Sports, Leisure and Tourism A Hotel in Kyoto A New Hotel at Kowakudani Social Entertainments in Japan Asama-yama and Kusatsu Shiranesan Interport Football Match Kirin Beer Bicycle Cup University Sports Book Reviews Bushido Japan Commercial and Industrial Directory Life and Letters of Edward Bickersteth Mrs. Bishop (Isabelle Bird)'s Yangtze Region Things Chinese Miss Scidmore's New Book Shimbi Daikwan Verbeck on Japan Meetings and Conferences American Board's Japan Mission Asiatic Society of Japan Grand Hotel, Ltd. Japan Brewery Co. Ltd. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Yokohama Foreign Chamber of Commerce Yokohama Literary Society Conference of Missionaries Ferris Seminary Nippon Yusen Kaisha Law Reports Kobe Water-works Case Drowning Fatality in Yokohama Harbour Nagasaki Will Case Trial of Iba Sotaro
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Editon Synapse Foundations of Japanese Feminism (ES 4-vol. set)
Book SynopsisThe influence of Western ideas and know-how on the modernization of Japan remains one of the most important subjects in Japanese Studies; indeed, today’s Japan cannot be understood without a comprehension of the impact of thought and practice from the West. With regard to the history of women in Japan, Western ideas were especially central since the women’s movement in Japan was founded on the translation of Western books into Japanese, a process that began in Meiji times and continued into the early Showa era. During this period, along with classical texts by such authors as J. S. Mill and Herbert Spencer, some lesser books on the subject were also translated and published in Japanese. This new series from Edition Synapse—now available outside Japan from Routledge—collects some of those texts, many of which have been forgotten, but which nonetheless played important roles in the foundation of Japanese feminism. The second and the final collection includes facsimile reprints of the first editions of the English works which influenced the Japanese women’s movement in the early Showa era by authors, including, among others, Jessica Smith, Bernard Shaw, and Sylvia Pankhurst.
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Editon Synapse Japan as Seen by British Women (ES 5-vol. set)
Book SynopsisSince its foundation, Edition Synapse has specialized in the publication of primary-source materials relating to the history of the Anglo-Japanese relationship and has provided the academic market with nineteenth-century English books on Japan, reprinted in facsimile and including many visual sources, such as illustrations and photographs. Continuing the tradition, this new Edition Synapse series—now available outside Japan from Routledge—collects publications by Christian missionary women, both missionary wives and female missionaries, who worked in Japan from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century.Many Christian missionaries came to Japan after the Meiji restoration in 1868. Although they were not able to convert many Japanese, they played a significant role in the rapid Westernization of Japan. In particular, women missionaries took leading roles in activities relating to local women and children in Japan, and they left an important and indelible mark in the history of education of Japanese women and children.This first collection of the series includes twelve works on Japan by British women in the missions. Authors of those books observed rapid changes in Japanese society and not only reported the facts, but also gave detailed analyses of the background to them. Their observations illustrate these British women’s great curiosity, genuine concern for the local society, and their positive attitude in trying to comprehend a very different culture. The contents covered by each book are broad, most of them refer not only to the missionary activities, but try to introduce Japan in general, as well as the historical and religious background, and the daily life of ordinary people and the situation of Japanese women.
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Editon Synapse Japan Weekly Mail, Part 10: 1910–1912 (12-vol. ES
Book SynopsisThis is the tenth part of the facsimile reprint series of the leading English newspaper published in Yokohama throughout the Meiji era. It represents a complete collection, provided by the Yokohama Archives of History and other institutions. Playing an important role for Meiji Japan’s exchange with western society, the journal contains articles on politics, commerce, and economics, and also on the cultural activities of early Japanologists and the Asiatic Society of Japan. Contributors include George Aston, Ernest Satow, Basil Hall Chamberlain, F. V. Dickins, Henry Dyer, William Anderson, Lafcadio Hearn and many others. It is an indispensable primary source for any scholar of Modern Japan.The Japan Weekly Mail published during this period is in particular important for its coverage of Japanese foreign activities following the Anglo-Japanese Treaty. The collection is a vital primary source for all scholars and students seeking to make sense of Japan’s military movements in the early twentieth century.
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Editon Synapse Japan Weekly Mail, Part 11: 1913–1917 (12-vol. ES
Book SynopsisThis is the 11th and final part of the facsimile reprint series of the leading English newspaper published in Yokohama throughout the Meiji era. It represents a complete collection, provided by the Yokohama Archives of History and other institutions. Playing an important role for Meiji Japan’s exchange with western society, the journal contains articles on politics, commerce, and economics, and also on the cultural activities of early Japanologists and the Asiatic Society of Japan. Contributors include George Aston, Ernest Satow, Basil Hall Chamberlain, F. V. Dickins, Henry Dyer, William Anderson, Lafcadio Hearn and many others. It is an indispensable primary source for any scholar of Modern Japan.The Japan Weekly Mail published during this period is in particular important for its coverage of Japanese foreign activities following the Anglo-Japanese Treaty. The collection is a vital primary source for all scholars and students seeking to make sense of Japan’s military movements in the early twentieth century.
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Editon Synapse The Japan Year Book (6-vol. ES set)
Book SynopsisThis is the second part of a series that has been established to reprint all the volumes of The Japan Year Book, first published in the pre-war period.- Launched in 1905 and edited by Yoshitaro Takenobu, a professor of Waseda University and a founding editor of The Japan Times, The Japan Year Book was one of the most influential periodical sources of information on Japan in the early 20th century and was widely used and cited by overseas journalists, scholars, and authors.- Despite its fame and importance, very few libraries—even in Japan—hold the early volumes of the Year Book in their collections. This long-awaited new reprint will therefore be especially welcomed by libraries seeking to fill these gaps.
£878.75
Editon Synapse The World in Miniature (7-vol. ES set)
Book Synopsis‘The World in Miniature’ was a popular series of illustrated, pocket-sized books. The series was originally produced by Rudolph Ackermann, a renowned London bookseller and publisher in the early nineteenth century. The series continued for several years from its launch in 1821 and was completed in 43 volumes. The series introduced a Western readership to the manners, character, customs, fashion, history, religion etc. of peoples from distant lands.This collection includes a facsimile reprint of seven volumes covering Asiatic and Pacific countries: Japan, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Hawaii, the Micronesian/Polynesian islands, and New Zealand.Frederic Shoberl, the editor and author of the original series, compiled his volumes by collecting information from the latest contemporary travel writing. He intended to provide objective views of, and facts on, the cultures of the countries covered by the series. However, the (mis)representations in each book often reflected exotic Western dreams of ‘the East’. Indeed, the distorted images of ‘undeveloped’ societies in some of the colour plates are a rich source of visual information for those studying the history of Orientalism.Table of ContentsVolume 1 Japan: containing illustrations of the character, manners, customs, religion, dress, amusements, commerce, agriculture, etc. of the people of that empire (The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl) Printed for R. Ackermann, 1823 c. 348 pp. incl. 20 colour plates Contents: Japanese Islands / Persons of the Japanese / Form of Government / The Dairi, or Spiritual Emperor / Dress of Both Sexes / Houses and Furniture / Marriage / Japanese Language / State of the Roads, Modes of Travelling / Public Festivals and Amusements / Agriculture / Fisheries / Foreigners / Islands of Yesso and Sagaleen, etc. Volumes 2 and 3 China: containing illustrations of the manners, customs, character, and costumes of the people of the Empire (The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl) Printed for R. Ackermann, [1823] v. 1: c. 275 pp. incl. 15 colour plates v. 2: c. 304 pp. incl. 15 colour plates Contents: Mandarin / A Lady of Distinction / Imperial Sedan-Bearer / A Female Bonze / A Watchman / A Matchlock Soldier / An Infantry Soldier / Juggler / A Chinese with Umbrella / Confectioner / Seamstress / Waterman / Itinerant Fruit-Seller / Fruit Stall / A Bookseller’s Stall / An Itinerant Flower-Seller / Pedlar / Dog-Seller / Fisherman / Countryman with a Cloak of Rice Straw / Barber / Viper-Seller / Pigeon-Seller / Puppet-Show /The Miao-Tse / Chinese Mahometans / Eleuth Tartar / Corean Mandarin / Filial Respect of the Chinese / Mourning / Funeral, etc. VolumeS 4 and 5 The Asiatic islands and New Holland: being a description of the manners, customs, character, and state of society of the various tribes by which they are inhabited (The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl) Printed for R. Ackermann, [1824] v. 1: c. 338 pp. incl. 14 colour plates v. 2: c. 324 pp. incl. 12 colour plates Contents: The Philippine Islands / The Marian Islands / Sumatra / Engano / The Nassau or Poggis Islndas / Poulo Nias / Nicoabar Islands / The Andaman Islands / Java / Bali / Timor / Savu / Rottie / Ombay / Borneo / Celebes / Amboyna / Rawak / Waigioo / New Guinea / New Holland / Van Diemen’s Land Volumes 6 and 7 South Sea Islands: being a description of the manners, customs, character, religion, and state of society among the various tribes scattered over the Great Ocean, called the Pacific, or the South Sea (The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl) Printed for R. Ackermann, [1824] v. 1: c. 362 pp. incl. 11 colour plates v. 2: c. 362 pp. incl. 15 colour plates Contents: The Friendly Islands / Sandwich Islands / The Marquesas / Easter Island / Society Islands / The Feejee Islands / New Zealand / Radack Islands / The Caroline Islands / New Caledonia / The New Hebrides / Pitcairn’s Island
£1,045.00
Editon Synapse Collected Works of James Lord Bowes on Japanese
Book SynopsisThis is the ninth part of the successful series supervised by Aiko Mabuchi, Director General, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, which provide art historians and students with the primary source materials related to the reception of Japanese arts from late nineteenth-century to early twentieth century in the Western societies. All materials are reproduced in facsimile reprint and include many plates and illustrations in colour.This new collection includes writings by James Lord Bowes on Japanese arts. Bowes (1834–1899) was a wealthy Japanese art collector in Liverpool and was appointed the first foreign-born Japanese Consul in Great Britain. He opened Bowes Museum which was the first dedicated museum of Japanese art in the western world and is regarded as one of the most important figures in the British reception of Japanese art and culture in the Victorian era. Volume 1–4 of the five-volume reprint set covers his writings on Japan and Japanese arts and the catalogues of Bowes museum which he edited and published himself. Also included is a very rare catalogue of auction which was held after his death and is the only source of information of one of the largest collection of Japanese art of the time. The last volume is a facsimile reprint of the monumental work of Japanese ceramic art which was originally published in two volumes and includes approx.110 plates in colour.Table of ContentsVolume 1: (c. 300 pp.) Japan: An Interview with H.I.M. Consul at Liverpool, Liverpool: D. Marples (Printed by), 1889, 45 pp. [Reprinted from the Pall Mall Gazette]Handbook to the Bowes Museum of Japanese Art Work, Liverpool: E. Howell, 1890, c. 47 p.Handbook to the Bowes Museum of Japanese Art Work: Streatlam Towers, Liverpool, c. 50 pp.A Vindication of the Decorated Pottery of Japan, Liverpool: D. Marples (Printed by), 1891, c. 70 pp. (incl. plates in colour)Japanese Enamels, with Illustrations from the Examples in the Bowes Collection, Liverpool: D. Marples (Printed by), 1884, c. 135 pp. Volume 2: (c. 340 pp.)Notes on Sippo: As Sequel to Japanese Enamels, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1895, c. 130 pp.Catalogue - The "Bowes" Collection of Japanese Art, Liverpool: Branch & Leete, Auctioners, 1901, c. 210 pp. (incl. plates in colour)Volume 3: (c. 395 pp.)Japanese Marks and Seals, London: Henry Sotheran, 1882, c. 395 pp (incl. plates in colour)Volume 4: (c. 630 pp.)Japanese Pottery. with Notes Describing the Thoughts and Subjects Employed in Its Decoration and Illustrations from Examples in the Bowes Collection, Liverpool: E. Howell, 1890, c. 630 pp.Volume 5: (c. 370 pp.) (reduced by approx. 15%)Keramic Art of Japan [with George Ashdown Audsley], Vol. 1: Liverpool & London: Henry Sotheran, 1875, c. 140 pp.+ Vol. 2: Liverpool & London: Henry Sotheran, 1875, c. 220 pp. (incl. 100 leaves of plates in colour)
£783.75
Eureka Press Chambers Information for the People
Book SynopsisThis is a reprint of one of the most successful Victorian encylopedias: the rare 5th edition published in 1874. It was translated into Japanese by the Ministry of Education of Meiji government in Japan and was considered as the most important source of Western information then in Japan.Table of ContentsAstronomy. Geology. Meteorology. Physical Geography. Vegetable Physiology. Systematic Botany. Human Physiology. Zoology. Natural Philosophy- Matter, Motion, and Heat. Mechanics-Machinery.Hydrostatics-Hydrodynamics. Pneumatics. Light and Sound. Magnetism and Electricity. Chemistry. Chemistry Applied to the Arts. Fictile Manufactures. Textile Manufactures. Useful MineralsMetals-Metallurgy. The Steam-Engine Inland Conveyance. Maritime Conveyance. Architecture. Warming-Ventiliation-Lighting. Supply of Water-Drainage-Baths. Agriculture-Culture of Waste Land-Spade-Husbandry. The Kitchen-Garden. The Flower -Garden. The Fruit-Garden. Arboriculture. The Horse. Cattle-Dairy Husbandry. The Sheep-Goat-Alpaca.Pigs-Rabbits-Poultry-Cage-Birds. The Honey-Bee. The Dog-Field-Sports-Angling. Fisheries. Preservation of Health. Food-Beverages. Preservation of Food-Cookery. Medicine-Surgery. Clothing-Costume. Anthropology. Language. Constitution of Society-Government. History of Nature of Laws. History of Ancient Nations. History of Greece. History of Rome. History of the Middle Ages. History of the Great Britain and Ireland. Constitution and Resources of the British Empire. Military and Naval Organization. Europe. England and Wales. Scotland.Ireland. Asia. Africa-Oceania. North America. South America-West India Islands. The Human Mind. Logic. Natural Theology-Ethics. History of the Bible. Christian Churches. Mohammedanism-Hinduism-Buddhism. Scandinavian Mythology, and C-Minor Superstitions. Key to the Calender. Political Economy. Commerce-Money-Banks. Population-Poor Laws-Life Assurance. Social Economics of the Industrial Orders. Social Statistics. Practical Morality. Education. English Grammar. Arithmetic-Algebra. Geometry. Drawing-Painting-Sculpture. Gymnastics-Out of the Door Recreations. Indoor Amusements. Music. Archaeology. Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres. Printing-Lithography. Engraving-Photography. Household Hints.
£475.00
Editon Synapse Iseki: Strype’s ‘Survey of London’ (3-vol. ):
Book SynopsisFrom the Preface by Tetsuya Iseki:A Survey of London was originally published by John Stow (c. 1525–1605) in 1598. Stow was a chronicler and antiquary who edited literary works and archaeological texts (his first publication was Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, newly edited in 1561). In 1603 Stow published a new edition with corrections and additions, and it achieved immediate popular success. Even after his death, the work was reprinted in 1618 (Anthony Munday’s new edition), and again in 1633, but then disappeared from print until the end of the century. (The 1603 edition which was re-edited by C. L. Kingsford was issued by Oxford University Press in 1908, and later reprinted as the facsimile edition in 2000.)After the Great Fire of 1666, the state of London depicted and recorded in Stow’s Survey was greatly transformed. In 1694 Richard Blome (who published a new edition of William Camden’s Britannia) made an attempt to publish his new edition of Stow’s Survey with maps and many additions to describe the rebuilding of London after the Fire, but this was not successful. In 1702 John Strype (1643–1737), who had already achieved fame as an editor of historical and biographical documents, started editing Blome’s abortive work and created a new edition to answer the need for a current version of Stow’s Survey. Strype was said to have completed his edition (in two folio volumes) by November 1707, while a similar, rival book, A New View of London by Edward Hatton, was going to be published the following year. The booksellers gave up Strype’s Survey because Hatton’s publication was a smaller and cheaper edition. As it turned out, however, Hatton’s View of London could not satisfy the demand for a more scholarly updated edition of Stow’s Survey, and Strype’s project was revived in 1716 and finally published in December 1720.Strype’s Survey of London is basically an enlarged edition of Stow’s Survey, but the main body of the text and the maps are essentially taken from Blome’s 1694 edition. A mere reading of Strype’s Survey will reinforce the claim that the work is full of information about the late Stuart capital: the economics, politics, religion, architecture, and moral life of his day. Maps and plates of Strype’s Survey retain vivid visual details and, more than any other previous attempts, successfully remap the prosperous state of London. Pre-Fire maps were pictorial bird’s-eye views, in which buildings and landmarks are privileged over topographical accuracy, but alleys and yards are often obscured. The two-dimensional maps were published by John Ogilby and William Morgan after the fire in 1677. A large number of illustrations in Strype’s new edition show the details of the capital’s parishes and wards, including important historical buildings within and without the City both in two dimensions and bird’s-eye views.Strype’s Survey of London was priced at six guineas, and some 700 copies were published. Now the original is rarely found and the condition of the copies in the British Library or the ones in some other big libraries are not sound enough for reprint use. The present reprint is from my personal unspoiled copy of the 1720 edition. All texts and visual images derive from this copy. The work was originally published in two volumes: Volume 1 contains Books 1–3 and Volume 2 contains Books 4–6, plus appendices. This reprinted edition consists of three volumes: Volume 1 (Books 1, 2), Volume 2 (Books 3, 4), and Volume 3 (Books 5, 6). The texts are in the original fount and all illustrations and maps are inserted as foldouts.Table of ContentsA Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities … now lastly corrected, by John STOW, Improved and very much Enlarged by JOHN STRYPE, In Six Books + Appendix + Index + 70 Engraved Maps and PlatesLondon: Printed for A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock … 1720Volume 1New Preface by Tetsuya Iseki, Kwassui Women’s College, NagasakiPreface by John Strype / Stow’s Epistle Dedicatory / The Life of John Stow / A Catalogue of Authors, Records and Manuscripts / A List of Subscribers NamesThe First Book (c. 370pp.): General Description of the City of London, and Some Account of the CitizensThe Second Book (c. 290pp.): Particular Inspection into the Thirteen Wards on the East Side of WalbrookeVolume 2The Third Book (c. 290pp.): Inspection into the Twelve Wards on the West Side of WalbrookeThe Fourth Book (c. 120pp.): Inspection into the Ward of the Borough of Southwark, as also into the Suburbs of the City, and the Liberty of the Dutchy of LancasterVolume 3The Fifth Book (c. 460pp.): Account of the Government of the CityThe Sixth Book (c. 95pp.): Account of WestminsterAppendix (c. 170 pp.)Index (c. 25pp.)
£617.50
Editon Synapse Women and Employment in Nineteenth- to Early
Book SynopsisThe Industrial Revolution in Britain from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century had profound effects on social and economic conditions; the working conditions of women were not an exception. Trade for women which had been rather confined to a small area such as nurses or governesses changed and British society began to permit more opportunities for women to take jobs in trades which used to be dominated by male workers. They included not only the manual labour, but also the professions, such as medicine. We often see those women workers in Victorian novels, and authors like Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell and others treated the issue of the working conditions or vocational education of women as important topics for their works, and the subject is now being widely studied by literary scholars as well as historian on Victorian society.This set of facsimile reprints includes eleven key contemporary publications which cover a wide range of the issues of women and trade in nineteenth-century England from various different perspectives. A pamphlet by Josephine Butler and a collection of essays by Frances Cobb, James Stuart, and George Butler, handbooks and educational books for women looking for jobs, official reports and statistics etc. are collected here, as well as a rare guidebook for young women and men published by The Apprenticeship and Skilled Employment Association in the early twentieth century. All together, it represents a very useful primary source of information for scholars on Victorian social history, culture, and literature.
£1,235.00
Communalism Press Democratic Autonomy in North Kurdistan: The
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The University of Chicago Press Hurricane Lamp Phoenix Poets
Book SynopsisBarbara M. Benedict draws on the texts of the early modern period to discover the era's attitudes toward curiosity, a trait which was often depicted as an unsavoury form of transgression or cultural ambition.Trade Review"Robinson Crusoe told us that his head was always filled 'with rembling Thoughts.' That is how he got into such trouble, but it is also the way he survived. Rambling thoughts, as Benedict shows in this exuberant study, were at the center of English literary and cultural experience from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth centuries. Transgressive, uncontrollable, hopelessly vulgar and at the same time exalted and ennobling, the passion of curiosity was the key that unlocked the sensibility of modernity in its great formative age." - Stephen Greenblatt, author of Marvelous Possessions: The Wonder of the New World "Benedict assembles her own gorgeous literary curiosity cabinet crammed with excerpts from novels, poems, journalism, travel narratives, trial transcripts and pornography.... The book is teeming with big questions and fine distinctions." - Ian Sansom, The Guardian "Pithy and wide-ranging.... This study provides a fresh new lens through which to reinvestigate the whole of early modern English literature." - Library Journal
£34.20
The University of Chicago Press Awakening Spaces
Book SynopsisThis text chronicles the rise of popular music in the French Caribbean. Based on personal interviews and discussions of song texts, Berrian shows how these musicians express their feelings about current and past events, about themselves, their islands and the French.
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Young White and Miserable Growing Up Female in
Book SynopsisThis study shows how the feminist movement of the 1960s first found momentum in the seemingly peaceable time of the 1950s. It explores white middle class America and argues that mixed messages given to girls during this decade lent fuel to the fire that would later become known as feminism.
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Reinventing Khomeini The Struggle for Reform in
Book SynopsisThis study offers an interpretation of the political battles that paved the way for reform in Iran. The author argues that the struggle for a more democratic Iran can be traced back to the revolution itself, and to the contradictory agendas of the revolution's founding father, Ayatollah Khomeini.
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Hustling Is Not Stealing Stories Of An African
Book SynopsisIn the 1970s John Chernoff recorded the story of Hawa, a 16 year old West African girl working as an ashawo, or bar girl. Through Hawa, the reader gains an inside view of life in modern West Africa, for those without money, education or experience.
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Black Visions
Book SynopsisA comprehensive analysis of the complex relationship of black political thought to black political identity and behaviour. The book identifies which political ideologies are supported by blacks, then traces their historical roots and examines their effects on black public opinion.
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press The Vote Bush Gore and the Supreme Court
Book SynopsisThe Supreme Court's actions during the 2000 American presidential election seem sensible, legally legitimate and pragmatically defensible to some and an egregious abuse of power to others. This book offers a guide to the ultimate consequences and significance of the Supreme Court's decision.
£23.00
University of Chicago Press Opening Up Youth Sex Culture and Market Reform
Book SynopsisMore and more men and women in China are having sex before marriage, creating a new youth sex culture based on romance, leisure and free choice. Farrer explores this change by tracing the basic elements in talk about sex and sexuality in Shanghai.Trade Review"Opening Up conveys a panoramic, vivid, and fully convincing picture of the changing scene in China with remarkable assurance. James Farrer draws on extensive research and interviews with Chinese youth, revealing a rich and deep mastery of his subject. This is an extraordinary new book." - Ann Swidler, author of Talk of Love; "I can think of few books that offer such a layered appreciation for the textures of everyday life in urban China. Written in a hip and contemporary style, Opening Up is a pleasure to read." - Michael Dutton, author of Streetlife China
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The University of Chicago Press Opening Up
Book SynopsisMore and more men and women in China are having sex before marriage, creating a new youth sex culture based on romance, leisure and free choice. Farrer explores this change by tracing the basic elements in talk about sex and sexuality in Shanghai.Trade Review"Opening Up conveys a panoramic, vivid, and fully convincing picture of the changing scene in China with remarkable assurance. James Farrer draws on extensive research and interviews with Chinese youth, revealing a rich and deep mastery of his subject. This is an extraordinary new book." - Ann Swidler, author of Talk of Love; "I can think of few books that offer such a layered appreciation for the textures of everyday life in urban China. Written in a hip and contemporary style, Opening Up is a pleasure to read." - Michael Dutton, author of Streetlife China
£27.00
The University of Chicago Press Divided in Unity
Book SynopsisWhen the Berlin wall fell and the reunification of Germany began, Willy Brandt predicted that 'what belongs together will now grow together.'This study of Berlin's police force in the aftermath of reunification shows that forty years of separation left the nation with deep rifts.Trade Review"A curious puzzle lies at the heart of Glaeser's skillful ethnography.... The dominant reason given for unifying Germany was a shared nationality. Yet as Glaeser convincingly illustrates, the process of unification has foundered on the very shoals of cultural difference.... This book is fascinating, theoretically rich, and empirically rewarding." - Martha Lampland, American Journal of Sociology
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Routes of Remembrance
Book SynopsisWhy do Ghanaians suppress the history of enslavement? This book tackles this question by analyzing the slave trade's absence from public versions of coastal Ghanaian family and community histories, its troubled presentation in the country's classrooms and nationalist narratives, and its elaboration by the transnational tourism industry.Trade Review"I thoroughly enjoyed reading this fascinating book. Indeed, it is rare to find such a sensitive account of how people deal with painful memories of the past and the complex social forces that dictate the shape and form that those memories of the past take." - Jennifer Cole, author of Forget Colonialism?"
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Harlemworld Doing Race and Class in Contemporary
Book SynopsisHarlem is one of the most famous neighbourhoods in the world - a historic symbol of both black cultural acheivements and of the rigid boundaries separating rich from poor. This work illustrates how Harlem is far more culturally diverse than its cariacature suggests.
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Restless Nation
Book SynopsisIn "Restless nation" James M. Jasper isolates a narrative that lies very close to the core of the American character. From colonial times to the present day, Americans have always had a deep-rooted belief in the 'fresh-start' philosophy, explored in this work.Trade Review"Jasper's thesis... is strong and tantalizing. He does not restrict himself to a single discipline or line of argument, but dazzles readers with a stunning combination of literary critique, cultural analysis and economic estimation." - Publishers Weekly "Jasper travels across the American psyche to explore our unique infatuation with movement and personal reinvention.... To the author, this undergirds the cult of individualism as well as conservative, antigovernment politics in America.... The fluidity contributes to the dynamism of U.S. society but ensures a weak sense of community.... Restless Nation is an engaging essay on why we move so much." - Library Journal
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press God and Government in the Ghetto The Politics of
Book SynopsisAs government agencies have encouraged faith-based organizations to help ensure social welfare, many black churches have received grants to provide services to their neighborhoods' poorest residents. This title demonstrates that this alliance serves as a means for black clergy to reaffirm their political leadership in black civil society.Trade Review"This exceptional book will be crucial for those of us who study black politics. In this era of strange alliances between the Republican right and black Christian fundamentalists, research that illuminates how the formerly contentious and confrontational black church has adapted to certain political realities has cutting-edge relevancy." - Andrea Y. Simpson, University of Richmond"
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Lying up a Nation Race and Black Music
Book SynopsisLying up a nation traces the evolution of black music from the time of slavery to the modern era, showing how its history has always been dependent on the interplay of races.
£89.30
The University of Chicago Press Infamous Desire
Book SynopsisWhat did it mean to be a man in colonial Latin America? This work provides a comprehensive analysis of how males, and specifically homosexual males, were represented in ares under both Spanish and Portugese control.
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press All the Rage The Story of Gay Visibility in
Book SynopsisFrom the public outing of Ellen DeGeneres to the murder of Matthew Shepard, gay lives and images have moved onto the centre stage of American public life. Combining personal stories with analysis, this book argues that we live in a time where gays are seen, but not necessarily heard.
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Kupilikula Governance and the Invisible Realm in
Book SynopsisArgues that, where neoliberal policies have fostered social division rather than security and prosperity, Muedans have, in fact, used sorcery discourse to assess and sometimes overturn reforms, advancing alternative visions of a world transformed.Trade Review"Kupilikula is one of the finest examinations of contemporary sorcery that I have read. The writing is clear and unencumbered. The ethnography is rich and nuanced. By the end of the book, the reader has a significantly more profound comprehension of the thorny thicket of contemporary African politics. This is a major contribution to African studies, political anthropology, and the anthropology of religion." - Paul Stoller, West Chester University and Temple University"
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press An Amorous History of the Silver Screen Shanghai
Book SynopsisIllustrates the cultural significance of film and its power as a vehicle for social change. This book reveals the intricacies of the cultural movement and explores its connections to other art forms such as photography, drama, and literature. It looks at the cultural history of Chinese through the lens of this seminal moment in Shanghai cinema.Trade Review"An Amorous History of the Silver Screen will be an instant classic. This lively yet rigorous work of original scholarship reconfigures the field of Chinese silent cinema. It constitutes an exciting new work at the cutting edge of the emergent transnational field of Chinese cinema studies." - Chris Berry, editor of Chinese Films in Focus"
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