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  • The Chinese Astronomical Bureau, 1620–1850

    Lineages, Bureaucracy and Technical Expertise

    by Ping-Ying Chang ...
    Series series Needham Research Institute Series
    This book offers a new insight into one of the most interesting and long-lived institutions known to historians of science, the Chinese imperial Astronomical Bureau, which for two millennia observed, recorded, interpreted and predicted the movements of the celestial bodies.Utilising archival material, such as the résumés written for imperial audiences and personnel administration records, the book ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

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    Selections from the Historical Records

    by Sima Qian, K. E. Brashier ...
    Translated by Raymond Dawson ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'The following year Qin unified all under Heaven and the title of August Emperor was immediately adopted.' The short-lived Qin dynasty unified China in 221 BC and created an imperial legacy that lasted until 1911. The extraordinary story of the First Emperor, founder of the dynasty, is told in the Historical Records of Sima Qian, the Grand Historiographer and the most famous Chinese historian. He ... Read more

    $6.69 CAD

  • Ming China, 1368–1644

    A Concise History of a Resilient Empire

    by John W. Dardess ...
    This engaging, deeply informed book provides the first concise history of one of China's most important eras. Leading scholar John W. Dardess offers a thematically organized political, social, and economic exploration of China from 1368 to 1644. He examines how the Ming dynasty was able to endure for 276 years, illuminating Ming foreign relations and border control, the lives and careers of its ... Read more

    $49.69 CAD

  • The Sextants of Beijing

    Global Currents in Chinese History

    by Joanna Waley-Cohen ...
    This powerful work puts to rest the long-held myth that Chinese civilization is monolithic, unchanging, and perennially cut off from the rest of the world.An inviting history of China from the days of the ancient Silk Road to the present, this book describes a civilization more open and engaged with the rest of the world than we think. Whether in trade, religious belief, ideology, or technology, ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Early China

    A Social and Cultural History

    by Li Feng ...
    Series series New Approaches to Asian History
    'Early China' refers to the period from the beginning of human history in China to the end of the Han Dynasty in AD 220. The roots of modern Chinese society and culture are all to be found in this formative period of Chinese civilization. Li Feng's new critical interpretation draws on the most recent scholarship and archaeological discoveries from the past thirty years. This fluent and engaging ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • The Early Chinese Empires

    Qin and Han

    by Mark Edward Lewis, Timothy Brook ...
    Series Book 1 - History of Imperial China
    In 221 BC, the First Emperor of Qin unified the lands that would become the heart of a Chinese empire. Though forged by conquest, this vast domain depended for its political survival on a fundamental reshaping of Chinese culture. With this informative book, we are present at the creation of an ancient imperial order whose major features would endure for two millennia.The Qin and Han constitute the ... Read more

    $28.59 CAD

  • China

    A New Cultural History

    by Cho-yun Hsu ...
    Series series Masters of Chinese Studies
    An internationally recognized authority on Chinese history and a leading innovator in its telling, Cho-yun Hsu constructs an original portrait of Chinese culture. Unlike most historians, Hsu resists centering his narrative on China's political evolution, focusing instead on the country's cultural sphere and its encounters with successive waves of globalization. Beginning long before China's ... Read more

    $47.19 CAD

  • Mountain of Fame

    Portraits in Chinese History

    by John E. Wills ...
    Through biographies of China's most colorful and famous personalities, John Wills displays the five-thousand-year sweep of Chinese history from the legendary sage emperors to the tragedy of Tiananmen Square. This unique introduction to Chinese history and culture uses more than twenty exemplary lives--biographies of China's most colorful and famous personalities--including those of statesmen, ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sui-Tang China and Its Turko-Mongol Neighbors

    Culture, Power, and Connections, 580-800

    by Jonathan Karam Skaff ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Early Empires
    A comparative history that reconsiders China's relations with the rest of Eurasia, Sui-Tang China and Its Turko-Mongol Neighbors challenges the notion that inhabitants of medieval China and Mongolia were irreconcilably different from each other. ... Read more

    $47.19 CAD

  • Matteo Ricci

    A Jesuit in the Ming Court

    by Michela Fontana ...
    Matteo Ricci (1552–1610), the first of the early Jesuit missionaries of the China mission, is widely considered the most outstanding cultural mediator of all time between China and the West. This engrossing and fluid book offers a thorough, knowledgeable biography of this fascinating and influential man, telling a deeply human and captivating story that still resonates today.Michela Fontana traces ... Read more

    $45.39 CAD

  • Ancestors

    The story of China told through the lives of an extraordinary family

    by Frank Ching ...
    Frank Ching brings to life 900 years of Chinese history through his own fascinating family tree. Beginning with his search for the grave of his first recorded ancestor, the 11th century poet Qin Guan, and ending with a moving account of his relationship with his father, a victim of China's historic upheaval, Frank Ching introduces a colourful cast of characters. His unbroken family line includes - ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • China

    A History

    by Arthur Cotterell ...
    One of the most far-reaching events since the Second World War is the re-emergence of China as a world power, and its present government's willingness to open up the country to the rest of the world.This comprehensive cultural history ranges from prehistoric times to the present - from the disunity of Pre-Imperial China to the renaissance of the Sung and Tang dynasties, from the Mongol conquest to ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD