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  • Military Culture in Imperial China

    by Robin D. S. Yates, Ralph D. Sawyer, Michael Loewe, Rafe de Crespigny, Edward L. Dreyer, David A. Graff, Jonathan Karam Skaff, Don J. Wyatt, Kathleen Ryor, S. R. Gilbert, Grace S. Fong, Joanna Waley-Cohen, Yingcong Dai, Peter C. Perdue ...
    This volume explores the relationship between culture and the military in Chinese society from early China to the Qing empire, with contributions by eminent scholars aiming to reexamine the relationship between military matters and law, government, historiography, art, philosophy, literature, and politics.The book critically investigates the perception that, due to the influence of Confucianism, ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

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  • China In World History

    by Paul S. Ropp ...
    Here is a fascinating compact history of Chinese political, economic, and cultural life, ranging from the origins of civilization in China to the beginning of the 21st century. Historian Paul Ropp combines vivid story-telling with astute analysis to shed light on some of the larger questions of Chinese history. What is distinctive about China in comparison with other civilizations? What have been ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • China: Its History and Culture

    by W. Scott Morton, Charlton M. Lewis ...
    “A wonderful job! So lucid, beautfully written, with greatrange and insight. This will set a new standard for shortgeneral histories of China.”—Michael Gasster,professor emeritus of history at Rutgers UniversityNewly updated and revised, China: Its History and Culture,Fourth Edition, incorporates the crucial social and economicchanges that have taken place in China over the last decade.Through ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • The Gate of Heavenly Peace

    The Chinese and Their Revolution

    by Jonathan D. Spence ...
    “A milestone in Western studies of China.” (John K. Fairbank)In this masterful, highly original approach to modern Chinese history, Jonathan D. Spence shows us the Chinese revolution through the eyes of its most articulate participants—the writers, historians, philosophers, and insurrectionists who shaped and were shaped by the turbulent events of the twentieth century. By skillfully combining ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail

    Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592–1598

    by Dr. Kenneth M. Swope, Ph.D ...
    Series series Campaigns and Commanders Series
    The invasion of Korea by Japanese troops in May of 1592 was no ordinary military expedition: it was one of the decisive events in Asian history and the most tragic for the Korean peninsula until the mid-twentieth century. Japanese overlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi envisioned conquering Korea, Ming China, and eventually all of Asia; but Korea’s appeal to China’s Emperor Wanli for assistance triggered a ... Read more

    $28.99 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

    $49.99 CAD

  • The Art of War

    Sun Zi's Military Methods

    by Sun Zi ...
    Translated by Victor Mair ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    Compiled during the Warring States period of 475-221 B.C.E., The Art of War has had an enormous impact on the development of Chinese military strategy over the past two thousand years and occupies an important place in East Asian intellectual history. It is the first known attempt to formulate a rational basis for the planning and conduct of military operations, and while numerous editions of the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Chinese Martial Arts

    From Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century

    by Peter A. Lorge ...
    In the global world of the twenty-first century, martial arts are practised for self-defense and sporting purposes only. However, for thousands of years, they were a central feature of military practice in China and essential for the smooth functioning of society. This book, which opens with an intriguing account of the very first female martial artist, charts the history of combat and fighting ... Read more

    $28.99 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

  • 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

  • The Military Collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1618-44

    by Kenneth M. Swope ...
    Series series Asian States and Empires
    This book examines the military collapse of China’s Ming Dynasty to a combination of foreign and domestic foes. The Ming’s defeat was a highly surprising development, not least because as recently as in the 1590s the Ming had managed to defeat a Japanese force considered to be perhaps the most formidable of its day when the latter attempted to subjugate Korea en-route to a planned invasion of ... Read more

    $90.99 CAD