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  • Mr Selden's Map of China

    Decoding the Secrets of a Vanished Cartographer

    by Timothy Brook ...
    A fascinating work of history, biography, cartography, and literary mystery, Mr Selden’s Map of China unlocks the secrets behind a recently discovered map of China like no other of its time.In 1659, a vast and unusual map of China arrived in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. It was bequeathed by John Selden, a London business lawyer, political activist, former convict, MP, and the city’s first ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Price of Collapse

    The Little Ice Age and the Fall of Ming China

    by Timothy Brook ...
    How climate change ushered in the collapse of one of history’s mighty empiresIn 1644, after close to three centuries of relative stability and prosperity, the Ming dynasty collapsed. Many historians attribute its demise to the Manchu invasion of China, but the truth is far more profound. The Price of Collapse provides an entirely new approach to the economic and social history of China, exploring ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • Great State

    China and the World

    by Timothy Brook ...
    The author of Vermeer's Hat shares "a dizzying and exhilarating journey" through 800 years of Chinese history and national identity (New Statesman).China is one of the oldest states in the world. It achieved its approximate borders with the Ascendancy of the Yuan dynasty in the thirteenth century and has maintained them ever since—through the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Republic, the Occupation, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Confusions of Pleasure

    Commerce and Culture in Ming China

    by Timothy Brook ...
    The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the center of the world: the European voyages of exploration were searching not just for new lands but also for new trade routes to the Far East. In this book, Timothy Brook eloquently narrates the changing landscape of life over the three centuries of the Ming (1368 ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Invisible Lodge

    Enriched edition.

    by Jean Paul, Cameron Price ...
    Translated by Charles Timothy Brooks ...
    In "The Invisible Lodge," Jean Paul crafts a rich narrative that blends elements of fantasy and philosophical reflection, encapsulated within his signature whimsical and satirical prose. This work, published in the early 19th century, explores themes of imagination, the nature of reality, and the intricate interplay between the self and society. With its elaborate metaphors and playful language, ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Death by a Thousand Cuts

    by Timothy Brook, Jérôme Bourgon, Gregory Blue ...
    In a public square in Beijing in 1904, multiple murderer Wang Weiqin was executed before a crowd of onlookers. He was among the last to suffer the extreme punishment known as lingchi. Called by Western observers “death by a thousand cuts” or “death by slicing,” this penalty was reserved for the very worst crimes in imperial China.A unique interdisciplinary history, Death by a Thousand Cuts is the ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • The Formational Power of Worship

    Leading Your Community with Intention

    by Timothy Brooks ...
    Why do we do what we do in worship? Why do we sing, read Scripture, and preach sermons? Formational Worship contends that these questions and others like them are the very ones pastors, musicians, and other ministry leaders should be asking. For these leaders, meaningful worship can also be intentional worship, engaging both the heart and the mind so that people can be shaped into disciples of ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • The Asiatic Mode of Production in China

    by Timothy Brook ...
    Brook (history, U. of Toronto) surveys the history of the concept of the AMP (a concept formulated by Karl Marx in the 1850s) in China in relation to debates elsewhere, and examines the particular issues raised in recent Chinese discussions. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. ... Read more

    $365.52 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's Last Empire

    The Great Qing

    by William T. Rowe, Timothy Brook ...
    Series Book 6 - History of Imperial China
    In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West.The Great Qing was the second major Chinese empire ruled by foreigners. Three strong Manchu emperors worked diligently to secure an alliance with the conquered Ming gentry, though many of their social edicts—especially the ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Civil Society in China

    by Timothy Brook, B. Michael Frolic ...
    The concept of civil society was borrowed from 18th-century Europe to provide a framework for understanding the transition to post-authoritarian regimes in Latin America and post-communist regimes elsewhere. This book asks whether this concept is useful for analyzing China. ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • The Chinese State in Ming Society

    by Timothy Brook ...
    Series series Asia's Transformations/Critical Asian Scholarship
    The Ming dynasty (1368-1644), a period of commercial expansion and cultural innovation, fashioned the relationship between state and society in Chinese history. This unique collection of reworked and heavily illustrated essays, by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, re-examines this relationship. It argues that, contrary to previous scholarship, it was radical responses within society ... Read more

    $126.41 CAD