Asian Studies: Chinese History

Edited by Stuart Schram, Timothy Cheek, Roderick MacFarquhar

This eighth volume covers the period 1942 to 1945 when Mao asserted his status as the incarnation and symbol of the Chinese Revolution and the sinification of Marxism-Leninism.…

Hardback – 2015-08-17
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By Gotelind Mueller

Documentaries have recently become a favourite format for Chinese state-directed media to present an officially sanctioned view of history. Indeed, this is not confined to Chinese national history. In stark contrast to the earlier self-centred preoccupation with Chinese history, there has been an…

Paperback – 2015-08-04
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Chinese Worlds

By Tracey Lie Dan Lu

From the earliest museums established by Western missionaries in order to implement religious and political power, to the role they have played in the formation of the modern Chinese state, the origin and development of museums in mainland China differ significantly from those in the West. The…

Paperback – 2015-08-04
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Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

Edited by Joseph W. Esherick, C.X. George Wei

The Qing dynasty was China’s last, and it created an empire of unprecedented size and prosperity. However in 1911 the empire collapsed within a few short months, and China embarked on a revolutionary course that lasted through most of the twentieth century. The 1911 Revolution ended two millennia…

Paperback – 2015-08-04
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Asia's Transformations

By Laura M. Calkins

This book charts the development of the First Vietnam War – the war between the Vietnamese Communists (the Viet Minh) and the French colonial power – considering especially how relations between the Viet Minh and the Chinese Communists had a profound impact on the course of the war. It shows how…

Paperback – 2015-07-23
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Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

Edited by Xiaowei Zang

This second edition of Understanding Chinese Society provides a comprehensive, readable, and well-grounded introduction to the key issues affecting contemporary China. A thorough analysis is undertaken not only of China’s family patterns, education system, status, hierarchy, and ethnic diversity,…

Paperback – 2015-07-13
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By Yoram Evron

The decisions that shape the policy of weapons procurement are an important area of national security policy. This is all the more true for China, which during recent decades has vacillated between different sources and directions of military build-up. This book explores the politics of military…

Hardback – 2015-07-02
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Routledge Contemporary China Series

By Hai Ren

Since the late 1970s, China’s move towards neoliberalism has made it not only one of the world’s fastest growing economies, but also one of the most polarised states. This economic, social and political transformation has led to the emergence of a new Chinese middle class, and understanding the…

Paperback – 2015-03-04
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Routledge Contemporary China Series

Edited by Anne-Marie Brady, Douglas Brown

Republican China attracted an uncommon diversity of foreign interests, groups, and individuals, which included missionaries, adventurers, diplomats, academics, humanitarians and refugees, as well as hedonists and tourists. By exploring the diverse nature of foreign activities in Republican China,…

Paperback – 2015-03-04
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Chinese Worlds

Edited by George Wei

This book traces the development of Taiwan’s relations with its diplomatic partners and its policy towards the political opponents of its political opponent - mainland China. Paying particular attention to the powers that could exercise great influence in the future of East Asia, China-Taiwan…

Paperback – 2015-03-04
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Routledge Contemporary China Series

By Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Morris Low, Leonid Petrov, Timothy Y. Tsu

East Asia is now the world’s economic powerhouse, but ghosts of history continue to trouble relations between the key countries of the region, particularly between Japan, China and the two Koreas. Unhappy legacies of Japan’s military expansion in pre-war Asia prompt on-going calls for apologies,…

Paperback – 2015-03-04
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Asia's Transformations

By Joshua Fan

China's Homeless Generation is a study of nearly two million Chinese who were displaced from home in Mainland China to the island of Taiwan. A result of the Chinese civil war between the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), this massive migration began around 1948…

Paperback – 2015-03-04
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Routledge Contemporary China Series