Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies
26. 
Four Centuries in the Career of a Chinese Drama
Volume: 88
One of the few full-length English-language studies of Chinese drama and the only one to focus on the pivotal Kun opera Peony Pavilion
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26.
Four Centuries in the Career of a Chinese Drama
Volume: 88
One of the few full-length English-language studies of Chinese drama and the only one to focus on the pivotal Kun opera Peony Pavilion
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27. 
The Rise of the Fengtian Local Elite at the End of the Qing
Volume: 100
Sheds new light on the history of a central institution of the Qing dynasty and the figures who moved in it
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27.
The Rise of the Fengtian Local Elite at the End of the Qing
Volume: 100
Sheds new light on the history of a central institution of the Qing dynasty and the figures who moved in it
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28. 
Shanghai Urban Life, 1884–1898
Volume: 98
Brings to life the visual culture of the “nightless city,” late nineteenth-century Shanghai, through analyses of more than one hundred drawn depictions
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28.
Shanghai Urban Life, 1884–1898
Volume: 98
Brings to life the visual culture of the “nightless city,” late nineteenth-century Shanghai, through analyses of more than one hundred drawn depictions
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29. 
Selections from the Muban Foundation Collection
Volume: 94
Explores the artistic and aesthetic bases of popular Chinese woodblock prints
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30. 
Guomindang Rhetorics of a New China, 1920–1970
Volume: 97
Employs a close analysis of cultural, ideational, and symbolic practices in a reappraisal of Guomindang history
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| Hardcover | 2002 | $60.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Defining Modernity" to Cart |
31. 
Volume: 58
An essential bibliographical tool for researchers of Chinese social, cultural, and religious history.
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| Paper | 2002 | $26.00 | Available | Add Paper for "Geographical Sources of Ming-Qing History" to Cart |
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31.
Volume: 58
An essential bibliographical tool for researchers of Chinese social, cultural, and religious history.
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32. 
A New Account of Tales of the World
Volume: 95
A collection of anecdotes, conversations, and remarks concerning historic personalities of 150 to 420 A.D. China.
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32.
A New Account of Tales of the World
Volume: 95
A collection of anecdotes, conversations, and remarks concerning historic personalities of 150 to 420 A.D. China.
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32.
A New Account of Tales of the World
Volume: 95
A collection of anecdotes, conversations, and remarks concerning historic personalities of 150 to 420 A.D. China.
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33. 
A Generic Study of The Story of the Stone
Volume: 93
An exploration of what has been called China’s greatest novel, highlighting the roles of the garden, both fictional and real, to dramatize the cultural crisis of the literati in the late imperial period
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34. 
Conflict and Accommodation in Jiangxi Province, 1860–1900
Volume: 91
Revises earlier accounts of conflict between Christians and the Chinese state, showing through archival evidence that nonreligious problems were more often the source of intergroup conflict in Jiangxi in the late Qing dynasty
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35. 
Critical Interventions, Cinematic Reconfigurations, and the Transnational Imaginary in Contemporary Chinese Cinema
Volume: 92
Pushes back against the Western critical appetite for ethnic and cultural markers in Chinese film, narrating how Chinese filmmakers increasingly escape Western demands and screen China’s many facets
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35.
Critical Interventions, Cinematic Reconfigurations, and the Transnational Imaginary in Contemporary Chinese Cinema
Volume: 92
Pushes back against the Western critical appetite for ethnic and cultural markers in Chinese film, narrating how Chinese filmmakers increasingly escape Western demands and screen China’s many facets
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36. 
Regional Leadership and Nation Building in Early Republican China
Volume: 86
A political biography of an early twentieth-century Chinese revolutionary and federalist written by his son
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36.
Regional Leadership and Nation Building in Early Republican China
Volume: 86
A political biography of an early twentieth-century Chinese revolutionary and federalist written by his son
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37. 
The Chinese Nationalist Party, Factionalism, and Local Elites in Jiangsu Province, 1924–1931
Volume: 90
Challenges the conventional image of the Chinese Nationalists as defenders of the status quo in the late 1920s, chronicling the rise and fall of radicals within the party during the same decade
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38. 
A Study in the Urban History of Late Medieval China
Volume: 85
A vivid history of medieval China’s most cultivated metropolis
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| Hardcover | 2000 | $85.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Sui-Tang Chang’an" to Cart |
39. 
Lord Lao in History and Myth
Volume: 84
Illuminates the story of Lord Lao through historical analysis and mythological narrative to show its influence on traditional Chinese religion
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39.
Lord Lao in History and Myth
Volume: 84
Illuminates the story of Lord Lao through historical analysis and mythological narrative to show its influence on traditional Chinese religion
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40. 
Persuasions, Romances, and Stories from Chan-kuo Ts'e
Volume: 83
Lively accounts of political intrigue and other lore from early China.
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40.
Persuasions, Romances, and Stories from Chan-kuo Ts'e
Volume: 83
Lively accounts of political intrigue and other lore from early China
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41. 
Factionalism and the Failure of Constitutionalism
Volume: 81
The story of how politicians who believed in constitutionalism were driven to destroy it by the short-term tactical requirements of their chosen political game
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| Hardcover | 1998 | $60.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Peking Politics, 1918–1923" to Cart |
42. 
The 1911 Revolution in Hunan and Hubei
Volume: 80
Explains how reforms in the late Qing dynasty indirectly amplified the social forces that brought about the Revolution of 1911
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| Hardcover | 1998 | $60.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Reform and Revolution in China" to Cart |
43. 
Volume: 74
A comprehensive overview of China's 3,000 years of literary history, from its beginnings to the present day
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| Paper | 1997 | $26.00 | Available | Add Paper for "A Guide to Chinese Literature" to Cart |
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43.
Volume: 74
A comprehensive overview of China's 3,000 years of literary history, from its beginnings to the present day
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44. 
Conservative Aesthetics in Seventeenth-Century China
Volume: 68
A fine sourcebook on Ming art and culture
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| Hardcover | 1997 | $60.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Painting and Calligraphy in the Wu-tsa-tsu" to Cart |
45. 
Revised Edition
Volume: 77
The definitive translation of the largest collection of historical anecdote, fable, and tales of famous people from the pre-Han era
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| Hardcover | 1996 | $85.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Chan-kuo Ts’e" to Cart |
46. 
Volume: 71
Explains through descriptive analysis why the economy of China did not grow more dramatically during the Ch’ing and Republican periods
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| Hardcover | 1996 | $55.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "The Chinese Economy, 1870–1949" to Cart |
47. 
The Daoguang Emperor’s Management of the Grand Canal Crisis, 1824–1826
Volume: 69
A nuanced account of the emperor's decisions and the interaction between the court and provincial and regional officials during the Grand Canal crisis of the 1820s
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47.
The Daoguang Emperor’s Management of the Grand Canal Crisis, 1824–1826
Volume: 69
A nuanced account of the emperor's decisions and the interaction between the court and provincial and regional officials during the Grand Canal crisis of the 1820s
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48. 
Handicraft, Modern Industry, and the State
Volume: 70
Seven previously published but long out-of-print essays, and one new essay, explore traditional and modern manufacturing in Ming and Qing China and its relationship to the government
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| Hardcover | 1996 | $60.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Studies in the Economic History of Late Imperial China" to Cart |
49. 
open access
Volume: 65
A comprehensive analysis of the long-disputed structure of a great Daoist text
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| Paper | 2003 | $26.00 | Available | Add Paper for "Classifying the Zhuangzi Chapters" to Cart |
| Web | Open Access | Available | Read Online |
49.
open access
A comprehensive analysis of the long-disputed structure of a great Daoist text
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| Paper | 2003 | $26.00 | Available | Add Paper for "Classifying the Zhuangzi Chapters" to Cart |
| Web | Open Access | Available | Read Online |
50. 
The Quest for Cultural Identity
Volume: 66
An exploration of the life and poetry of Tao Qian through close readings and cultural and political analysis
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50.
The Quest for Cultural Identity
Volume: 66
An exploration of the life and poetry of Tao Qian through close readings and cultural and political analysis
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