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1. Cover image for 'Conflicting Counsels to Confuse the Age'
Conflicting Counsels to Confuse the Age
A Documentary Study of Political Economy in Qing China, 1644–1840
Helen Dunstan
Translates and comments on a body of Qing documents exemplifying the rhetorical complexity and diverse economic theories of their era
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Conflicting Counsels to Confuse the Age
A Documentary Study of Political Economy in Qing China, 1644–1840
Volume: 73
Helen Dunstan
Translates and comments on a body of Qing documents exemplifying the rhetorical complexity and diverse economic theories of their era
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Conflicting Counsels to Confuse the Age
A Documentary Study of Political Economy in Qing China, 1644–1840
Helen Dunstan
Translates and comments on a body of Qing documents exemplifying the rhetorical complexity and diverse economic theories of their era
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The Imperial Style of Inquiry in Twentieth-Century China
The Emergence of New Approaches
Donald J. Munro
A study of the road to modern problem solving in China, winding between a traditional Confucian style of inquiry and one associated with science
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The Imperial Style of Inquiry in Twentieth-Century China
The Emergence of New Approaches
Volume: 72
Donald J. Munro
A study of the road to modern problem solving in China, winding between a traditional Confucian style of inquiry and one associated with science
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The Imperial Style of Inquiry in Twentieth-Century China
The Emergence of New Approaches
Donald J. Munro
A study of the road to modern problem solving in China, winding between a traditional Confucian style of inquiry and one associated with science
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Swallows and Settlers
The Great Migration from North China to Manchuria
Thomas R. Gottschang and Diana Lary
Presents both statistical analysis and the perspectives of individual migrants and their families on one of the largest migrations in the world
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Swallows and Settlers
The Great Migration from North China to Manchuria
Volume: 87
Thomas R. Gottschang and Diana Lary
Presents both statistical analysis and the perspectives of individual migrants and their families on one of the largest migrations in the world
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Swallows and Settlers
The Great Migration from North China to Manchuria
Thomas R. Gottschang and Diana Lary
Presents both statistical analysis and the perspectives of individual migrants and their families on one of the largest migrations in the world
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James Jesse Strang
The Rise and Fall of Michigan's Mormon King
Don Faber
The extraordinary life of one of the Mormon church’s early leaders
 
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James Jesse Strang
The Rise and Fall of Michigan's Mormon King
Don Faber
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5. Cover image for 'Politics, Faith, and the Making of American Judaism'
Politics, Faith, and the Making of American Judaism
Peter Adams

The history of American Judaism in the years after the Civil War

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Politics, Faith, and the Making of American Judaism
Peter Adams

The history of American Judaism in the years after the Civil War

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Politics, Faith, and the Making of American Judaism
Peter Adams
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Cross Purposes
Pierce v. Society of Sisters and the Struggle over Compulsory Public Education
Paula Abrams

Do parents have the right to determine how their children should be educated?

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Cross Purposes
Pierce v. Society of Sisters and the Struggle over Compulsory Public Education
Paula Abrams
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7. Cover image for 'Ellery's Protest'
Ellery's Protest
How One Young Man Defied Tradition and Sparked the Battle over School Prayer
Stephen D. Solomon
An engrossing story of one of the landmark cases in First Amendment history
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Ellery's Protest
How One Young Man Defied Tradition and Sparked the Battle over School Prayer
Stephen D. Solomon
An engrossing story of one of the landmark cases in First Amendment history
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8. Cover image for 'Chen Jiongming and the Federalist Movement'
Chen Jiongming and the Federalist Movement
Regional Leadership and Nation Building in Early Republican China
Volume: 86
Leslie H. Dingyan Chen
A political biography of an early twentieth-century Chinese revolutionary and federalist written by his son
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Chen Jiongming and the Federalist Movement
Regional Leadership and Nation Building in Early Republican China
Volume: 86
Leslie H. Dingyan Chen
A political biography of an early twentieth-century Chinese revolutionary and federalist written by his son
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God of the Dao
Lord Lao in History and Myth
Volume: 84
Livia Kohn
Illuminates the story of Lord Lao through historical analysis and mythological narrative to show its influence on traditional Chinese religion
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God of the Dao
Lord Lao in History and Myth
Volume: 84
Livia Kohn
Illuminates the story of Lord Lao through historical analysis and mythological narrative to show its influence on traditional Chinese religion
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Peking Politics, 1918–1923
Factionalism and the Failure of Constitutionalism
Volume: 81
Andrew J. Nathan
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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The Chinese Economy, 1870–1949
Volume: 71
Albert Feuerwerker
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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12. Cover image for 'Controlling from Afar'
Controlling from Afar
The Daoguang Emperor’s Management of the Grand Canal Crisis, 1824–1826
Volume: 69
Jane Kate Leonard
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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Controlling from Afar
The Daoguang Emperor’s Management of the Grand Canal Crisis, 1824–1826
Volume: 69
Jane Kate Leonard
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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Studies in the Economic History of Late Imperial China
Handicraft, Modern Industry, and the State
Volume: 70
Albert Feuerwerker
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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Nourish the People
The State Civilian Granary System in China, 1650–1850
Volume: 60
Pierre-Etienne Will and R. Bin Wong; With James Lee; Contributions by Jean Oi and Peter Perdue
An exhaustive analysis of the Chinese state civilian granary system by a team of scholars
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Nourish the People
The State Civilian Granary System in China, 1650–1850
Pierre-Etienne Will and R. Bin Wong; With James Lee; Contributions by Jean Oi and Peter Perdue
An exhaustive analysis of the Chinese state civilian granary system by a team of scholars
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15. Cover image for 'Taoist Meditation and Longevity Techniques'
Taoist Meditation and Longevity Techniques
Volume: 61
Edited by Livia Kohn, in cooperation with Yoshinobu Sakade
French, German, and Japanese scholars explore historical and technical as well as religious aspects of Taoism, ranging from pre-Han practice to the contemporary revival
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Paper 1989 $26.00 Available Add Paper for "Taoist Meditation and Longevity Techniques" to Cart
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Social Organization in South China, 1911–1949
The Case of Kuan Lineage in K’ai-p’ing County
Volume: 48
Yuen-fong Woon
An exploration of the effects on patrilineal kinship ties of the social and political changes in the period between the revolutions of 1912 and 1949
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Social Organization in South China, 1911–1949
The Case of Kuan Lineage in K’ai-p’ing County
Yuen-fong Woon
An exploration of the effects on patrilineal kinship ties of the social and political changes in the period between the revolutions of 1912 and 1949
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17. Cover image for 'The Pawnshop in China'
The Pawnshop in China
Volume: 6
Yang Chao-yu; Translated by T. S. Whelan
Translation of Yang Chao-yu’s Chung-kuo tien-tang yeh (1929), treating the pawnshop in late imperial and Republican times and covering such as aspects as exteriors, interiors, and fixtures, as well as business and management practices
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Paper 1979 $15.00 Available Add Paper for "The Pawnshop in China" to Cart
18. Cover image for 'The Foreign Establishment in China in the Early Twentieth Century'
The Foreign Establishment in China in the Early Twentieth Century
Volume: 29
Albert Feuerwerker
Views the impact of foreign imperialism on China during its apogee, the early republican era (1910 to 1920)
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Intellectual Ferment for Political Reforms in Taiwan, 1971–1973
Volume: 28
Huang Mab
A study of university dissidents in Taiwan during the turbulent early seventies
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The Sian Incident
A Pivotal Point in Modern Chinese History
Volume: 26
Tien-wei Wu
Detailed study of the extraordinary capture in 1936 of Chiang Kai-shek by his own subordinate, Chang Hsueh-liang, and of the negotiations that altered the fate of the Communist Party and the anti-Japanese alliance
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The Sian Incident
A Pivotal Point in Modern Chinese History
Tien-wei Wu
Detailed study of the extraordinary capture in 1936 of Chiang Kai-shek by his own subordinate, Chang Hsueh-liang, and of the negotiations that altered the fate of the Communist Party and the anti-Japanese alliance
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The Silk Industry in Ch'ing China
Volume: 5
Shih Min-hsiung; Translated by E-tu Zen Sun
An examination of the silk industry in Ch’ing China
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22. Cover image for 'State and Society in Eighteenth-Century China'
State and Society in Eighteenth-Century China
The Ch'ing Empire in Its Glory
Volume: 27
Albert Feuerwerker
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23. Cover image for 'Rebellion in Nineteenth-Century China'
Rebellion in Nineteenth-Century China
Volume: 21
Albert Feuerwerker
An examination of nei-luan—“domestic disorder”—in late Ch’ing China
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Transport in Transition
The Evolution of Traditional Shipping in China
Volume: 3
Translated by Andrew Watson
A collection of the best available Japanese articles on China’s water transport in the early twentieth century
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Paper 1972 $15.00 Available Add Paper for "Transport in Transition" to Cart
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Transport in Transition
The Evolution of Traditional Shipping in China
Translated by Andrew Watson
A collection of the best available Japanese articles on China’s water transport in the early twentieth century
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Commerce and Society in Sung China
Volume: 2
Shiba Yoshinobu; Translated by Mark Elvin
Studies the development of communications and transport in Sung and Yuan times, the formation of a nationwide market and the development of cities and markets during the Sung Dynasty, and the characteristics of commercial capital
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