Concepts of historical progress or decline and the idea of a cycle of historical movement have existed in many civilizations. In spite of claims that...
The relationship between politics and law in the early People’sRepublic of China was highly contentious. Periods of intentionallyexcessive campaign...
The local experiences of foreigners in China in the 19th and early 20th centuries exemplify the often latent or tacit patterns of social encounters...
The book focuses on the relational dynamic between “masters” and “natives” in the construction of scholarly narratives about the past, in the fields...
The year 1919 changed Chinese culture radically, but in a way that completely took contemporaries by surprise. At the beginning of the year, even...
In 1968, at the height of the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese Communist Party endorsed a radical new system of health-care delivery for the rural...
This book explores the interactions between French medicine and Vietnamese childbirth traditions, examining how these interactions shaped maternal and...
Following Napoleon's defeat of Prussia in 1806 and his treaties with Russia and Persia in 1807, the French threat to Britain's position in India...