The Far East: A Concise History summarizes the history of three Far East or East Asian countries — China, Japan, and Korea. This book begins with an...
Drawing primarily on oral sources from the author’s own research carried out between 1993 and 1997, this book outlines the settlement history of...
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...
Interpreting the New Culture Movement in light of a new understanding of Republican Chinese society reached in the past two decades, this book...
This book discusses global dynamics behind the synchronous outburst of protests in China and Germany in 1989 and the local acts of dissent on the...
The year 1919 changed Chinese culture radically, but in a way that completely took contemporaries by surprise. At the beginning of the year, even...