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| 1. |  | Title: The origins of the Boxer Uprising Author: Esherick, Joseph Published: University of California Press, 1988 Subjects: Asian Studies | Asian Studies Publisher's Description: In the summer of 1900, bands of peasant youths from the villages of north China streamed into Beijing to besiege the foreign legations, attracting the attention of the entire world. Joseph Esherick reconstructs the early history of the Boxers, challenging the traditional view that they grew from ear . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 2. |  | Title: China among equals: the Middle Kingdom and its neighbors, 10th-14th centuries Author: Rossabi, Morris Published: University of California Press, 1983 Subjects: Asian Studies | Asian History | Asian Studies | China Similar Items |
| 3. |  | Title: China's continuous revolution: the post-liberation epoch, 1949-1981  Author: Dittmer, Lowell Published: University of California Press, 1989 Subjects: Asian Studies Similar Items |
| 4. |  | Title: Medieval Chinese society and the local "community" Author: Tanigawa, Michio 1925- Published: University of California Press, 1985 Subjects: Asian Studies | China Similar Items |
| 5. |  | Title: The Bodhidharma anthology: the earliest records of Zen Author: Bodhidharma 6th cent Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Religion | Buddhism | Asian Studies Publisher's Description: In the early part of this century, the discovery of a walled-up cave in northwest China led to the retrieval of a lost early Ch'an (Zen) literature of the T'ang dynasty (618-907). One of the recovered Zen texts was a seven-piece collection, the Bodhidharma Anthology . Of the numerous texts attribute . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 6. |  | Title: Resistance and revolution in China: the Communists and the second united front Author: Kataoka, Tetsuya Published: University of California Press, 1974 Subjects: Asian Studies | China Similar Items |
| 7. |  | Title: Early modern Japan Author: Totman, Conrad D Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: History | Asian Studies | Asian History | Japan Publisher's Description: This thoughtfully organized survey of Japan's early modern period (1568-1868) is a remarkable blend of political, economic, intellectual, literary, and cultural history. The only truly comprehensive study in English of the Tokugawa period, it also introduces a new ecological perspective, covering na . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 8. |  | Title: China's Catholics: tragedy and hope in an emerging civil society Author: Madsen, Richard 1941- Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Religion | Asian Studies | History | Sociology | Christianity Publisher's Description: After suffering isolation and persecution during the Maoist era, the Catholic Church in China has reemerged with astonishing vitality in recent years. Richard Madsen focuses on this revival and relates it to the larger issue of the changing structure of Chinese society, particularly to its implicati . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 9. |  | Title: Absent lord: ascetics and kings in a Jain ritual culture Author: Babb, Lawrence A Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: Religion | Asian Studies | Anthropology Publisher's Description: What does it mean to worship beings that one believes are completely indifferent to, and entirely beyond the reach of, any form of worship whatsoever? How would such a relationship with sacred beings affect the religious life of a community? Using these questions as his point of departure, Lawrence . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 10. |  | Title: Tribes of India: the struggle for survival Author: Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von 1909- Published: University of California Press, 1982 Subjects: Anthropology | Asian Studies Similar Items |
| 11. |  | Title: Revolution and history: the origins of Marxist historiography in China, 1919-1937 Author: Dirlik, Arif Published: University of California Press, 1989 Subjects: Asian Studies Publisher's Description: In Revolution and History, Arif Dirlik examines the application of the materialist conception of history to the analysis of Chinese history in a period when Marxist ideas first gained currency in Chinese intellectual circles. His argument raises questions about earlier interpretations of Marxist his . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 12. |  | Title: To the storm: the odyssey of a revolutionary Chinese woman Author: Yue, Daiyun Published: University of California Press, 1987 Subjects: Asian Studies | Women's Studies Similar Items |
| 13. |  | Title: Japan's new middle class; the salary man and his family in a Tokyo suburb, Author: Vogel, Ezra F Published: University of California Press, 1971 Subjects: Asian Studies | Sociology | Economics and Business Similar Items |
| 14. |  | Title: Hindu places of pilgrimage in India ; a study in cultural geography Author: Bhardwaj, Surinder Mohan Published: University of California Press, 1983 Subjects: Asian Studies | Hinduism | South Asia | Geography Similar Items |
| 15. |  | Title: Mapping early modern Japan: space, place, and culture in the Tokugawa period, 1603-1868 Author: Yonemoto, Marcia 1964- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: History | Asian Studies | Geography | Japan Publisher's Description: This elegant history considers a fascinating array of texts, cultural practices, and intellectual processes - including maps and mapmaking, poetry, travel writing, popular fiction, and encyclopedias - to chart the emergence of a new geographical consciousness in early modern Japan. Marcia Yonemoto's . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 16. |  | Title: To live as long as heaven and earth: a translation and study of Ge Hong's traditions of divine transcendents Author: Campany, Robert Ford 1959- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Religion | Asian Studies | China | Taoism | Buddhism Publisher's Description: In late classical and early medieval China, ascetics strove to become transcendents--deathless beings with supernormal powers. Practitioners developed dietetic, alchemical, meditative, gymnastic, sexual, and medicinal disciplines (some of which are still practiced today) to perfect themselves and th . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 17. |  | Title: High culture fever: politics, aesthetics, and ideology in Deng's China Author: Wang, Jing 1950- Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: Asian Studies | Asian Literature | Asian History | Politics | China Publisher's Description: Jing Wang offers the first overview of the feverish decade of the 1980s in China, from early reexaminations of Maoism through the crackdown in Tiananmen Square. Wang's energetic, creative, and highly intelligent take on Chinese culture provides a broad portrait of the post-revolutionary era and a pr . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 18. |  | Title: Learning to be a sage: selections from the Conversations of Master Chu, arranged topically Author: Zhu, Xi 1130-1200 Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Philosophy | Asian Studies | China | Intellectual History Publisher's Description: Students and teachers of Chinese history and philosophy will not want to miss Daniel Gardner's accessible translation of the teachings of Chu Hsi (1130-1200) - a luminary of the Confucian tradition who dominated Chinese intellectual life for centuries. Homing in on a primary concern of our own time, . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 19. |  | Title: Japan's administrative elite Author: Koh, Byung Chol Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Asian Studies | Japan | Economics and Business Publisher's Description: A major player in Japanese society is its government bureaucracy. Neither Japan's phenomenal track record in the world marketplace nor its remarkable success in managing its domestic affairs can be understood without insight into how its government bureaucracy works - how its elite administrators ar . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 20. |  | Title: Westward dharma: Buddhism beyond Asia Author: Prebish, Charles S Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Religion | Asian Studies | Buddhism Publisher's Description: The first authoritative volume on the totality of Buddhism in the West, Westward Dharma establishes a comparative and theoretical perspective for considering the amazing variety of Buddhist traditions, schools, centers, and teachers that have developed outside of Asia. Leading scholars from North Am . . . [more] Similar Items |