The Bund in Shanghai

China and the Manchus by Herbert A. Giles

Originally published during the early part of the more...0 points

Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. China and the Manchus by Herbert A. Giles was first published in 1912. The volume presents a historical account of the Manchu people and the Qing Dynasty.0 points

TEA: The Muse's Nectar (Cultural History) by Linda Hewitt

Tea: The Muse's Nectar is "all tea." If you've more...0 points

Tea: The Muse's Nectar is "all tea." If you've ever wanted to know more about the beverage that is - apart from water - the world's favorite, this review of tea and tea drinking considers why we call it "tea," description of the tea plant, the significance and uniqueness of tea, China and the history of tea production and trade, tea cultivation, tea harvesting, tea manufacture, tea grading, tea packing, tea characteristics, tea blends, history of tea drinking, Holland and England as tea merchants,...0 points

Death by China: Confronting the Dragon - A Global Call to Action by Peter W. Navarro, Greg Autry

The world's most populous nation and soon-to-be largest more...0 points

The world's most populous nation and soon-to-be largest economy is rapidly turning into the planet's most efficient assassin. Unscrupulous Chinese entrepreneurs are flooding world markets with lethal products. China's perverse form of capitalism combines illegal mercantilist and protectionist weapons to pick off American industries, job by job. China's emboldened military is racing towards head-on confrontation with the U.S. Meanwhile, America's executives, politicians, and even academics remain...0 points

China: A History by John Keay

Many nations define themselves in terms of territo more...0 points

Many nations define themselves in terms of territory or people; China defines itself in terms of history. Taking into account the country's unrivaled, voluminous tradition of history writing, John Keay has composed a vital and illuminating overview of the nation's complex and vivid past. Keay's authoritative history examines 5,000 years in China, from the time of the Three Dynasties through Chairman Mao and the current economic transformation of the country. Crisp, judicious, and engaging,...0 points

A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard

A History of China is presented here in a high qua more...0 points

A History of China is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Wolfram Eberhard is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Wolfram Eberhard then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.0 points

The Cambridge Illustrated History of China (Cambridge Illustrated Histories) by Patricia Buckley Ebrey

More populous than any other country on earth, Chi more...0 points

More populous than any other country on earth, China also occupies a unique place in our modern world for the continuity of its history and culture. In this sumptuously illustrated single-volume history, now in its second edition, noted historian Patricia Buckley Ebrey traces the origins of Chinese culture from prehistoric times to the present. She follows its development from the rise of Confucianism, Buddhism, and the great imperial dynasties to the Mongol, Manchu, and Western intrusions and t...0 points

A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] by Wolfram Eberhard

A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] is pre more...0 points

A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Wolfram Eberhard is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Wolfram Eberhard then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.0 points

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China. Jung Chang by Jung Chang

Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a more...0 points

Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival. Through the story of three generations of women in her own family -- the grandmother given to the warlord as a concubine, the Communist mother and the daughter herself -- Jung Chang reveals the epic history of China's twentieth century. Breathtaking in its...0 points

For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History by Sarah Rose

"If ever there was a book to read in the company more...0 points

"If ever there was a book to read in the company of a nice cuppa, this is it." -The Washington Post In the dramatic story of one of the greatest acts of corporate espionage ever committed, Sarah Rose recounts the fascinating, unlikely circumstances surrounding a turning point in economic history. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the British East India Company faced the loss of its monopoly on the fantastically lucrative tea trade with China, forcing it to make the drastic decision of sending...0 points

This Is China: The First 5,000 Years (This World of Ours)

This Is China contains, in brief, everything we need more...0 points

This Is China contains, in brief, everything we need to know about 5,000 years of history, 30 years of opening, and a future that promises to shape the 21st century for all of us. Drawn from the vast resources of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, this concise 120-page book is recommended for classroom use, curriculum development, and student review.0 points

China: A New History, Second Enlarged Edition by John King Fairbank, Merle Goldman

John King Fairbank was the West's doyen on China, more...0 points

John King Fairbank was the West's doyen on China, and this book is the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with this vast ancient civilization. It remains a masterwork without parallel. The distinguished historian Merle Goldman brings the book up to date, covering reforms in the post-Mao period through the early years of the twenty-first century, including the leadership of Hu Jintao. She also provides an epilogue discussing the changes in contemporary China that will shape the...0 points

The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers by Richard McGregor

An eye-opening investigation into China's Communist more...0 points

An eye-opening investigation into China's Communist Party and its integral role in the country's rise as a global superpower and rival of the United States China's political and economic growth in the past three decades is one of astonishing, epochal dimensions. The country has undergone a remarkable transformation on a scale similar to that of the Industrial Revolution in the West. The most remarkable part of this transformation, however, has been left largely untold-the central role of...0 points

The Seven Military Classics Of Ancient China (History and Warfare)

The Seven Military Classics is one of the most profound more...0 points

The Seven Military Classics is one of the most profound studies of warfare ever written. It presents us with an Eastern tradition of strategic thought that emphasizes outwitting one's opponent through speed, stealth, flexibility, and a minimum of force—an approach very different from that stressed in the West, where the advantages of brute strength have overshadowed more subtle methods.Safeguarded for centuries by the ruling elites of imperial China, even in modern times these writings have...0 points

China's Wings: War, Intrigue, Romance, and Adventure in the Middle Kingdom During the Golden Age of Flight by Gregory Crouch

From the acclaimed author of Enduring Patagonia comes more...0 points

From the acclaimed author of Enduring Patagonia comes a dazzling tale of aerial adventure set against the roiling backdrop of war in Asia. The incredible real-life saga of the flying band of brothers who opened the skies over China in the years leading up to World War II-and boldly safeguarded them during that conflict-China's Wings is one of the most exhilarating untold chapters in the annals of flight.   At the center of the maelstrom is the book's courtly, laconic protagonist,...0 points

China: Its History and Culture (4th Edition) by W. Scott Morton, Charlton M. Lewis, Charlton Lewis

"A wonderful job! So lucid, beautfully written, more...0 points

"A wonderful job! So lucid, beautfully written, with great range and insight. This will set a new standard for short general histories of China." -Michael Gasster, professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University Newly updated and revised, China: Its History and Culture, Fourth Edition, incorporates the crucial social and economic changes that have taken place in China over the last decade. Through rich detail and engaging illustrations, the book traces China's history from...0 points

When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail by Eric Jay Dolin

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China: A History: From Neolithic Cultures through the Great Qing Empire, (10,000 BCE - 1799 CE) by Harold M. Tanner

Now available in two volumes, this accessible, yet more...0 points

Now available in two volumes, this accessible, yet rigorous, introduction to the political, social, and cultural history of China provides a balanced and thoughtful account of the development of Chinese civilization from its beginnings to the present day.Each volume includes ample illustrations, a full complement of maps, a chronological table, extensive notes, recommendations for further reading and an index.0 points

China: People Place Culture History

As the world's oldest continuous civilization and more...0 points

As the world's oldest continuous civilization and most populous country, with the fastest-growing economy, China is experiencing profound social, economic, and political change. A detailed exploration of the country's long, rich history paired with its complex present makes China a one-of-a-kind reference that offers an eye-opening, thought-provoking and authoritative visual guide to one of the world's great nations. AUTHOR BIO: Written by an international team of China specialists.0 points

China to 1850: A Short History by Charles Hucker

By the author of the highly acclaimed China's Imperial more...0 points

By the author of the highly acclaimed China's Imperial Past and written in the same lively style, this is a distillation of what every general reader and beginning student should know about the history of traditional Chinese civilization. It weaves together chronologically all aspects of Chinese life and culture, broadly surveying general history, socioeconomic organization, political institutions, religion and thought, and art and literature.The author explains how the Chinese empire emerged...0 points

Modern China: A Very Short Introduction by Rana Mitter

China today is never out of the news: from human r more...0 points

China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese "economic miracle." It is a country of contradictions and transitions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, an ancient civilization that is modernizing as rapidly as possible, a walled-off nation that is increasingly at the center of world trade. This Very Short Introduction offers an indispensable...0 points

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War by Stephen R. Platt

A gripping account of China's nineteenth-century Taiping more...0 points

A gripping account of China's nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and often gruesome battles-a sweeping yet intimate portrait of the conflict that shaped the fate of modern China.   The story begins in the early 1850s, the waning years of the Qing dynasty, when word spread of a major revolution brewing in the provinces, led by a failed civil servant...0 points

Understanding China [3rd Edition]: A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture by John Bryan Starr

After ten years, John Bryan Starr has thoroughly revised more...0 points

After ten years, John Bryan Starr has thoroughly revised and updated his classic introduction to the background of, the data about, and the issues at stake in China's present and future. In the new edition, Starr seamlessly weaves in additional material on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government's ongoing efforts to curb the influence of the Internet, and the intensifying trade disputes between the United States and China. Succinct, modest, and refreshingly forthright, Understanding...0 points

China in World History (New Oxford World History) by Paul S. Ropp

Here is a fascinating compact history of Chinese p more...0 points

Here is a fascinating compact history of Chinese political, economic, and cultural life, ranging from the origins of civilization in China to the beginning of the 21st century. Historian Paul Ropp combines vivid story-telling with astute analysis to shed light on some of the larger questions of Chinese history. What is distinctive about China in comparison with other civilizations? What have been the major changes and continuities in Chinese life over the past four millennia? Offering a global p...0 points

Shanghai: A Brief History (Enhanced Version) by Vook

""Shanghai: A Brief History"" presents more...0 points

""Shanghai: A Brief History"" presents a comprehensive look at the city's transformation from a small trade town to a world economic center. This compact digital compendium helps you track the diverse forces that shaped the city as we know it. You'll explore the exciting history behind the city's major cultural, economic, and architectural mainstays.You'll also gain valuable insight into groundbreaking Shanghai events and major figures down through history, including:Construction...0 points

Secret War in Shanghai: An Untold Story of Espionage, Intrigue, and Treason in World War II by Bernard Wasserstein

Shanghai during World War II was a killing field o more...0 points

Shanghai during World War II was a killing field of brutal competition, ideological struggle, and murderous political intrigue. China's largest and most cosmopolitan city, the intelligence capital of the Far East, was a magnet for a corrupt and bizarrely colorful group of men and women drawn to the "Paris of the East" for its seductive promise of high living and easy money. Political and sexual loyalties were for sale to the highest bidder. Allied and Axis agents, criminal gangs, and paramilitar...0 points

An Amorous History of the Silver Screen: Shanghai Cinema, 1896-1937 (Cinema and Modernity) by Zhang Zhen

Shanghai in the early twentieth century was alive more...0 points

Shanghai in the early twentieth century was alive with art and culture. With the proliferation of popular genres such as the martial arts film, the contest among various modernist filmmakers, and the advent of sound, Chinese cinema was transforming urban life. But with the Japanese invasion in 1937, all of this came to a screeching halt. Until recently, the political establishment has discouraged comprehensive studies of the cultural phenomenon of early Chinese film, and this momentous chapter in...0 points

Culinary Nostalgia: Regional Food Culture and the Urban Experience in Shanghai by Mark Swislocki

Culinary Nostalgia is the first Western-language book more...0 points

Culinary Nostalgia is the first Western-language book to explore the unique significance that the Chinese people attach to their country's many distinct regional foods, as well as the shifting roles that Western food plays in urban life. Author Mark Swislocki focuses on Shanghai-a food lover's paradise-as a rich intersection of urban, regional, and national identities, and examines how tastes registered change and continuity at pivotal moments throughout the city's history. From the earliest...0 points

Shanghai: A History in Photographs 1842-Today by Liu Heung Shing

"Shanghai" is a visual history that tell more...0 points

"Shanghai" is a visual history that tells the story of modern China as witnessed by this romantic city. The end of the Opium War in 1842 effected a dramatic transformation, turning a sleepy backwater into a bustling treaty port. Over the intervening 160 years, Shanghai has been shaped by outside forces - foreign concessions, Japanese invasions, the arrival of the Communists and the cult of Mao, they have all played their part in sculpting today's Shanghai. China's turbulent history is traced thr...0 points

Global Shanghai, 1850%u20132010 by Jeffrey N Wasserstrom

This book explores the play of international forces more...0 points

This book explores the play of international forces and international ideas about Shanghai, looking backward as far as its transformation into a subdivided treaty port in the 1840s, and looking forward to its upcoming hosting of China's first World's Fair, the 2010 Expo. As such, Global Shanghai is a lively and informative read for students and scholars of Chinese studies and urban studies and anyone interested in the history of Shanghai.0 points

Fair World: A History of World's Fairs and Expositions from London to Shanghai 1851-2010 by Paul Greenhalgh

A history of world's fairs and expositions from Lo more...0 points

A history of world's fairs and expositions from London to Shanghai 1851-2010.0 points

Russian emigre life in Shanghai: oral history transcript / and related material, 1967 by Valentin Vassilievich Fedoulenko, Boris Raymond

This is a reproduction of a book published before more...0 points

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of t...0 points

The Shanghai Badlands: Wartime Terrorism and Urban Crime, 1937-1941 (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions) by Frederic Wakeman Jr

Between August 1937 and December 1941, terrorist w more...0 points

Between August 1937 and December 1941, terrorist wars broke out between Nationalist secret agents and the assassins of the Japanese military authorities who occupied most of Shanghai, and a spate of assassinations, bombings, and machine gun raids took place under the very noses of authorities. The release of secret Chinese police files by the C.I.A. allow the inner workings of these terrorist groups, and their links to the Green Gang just before Pearl Harbor was bombed and World War II erupted,...0 points

Shanghai: The Architecture of China's Great Urban Center by Jay Pridmore

Shanghai is China's largest city, comparable to New more...0 points

Shanghai is China's largest city, comparable to New York or Tokyo, and in recent decades it has experienced a building boom on a scale that is simply unprecedented in world history. Shanghai now has more skyscrapers than New York City.Pridmore tells a story that combines art, technology, capitalism, and Communism in vivid prose backed up by extensive reporting and illustrated with superb photographs. After surveying Shanghai's traditional Chinese and colonial architecture, Pridmore turns...0 points

Shanghai Girl Gets All Dressed Up by Beverley Jackson

It was within the sensual, cinematic setting of 19 more...0 points

It was within the sensual, cinematic setting of 1930s Shanghai that traditional Chinese fashion changed forever. Call them cheongsam, qi pao, or Suzy Wong dresses-the high-collared, body-clinging, slit-to-the-thigh gowns evolved in a world of dramatic change, where Chinese citizens mingled with foreigners from such cosmopolitan cities as Tokyo, London, New York, and Moscow. In SHANGHAI GIRL GETS ALL DRESSED UP, Asian art-historian Beverley Jackson explores the city that fostered such radica...0 points

Shanghai's Dancing World: Cabaret Culture and Urban Politics, 1919--1954 by Andrew Field

Drawing upon a unique and untapped reservoir of sources, more...0 points

Drawing upon a unique and untapped reservoir of sources, this study traces the origin, pinnacle, and ultimate demise of a commercial dance industry in Shanghai between the end of the First World War and the early years of the People's Republic of China. Delving deep into the world of cabarets, nightclubs, and elite ballrooms that arose in the 1920s, the book assesses how and why Chinese society incorporated and transformed this westernized world of leisure and entertainment. Focusing on the jazz-age...0 points

Building Shanghai: The Story of China's Gateway by Edward Denison, Guang Yu Ren

Shanghai's illustrious history and phenomenal futu more...0 points

Shanghai's illustrious history and phenomenal future is celebrated in this book, which examines the evolution of the city's architecture and urban form in order to contextualise the challenges facing the city today. The physical legacies that reflect Shanghai's uniqueness historically and contemporarily are examined chronologically using specific case studies of exemplary architecture interwoven in a compelling narrative that unlocks the many mysteries surrounding this amazing metropolis. Some o...0 points

Shanghai: China's Gateway to Modernity by Marie-Claire Bergere

Shanghai today is a thriving, bustling metropolis. more...0 points

Shanghai today is a thriving, bustling metropolis. But does its avid pursuit of the modern trappings of success truly indicate that it will once again become the shining example of China's commercial and cosmopolitan culture? While history continues to unfold, eminent China scholar Marie-Claire Bergère takes readers back to when Shanghai first opened to the world in 1842 to narrate the city's tumultuous and unique course to the present.Shanghai: China's Gateway to Modernity is the first comprehensive...0 points

Shanghai Architecture: Watermark Architectural Guides (Architecture Guides (Watermark Press)) by Anne Warr

An essential introduction to the architecture of t more...0 points

An essential introduction to the architecture of the most dynamic city on earth.0 points

Prostitution and Sexuality in Shanghai: A Social History, 1849-1949 by Christian Henriot

Shanghai's nightlife, from the mid-nineteenth cent more...0 points

Shanghai's nightlife, from the mid-nineteenth century until the victory of the Communist Party in 1949, was dominated by the world of prostitution. Henriot portrays the Chinese sex trade, from the sophisticated life of the courtesan, to the common life of street prostitution. He examines the extent to which these worlds were integral to Chinese social life, commercial trends, and Chinese mores and sexuality. He draws a picture of a sector that was sensitive to economic and social change, and thu...0 points

To Wear the Dust of War: From Bialystok to Shanghai to the Promised Land, an Oral History (Palgrave Studies in Oral History) by Samuel Iwry

On the eve of World War I, ten-year-old Samuel Iwr more...0 points

On the eve of World War I, ten-year-old Samuel Iwry and his family joined other Jewish refugees in fleeing Poland for Russia. At age twenty-nine, Iwry was forced to flee again--this time from the Soviets--and ended up in Shanghai, joining 20,000 Jewish refugees already there. The story of the diaspora caused by the Holocaust is well-known, but the Far Eastern dimension has come to light only very recently. Iwry's story unfolds in his own compelling words, conveying the harrowing details of flight...0 points

Assignment: Shanghai: Photographs on the Eve of Revolution (Series in Contemporary Photography)

Shipping out to China in December 1947 with three ten-year-old more...0 points

Shipping out to China in December 1947 with three ten-year-old German cameras and a plum assignment from Life magazine, Jack Birns was fulfilling a boyhood dream. The reality was something else: refugees and prostitutes, soldiers and beggars, street executions and urban protests photographed in difficult and often dangerous circumstances amidst the poverty, corruption, and chaos of an expanding civil war. By then the ruling Nationalist Party had been battling the Communist threat for more than two...0 points

A History of Modern Shanghai Banking: The Rise and Decline of China's Financial Capitalism (Studies on Modern China) by Zhaojin Ji

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Voices from Shanghai: Jewish Exiles in Wartime China

When Hitler came to power and the German army began more...0 points

When Hitler came to power and the German army began to sweep through Europe, almost 20,000 Jewish refugees fled to Shanghai. A remarkable collection of the letters, diary entries, poems, and short stories composed by these refugees in the years after they landed in China, Voices from Shanghai fills a gap in our historical understanding of what happened to so many Jews who were forced to board the first ship bound for anywhere.            Once they arrived, the refugees learned to navigate the various...0 points

Chasing the Dragon in Shanghai: Canada's Early Relations With China, 1858-1952 by John D. Meehan

Canada shared a rich, multi-faceted history with C more...0 points

Canada shared a rich, multi-faceted history with China long before it recognized the People's Republic of China in 1970. John Meehan brings to light the activities of early Canadian missionaries, businessmen, government officials, and adventurers in Shanghai - the gateway to China and an important cultural contact zone. These sojourners' experiences - which unfolded against a backdrop of war and revolution and Canada's own evolution from colony to nation - reflected...0 points

Escape to Shanghai: A Jewish Community in China by Alex Ross

Tells the story, based on interviews with survivor more...0 points

Tells the story, based on interviews with survivors, of the Jewish ghetto of World War II Shanghai, where thousands of refugees lived under abysmal conditions while a courageous Jewish underground conducted sabotage against the Japanese.0 points

Between Shanghai and Hong Kong: The Politics of Chinese Cinemas by Poshek Fu

Based on meticulous archival research and a repetorary more...0 points

Based on meticulous archival research and a repetorary of rarefilms, most of which were believed lost, this book is a pioneering critical study of the Chinese cinemas in Hong Kong and Shanghai and their complex interconnections. The years 1935-50 were a period of ceaseless violence in China, of war, occupation, civil war, and colonialism, leading to mass displacements of millions of people and extreme poverty. Both the cinema and the broader popular culture of this period have been little studied,...0 points

Creating Chinese Ethnicity: Subei People in Shanghai, 1850-1980 by Professor Emily Honig

"An important book that will be widely read b more...0 points

"An important book that will be widely read by historians and social scientists alike. Anyone interested in modern Shanghai must read it." -- Jerry Dennerline, Amherst College Drawing on archival research and interviews conducted in Shanghei, this book describes the daily lives, occupations, and history of the Subei people -- and also examines how local origins, rather than race, religion, or nationality, came to define ethnic identities among the overwhelmingly Han population in China. Honig un...0 points

Some pages in the history of Shanghai, 1842-1856: a paper read before the China society on May 23, 1916 by William Richard Carles

This is a reproduction of a book published before more...0 points

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of t...0 points