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The History of China

by David Curtis Wright, John E. Findling, Frank W. Thackeray. 257 pgs.

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   David Curtis Wright, John E. Findling, Frank W. Thackeray

Publisher:

   Greenwood Press

Place of Publication:

  Westport, CT  

Publication Year:

  2001
Subjects:   China--History
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books on: (China History)  - 39417 results

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1.
China Unbound: Evolving Perspectives on the Chinese Past
Book by Paul A. Cohen; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: China--History--19th Century, China--History--19th Century--Historiography, China--History--20th Century, China--History--20th Century--Historiography
...Critical Asian scholarship Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. China-History-19th century. 2. China-History-19th century-Historiography. 3. China-History-20th century. 4. China-History-20th century-Historiography. I. Title. II...
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War and Nationalism in China 1925-1945
Book by Hans J. Van De Van; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: China--History--1928-1937, China--History--1937-1945, China--History--Northern Expedition, 1926-1928, Nationalism--China--History--20th Century
...Includes bibliographical references. 1. China - History - Northern Expedition, 1926-1928. 2. China - History - 1928-1937. 3. China - History - 1937-1945. 4. Nationalism - China - History...
3.
Opium Regimes: China, Britain, and Japan, 1839-1952
Book by Timothy Brook, Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi; University of California Press, 2000
Subjects: China--Relations--Great Britain, China--Relations--Japan, Drug Traffic--China--History, Great Britain--Relations--China, Japan--Relations--China, Narcotics, Control Of--China--History, Opium Trade--China--History
...ISBN 0-520-22009-9 (alk. paper). ISBN 0-520-22236-9 (alk. paper) 1. Opium trade China History. 2. Drug traffic China History. 3. Narcotics, Control of China History. 4. China Relations Great Britian. 5. Great Britain Relations China. 6. China...
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Perspectives on Modern China: Four Anniversaries
Book by Kenneth Lieberthal, Joyce Kallgren, Roderick Macfarquhar, Frederic Wakeman Jr., Thomas P. Bernstein, Lloyd E. Eastman, Michael H. Hunt, Leo Ou-Fan Lee, Barry Naughton, Michel Oksenberg, Dwight H. Perkins, Evelyn S. Rawski, Vivienne Shue, James R. Townsend, James L. Watson, Tu Wei-Ming, Martin King Whyte, Alexander Woodside, Madeleine Zelin; An East Gate Book, 1991
Subjects: China--History--1949---Congresses, China--History--Ch?Ing Dynasty, 1644-1912--Congresses, China--History--May Fourth Movement, 1919--Congresses
...ISBN 0-87332-890-6 pbk. 1. China--History--Ching dynasty, 1644-1912--Congresses. 2. China--History--May Fourth movement, 1919--Congresses. 3. China--History--1949-----Congresses. I. Lieberthal...
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Town and Country in China: Identity and Perception
Book by David Faure, Tao Tao Liu; Palgrave, 2002
Subjects: China--Politics And Government, China--Rural Conditions, China--Social Policy, City And Town Life--China--History, City Planning--China--History, Country Life--China--History, Sociology, Urban--China
...ISBN 0 333 94595 6 1. City and town life China History. 2. Country life China History. 3. Sociology, Urban China. 4. City planning China History. 5. China Social policy. 6. China Rural conditions...
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1.
Cultivating the Nation in Fujian's Forests: Forest Policies and Afforestation Efforts in China, 1911-1937
Journal article by E. Elena Songster; Environmental History, Vol. 8, 2003
Subjects: Environmental policy, Forestry, Forestry economics, Forests, Fujian China, History
...excellent work on the forest history of China, the vast majority of...seminal work on forest history in China that already in the thirteenth...spite of Fujians long history of traditional local...scientific forestry to China. Lecture tours by forestry...
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Myth as Memory: Muslims in China between Myth and History
Journal article by Raphael Israeli; The Muslim World, Vol. 91, 2001
Subjects: China, History, Islam, Memory, Mythology
...Myth as Memory: Muslims in China between Myth and History by Raphael Israeli...order to solidly anchor the history of Islam in China. In those cases, the two...mythologization of early Islamic history in China, and account for the fact...
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Crisis Banking in the East: the History of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, 1853-93
Journal article by Amiya Kumar Bagchi; Business History Review, Vol. 72, 1998
Subjects: Book reviews, China, History, India, International banking, LDCs, Merchant banks, United Kingdom
...in the East: the History of the Chartered...India, London and China, 1853-93 by Amiya...in the East: The History of the Chartered...India, London and China, 1853-93. By Stuart...century in India, China, and generally in...somewhat curious history. They originated...
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Peacemakers in China: American Missionaries and the Sino-japanese War, 1937-1941
Journal article by Stephen G. Craft; Journal of Church and State, Vol. 41, 1999
Subjects: China, History, International relations-US, Missionaries, Peace, United States, War
...consensus was that to pull out of China at this crucial moment in Chinas history would seriously damage the missionaries...say it is the first time in history that an army has had to conquer...political, and economic policies in China."46 The Japanese army tried...
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The Spratyls and Other South China Sea Islands Disputes
Journal article by Chien-Peng Chung; The Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, Vol. 24, 1999
Subjects: Brunei, China, History, Islands, Malaysia, Oil reserves, Philippines, Spratly Islands, Territorial issues, Vietnam
...influencing the actions of state leaders or government negotiators. A Brief History of Claims The PRC, Taiwan and Vietnam each lay claim to all of the disputed South China Sea islands; Malaysia and the Philippines claim several but not all of the...
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1.
Success or Failure? Christianity in China
Magazine article by Xinzhong Yao; History Today, Vol. 44, September 1994
Subjects: China--Religion, Christianity and culture--China, Christians in China--History
...of Christianity in China finds its origins...Confucianism. With its long history as the state orthodoxy...Christian retreat from China in the eighteenth...a quite different history, if one or the other...we cannot rebuild history, we should be able...of Christianity in China and an appreciation...
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Coming to Terms with the Past: China
Magazine article by Steve Smith; History Today, Vol. 53, December 2003
Subjects: China--History, Chinese Communist Party--History
...1986, tells of a history teacher with a scholarly...system of imperial China who is arrested by...six-part series shown on China Central Television...explore the Chinese history, contrasting the...Questions in the History of Our Party since...Peoples Republic of China, which characterised...
3.
The Cambridge History of Ancient China
Magazine article by Olivier Burckhardt; History Today, Vol. 49, June 1999
Subjects: Books--Reviews, The Cambridge History of Ancient China (Book)--Reviews
The Cambridge History of Ancient China by Olivier Burckhardt...1960s and 1970s, when The Cambridge History of China (Vol. I, CUP 1986) was first planned...sources. Unlike The Cambridge History of China, which concentrates almost exclusively...
4.
The Volunteer Armies of Northeast China
Magazine article by Anthony Coogan; History Today, Vol. 43, July 1993
Subjects: Armies--History, Manchuria--History, Military occupation--China
...of the most intriguing aspects of the history of the volunteer armies is the attitude...Soviet border. Communists in Northeast China even issued an appeal for the volunteers...forces proceeded to occupy areas of North China. Jiang Jieshi could no longer hope for...
5.
Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China
Magazine article by Rana Mitter; History Today, Vol. 54, November 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Narcotic Culture A History of Drugs in China (Book)--Book reviews
Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China. by Rana Mitter Narcotic Culture A History of Drugs in China Frank Dikotter, Lars Laamann...drugs were important in the history of modern China. Imperialist invaders, the...
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China Bank Earns P2 B in H1, Up 39%
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 13, 2009
Subjects: Banks (Finance), China Banking Corp.--Company sales and earnings
...improvement in fee-based/other revenues.China Bank continued to implement the biggest branch expansion program in its 89-year history, and is on track to have a 300-strong branch network for the bank and its subsidiary China Bank Savings.Despite the 32.8 percent...
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China Reels as Thousands Die in Three-Minute Quake
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), May 13, 2008
Subjects: Earthquakes--Casualties, Earthquakes--China, Natural disaster damage--Casualties
...The quake appeared to be the deadliest since the most devastating in modern history, which killed 240,000 people in the city of Tangshan, near Beijing in 1976...friends among the debris of collapsed buildings in Dujiangyan, in south-west China
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China Quake Death Toll in Thousands; Troops Mobilised to Support Relief Effort
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), May 13, 2008
Subjects: Earthquakes--Casualties, Earthquakes--China, Soldiers--Casualties
...injuries in populated areas. The last serious earthquake in China was in 2003, when a 6.8-magnitude quake killed 268 people in...the west of Xinjiang. Chinas deadliest earthquake in modern history struck the northeastern city of Tangshan on July 28, 1976, killing...
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China Quake Fuels Fears of Further Inflation Rises; EMERGING MARKETS
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), May 14, 2008
Subjects: Earthquakes--China, Emerging markets, Inflation (Economics)--China, Inflation (Finance)--China, Pork--Statistics
...suspension in the bourses 18-year history. China Life Insurance, the countrys largest...for severe snowstorms in southern China this year, the worst in decades...torrent of money has gushed into China from record trade surpluses, threatening...
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China Opens Up to Give Quake Survivors a Fighting Chance; CHINA EARTHQUAKE
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), May 17, 2008
Subjects: Disaster victims, Earthquakes--China
...relief effort. Its easy to forget that this is the first time China has accepted outside professionals for domestic disaster relief...wasnt always this way. In 1976, a momentous year in Chinese history, the Tangshan earthquake killed 242,400 people - according to...
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encyclopedia articles on: (China History)  - 263 results

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1.
China
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Twitchett, ed., The Cambridge History of China (15 vol., 1978 ); P. C. Huang...China (1987); S. A. Adshead, China in World History (1988); T. Cannon and A. Jenkins...Shaughnessy, ed., The Cambridge History of Ancient China (1999); P. P. Pan, Out of...
2.
Communist Party , in China
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...China . Bibliography See L. Ladanay, The Communist Party of China and Marxism, 1921 1985 (1988); S. S. Schram, The Thought of Mao Tse-tung (1988); S. Uhalley, Jr., A History of the Chinese Communist Party (1988); V. Schwartz, The Time...
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Ch'In , Dynasty of China (221–206 B.C.)
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in China. See D. Bodde, Chinas First Unifier (1938, repr. 1967); D. Twitchett and M. Loewe, ed., The Cambridge History of China (Vol. 1, 1986). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...
4.
History
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...In Asia the writing of history was concerned with the...annals, or archives. China In China by the middle...wrote the first general history of China; his work was the model...1066 84) an integrated history of China from 403 b.c. to a.d...
5.
Tibet
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...with Xinjiang and Qinghai in W China. A rail link to Qinghai prov. was opened in 2006. History Early History Evidence...ancient trade routes from India, China, and Central Asia. Tibet emerged from an obscure history to flourish in the 7th cent...
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