peking history - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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The Story of Peking Man

Book by Penny Van Oosterzee; Allen & Unwin, 2001

Subjects:

Fossil Hominids, Peking Man

Collections: History, Entire Library

Re-issue of Dragon Bones
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Imperial Peking: Seven Centuries of China

Book by Elisabeth Elek, Paul Elek, Lin Yutang; Crown Publishers, 1961

Subjects:

Art--China--Peking

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Appendix RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY OF PEKING 1. Ming...determine the changes in the history of Peking. This book was undertaken by...themselves to the study of the history of Peking, among them Father Hyacinthe...
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The History of the Study of Landforms - Vol. 2

Book by Richard J.Chorley, Robert P.Beckinsale, Antony J.Dunn; Routledge, 1973

Subjects:

Davis, William Morris--1850-1934, Geomorphology--History

Collections: Entire Library

...River Yangtse his capacity for meeting trouble brought him into conflict with the Taiping rebels. Undeterred he went north to Peking searching for coal deposits to power steamships. He returned home to the United States in 1866 by a protracted route which took...
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Moscow-Peking Axis: Strengths and Strains

Book by Howard L. Boorman, Alexander Eckstein, Philip E. Mosely, Benjamin Schwartz; Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957

Subjects:

China--Foreign Relations--Soviet Union, Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--China

Collections: History, Entire Library

...sections in the Short History of the Communist...Industry, flew to Peking to witness the launching...repercussions in Peking. It is true that...respect to its own history, however, the Chinese...helpful to assume that Pekings foreign policy is...of their recorded history, the Chinese have...
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Peking and Moscow

Book by Klaus Mehnert, Leila Vennewitz; Putnam, 1963

Subjects:

China--Relations--Soviet Union, Soviet Union--Relations--China

Collections: History, Entire Library

...in Germany under the title PEKING UND MOSKAU. 1962 by Deutsche...interpretation of Chinese history and the Chinese national character...church from the streets of Peking or Harbin and remaining merely...aspects of the original home and history of the Slavs, no one disputes...

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Peking: Temples and City Life, 1400--1900

Journal article by David D. Buck; China Review International, Vol. 8, 2001

Subjects:

Peking: Temples and City Life, 1400-1900 (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...concept or the reality of what for European and North American history has been termed a public sphere or a civil society" (p. xxvii). Later, she adds in a footnote after a passing comparison of Peking with other important cities such as Suzhou, Yangzhou, Tianjin...
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Peking: Temples and City Life, 1400-1900

Journal article by Michael Dillon; The Historian, Vol. 66, 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Peking: Temples and City Life, 1400-1900 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Peking: Temples and City Life, 1400-1900. by Michael Dillon Peking: Temples and City Life, 1400-1900. By Susan Naquin. (Berkeley...University of California Press, 2000. Pp. xxxvi, 816. $80.00.) Peking has been the capital of China more or less continuously...
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Trajectoires Chinoises: Taiwan, Hong Kong et Pekin (Chinese Trajectories: Taiwan, Hong Kong and Peking)

Journal article by Vincent Kelly Pollard; China Review International, Vol. 8, 2001

Subjects:

Trajectoires chinoises: Taiwan, Hong Kong et Pekin (Chinese Trajectories: Taiwan, Hong Kong and Peking) (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...Kong et Pekin (Chinese Trajectories: Taiwan, Hong Kong and Peking). Recherches internationales (series), General Editor, Jean-Francois...Communist periods goes unmentioned. Reacting to colonial history, the PRC leadership greeted the reversions of Hong Kong and...
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Brokering Glory for the Chinese Nation: Peking Opera's 1930 American Tour

Journal article by Nancy Guy; Comparative Drama, Vol. 35, 2001

Subjects:

Mei Lanfang--Performances, Opera companies--International aspects, Opera companies--Performances, Opera singers--Performances

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...overseas tour of Peking opera can only be...backdrop of Chinas history and the social and...College Club in Peking. Qi proclaimed this...critical event in the history of foreign reception...Zhongguo Jingju Shi A History of Chinese Peking Opera, 2 vols...
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Miao Feng Shan

Journal article by Anne S. Goodrich; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 56, 1998

Subjects:

China--Churches, mosques, synagogues, etc., Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Personal narratives, Religion--China, Temples--Personal narratives

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...popular among the doctors of Peking. Usually the king of medicine...greatest alchemist in Chinese history. He gave the earliest description...stories about Wang Nai-nai in the Peking Chronicle 18 May 1937. She...mountains and the plain to Peking. To wake up there before sunrise...

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Massacre in Peking

Magazine article by Nien Cheng; National Review, Vol. 41, August 4, 1989

Subjects:

Beijing, China, China Democracy Movement, 1989--Analysis, Massacres, Student movements--China, Student protests--China

Collections: Entire Library

...authoritarian government. But in Chinas modern history, whenever the government in power became...1919, students poured out of the gate of Peking University and held a demonstration calling...in China. THIS YEAR the students at Peking University were planning to hold a parade...
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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

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...or both, had adopted a more flexible attitude. While we cannot rebuild history, we should be able to do better for the future. Confucianism may become...Deputy Director of the Institute of Ethics. Peoples University of China, Peking.
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Mao & the Maoists

Magazine article by Keith Windschuttle; New Criterion, Vol. 24, October 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Mao: The Unknown Story (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...uniform of jackets, trousers, and caps. The books of Pekings major library and the Peking Operas traditional costumes and props were all...monuments erected under previous dynasties. In Peking, of 6,84-3 public monuments still standing in 1958...
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True Power to the People

Magazine article by George Jochnowitz; National Review, Vol. 41, June 30, 1989

Subjects:

Americans abroad--China, Americans abroad--Personal narratives, Americans in China--Personal narratives, Baoding, China--Demonstrations and protests, China Democracy Movement, 1989--Personal narratives, Student movements--China, Student protests--China

Collections: Entire Library

...passersby applauded and made the "V for Victory" sign. All ten million of Pekings citizens were rejoicing; I had never seen so much happiness. It was an important day in the history of the world. Marxism had just died. On Sunday we managed to get...
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Chinese Puzzles

Magazine article by Peter W. Rodman; National Review, Vol. 49, October 13, 1997

Subjects:

China, Chinese foreign relations--United States, United States, United States foreign relations--China

Collections: Entire Library

...relationship, of course, are not so visible on a quick visit to Peking. There is no longer a common Soviet threat to unite the two...Chinese officers come to the U.S. and study American military history and doctrine; few U.S. officers are able (or permitted) to...

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'Female Generals': Victory for Style, Zest; Peking Troupe at KenCen

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 15, 2005

Subjects:

Theater

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...offering from the China National Peking Opera Company currently in...Generals," based on the actual history of the Northern Song Dynasty...on the whole, this current Peking Opera company extravaganza...STARS WHAT: The China National Peking Opera Company production of...
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US in Iraq: Unlearned Lessons from Earlier War; (Second of Two Parts)

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, February 4, 2007

Subjects:

Mechanization, Military, Military equipment, Military paraphernalia, Philippine-American War, 1899-1902, Soldiers, United States history--Philippine Insurrection, 1899-1901

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...MacArthur to detach a regiment of his thinly stretched army to join the international expedition to relieve the legations in Peking, which were under siege by the Boxers. By July, MacArthur was demanding that more troops be sent to the Philippines." (A "SURGE...
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Improved Offense Comes at the Most Needed Time

Newspaper article by Tom Knott; The Washington Times, April 19, 2001

Subjects:

Lemieux, Mario

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...confetti. Hand Konowalchuk the keys to the city. The Peking duck in Tony Chengs neighborhood is on the house...showing fight, grit and a resolve to silence the history lesson. History dogs the Caps in April, whether the owner is Abe Pollin...
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Football Players Not the Students Who Need to Learn about China

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), August 17, 2007

Subjects:

Athletic shoe industry, Nike Inc., University of Oregon

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...professors and administrators, to China. Everyone could feast on Peking duck as they talked up the UO and Nike brands. This scheme...specializing in Chinese subjects ranging from political science to art history, and the Chinese half of the department of East Asian Languages...
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So Why Can't We British Forgive Sir Edward and Say Happy 80th Birthday?

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 6, 1996

Subjects:

Heath, Edward

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Party. To brand it `the longest sulk in history does not do this epic of grinding unpleasantness...like Saddam Hussein and the old beasts of Peking. Like all caricatures, that is partly...enforced three-line whips in the Partys history, with activists in the country threatened...

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Beijing

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...BEIJING ba-jing or Peking pe-king, pa , city (1994...People, and the museum of history and revolution. Celebrations...Sinanthropus pekinensis, or Peking man, an early example of prehistoric man. History Since 723 b.c. several...City (1972); O. Cail, Peking (rev. ed. 1973); Zhou...
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Weidenreich, Franz

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...near Beijing (Peking), China. Later he was associated with the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. He is known for his descriptions of Peking Man ( Sinanthropus pekinensis ) in 1943 and of Solo Man ( Homo soloensis ) in 1948. His...
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Chinese Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...tablature. None of this notation indicated rhythm. Modern History Throughout the political and social turmoil following World...Foundations of Chinese Musical Art (2d ed. 1964); E. Halson, Peking Opera (1966); bibliography by F. Lieberman (1970, 2d ed. 1979...

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