An exhaustive analysis of the Chinese state civilian granary system by a team of scholars
Detailed study of the extraordinary capture in 1936 of Chiang Kai-shek by his own subordinate, Chang Hsueh-liang, and of the negotiations that altered the fate of the Communist Party and the anti-Japanese alliance
An exploration of the effects on patrilineal kinship ties of the social and political changes in the period between the revolutions of 1912 and 1949
Brings to life the visual culture of the “nightless city,” late nineteenth-century Shanghai, through analyses of more than one hundred drawn depictions
The role salt played in the politics of Song China, as told through a unique contemporary narrative, translated into English for the first time
Sheds new light on the history of a central institution of the Qing dynasty and the figures who moved in it
New research dispels conventional wisdom regarding the effect of social upheaval on traditional family patterns
An essential bibliographical tool for researchers of Chinese social, cultural, and religious history.
Employs a close analysis of cultural, ideational, and symbolic practices in a reappraisal of Guomindang history
A vivid history of medieval China’s most cultivated metropolis
Presents both statistical analysis and the perspectives of individual migrants and their families on one of the largest migrations in the world
A political biography of an early twentieth-century Chinese revolutionary and federalist written by his son
Illuminates the story of Lord Lao through historical analysis and mythological narrative to show its influence on traditional Chinese religion
The story of how politicians who believed in constitutionalism were driven to destroy it by the short-term tactical requirements of their chosen political game
Explains how reforms in the late Qing dynasty indirectly amplified the social forces that brought about the Revolution of 1911
Seven previously published but long out-of-print essays, and one new essay, explore traditional and modern manufacturing in Ming and Qing China and its relationship to the government
Explains through descriptive analysis why the economy of China did not grow more dramatically during the Ch’ing and Republican periods
A nuanced account of the emperor's decisions and the interaction between the court and provincial and regional officials during the Grand Canal crisis of the 1820s
A study of the road to modern problem solving in China, winding between a traditional Confucian style of inquiry and one associated with science
Translates and comments on a body of Qing documents exemplifying the rhetorical complexity and diverse economic theories of their era
French, German, and Japanese scholars explore historical and technical as well as religious aspects of Taoism, ranging from pre-Han practice to the contemporary revival
A detailed economic study of the transformation of Manchuria after 1860
Views the impact of foreign imperialism on China during its apogee, the early republican era (1910 to 1920)
A study of university dissidents in Taiwan during the turbulent early seventies