A History of Modern Chinese Popular Literature (Fan Boqun)(Pevná vazba)

A History of Modern Chinese Popular Literature (Fan Boqun)(Pevná vazba)

With no comparable study in the English language, the first English translation of Fan Boqun's A History of Popular Modern Chinese Literature presents one of the most authoritative and significant studies on modern Chinese literature to a new readership. Starting in the late Qing Dynasty, a period

Ten Lessons in Modern Chinese History (Yangwen Zheng)(Pevná vazba)

A timely and solid portrait of modern

A History of the Chinese Language (Dong Hongyuan)(Pevná vazba)

A History of the Chinese Language provides a comprehensive introduction to the historical development of the Chinese language from its Proto-Sino-Tibetan roots in prehistoric times to Modern Standard Chinese. Taking a highly accessible and balanced approach, it presents a chronological survey of

A History of Chinese Martial Arts (Huang Fuhua)(Pevná vazba)

Chinese martial arts have a long, meaningful history and deep cultural roots. They blend the physical components of combat with strategy, philosophy and tradition, distinguishing them from Western sports.A History of Chinese Martial Arts is the most authoritative study ever written on this topic,

Chinese Architecture: A History (Steinhardt Nancy)(Pevná vazba)

An unprecedented survey of the origins and evolution of Chinese architecture, from the last millennia BCE to today Throughout history, China has maintained one of the world's richest built civilizations. The nation's architectural achievements range from its earliest walled cities and the First

Chinese Medicine and Healing: An Illustrated History (Hinrichs Tj)(Pevná vazba)

Chinese Medicine and Healing is a comprehensive introduction to a rich array of Chinese healing practices as they have developed through time and across cultures. Contributions from fifty-eight leading international scholars in such fields as Chinese archaeology, history, anthropology, religion,

Chinese Painting and Its Audiences (Clunas Craig)(Pevná vazba)

A history of the reception of Chinese painting from the sixteenth century to the presentWhat is Chinese painting? When did it begin? And what are the different associations of this term in China and the West? In Chinese Painting and Its Audiences, which is based on the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the

The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese (Hill Nathan)(Pevná vazba)

A systematic exploration of the shared history of Burmese, Chinese, and Tibetan languages. Tracing the history of their pronunciation, this book sheds light on the prehistoric language from which they descend. It will be welcomed by scholars and advanced students of phonology, language typology,

Chinese Astrology and Astronomy: An Outside History (Jiang Xiaoyuan)(Pevná vazba)

Chinese Astrology and Astronomy: An Outside History discusses the ancient Chinese's needs and reasons for engaging in astronomy. It presents the study on ancient astronomical phenomena and manuals, and analyzes the cosmological views of ancient Chinese. It also expounds the nature and functions of

Treatment of Infertility with Chinese Medicine (Lyttleton Jane)(Pevná vazba)

The second edition of this popular text systematically addresses all aspects of treatment of infertility using Chinese medicine. Clinically focused and with a new easy-to-navigate design, the book begins by covering all the essential fundamentals you will need to understand and treat infertility,

English Literature in Context (Poplawski Paul)(Pevná vazba)

This is the second edition of English Literature in Context, a popular textbook which provides an essential resource and reference tool for all English literature students. Designed to accompany students throughout their degree course, it offers a detailed narrative survey of the diverse historical

Remembering Popular Music's Past: Memory-Heritage-History (Istvandity Lauren)(Pevná vazba)

'Remembering Popular Music's Past' focuses on the transformation of popular music into heritage, and the role of history and memory in this process. The book interrogates diverse examples of the way popular music's past is remembered, with particular emphasis on precarity in the construction,

The Penny Politics of Victorian Popular Fiction (Breton Rob)(Pevná vazba)

Penny politics examines the way Victorian popular literature from the 1830s and 1840s attempted to appeal to working-class audiences by including overtures to radical and at times explicitly Chartist politics.The book challenges the approach to 'low life' or crime literature that sees it as merely

Ten Lessons in Modern Chinese History (Zheng Yangwen)(Paperback)

A timely and solid portrait of modern

A History of Art History (Wood Christopher S.)(Pevná vazba)

An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicaments In this wide-ranging and authoritative book, the first of its kind in English, Christopher Wood tracks the evolution of the historical study of art from the late middle ages through the rise of the modern

A History of Biology (Morange Michel)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive history of the biological sciences from antiquity to the modern era This book presents a global history of the biological sciences from ancient times to today, providing needed perspective on the development of biological thought while shedding light on the field's upheavals and key

Liu Ye: The Book Paintings (Ye Liu)(Pevná vazba)

The Chinese artist Liu Ye's meticulous, colorful canvases convey his love of literature in the first publication dedicated to his paintings of books. Liu is known for his precise, deftly rendered representational paintings. Drawn equally from contemporary culture and old master painting, his

Foundations of Chinese Medicine - A Comprehensive Text (Maciocia Giovanni)(Pevná vazba)

Poems (Wordsworth William)(Pevná vazba)

In the long history of English literature William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is the writer who achieved the most dramatic transformations of the poetic scene almost

Iron Widow (Zhao Xiran Jay)(Pevná vazba)

Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid's Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers. The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn't matter that

Modern Family: The Untold Oral History of One of Television's Groundbreaking Sitcoms (Freeman Marc)(Pevná vazba)

Statelessness: A Modern History (Siegelberg Mira L.)(Pevná vazba)

Chinese Diasporas: A Social History of Global Migration (Miles Steven B.)(Paperback)

Chinese Diasporas provides a concise and compelling new history of internal and external Chinese migration from the sixteenth century to the present day. Steven B. Miles places Chinese migrants and their families at the center of his narrative through a series of engaging case studies taking

Every Grain of Rice - Simple Chinese Home Cooking (Dunlop Fuchsia)(Pevná vazba)

A ground-breaking introduction to Chinese home