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A multi-dimensional picture of China at the political crossroads, this title looks at the significant change in the state-society relationship in contemporary China in three interrelated areas: intellectual, social and cultural.
The New Silk Road Diplomacy traces how China, faced with internal and external challenges to its authority following the collapse of the Soviet Union, constructed a gradualist approach to Central Asia that prioritized multilateral diplomacy.
This richly illustrated book offers a multifaceted account of one of the most successful but overlooked Canadian battles of the First World War.
This book illustrates not only the challenges many junior officers faced during the Second World War, it also points to the enduring problem of living up to the image of an ideal middle-class male.
Through a sweeping look at Jesuit activities in Japan, China, Mughul India, and Paraguay, Bailey finds evidence of artistic hybridization as a means of communication and argues in favour of a paradigm of artistic exchange.
Provides a tantalizing new perspective on the Rocky Mountain fur trade and the role of homosexuality in shaping the American West
By emphasizing Indigenous agency in a rapidly changing world, Cherokee Power challenges long-standing ideas about the power and reach of European empires in eighteenth-century North America.
A history of the Book-of-the-Month Club from its founding in 1926, which suggests that the books recommended by the... Læs mere
In this text, Jerrold Hirsch reviews the founding of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) and the significance of its ""American Guide"" series, considering the choices made by the administrators who wanted to celebrate diversity as a positive aspect of American cultural identity.
Traces the prewar and wartime experiences of young adult Jews raised under distinct political and social systems. Each cohort harnessed the knowledge and skills attained during their formative years to seek survival during the Holocaust through narrow windows of chance.