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Watchman Nee (1903-1972) was a Chinese minister who promoted a unique set of Christian teachings. They included the idea that people were created with a human spirit, distinct from the human soul, and that in this spirit, people could enjoy a dynamic, transcendent...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-04-14
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This book moves beyond the stereotyped approaches adopted in earlier works on ‘Chinatowns’ and introduces instead the Chinese spaces in the metropolitan city of Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia. Seeing beyond the ‘Chinatown’, this book puts forward...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-04-05
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Prison construction was among the most important infrastructural changes brought about by British rule in India. It introduced India to a radically new system of punishment based on the spatial experience of architecture as confinement. Unlike prisons in Europe and the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2026-03-27
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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.
Domesticated uses novel archaeological methods to...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-03-13
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This volume, the third in A General History of Chinese Wushu, offers a historically substantiated and analytically focused account of the development of Wushu from 1900 to 1949, a period characterized by accelerated political and social transformation. Integrating...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-03-13
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This book, a eight-year interdisciplinary collaboration involving experts in international politics, law, economics, and history from six countries, meticulously analyzes the San Francisco Peace Treaty System and its profound implications. It critically examines how...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-02-23
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Spanning a millennium from the 4th to the 14th century, this book explores the dynamic role of the Ramaya?a and the Mahabharata in shaping the political and socio-cultural landscape of the Deccan. Drawing on a wealth of epigraphic evidence, especially royal prasastis...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2026-02-10
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Spanning a millennium from the 4th to the 14th century, this book explores the dynamic role of the Ramaya?a and the Mahabharata in shaping the political and socio-cultural landscape of the Deccan. Drawing on a wealth of epigraphic evidence, especially royal prasastis...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2026-01-21
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This book chronicles the history of Chinese miners in one of the largest mines in Northeast Asia from 1900 to 1948, situating this emergent working class at the nexus of industrial capitalism, imperial expansion, and nation-state construction. Coal from Fushun (in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-21
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Japan's history is one of sharp contrasts -- centuries of isolation followed by rapid modernization, ancient traditions existing alongside cutting-edge technology, and periods of devastating conflict giving way to remarkable recovery. It's a story that goes far beyond...
Editeur :
Rob Satterfield
Parution :
2026-04-17
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The Sage Handbook of Interpreting Chinese History offers an in-depth exploration of the evolution of historical narratives in China over the past century. Bringing together some of the world’s leading scholars, this handbook provides both depth and breadth to our...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2026-01-10
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The first ever comprehensive history in English of China's Warring States period, an era that saw epic battles, the birth of profound philosophies, groundbreaking innovations, and shaped much of East Asian culture as we know it today
In 481 BCE, ancient China was on...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-01-05
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This book is dedicated to explaining changes in Taiwan’s policy toward the Chinese mainland over the past three decades, when the island underwent democratization. It traces the shifts from the anti-Beijing stance of the Chen Shui-bian era, to the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-01
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An excellent work that presents the research history of Mao Zedong! It is the first book to delve into the history of translating, publishing, and disseminating Mao Zedong's works in over 20 languages. Notably, the translation projects were not only led by the Chinese...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-01
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This book explores the changing relations between Chinese secret societies in British Malaya and the British colonial government, examining how and why British attitudes towards Chinese migrants changed over the nineteenth century, from welcoming them at the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-01
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This edited collection is composed of four uniquely authored chapters, each of which examines collective identity in early modern East Asia through biography and historical accounts. In addition, an introductory chapter lays out the overall principles and concerns of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-01
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This book aims to share with a wider audience a research approach that encompasses a global perspective, analyzes the dynamics and complexities of events, and transcends the barriers of disciplinary specialization through reflecting on and interpreting contemporary...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-11-30
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This book explores Tamil Buddhism in modern India, focusing on its emergence as a response to caste-based oppression during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Central to this movement was Pandit Iyothee Thass (1845–1914), a pioneering intellectual who...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2025-11-22
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This book offers a critical historical analysis of the People’s Health Movement in West Bengal, India, situating it within the broader context of health policy and public health developments in the region. It examines the systemic decline of the public healthcare...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-11-20
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This book explores Tamil Buddhism in modern India, focusing on its emergence as a response to caste-based oppression during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Central to this movement was Pandit Iyothee Thass (1845–1914), a pioneering intellectual who...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2025-11-15
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