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Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Fundamentals of Chinese Acupuncture

Fundamentals of Chinese Acupuncture. The Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Paperback 306 pages, with about 132 figures and index Printed in India, 1988 original title "an Outline  of Chinese Acupuncture" Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Ah Cheng: Unfilled Graves. Tragedy and heartbreak in the lives of Chinese women. Paperback

Unfilled Graves. Tragedy and heartbreak in the lives of Chinese women. Paperback Ah Cheng 170 pages. 1995 0835131459

Ahmed: Tales of Imperial China and Asia. Paperback

Tales of Imperial China and Asia. Paperback by S.Z. Ahmed 172 pages, including 4 pages with illustrations, with index. 1998 1575026414

Ai Jun: The Manchus. Seeking Eternity. Paperback

Manchus: Seeking Eternity. Paperback By Ai Jun 40 pages with text and 32 pages with colour illustrations. 1995 754150906x

Albrecht: Auf dem langen Marsch. Taschenbuch

Auf dem langen Marsch. Taschenbuch Dietmar Albrecht und Dirk Betke 1934/35. Die Wende in der chinesischen Revolution, von Teilnehmern erzählt, in einer Auswahl von Dietmar Albrecht und Dirk Betke 160 Seiten, illustriert. 1976 3803120071

Ariel: K'ung-Ts'ung-Tzu. The K'ung Family Masters' Anthology. Hardcover. (Kung Tsung-Tzu)

K'ung-Ts'ung-Tzu. The K'ung Family Masters' Anthology. Hardcover. (Kung Tsung-Tzu) A Study and Translation of Chapters 1-10, 12-14 by Yoav Ariel xi, 220 pages, with notes, glossary, bibliography and index. 1989 0691067708

Atherton: Hong Kong Rocks. Paperback

Hong Kong Rocks. Paperback by M.J. Atherton and A.D. Burnett 146 pages, with ca. 100 colour illustrations, glossary, index, maps, bibliography. 1986 30326UC

Bai Shouyi: An Outline History of China 1919-1949. Paperback

Outline History of China 1919-1949. Paperback Bai Shouyi editor 319 pages. Cover little bit damaged, reduced price. No better one available 7119014996

Bai Zhi: Flower and Bird Painting. Technique of Chinese Painting. Paperback

Flower-and-Bird Painting. Technique of Chinese Painting. Paperback by Bai Zhi, translated by Huang Zhenhua 83 pages, with a glossary, and 84 text figures in colour or black-white. 1986 962238059x

Bailey: Reform the People: Changing Attitudes towards Popular Education in Early 20th Century China. Paperback

Reform the People: Changing Attitudes towards Popular Education in Early 20th Century China. Paperback by Paul Bailey x, 296 pages, with 26 tables, 2 figures. 1993 074860281x

Baker: The Flowering of a Foreign Faith. New Studies in Chinese Buddhist Art. Cloth

Flowering of a Foreign Faith. New Studies in Chinese Buddhist Art. Cloth. ca. 25x33 cm edited by Janet Baker 148 pages, index, with many black-white and colour photographs, linedrawings 8185026424

Barber: The Mummies of Ürümchi: Did Europeans Migrate to China 4,4000 Years Ago? Paperback

Mummies of Urumchi: Did Europeans Migrate to China 4,4000 Years Ago? Paperback by Elizabeth Wayland Barber 240 pages with text, maps and other text illustrations, 16 pages with colour illustrations, bibliography and index. 2000. A look at the incredibly well-preserved ancient mummies found in Western China describes their clothing and appearance, attempts to reconstruct their culture, and speculates about how Caucasians could have found their way to the feet of the Himalayan mountains. 9780393320190 Click here for more product information

Bard: In Search of the Past: A Guide to the Antiquities of Hong Kong. Paperback

In Search of the Past: A Guide to the Antiquities of Hong Kong. Ca. 4o. Paperback by Dr. Solomon Bard 114 pages with text and with photographs and illustrations of the architecture of Old Hong Kong, excluding 69 pages with maps and plans. 1988 30329UC

Barlow: Positions. East Asia Cultures Critique, no. 3-94: Special Issue Modern Sex. Paperback

Positions. East Asia Cultures Critique, no. 3-94: Special Issue: Modern Sex. Paperback Tani E. Barlow, editor 243 pages, illustrated. Published by Duke University. Reduced price 0822364247

Barmé: In the Red. On Contemporary Chinese Culture. Paperback

In the Red. On Contemporary Chinese Culture. Paperback by Geremie R. Barmé xx, 512 pages, with glossary, index, 15 pages with illustrations. An investigation on what goes on behind the rhetoric of the official Chinese government and the dissident community, this text provides a perspective on mainstream Western perceptions of cultural developments, artistic freedom and popular lifestyles in China 0231106157

Barnhart: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting. Paperback

Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting. Paperback by Richard M. Barnhart (Editor) / Chongzheng, Nie / Shaojun, Lang / Barnhart, Richard M. / Cahill, James / Hung, Wu 402 pages, with many colour and black and white-illustrations. Drawing on museum collections and archaeological sites in China, many previously closed to Westerners, a group of distinguished scholars chronicles the development of Chinese painting over three millennia and presents three hundred examples reproduced in color 0300094477-2440

Bary, de 1: Sources of Chinese Tradition. Volume 1: From Earliest Times to 1600. Paperback

Sources of Chinese Tradition. Volume 1: From Earliest Times to 1600. Paperback. by Wm. Theodore de Bary 998 pages. 2000 A collection of primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of China, this text provides a resource for scholars and students and an introduction for general readers. 978023110939018a31

Bary, de 2: Lufrano: Sources of Chinese Tradition. Volume 2: From 1600 through the Twentieth Century. Paperback

Sources of Chinese Tradition. Volume 2: From 1600 through the Twentieth Century by Theodore de Bary & Richard Lufrano 636 pages. 2001 9780231112710, 0231112718-1830

Bary, de: Approaches to the Asian Classics. Cloth

Approaches to the Asian Classics. Cloth by Theodore de Bary & Irene Bloom, editors xii, 394 pages. 1990. Classics of the Islamic, Chinese, Japanese and Indian Traditions 0231070047

Bary, de: Confucianism and Human Rights. Paperback

Confucianism and Human Rights. Paperback Theodore de Bary & Tu Weiming 354 pages. 1999. In essays exploring the relationship of contemporary human rights doctrine to the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, this volume explores concepts of the individual in relation to community, state, and society 9780231109376, 0231109377-1728a

Baumann: Abenteuer Seidenstraße, Auf den Spuren alter Karawanenwege. Gebunden

Abenteuer Seidenstraße, Auf den Spuren alter Karawanenwege. Gebunden, 28,5 cm. Bruna Baumann 286 Seiten, 150 Farbfotos und Karten. 3. Auflage 2001. 10 Jahre lang reiste Bruno Baumann auf den Spuren der alten Karawanenwege durch Zentralasien und China. Einmalige Fotos, ausführliche Karten sowie das profunde Wissen des Autors entführen Sie in die Welt der Seidenstraße zwischen Alexandria und Xian, in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. 3776620072

Beal: Buddhist Literature in China. Cloth

Buddhist Literature in China. Cloth. 14x22cm Samuel Beal xvii, 185 pages, 5 plates, 4 and 5 are fold-outs 1882. Published in India 1988 Beal

Beal: The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King. A Life of Buddha: Sacred Books of China, volume 19. Hardback

Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King. A Life of Buddha: Sacred Books of China, volume 19. Hardback Written by Asvaghosha Bodhisattva,  translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, A.D. 420, and from Chinese into English by Samuel Beal 380 pages, with notes and index Beal

Bechert: The World of Buddhism: Buddhist Monks and Nuns in Society and Culture. Paperback

World of Buddhism: Buddhist Monks and Nuns in Society and Culture. Paperback by Richard Gombrich, Etienne Lamotte and Heinz Bechert (Editor) more than 308 pages, with 82 colour and 215 black-white photo's, maps and drawings 1991, new edition 9780500276280220140

Beeson: Regionalism and Globalization in East Asia: Politics, Security and Economic Development. Paperback

Regionalism and Globalization in East Asia: Politics, Security and Economic Development. Paperback by Mark Beeson 336 pages. 2007. Regionalism and Globalization in East Asia" examines the distinctive character and evolution of political systems, economic structures, and security relationships of East Asia, a dynamic region that will profoundly influence global developments in the twenty-first century 9780230000339-22sd33sd

Benge: Private Hong Kong. Where East Meets West. Cloth

Private Hong Kong. Where East Meets West by Sophie Benge, Photography by Fritz von der Schulenburg 216 pages, with an index and with numerous colour illustrations. 1997. Interior decoration: Explores the interior design style of the island of Hong Kong, and includes a visitor's guide to the city 9780789203427, 0789203421-25

Benn, Stone: Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism. Hardcover

Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism. Hardcover by James A. Benn, Jacqueline Ilyse Stone xiii, 360 pages. 2007. Burning for the Buddha is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of “abandoning the body”(self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. It examines the hagiographical accounts of all those who made offerings of their own bodies and places them in historical, social, cultural, and doctrinal context. 9780824829926 48

Bergreen: Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu. Hardcover

Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu. Hardcover by Laurence Bergreen 415 pages, 24 plates. 2007 9781400043453, 140004345x-29 Click here for more product information

Berliner: Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Cloth

Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Cloth. 22x31cm by Nancy Berliner, with contributions by Craig Clunas, Curtis Evarts, Sarah Handler, and Wang Zhengshu / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Cor) 158 pages, with 64 colour and 68 black-white illustrations, index. 1996 0878464344

Bernhardt: Women and Property in China, 960 - 1949. Cloth

Women and Property in China, 960 - 1949. Cloth by Kathryn Bernhardt viii, 236 pages, with tables, character list and index. 1999. Focusing on women's claims on inheritance rights, Bernhardt argues that while the consolidation in law of patrilineal succession in the Ming and Qing dynasties curtailed women's claims, the coming of the 20th century greatly strengthened women's rights to inherit property. She argues that this information reveals household division and patrilineal succession as separate historical processes each with their own dynamics. 0804735263

Bernhardt: Women and Property in China, 960 - 1949. Paperback

Women and Property in China, 960 - 1949. Paperback by Kathryn Bernhardt viii, 236 pages, with tables, character list and index A study that challenges the view that property inheritance in China in the Imperial and Republican periods remained relatively static. Focusing on women's claims on inheritance rights, Bernhardt argues that while the consolidation in law of patrilineal succession in the Ming and Qing dynasties curtailed women's claims, the coming of the 20th century greatly strengthened women's rights to inherit property. She argues that this information reveals household division and patrilineal succession as separate historical processes each with their own dynamics. 0804735271

Bing: The Photograph. Paperback

Photograph. Paperback By Bing Xin 370 pages (poetry and fiction) 0835120937

Birch: Scenes for Mandarins. The Elite Theater of the Ming. Hardcover

Scenes for Mandarins. The Elite Theater of the Ming. Hardcover by Cyril Birch 262 pages, with 9 illustrations, notes, suggested readings. 1995. Describes the rise and development of Ming theater, the height of classical Chinese theater, developed between 1368 and 1644. Translated highlights from six representational plays of the period are set in historical and cultural context, and fictionalized reenactments show how the plays might have been staged 0231102623

Birge: Women, Property, and Confucian Reaction in Sung and Yüan China (960 - 1368) Cloth

Women, Property, and Confucian Reaction in Sung and Yüan China (960 - 1368) Cloth by Bettine Birge 345 pages, with 5 maps, 6 figures, 6 tables, chronology of Chinese dynasties, conclusion, bibliography, glossary-index. 2002. This book argues that the Mongol invasion of the thirteenth century precipitated a transformation of marriage and property law in China that deprived women of their property rights and reduced their legal and economic autonomy. It describes how after a period during which women’s property rights were steadily improving, and laws and practices affecting marriage and property were moving away from Confucian ideals 9780521573733, 0521573734-3550

Birmingham Museum of Art: Handbook of the Oriental Collection. Paperback