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Drawing on previously unknown primary sources in both Chinese and Russian, Deborah A. Kaple has written a powerful and absorbing account of the model of factory management and organization that the Chinese communists formulated in the 1949-1953 period. She reveals that...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
1994-01-06
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Now available in a new, updated edition, this groundbreaking book on post-Mao China, written by the distinguished Asian scholar Immanuel C.Y. Hsü, explores the astonishing transformation that has occurred there. Since Mao Zedong's death in 1976, China's leaders have...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
1990-03-22
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In 1720, an Ottoman ambassador was sent to the court of the Child King Louis XV to observe Western civilization and report on what he saw and how it could be applied in the Ottoman Empire. Based on the accounts of this ambassador, East Encounters West studies the impact...
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Oxford University Press
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1987-12-03
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This is a study of the origins and nature of Japanese imperialism from the Sino-Japanese war of 1894-1895 through to 1945. Japan is the only Asian country in modern times to have built both a successful industrial economy and an empire, and it is Professor Beasley's...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
1987-03-05
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I Dialoghi di Confucio influenzano ancora oggi in profondità la cultura cinese poiché, insieme alle altre opere che costituiscono i Quattro Libri, insegnano le principali virtù: il decoro, la giustizia, la lealtà e la pietà filiale. Per circa due millenni, questi...
Editeur :
Cactus
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2024-07-25
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An account of four generations of Mongol leaders, from Genghis Khan, through his sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons. The book is arranged into a series of narratives, which are grouped dynastically and chronologically covering the span of the Thirteenth Century, and...
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Rare Treasure Editions
Parution :
2022-05-12
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These are the memoirs of the great mystic and teacher who inspired a generation of disciples and followers before, during and briefing after the Second World War. In Meetings With Remarkable Men Gurdjieff introduces us to some of the companions he encountered in his...
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Rare Treasure Editions
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2021-11-10
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Patriots, Traitors and Empires is an account of modern Korean history, written from the point of view of those who fought to free Korea from the domination of foreign empires. It traces the history of Korea’s struggle for freedom from opposition to Japanese colonialism...
Editeur :
Baraka Books
Parution :
2018-04-01
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A history of Chinese immigrants encounter with Canadian Protestant missionaries, “His Dominion” and the “Yellow Peril”: Protestant Missions to Chinese Immigrants in Canada, 1859-1967, analyzes the evangelizing activities of missionaries and the role of religion in...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2010-02-25
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Editions SR
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