Names south of 37° latitude
Title | Names south of 37° latitude PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Army Map Service |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1116 |
Release | 1950 |
Genre | Korea |
ISBN |
Sino-Soviet Alliance
Title | Sino-Soviet Alliance PDF eBook |
Author | Austin Jersild |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 349 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1469611597 |
Sino-Soviet Alliance: An International History
Documentary, World History, and National Power in the PRC
Title | Documentary, World History, and National Power in the PRC PDF eBook |
Author | Gotelind Mueller |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 2013-10-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1135089124 |
Documentaries have recently become a favourite format for Chinese state-directed media to present an officially sanctioned view of history. Indeed, this is not confined to Chinese national history. In stark contrast to the earlier self-centred preoccupation with Chinese history, there has been an upsurge in interest in foreign history, with a view to illuminating China’s role not only in world history, but also on the global stage today, and in the future. This book examines three recent Chinese documentary television series which present the officially sanctioned view of the rise of the modern West, the reasons for the end of the Soviet Union, and the legitimisation of the present-day Chinese government via a specific reading of modern Chinese history to argue for a ‘Chinese rise’ in the future. With a focus on these documentaries, Gotelind Müller discusses how history is presented on screen, and explores the function of visual history for memory culture and wider society. Further, this book reveals how the presentation of Chinese and foreign history in a global framework impacts on the officially transmitted views on Self and Other, and thus provides a keen insight into how the Chinese themselves regard their ‘global rise’. Documentary, World History, and National Power in the PRC will be welcomed by students and scholars working across a number of fields, including Chinese studies, East Asian studies, media studies, television studies, history and memory studies.
Chinese Architecture
Title | Chinese Architecture PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 925 |
Release | 2019-05-14 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0691191972 |
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 Emperor’s vision of city and empire, to bridges, pagodas, and the twentieth-century constructions of the Socialist state. In this beautifully illustrated book, Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt presents the first fully comprehensive survey of Chinese architecture in any language. With rich political and historical context, Steinhardt covers forty centuries of architecture, from the genesis of Chinese building through to the twenty-first century and the challenges of urban expansion and globalism. Steinhardt follows the extraordinary breadth of China’s architectural legacy—including excavation sites, gardens, guild halls, and relief sculpture—and considers the influence of Chinese architecture on Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and Tibet. Architectural examples from Chinese ethnic populations and various religions are examined, such as monasteries, mosques, observatories, and tombs. Steinhardt also shows that Chinese architecture is united by a standardized system of construction, applicable whether buildings are temples, imperial palaces, or shrines. Every architectural type is based on the models that came before it, and principles established centuries earlier dictate building practices. China’s unique system has allowed its built environment to stand as a profound symbol of Chinese culture. With unprecedented breadth united by a continuous chronological narrative, Chinese Architecture offers the best scholarship available on this remarkable subject for scholars, students, and general readers.
North Korea
Title | North Korea PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Office of Geography |
Publisher | |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | Korea (North) |
ISBN |
Writing for Print
Title | Writing for Print PDF eBook |
Author | Suyoung Son |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2020-10-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1684170966 |
"This book examines the widespread practice of self-publishing by writers in late imperial China, focusing on the relationships between manuscript tradition and print convention, peer patronage and popular fame, and gift exchange and commercial transactions in textual production and circulation.Combining approaches from various disciplines, such as history of the book, literary criticism, and bibliographical and textual studies, Suyoung Son reconstructs the publishing practices of two seventeenth-century literati-cum-publishers, Zhang Chao in Yangzhou and Wang Zhuo in Hangzhou, and explores the ramifications of these practices on eighteenth-century censorship campaigns in Qing China and Chosŏn Korea. By giving due weight to the writers as active agents in increasing the influence of print, this book underscores the contingent nature of print’s effect and its role in establishing the textual authority that the literati community, commercial book market, and imperial authorities competed to claim in late imperial China."
Gazetteer - United States Board on Geographic Names
Title | Gazetteer - United States Board on Geographic Names PDF eBook |
Author | United States Board on Geographic Names |
Publisher | |
Pages | 390 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | Names, Geographical |
ISBN |