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8 produkter
Chinese Experience in America
Häftad, 1986
212 kr
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How have the Chinese fared in America? What motivated them to come here in the nineteenth century? How were they received by native Americans? These are some of the questions that Henry Tsai deals with in this important new book. He treats the nineteenth-century immigration experience, the …
Perpetual Happiness
The Ming Emperor Yongle
Häftad, 2002
553 kr
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The reign of Emperor Yongle, or “Perpetual Happiness,” was one of the most dramatic and significant in Chinese history. It began with civil war and a bloody coup, saw the construction of the Forbidden City, the completion of the Grand Canal, consolidation of the imperial bureaucracy, and expansion …
Maritime Taiwan
Historical Encounters with the East and the West
Inbunden, 2009
3175 kr
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For centuries the island of Taiwan, 100 miles off the Asian mainland, has been a crossroads for traders and settlers, pirates and military schemers from around the world. Unlike China, with its long tradition of keeping foreigners out, Taiwan has a long history of interaction, both hostile and …
Maritime Taiwan
Historical Encounters with the East and the West
Häftad, 2009
942 kr
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For centuries the island of Taiwan, 100 miles off the Asian mainland, has been a crossroads for traders and settlers, pirates and military schemers from around the world. Unlike China, with its long tradition of keeping foreigners out, Taiwan has a long history of interaction, both hostile and …
Eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty
Häftad, 1995
477 kr
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This study of Chinese eunuchs illuminates the entire history of the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, and provides broad information on various aspects of pre-modern China.This book is the first on Chinese eunuchs in English and presents a comprehensive picture of the role that they played in the Ming …
Maritime Taiwan
Historical Encounters with the East and the West
E-bok, 2014
1106 kr
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For centuries the island of Taiwan, 100 miles off the Asian mainland, has been a crossroads for traders and settlers, pirates and military schemers from around the world. Unlike China, with its long tradition of keeping foreigners out, Taiwan has a long history of interaction, both hostile and …
Maritime Taiwan
Historical Encounters with the East and the West
E-bok, 2014
1106 kr
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For centuries the island of Taiwan, 100 miles off the Asian mainland, has been a crossroads for traders and settlers, pirates and military schemers from around the world. Unlike China, with its long tradition of keeping foreigners out, Taiwan has a long history of interaction, both hostile and …
Eunuchs in Antiquity and Beyond
Av S. Tougher, Vern L. Bullough m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
441 kr
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Eunuchism was a subject which both intrigued and embarrassed the ancient world. The special virtue attributed to the castrated male at court, of undistracted loyalty to his ruler, aided the promotion of numerous eunuchs to positions of great power. A literary discourse developed, reviling and …
