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11 produkter
Time for Telling Truth is Running Out
Conversations with Zhang Shenfu
Inbunden, 1992
865 kr
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"Over the five years that we talked [octogenarian Zhang Shenfu] became the underbelly of China's history for me. . . . Zhang was like a broken mirror through which I glimpsed the fragmented reality of China in revolution."—Vera Schwarcz Zhang Shenfu, a founder of the Chinese Communist party, …
Bridge Across Broken Time
Chinese and Jewish Cultural Memory
Häftad, 2014
455 kr
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In this remarkable book, Vera Schwarcz explores the meanings of cultural memory within the two longest surviving civilizations on earth. The author of previous books that the New York Times Book Review called "moving" and Jonathan Spence termed "subtle, elegiac, and elegant," Schwarcz finds a …
Chinese Enlightenment
Intellectuals and the Legacy of the May Fourth Movement of 1919
Häftad, 1990
378 kr
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It is widely accepted, both inside China and in the West, that contemporary Chinese history begins with the May Fourth Movement. Vera Schwarcz's imaginative new study provides China scholars and historians with an analysis of what makes that event a turning point in the intellectual, spiritual, …
Chinese Enlightenment
Intellectuals and the Legacy of the May Fourth Movement of 1919
E-bok, 1986
625 kr
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It is widely accepted, both inside China and in the West, that contemporary Chinese history begins with the May Fourth Movement. Vera Schwarcz''s imaginative new study provides China scholars and historians with an analysis of what makes that event a turning point in the intellectual, spiritual, …
Place and Memory in the Singing Crane Garden
Inbunden, 2008
877 kr
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The Singing Crane Garden in northwest Beijing has a history dense with classical artistic vision, educational experimentation, political struggle, and tragic suffering. Built by the Manchu prince Mianyu in the mid-nineteenth century, the garden was intended to serve as a refuge from the clutter of …
Place and Memory in the Singing Crane Garden
E-bok, 2014
1058 kr
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The Singing Crane Garden in northwest Beijing has a history dense with classical artistic vision, educational experimentation, political struggle, and tragic suffering. Built by the Manchu prince Mianyu in the mid-nineteenth century, the garden was intended to serve as a refuge from the clutter of …
Colors of Veracity
A Quest for Truth in China, and Beyond
Inbunden, 2014
514 kr
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In Colors of Veracity, Vera Schwarcz condenses four decades of teaching and scholarship about China to raise fundamental questions about the nature of truth and history. In clear and vivid prose, she addresses contemporary moral dilemmas with a highly personal sense of ethics and aesthetics.Drawing …
In the Crook of the Rock
Jewish Refuge in a World Gone Mad — The Chaya Leah Walkin Story
Inbunden, 2018
1324 kr
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Focusing upon the life of Chaya Walkin – one little girl from a distinguished Torah lineage in Poland – this book illustrates the inner resources of the refugee community that made possible survival with dignity. Based on a wide variety of sources and languages, this book is crafted around the …
In the Crook of the Rock
Jewish Refuge in a World Gone Mad — The Chaya Leah Walkin Story
Häftad, 2018
403 kr
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Focusing upon the life of Chaya Walkin – one little girl from a distinguished Torah lineage in Poland – this book illustrates the inner resources of the refugee community that made possible survival with dignity. Based on a wide variety of sources and languages, this book is crafted around the …
In the Crook of the Rock
Jewish Refuge in a World Gone Mad — The Chaya Leah Walkin Story
E-bok, 2018
2941 kr
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Focusing upon the life of Chaya Walkin—one little girl from a distinguished Torah lineage in Poland—this book illustrates the inner resources of the refugee community that made possible survival with dignity. Based on a wide variety of sources and languages, this book is crafted around the voice of …
Colors of Veracity
A Quest for Truth in China, and Beyond
Häftad, 2014
272 kr
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In Colors of Veracity, Vera Schwarcz condenses four decades of teaching and scholarship about China to raise fundamental questions about the nature of truth and history. In clear and vivid prose, she addresses contemporary moral dilemmas with a highly personal sense of ethics and aesthetics.Drawing …
