New York. Columbia University Press. 2013. Black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 282pp, notes, bibliography, index, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. New communication and information technologies provide distinct challenges and possibilities for the Chinese script, which, unlike alphabetic or other phonetic scripts, relies on multiple signifying principles..... More
United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2009. 37 illustrations, xiv + 266pp, index, as new hardback in dustjacket. The rise of China presents a long-term challenge to the world not only economically, but politically and culturally. Callahan meets this challenge in China: The Pessoptimist Nation by using new Chinese sources and..... More
London. Simon & Schuster. 1996. Maps, xi + 311pp, index, notes, bibliography, dustjacket trifle worn at extremities, small booksellers sticker front paste down, very good copy. "Travels through the heart of China, far away from Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou, in search of the real issues facing the Chinese people." Publisher's..... More
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1990. xxiv + 401pp, index, covers a little faded, good copy in paperback This book is a unique collection of political and personal documents, and it is also a dramatic presentation of the movement. The lucid commentary, the arrangement of selections in approximate chronological order, and..... More
Hong Kong. P A Professional Consultants Ltd., 1995. x + 478pp, notes, light foxing upper edge, hardback cover extremities little worn, a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 158350). More
United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2008. 8 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white halftones, 167pp, notes, bibliography, index, as new hardback copy. China's need for energy has become a driving factor in contemporary world politics and a precondition for sustaining China's continuing high economic growth. Accordingly, Chinese..... More
United States: Duke University Press, 2010. 290pp, list of Chinese characters, filmography, bibliography, index, as new paperback copy. "Backward Glances" reveals that the passionate love of one woman for another occupies a position of unsuspected centrality in contemporary Chinese mass cultures. By examining representations of erotic and romantic love between..... More
Singapore. Butterworth Heinemann. 1996. Endpaper maps, black and white illustrations, 379pp, notes, bibliography, index, remainder mark lower edge and price clipped front free endpaper, otherwise a good copy. Chapter titles: Rivers of blood - Smokeless war - Deng whirlwind - Revolution and its price - Virus of corruption - Without..... More
New York. Columbia University Press. (c.1997). xiii + 313pp, index, notes, dustjacket, very good copy. "In 'China's Transition' the author, a leading authority on modern China, assesses the prospects for democracy at the close of the twentieth century. In sixteen far-reaching essays, Andrew J. Nathan delves into China's history, politics..... More
China Statistical Publishing House. 1992. 1236 - 2447pp, minor wear extremities, upper hinge cracked, a few pencilled annotations. A sound copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 94201). More
Boston. Houghton Mifflin. 1990. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, x + 342pp, very good in dustjacket. In his groundbreaking memoir about China's democracy movement and the massacre at Tiananmen Square in June 1989, student leader Shen Tong offers us a rare look at a bold and daring new generation..... More
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1994. Revised edition. xvi + 295pp, glossary, notes, index, paperback, neat signature of prior owner front free endpaper. A very good copy. Reprint with a preface and two new chapters. Papers include: The Inner World of 1830 - Mark Elvin; Among Non-Chinese - Wang Gungwu and..... More
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2008. x + 262pp, index, inscription on half title, a very good paperback copy. The essays in this volume examine the discourses of Cultural China from a glocalization perspective, and attempt to understand contemporary Cultural China by recording, describing and explaining its current discourses..... More
