Red China's Cultural Revolution Jiang Jiehong Jonathan Cape 2010 Hardback Illustrated
'Smash the old world' was the slogan of the Cultural Revolution that convulsed China from 1966 to 1976. The human cost was terrible, the cultural cost'Smash the old world' was the slogan of the Cultural Revolution that convulsed China from 1966 to 1976. The human cost was terrible, the cultural cost immense as monuments and places of worship were obliterated in order to uproot every tradition but the cult of Mao. Lavishly illustrated with documentary photographs, graphics and paintings, this powerful study challenges the established view of this upheaval as a cultural desert to explore its dynamics and the way it has shaped modern China. ...more
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Beautiful Xiangxi A Photographic Journey of Hunan through the Pen of Shen Congwen Shen Congwen; Zhuo Ya Reader's Digest 2004 Hardback Illustrated
Xiangxi is the local name given to a remote western part of China's Hunan Province. It was the home of one of the country's leading writers, whose perXiangxi is the local name given to a remote western part of China's Hunan Province. It was the home of one of the country's leading writers, whose perceptive, poetic words form the text of this book. Illustrated with hundreds of stunning photographs, Beautiful Xiangxi offers a glimpse of China centuries away from the modernity of Beijing and Shanghai. Against a background of spectacular scenery, it depicts the lives of fishermen and farmers, traders and merchants that have remained unchanged for generations. ...more
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China Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD James CY Watt MMA / Yale University Press 2004 Hardback Illustrated
This is the catalogue of a 2004 exhibition which brought together some 300 objects - earthenware, metalwork and textiles - many of which had not previThis is the catalogue of a 2004 exhibition which brought together some 300 objects - earthenware, metalwork and textiles - many of which had not previously been seen outside China. Between the fall of the Han dynasty and reunification under the Sui in the 7th century, political fragmentation and migrations brought great cultural change and new philosophical ideas; the notes accompanying each illustration explain how the artworks reflect these changes, not least in the number of Buddha images....more
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Dangerous Beauties and Dutiful Wives Popular Portraits of Women in Japan 1905-1925 Kendall H Brown (Edited by) Dover 2011 Paperback Illustrated
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The Second Long March: Struggling against the Chinese Communists Under the Republic of China (Taiwan) Constitution Peter Kien-hong YU Continuum 2009 Hardback
Chinese Romance from a Japanese Brush Kano Sansetsu's Chogonka Scrolls in the Chester Beatty Library Shane McCausland; Matthew P McKelway Scala 2009 Paperback Illustrated
This is a detailed and richly illustrated study of the pair of fine picture-scrolls entitled Song of Lasting Sorrow (Chogonka gakan). Created by the JThis is a detailed and richly illustrated study of the pair of fine picture-scrolls entitled Song of Lasting Sorrow (Chogonka gakan). Created by the Japanese master Sansetsu (1590-1651), the scrolls depict the tragic love story of the Tang emperor Minghuang and his concubine Yang Guifei, as told in the epic ballad by Bai Juyi (772-846). ...more
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Oxford Concise English-Chinese Medical Dictionary
Elizabeth A Martin Oxford University Press 2000 Paperback
Jim Masselos (Edited by) California University Press 2010 Hardback Illustrated
Some of Asia's greatest empires flourished during the last millennium, from the Khmer empire (802-1566) of South East Asia to the defeat of Japan in tSome of Asia's greatest empires flourished during the last millennium, from the Khmer empire (802-1566) of South East Asia to the defeat of Japan in the Second World War - but we still believe the myth that these centuries were dominated by European empires. Challenging such a view, the seven essays in this beautifully illustrated book reveal that Asian kingdoms - the Mongols, Ming, Khmer, Ottomans, Safavids, Mughals and Meiji - played a significant part in this era of polycentric world power. ...more
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The Garrett Collection Japanese Art: Lacquer, Inro, Netsuke Neil K Davey; Susan G Tripp Philip Wilson 1991 Hardback Illustrated
The Baltimore merchant John Work Garrett was one of the first Western collectors of inro and netsuke, the lacquered purses and toggles worn by JapanesThe Baltimore merchant John Work Garrett was one of the first Western collectors of inro and netsuke, the lacquered purses and toggles worn by Japanese gentlemen from the Muromachi to the Meiji periods (1392- 1912). This illustrated catalogue of his collection, now in Johns Hopkins University, features work by the celebrated craftsmen Shibata Zeshin and the Koma and Loami families, and describes the manufacture, form and function of these exquisite objects. ...more
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Tao of Natual Breathing For Health, Well-Being and Inner Growth Dennis Lewis Rodmell 2006 Paperback Illustrated
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