Chinese Studies

Unlike other texts on modern Chinese history, which tend to be either encyclopedic or too pedantic, Revolution and Its Past is comprehensive but concise, focused on the most recent scholarship, and written in a style that engages students from beginning to end. The Third Edition uses the theme of id..

Originally published in 1973, this title analyses revolutionary changes in the Chinese education system and illustrates China’s radical departure from both traditional and Western goals. This title is ideal for students interested in Asian Studies and History...

Originally published in 1973, this title analyses revolutionary changes in the Chinese education system and illustrates China’s radical departure from both traditional and Western goals. This title is ideal for students interested in Asian Studies and History...

The Handbook is divided into three parts: Part I focuses on national security, covering traditional views of security and the impact of China’s historical experience on current security dispositions as well as non-traditional security. Part II looks at China’s relations with the great powers, region..

Located in the center of Asia with one of the largest land frontiers in the world and 14 neighbors whose dispositions could not easily be predicted, China has long been obsessed with security. In this handbook, an internationally renowned team of contributors provide a comprehensive and systematic a..

This handbook introduces readers to thes key social, economic, and political developments in Hong Kong. Bringing together the work of leading researchers in the field, it focuses on the process of transition from a British colony to a Special Administrative Region under China’s sovereign rule...

This book examines the political economy of China's rural livelihoods transformations during the past three decades and in contemporary China. It probes the dynamics, be they local, national or global, which affect rural livelihoods, in particular livelihood security, mobility, diversity, and sustai..

This book examines the political economy of China's rural livelihoods transformations during the past three decades and in contemporary China. It probes the dynamics, be they local, national or global, which affect rural livelihoods, in particular livelihood security, mobility, diversity, and sustai..

After millions of migrants moved from the countryside into the cities in China, there was huge pressure to redevelop their enclaves. This emerging urbanism gave way to a new built environment through demolition and the development of new towns, the migrants lives entered a transient phase from an in..

This book explores the full range of ways in which modern Chinese values are put across in film. It examines official policies, discusses how far they have succeeded or failed, and explores alternative approaches. Overall the book enriches understanding of the ways in which soft power works in all s..

This study fills a gap in Shrivaishnava scholarship, making an important contribution to contemporary Indian and Hindu thinking on religion...

China's economic transformation has brought much social dislocation, which has led to social protest. This book analyses the large-scale mass protests of the last decade, discussing the nature, causes and outcomes of the incidents. The book argues that socioeconomic transformations of the last decad..