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Families of Virtue: Confucian and Western Views on Childhood Development
In this book, Professor Erin Cline examines the critical role of the parent-child relationship in the moral development of infants and children. Using scientific work on early…
April 28, 2015
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Professor Loubna El Amine’s Book Offers a New Interpretation of Confucian Political Thought
In her new book, Professor Loubna El Amine reexamines the much debated issue of Confucianism's role in historical and modern political practice. Professor El Amine revisits…
January 1, 2015
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Tokyo Vernacular: Common Spaces, Local Histories, Found Objects
Preserved buildings and historic districts, museums and reconstructions have become an important part of the landscape of cities around the world. Beginning in the 1970s, Tokyo…
August 1, 2013
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The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future
Former White House official Victor Cha has written the definitive volume on North Korea, arguably the world’s most menacing and mysterious nation. In The Impossible State, Cha,…
July 13, 2013
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The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction
The phrase "silk road" evokes vivid scenes of merchants leading camel caravans across vast stretches to trade exotic goods in glittering Oriental bazaars, of pilgrims braving…
April 12, 2013
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Green Innovation in China: China’s Wind Power Industry and the Global Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
As the greatest coal-producing and consuming nation in the world, China would seem an unlikely haven for wind power. Yet the country now boasts a world-class industry that…
November 12, 2012
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Modern China-Myanmar Relations: Dilemmas of Mutual Dependence
This volume examines the changing relations between China and Burma/Myanmar since Burmese independence in 1948 and the formation of the People's Republic of China in 1949.…
March 31, 2012
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Golden-Silk Smoke
From the long-stemmed pipe to snuff, the water pipe, hand-rolled cigarettes, and finally, manufactured cigarettes, the history of tobacco in China is the fascinating story of a…
April 10, 2011
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Fishing Wars and Environmental Change in Late Imperial and Modern China (Harvard East Asian Monographs)
Among the environmental challenges facing us is alleviating the damage to marine ecosystems caused by pollution and overfishing. Coming to grips with contemporary problems, this…
December 31, 2009
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Burma/Myanmar: What Everyone Needs to Know
In the past two decades, Burma/Myanmar has become a front-page topic in newspapers across the world. This former British colony has one of the most secretive, corrupt, and…
November 5, 2009