In discussions of postcolonial nationhood and cultural identity, Taiwan is often overlooked. Yet the island—with its complex history of colonization—presents a particularly fascinating case of the struggle to define a “nation.” While the mainland Chinese government has been unequivocal in its resistance to Taiwanese independence, in Taiwan, government control has gradually passed from mainland Chinese immigrants to the Taiwanese themselves. Two decades of democratization and the arrival of...

**The concluding volume--following Mao's Great Famine and The Tragedy of Liberation--in Frank Dikötter's award-winning trilogy chronicling the Communist revolution in China.After the economic disaster of the Great Leap Forward that claimed tens of millions of lives from 1958–1962, an aging Mao Zedong launched an ambitious scheme to shore up his reputation and eliminate those he viewed as a threat to his legacy. The stated goal of the Cultural Revolution w...

Through a series of lively and absorbing portraits of iconic modern Chinese leaders and thinkers, two of today’s foremost specialists on China provide a panoramic narrative of this country’s rise to preeminence that is at once analytical and personal. How did a nation, after a long and painful period of dynastic decline, intellectual upheaval, foreign occupation, civil war, and revolution, manage to burst forth onto the world stage with such an impressive run of hyperdevelopment and wealth...

Finalist for the 2015 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism Longlisted for the Lionel Gelber Award for the Best Non-Fiction book in the world on Foreign Affairs An Economist Book of the Year, 2014 A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice "One of the best analyses of the impact of Tiananmen throughout China in the years since 1989." --The New York Times Book Review On June 4, 1989, People's Liberation Army soldiers opened fire on unarmed civilians in Beijing,...

This haunting, illuminating memoir tells the remarkable true story of a young Chinese man’s coming-of-age during the tumultuous early years of the People’s Republic of ChinaIn this exceptional personal memoir, Charles N. Li brings into focus the growth pains of a nation undergoing torturous rebirth and offers an intimate understanding of the intricate, subtle, and yet all-powerful traditions that bind the Chinese family.Born near the beginning of World War II, Li Na was the...

“Americans need not be hostile toward China's rise, but they should be wary about its eventual effects. The United States is the only nation with the scale and power to try to set the terms of its interaction with China rather than just succumb. So starting now, Americans need to consider the economic, environmental, political, and social goals they care about defending as Chinese influence grows.”—from “China Makes, the World Takes”Since December 2006, The Atlantic Maga...

连横的《台湾通史》，仿司马迁《史记》体例，时间从隋朝大业元年至清光绪21年（1895年），横跨1290年的历史时空，将包罗万象之内容纳入88篇之中。是台湾历史上第一部按通史体例撰修的史书。连横积数十年之力，搜集有关台湾的 中外文献、档案和传闻，其突出的特点，一是典据精深，记述详明，因立足奠基台湾史，故史料编撰宁详勿略，宁取无弃。无论是旧籍疏略之岛内抚垦拓殖的情况、 故纸未载之相逼而来的外交兵祸，还是岛内动植矿物等天然资源的种类及分布情况、稻米糖茶等诸种作物乃至食用方法，或据资料详细系统地载录下来，或依耳闻目 睹据实列述，内容扎实，使《台湾通史》成为文献大宗。二是较以往修史注重兵、刑、礼、乐者，凸显“民贵”史观，对岛内民生之丰啬、民德之隆污，特别是攸关 国民生计之官方奏疏一律详细载录，以供后人借鉴。三是对以往史书以“岛夷海寇”视之而一笔代过之郑成功驱逐荷兰殖民者以 及其后率领大陆同胞迁台拓台的事迹给予重新矫正定位；对台湾人民介乎以卵击石、艰贞抵御日侮的历史详情，更是重笔彩墨，致意再三。四是全书既体现了台湾与 祖国大陆在政治、经济、法律、典仪、文化、宗教等方面一脉相传的历史渊源...

A collection of over 80 poems from China encompassing the years 200 BC to 1100 AD, this book serves as an excellent introduction to Chinese poetry in all its myriad forms over the span of 13 centuries.Showcasing the poetry of Li Peh,Chang Kiu-ling, Wei Ying-wuh, Su Shi, Tu Fu, Eo Yang Siu and Li Ling among many others, this book should be a cherished introduction to the beauty of poetry from China.

In July 1999, a mere seven years after the founding of the religious movement known as the Falun Gong, the Chinese government banned it. Falun Gong is still active in other countries, and its suppression has become a primary concern of human rights activists and is regularly discussed in dealings between the Chinese government and its Western counterparts. But while much has been written on Falun Gong’s relation to political issues, no one has analyzed in depth what its practitioners actua...

The second volume in this fun, comic-style series that explores China's transition from the Three Kingdoms to the Tang Dynasty.Who founded China? Are Chinese people religious? What is Chinese culture and how has it changed over time? The Understanding China Through Comics series answers these questions and more.Division to Unification in Imperial China is series volume two. It explores one of China's more chaotic periods when Chinese culture flouri...

In The Magic of Concepts Rebecca E. Karl interrogates "the economic" as concept and practice as it was construed historically in China in the 1930s and again in the 1980s and 1990s. Separated by the Chinese Revolution and Mao's socialist experiments, each era witnessed urgent discussions about how to think about economic concepts derived from capitalism in modern China. Both eras were highly cosmopolitan and each faced its own global crisis in economic and historical philosophy: i...

The Records of Mazu and the Making of Classical Chan Literature explores the growth, makeup, and transformation of Chan (Zen) Buddhist literature in late medieval China. The volume analyzes the earliest extant records about the life, teachings, and legacy of Mazu Daoyi (709-788), the famous leader of the Hongzhou School and one of the principal figures in Chan history. While some of the texts covered are well-known and form a central part of classical Chan (or more broadly Buddhis...