The Sea

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The Seabrings together a group of noted contributors to evaluate the different ways in which seas have served as subjects in historiography and asks how this ha

Cities of Jiangnan in Late Imperial China

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This book examines cities of the Jiangnan region of south-central China between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries, an area considered to be the model of a su

Chinese Art

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China's entry into the modern era was shaped by unprecedented internal turmoil and external pressures, which brought a forceful end to two millennia of imperial

A Passion for Facts

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In this path-breaking book, Tong Lam examines the emergence of the "culture of fact" in modern China, showing how elites and intellectuals sought to transform t

Scythe and the City

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The issue of death has loomed large in Chinese cities in the modern era. Throughout the Republican period, Shanghai swallowed up lives by the thousands. Exposed