Download or read book From Moon Cakes to Mao to Modern China written by Fayuan Zhu and published by Cn Times Books Incorporated. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "VERDICT : Nearly anyone, even those with just a small interest in China, will find much to learn and enjoy here." - Library Journal.
Download or read book FROM MOON CAKES TO MAO TO MODERN CHINA written by ZHU; QIXIN FAYUAN (WU; HAN, GAO.) and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mr Science and Chairman Mao s Cultural Revolution written by Chunjuan Nancy Wei and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China is emerging as a new superpower in science and technology, reflected in the success of its spacecraft and high-velocity Maglev trains. While many seek to understand the rise of China as a technologically-based power, the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s may seem an unlikely era to explore for these insights. Despite the widespread verdict of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution as an unmitigated disaster for China, a number of recent scholars have called for re-examining Maoist science--both in China and in the West. At one time Western observers found much to admire in Chairman Mao's mass science, his egalitarian effort to take science out of the ivory tower and place it in the hands of the disenfranchised peasant, the loyal worker, and the patriot soldier. Chunjuan Nancy Wei and Darryl E. Brock have assembled a rich mix of talents and topics related to the fortunes and misfortunes of science, technology, and medicine in modern China, while tracing its roots to China's other great student revolution--the May Fourth Movement. Historians of science, political scientists, mathematicians, and others analyze how Maoist science served modern China in nationalism, socialism, and nation-building--and also where it failed the nation and the Chinese people. If the Cultural Revolution contributed to China's emerging space program and catalyzed modern malaria treatments based on Traditional Chinese Medicine, it also provided the origins of a science talent gap and the milieu from which a one-child policy would arise. Given the fundamental importance of China today, and of East Asia generally, it is imperative to have a better understanding of its most recent scientific history, but especially that history in a period of crisis and how that crisis was resolved. What is at issue here is not only the specific domain of the history of science, but the social and scientific policies of China generally as they developed and were applied prior to, during, and after the Cultural Revolution.
Download or read book From Kuan Yin to Chairman Mao written by Xueting Christine Ni and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Luminous and detailed, this is an encyclopedic treasure trove that now renders the gods and goddesses of Eastern lore accessible to the West.” —Benebell Wen, author of Holistic Tarot China is an immense land with a history spanning thousands of years, and its needs and problems are perhaps too many for a single deity to watch over. This book begins to explore the veritable army of gods, immortals, and deities to whom the Chinese have turned for help, support, and intervention—not just in the annals of history but also in the bustling modern world. From Kuan Yin to Chairman Mao offers fascinating insight into the complex interweaving of China’s main religions and folklore and the way the gods themselves have evolved to meet changing challenges, finding their way from scriptures and statues to vouchers and videogames. Author Xueting Christine Ni recounts the stories of sixty Chinese gods and goddesses, selected from across the spectrum of China’s mythical beings, deified heroes, gods, goddesses, and immortals. They derive from Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and folklore, as well as revered sages and protective deities from other traditions. Get to know Kuan Yin, the goddess of mercy; Zhong Ku, the demon slayer; Tian Hou, the goddess of the sea; the beloved Monkey King, and a host of other Chinese deities, both ancient and modern. In addition to exploring the origins and rituals of this eclectic pantheon, this book also looks at how, in a country that has undergone a myriad of changes and upheavals, its gods and goddesses have never been more than a whisper away.
Download or read book The Mandate of Heaven written by Nigel Harris and published by Quartet Books (UK). This book was released on 1978 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modern Chinese History 1840 to 1949 written by Lim SK and published by Asiapac Books Pte Ltd. This book was released on with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China has gone through many challenging moments and events before arriving at what it is today. Modern Chinese History chronicles the events that occurred from 1840 to 1949, and the many important figures who changed the fate of modern China.
Download or read book From Manchu to Mao written by Albert J. Koutsoukis and published by . This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Separation and Reunion in Modern China written by Charles Stafford and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rituals concerning separation and reunion and their impact on Chinese and Taiwanese society and culture.
Download or read book Modern China written by Bruce A. Elleman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in a fully updated edition, this accessible text provides a balanced history of modern China in a global context. The authors focus especially on China’s culture, warfare, and immediate neighbors and provide a unique comparative approach to bridge the cultural divide separating Chinese history from Western readers trying to understand it.
Download or read book Catastrophe and Contention in Rural China written by Ralph Thaxton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-05-05 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thaxton argues that the memory of the great famine under Mao shaped villagers' resistance to the socialist state.
Download or read book Redefining Propaganda in Modern China written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-05-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book revisits the central issue of how propaganda was understood within China's Communist Party system. The contributions to this volume capture the sweep of propaganda and its systematic continuities and discontinuities from the perspective of policymakers, bureaucratic functionaries, and artists.
Download or read book The Man on Mao s Right written by Chaozhu Ji and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having served Chairman Mao and the Communist leadership for two decades, and having become a key figure in China's foreign policy, Ji Chaozhu now provides a detailed account of the personalities and events that shaped today's People's Republic. Nine-year-old Ji and his family fled Japanese invaders to America in the late 1930s. Ji came of age in New York's East Village and attended Harvard University. But in 1950, he felt driven to volunteer to serve China in the Korean War. His mastery of the English language and American culture launched his improbable career, eventually winning him the role of English interpreter for China's two top leaders: Premier Zhou Enlai and Party Chairman Mao Zedong. With a unique blend of Chinese insight and American candor, Ji paints insightful portraits of the architects of modern China. Today, he says, "The Chinese know America better than the Americans know China. The risk is that we misperceive each other."--From publisher description.
Download or read book Mao written by Shaun Breslin and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2000 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an authoritative reappraisal of one of the most controversial shapers of the modern world. Written for non-specialists, it explores the career of Mao from a number of angles.
Download or read book Mao s China written by Maurice J. Meisner and published by New York : Free Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Days Like Floating Water written by Susan Edwards McKee and published by Book Hub Inc. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gold Winner of the 2009 Independent Publisher Book Awards for Adult Nonfiction, Days Like Floating Water follows a retired American couple as they volunteer to teach English to college students of a rural village in communist China. In the emerging, but still somewhat primitive city, readers are given an insider’s glimpse into the heart of modern China, traversing the culture and soul while embarking on a heartfelt journey.
Download or read book China written by Diana Seglin Granat and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete resource filled with background Information, primary sources, hands-on activities, art projects, maps, reproducibles, and much more, this comprehensive curriculum unit, written by teachers from the acclaimed Bank Street School for Children, is packed with activities that cover Chinese history, geography, philosophy, language, religion, and art. Projects include Designing a Dynasty Chart, Exploring China by Sampan Boat, and Painting Scroll Landscapes. Grades 4-8.
Download or read book Out of the Shadows written by Josephine Fong and published by Canadian Scholars’ Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abuse of women by their intimate partners is a serious and continuing social problem encountered by a host of agencies. This title contains research findings, practice guidance and anecdotal material relevant to both students and practitioners working with the women who face the life modifying and threatening challenges of abuse.
