In this learned, yet readable, book, Joseph McDermott introduces the history of the book in China in the late imperial period from 1000 to 1800. He assumes litt

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A concise and compelling survey of Chinese migration in global history centered on Chinese migrants and their families.

A critical new interpretation of the early history of Chinese civilization based on the most recent scholarship and archaeological discoveries.

This book explores the social history of southern Chinese martial arts and their contemporary importance to local identity and narratives of resistance. Hong Ko