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The Pessoptimist Nation
William A. Callahan
$29.95
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Paperback,  Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199604395ISBN10: 0199604398 Professor Callahan sheds fascinating light on how Chinese people understand their changing place, and what that might mean for the world
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The Emperor's New Mathematics

Western Learning and Imperial Authority During the Kangxi Reign (1662-1722)
Catherine Jami
$135.00
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Hardback,  Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199601400ISBN10: 0199601402 Explores how the emperor Kangxi solidified the Qing dynasty in seventeenth-century China through the appropriation of the 'Western learning.'
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Sanctity and Self-Inflicted Violence in Chinese Religions, 1500-1700

Jimmy Yu
$29.95
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Paperback,  Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780199844906ISBN10: 0199844909
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Sanctity and Self-Inflicted Violence in Chinese Religions, 1500-1700

Jimmy Yu
$99.00
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Hardback,  Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780199844883ISBN10: 0199844887
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The Mongols

A Very Short Introduction
Morris Rossabi
$11.95
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Paperback,  Apr 2012 ISBN13: 9780199840892ISBN10: 019984089X A compact account of the Mongols, examining both the devastation and the contributions made to governance, arts, culture, and the promotion of trade

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Sui-Tang China and Its Turko-Mongol Neighbors

Culture, Power, and Connections, 580-800
Jonathan Karam Skaff
$85.00
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Hardback,  May 2012 ISBN13: 9780199734139ISBN10: 0199734135 Draws upon recently excavated Chinese documents, Arabic histories, translated Turkic inscriptions, art, and material culture.

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The Silk Road

A New History
Valerie Hansen
$34.95
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Hardback,  Jul 2012 ISBN13: 9780195159318ISBN10: 0195159314 A surprising new look at the iconic ancient highway, drawing on the latest archaeological discoveries to paint a vivid portrait of life along this legendary trading route
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