Histoire régionale, Histoire de pays

In the 1920s, revolution, war, and imperialist aggression brought chaos to China. Many of the dramatic events associated with this upheaval took place in or near China’s cities. Bound together by rai …

This major biography of Mao draws on never before seen documents to reveal surprising details about Mao's rise to power and leadership in China. This title is part of UC Press's Voices R …

This collection of ten essays on Banaras, one of the largest urban centers in India’s eastern Gangetic plain, is united by a common interest in examining everyday activities in order to learn about s …

Das E-Book The Nationalist Movement wird angeboten von University of California Press und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert: …

China Reporting is an oral history showing how the China correspondent of the 1930s and 1940s constructed his or her news reality or the network of facts from which their stories were written. How th …

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach …

This volume evaluates the dual roles of war and modernity in the transformation of twentieth-century Chinese identity. The contributors, all leading researchers, argue that war, no less than revoluti …

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit  www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Language of th …

Pirates, plagues, pistols and poisons; with adventure of all varieties, the third instalment of the popular ‘Tales’ series is a rollicking journey into colonial Hong Kong. A collection of historical …

In the Japanese labor movement of the early twentieth century, no one captured the public imagination as vividly as Osugi Sakae (1885-1923): rebel, anarchist, and martyr. Flamboyant in life, dramatic …