All Things China

Beschrijving
The purpose of this list is to compile the best books (non-fiction or fiction) about Chinese history, culture, politics, society, etc.
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De dochters van de concubine
door Denise Chong
490 leden
17 besprekingen
3.8
Member
dara85
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The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
door Kenneth Pomeranz
404 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Member
pomonomo2003
3
China's Political System: Modernization and Tradition (5th Edition)
door June Teufel Dreyer
42 leden
½ 3.6
Member
Bretzky1
4
Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21st Century
door Giovanni Arrighi
167 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Member
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5
War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe
door Victoria Tin-bor Hui
27 leden
3.8
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6
ReORIENT: Global Economy in the Asian Age
door Andre Gunder Frank
193 leden
3 besprekingen
4
Member
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7
China Since Tiananmen: The Politics of Transition
door Joseph Fewsmith
44 leden
3.9
Member
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8
China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia
door Peter C. Perdue
128 leden
6 besprekingen
4.1
Member
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10
East Asia at the Center: Four Thousand Years of Engagement with the World
door Warren I. Cohen
56 leden
½ 3.7
Member
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11
The spirit soldiers; a historical narrative of the Boxer Rebellion
door Richard O'Connor
19 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.3
Member
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12
Ancient China and its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History
door Nicola Di Cosmo
95 leden
2 besprekingen
4.1
Member
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13
The Sextants of Beijing: Global Currents in Chinese History
door Joanna Waley-Cohen
123 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.3
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14
Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350
door Janet L. Abu-Lughod
386 leden
3 besprekingen
3.9
Member
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15
Wilde Zwanen
door Jung Chang
8,330 leden
159 besprekingen
4.1
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Mao het onbekende verhaal
door Jung Chang
2,831 leden
53 besprekingen
½ 3.7
17
Life and Death in Shanghai
door Nien Cheng
1,481 leden
20 besprekingen
4.2
18
De keizerin
door Jung Chang
886 leden
34 besprekingen
4
19
The Private Life of Chairman Mao
door Li Zhi-Sui
618 leden
9 besprekingen
3.9
20
A History of Chinese Civilization
door Jacques Gernet
511 leden
6 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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A Short History of Chinese Philosophy
door Fung Yu-lan
379 leden
3.8
23
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China
door Jung Chang
243 leden
7 besprekingen
3.9
24
Cultural Atlas of China
door Caroline Blunden
215 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.6
25
The Long March: The True History of Communist China's Founding Myth
door Sun Shuyun
210 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.5
26
Mao's Last Revolution
door Roderick MacFarquhar
200 leden
5 besprekingen
3.8
27
The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai
door Ruiyan Xu
196 leden
34 besprekingen
3
28
Will the Boat Sink the Water?: The Life of China's Peasants
door Chen Guidi
166 leden
3 besprekingen
½ 3.4
29
The Forbidden City
door Roderick MacFarquhar
155 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.7
30
The White-Boned Demon: A Biography of Madame Mao Zedong
door Ross Terrill
147 leden
2 besprekingen
3.8
31
A short history of the Chinese people
door L. Carrington Goodrich
116 leden
½ 2.3
32
The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China
door Mark Elvin
108 leden
1 bespreking
½ 4.6
33
Mao: A Biography
door Ross Terrill
107 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.6
34
The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth
door Barry J. Naughton
100 leden
3.8
35
China Goes Global: The Partial Power
door David Shambaugh
92 leden
3
36
The Pattern of the Chinese Past
door Mark Elvin
88 leden
3 besprekingen
4
37
The New Chinese Empire: And What It Means For The United States
door Ross Terrill
84 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.5
38
The Chinese Potter: A Practical History of Chinese Ceramics
door Margaret Medley
78 leden
4
39
Mao's War against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China
door Judith Shapiro
75 leden
1 bespreking
4
40
The Cultural Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
door Richard Curt Kraus
73 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.6
41
China's Response to the West: A Documentary Survey, 1839-1923
door Ssu-yĆ¼ Teng
72 leden
½ 3.5
42
The Forbidden City
door Geremie R. BarmƩ
68 leden
3.8
43
China's Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy
door Minxin Pei
68 leden
½ 3.3
44
The Fall and Rise of China
door Richard Baum
64 leden
3 besprekingen
½ 4.6
45
The Face of China as seen by photographers & travelers, 1860-1912
door Nigel Cameron
59 leden
1 bespreking
4
47
800,000,000: the real China
door Ross Terrill
59 leden
2 besprekingen
2
48
Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900
door David Graff
54 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 4.4
49
Great Wall and the Empty Fortress: China's Search for Security
door Andrew J. Nathan
52 leden
50
Confucian China and Its Modern Fate: A Trilogy
door Joseph R. Levenson
51 leden
4
51
The Last Stand of Chinese Conservatism: The TŹ»ung-Chih Restoration, 1862-1874
door Mary Clabaugh Wright
48 leden
1 bespreking
5
52
Chinese Communism and the Rise of Mao
door Benjamin I. Schwartz
43 leden
3
53
The Spirit of Chinese Philosophy
door Fung Yu-Lan
42 leden
54
Chinese communism
door Robert C. North
41 leden
5
55
A Military History of China
door David Graff
41 leden
½ 3.5
56
Seeds of Fire: Chinese Voices of Conscience
door Geremie Barme
39 leden
1 bespreking
5
57
China's Future
door David Shambaugh
37 leden
½ 3.7
58
The Origins of Chinese Communism
door Arif Dirlik
36 leden
3
59
China's Crony Capitalism: The Dynamics of Regime Decay
door Minxin Pei
33 leden
3
60
In the Red
door Geremie R. BarmƩ
32 leden
62
Cultural Realism: Strategic Culture and Grand Strategy in Chinese History
door Alastair Iain Johnston
30 leden
1 bespreking
3
63
China on Screen: Cinema and Nation (Film and Culture Series)
door Christopher J. Berry
30 leden
64
Shades of Mao: The Posthumous Cult of the Great Leader
door Geremie R. BarmƩ
27 leden
65
The Party and the People: Chinese Politics in the 21st Century
door Bruce J. Dickson
26 leden
68
Burying Mao
door Richard Baum
23 leden
2
69
Avoiding the Fall: China's Economic Restructuring
door Michael Pettis
22 leden
1 bespreking
½ 4.5
70
Power Shift: China and Asia's New Dynamics
door David Shambaugh
22 leden
½ 4.5
73
Chinese Democrary
door Andrew J. Nathan
20 leden
74
The Great Voyages of Zheng He
door Song Nan Zhang
19 leden
4
75
China's Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation
door David Shambaugh
19 leden
4
79
The Peasant Economy and Social Change in North China
door Philip Huang
18 leden
80
China and Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-Imperial World
door John W. Garver
17 leden
84
Tiger on the Brink: Jiang Zemin and China's New Elite
door Bruce Gilley
16 leden
85
Communist Neo-Traditionalism: Work and Authority in Chinese Industry
door Andrew G. Walder
15 leden
5
86
A Nation-State by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism
door Suisheng Zhao
15 leden
4
87
Model Rebels: The Rise and Fall of China's Richest Village
door Bruce Gilley
15 leden
2
88
Sun Yat-Sen and the Origins of the Chinese Revolution
door Harold Z. Schiffrin
15 leden
89
A Documentary History of Chinese Communism
door Conrad Brandt
15 leden
90
Growing Out of the Plan: Chinese Economic Reform, 1978-1993
door Barry Naughton
14 leden
1 bespreking
4
91
Chinese Aircraft: China's Aviation Industry Since 1951
door Yefim Gordon
14 leden
1 bespreking
3.8
92
New Directions in the Study of China's Foreign Policy
door Alastair Iain Johnston
14 leden
3
94
China's Democratic Future: How It Will Happen and Where It Will Lead
door Bruce Gilley
14 leden
96
Chinese Foods
door Liu Junru
13 leden
3
97
Classical Chinese Furniture
door Willy Wo-Lap Lam
12 leden
1 bespreking
4
98
Taiwan: Nation-State or Province?
door John F. Copper
12 leden
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