Books - "history"
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The Crafting of the 10,000 Things: Knowledge and Technology in Seventeenth-Century China
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, vii + 344pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light staining to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, 1cm chip to top edge of front cover, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2011
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history 17th seventeenth century technology science philosophy
The Graves of Tarim: Genealogy and Mobility Across the Indian Ocean
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xxvi + 379pp, illus, VG+ (minor creasing to spine, light creasing/curling to cover corners, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2006
KEYWORDS: history emigration immigration Tarim Hadramawt Yemen anthropology
The Nan-chao Kingdom and T'ang China's Southwestern Frontier
LACKS D/W, super octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xii + 224pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1981
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history T'ang tang dynasty
Sociology and Anthropology in Twentieth-Century China: Between Universalism and Indigenism
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xi + 371pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light tanning & creasing to spine, sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Chinese University Press 2012
KEYWORDS: sociology anthropology China Chinese modern history 20th twentieth century
Senses of the City: Perceptions of Hangzhou and Southern Song China, 1127-1279
Super octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xxv + 352pp, VG+ (light bruising/rubbing to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Chinese University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: essays literature ancient China Chinese history antiquity song dynasty southern Hangzhou
Ideographia: The Chinese Cipher in Early Modern Europe
Super octavo, dark green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 296pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: Chinese influence Europe China European history
The Writing of Official History Under the T'ang
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 290pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1992
KEYWORDS: history historiography China ancient Chinese T'ang tang dysnasty records
State Versus Gentry in Late Ming Dynasty China, 1572-1644
Octavo, illus heavy boards, grey & blue lettering to spine, xiv + 220pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges, light chafing to boards, ffep missing)
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2009
KEYWORDS: ancient China Chinese history antiquity late Ming dynasty elite gentry imperialism
Waiting for the Dawn: A Plan for the Prince: Huang Tsung-hsi's Ming-i-tai-fang lu
Super octavo, blue light card covers, blue & cream lettering to spine, xiv + 340pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to covers & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: China Chinese government politics political Huang Tsung-hsi history
Saluting the Yellow Emperor: A Case of Swedish Sinography
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, viii + 243pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing to rear board, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Koninklijke Brill NV 2012
KEYWORDS: Sweden sinography history historiography China Chinese archeology archaeology excavations
The Letter to Ren An & Sima Qian's Legacy
Super octavo, beige heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, xi + 178pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 2015
KEYWORDS: China Chinese literature historical history
The Monkey and the Inkpot: Natural History and its Transformations in Early Modern China
Super octavo, dark green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + (4) + 234pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to rear board, prev owner's name in ink to ffep, minor underlining in ink)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: natural history China Chinese naturalists scholars
A Ming Society: T'ai-ho County, Kiangsi, Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to blue buckram spine, ix + 316pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1996
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history ming dynasty Kiangsi province
A Cultural History of Classical Chinese Gardens
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, (11) + 151pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: SCPG Publishing 2015
KEYWORDS: China culture Chinese gardens history design landscaping
Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III: A Century of Advance: Book Three: Southeast Asia
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule & illus to front board, illus eps, liii + pgs1111-1561, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Asia history exploration culture influence Europe European southeast
Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III: A Century of Advance: Book Four: East Asia
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule & illus to front board, illus eps, cxii + pgs1563-2077, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Asia history exploration culture influence Europe European east
The Cambridge History of China, Volume 3: Sui and T'ang China, 589-906, Part 1
THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, beige buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 850pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1979
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history sui t'ang tang dynasty
The Southern Ming 1644-1662
Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 297pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, light soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep) in d/w, VG (heavy creasing & chipping to top spine extrem, minor creasing to cover edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1984
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history southern Ming dynasty 17th seventeenth century
Two Men and Music: Nationalism in the Making of an Indian Classical Tradition
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xvi + 338pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, light cracking to gutter of title page, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: music culture history India Indian
Between Colonialism and Diaspora: Sikh Cultural Formations in an Imperial World
Octavo, illus heavy boards, red & blue lettering to spine, xvii + 229pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems/edges, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Permanent Black 2007
KEYWORDS: India Indian history colonialism diaspora Sikh sikhism