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    The legend of Miaoshan by Dudbridge, Glen

    Published 2004
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    The legend of Miaoshan by Dudbridge, Glen

    Published 2004
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    The Great Wall a cultural history / by Rojas, Carlos, 1970-

    Published 2010
    Table of Contents: “…Prologue : on origins -- A unity of gaps -- Aspirations of immortality -- Between history and legend -- A garden of forking paths -- Another brick in the wall -- A very queer thing -- Epilogue : return to origins.…”
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    The Great Wall a cultural history / by Rojas, Carlos, 1970-

    Published 2010
    Table of Contents: “…Prologue : on origins -- A unity of gaps -- Aspirations of immortality -- Between history and legend -- A garden of forking paths -- Another brick in the wall -- A very queer thing -- Epilogue : return to origins.…”
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    Empress Wu Zetian in fiction and in history female defiance in Confucian China / by Dien, Dora Shu-fang

    Published 2003
    Table of Contents: “…The ideological backdrop -- Destinies of the flowers in the mirror -- Li Ruzhen's commentary on Chinese society -- The rise and fall of the historical Empress Wu -- Empress Wu's achievements -- Gender distinctions in traditional China -- Defiant women in legend and fiction -- Overcoming the legacy of Confucianism: urban educated women today.…”
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    Empress Wu Zetian in fiction and in history female defiance in Confucian China / by Dien, Dora Shu-fang

    Published 2003
    Table of Contents: “…The ideological backdrop -- Destinies of the flowers in the mirror -- Li Ruzhen's commentary on Chinese society -- The rise and fall of the historical Empress Wu -- Empress Wu's achievements -- Gender distinctions in traditional China -- Defiant women in legend and fiction -- Overcoming the legacy of Confucianism: urban educated women today.…”
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    A grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham : history, contact, and phonology / by Thurgood, Graham, Thurgood, Ela, Li, Fengxiang

    Published 2014
    Table of Contents: “…The people and the setting -- Legends and history -- The linguistic setting -- The Hainan Cham sound system -- Acoustic analyses -- Word classes -- Clause types -- Discourse pragmatics -- Contact summary -- Appendix A: English-Hainan Cham glossary -- Appendix B: the Stübel wordlist -- Appendix C: Sanya Mandarin.…”
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    A grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham : history, contact, and phonology / by Thurgood, Graham, Thurgood, Ela, Li, Fengxiang

    Published 2014
    Table of Contents: “…The people and the setting -- Legends and history -- The linguistic setting -- The Hainan Cham sound system -- Acoustic analyses -- Word classes -- Clause types -- Discourse pragmatics -- Contact summary -- Appendix A: English-Hainan Cham glossary -- Appendix B: the Stübel wordlist -- Appendix C: Sanya Mandarin.…”
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    The people's Peking man popular science and human identity in twentieth-century China / by Schmalzer, Sigrid

    Published 2008
    Table of Contents: “…"From 'dragon bones' to scientific research" : Peking Man and popular paleoanthropology in pre-1949 China -- "A united front against superstition" : science dissemination, 1940-1971 -- "The content of human" : in search of human identity, 1940-1971 -- "Labor created science" : the class politics of scientific knowledge, 1940-1971 -- "Presumptuous guests usurp the hosts" : dissemination and participation, 1971-1978 -- "Springtime for science," but what a garden : mystery, superstition, and fanatics in the post-Máo Era -- "From legend to science," and back again? : Bigfoot, science, and the people in post-Máo China -- "Have we dug at our ancestral shrine?" …”
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    The people's Peking man popular science and human identity in twentieth-century China / by Schmalzer, Sigrid

    Published 2008
    Table of Contents: “…"From 'dragon bones' to scientific research" : Peking Man and popular paleoanthropology in pre-1949 China -- "A united front against superstition" : science dissemination, 1940-1971 -- "The content of human" : in search of human identity, 1940-1971 -- "Labor created science" : the class politics of scientific knowledge, 1940-1971 -- "Presumptuous guests usurp the hosts" : dissemination and participation, 1971-1978 -- "Springtime for science," but what a garden : mystery, superstition, and fanatics in the post-Máo Era -- "From legend to science," and back again? : Bigfoot, science, and the people in post-Máo China -- "Have we dug at our ancestral shrine?" …”
    An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
    Electronic eBook