Search Results - "Root

Roots of the state neighborhood organization and social networks in Beijing and Taipei / by Read, Benjamin Lelan

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Writing from these roots literacy in a Hmong-American community / by Duffy, John, 1955-

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The roots of Asian weaving : the He Haiyan collection of textiles and looms from Southwest China / by Boudot, Eric, Buckley, Chris

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Born of the Same Roots : Stories of Modern Chinese Women /

Table of Contents: “…Caterpillar / Lao She -- Two women / Wu Tsu-hsiang -- On the Oxcart / Hsiao Hung -- Garbage cleaner / Lo Hua-sheng -- West wind ; Chang Sao / Ping Hsin -- Little Liu / Ling Shu-hua -- Parting / Tʻien Tʻao -- At the precipice / Teng Yu-mei -- Spring is just around the corner / Tsʻao Ming -- Rain / Ai Wu -- Corduroy / Hsi Jung -- Old team captain welcomes a bride / Sung Shun-kʻang -- A day in Pleasantville / Pai Hsien-yung -- Nightfall / Yü Li-hau -- A rose in June / Ch'en Ying-chen -- Born of the same roots / Yang Chʻing chʻu -- May he return soon / Wang Tʻo -- My friend Ai Fen / Chen Jo-hsi.…”
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Cultural curiosity thirteen stories about the search for Chinese roots /

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The next great war? : the roots of World War I and the risk of U.S.-China conflict /

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The ACFTU and Chinese industrial relations by Ma, Zhining, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…A new taxonomic approach for analysing Chinese industrial relations -- The party-state, ACFTU and employers' associations : Chinese industrial -- Relations actors above the workplace level -- Grass roots unions and employers : Chinese institutional industrial relations actors at the workplace level -- The Chinese employee class -- Interactions among the party-state, ACFTU and employers' associations -- Interactions among grass roots unions, employers and employees.…”
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Beijing opera costumes the visual communication of character and culture / by Bonds, Alexandra B., 1950-

Table of Contents: “…The world of traditional Jingju -- The world of traditional Jingju costumes -- The form and historical roots of costumes -- The symbolism and application of color -- The aesthetics and meanings of the embroidered imagery -- The costume compendium -- Makeup, hair and headdresses -- Dressing techniques and costume plots.…”
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The United States and China a history from the eighteenth century to the present / by Wang, Dong, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…The Pacific frontier and Qing China, 1784-1911 -- Yankee merchants and the China trade -- Opium wars and the Open Door -- Chinese immigration: roots in the United States? -- American protestantism: roots in China? …”
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Metro movies cinematic urbanism in post-Mao China / by Kuoshu, Harry H., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- X-roads : old and new city films -- Dislocation : Huang Jianxin's urban searching for roots -- No one cheers : the later fifth generation and the urban "situation movie" -- Beijing bastards : century's end rock scenes and China's Generation X -- Captives of love : emotional styles and the new urbanites -- Lunar eclipse: elusive urban realities -- City paradise : urbanization looms over an old land -- Conclusion.…”
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Cries of joy, songs of sorrow Chinese pop music and its cultural connotations / by Moskowitz, Marc L.

Table of Contents: “…The tail wags the dog : Taiwan's musical counter-invasion of China -- China's mandopop roots and Taiwan's gendered counter-invasion of the PRC -- Hybridity and its discontents : popular music in Taiwan -- Message in a bottle : lyrical laments and emotional expression in mandopop -- Men writing songs for women who complain about men : mandopop's gender construction in Taiwan and the PRC -- A man for all occasions : charisma and differing masculinity in mandopop -- Mandopop under siege : culturally bound criticisms of Taiwan's pop music.…”
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The Time of the Sign : A Semiotic Interpretation of Modern Culture /

Table of Contents: “…Caterpillar / Lao She -- Two women / Wu Tsu-hsiang -- On the Oxcart / Hsiao Hung -- Garbage cleaner / Lo Hua-sheng -- West wind ; Chang Sao / Ping Hsin -- Little Liu / Ling Shu-hua -- Parting / Tʻien Tʻao -- At the precipice / Teng Yu-mei -- Spring is just around the corner / Tsʻao Ming -- Rain / Ai Wu -- Corduroy / Hsi Jung -- Old team captain welcomes a bride / Sung Shun-kʻang -- A day in Pleasantville / Pai Hsien-yung -- Nightfall / Yü Li-hau -- A rose in June / Ch'en Ying-chen -- Born of the same roots / Yang Chʻing chʻu -- May he return soon / Wang Tʻo -- My friend Ai Fen / Chen Jo-hsi.…”
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Aching for beauty footbinding in China / by Wang, Ping, 1957-

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A history of the Chinese language / by Dong, Hongyuan, 1976-

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The Monastery Rules : Buddhist Monastic Organization in Pre-Modern Tibet / by Jansen, Berthe, 1980-

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Chinese legal culture and constitutional order / by Hua, Shiping, 1956-

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