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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “colin mackerras”
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  • Recalling Childhood

    by Elizabeth Arndt, Jake Dailey, George Dibley, Paul G. Halpern, B. A. Hussainmiya, Pradeep Kanthan, Ruth Malcolm, Shakila Abdul Maman, Ooi Keat Gin, Hajar Abdul Rahim, Kenelm Robert, Georg Schmid, Sigrid Schmid-Bortenschlager, Kobkua Suwannathat-pian, Lorraine Wheeler, Rupert Wheeler, Colin Mackerras, Wang Gungwu ...
    What can you remember of your childhood? This was the question put to a number of ‘seniors’ asked to start from as far back as they could get, and go as far as the onset of adolescence. Their answers are in this unusual book.Topics naturally include their physical self; their parents, siblings, grandparents, friends, playmates, teachers, classmates, pets; their manners, training, rewards and ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific

    Edited by Colin Mackerras, Richard Maidment ...
    This important new text examines the crucial social and cultural factors associated with the rise of the Asia- Pacific region at the end of the Twentieth Century. It takes a close look at those areas which have affected the everyday life of the people most directly. These include: * the family * gender relations and the position of women * religion * the arts, with specific reference to film * ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Western Perspectives On The People's Republic Of China: Politics, Economy And Society

    by Colin Mackerras ...
    How have Westerners seen the People's Republic of China over the years? The question raises many important issues, which this book aims to present, analyze and explain. The basic conclusion is that Western perspectives are somewhat more complex than simply viewing China's realities. Involved also are politics and power relations, trends in journalism and scholarship, as well as individual and ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Marxism in Asia

    by Colin Mackerras, Nick Knight ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Marxism
    Marxism is a theory which originated in the context of nineteenth-century industrialised Europe. Despite its European origins, Marxism has actually found greatest significance as a doctrine for change in the context of the underdeveloped peasant societies of Asia. This paradox has only been resolved through adaptation of Marxism to suit the specific features of particular Asian societies. There ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • China in Transformation

    1900-1949

    by Colin Mackerras ...
    Series series Seminar Studies
    In the first half of the twentieth century, China moved from a millennium of imperial rule to the Communist Party-led People’s Republic of China which remains today. China in Transformation argues that this enormously significant period in Chinese history saw wrenching change throughout Chinese society amounting to a social, cultural and political transformation. This new, fully revised and ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Performing Arts in Contemporary China

    by Colin Mackerras ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Chinese Literature and Arts
    The overthrow of the ‘gang of four’ in 1976 had profound effects in all areas of Chinese society, and probably nowhere can this be seen more clearly than in the performing arts. Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong’s widow, was strongly interested in the performing arts and exercised great influence over them. Professor Mackerras describes this influence and the effects its removal had on the arts in the years ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • China's Ethnic Minorities and Globalisation

    by Colin Mackerras ...
    China's fifty-five officially recognised ethnic minorities form about 8% of the Chinese population, with over 100 million people, and occupy over 60% of China's territory. They are very diverse, and the degree of modernisation among them varies greatly. This book examines the current state of China's ethnic minorities at a time when ethnic affairs and globalisation are key forces affecting the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Ethnicity in Asia

    by Colin Mackerras ...
    Series series Asia's Transformations
    This book is designed as a comprehensive comparative introduction to ethnicity in East and Southeast Asia since 1945. Each chapter covers a particular country looking at such core issues as: · the ethnic minorities or groups in the country of concern, how many ethnic groups, population, language and culture group they belong to, traditional religions and arts · government policy towards the ethnic ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Dictionary of the Politics of the People's Republic of China

    Edited by Colin Mackerras, Donald H. McMillen, Andrew Watson ...
    As China's political and economic development comes under closer scrutiny, this Dictionary will prove invaluable to anyone with an interest in contemporary China. As well as proving valuable to students and academics of political science, economics, history and Asian studies, it will be of use to government officials, business people and media professionals with current or future connections in ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • China, Xinjiang and Central Asia

    History, Transition and Crossborder Interaction into the 21st Century

    Edited by Colin Mackerras, Michael Clarke ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary China Series
    Central Asia and Xinjiang – the far north-western province of China – are of increasing international importance. The United States, having established military bases in Central Asia after September 2001, has now become a force in what was previously predominantly a Russian sphere of influence; whilst China, Russia and Iran all continue to exert strong influence. These external, international ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

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  • The Uyghurs

    Strangers in Their Own Land

    by Gardner Bovingdon ...
    For more than half a century many Uyghurs, members of a Muslim minority in northwestern China, have sought to achieve greater autonomy or outright independence. Yet the Chinese government has consistently resisted these efforts, countering with repression and a sophisticated strategy of state-sanctioned propaganda emphasizing interethnic harmony and Chinese nationalism. After decades of struggle, ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • China Since 1949

    by Linda Benson ...
    Series series Seminar Studies
    Exploring the remarkable story of China’s rise to global prominence, China since 1949 provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of the events that have shaped the country since the middle of the twentieth century.Covering the Maoist era through the Reform period to the present day, this book addresses subjects such as China’s position as a world economic power, the Chinese Communist Party’s ... Read more

    $62.99 USD