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The Party Line
By Doug Young. 2013
The first in-depth, authoritative discussion of the role of the press in China and the way the Chinese government uses…
the media to shape public opinion China's 1. 3 billion population may make the country the world's largest, but the vast majority of Chinese share remarkably similar views on these and a wide array of other issues, thanks to the unified message they get from tightly controlled state-run media. Official views are formed at the top in organizations like the Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television and allowed to trickle down to regional and local media, giving the appearance of many voices with a single message that is reinforced at every level. As a result, the Chinese are remarkably like-minded on a wide range of issues both domestic and foreign. Takes readers beyond China's economic miracle to show how the nation's massive state-run media complex not only influences public opinion but creates it Explores an array of issues, from Tibet and Taiwan to the environment and US trade relations, as seen through the lens of the Xinhua News Agency Tells the story of the official Xinhua News Agency along with its history and reporting over the years, as the foundation for telling the storyShadows of War: A Social History of Silence in the Twentieth Century
By Efrat Ben-Ze'Ev, Ruth Ginio, Jay Winter. 2010
Silence lies between forgetting and remembering. This book explores how different societies have constructed silences to enable men and women…
to survive and make sense of the catastrophic consequences of armed conflict. Using a range of disciplinary approaches, it examines the silences that have followed violence in twentieth-century Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. These essays show that silence is a powerful language of remembrance and commemoration and a cultural practice with its own rules. This broad-ranging book discloses the universality of silence in the ways we think about war through examples ranging from the Spanish Civil War and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the Armenian Genocide and South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Bringing together scholarship on varied practices in different cultures, this book breaks new ground in the vast literature on memory, and opens up new avenues of reflection and research on the lingering aftermath of war.Why They Don't Hate Us: Lifting the Veil on the Axis of Evil
By Mark Levine. 2005
Reading the Middle Ages Volume II: From c.900 to c.1500
By Barbara H. Rosenwein. 2018
The third edition of Reading the Middle Ages retains the strengths of previous editions thematic and geographical diversity…
clear and informative introductions and close integration with A Short History of the Middle Ages and adds significant new materials especially on the Byzantine and Islamic worlds and the Mediterranean region This volume spans the period c 900 to c 1500 The stunning Reading through Looking color insert which showcases medieval artifacts has been expanded to include essays on weapons and warfare by medievalist Riccardo Cristiani New maps timelines and genealogies aid readers in following knotty but revealing sources On the History Matters website www utphistorymatters com students have access to hundreds of Questions for ReflectionReading the Middle Ages: Sources from Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic World, Third Edition
By Barbara H. Rosenwein. 2018
The third edition of Reading the Middle Ages retains the strengths of previous editions thematic and geographical diversity…
clear and informative introductions and close integration with A Short History of the Middle Ages and adds significant new materials especially on the Byzantine and Islamic worlds and the Mediterranean region The stunning Reading through Looking color insert which showcases medieval artifacts and introduces how historians study medieval material culture has been expanded to include essays on weapons and warfare by medievalist Riccardo Cristiani New maps timelines and genealogies aid readers in following knotty but revealing sources On the History Matters website www utphistorymatters com students have access to hundreds of Questions for ReflectionReading the Middle Ages Volume I: From c.300 to c.1150
By Barbara H. Rosenwein. 2018
The third edition of Reading the Middle Ages retains the strengths of previous editions thematic and geographical diversity…
clear and informative introductions and close integration with A Short History of the Middle Ages and adds significant new materials especially on the Byzantine and Islamic worlds and the Mediterranean region This volume spans the period c 300 to c 1150 The stunning Reading through Looking color insert which showcases medieval artifacts has been expanded to include essays on weapons and warfare by medievalist Riccardo Cristiani New maps timelines and genealogies aid readers in following knotty but revealing sources On the History Matters website www utphistorymatters com students have access to hundreds of Questions for ReflectionA Short History of the Middle Ages, Volume II: From c.900 to c.1500, Fifth Edition
By Barbara H. Rosenwein. 2018
In this newest edition of her bestselling book Barbara H Rosenwein integrates the history of European Byzantine…
and Islamic medieval cultures as well as their Eurasian connections in a dynamic narrative This volume spans the period c 900 to c 1500 The text has been significantly updated to reflect growing interest in the Islamic world and Mediterranean region Stunning plates featuring art and architecture weave together events mentalities and aesthetics Medievalist Riccardo Cristiani authors a new feature on material culture that examines the intricacies of manuscript production and the lustrous glazes of Islamic ceramics A fully revised map program offers user-friendly spot maps that clarify events right where they are discussed as well as dazzling topographical maps that reveal the very contours of the medieval world Helpful genealogies figures architectural plans and lists of key dates complement the text All maps genealogies and figures are available on the History Matters website www utphistorymatters com for easy download Students will find this site equally useful for its hundreds of study questions and their click-to-reveal answersA Short History of the Middle Ages, Fifth Edition
By Barbara H. Rosenwein. 2018
In this newest edition of her bestselling book, Barbara H. Rosenwein integrates the history of European, Byzantine, and Islamic medieval…
cultures—as well as their Eurasian connections—in a dynamic narrative. The text has been significantly updated to reflect growing interest in the Islamic world and Mediterranean region. Stunning plates featuring art and architecture weave together events, mentalities, and aesthetics. Medievalist Riccardo Cristiani authors a new feature on material culture that examines the intricacies of manuscript production and the lustrous glazes of Islamic ceramics. A fully revised map program offers user-friendly spot maps that clarify events right where they are discussed as well as dazzling topographical maps that reveal the very contours of the medieval world. Helpful genealogies, figures, architectural plans, and lists of key dates complement the text. All maps, genealogies, and figures are available on the History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com) for easy download. Students will find this site equally useful for its hundreds of study questions and their click-to-reveal answers.A Short History of the Middle Ages, Volume I: From c.300 to c.1150, Fifth Edition
By Barbara H. Rosenwein. 2018
In this newest edition of her bestselling book Barbara H Rosenwein integrates the history of European Byzantine…
and Islamic medieval cultures as well as their Eurasian connections in a dynamic narrative This volume spans the period c 300 to c 1150 The text has been significantly updated to reflect growing interest in the Islamic world and Mediterranean region Stunning plates featuring art and architecture weave together events mentalities and aesthetics Medievalist Riccardo Cristiani authors a new feature on material culture that examines the intricacies of manuscript production and the lustrous glazes of Islamic ceramics A fully revised map program offers user-friendly spot maps that clarify events right where they are discussed as well as dazzling topographical maps that reveal the very contours of the medieval world Helpful genealogies figures architectural plans and lists of key dates complement the text All maps genealogies and figures are available on the History Matters website www utphistorymatters com for easy download Students will find this site equally useful for its hundreds of study questions and their click-to-reveal answersA Social History Of Women And Gender In The Modern Middle East
By Margaret Lee Meriwether, Judith Tucker. 1999
In this important new work, Margaret Meriwether and Judith Tucker synthesize and make accessible the results of the extensive research…
on women and gender done over the last twenty years. Using new theoretical approaches and methodologies as well as nontraditional sources, scholars studying women and gender issues in Middle Eastern societies have made great progress in shedding light on these complex subjects. A Social History of Women and Gender in the Modern Middle East provides an overview of this scholarship on women and gender in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Middle East.The book is organized along thematic lines that reflect major focuses of research in this area-gender and work, gender and the state, gender and law, gender and religion, and feminist movements-and each chapter is written by a scholar who has done original research on the topic. Although structured around the individual author's own work, the chapters also include overviews and assessments of other research, highlights of ongoing debates and key issues, and comparisons across regions of the Middle East. An insightful introduction centers the various chapters around key theoretical, methodological, and historical issues and makes connections with other areas of social historical research on the Middle East and with research on gender and women's history in other parts of the world.Although there are many studies available on women and gender, A Social History of Women and Gender in the Modern Middle East provides a breadth of coverage and assessment of the field that is not found elsewhere.The Columbia Sourcebook of Literary Taiwan
By Michelle, Chang, Yeh, Sung-Sheng Yvonne, Fan, Ming-Ju. 2014
The Secret Army
By Richard Michael Gibson, Wen H. Chen. 2011
The incredible story of how Chiang Kai-shek's defeated army came to dominate the Asian drug tradeAfter their defeat in China's…
civil war, remnants of Chiang Kai-shek's armies took refuge in Burma before being driven into Thailand and Laos. Based on recently declassified government documents, The Secret Army: Chiang Kai-shek and the Drug Warlords of the Golden Triangle reveals the shocking true story of what happened after the Chinese Nationalists lost the revolution. Supported by Taiwan, the CIA, and the Thai government, this former army reinvented itself as an anti-communist mercenary force, fighting into the 1980s, before eventually becoming the drug lords who made the Golden Triangle a household name.Offering a previously unseen look inside the post-war workings of the Kuomintang army, historians Richard Gibson and Wen-hua Chen explore how this fallen military group dominated the drug trade in Southeast Asia for more than three decades.Based on recently released, previously classified government documentsDraws on interviews with active participants, as well as a variety of Chinese, Thai, and Burmese written sourcesIncludes unique insights drawn from author Richard Gibson's personal experiences with anti-narcotics trafficking efforts in the Golden TriangleA fascinating look at an untold piece of Chinese--and drug-running--history, The Secret Army offers a revealing look into the history of one of the most infamous drug cartels in Asia.Resolving Land Disputes in East Asia
By John Gillespie, Hualing Fu. 2014
Economic development and mass urbanization have unleashed unprecedented levels of land disputes in East Asia. In China and Vietnam especially,…
courts and other legal institutions struggle to find lasting solutions. It is against this background of legal failure that this book brings together leading scholars to understand how state agencies, land users and land developers imaginatively engage with each other to resolve disputes. Drawing on empirically rich case studies, contributors explore the limits of law and legal institutions in resolving land disputes and reveal insights into how key actors in East Asia understand land disputes. Their studies reveal promising dispute resolution practices and point to the likely ways that states will deal with land disputes in the future.Security Politics in the Asia-Pacific: A Regional-Global Nexus?
By William T. Tow. 2009
Asia is experiencing major changes in its security relations. This book brings together respected experts to assess both the theoretical…
and empirical dimensions of the Asian security debate. Building on the latest research on Asia's regional security politics, it focuses on the 'regional-global nexus' as a way to understand the dynamics of Asian security politics and its intersection with global security. Contributors to the volume offer diverse but complementary perspectives on which issues and factors are most important in explaining how security politics in Asia can be interpreted at both the regional and global levels of analysis. Issues addressed include power balancing and alliances, governance and democracy, maritime and energy security, the relationship between economics and security, 'human security', terrorism, nuclear non-proliferation, climate change and pandemics. This work will serve as a standard reference on the evolution of key issues in Asian security.Our Land Was A Forest
By Kayano Shigeru, Mark Selden. 1994
This book is a beautiful and moving personal account of the Ainu, the native inhabitants of Hokkaido, Japan's northern island,…
whose land, economy, and culture have been absorbed and destroyed in recent centuries by advancing Japanese. Based on the author's own experiences and on stories passed down from generation to generation, the book chronicles the disappearing world-and courageous rebirth-of this little-understood people.Kayano describes with disarming simplicity and frankness the personal conflicts he faced as a result of the tensions between a traditional and a modern society and his lifelong efforts to fortify a living Ainu culture. A master storyteller, he paints a vivid picture of the Ainus' ecologically sensitive lifestyle, which revolved around bear hunting, fishing, farming, and woodcutting.Unlike the few existing ethnographies of the Ainu, this account is the first written by an insider intimately tied to his own culture yet familiar with the ways of outsiders. Speaking with a rare directness to the Ainu and universal human experience, this book will interest all readers concerned with the fate of indigenous peoples.The Modern History of Iraq
By Phebe Marr. 2012
Now in its third edition, The Modern History of Iraq places in historical perspective the crises and upheavals that continue…
to afflict the country. The book focuses on several important themes: the search for national identity in a multiethnic, multireligious state; the struggle to achieve economic development and modernity in a traditional society; and the political dynamics that have led to the current situation. Phebe Marr draws on published sources in Arabic and English, personal interviews, and frequent visits to the country to produce a remarkably lucid and readable account of the emergence of contemporary Iraq. This edition features three new chapters that bring readers up to date on events since the U.S. invasion and give a clearer picture of the political, social, economic, and ideological consequences of the recent upheaval. Marr provides an insightful overview of the current political scene--Iraq's new political elites; emerging figures, parties, constituencies, and support; and foreign influences. Marr also offers a uniquely penetrating analysis of Iraq's current social and economic affairs, including the decline of the middle class, refugee displacement, the economics of oil, the status of women and ethnic groups, and the rise of sectarianism.Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context, c. 800-1830, Volume 2
By Victor Lieberman. 2003
Mainland Mirrors: Europe, Japan, China, South Asia, and the Islands Blending fine-grained case studies with overarching theory, this book seeks…
both to integrate Southeast Asia into world history and to rethink much of Eurasia's premodern past. It argues that Southeast Asia, Europe, Japan, China, and South Asia all embodied idiosyncratic versions of a Eurasian-wide pattern whereby local isolates cohered to form ever larger, more stable, more complex political and cultural systems. With accelerating force, climatic, commercial, and military stimuli joined to produce patterns of linear-cum-cyclic construction that became remarkably synchronized even between regions that had no contact with one another. Yet this study also distinguishes between two zones of integration, one where indigenous groups remained in control and a second where agency gravitated to external conquest elites. Here, then, is a fundamentally original view of Eurasia during a 1,000-year period that speaks to both historians of individual regions and those interested in global trends.Indivisible Territory and the Politics of Legitimacy
By Stacie E. Goddard. 2010
The Wares of the Ming Dynasty
By R. L. Hobson. 1962
This book explains and illustrates as many varieties of Ming ceramics as possible. The text is based primarily on information…
obtained from Chinese sources and the occasional notes made by Europeans who visited China in Ming times. To these, Mr. Hobson has added his own penetrating deductions, made after careful study of well-authenticated specimens and of observation by earlier scholars. His presentation is not only clear and precise but also incontestably authoritative and at the same time highly readable.The first twelve chapters of the book deal almost exclusively with the porcelain produced at Ching-te Chen; the next four, with the porcelain and pottery made at other centers. The bulk of the 129 pieces illustrated (12 in color) are drawn from private collections, but references is also made to important examples in museums. Of particular interest are Mr. Hobson's comments on collecting and on the identification of genuine Ming wares. A special chapter on marks, inscriptions, and Chinese characters is included, together with a selected bibliography.Islamic Gunpowder Empires
By Douglas E. Streusand. 2011
Islamic Gunpowder Empires provides readers with a history of Islamic civilization in the early modern world through a comparative examination…
of Islam's three greatest empires--the Ottomans (centered in what is now Turkey), the Safavids (in modern Iran), and the Mughals (ruling the Indian subcontinent). Author Douglas Streusand explains the origins of the three empires; compares the ideological, institutional, military, and economic contributors to their success; and analyzes the causes of their rise, expansion, and ultimate transformation and decline. Streusand depicts the three empires as a part of an integrated international system extending from the Atlantic to the Straits of Malacca, emphasizing both the connections and the conflicts within that system. He presents the empires as complex polities in which Islam is one political and cultural component among many. The treatment of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires incorporates contemporary scholarship, dispels common misconceptions, and provides an excellent platform for further study.