wyszukanych pozycji: 5
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Perpetual Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle
ISBN: 9780295981246 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A colorful portrait of the greatest of the Ming emperors. Builder of the Great Wall, Yongle (1368-1644) also moved the capital to Beijing and built the Forbidden City, completed the Grand Canal, strengthened the court bureaucracy, and explored the world. A colorful portrait of the greatest of the Ming emperors. Builder of the Great Wall, Yongle (1368-1644) also moved the capital to Beijing and built... |
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177,91 |
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Maritime Taiwan: Historical Encounters with the East and the West
ISBN: 9780765623294 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. For centuries the island of Taiwan, 100 miles off the Asian mainland, has been a cross-roads for traders and settlers, pirates and military schemers from around the world. Unlike China, with its long tradition of keeping foreigners out, Taiwan has a long history of interaction, both hostile and friendly, with other seafaring nations near and far. "Maritime Taiwan" captures the full drama and details of this remarkable history. It's filled with fascinating stories of foreign adventurers and echoes the bitter songs of Taiwan's aboriginal population, confronted by the convergence of different...
For centuries the island of Taiwan, 100 miles off the Asian mainland, has been a cross-roads for traders and settlers, pirates and military schemers f...
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290,09 |
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Maritime Taiwan: Historical Encounters with the East and the West
ISBN: 9780765623287 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. For centuries the island of Taiwan, 100 miles off the Asian mainland, has been a crossroads for traders and settlers, pirates and military schemers from around the world. Unlike China, with its long tradition of keeping foreigners out, Taiwan has a long history of interaction, both hostile and friendly, with other seafaring nations near and far. "Maritime Taiwan" captures the full drama and details of this remarkable history. It's filled with fascinating stories of foreign adventurers and echoes the bitter songs of Taiwan's aboriginal population, confronted by the convergence of different...
For centuries the island of Taiwan, 100 miles off the Asian mainland, has been a crossroads for traders and settlers, pirates and military schemers fr...
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934,36 |
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The Eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty
ISBN: 9780791426883 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book is the first on Chinese eunuchs in English and presents a comprehensive picture of the role that they played in the Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. Extracted from a wide range of primary and secondary source material, the author provides significant and interesting information about court politics, espionage and internal security, military and foreign affairs, tax and tribute collection, the operation of imperial monopolies, judiciary review, the layout of the palace complex, the Grand Canal, and much more. The eunuchs are shown to be not just a minor adjunct to a government of civil...
This book is the first on Chinese eunuchs in English and presents a comprehensive picture of the role that they played in the Ming dynasty, 1368-1644....
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142,36 |
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The Chinese Experience in America
ISBN: 9780253203878 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. How have the Chinese fared in America? What motivated them to come here in the nineteenth century? How were they received by native Americans? These are some of the questions that Henry Tsai deals with in this important new book. He treats the nineteenth-century immigration experience, the development of early Chinese communities, American exclusion and the difficulties of living in the shadow of exclusion, and the Chinese community in the post-World War II era and today. Also covered are Chinese women in conemporary American society, the problems with children and youth in a multiracial... How have the Chinese fared in America? What motivated them to come here in the nineteenth century? How were they received by native Americans? Thes... |
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68,80 |