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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Prisoner of the state	Pu Bao	This book is the only record ever been made of how the Chinese autocracy works from the inside: in excruciating details, we are told about the power plays, the shenanigans, the mini-coups, the subter…	OL15489884W
The horse that leaps through clouds	Eric Enno Tamm	Two epic journeys along the Silk Road, past and present, offer a riveting and cautionary tale about the breathtaking rise of China. On July 6, 1906, Baron Gustaf Mannerheim boarded the midnight train…	OL16214073W
Daoism and Anarchism	John A. Rapp	This volume in the Contemporary Anarchist Studies series focuses on anti-statist critiques in ancient and modern China and demonstrates that China does not have an unchallenged authoritarian politica…	OL16726491W
The tragedy of liberation	Frank Dikötter	From Amazon: "The Chinese Communist party refers to its victory in 1949 as a 'liberation.' In China the story of liberation and the revolution that followed is not one of peace, liberty, and jus…	OL17050298W
Hollywoods Representations Of The Sinotibetan Conflict Politics Culture And Globalization	Jenny Daccache	xiv, 235 pages ; 23 cm	OL17377955W
China under Mao	Andrew G. Walder	China's Communist Party seized power in 1949 after a long period of guerrilla insurgency followed by full-scale war, but the Chinese revolution was just beginning. China Under Mao narrates the rise a…	OL17600296W
China threat?	Lionel Vairon	From the long-term threat of nuclear war between the United States and China, to the disappearance of the African elephant due to Chinese demand for ivory, each week brings a new round of critique an…	OL18380663W
China from the inside	Liam Brunt	This book delivers the fascinating account of one Western family's time living and working in China. Told through a series of letters, China from the Inside: Letters from an Economist presents insigh…	OL19722020W
Ancient Chinese government and geography	Avery Elizabeth Hurt	China is a massive country, but its surrounding mountains, two seas, and hazardous deserts kept it fairly secluded. In fact, early Chinese referred to it the Middle Kingdom, or the center of the worl…	OL19730134W
End of an era	Carl Minzner	"China's reform era is ending. Core factors that characterized it-political stability, ideological openness, and rapid economic growth-are unraveling. Since the 1990s, Beijing's leaders have firmly r…	OL19739498W
China Under the Empress Dowager: Being the History of the Life and Times of Tzŭ Hsi	J. O. P. Bland,J. O. P. Bland,John Otway Percy Bland,Edmund Trelawny Backhouse,Derek Sandhaus	Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.	OL19804390W
The hundred-year marathon	Michael Pillsbury	"For more than forty years, the United States has reached out to China, helping it develop a booming economy and take its place on the world stage, in the belief that there is little to fear--and eve…	OL19994559W
The identity of Zhiqing	Weiyi Wu	"Outside China, little is known about the process and implications of the Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside (UMDC) Movement, a Chinese state policy from 1967 to 1979 in which more than …	OL20023281W
Buried ideas	Sarah Allan	"Four Warring States texts discovered during the late twentieth-century challenge longstanding understandings of Chinese intellectual history. The discovery of previously unknown philosophical tex…	OL23218610W
The pink pagoda	Jim Garrow	Nominated for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. Jim Garrow created the baby-saving organization, Pink Pagoda which has saved over 40,000 Chinese baby girls.	OL24292092W
Corruption in transitional China	Qingli Meng	This book is an invaluable and informative volume for anyone interested in corruption issues and anti-corruption policies not only in China but applicable elsewhere. This is the first-ever work offer…	OL27739713W
Saving the World	William Rowe	"Chen Hongmou (1696-1771) was arguably the most influential Chinese official of the eighteenth century and unquestionably its most celebrated field administrator. He served as governor-general, gover…	OL4780500W
The People's Congresses and Governance in China	Ming Xia	Two popular interpretations of China persist today. One is that of a decaying Leninist hierarchy and the other of a likely democratizing nation destined for liberal pluralism; this book, on the other…	OL543629W
Shadow of the dragon	Henry J. Kenny	"Shadow of the Dragon examines the long historical cycle of tribute, domination, and independence that has shaped Sino-Vietnamese bilateral relations. Dr. Henry Kenny outlines what role the United St…	OL5605970W
Traditional Government in Imperial China	Ch'Ien Mu	Professor Ch'ien Mu (Qian Mu) describes the basic constitutive elements of China's traditional government as it evolved. He concentrates upon those dynasties he considers China's most representative:…	OL9392784W