This title tells a story of drugs, distrust, greed and rebellion. 'On the outside, [the foreigners] seem intractable, but inside they are cowardly...Although there have been a few ups-and-downs, the situation as a whole is under control.' In October 1839, a few months after the Chinese Imperial Commissioner, Lin Zexu, dispatched these confident words to his emperor, a Cabinet meeting in Windsor voted to fight Britain's first Opium War (1839-42) with China. The conflict turned out to be rich in tragicomedy: in bureaucratic fumblings, military missteps, political opportunism and collaboration. Yet over the past hundred and seventy years, this strange tale of misunderstanding, incompetence and compromise has become the founding myth of modern Chinese nationalism: the start of China's heroic struggle against a Western conspiracy to destroy the country with opium and gunboat diplomacy. "The Opium War" is both the story of modern China - starting from this first conflict with the West - and an analysis of the country's contemporary self-image. It explores how China's national myths mould its interactions with the outside world, how public memory is spun to serve the present; and how delusion and prejudice have bedevilled its relationship with the modern West.

Graham Peck (1914-1968) made his first trip to China in 1935 and served with the U.S. Office of War Information in China throughout the 1940s. Two Kinds of Time is witty and eloquent in both its words and the drawings with which it is lovingly illustrated. Long out of print in its unabridged version, this engagingly written eye-witness narrative of China on the eve of revolution remains an important source of historical and political information. Robert A. Kapp's new Introduction analyzes the book's original contribution and highlights its relevance to issues in the twenty-first century world.

Bringing together substantial essays by leading scholars, this volume offers a comprehensive introduction to and analysis of the politics of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to the mid-1990s. The first four chapters are drawn from The Cambridge History of China, Volumes 14 and 15. The last two chapters have been written specifically for the second edition. Richard Baum's chapter covers the events of the 1980s, and Joseph Fewsmith's concluding essay extends the coverage into the 1990s.
1 One of the only books on post-1949 China that offers complete, chronologically seamless coverage of political history
2 Goes beyond politics to offer historical analysis
3 Contributors are extremely well known and respected in their field
4 New chapter for this edition brings it up to date, covering post-Tiananmen politics
5 First edition was widely adopted for undergraduate courses. The writing is clear enough to expect sales to the general, educated public - especially journalists and policy makers

The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and becameto America’s continuing chagrinthe father of the Chinese missile program.

The era between empire and communism is routinely portrayed as a catastrophic interlude in China's modern history. But in this book, Frank Dikötter shows that the first half of the twentieth century was characterized by unprecedented openness. He argues that from 1900 to 1949, all levels of Chinese society were seeking engagement with the rest of the world and that pursuit of openness was particularly evident in four governance, including advances in liberties and the rule of law; greater freedom of movement within the country and outside it; the spirited exchange of ideas in the humanities and sciences; and thriving and open markets and the resulting sustained growth in the economy.

Hong Kong University Press

China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese "economic miracle." It is a country of contradictions and transitions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, an ancient civilization that is modernizing as rapidly as possible, a walled-off nation that is increasingly at the center of world trade. This Very Short Introduction offers an indispensable starting point for anyone who needs to quickly know the themes and controversies that have shaped modern China. Prize-winning author and scholar Rana Mitter examines the modern history, politics, economy, and thriving cultural scene of contemporary China, and its relations with the wider world. This lively guide covers a range of social issues from the decline of footbinding and the position of women in society, to the influence of television and film, and the role of the overseas Chinese diaspora. It covers many prominent figures as well, such as the Communist leaders, the last emperors, and prominent writers and artists throughout China's history.

Legendarily 2,200 years old and 4,300 miles long, the Great Wall of China seems to make an overwhelmingly confident physical statement about the country it spans: about China’s age-old sense of itself being an advanced civilization anxious to draw a clear line between itself and the barbarians” at its borders. But behind the wall’s intimidating exteriorand the myths that have built up around itis a complex history that has both defined and undermined China. Author Julia Lovell has written a new and important history of the Great Wall that guides the reader through the conquests and cataclysms of the Chinese empire, from the second millennium BC to the present day.
In recent years, the Wall has become an ever more potent symbol of Chinese nationalism, of a determination to resist foreign domination. But how successful was the Wall in reality, and what was its real purpose? Was it a precursor, albeit on a huge scale, of the Berlin Walla barrier designed to keep its population in as much as undesirables out? Lovell looks behind the modern mythology of the Great Wall, uncovering a three-thousand-year history far more fragmented and less illustrious than its crowds of visitors imagine today. The story of the Wall winds through that of the Chinese state and the frontier policy that defined it, through the lives of the millions of individuals who supported, criticized, built, and attacked it.

美国在不到百年的时间内就穷尽了地力，而中国农耕历经四千余年，土壤肥沃依旧，且养活了数倍于美国的人口。原因何在？ 中国农耕文化的无穷魅力让富兰克林·H·金认定，东方农耕是世界上最优秀的农业，东方农民是勤劳智慧的生物学家。如果向全人类推广东亚的可持续农业经验，那么各国人民的生活将更加富足。 《四千年农夫(中国朝鲜和日本的永续农业)》记录了东亚农业生产者真实的生活环境，讲述了东方各民族好的耕作方法。《四千年农夫(中国朝鲜和日本的永续农业)》的作者富兰克林·H·金认为，农耕的首要条件是保持土壤的肥沃，东方各民族早已遇到此类问题，而且已经找到了解决方法。对此，西方或许也能直接从他们的经验中获益良多。这是西方向东方学习保护自然资源的第一课。这便是富兰克林·H·金从东方带回去的重要信息。 直正的农业旅行家很少。富兰克林·H·金是这方面真正的专家。

本书以近代中国一些驻外官员、知识分子记述资本主义各国情况的游记、日记为主要材料，探讨了近代中国人士考察西方的历史，反映了中国由闭关自守、天朝自大到走向世界、认识世界的过程。文笔生动。

从东方到西方：走向世界丛书叙论集，ISBN：9787806651926，作者：钟叔河著

鲁迅几万字的遗著，其中很大—部分必将永远受到读者的喜爱，后世读者将以一种赞叹和欣赏的态度阅读它。有—部分时过境迁，不再使人感到兴趣，比起文章来，更重要的是鲁迅这个人。他的入世的态度，他的爱国心和正义感，他对强暴的反抗和对弱者的同情，他为了中国进步不懈的努力，他身上那种中国优秀知识分子的传统的骨气，用他自己的话说，“这就是中国的脊梁”。他作为中国知识分子的楷模，这形象，这精神，必将永世长存。

朱正不以曾沦为失败者而自馁，由春及秋、日夜相继。孜孜矻矻，数易其稿；广搜博览，严格依据已经公开发表的资料，事事有来历，句句有出处，力求在最大程度上让历史得以本来面目出现。这是真正史家的风格，学者的态度。

坊间欧洲通史以政治或哲学思想史为多，前者以王朝或地域为中心，且重点以西欧为主，后者则重视个人思想贡献为多。本书特点正好补以上之不足：作者以宏观的态度坦诚地从欧洲史源流展开讨论，其中包括基督教思想的形成及后来与回教思想的糅合，追寻近世欧洲思想的源流，今日“全球化”格局的思索提供思想资源与历史经验。
本书特点：哲学史与社会思想史兼而有之，深入到欧洲社会的各个阶层和社会角落，重视知识界精英思想与下层民间文化之间的联系与渗透。
打破以西欧为中心的历史观，关注中欧、东欧、西班牙以及西北欧的低地国家的思想与文化，重视西欧与欧洲其他地区的思想文化之间的冲突与互动，揭示今日欧洲思想史格局的历史渊源。
突显阿拉伯文化和希腊异教文化对整个欧洲思想文化形成的作用。
为我们了解整个欧洲文化的地区多样性与历史复杂性提供了重要的思想资源，从而突破了按照时代先后发展的线性式思想史的局限。

《纽约时报》排行榜第1名
《泰晤士报》排行榜第1名
维多利亚时代煤气灯下恐怖小说的开局……既有好故事的迷人魅力，又有历史著作所应当具备的丰富知识。
——《沙龙》
以纳博科夫和博尔赫斯精神创造的生动寓言。
——《华尔街日报》
疯狂，暴力，神秘的专注，奇特的学问，惊人的喜剧结局
狄更斯的伦敦，佛罗里达的彭沙可拉湾，亭可马里海滩，美国内战战场
始于1857年的《牛津英语词典》（OED）的编纂，是人类历史上最浩大的智力工程之一。詹姆斯•默里博士领导下的编委会，在收集定义过程中，发现了一个叫W.C.迈纳的医生独自贡献了一万多条引语。当编委会决定向他致敬时，一个惊人的事实曝光了：原来迈纳医生，是一个美国内战的老兵，也是一个因为患精神病犯杀人罪而被禁闭在精神病院的病人……

此书为《余英时英文论著汉译集》之一种，由19篇论文组成，涉及先秦到当代中国，体裁有专论、书评、条目和序跋，讨论的主题集中在中国思想史，具体内容如下：中国古代的轴心期突破、魏晋时期的个人主义和新道家运动、唐宋转型中的思想突破、清代儒家智识主义的兴起初论、对十七世纪中国思想转变的阐释、戴震与朱熹传统、戴震的选择、章学诚对抗戴震、、孙逸仙的学说与中国传统文化、商业文化与中国传统、民主、人权与儒家文化、二十世纪中国的激进、二十世纪中国国史概念的变迁、民主观念和现代中国精英文化的式微、中国史学思想反思等。

《宋明理学与政治文化》包括两部分，第一部分集中讨论宋代理学的起源和发展，及其政治文化之间千丝万缕的复杂关系；第二部分研究明代理学与政治文化的关系。全书根据原始史料建构一个整体的历史景观。

作者為海內外著名人文學者，對中外文化有深刻了解。並對中國當代歷史、政治現實、文化問題的剖析，具真知灼見。文學典雅厚重，觀點引人省思。
本書收集作者近年散文作品，分為「故國篇」、「懷舊篇」、「坐隱篇」和「母校篇」。談個人情懷、家國文化、師友憶往等。
余英時原籍安徽潛山，生於中國天津。燕京大學歷史系肄業。一九五零年入讀香港新亞書院，師從錢穆，成為第一屆畢業生。一九五五年，被推薦入美國哈佛大學，師從楊聯陞，取得歷史學哲學博士學位。歷任美國密歇根大學副教授、哈佛大學教授、新亞書院校長兼香港中文大學副校長、美國耶魯大學歷史講座教授，現為普林斯頓大學講座教授，並曾於一九九一至九二年任美國康乃爾大學第一任胡適講座訪問教授。余先生曾經喻稱自己對政治只有「遙遠的興趣」，會持續觀察、評論政治，而不會參政。自一九八零年代起，余先生發表了許多政論文章，擲地有聲。二零零六年美國國會圖書館頒授余先生克魯格人文與社會科學終身成就獎 (Kluge Prize rewards lifetime achievement)；而為表揚余先生為史學作出之貢獻，新亞書院聯同崇基書院成立「余英時先生歷史講座」，以推動中外歷史文化，介紹學術新知。