http://www.euppublishing.com/book/9780748670413 This book explains how the worship requirements of the mosque and the Chinese architectural system converged. What happens when a monotheistic, aniconic, foreign religion needs a space in which to worship in China, a civilisation with a building tradition that has been largely unchanged for several millennia? The story of this ext...(展开全部)

Recent archaeological discoveries, including manuscripts, have shed new light on China's history, in particular Qin and Han (221 BCE–220 CE), this volume's main focus. They make possible a deeper account of the growth of cities and of the spread of Chinese influence over distant areas. This book provides the first comprehensive survey of recent developments, evaluating the newl...(展开全部)

Recent archaeological discoveries, including manuscripts, have shed new light on China's history, in particular Qin and Han (221 BCE–220 CE), this volume's main focus. They make possible a deeper account of the growth of cities and of the spread of Chinese influence over distant areas. This book provides the first comprehensive survey of recent developments, evaluating the newl...(展开全部)

蒋介石（1887年10月31日－1975年4月5日），幼名瑞元、谱名周泰、学名志清，后改名中正，字介石。浙江奉化人，是近代中国著名政治人物及军事家，历任黄埔军校校长、国民革命军总司令、国民政府主席、行政院院长、国民政府军事委员会委员长、中华民国特级上将、中国国民党总裁、三民主义青年团团长、第二次世界大战同盟国中国战区最高统帅、中华民国总统等职。 蒋中正受孙中山赏识而崛起於民国政坛，在孙去世后长期领导中国国民党达半世纪；其於国民政府时代一直居於军政核心，领导中国渡过对日抗战与二次大战，行宪后又连续担任第一至五任中华民国总统长达27年，但其政治手腕与独裁统治亦遭受批评。其从政生涯横跨北伐、训政、国共内战、对日抗战、行宪、民国政府退守台湾及东西方冷战，在中国近代史上有重要地位。1975年4月5日，在台北士林官邸逝世。 蒋介石是中国近现代史上的一个关键人物，...(展开全部)

Though China's urban history reaches back over five thousand years, it is only in the last quarter century that urbanization has emerged as a force of widespread social transformation while a massive population shift from country to city has brought about a dramatic revolution in China's culture, politics, and economy. Employing a historical perspective, John Friedmann presents...(展开全部)