Focusing on the artistic production and cultural impact of the lower Yangzi River delta, an area known as Jiangnan, this volume features more than 200 objects from Neolithic times through the eighteenth century that range in media from jade, silk, prints, and paintings to porcelain, lacquer, and bamboo carvings. Essays by internationally renowned scholars cover topics such as J...(展开全部)

黄宗智（Philip C.C.Huang），加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶校区（University of California，Los Angeles）历史系教授（1966—2004年），中国研究中心创办主任（1986～1995年），Modem China创刊编辑（1975年至今）。主要著作有《华北小农经济与社会变迁》、《经验与理论：中国社会、经济与法律的实践历史研究》，以及法律史的三卷本：《清代的法律、社会与文化：民法的表达与实践》、《法典、习俗与司法实践：清代与民国的比较》和《过去和现在：中国民事法律实践的探索》。

黄宗智（Philip C.C.Huang），加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶校区（University of California，Los Angeles）历史系教授（1966—2004年），中国研究中心创办主任（1986～1995年），Modem China创刊编辑（1975年至今）。主要著作有《华北小农经济与社会变迁》、《经验与理论：中国社会、经济与法律的实践历史研究》，以及法律史的三卷本：《清代的法律、社会与文化：民法的表达与实践》、《法典、习俗与司法实践：清代与民国的比较》和《过去和现在：中国民事法律实践的探索》。

In 1978, on windswept plains of northern Afghanistan, archaeologists unearthed tombs of ancient nomads that had been sealed for two thousand years and discovered an extraordinary trove: some 22,000 individual pieces of gold buried with the remains of six Bactrian nomads. Within months of this discovery at Tillya Tepe, a Soviet invasion isolated Afghanistan, and the so-called Ba...(展开全部)

n this probing and original study, Parks M. Coble examines the devastating impact of Japan's invasion and occupation of the lower Yangzi on China's emerging modern business community. Arguing that the war gravely weakened Chinese capitalists, Coble demonstrates that in occupied areas the activities of businessmen were closer to collaboration than to heroic resistance. He shows ...(展开全部)

Only two major exhibitions from the fabled Chinese Palace Museum collections have been seen in the West - the first in London in 1935-36 and the second in the United States in 1961-62. These two exhibitions provided an extraordinary stimulus to the study of Chinese culture, revolutionized Asian art studies in the West, and opened the eyes of the public to the artistic tradition...(展开全部)

The Ladies' Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the spectacular development of the modern department store in late nineteenth century Paris. The store is a symbol of capitalism, of the modern city, and of the bourgeois family; it is emblematic of consumer culture and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century. Octave Mouret, ...(展开全部)

The Ladies' Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the spectacular development of the modern department store in late nineteenth century Paris. The store is a symbol of capitalism, of the modern city, and of the bourgeois family; it is emblematic of consumer culture and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century. Octave Mouret, ...(展开全部)