Chinese Characteristics (1894) was the most widely read American work on China until Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth (1931). It was the first to take up the task of analyzing Chinese society in the light of "scientific" social and racial theory. Written as a series of pungent and sometimes comic essays for a Shanghai newspaper in the late 1880s, Chinese Characteristics was among th...(展开全部)

Chinese Characteristics (1894) was the most widely read American work on China until Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth (1931). It was the first to take up the task of analyzing Chinese society in the light of "scientific" social and racial theory. Written as a series of pungent and sometimes comic essays for a Shanghai newspaper in the late 1880s, Chinese Characteristics was among th...(展开全部)

The year 1995, when the Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, marks a historical milestone in the development of the Chinese feminist movement. In the decades that followed, three distinct trends emerged: first, there was a rise in feminist NGOs in mainland China and a surfacing of LGBTQ movements; second, social and economic developments nurtured new female age...(展开全部)

The year 1995, when the Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, marks a historical milestone in the development of the Chinese feminist movement. In the decades that followed, three distinct trends emerged: first, there was a rise in feminist NGOs in mainland China and a surfacing of LGBTQ movements; second, social and economic developments nurtured new female age...(展开全部)

中国人究竟是怎么样的？外国人眼中的中国人究竟是怎样的？虽然我们不必以他人的模式来改造自己，却也通过他人来审视自己、改进自己。这是一部100多年前，由旅居中国20多年的美国人所撰写书，可直到今天，我们依然表现出对它越来越强烈的兴趣，为什么？一方面说明了“偏不肯研究自己”的中国人经过一次又一次的挫折和教训，逐步觉出了认识自己的极端重要性，渐渐地肯于研究自己了，另一方面也说明了书里面所批评的中国人的种种毛病并没有得到根治，有些甚至愈加严重了。究竟作者是怎么说的，我们身上到底有没有这样的毛病，就请在书中一窥究竟吧！

中国人究竟是怎么样的？外国人眼中的中国人究竟是怎样的？虽然我们不必以他人的模式来改造自己，却也通过他人来审视自己、改进自己。这是一部100多年前，由旅居中国20多年的美国人所撰写书，可直到今天，我们依然表现出对它越来越强烈的兴趣，为什么？一方面说明了“偏不肯研究自己”的中国人经过一次又一次的挫折和教训，逐步觉出了认识自己的极端重要性，渐渐地肯于研究自己了，另一方面也说明了书里面所批评的中国人的种种毛病并没有得到根治，有些甚至愈加严重了。究竟作者是怎么说的，我们身上到底有没有这样的毛病，就请在书中一窥究竟吧！

Characteristics of Games offers a new way to understand games: by focusing on certain traits--including number of players, rules, degrees of luck and skill needed, and reward/effort ratio--and using these characteristics as basic points of comparison and analysis. These issues are often discussed by game players and designers but seldom written about in any formal way. This boo...(展开全部)

Shaftesbury's Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times was published in 1711. It ranges widely over ethics, aesthetics, religion, the arts (painting, literature, architecture, gardening), and ancient and modern history, and aims at nothing less than a new ideal of the gentleman. Together with Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Addison and Steele's Spectato...(展开全部)

This general introduction to the study of the Chinese language traces its history from its beginings in the second millennium BC to the present day and provides a clear picture of the contemporary language and its sociolinguistic status. Chinese in its numerous dialect forms, has more speakers than any language in the modern world, and this vast extension in time and space brin...(展开全部)