Heaven Has Eyes is a comprehensive but concise history of Chinese law and justice from the imperial era to the post-Mao era. Never before has a single book treated the traditional Chinese law and judicial practices and their modern counterparts as a coherent history, addressing both criminal and civil justice. This book fills this void. Xiaoqun Xu addresses the evolution and fu...(展开全部)

Heaven Has Eyes is a comprehensive but concise history of Chinese law and justice from the imperial era to the post-Mao era. Never before has a single book treated the traditional Chinese law and judicial practices and their modern counterparts as a coherent history, addressing both criminal and civil justice. This book fills this void. Xiaoqun Xu addresses the evolution and fu...(展开全部)

These translations of eighteen classical Chinese texts from the mid-ninth century (Tang dynasty) through the late nineteenth century (Qing dynasty) offer a comprehensive collection of primary sources focusing on gender issues in medieval and late imperial China. The book's title reflects the sometimes ironic relationship between Confucian viewpoints and women's visibility in Ch...(展开全部)

These translations of eighteen classical Chinese texts from the mid-ninth century (Tang dynasty) through the late nineteenth century (Qing dynasty) offer a comprehensive collection of primary sources focusing on gender issues in medieval and late imperial China. The book's title reflects the sometimes ironic relationship between Confucian viewpoints and women's visibility in Ch...(展开全部)

Table of Contents Preface 1 Outside and Inside History 2 The Sense of the Past 3 What Can History Tell Us about Contemporary Society? 4 Looking Forward: History and the Future 5 Has History Made Progress? 6 From Social History to the History of Society 7 Historians and Economists: I 8 Historians and Economists: II 9 Partisanship 10 What Do Historians Owe to Karl Marx? 11 Marx a...(展开全部)

Table of Contents Preface 1 Outside and Inside History 2 The Sense of the Past 3 What Can History Tell Us about Contemporary Society? 4 Looking Forward: History and the Future 5 Has History Made Progress? 6 From Social History to the History of Society 7 Historians and Economists: I 8 Historians and Economists: II 9 Partisanship 10 What Do Historians Owe to Karl Marx? 11 Marx a...(展开全部)