约瑟夫·洛克（Joseph F.Rock，1884—1962）是中国研究民族学、纳西学和藏学的学者比较熟悉的一位西方学者。19世纪和20世纪之交，不少西方探险家、学者、传教士和旅行家怀有各种目的，开始来到中国西部边疆地区。他们寻求考古发现，以西方人文科学的方法对当地的社会和风土人情进行观察、记录。早期的西方探险家和学者主要热衷于中国西部的地下文物，比如，敦煌古代写卷和黑水城文书的发现过程中都有这些外国人的身影。到了20世纪的二三十年代，外国探险家们对世界这一块土地的热情依然不减。不过，他们追寻的目标逐渐从考古发现转向了对自然地理环境、人文习俗和社会制度的考察和研究，有些人在中国西部长期居住下来，对某一地区进行长期的跟踪考察和记录，还把他们的文稿寄往国外的刊物发表。直到20世纪50年代初，由于中国政治形势的巨变，他们才不得不离开中国。在后期的这些西方探...(展开全部)

This indispensable guide for students of both Chinese and women’s history synthesizes recent research on women in twentieth-century China. Written by a leading historian of China, it surveys more than 650 scholarly works, discussing Chinese women in the context of marriage, family, sexuality, labor, and national modernity. In the process, Hershatter offers keen analytic insight...(展开全部)

Michelson's analysis of almost 150,000 divorce trials reveals routine and egregious violations of China's own laws upholding the freedom of divorce, gender equality, and the protection of women's physical security. Using 'big data' computational techniques to scrutinize cases covering 2009–2016 from all 252 basic-level courts in two Chinese provinces, Henan and Zhejiang, Michel...(展开全部)

Michelson's analysis of almost 150,000 divorce trials reveals routine and egregious violations of China's own laws upholding the freedom of divorce, gender equality, and the protection of women's physical security. Using 'big data' computational techniques to scrutinize cases covering 2009–2016 from all 252 basic-level courts in two Chinese provinces, Henan and Zhejiang, Michel...(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)

This first book-length study of gender relations in the Lower Yangzi region during the High Qing era (c. 1683-1839) challenges enduring late-nineteenth-century perspectives that emphasized the oppression and subjugation of Chinese women. Placing women at the center of the High Qing era shows how gender relations shaped the economic, political, social, and cultural changes of th...(展开全部)

First published in 1934, "Border Town" brings to life the story of Cuicui, a young country girl coming of age during a time of national turmoil. Like any teenager, Cuicui dreams of romance and finding true love. She's spellbound by the local custom of nighttime serenades, and she is deftly pursued by two eligible brothers. But Cuicui is also haunted by the imminent death of her...(展开全部)

In Border Districts, a man moves from a capital city to a remote town in the border country, where he intends to spend the last years of his life. It is time, he thinks, to review the spoils of a lifetime of seeing, a lifetime of reading. Which sights, which people, which books, fictional characters, turns of phrase, and lines of verse will survive into the twilight? A dark-hai...(展开全部)