In late imperial China, opera transmitted ideas across the social hierarchy about the self, family, society, and politics. Beijing attracted a diverse array of opera genres and audiences and, by extension, served as a hub for the diffusion of cultural values. It is in this context that historian Andrea S. Goldman harnesses opera as a lens through which to examine urban cultural...(展开全部)

In late imperial China, opera transmitted ideas across the social hierarchy about the self, family, society, and politics. Beijing attracted a diverse array of opera genres and audiences and, by extension, served as a hub for the diffusion of cultural values. It is in this context that historian Andrea S. Goldman harnesses opera as a lens through which to examine urban cultural...(展开全部)

In late imperial China, opera transmitted ideas across the social hierarchy about the self, family, society, and politics. Beijing attracted a diverse array of opera genres and audiences and, by extension, served as a hub for the diffusion of cultural values. It is in this context that historian Andrea S. Goldman harnesses opera as a lens through which to examine urban cultural...(展开全部)

史谦德（David Strand），美国狄金森学院查尔斯·A.德纳（Charles A. Dana）政治学教授。1979年获美国哥伦比亚大学博士学位。著有《北京的人力车夫：1920年代的市民与政治》《未竟的共和：近代中国的言行表率》等。 周书垚，美国德州农工大学教育学硕士。译有《上海秘密战》《拜占庭的成就》等。 袁剑，中央民族大学民族学与社会学学院副教授，（教育部基地）中央民族大学中国少数民族研究中心边疆民族研究所所长。著有《边疆的背影：拉铁摩尔与中国学术》，译有《烧钱：中国人生活世界中的物质精神》《危险的边疆：游牧帝国与中国》《假想的”满大人”：同情、现代性与中国疼痛》等。 周育民，上海师范大学历史系教授、博士生导师。著有《中国帮会史》（与邵雍合著）、《晚清财政与社会变迁》、《史海试勺——晚清史管窥》、《上海通史》（第六卷）等。翻译或校译《中国民间...(展开全部)

In the 1920s, revolution, war, and imperialist aggression brought chaos to China. Many of the dramatic events associated with this upheaval took place in or near China's cities. Bound together by rail, telegraph, and a shared urban mentality, cities like Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing formed an arena in which the great issues of the day--the quest for social and civil peace, ...(展开全部)

A study of the politics of rice in Canton, this book sheds new light on the local history of the city and illuminates how China's struggles with food shortages in the early twentieth century unfolded and the ways in which they were affected by the rise of nationalism and the fluctuation of global commerce. Author Seung-joon Lee profiles Canton as an exemplary site of provisioni...(展开全部)

Gaston Leroux is one of the originators of the detective story, and The Phantom of the Opera is his tour de force, as well as being the basis for the hit Broadway musical. A superb suspense story and a dark tale of obsession, The Phantom of the Opera has thrilled and entertained audiences in adaptations throughout the century. This new translation—the first completely mo...(展开全部)

Old Beijing has become a subject of growing fascination in contemporary China since the 1980s. While physical remnants from the past are being bulldozed every day to make space for glass-walled skyscrapers and towering apartment buildings, nostalgia for the old city is booming. Madeleine Yue Dong offers the first comprehensive history of Republican Beijing, examining how the ca...(展开全部)

In this collection of new and previously published essays, Sherry Ortner draws on her more than two decades of work in feminist anthropology to offer a major reconsideration of culture and gender. Making Gender is rich in theoretical insights and ethnographic examples, offering a stimulating synthesis of the field by one of its founders and foremost theorists.