The Qing dynasty office purchase system (juanna), which allowed individuals to pay for appointments in the government, was regarded in traditional Chinese historiography as an inherently corrupt and anti-meritocratic practice. It enabled participants to become civil and military officials while avoiding the competitive government-run examination systems. Lawrence Zhang's ground...(展开全部)

Charles O.Hucker教授是20世纪50、60年代最为重要的中华帝国史学者和亚洲研究领域学术计划最重要的推动者，1983年于密歇根大学退休。他生前任密歇根大学亚洲语言与文学系教授。 Hucker教授著述甚丰，其中《中国古代官名辞典》一书是传统中国的政府组织这一问题上用西方语言写作的、最为全面的指南；而《中华帝国的过去》一书则是一部广受欢迎的中华帝国通史；同时，Hucker还为英国百科全书、美国百科全书和剑桥中国史的编撰做出了贡献。（摘自密歇根大学官网）

Charles O.Hucker教授是20世纪50、60年代最为重要的中华帝国史学者和亚洲研究领域学术计划最重要的推动者，1983年于密歇根大学退休。他生前任密歇根大学亚洲语言与文学系教授。 Hucker教授著述甚丰，其中《中国古代官名辞典》一书是传统中国的政府组织这一问题上用西方语言写作的、最为全面的指南；而《中华帝国的过去》一书则是一部广受欢迎的中华帝国通史；同时，Hucker还为英国百科全书、美国百科全书和剑桥中国史的编撰做出了贡献。（摘自密歇根大学官网）

This groundbreaking work provides an original and deeply knowledgeable overview of Chinese women and gender relations during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912). Bret Hinsch explores in detail the central aspects of female life in this era, including family and marriage, motherhood, political power, work, inheritance, education, religious roles, and ethics. He considers not only women...(展开全部)

The exquisite ceramic ware produced at the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory at Jingdezhen in southern China functioned as a kind of visual propaganda for the Qing dynasty (1644–1911) court. Porcelain for the Emperor charts the career of bannerman Tang Ying, a technocrat in the porcelain industry, through the first half of the eighteenth century to uncover the wider role of specia...(展开全部)

China’s rise has upset the global balance of power, and the first place to feel the strain is Beijing’s back yard: the South China Sea. For decades tensions have smoldered in the region, but today the threat of a direct confrontation among superpowers grows ever more likely. This important book is the first to make clear sense of the South Sea disputes. Bill Hayton, a journalis...(展开全部)

逍遙法外、來去無蹤，做賊也是一門專業？ 開鎖破牆、倒櫃翻箱，犯罪只為速速發財！ 櫛比鱗次的店鋪下，潛伏著一批「身懷奇技」的法外之徒！清代巴縣作為大江南北貿易樞紐、往來四川雲貴地區的必經要道，光鮮亮麗的熱鬧大街匯聚各路商賈鉅子，卻也成為犯罪滋生的溫床……。這群小偷們如何挑選受害者？如何神不知鬼不覺地竊走財物？遭竊者該怎麼報案？官府又有哪些處理方式？讓我們從今日留存的衙門檔案中，窺探城市最陰暗的角落，揭開盜匪不為人知、更不欲人知的一面！ ▍Who／誰來偷？ 在熙來攘往的城市中，請看管好自己的錢包，因為小偷可不會把「小偷」兩個字寫在臉上！不管是來自外地的臨時工，店舖裡面的學徒，甚至是家裡面的親人，都有可能伸出第三隻手。小心！竊賊就潛伏在您身邊！ ▍When／何時偷？ 月黑風高，正是發大財的好時機！不管是夜半酣眠還是出門遠行，又或者貨物暫且堆放路邊，只要盜匪...(展开全部)

In their personal lives, people consider it essential to separate economics and intimacy. We have, for example, a long-standing taboo against workplace romance, while we see marital love as different from prostitution because it is not a fundamentally financial exchange. In "The Purchase of Intimacy", Viviana Zelizer mounts a provocative challenge to this view. Getting to the h...(展开全部)

In their personal lives, people consider it essential to separate economics and intimacy. We have, for example, a long-standing taboo against workplace romance, while we see marital love as different from prostitution because it is not a fundamentally financial exchange. In "The Purchase of Intimacy", Viviana Zelizer mounts a provocative challenge to this view. Getting to the h...(展开全部)

Kin-Fo, a well to do Chinese man living in Shang-Hai, is accused by his good friend Wang of not having had any discomforts in his life that would make him appreciate true happiness. When Kin-Fo, receives news that his fortune is lost he arranges for an insurance policy to be taken out on his life that would cover his death, even by suicide; which he is planning on committing. H...(展开全部)