The Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1937 led some thirty million Chinese to flee their homes in terror, and live—in the words of artis t and writer Feng Zikai—“in a sea of bitterness” as refugees. Keith Schoppa paints a comprehensive picture of the refugee experience in one province—Zhejiang, on the central Chinese coast—where the Japanese launched major early offensives as we...(展开全部)

This volume sheds light on the important role of copper in early modern Sino-Japanese trade. By examining the demand for copper and the policy on copper procurement in Japan and China as well as the role of Osaka merchant houses, this volume provides a new slant on the “life” of Japanese copper – from production and distribution to consumption. In addition, papers on other sign...(展开全部)

This volume sheds light on the important role of copper in early modern Sino-Japanese trade. By examining the demand for copper and the policy on copper procurement in Japan and China as well as the role of Osaka merchant houses, this volume provides a new slant on the “life” of Japanese copper – from production and distribution to consumption. In addition, papers on other sign...(展开全部)

Chinese rulers and statesmen were naturally concerned about the issue of war, when to wage it, when it was justified, and when to avoid it. Although much has been asserted about how these issues were understood in Chinese culture, this work is the first study actually to focus on the debates themselves. These debates at court proceeded from specific understandings of what const...(展开全部)

Approaches the recent resurgence of the fantastic in Chinese cinemas Offers the framework of ‘Sino-enchantment’ as a new theoretical lens through which readers can engage elements of the fantastic in Chinese cinema Addresses the increasing prominence of fantastic narratives, imagery and styles in Chinese films Interested not simply in CGI effects, but as much in the ideological...(展开全部)

Bernard Wasserstein has uncovered startling evidence from the archives of the intelligence agencies of several countries that relates the remarkable and murky history of Shanghai''s political netherworld during the 1930s and 40s.'

In this famous book Philip Bell examines the European origins of the Second World War from three different angles: first, he sets out the various explanations which have been offered for the war, and discusses the historiographical debates to which they have given rise; he then analyses the major underlying forces - ideological, economic and strategic - that were at work in Eur...(展开全部)

P.M.H.贝尔（P.M.H.Bell），英国欧洲近现代史专家，利物浦大学荣誉高级教席享有者，长于欧洲国际关系史研究。著有《法国与英国（1900—1940）：协约与疏离》、《法国与英国（1940—1994）：长分裂》以及《第二次世界大战的起源：欧洲战场》。其中《第二次世界大战的起源》自1986年首版后多次再版，是其重要代表作。 杨光海，解放军国际关系学院国际战略系教授，国家安全战略研究中心主任。著有《国际安全制度及其在东亚的实践》，参与翻译《二十世纪世界史》。 丁山，解放军国际关系学院副教授。

A decade after the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China established their formidable alliance in 1950, escalating public disagreements between them broke the international communist movement apart. In The Sino-Soviet Split, Lorenz Lthi tells the story of this rupture, which became one of the defining events of the Cold War. Identifying the primary role of disputes ov...(展开全部)