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1	Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World more books like this by Timothy Brook add to wishlist In the hands of award-winning historian Brook, Vermeer's dazzling paintings become windows that reveal how daily life and thought--from Delft to Beijing--were transformed in the 17th century, when the world first became global. see all copies from $4.98! new only from $9.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China more books like this by Timothy Brook add to wishlist The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the centre of the world: the European voyages of exploration were searching not just for new lands but also for new trade routes to the Far East. In this book, Timothy Brook narrates the changing landscape of life over ... see all copies from $7.91! new only from $19.80! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Death by a Thousand Cuts more books like this by Timothy Brook, Jerome Bourgon, Gregory Blue add to wishlist In a public square in Beijing in 1904, multiple murderer Wang Weiqin was executed before a crowd of onlookers. He was among the last to suffer the extreme punishment known as lingchi. Called by Western observers "death by a thousand cuts" or "death by slicing," this penalty was reserved for the very worst crimes in imperial China.A unique ... see all copies from $22.50! new only from $23.46! \| first editions \| SVS
4	China and Historical Capitalism: Genealogies of Sinological Knowledge more books like this by Timothy Brook (Editor), Gregory Blue (Editor), Maurice Aymard (Editor) add to wishlist This book addresses the historical relationship that has arisen between the concept of capitalism and the idea of China. Formulated by European intellectuals in order to identify the social formation in which they found themselves, capitalism was portrayed as unique to Europe and as an organic outgrowth of Western civilization. In this way, China ... see all copies from $26.62! new only from $46.30!
5	Quelling the People: The Military Suppression of the Beijing Democracy Movement more books like this by Timothy Brook add to wishlist This is a unique, day-by-day, hour-by-hour reconstruction of the massacre in Tiananmen Square on June 3-4, 1989, as well as of the crucial events in Beijing during the previous weeks that largely precipitated the massacre. The author focuses on the army (the People's Liberation Army), which, with its motto 'Serve the People', had always prided ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $18.40! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Chinese State in Ming Society more books like this by Timothy Brook, Brook Timothy add to wishlist The Ming dynasty (1368-1644), a period of commercial expansion and cultural innovation, fashioned the relationship between the present day state and society in China. This unique collection of reworked and heavily illustrated essays, by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, re-examines this relationship and argues that contrary to ... see all copies from $50.92! new only from $50.92!
7	Documents on the Rape of Nanking more books like this by Timothy Brook (Editor) add to wishlist Newly revised resources for understanding the Rape of Nanking see all copies from $6.75! new only from $22.74! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Collaboration: Japanese Agents and Local Elites in Wartime China more books like this by Timothy Brook add to wishlist Studies of collaboration have changed how the history of World War II in Europe is written, but for China and Japan this aspect of wartime conduct has remained largely unacknowledged. This work talks about the sensitive topic of wartime collaboration between the Chinese and their Japanese occupiers. see all copies from $17.00! new only from $19.64! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Culture and Economy: The Shaping of Capitalism in Eastern Asia more books like this by Timothy Brook (Introduction by), Hy V Luong (Introduction by) add to wishlist Shows how rapid expansion of capitalism in Eastern Asia constitutes a challenge to Western social theory see all copies from $11.85! new only from $41.40!
10	Opium Regimes: China, Britain, and Japan, 1839-1952 more books like this by Bob T Wakabayashi (Editor), Timothy Brook (Editor) add to wishlist This work examines the ways opium has been used in China, Britain and Japan over the last two centuries. These essays argue that the interweaving of trading, addiction, and state intervention in opium's history refigured the historical face of East Asia more than any other commodity. see all copies from $18.87! new only from $34.44! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Nation Work: Asian Elites and National Identities more books like this by Timothy Brook (Editor), Professor Andre Schmid (Editor) add to wishlist Questions assumptions about nationalism by examining the particular origins of the nation in Asia see all copies from $23.95! new only from $33.54! \| SVS
12 view cover	Geographical Sources of Ming-Qing History, Second Edition more books like this by Timothy Brook add to wishlist An essential bibliographical tool for researchers of Chinese social, cultural, and religious history. see all copies from $40.68! new only from $41.17!
13	Really, nurse! more books like this by Roger Brook, Jacqueline Moran, Timothy Birdsall add to wishlist see all copies from $10.28! first editions
14 view cover	China's Cosmopolitan Empire: The Tang Dynasty more books like this by Mark Edward Lewis, Timothy Brook (Editor) add to wishlist This six-volume series traces the history of imperial China from the beginnings of unification under the Qin emperor in the third century BCE to the end of the Qing dynasty in the early twentieth century. Each book covers a broad range of topics at a concise length and is grounded in the latest scholarship. This is an essential series for everyone ... see all copies from $26.95! new only from $27.25! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Praying for Power: Buddhism and the Formation of Gentry Society in Late-Ming China more books like this by Harvard University Press, Timothy Brook add to wishlist In 17th and 18th century China, Buddhists and Confucians alike flooded local Buddhist monasteries with donations As gentry numbers grew faster than the imperial bureaucracy, traditional Confucian careers were closed to many; but visible philanthropy could publicize elite status outside the state realm. Actively sought by fund-raising abbots, such ... see all copies from $39.50! new only from $39.50!
16 view cover	Infrastructure for Poor People: Public Policy for Private Provision more books like this by Penelope J Brook (Editor), Timothy C Irwin (Editor) add to wishlist Access to basic infrastructure services by poor people remains a problem even as governments of many developing countries have privatized these services. Many poor people continue to lack access to safe water and sanitation, modern sources of energy, and electronic means of communication. This book provides guidance on how to structure private ... see all copies from $13.78! new only from $34.70!
17 view cover	Opium Regimes: China, Britain, and Japan, 1839-1952 more books like this by Timothy Brook (Editor), Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi (Editor) add to wishlist This work examines the ways opium has been used in China, Britain and Japan over the last two centuries. These essays argue that the interweaving of trading, addiction, and state intervention in opium's history refigured the historical face of East Asia more than any other commodity. see all copies from $45.95! first editions
18 view cover	China's Last Empire: The Great Qing more books like this by William T Rowe, Ph.D., Timothy Brook (Editor) add to wishlist In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West. The Great Qing was the second major Chinese empire ruled by foreigners. Three strong Manchu emperors worked diligently to secure an alliance with the conquered Ming gentry, ... see all copies from $20.95! new only from $22.95! \| SVS
19	Quelling People: the Military Suppression of the Beijing Democracy Movement by Timothy Brook add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! first editions
20 view cover	Aqua3 IGN top 25: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World by Timothy Brook add to wishlist "Vermeer's Hat" offers us a rich new understanding both of Vermeer's paintings and of the era they portray. 'Effortless and compelling, Brooks is a wonderful storyteller. I doubt I will read a better book this year' - "Sunday Telegraph". In one painting, a Dutch military officer leans toward a laughing girl. In another, a woman at a window weighs ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $21.91!
21 view cover	Civil Society in China more books like this by Timothy Brook (Editor), B Michael Frolic (Editor) add to wishlist The concept of "civil society" was borrowed from 18th-century Europe to provide a framework for understanding the transition to post-authoritarian regimes in Latin America and post-communist regimes elsewhere. This book asks whether this concept is useful for analyzing China. see all copies from $64.75! new only from $64.75!
22	Geographical sources of Ming-Qing history more books like this by Timothy Brook add to wishlist see all copies from $88.00! new only from $88.00!

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