A Biography of Cao Cao
Rafe de Crespigny is an Australian sinologist, now aged 90. He specialises in the history of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period. His…
The Yangtze River
The Yangtze River has a mystical status in Chinese history. It is the 3rd longest river in the world. Unlike the Yellow river, it is…
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Excellent books – By Jonathan D Spence
Jonathan D Spence is a prolific historian of Chinese imperial history. Here are two more excellent books by him in my library on the great…
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By Jonathan D Spence
Jonathan D Spence is a prolific historian of Chinese imperial history. Here are two excellent books by him in my library. Emperor of China is…
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Excellent book – The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting: Wannsee and the Final Solution
27 Jan 2020 was the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Red army. This is a slim 150-page book…
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Omens and the Ming emperor – Tale of Two Melons: Emperor and Subject in Ming China
This 141-page book is an evocative book about the relationship between the Ming emperor and his subjects, the ambiguity of omens and the long memory…
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The liberation of the Auschwitz
27 Jan 2020 was the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Red army. Here are 3 books on the…
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A gem – Yangtze: Nature, history, and the river
The Yangtze is called Chang Chiang, meaning ” Long River by the Chinese. Only the Nile and Amazon are longer. {p 15}. This 211- page…
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A history – Ancient Sichuan and the Unification of China
Sichuan or Szechwan as it is known under the Wades – Giles system means ” four streams” This term for the province was not used…
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By Anne Salmond
Anne Salmond is a New Zealander. She is a specialist in the history of South Seas and the cultural interactions between the Europeans and the…
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Magnificent survey – Chinese Architecture
This 2019 book published by Princeton University Press is a magnificent history of Chinese architecture from the earliest periods of Chinese history to the present.…
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