Nov
14
2011
Chinese Trade History
CNN Millennium 9-5 China & The Opium Wars in the 19th Century (1800s)
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Beijing, China – street vendors Canvas Prints Beijing, China – street vendors…. |
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Chinese Bazaar Canvas Prints A Chinese bazaar selling an assortment of things from pictures to baskets. …. |
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Chinese Dung Collectors Canvas Prints Young children scrape animal droppings off a paved walkway …. |
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Madams of the Barbary Coast $19.95 “Madams of the Barbary Coast” is an award winning documentary about the struggles, contributions, and triumphs of the Madams and courtesans who settled the dangerous Barbary Coast of San Francisco during the gold rush days…and about the women who tried to help them.Recently featured as part of San Francisco’s PBS “Women’s History Month,” Madams of the Barbary Coast explores the relationships and… |
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Scholastic Edition- Madams of the Barbary Coast $59.95 “Madams of the Barbary Coast” is an award winning documentary about the struggles, contributions, and triumphs of the Madams and courtesans who settled the dangerous Barbary Coast of San Francisco during the gold rush days…and about the women who tried to help them.Recently featured as part of San Francisco’s PBS “Women’s History Month,” Madams of the Barbary Coast explores the relationships and… |
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Global Treasures HOI AN Vietnam $1.99 … |
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Death by China: Confronting the Dragon – A Global Call to Action $25.99 This is the eBook version of the printed book.Bestselling author Peter Navarro (The Coming China Wars) and Greg Autry challenges the dominant paradigm of a “Chinese Miracle” – the one featuring a modernizing, progressive Chinese state heading toward political reform and driving global economic growth with its new found embrace of capitalism and freedom.Tearing this delusion away, Death by China do… |
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They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America $8.92 This controversial book by Ivan Van Sertima, the Guyanese historian, linguist, and anthropologist, claims that Africans had been to the New World centuries before Columbus arrived there in 1492. Citing–among other things–the huge Negroid-looking Olmec heads of Central Mexico and the similarities between the Aztec and Egyptian calendars and pyramid structures, Van Sertima pieces together a h… |
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The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy. $25.36 The Great Divergence brings new insight to one of the classic questions of history: Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe, despite surprising similarities between advanced areas of Europe and East Asia? As Ken Pomeranz shows, as recently as 1750, parallels between these two parts of the world were very high in life expectancy, consumption, product and factor markets, and th… |
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EMPEROR: RISE OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM $4.95 As Emperor Your Power Is Great…. |
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The Trade and Administration of the Chinese Empire $29.98 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II SKETCH OF CHINESE HISTORY FROM THE BEGINNING OF FOREIGN RELATIONS In the last chapter we gave a brief review of the first two periods of Chinese history. The Tsing Dynasty introduces a new element and brings us to the THIRD PERIOD (a.d. 1644 To The Present Time) The re-shaping of the old civilisation through intercourse with Western nations It has been customary to refer to China as the " fixed type," and to prophesy that change in her government or form of civilisation was an impossibility. Recent events have once more proved how unsafe it is to indulge in political forecasts respecting the future of nations. Radical changes have already been effected in China, as the result of the pressure brought to bear upon her by outside influences. In order to preserve her national integrity, she has been forced to adopt important reforms, and to introduce many foreign elements into her civilisation. This, however, has only been accomplished slowly, and has come about through a long series of frictions and contests with Western nations. The Reign Of Kanghi (1662-1723) As early as the reign of Kanghi, the second of the Manchu Emperors, two European embassies arrived at Peking for the purpose of opening up commercial relations Written by the Rev. F. L. Hawks Pott, D.D. with China. One came overland from Russia by way of Siberia, and the other by sea from Holland. Neither was successful in obtaining the privileges sought, for the Chinese, largely on account of their long isolation from the rest of the world, considered themselves superior to all other nations, and would not consent to treat on terms of equality with their representatives. This for a long time was the source of many misunderstandings. For instance, when the Chinese demanded from foreign en… |
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A Social History of the Chinese Book $58 A Social History of the Chinese Book |
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Encountering the Chinese $24.95 China is in the midst of unprecedented economic and cultural growth. In the last decade alone, China joined the World Trade Organization, hosted the 2008 Olympics and experienced a remarkable, record-high increase in its foreign currency reserves. As these changes unfold, frequency of contact between the Chinese and Westerners is dramatically increasing in the office, the classroom and the home.With though-provoking glimpses into history and tradition, Encountering the Chinese provides fundamental information on Chinese cultural norms and values, giving clear context for contemporary social standards. Readers will learn the etiquette necessary to build successful personal and professional relationships with the Chinese both inside and outside the People's Republic of China. This revised edition of Encountering the Chinese also explains how Chinese values are changing rapidly– and why it is more important than ever to keep up. For instance, compliments, once declined out of modesty, are now widely accepted in coastal citiesl; and some terms of address that were proper to use only a decade ago have grown offensive. Encountering the Chinese provides invaluable insight into the diverse and changing Chinese culture. |
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Westerners in China: A History of Exploration and Trade, Ancient Times Through the Present $9.98 This book traces the history of Western exploration in and trade with China. It includes exploration by the Russian Nikolay Przhevalsky, who traveled deep into China and today is largely remembered for the horse he discovered and identified there; the travels of nineteenth-century women explorers in China; American Roy Chapman’s discovery of the first fossilized dinosaur eggs in the Gobi Desert; and the competition between two American explorers to be the first to capture a live panda. Also included are a chronology of Chinese history and a pronunciation guide. |
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Kashgaria Eastern or Chinese Turkistan $22.98 1882. Historical and geographical sketch of the country; its military strength, industries and trade. Partial Contents: Geographical sketch of Kashgaria; Division of Kashgaria in an administrative sense; Trade of Kashgaria; Some words relating to the history of Kashgaria, B.C.; Rebellion against the Chinese in the year 1825; Some words on the Doongan insurrection in the Chinese provinces of Shan-Si, Han-Su and Djoongaria; The Kashgarian army; and Glance at events in Kashgaria from February 1877 up to the present time. |
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Chinese $66.48 This general introduction to the study of Chinese traces the language’s history from its beginnings in the second millennium B.C. to the present, and provides a clear picture of the contemporary language and its sociolinguistic status. Chinese, in its numerous dialects, has more speakers than any other language in the modern world, and this vast extension in time and space brings to its study an exceptional complexity. Nevertheless, Norman’s crisp organization and lucid elegance make this extraordinary range of material easily accessible even to those with an elementary understanding of linguistics. Chinese includes information on the genetic and typological connections of the language, the writing system, the classical and early vernacular tongues, the modern language and non-standard dialects, and the history of linguistic reform in China. |
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Ten Thousand Things Relating to China and the Chinese (1842) $24.98 An Epitome Of The Genius, Government, History, Literature, Agriculture, Arts, Trade, Manners, Customs, And Social Life Of The People Of The Celestial Empire, Together With A Synopsis Of The Chinese Collection. |
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Premodern Trade in World History $15.82 This far reaching study examines the key theme of trading in world history, from the earliest signs of trade until 1500. |
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Women and the Family in Chinese History $27.49 This is a collection of essays by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, it explores features of the Chinese family, gender and kinship systems and places them in a historical context. |
