Author: China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Customs administration
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Hai Guan Zhi Yuan Ti Ming Lu
Author: China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Customs administration
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
海關職員題名錄
Author: China. 海關總稅務司署. 人事科Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : zh-CN
Pages : 368
Book Description
Yin Ying Qi Hou Bian Qian Zheng Ti Xing Hai an Guan Li Guo Ji Yan Xi Hui: Country and regional reports
Author: Yin Ying Qi Hou Bian Qian Zheng Ti Xing Hai an Guan Li Guo Ji Yan Xi Hui: Summary report
Author: Yin Ying Qi Hou Bian Qian Zheng Ti Xing Hai an Guan Li Guo Ji Yan Xi Hui
Author: The Gunpowder Age
Author: Tonio AndradePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400874440
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
A first look at gunpowder's revolutionary impact on China's role in global history The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before the technology passed to the West. But by the early 1800s, China had fallen so far behind the West in gunpowder warfare that it was easily defeated by Britain in the Opium War of 1839–42. What happened? In The Gunpowder Age, Tonio Andrade offers a compelling new answer, opening a fresh perspective on a key question of world history: why did the countries of western Europe surge to global importance starting in the 1500s while China slipped behind? Historians have long argued that gunpowder weapons helped Europeans establish global hegemony. Yet the inhabitants of what is today China not only invented guns and bombs but also, as Andrade shows, continued to innovate in gunpowder technology through the early 1700s—much longer than previously thought. Why, then, did China become so vulnerable? Andrade argues that one significant reason is that it was out of practice fighting wars, having enjoyed nearly a century of relative peace, since 1760. Indeed, he demonstrates that China—like Europe—was a powerful military innovator, particularly during times of great warfare, such as the violent century starting after the Opium War, when the Chinese once again quickly modernized their forces. Today, China is simply returning to its old position as one of the world's great military powers. By showing that China’s military dynamism was deeper, longer lasting, and more quickly recovered than previously understood, The Gunpowder Age challenges long-standing explanations of the so-called Great Divergence between the West and Asia.
The Pheasant Cap Master (He guan zi)
Author: Carine DefoortPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 143840073X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
This first book-length study in English explores the long neglected ancient Chinese treatise: the Pheasant Cap Master or He guan zi (3rd century B.C.).
Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period
Author: Arthur W. Hummel Sr.Publisher: Berkshire Publishing Group
ISBN: 1614728496
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
Book Description
Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period was first developed under the auspices of the US Library of Congress during World War II. This much-loved work, edited by Arthur W. Hummel Sr., was meticulously compiled and unique in its scope, and quickly became the standard biographical reference for the Qing dynasty, which lasted from 1644 to 1911/2. Amongst the contributors are John King Fairbank, Têng Ssû-yü, L. Carrington Goodrich, C. Martin Wilbur, Fêng Chia-shêng, Knight Biggerstaff, and Nancy Lee Swann. The 2018 Berkshire edition contains the original eight hundred biographical sketches as well as the original front and back matter, including the preface by Hu Shih, a scholar who had been China’s ambassador to the United States. An introduction by Pamela Crossley places this classic work in historical context, and discusses its origins, authors and editors, themes, style, and contemporary relevance. Chinese names in English have been converted to the pinyin transcription system (changing the book’s title from Ch’ing to Qing), but the traditional Chinese characters have been retained. Additional materials added by Berkshire include a general bibliography, a Wade-Giles to pinyin conversion table, and a list of Qing dynasty emperors. Arthur W. Hummel Sr. (1884–1975) was a missionary, sinologist, and the first director of the Orientalia Division at the Library of Congress. Pamela Crossley is a professor at Dartmouth College and a specialist on the Qing empire and modern Chinese history, as well as the software author and scholarly editor of the ECCP Reader, a digital companion to the original Eminent Chinese of the Ch’ing Period.
Illustrated Chinese Moxibustion Techniques and Methods
Author: Xiaorong ChangPublisher: Singing Dragon
ISBN: 0857010700
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
This authoritative text provides a complete overview of Chinese moxibustion techniques and methods, including detailed treatments and contraindications for a wide range of conditions. The authors cover the fundamentals of theory as well as the skills and techniques practitioners will need, and provide a detailed summary of all of the acupoints commonly used in moxatherapy. The book also covers the ways in which moxatherapy can be used to cultivate general health and wellbeing in patients, and explains in detail how to treat a wide range of complaints; for each complaint, descriptions of typical cases and the acupoints and procedures needed for treatment are provided. Extensively illustrated with photographs which clearly demonstrate clinical procedures, this is an essential reference for practitioners and students of acupuncture.
Transactions of the International Astronomical Union
Author: Derek McNallyPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400904975
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 937
Book Description
The XXth General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union was held in Baltimore, Maryland USA from August 02 to 11, 1988. The Inaugural Ceremony on August 02 was held in the presence of representatives of the United States Governn:ent, t~e S~ate of Maryland, the City of Baltimore and the host institution -the Johns Hopkins Umverslty- as well as of the National and Local Organising Committees. The scientific programme maintained the high standards of the Union and the scientific proceedings may be found either in this volume or in volume 8 of Highlights of Astronomy. The scientific programme was organised by the 40 Commission Presidents and coordinated by the General Secretary (1985-1988), Dr. J.-P. Swings. The local arrangements were effectively made through the National Organising Committee under the Chairmanship of Prof. F. Drake and the Local Organising Committee under the co-Chairmanship of Prof. A. Oavidsen and Dr. R. Giacconi. The smooth day to day operation of the meeting resulted from the incomparable dedication of Karen Weinstock and Harold Screen.