Book Series in Asian Studies
Durham East Asia Series
New & Published Titles:
Xinjiang
China's Muslim Far Northwest
Xinjiang, the nominally autonomous region in China's far northwest, is of increasing international strategic and economic importance. With a population which is mainly non-Chinese… read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54631-7 (Routledge)
Zhouyi
A New Translation with Commentary of the Book of Changes
Modern research has revealed the Book of Changes to be a royal divination manual of the Zhou state (500100 BC). This new translation synthesizes the… read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-1491-9 (Routledge)
China's Tibet Policy
This major study analyses the traditional modes of Sino-Tibetan relations in order to unearth general patterns beyond partisan points of view. It sheds light on… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0474-3 (Routledge)
State Formation in Korea
Emerging Elites
This volume brings together for the first time a significant body of Professor Barnes' scholarly writing on early Korean state formation, integrated so that successive… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1323-3 (Routledge)
Korea
A Historical and Cultural Dictionary
Compiled by specialists from the University of Durham Department of East Asian Studies, this new reference work contains approximately 1500 entries covering Korean civilisation from… read more1999 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-0463-7 (Routledge)
China
A Cultural and Historical Dictionary
Compiled by specialists from the University of Durham Department of East Asian Studies, this new reference work contains approximately 1500 entries covering Chinese civilisation from… read more1998 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-0439-2 (Routledge)
Strengthen the Country and Enrich the People
The Reform Writings of Ma Jianzhong
Ma Jianzhong was a close adviser to the powerful Qing government official, Li Hong-zhang, and wrote several essays between 1878 and 1890 outlining his plans…
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more information about Strengthen the Country and Enrich the People
Forthcoming Titles:
State Formation in Japan: Emergence of a 4th-Century Ruling Elite
By Gina Barnes
To be published August 15th 2010