Reed (Chinese language and literature, Middlebury College, Vermont) introduces English readers to the Youyang zazu (Miscellaneous Morsels from the South Slope of You Mountain), a ninth-century Chine
Phongpaichit (economics, Chulalongkorn U., Bangkok) and Baker (a freelance writer) discuss how Thailand got through its recent economic crisis. Emphasis is placed on four main themes: the economic an
R.W.L. Guisso and Lenny Hu have both published extensively in their respective fields of Chinese history and Chinese literature, and they have collaborated previously in translation of erotica. Here t
Zhao (pre-modern Chinese history, U. of Toronto) does not chronicle the royal marriages between 1206 and 1368, but describes features that characterize the phenomenon as a whole. In particular, he exa
Gonzslez-Reimann (South Asian studies, U. of California, Berkeley) argues that a focus on the transitory nature of life among not only the Hindus but also the Buddhists and Jains in the formative peri
The fascinating story of Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) changing himself while trying to change the religious faith of the Chinese has been told many times. As a Jesuit, Ricci pushed Christian evangelism by
The eighteenth century Chinese masterpiece novel Dream of the Red Chamber is only beginning to be known in the West. Zhou, the leading expert on the novel, gives a literary and historical biography of
This book guides the reader to the emerging Ecozoic Era when humans will be present upon the Earth in a mutually enhancing manner. Indeed, this book calls for an Ecozoic spirituality that is timely an
This volume engages with the work of E. Douglas Lewis, who has made major contributions to the understanding of Eastern Indonesia, ethnography, culture, and religion, as well as a neurobiologically in
Shepherd (anthropology and international affairs, George Washington U.) explores interrelationships between the field practices of anthropology, the preservation goals of cultural heritage, and the co
This volume uses feminist and post colonial theory to examine Malay literature by Chinese peranaken authors in the Dutch East Indies between 1915 and 1940. Hellwig (Asian studies, U. of British Columb
This volume presents the "Nuogao ji" (Records of Nuogao), five juan scrolls or books of a ninth-century miscellany titled Youyang zazu by Duan Chengshi (c. 800-863), an erudite and highly imaginat
Expressionism and its deformation in contemporary Chinese theater is the focus as Hsiung (applied Chinese language, National Taiwan Normal U.) examines expressionism from 1900 to 1930, the influx of e
Starting in 1767 with the first portrayal of China and the Chinese on stage in the American colonies, Williams (theater, Ohio State U.-Newark) traces the evolution of such portrayals from harmless buf
This book discusses how the meal tradition in the particular context of Korea, abridged as Rice is Heaven, is to be reinterpreted in terms of main themes in the biblical meal tradition, summarized as
Wu Leichuan (1870-1944) was the last Christian with the Metropolitan degree in China and the first Chinese chancellor of Yenching University. This book studies his intellectual odyssey from Confuciani
