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  • THE PERFORMING ARTS IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA
    COLIN MACKERRAS
    The overthrow of the ‘gang of four’ in 1976 had profound effects in all areas of Chinese society, and probably nowhere can this be seen more clearly than in the performing arts. Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong’s widow, was strongly interested in the performing arts and exercised great influence over them. Professor Mackerras describes this influence and the effects its removal had on th...

    $920.00

  • MARXISM IN ASIA
    COLIN MACKERRAS / NICK KNIGHT
    Marxism is a theory which originated in the context of nineteenth-century industrialised Europe. Despite its European origins, Marxism has actually found greatest significance as a doctrine for change in the context of the underdeveloped peasant societies of Asia. This paradox has only been resolved through adaptation of Marxism to suit the specific features of particular Asian...

    $1,100.00

  • CHINA IN TRANSFORMATION
    COLIN MACKERRAS
    In the first half of the twentieth century, China moved from a millennium of imperial rule to the Communist Party-led People’s Republic of China which remains today. China in Transformation argues that this enormously significant period in Chinese history saw wrenching change throughout Chinese society amounting to a social, cultural and political transformation. This new, full...

    $1,120.00

  • CHINA, XINJIANG AND CENTRAL ASIA
    MACKERRAS, COLIN / CLARKE, MICHAEL
    Central Asia and Xinjiang – the far north-western province of China – are of increasing international importance. The United States, having established military bases in Central Asia after September 2001, has now become a force in what was previously predominantly a Russian sphere of influence; whilst China, Russia and Iran all continue to exert strong influence. These external...

    $1,460.00

  • CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC
    MACKERRAS, COLIN / MAIDMENT, RICHARD
    This important new text examines the crucial social and cultural factors associated with the rise of the Asia- Pacific region at the end of the Twentieth Century. It takes a close look at those areas which have affected the everyday life of the people most directly. These include: * the family * gender relations and the position of women * religion * the arts, with specific ref...

    $1,060.00

  • DICTIONARY OF THE POLITICS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
    MACKERRAS, COLIN / MCMILLEN, DONALD H. / WATSON, ANDREW
    As China's political and economic development comes under closer scrutiny, this Dictionary will prove invaluable to anyone with an interest in contemporary China. As well as proving valuable to students and academics of political science, economics, history and Asian studies, it will be of use to government officials, business people and media professionals with current or futu...

    $2,320.00

  • CHINA'S ETHNIC MINORITIES AND GLOBALISATION
    COLIN MACKERRAS
    China's fifty-five officially recognised ethnic minorities form about 8% of the Chinese population, with over 100 million people, and occupy over 60% of China's territory. They are very diverse, and the degree of modernisation among them varies greatly. This book examines the current state of China's ethnic minorities at a time when ethnic affairs and globalisation are key forc...

    $1,320.00

  • ETHNICITY IN ASIA
    COLIN MACKERRAS
    This book is designed as a comprehensive comparative introduction to ethnicity in East and Southeast Asia since 1945. Each chapter covers a particular country looking at such core issues as:· the ethnic minorities or groups in the country of concern, how many ethnic groups, population, language and culture group they belong to, traditional religions and arts· government policy ...

    $1,420.00