Upriver Journeys: Diaspora and Empire in Southern China, 1570-1850 [Hardcover ed.] 0674975200, 9780674975200

Tracing journeys of Cantonese migrants along the West River and its tributaries, this book describes the circulation of

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Upriver Journeys: Diaspora and Empire in Southern China, 1570-1850 [Hardcover ed.]
0674975200, 9780674975200

During the Song (960-1279), all educated Chinese men traveled frequently, journeying long distances to attend school and

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During the Song (960-1279), all educated Chinese men traveled frequently, journeying long distances to attend school and

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Studying the life situations of trans persons reveals preceding and ongoing political, societal and cultural transformat

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There is a triumphant and satisfying feeling the first time one returns to a once-unfamiliar place and finally feels lik

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Allegorical Architecture offers the first detailed architectural analysis of built forms and building types of the minor

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Academies belonged to a broad constellation of educational institutions that flourished in the Sung (960-1279), an era m

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publi

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An extensive dictionary (almost 1800 pages) of the Upriver dialects of Halkomelem, an Amerindian language of B.C.,giving

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Samuel Charters recounts experiences from a half-century spent following, documenting, recording, and writing about the

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