Book Series in Asian Studies

Academia Sinica on East Asia

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Beyond Confucian China

The Rival Discourses of Kang Youwei and Zhang Binglin

By Young-tsu Wong

Young-tsu Wong trows new light on Kang Youwei and Zhang Binglin, both through research on the sources, nature and import of their ideas and through…

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July 2010 | Hardback: 978-0-415-58208-7 (Routledge)

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Divine Justice

Religion And The Development Of Chinese Legal Culture

By Paul R. Katz

This book considers the ways in which religious beliefs and practices have contributed to the formation of Chinese legal culture. It does so by describing…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57433-4 (Routledge)

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The Poet-historian Qian Qianyi

By Lawrence C.H Yim

This book is the first English language study of Qian Qianyi (1582-1664) - a poet and literary critic during the Ming-Qing dynastic transition. Although Qian’s…

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2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-49460-1 (Routledge)

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Taiwan in Japan’s Empire-Building

An Institutional Approach to Colonial Engineering

By Hui-yu Caroline Tsai

This book explores the institutions through which Taiwan was governed under Japanese colonial rule, illuminating how the administration was engineered and how Taiwan was placed…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44738-6 (Routledge)

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