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I had recently inherited a bunch of books and magazines from my grandparent. Many of which were issues of "Country Beautiful", a magazine was dedicated landscape photography. Many of these images don't even seem to exist on a database or website…

This work is thematically similar to "Lucid Landscape I". The reason for the subject matter in this comes from the vague similarities and differences western mesas have. Each, like a mountain, is visually define-able and can be grouped together has…

This book explores the transitions in rulership in late Yuan China beginning with a break with the empire founded by Genghis Khan and ending with the Yuan’s diminished power over China proper and finally the collapse of the dynasty. Critical to this…

This work looks into the Chinese social system for clues to the origin of the Ming autocracy, focusing on the role of Confucian doctrines in the rise of the Ming. He examines the elite stratum within Chinese society and the community of men broadly…

In this detailed social history of T'ai-ho county during the Ming dynasty, Dardess describes the rise and development of T'ai-ho village kinship, family lineage, landscape, agriculture, and economy. He follows the careers of a large number of native…

The author details the sufferings of a militant Confucianist group known as the "Donglin Faction", who suffered one of the most gruesome political repressions in China's history. The author compares the Donglin affair to the events that took place in…

The author provides a description of the evolution of the governing institutions of imperial China through periods of unity and disunity from the late Han (150 CE) to the late Qing (1850) dynasties, giving an account of change and continuity in…

In this book, the author offers a thematically organized political, social, and economic exploration of China from 1368 to 1644. He examines how the Ming dynasty was able to endure for 276 years, illuminating Ming foreign relations and border…