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"Von der Warte der kulturalistisch orientierten Disability History aus werden die Herstellung von Behinderung im Gesellschaftssystem der Bundesrepublik und die Formierung der Behindertenpolitik untersucht. So lassen sich die hinter Behinderung stehenden Prozesse der Kategorisierung und ihre Wurzeln aufzeigen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

"China's rapid rise as a regional and global power is one of the most important political developments of the twenty-first century. Yet the West still largely overlooks or oversimplifies the complex ideas and ideals that have shaped China's national and international development from antiquity to the present day. In this beautifully written introductory text, Youngmin Kim offers a uniquely incisive survey of the major themes in Chinese political thought from customary community to empire, exploring their theoretical importance and the different historical contexts in which they arose. Challenging traditional assumptions about Chinese nationalism and Marxist history, Kim shows that 'China' is not a fixed, single identity, but rather a constantly moving target. His probing, interdisciplinary approach traces the long and nuanced history of Chinese thought as a true tradition anchored around certain key themes; many of which began in the early dynasties and still resonate in China today. Only by appreciating the rich history of political thought in China, he argues, can we begin to understand the intricacies and contradictions of Chinese politics, economy and society today"--

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Until recently the discipline of economic history was concerned mostly with the Industrial Revolution and the period since. A large majority of the research and writing focused on Great Britain, western Europe, and the United States. There has been a striking change in the last three decades. Economic historians today are much more interested in the earlier periods: the early modern and medieval eras and even the ancient economies of the Old World. They have been gathering empirical materials and employing various theories to make sense of the evolution of these economies. Equally important, there has been a resurgence in the studies of developing regions of the world. Global economic history, focusing on all regions of the world and their interconnectedness since ancient times, is on its way to becoming a major field of study. Even the Industrial Revolution, the most central event of economic history, is being studied and reinterpreted today not as a British or even western European event but as a breakthrough resulting from many centuries of interaction between Europe and the rest of the world.

Introduction -- Tabula Gratulatoria -- Selected Bibliography of Professor Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani -- Classical Persian Literature and Philology -- Classical Arabic Literature and Philology -- Islamic Theology, Islamic Jurisprudence and Islamic Philosophy -- Islamic History and Historiography

This article considers the divide between popular and academic history, especially as perceived by popular and academic historians. It argues that the two forms of history, though clearly connected to one another, have different priorities and audiences. In particular, where academic
historians prize originality of research, popular historians will tend to prize powerful storytelling. The article suggests that popular historians could acknowledge more handsomely that many do owe their debt to the research findings of academic historians, while in their turn academic historians
have much to learn from popular historians about how to communicate the pleasures and importance of understanding the past.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Terminology -- Chronology -- Introduction -- PART ONE: EARLY MODERN EVOLUTIONS -- CHAPTER ONE: Les Noces chinoises: An Eighteenth-Century French Representation of a Chinese Wedding Procession -- CHAPTER TWO: The Control of Female Energies: Gender and Ethnicity on China's Southeast Coast -- CHAPTER THREE: Collecting Masculinity: Merchants and Gender Performance in Eighteenth-Century China -- CHAPTER FOUR: Writing Love: The Heming ji by Wang Zhaoyuan and Hao Yixing -- PART TWO: "CLOISTERED LADIES" TO NEW WOMEN -- CHAPTER FIVE: "Media-Savvy" Gentlewomen of the 1870s and Beyond -- CHAPTER SIX: The Fate of the Late Imperial "Talented Woman": Gender and Historical Change in Early-Twentieth-Century China -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Moving to Shanghai: Urban Women of Means in the Late Qing -- PART THREE: RADICALISM AND RUPTURES -- CHAPTER EIGHT: The Life of a Slogan -- CHAPTER NINE: Bad Transmission -- Glossary of Chinese Characters -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.