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She shows how, over the last century, processes of state formation, construction of ethnic identity, and regional security concerns have contributed to very different outcomes for Akha and their forests in China and Thailand, with Chinese Akha functioning as citizens and grain producers, and Akha in Thailand being viewed as \"non-Thai\" forest destroyers.\u003cbr\u003eThe modern nation-state grapples with local power hierarchies on the periphery of the nation, with varied outcomes. Citizenship in China helps Akha better protect a fluid set of livelihood practices that confer benefits on them and their landscape. Denied such citizenship in Thailand, Akha are helpless when forests and other resources are ruthlessly claimed by the state. Drawing on current anthropological debates on the state in Southeast Asia and more generally on debates on property theory, states and minorities, and political ecology, Sturgeon shows how people live in a continuous state of negotiated boundaries - political, social, and ecological.\u003cbr\u003eThis pioneering comparison of resource access and land use among historically related peoples in two nation-states will be welcomed by scholars of political ecology, environmental anthropology, ethnicity, and politics of state formation in East and Southeast Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience \u0026amp; Math\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNature \u0026amp; Ecology\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eWater Supply \u0026amp; Land Use\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":45261755973822,"sku":"0295987634-4","price":8.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/51VGlfhJNDL._SL500.jpg?v=1754081674"},{"product_id":"1603842047","title":"China: A History (Volume 2): From the Great Qing Empire through The People's Republic of China, (1644 - 2009)","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003enow Available In Two Volumes, This Accessible, Yet Rigorous, Introduction To The Political, Social, And Cultural History Of China Provides A Balanced And Thoughtful Account Of The Development Of Chinese Civilization From Its Beginnings To The Present Day. Volume Two Covers From The Great Qing Empire Through The People's Republic Of China (1644-2009).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eeach Volume Includes Ample Illustrations, A Full Complement Of Maps, A Chronological Table, Extensive Notes, Recommendations For Further Reading And An Index. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistory\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAsia\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eChina\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":45261828489406,"sku":"1603842047-4","price":12.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/71yeTxIHbyL.jpg?v=1754082838"},{"product_id":"1476735301","title":"Reimagining India: Unlocking the Potential of Asia's Next Superpower","description":"\n\u003cp\u003eCollection Of Essays By ... Experts On What The New Global Elite Needs To Know About Modern India-- Reimagining -- Politics \u0026amp; Policy -- Business \u0026amp; Technology -- Challenges -- Culture \u0026amp; Soft Power -- India In The World. 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In Unruly Waters, Historian Sunil Amrith Reimagines Asia's History Through The Stories Of Its Rains, Rivers, Coasts, And Seas--and Of The Weather-watchers And Engineers, Mapmakers And Farmers Who Have Sought To Control Them. Looking Out From India, He Shows How Dreams And Fears Of Water Shaped Visions Of Political Independence And Economic Development, Provoked Efforts To Reshape Nature Through Dams And Pumps, And Unleashed Powerful Tensions Within And Between Nations. Today, Asian Nations Are Racing To Construct Hundreds Of Dams In The Himalayas, With Dire Environmental Impacts; Hundreds Of Millions Crowd Into Coastal Cities Threatened By Cyclones And Storm Surges. In An Age Of Climate Change, Unruly Waters Is Essential Reading For Anyone Seeking To Understand Asia's Past And Its Future. -- Amazon.com. The Shape Of Modern Asia -- Water And Empire -- This Parched Land -- The Aqueous Atmosphere -- The Struggle For Water -- Water And Freedom -- Rivers Divided, Rivers Dammed -- The Ocean And The Underground -- Stormy Horizons -- Epilogue: History And Memory At The Water's Edge. Sunil Amrith. 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A true believer—and one of only two Westerners permitted to enroll at Beijing University—her education included wielding a pneumatic drill at the Number One Machine Tool Factory. In the name of the Revolution, she renounced rock \u0026amp; roll, hauled pig manure in the paddy fields, and turned in a fellow student who sought her help in getting to the United States. She also met and married the only American draft dodger from the Vietnam War to seek asylum in China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed China Blues\u003c\/i\u003e is Wong's startling—and ironic—memoir of her rocky six-year romance with Maoism (which crumbled as she became aware of the harsh realities of Chinese communism); her dramatic firsthand account of the devastating Tiananmen Square uprising; and her engaging portrait of the individuals and events she covered as a correspondent in China during the tumultuous era of capitalist reform under Deng Xiaoping. In a frank, captivating, deeply personal narrative she relates the horrors that led to her disillusionment with the \"worker's paradise.\" And through the stories of the people—an unhappy young woman who was sold into marriage, China's most famous dissident, a doctor who lengthens penises—Wong reveals long-hidden dimensions of the world's most populous nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn setting out to show readers in the Western world what life is like in China, and why we should care, she reacquaints herself with the old friends—and enemies of her radical past, and comes to terms with the legacy of her ancestral homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e Publishers Weekly \u003cp\u003eThis superb memoir is like no other account of life in China under both Mao and Deng. Wong is a Canadian ethnic Chinese who, in 1972, at the height of the cultural revolution, was one of the first undergraduate foreigners permitted to study at Beijing University. Filled with youthful enthusiasms for Mao's revolution, she was an oddity: a Westerner who embraced Maoism, appeared to be Chinese and wished to be treated as one, although she didn't speak the language. She set herself to become fluent, refused special consideration, shared her fellow-students rations and housing, their required stints in industry and agriculture and earnestly tried to embrace the Little Red Book. Although Wong felt it her duty to turn in a fellow student who asked for help to emigrate to the West, she could not repress continual shock at conditions of life, and by the time she was nearly expelled from China for an innocent friendship with a \"foreigner,\" much of her enthusiasm, which lasted six years, had eroded. In 1988, returning as a reporter for the Toronto Globe Mail, she was shocked once again, this time by the rapid transformations of the society under Deng's exhortation: \"to be rich is glorious.\" Her account is informed by her special background, a cold eye, a detail. Her description of the events at Tiananmen Square, which occurred on her watch, is, like the rest of the book, unique, powerful and moving. 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In the three decades since, the world he recorded in that book has undergone phenomenal change. The Soviet Union has collapsed and China has risen; India booms while Burma smothers under dictatorship; Vietnam flourishes in the aftermath of the havoc America was unleashing on it the last time Theroux passed through. And no one is better able to capture the texture, sights, smells, and sounds of that changing landscape than Theroux.\u003cbr\u003eTheroux’s odyssey takes him from eastern Europe, still hung-over from communism, through tense but thriving Turkey into the Caucasus, where Georgia limps back toward feudalism while its neighbor Azerbaijan revels in oil-fueled capitalism. Theroux is firsthand witness to it all, traveling as the locals do—by stifling train, rattletrap bus, illicit taxi, and mud-caked foot—encountering adventures only he could have: from the literary (sparring with the incisive Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk) to the dissolute (surviving a week-long bender on the Trans-Siberian Railroad). And wherever he goes, his omnivorous curiosity and unerring eye for detail never fail to inspire, enlighten, inform, and entertain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePAUL THEROUX was born in Medford, Massachusetts, in 1941 and published his first novel, Waldo, in 1967. His fiction includes The Mosquito Coast, My Secret History, My Other Life, Kowloon Tong, Blinding Light, and most recently, The Elephanta Suite. His highly acclaimed travel books include Riding the Iron Rooster, The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, Fresh Air Fiend, and Dark Star Safari. 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This fascinating book is the first to focus on artwork produced from the 1950s to the 1970s, when Mao Zedong was in leadership, and argues that important contributions were made during this period that require fuller consideration in Chinese art history, especially with relevance to the contemporary world.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreviously, historians have tended to dismiss the art of the Cultural Revolution as pure propaganda. The authors of this volume (historians, art historians, and artists) argue that while much art produced during this time was infused with politics, and individual creativity and displays of free thought were sometimes stifled and even punished, it is short sighted to overlook the aesthetic sophistication, diversity, and accessibility of much of the imagery.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBringing together more than 200 extraordinary artworks, including oil paintings, ink scroll paintings, artist sketchbooks, posters, and objects from daily life, as well as primary documentation that has not been published outside of China or seen since the mid-20th century, this invaluable volume sheds new light on one of the most controversial and critical periods in history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\nPublishers Weekly\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis lushly illustrated and highly informative catalogue argues that the art of the Cultural Revolution represents an important cultural movement in China necessary to comprehend both the revolution's context and contemporary Chinese art. Essays and interviews illustrate the collection's focused yet diversified scope: topics range from contemporary artist Zheng Shengtian's reflections on the influence of Soviet art on Chinese artists to portraits of Mao as artistic genre. Of particular note is an instructive introduction to the origins and implications of the Cultural Revolution by Harvard historian Roderick MacFarquhar; an absorbing essay on the No Name group, the Cultural Revolution's first underground art group; a revealing interview with contemporary Chinese artist Xu Bing; and artist Zhao Yannian's rousing, lyrical account of his release from prison and makeshift trial at a struggle session. A useful appendix provides relevant historical documents including Mao's most influential speeches on cultural policy and a chronology of historical and art events from 1949 to 1979. 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Pomfret Takes The Myriad Historical Milestones Of Two Of The World's Most Powerful Nations And Turns Them Into One Fluid, Fascinating Story, Leaving Us With A Nuanced Understanding Of Where These Two Nations Stand In Relation To One Another, And The Rest Of The World-- From The Clipper Ships That Ventured To Canton Hauling Cargos Of American Ginseng To Swap For Chinese Tea To The Us Warships Facing Off Against China's Growing Navy In The South China Sea, From The Yankee Missionaries Who Brought Christianity And Education To China To The Chinese Who Built The American West, The United States And China Have Always Been Dramatically Intertwined. For More Than Two Centuries, American And Chinese Statesmen, Merchants, Missionaries, And Adventurers, Men And Women, Have Profoundly Influenced The Fate Of These Nations. While We Tend To Think Of America's Ties With China As Starting In 1972 With The Visit Of President Richard Nixon To China, The Patterns--rapturous Enchantment Followed By Angry Disillusionment--were Set In Motion Hundreds Of Years Earlier. Drawing On Personal Letters, Diaries, Memoirs, Government Documents, And Contemporary News Reports, John Pomfret Reconstructs The Surprising, Tragic, And Marvelous Ways Americans And Chinese Have Engaged With One Another Through The Centuries. A Fascinating And Thrilling Account, The Beautiful Country And The Middle Kingdom Is Also An Indispensable Book For Understanding The Most Important--and Often The Most Perplexing--relationship Between Any Two Countries In The World.--dust Jacket. A New Frontier -- Founding Fortunes -- Blitzconversion -- The Calm Minister -- Men Of Iron -- A Good Thrashing -- Bible Women -- The Door Opens And Shuts -- Hot Air And Hope -- American Dreams -- Mr. Science -- Fortune Cookies -- Up In Smoke -- The Soong Dynasty -- Opportunity Or Threat -- A Red Star -- New Life -- Bloody Saturday -- Little America -- Burmese Days -- Dangerous Liaisons -- The Rice Paddy Navy -- The East Is Red -- Keys To The Kingdom -- The Beginning Of The End -- Mission Impossible -- A Third Force -- Hate America -- Hate China -- A Cold War -- Dead Flowers -- Bloody Marys -- Pictures Of Chairman Mao -- Out Of Bad Things -- Not Because We Love Them -- Tacit Allies -- We Are Very Sexy People -- China Rediscovers America -- Nobody Is Afraid Of Anybody -- Deathsong -- Kung Fu Fighting -- Patriotic Education -- From China With Love -- Welcome To The Club -- Twin Towers -- G2? -- End Of An Era. John Pomfret. 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