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A Tibetan Revolutionary: The Political Life and Times of Bapa Phuntso Wangye
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"This biography of one of the most influential Tibetans of the twentieth century is one of the great untold stories of modern Tibet. Phüntso Wangye is a man who has never stopped fighting for his people, and the story of his life is both heartbreaking and inspiring, and essential for....
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Music of the Miao and Dong People of Guizhou: Drinking Songs and Love Songs CD
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The 08-08-08 opening ceremonies of the Olympics showed the world what a wealth of cultures exist in the minority populations of China; the tribal groups heard on this disc come from the southwest, and judging by the music on tap they seem to have their priorities straight. Here are the most....
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Origins of Chinese People & Customs
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From early man through modern weddings, this survey of the way Chinese people live is a fascinating exploration of popular customs. With a good discussion of children’s name and customs of bringing up children.
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Origins of Tibetan Culture
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Why are prayer flags found everywhere in Tibet? What is the meaning of the oft-heard phrase "Om mani padre hum"? What is the beautiful legend behind the grisly practice of sky burial? And why is the Dalai Lama so revered? Find the answers to these questions and much more in this enjoyable....
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Taking Christianity to China: Alabama Missionaries in the Middle Kingdom 1850-1950
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Beginning early in the 19th century, the American missionary movement made slow headway in China. Individuals from Alabama became part of that small beachhead. Although Alabama missionaries initially seemed to fit the negative description of Americans trying to superimpose their own values and....
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Tanners of Taiwan: Life Strategies and National Culture
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Tanners of Taiwan is an ethnography of identity construction set in the leather-tanning communities of Southern Taiwan. Through life history analysis and ethnographic observation, Simon examines what it means to be Chinese - or alternatively Taiwanese - in contemporary Taiwan.
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Wolf Totem
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Winner of the 2007 Man Asian Literary Prize and a sensation in China in 2004, this is an epic Chinese tale of a Beijing intellectual sent to live among the nomads of Inner Mongolia-the ancestors of the Mongol hordes who at one time terrorized the world. His fictionalized firsthand account....
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