James Polachek (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The journal has sound hinges and is not cocked. Pages are clean and unmarked. Some pages have a mildly bent corner. Previous owner's signature on the front cover. The book's exterior shows very slight dust soiling. Some fading to spine and adjacent edges of the covers. Corners of front and back covers are lightly creased or bent. The journal will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Abstracts"; "Editor's Note"; "Introduction to Peasant Strategies in Asian Societies: Moral and Rational Economic Approaches--A Symposium"; "The Moral or the Rational Peasant? Competing Hypotheses of Collective Action" by David Feeny; "Moral Economy or Political Economy? The Peasants are Always Rational" by Pierre Brocheux; "The Moral Economy of the Kiangsi Soviet (1928-1934)" by James M. Polachek; "Indulgence and Abundance as Asian Peasant Values: A Bengali Case in Point" by Paul R. Greenough; "Economic Action and Buddhist Morality in a Thai Village" by Charles F. Keyes; "The Problem of the Fifth Modernization--A Review Article" by James P. Harrison; "Women in Recent Chinese Fiction--A Review Article" by Yue Daiyun and Carolyn Wakeman; "On Review of Essays on Chinese Civilization" by Derk Bodde; "A Review of Medusa's Hair" by Gananath Obeyesekere; "A Response to Gananath Obeyesekere" by Margaret T. Egnor.

Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1992.Hardcover.Very good,very good.400 pages.Ships from Japan.Usually ships in 1-2 working days.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book in black boards has barest hints of wear, tight, bright and unmarked. 'Harvard East Asian Monographs, 151'.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG/VG, hardcover; ISBN 0674454464. Harvard East Asian Monographs, 151. 1992. 400 pages, with Chapter Notes, Bibliography, Glossary and Index. Seven pages at rear listing other titles in the Harvard East Asian Monographs series. Near Fine hardcover in black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine. Clean inside and out, with no writing, underlining, highlighting, etc. Binding solid and square. Only fault is scuff mark to bottom edge of page block. Very Good dustjacket, bright and glossy. Only fault is two tiny (less than 1/8 inch) closed tears, one at head of spine and another along upper rear edge. From the inner flap: "Why did defeat in the Opium War not lead Ch'ing China to a more realistic appreciation of Western might and Chinese weakness? James Polachek's revisionist analysis exposes the behind-the-scenes political struggles that not only shaped foreign-policy decisions in the 1830s and 1840s but have continued to affect the history of Chinese nationalism in modern times. Polachek looks closely at the networks of literati and officials, self-consciously reminiscent of the late Ming era that sought and gained the ear of the emperor. Challenging the conventional view that Lin Tse-hsu and his supporters were selfless patriots who acted in China's best interests, Polachek argues that, for reasons having more to do with their own domestic political agenda, these men advocated a futile policy of militant resistance to the West. Linking political intrigue, scholarly debates, and foreign affairs, local notables in Canton and literati lobbyists in Perking this book sets the Opium War for the first times in its "inner," domestic political context.".

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Acceptable .Ships From Multiple Locations. book.

Condition: new.

400 p 23,5 cm Encuadernación editorial en cartoné con sobrecubierta en papel. Estado de conservación: Como nuevo. .

paperback. Condition: New. Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 2020-06-01 Pages: 340 Publisher: Renmin University of China Press. Why did the failure of the Opium War not prompt the Qing Dynasty to examine the strength of the West and the weakness of China more realistically??The analysis in this book reveals the political struggles within the Qing Dynasty before and after the Opium War. These political struggles not only shaped the diplomatic decision-making in the 1830s and 1940s. but also continued to influence th.

Cambridge, Harvard Univ. Press, 1992.VIII,400 pp. Orig. hardcover, d./j.