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Understanding the State from the Borderlands: An Anthropological Study of Rubber Cultivation among the Hani/Akha cover
Understanding the State from the Borderlands: An Anthropological Study of Rubber Cultivation among the Hani/Akha Zhang Yulong Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2018 Originally titled Understanding the State from the Borderlands: An Anthropological Study of Rubber Cultivation among the Hani/Akha, this ethnographic …
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The Morality of Law Lon L. Fuller The Commercial Press · 2005 The Morality of Law is the magnum opus of the American legal philosopher Lon L. Fuller (1902–1978). It originated as the Storrs Lectures delivered at …
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The Empathy of Legal Professionals 刘哲 Tsinghua University Press · 2023 The Empathy of Legal Professionals is a collection of judicial essays by Liu Zhe, one of the first batch of quota-appointed prosecutors at the Beijing…
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The Institutions of Reproduction Fei Xiaotong Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2025 Why must people marry? Why should children be raised jointly by both parents? These things that seem "only natural" actually rest on a set of man-made…
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Rating 3.9
The Craftsman's Heart: A Lifetime to Master One Thing Qiu Yang / Qiu Lian / 艾江涛 CITIC Press · 2016 The Craftsman's Heart: A Lifetime to Master One Thing was reported and written by Qiu Yang, Qiu Lian, Ai Jiangtao and other journalists of Sanlian Lif…
Insight Series (CITIC Insight Town Humanities and Social Sciences Series) cover
Insight Series (CITIC Insight Town Humanities and Social Sciences Series) 埃里克·霍布斯鲍姆 / 大卫·克里斯蒂安 / William H. McNeill / John R. McNeill / Siddhartha Mukherjee / Yuval Noah Harari / Richard Dawkins / 费尔南·布罗代尔 / Jacques Barzun / Neil Postman CITIC Press · 2017 The "Insight Series" is a large interdisciplinary general-knowledge series launched in 2017 by "Insight Town," a brand under CITIC Press Group. It adv…
The Beckoning Cat: Life Rules for Finding Happiness and Good Fortune cover
The Beckoning Cat: Life Rules for Finding Happiness and Good Fortune Suzuki Nobuo People's Literature Publishing House · 2025 "The Beckoning Cat: Life Rules for Finding Happiness and Good Fortune" is a small book that looks like a little gift but reads like a cultural essay. …
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Rating 3.9
The Arrival of the Post-Materialist Age Zheng Yefu CITIC Press · 2016 The Arrival of the Post-Materialist Age is a sociological work in which Zheng Yefu systematically explains "consumption." It grew out of his course "R…
No Urban Villages in the Future: The Demolition-Fueled Wealth Myth of a Pioneering City cover
No Urban Villages in the Future: The Demolition-Fueled Wealth Myth of a Pioneering City Southern Metropolis Daily / Chen Wending China Democracy and Legal System Publishing House · 2011 No Urban Villages in the Future: The Demolition-Fueled Wealth Myth of a Pioneering City was compiled by Southern Metropolis Daily under the chief edit…
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Monkey in a Cap: How Culture Shapes Human Nature Huige Sichuan People's Publishing House · 2015 Monkey in a Cap is a collection of cultural commentary by Hui Ge, written after years of tracking developments in anthropology, evolutionary psycholog…