About the publisher
Shanghai People's Publishing House is a comprehensive publisher whose list focuses on academic monographs and general-interest titles in philosophy, social sciences, politics and law, economics and management, and history. Among its books are Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties History in the Chinese Dynastic History series; The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy in foreign literature; the Wenjing Classical Translation Illustrated Edition of The Complete Greek Tragedies of Euripides; and works of social theory such as Max Weber's Economy and Society and Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments. Its authors include Wang Zhongluo, J.R.R. Tolkien, Luo Niansheng, and Zhou Zuoren.
Published (1862)
Rating 4.9★ History of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties (Chinese Dynastic History Series) 王仲荦 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 The Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties refers to a distinctive period in China's historical development, beginning with the fall of the Eas… Rating 4.8★ Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments 马克斯·霍克海默 / 西奥多·阿多诺 / 渠敬东 / 曹卫东 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 The original goal of enlightenment was to enable people to hold high the banner of reason, escape ignorance and fear, and establish freedom and autono… Rating 4.8★ History of the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties (Vols. 1-2) (Chinese Dynastic History Series) 王仲荦 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 In two volumes totaling over a million Chinese characters, The History of the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties offers a detailed account of the full flou… Rating 4.8★ Wu Hung's 'Chinese Painting' Trilogy Wu Hung Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 Renowned art historian Wu Hung's "Chinese Painting" trilogy: From Antiquity to the Tang, Five Dynasties to Southern Song, and Yuan to Qing. Breaking b… Rating 4.7★ Mythology (New Unabridged Translation) 罗兰·巴特 / 江灏 / 许绮玲 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 Our daily life is steeped in myths: the faces of movie stars, the Tour de France, cars, advertising, travel, wine... Detached from the matrix of reali… Rating 4.7★ Black Studio Annie Ernaux / 黄荭 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 Annie Ernaux has a process for writing every book. This process is often very long, during which she reflects, questions, wavers, gives up, and starts… Rating 4.7★ The Rules of Sociological Method 埃米尔·涂尔干 / 王赟 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 The Rules of Sociological Method Rating 4.6★ In Defense of Tolkien 汤姆·希比 / 周仰 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 You say Tolkien is an escapist, conservative fantasist? He experienced the front lines of World War I, studied more than twenty languages, and created… Rating 4.6★ The Grand Chessboard (Zhishi Shufang) 兹比格纽·布热津斯基 / 中国国际问题研究所 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 As a leading figure in geopolitical research, Brzezinski authoritatively examines the post-Cold War strategic interests at stake between Eurasian nati… Rating 4.6★ Symposium (Rizhi Classics) Plato Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 This book is the Symposium, a classic work by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. Written as a Platonic dialogue, it recounts a gathering—a symposium… Rating 4.6★ An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding David Hume / 张连富 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 Written as a reworking of Book One of A Treatise of Human Nature, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is clear and concise, and is the best rout… Rating 4.6★ Death and the Right Hand (Revised Translation) 罗伯特·赫尔兹 / 吴凤玲 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 This book is an early classic of symbolic anthropology, consisting of two independent essays. In "A Study of the Collective Representation of Death," … Rating 4.6★ A History of the French Revolution: 1789–1815 (Three Volumes) 王养冲 / 王令愉 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 History of the French Revolution: 1789–1815 is the only comprehensive general history of the French Revolution written by a Chinese scholar. Drawing o… Rating 4.6★ Chinese Painting: Yuan to Qing Wu Hung Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 This book is the third and final volume of Wu Hung's "Chinese Painting" series, focusing on the development of Chinese painting across the Yuan, Ming … Rating 4.5★ The Capacity for Self-Expansion: New Perspectives on Zhang Taiyan's Thought (Daohan Series) 张志强 / 江湄 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 This book is one volume in the "Daohan Series" and collects the author's recent new studies on Zhang Taiyan, including an introduction and six chapter… Rating 4.5★ Affluence and Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America 马丁·吉伦斯 / 郭凤林 / 孟天广 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 Why does American policymaking favor the rich over the poor? If a country's government responds only to the preferences of the wealthy, can that count… Rating 4.5★ Amras 托马斯·伯恩哈德 / 马文韬 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 Thomas Bernhard often called Amras his favorite of his own works. The parents die by suicide; the two brothers survive a suicide attempt. Their uncle … Rating 4.5★ The World We Construct: Rules and Rule in Social Theory and International Relations 尼古拉斯·格林伍德·奥努夫 / 孙吉胜 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 This book is a major contribution to modern social science. Professor Onuf's foundational work of IR constructivism is essential reading for anyone wh… Rating 4.5★ The Political Economy of International Relations 罗伯特·吉尔平 / 杨宇光 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 This book is an outstanding contribution to the field of international political economy. It reexamines with a modern perspective a long-debated quest… Rating 4.5★ Hesitating at the Crossroads: Choices and Predicaments of Minor Literati in the Ming Dynasty (Expanded Edition) 张艺曦 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2026 An era has its prevailing currents of thought and styles of learning; such pluralistic competition and clamor of many voices was especially common in …Frequent authors
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