Institutional Operation

20 books

Democracy in America: Volume Two cover
Rating 4.6
Democracy in America: Volume Two Alexis de Tocqueville The Commercial Press · 1989 Democracy in America is a classic of political sociology written by the French thinker Tocqueville after more than nine months of travel and study in …
Details Behind History (6-Volume Set) cover
Details Behind History (6-Volume Set) Zhang Ming / 冬雪心境 / 品墨 / Kurt von Tippelskirch / René Grousset Jiuzhou Press · 2018 Details Behind History is a six-volume collection of history writing published by Jiuzhou Press. Though the volumes differ in authorship and subject, …
The Defendant cover
The Defendant John Grisham The Accused is one of John Grisham's legal thrillers. Grisham, who practiced law for many years, sets much of his work against the backdrop of the Ame…
The Four Seasons of the Jiajing Emperor: The Emperor and the Grand Secretaries cover
Rating 4.1
The Four Seasons of the Jiajing Emperor: The Emperor and the Grand Secretaries 窦德士 / 谢翼 Jiuzhou Press · 2022 This book uses the four seasons as a metaphor for the four stages of the Jiajing Emperor's long reign after he assumed personal rule. Each stage is ma…
Heavenly Maidens Descending to Earth: Palace Life and Imperial Affairs from Song to Qing cover
Rating 4.0
Heavenly Maidens Descending to Earth: Palace Life and Imperial Affairs from Song to Qing 马克梦 / 辛兆坤 Jiuzhou Press · 2022 Drawing extensively on official dynastic histories, contemporary memoirs and fiction, and leading scholarship from China and abroad, the author traces…
The Government Class Book cover
Rating 2.3
The Government Class Book Young, Andrew W. (Andrew White), 1802-1877 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition cover
Rating 2.3
Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition Sanford, Albert Hart, 1866- Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Compilation of Laws Commonly Used in People's Congress Work cover
Rating 3.0
Compilation of Laws Commonly Used in People's Congress Work 全国人大常委会办公厅研究室 China Democracy and Legal System Publishing House · 2026 To make it easier for people's congress staff at all levels to consult and use the laws related to people's congress work, we have compiled this book.…
Melons on the Same Vine: Emperors and Subjects in the Ming Dynasty cover
Rating 4.0
Melons on the Same Vine: Emperors and Subjects in the Ming Dynasty 施珊珊 / 康海源 Guangdong People's Publishing House · 2025 The political metaphor behind a pair of twin melons, decoding the power struggles between emperor and ministers, court and locality; Highly recommende…
Agricultural Administration and Finance: The Ming and Qing Social Economy cover
Rating 4.1
Agricultural Administration and Finance: The Ming and Qing Social Economy 吴滔 Zhonghua Book Company · 2024 This book examines the warehouse system, salt administration, military garrison system, and fiscal taxation and corvée systems of the Ming and Qing dy…
The Judicial Supervision System of the Ming Dynasty and Its Operation cover
Rating 3.6
The Judicial Supervision System of the Ming Dynasty and Its Operation 朱声敏 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2024 Building on the achievements of earlier dynasties, the judicial supervisory system of the Ming Dynasty developed further and broke new ground, making …
A Study of the Military Examination in the Qing Dynasty cover
Rating 3.7
A Study of the Military Examination in the Qing Dynasty Li Lin Zhonghua Book Company · 2023 Drawing on a wide range of historical sources—official histories, government documents, institutional compendia, local gazetteers, collected writings,…
Politics, Law, and Society in Local Archives of the Qing Dynasty cover
Rating 4.2
Politics, Law, and Society in Local Archives of the Qing Dynasty 吴佩林 Zhonghua Book Company · 2022 "All things begin at the embryonic stage, starting with the prefecture and county." The prefecture and county level of government, which directly gove…
Silver and War: A Study of Wartime Fiscal Management in the Late Qing cover
Rating 4.3
Silver and War: A Study of Wartime Fiscal Management in the Late Qing 刘增合 Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2023 The author adheres to a holistic historical perspective and organically integrates the study of wartime fiscal coordination in the late Qing with non-…
Named in the Capital Evaluation cover
Rating 3.5
Named in the Capital Evaluation Chen Hengqing Nanhai Publication Company · 2023 This is "Jingcha Jiming" (Recorded at the Capital Review), by Chen Hengqing.
Notes on the Vice Ministers and Councilors of the Ministries cover
Rating 2.9
Notes on the Vice Ministers and Councilors of the Ministries Luo Dunrong Nanhai Publication Company · 2023 This book is "Notes on the Vice Ministers of the Ministries," by Luo Dunrong.
Studies in Ancient Chinese Political Culture cover
Rating 4.1
Studies in Ancient Chinese Political Culture 陈苏镇 Peking University Press · 2025 Ancient Chinese political culture remained continuous throughout the thousands of years of its formation and development. The influence of Chenwei on …
Ancient Chinese Political Institutions: Local Systems and the Bureaucratic System (Revised Edition), Volume II cover
Rating 4.1
Ancient Chinese Political Institutions: Local Systems and the Bureaucratic System (Revised Edition), Volume II 刘文瑞 China Book Publishing House · 2018 This book is the revised second volume of A Study of Ancient Chinese Political Institutions (Shaanxi Normal University Press, 2000). Guided by Marxism…
Transportation and Politics in the Song Dynasty cover
Rating 4.0
Transportation and Politics in the Song Dynasty 曹家齐 Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 This book collects twenty-two important essays by Mr. Cao Jiaqi published since 2006 on the history of transportation and politics in the Song dynasty…
An Institutional Perspective on Historical Change cover
Rating 3.8
An Institutional Perspective on Historical Change 严泉 New Star Press · 2017 The author believes that the study of constitutional institutions should not be dull or static; it must be combined with vivid case studies so that th…