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Myths and Myth-Makers
New World Press · 2010
This book is a collection of essays on comparative mythology published in 1872 by the American philosopher and historian John Fiske (1842–1901), origi…
Fangcun · A History of Human Civilization: At the Origin of Civilization, How Did East and West Diverge? (8-Volume Set)
Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2022
This is an eight-volume collection in the Social Sciences Academic Press's Fangcun Series, with the subtitle "At the Origin of Civilization, How Did E…
The True Character of History: Politics, Society, and Culture in the Late Qing and Republican China
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2016
This book is a collection of historical essays by Sang Bing, a professor at Sun Yat-sen University. It gathers articles the author wrote over recent y…
Selected Companion Books to Classic BBC Cultural Documentaries
Zhejiang University Press · 2018
This is a three-volume boxed set collecting three cultural history books by British historian and documentary filmmaker Michael Wood, all derived from…
World History in "Small Things" (2-Volume Set: The Royal Hunt in Eurasia · Green Gold)
Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2018
This is a two-volume set in the "Oracle" series of the Social Sciences Academic Press, using two seemingly insignificant "small things" as entry point…
The Secret Sex History Hidden at the Bottom of the Box
Flower City Publishing House · 2011
The Secret Sex History Hidden at the Bottom of the Box is a popular history of sex culture by the writer Cao Kou, published by Huacheng Press in 2011.…
The Floating World of Chang'an: Folkways and Culture in Tang China
Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2025
This book is a collaborative work by folklorist Cheng Qiang and Tang literature scholar Dong Naibin. Originally published as The Spiritual Civilizatio…
Masks: Hygiene and Politics in Modern East Asia
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2025
Masks are now deeply embedded in our habits and our memories, but where did they come from, and how did they become part of everyday life in East Asia…
Ancient Chinese Capitals
The Commercial Press · 1998
This book is a volume in the Commercial Press's Culture and History of China Series, written by Wu Songdi of the Institute of Historical Geography at …
Reflections on World History
Peking University Press · 2007
Reflections on World History (original German title Weltgeschichtliche Betrachtungen) was compiled from the lecture notes of the course "Introduction …
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Social Sciences Academic Press · Oracle Bone Studio · 2020
In January 1417, the Italian humanist and papal secretary Poggio Bracciolini braved the winter cold, riding through the dense forests and valleys of s…
The Story of Culture: From Cave Art to K-Pop
Yilin Press · 2025
Martin Puchner, Harvard professor of English and comparative literature and of drama, follows The Written World by turning from writing to the wider r…
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2020
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon is a collection of plant-themed essays by the Japanese author Shibusawa Tatsuhiko, drawn from the memorial anthology pu…
Sexual Life in Ancient China: A Preliminary Survey of Chinese Sex and Society
The Commercial Press · 2007
This book is the magnum opus of the Dutch diplomat and sinologist Robert Hans van Gulik (1910–1967). Its original English title is Sexual Life in Anci…
The Butterfly Effect: How Shellac, Silk, and Cochineal Shaped Human Civilization and Made the Modern World
CITIC Press · 2023
This is a global material history told through insects. Edward Melillo, professor of history and environmental studies at Amherst College, traces thre…
Five Chapters on Sexology (Expanded Edition)
Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2019
Five Chapters on Sexology (Expanded Edition) is a collection of essays on the history of sexual culture by Jiang Xiaoyuan, a chair professor at Shangh…
The Cicada
SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2013
The cicada is the most familiar sound of summer and one of the most easily overlooked small creatures. It has accompanied humanity for thousands of ye…
Sparrow
SDX Joint Publishing Company
The sparrow is one of the most widely distributed wild birds in the world and the urban neighbor we most easily overlook. It can live near the Arctic …
Lectures at Peking University: Forty-Seven Talks on Chinese Culture
Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2013
Bringing the classroom into the book is the most remarkable quality of this work. Yu Qiuyu does not list bullet points or pile up dates in his lecture…
Jade Culture in China
China International Broadcasting Publishing House · 2010
Jade Culture in China is one of the titles in the "China Reader" series from China International Radio Press, written by Yao Shiqi, a longtime researc…