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| Non-Fiction (back to
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| Call Number |
Title
and Author |
Annotation |
| 299 Hoo |
Confucianism
by Thomas Hoobler |
Describes
how the teachings of Confucius evolved from a social order to a religion,
infusing all phases of Chinese life for 2000 years. |
| 509.31 Ros |
Oracle
Bones, Stars, and Wheelbarrows by Frank Xavier Ross |
Discusses
the achievements of the ancient Chinese in astronomy, medicine, science,
and engineering, as well as such influential Chinese inventions as
paper, printer, gun powder, and the compass. |
| 709.5 Bat |
Chinese
& Oriental Art by Michael Batterberry |
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| 709.5 Chi |
Chinese
Art |
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| 709.5 Fen |
Epochs
of Chinese and Japanese Art by Ernest F. Fenollosa |
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| 709.51 Sco |
The
Golden Age of Chinese Art by Hugh Doggett Scott |
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| 709.72 Smi |
China:
A History in Art by Bradley Smith |
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| 746.7 Eil |
Chinese and Exotic Rugs by Murrary L. Eiland |
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| 895 Pay |
The
White Pony by Robert Payne |
An anthology of Chinese poetry from the earliest times
to the present day. |
| 895.1 Chi |
Chinese
Fairy Tales and Fantasies |
Includes
one hundred tales collected from Chinese literature spanning more
than 2,500 years. |
| 895.108 Sun
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Sunflower
Splendor |
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| 951 Ave |
In
Exile from the Land of Snows by John F. Avedon |
The
first full account of the Dalai Lama and Tibet since the Chinese conquest. |
| 951 Chi |
China:
Ancient Culture, Modern Land |
Essays
from various scholars will lead readers from the roots of Chinese
civilization in the neolithic and early Bronze Age, to the first Emperor
of Quin and his army of terracotta warriors, and through the rise
and fall of China's emperors to the twentieth century's Republican
revolutions and the emergence of Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist
party. |
| 951 Coh |
China
Today and Her Ancient Treasures by Joan Lebold Cohen |
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| 951 Eva |
Deng
Xiaoping and the Making of Modern China by Richard Evans |
Biography of Deng Xiaoping discussing his life and political
career as well as how China was reformed in his lifetime. |
| 951 Gas |
The
Dynasties and Treasures of China by Bamber Gascoigne |
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| 951 Ger |
Daily Life in China, on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion,
1250-1276 by Jacques Gernet |
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| 951 Gre |
The Great Wall |
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| 951 Hor |
The Horizon History of China by C. P. Fitzgerald |
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| 951 Jou |
Journey into China |
Journey from the Past, Jonathan D. Spence; Peking, Jay
and Linda Mathews; Great Wall, Griffin Smith, Jr.; Yellow River Valley,
Mike Edwards; Silk Road, Donald R. Katz; Grand Canal, Robert M. Poole;
Yangtze River, William Graves; The Deep Interior, Shirley Sun; Tibet,
Roy Reed; Northeast China, Thomas B. Allen; South China Coast, David
D. Pearce. |
| 951 Loe |
Everyday Life in Early Imperial China during the
Han Period, 202 B.C.-A.D. 220 by Michael Loewe |
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| 951 One |
Companion to Chinese History by Hugh B. O'Neill |
Nearly 1,000 descriptions and definitions of the events,
people, places, and movements of China, from prehistory to the mid-1980s. |
| 951 Rob |
China from Manchu to Mao (1699-1976) by John
R. Roberson |
A history of China during the last three centuries,
from the time Western nations began to play an important part in Chinese
affairs. |
| 951 Ser |
Shanghai: Collision Point of Cultures, 1918-1939
by Harriet Sergeant |
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| 951 Spe |
The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their
Revolution, 1895-1980 by Jonathan D. Spence |
Reconstructs 85 years of China's history in conjunction
with the life stories of a scholar, a spokesman, and a writer-activist. |
| 951 Tun |
A Portrait of Lost Tibet by Rosemary Jones Tung |
Photographs and text depict Tibet as it was just before
it was annexed by China in 1959. |
| 951 Wri |
Confucianism and Chinese Civilization by Arthur
F. Wright |
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| 951.04 Cha |
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World
War II by Iris Chang |
Attempts to analyze the degree to which the Japanese
imperial government and its militaristic culture fostered in the Japanese
soldier a total disregard for human life. |
| 951.04 Cha |
The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party, 1921-1938
by Kuo-t'ao Chang |
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| 951.04 Fri |
China's Long March: 6,000 Miles of Danger by
Jean Fritz |
Describes the events of the 6,000 mile march undertaken
by Mao Zedong and his Communist followers as they retreated before
the forces of Chiang Kai-shek. |
| 951.04 Law |
The Long March: Red China under Chairman Mao
by Don Lawson |
An account of the Communist victory in China, the rise
to power of Mao Tsetung, and the Long March undertaken by the Red
Army in 1934. |
| 951.04 Sno |
Red Star over China by Edgar Snow |
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| 951.05 Che |
Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng |
The author tells of her solitary confinement and torture
as a wealthy Chinese woman during the Cultural Revolution. |
| 951.05 Duk |
The Iron House by Michael S. Duke |
A first-hand account of the Tiananmen Square incident
in Beijing, China, in June of 1989. |
| 951.05 Jia |
Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang |
The author tells about the happy life she led in China
up until she was twelve-years-old when her family became a target
of the Cultural Revolution, and discusses the choice she had to make
between denouncing her father and breaking with her family, or refusing
to speak against him and losing her future in the Communist party. |
| 951.05 Li |
The Private Life of Chairman Mao by Zhisui Li |
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| 951.05 Lor |
Legacies by Bette Lord |
Presents personal stories describing the Chinese experience
during the last half of the century. |
| 951.05 Luo |
A Generation Lost by Zi-ping Luo |
Recounts the effect of the Cultural Revolution in China
on intellectuals and schools and describes one woman's struggle to
stay alive and continue her education. |
| 951.05 Sal |
Iron & Silk by Mark Salzman |
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| 951.05 Sch |
To Get Rich is Glorious by Orbille Schell |
Reports the change in modern China to traditional religions,
economic, and social values instead of those advocated by the Revolutionists. |
| 951.1 Chi |
Children of the Dragon |
Contains photos of the Tiananmen Square massacre and
provides an oral history of the incident. |
| Biography (back to Holdings)
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| Call Number |
Title
and Author |
Annotation |
| B Bst |
Freedom in Exile by Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho |
The autobiography of the Dalai Lama who won the 1989
Nobel Peace Prize. |
| B Cho |
Choi En-lai by Jules Archer |
A Biography of the Chinese leader stressing his role
in events in Communist China which culminated in its recognition as
a member of the United Nations in 1972. |
| B Con |
Confucius by Betty Kelen |
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| B Mah |
Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah |
Autobiography of physician and writer Adeline Yen Mah,
discussing her emotionally abusive childhood, experiences of isolation
and loneliness, success as a student, and triumphant struggle to achieve
freedom and a new life. |
| B Mah |
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah |
The author tells the story of her painful childhood
in China where she lived until the age of fourteen with her father,
stepmother, and siblings, all of whom considered her bad luck because
her mother died shortly after giving birth to her. |
| B Mao |
Mao by Ross Terrill |
A biography of the Chinese revolutionary who became
the leader of the communist People's Republic of China. |
| B Mao |
The People's Emperor, Mao by Dick Wilson |
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| B Sun |
The Man Who Changed China by Pearl S. Buck |
The story of Sun Yat-sen, who fought for the independence
and unification of China. |
| B Wu |
Bitter Winds by Hongda Harry Wu |
In 1960 Harry Wu was arrested by Chinese authorities
and without a trial spent nineteen years in prison labor camps. He
chronicles that and stories of other prisoners after his escape to
America. |
| Fiction (back to Holdings)
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| Call Number |
Title
and Author |
Annotation |
| F Bal |
Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard |
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| F Bel |
Forbidden City by William Bell |
Seventeen-year-old Alex joined his father, a cameraman
for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in China in 1989. As outsiders
they faced a time of upheaval as political demonstrations began in
Tian An Men Square. |
| F Bos |
The Examination by Malcolm Bosse |
Two brothers encounter many adventures in 15th century
China. |
| F Buc |
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck |
A story of a Chinese peasant and his passionate, dogged
accumulation of land and more land, while weathering famine and drought
and revolution. |
| F Car |
The Mountain of Truth by Dale Bick Carlson |
While spending the summer at an international camp in
Tibet, Peter's older brother leads him to a remote monastery and introduces
him to a new mystic order. |
| F Her |
A Single Pebble by John Hersey |
While in China on business in the 1920's, a young American
engineer becomes involved in the lives of people who live on a junk
on the Yangtze River. |
| F Hil |
Lost Horizon by James Hilton |
On the northwestern frontier of India, Conway was a
passenger on a plane taken over by a native pilot and never heard
of again. What Conway found in ShangriLa makes the story. |
| F Lor |
Spring Moon by Bette Lord |
Beginning in 1892 when the slave girl of the child Spring
Moon takes revenge on the House of Chang, this novel reveals the world
of the inner courts in traditional China. |
| F Mal |
Man's Fate by Andre Malraux |
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| F Nam |
Ties that Bind, Ties that Break by Lensey Namioka |
Ailin's life takes a different turn when she defies
the traditions of upper class Chinese society by refusing to have
her feet bound. |
| F Pat |
Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom by Katherine Paterson |
Abducted from his home by bandits, fifteen-year-old
Wang Lee is rescued from slavery by a mysterious girl who introduces
him to the Taiping Tienkuo, a secret society partly based on Christian
principles and dedicated to the overthrow of the Manchu government. |
| F Sal |
The Laughing Sutra by Mark Salzman |
Adventure featuring a warrior who travels through time
to teach a boy orphaned by Mao's cultural revolution. |
| F Tan |
The Moon Lady by Amy Tan |
Nai-nai tells her granddaughters the story of her outing,
as a seven-year-old girl in China, to see the Moon Lady and be granted
a secret wish. |
| F Tan |
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan |
Kwan moves from China to live with her family in San
Francisco and develops a relationship with her half sister Olivia.
She confides in Olivia about the ghosts she hears telling her about
love. Years later Kwan and her ghosts advise Olivia about her marriage. |
| F Tsa |
Dream of the Red Chamber by Hsueh-ch'in Ts'ao |
Describes the lives of two households in Peking, belonging
to the same family. Among them a boy, the hope of the house of Chia,
and his cousin. |
| Reference (back to Holdings)
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| Call Number |
Title
and Author |
Annotation |
| R 912 Hsi |
Atlas of China by Chiao-min Hsieh |
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| R 951 Blu |
Cultural Atlas of China by Caroline Blunden |
Contains a chronological table, bibliography, gazetteer,
and index. Presents the past and present civilization of China for
the general reader. |
| R 951 Cam |
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China |
Provides basic information on its geography, natural
resources, economy, political structures and covers the history and
culture of traditional Chinese civilization. |
| R 951 Mac |
Modern China: A Chronology from 1842 to the Present |
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| R 951 Per |
Encyclopedia of China by Dorothy Perkins |
Contains over one thousand alphabetically arranged entries
that provide information about various aspects of China, covering
geography, religion, popular culture, art, literature, history, politics,
foreign relations, and other topics. |
| Video (back to Holdings)
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| Call Number |
Title
and Author |
Annotation |
| VC 915.1 Dis |
Discovering China and Tibet |
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| VC 951 Tib |
Tibet: The End of Time |
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