David Ownby: 4 books
Secret Societies Reconsidered: Perspectives on the Social History of Early Modern South China and Southeast Asia
Perspectives on the Social History of Early Modern South China and Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
A discussion of the development of secret societies within China and among Chinese communities in colonial Southeast Asia in the late 18th and 19th centuries.
Rethinking China's Rise
A Liberal Critique
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
China's rise to power is the signal event of the twenty-first century, and this volume offers a contemporary view of this nation in ascendancy from the inside. Eight recent essays by Xu Jilin, a popular historian and one of China's most prominent public intellectuals, critique China's rejection of...
by David Ownby
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2008
On April 25, 1999, ten thousand Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside Zhongnanhai, the guarded compound where China's highest leaders live and work, in a day-long peaceful protest of police brutality against fellow practitioners in the neighboring city of Tianjin. Stunned and surprised, China's...
Reading Southern History
Essays on Interpreters and Interpretations
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
This collection of essays examines the contributions of some of the most notable interpreters of southern history and culture, furthering our understanding of the best historical work produced on the region.
Historian Glenn Feldman gathers together a group of essays that examine the efforts...