Browsing by Author "Szonyi, Michael"
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Global Positioning: Houqua and His China Trade Partners in the Nineteenth Century
Wong, John (2012-07-23)This study unearths the lost world of early-nineteenth-century Canton. Known today as Guangzhou, this Chinese city witnessed the economic dynamism of global commerce until the demise of the Canton System in 1842. Records ... -
Gunjika, Kioku, Jinmen Shakai - 1949-1992. [Militarization, Memory and Jinmen (Quemoy) Society, 1949-1992.]
Szonyi, Michael Andor (Japan Center for Area Studies, 2011) -
Jinmen Zai Qianxian: 1949 Vilai Diyu Zhengzhi, Liang’an Guanxi He Difang Shehui [Jinmen on the Front Line: Geopolitics, Cross-Strait Relations and Local Society since 1949]
Szonyi, Michael Andor (Jinmen Xian Zhengfu, 2011) -
Kokka, Chih? Shakai To Gend? Seisaku: Senchi Jinmen No Josei No Yakuwari Oyobi Im? Ji No Saigen [Nation-State, Memory and Gender Policy: The Reproduction of Female Roles and Representations in Militarized Jinmen]
Szonyi, Michael Andor (Japan Center for Area Studies Review, 2011) -
Making Texts in Villages: Textual Production in Rural China During the Ming-Qing Period
Li, Ren-Yuan (2014-10-21)This dissertation uses the textual materials found in several villages in Pingnan, northeastern Fujian, from 2008 to 2011, to examine the use of texts in rural China during the imperial period. The discussion focuses on ... -
Ming Fever: The Past in the Present in the People’s Republic of China at 60
Szonyi, Michael Andor (Harvard University Asia Center, 2011) -
Roots and Branches: Woodland Institutions in South China, 800-1600
Miller, Ian Matthew (2015-05-14)In this dissertation I trace the evolution of the institutions governing woodland in South China over the longue durée. I claim that after a high point of state forestry the imperial government lost both the interest and ... -
Saving Deities for the Community: Religion and the Transformation of Associational Life in Southern Zhejiang, 1949-2014
WANG, XIAOXUAN (2015-09-19)My dissertation examines the post-1949 transformation of religious and organizational culture in rural Ruian County of the Wenzhou region, Zhejiang. It explores the diversified adaptation patterns adopted by rural religious ... -
Secularization Theories and the Study of Chinese Religions
Szonyi, Michael Andor (Sage Publications, 2009)The author proposes a dialogue between recent literature on the history of Chinese popular religion and recent sociological debates about secularization theory, asking whether a better understanding of concepts, theories ... -
Shifting Frontiers: Cross-Straits Relations in the Context of Local Society
Szonyi, Michael (Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, 2013) -
Where the Party Rules: Party-Based Authoritarianism and the Reach of the Chinese State
Koss, Daniel (2015-05-15)In a large number of non-democratic countries, the power of the government rests upon the effective organization of a ruling party. Today, China stands out as a successful party-based authoritarian regime. In contrast to ... -
Zhanhuo Xia De Jiyi Zhengzhi: Jinmen, 1949-2008 [The Politics of Memory in a Geopolitical Flashpoint: Jinmen (Quemoy)]
Szonyi, Michael Andor (National Taiwan University, 2009)In 1949, the small island of Kinmen (Quemoy) in the Taiwan Strait became the front line in the military standoff between Chiang Kai-shek’s Republic of China on Taiwan and Mao Zedong’s People’s Republic, a flashpoint of ...