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Date： 2010 Survival of the Fittest: Yan Fu and the Cultural Transformation of Modern China Author(s)： Huang Ko-wu, Abstract： This book takes Yan Fu as an example to investigate the complicated processes of cultural transformation in modern China. Yan had studied abroad and belonged to the first generation of “new inte...	Date： 2010 Expectations and Emotions of Chinese Travelers in the Ming-Qing Era Author(s)： Jen-shu Wu , Imma Di Biase Abstract： Originated by the British in the 19th century, modern tourism developed into a great symbol of modern society and life. Tourism was actually implanted on the historical and cultural background, though...
Date： 2009 Toleration and Freedom: Essence of Hu Shih's Thoughts Author(s)： Pan Kuang-che Abstract： This volume collects 19 papers of Hu Shih. Hopefully it will serve as a window for common people to explore Hu Shih's thoughts.	Date： 2008 Divine justice: religion and the development of Chinese legal culture Author(s)： Paul R. Katz Abstract： The primary goal of this book is to consider the ways in which religious beliefs and practices have contributed to the formation of Chinese legal culture. It does so by describing two forms of overlap...
Date： 2008 The Meaning of Freedom: Yan Fu and the Origins of Chinese Liberalism Author(s)： Huang Ko-wu Abstract： This book is about how one of the leading intellectual architects of Chinese modernization, Yan Fu (1854-1921), introduced the Chinese intellectual world to the liberalism of John Stuart Mill (1806-18...	Date： 2008 Liewu, jiaohun yu rentong weiji: Taiwan dingwei xinlun (A new historical perspective of Taiwan’s legal status) Author(s)： Lin Man-houng Abstract： According to a survey made by the King Car Education Foundation in 2007, for the Taiwan international status involved in a referendum relating with Taiwan’s getting back to the United Nations, Taiwa...
Date： 2006 China Upside Down: Currency, Society, and Ideologies, 1808-1856 Author(s)： Lin Man-houng Abstract： Many scholars have noted the role of China’s demand for silver in the emergence of the modern world. This book discusses the interaction of this demand and the early-nineteenth-century Latin American...	Date： 2005 Women of luxury – Women’s Consumer Culture of the Jiangnan region (area south of the Yangtse) in the Ming-Qing period Author(s)： Wu Jen-shu Abstract： The influence of the May Fourth movement has given us a rigid impression that traditional Chinese women were oppressed by Confucian culture. Yet it is also true that women in the Ming and Qing also co...
Date： 2002 Wanjin shixue yu liangan siwei (Historical contemplations on relations between Taiwan and Chinese Mainland) Author(s)： Lin Man-houng Abstract： This book is an anthology of newspaper articles and academic papers touching upon the book title. The newspaper articles shows the gap between the real histoical relations between Taiwan and mainland ...	Date： 2001 State and Economy in Republican China: A Handbook for Scholars Author(s)： William C. Kirby, Man-houng Lin, James Shih, and David A. Pietz Abstract： This manual for students focuses on archival research in the economic and business history of the Republican era (1911–1949). Following a general discussion of archival research and research aids for...

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