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...Robert S. Wicks Precious Metals in Early South East Asia: Proceedings of the Second Seminar on Gold Studies . Edited by Wilhemina H. Kal . Amsterdam : Royal Tropical Institute, Tropenmuseum , 1999 . 112 pp. $26.50 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2001...

...Paula L. W. Sabloff Precious Steppe: Mongolian Nomadic Pastoralists in Pursuit of the Market . By Ole Bruun . Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield , 2006 . x , 249 pp. $64.00 (cloth); $29.95 (paper) . Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2008 2008 Ole...

... to be rendered into the facts and events of history. The Precious Summary is instead explored as a rich literary and intellectual artifact of its historical circumstance. Encountering that history so vividly, while unburdened of the narrow vision of extractive historicism, readers might sometimes wish for more...

...Joseleyne A. Slade Precious Fire: Maud Russell and the Chinese Revolution . By Karen Garner . Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press , 2003 . xvii , 295 pp. $39.95 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2004 2004 1076 T H E J O U R N A L O F A S I A N S T U D I...

...Chün-fang Yü Precious Volumes: An Introduction to Chinese Sectarian Scriptures from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries . By Daniel L. Overmyer . Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series, 49. Cambridge, Mass, and London : Harvard University Press , 1999 . xi, 444 pp. $55.00...

... but of the best sorts . . . so that they laugh at us for such as wee bring." Mr. Welch's publication of the Mughal treasures of decorative art show the reason for this trader's discomfiture: cups in crystal and agate, ornaments in jade, golden spoons, daggers with handles of ivory and precious stones, rugs...

...Weili Ye The Precious Raft of History: The Past, the West, and the Woman Question in China . By Joan Judge . Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , 2008 . xiii , 400 pp. $65.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2009 2009 The turn...

...Cynthia Brokaw Precious Records: Women in China's Long Eighteenth Century . By Susan Mann . Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , 1997 . xiv, 326 pp. $49.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1999 1999 494 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES Chinese have met...

...Frank Perlin Abstract Precious Metals in the Later Medieval and Early Modern Worlds , edited by J. F. Richards, is a courageous attempt to survey late medieval and early modern monetary history on an appropriately global scale, while simultaneously representing the fragmentation of the present...

... and precious as this was, could not fall behind others in power—economic and political as well as military—even if inherited institutions had to be scrapped wholesale to keep abreast. Otherwise the claim to greatness must eventually collapse. Belief in the claim, which was bolstered in everyday life by making...

... wrote, adding, “No matter whether his rank is lofty or humble, in the end, incorruptibility should be his most precious jewel” (Yin 1940, 4–5). Using similarly strong language, the renowned official, essayist, and historian Qian Daxin (1728–1804) pronounced that “when a single individual is corrupt...

... Studies, Inc. 2012 2012 Students of Chinese religion have long recognized the importance of baojuan (precious scrolls) as a source for studying moral and religious values found at all levels of society in late imperial China. Written in prose and seven-character rhymed verse, and sometimes...

..., neither full understanding of their dynamics nor workable policies will eventuate. ABSTRACTS 931 Monetary Revolution and Societal Change in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Times A Review Article FRANK PERLIN Pages 1037-1049 Precious Metals in the Later Medieval and Early Modern Worlds, edited by J. F...

..., locality, and nation. The book's biographical persons are robustly creative and resourceful at these tasks and prove to be anything but victims of some seamlessly hegemonic New Order state or globalizing economy. SUSAN RODGERS College of the Holy Cross Precious Metals in Early South East Asia: Proceedings...

... visa-vis art, modernity, locality, and nation. The book's biographical persons are robustly creative and resourceful at these tasks and prove to be anything but victims of some seamlessly hegemonic New Order state or globalizing economy. SUSAN RODGERS College of the Holy Cross Precious Metals in Early...

... naturalize (and hence secure) the hierarchical political relation between China and its rival states. AMY D. DOOLING Connecticut College Precious Volumes: An Introduction to Chinese Sectarian Scriptures from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. By DANIEL L. OVERMYER. Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph...

.... However, there were many abuses and private ordination was common. The government was also concerned with the Buddhist accumulation of precious metals, especially copper. In the several persecutions, every attempt was made to recover the metals used in Buddhist statuary so that these metals could...

... U H N Harvard University Precious Records: Women in China's hong Eighteenth Century. By SUSAN M A N N . Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. xiv, 326 pp. $49.50. With Precious Records: Women in China's Long Eighteenth Century, Susan Mann provides a superb study of the lives of elite...

... .” Past and Present 79 : 3 – 54 . Deyell John . 1983 . “The China Connection: Problems of Silver Supply in Medieval Bengal.” In Precious Metals in the Later Medieval and Early Modern Worlds , edited by Richards J. F. . Durham : Carolina Academic Press . Digby Simon . 1982...

... studies, on Manchuria's freshwater pearls, focuses on the period from pearl harvesting's peak to its decline, from 1785 to 1810. As Qing authorities scrambled to avert disaster, they made the buying, selling, or trafficking of the precious pearls illegal, classifying them as tributary gifts...