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The 1895 Taiwan Republic: A Significant Episode in Modern Chinese History
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Journal of Asian Studies (1968) 27 (4): 739–762.
Published: 01 August 1968
..., 1956 ), p. 190 . The 1895 Taiwan Republic A SIGNIFICANT EPISODE IN MODERN CHINESE HISTORY HARRY J. LAMLEY ON May 25, 1895, amid a festive atmosphere at the governor's yamen in Taipei, China's island province of Taiwan (Formosa) was declared a republic. News of this extraordinary event was received...
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Significant Other: Staging the American in China
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Journal of Asian Studies (2005) 64 (4): 977–978.
Published: 01 November 2005
...Howard Giskin Significant Other: Staging the American in China . By Claire Conceison . Honolulu : University of Hawai Press , 2004 . xi, 297 pp. $55.00 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2005 2005 B O O K R E V I E W S A S I A : C O M P A R A T I V E A N D T R...
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Confucian China and Its Modern Fate. Volume III: The Problem of Historical Significance
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Journal of Asian Studies (1966) 25 (3): 525–526.
Published: 01 May 1966
...Charlotte Furth Confucian China and Its Modern Fate. Volume III: The Problem of Historical Significance . By Joseph R. Levenson . Berkeley and Los Angeles : The University of California Press , 1965 . ix, 180 . $5.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1966 1966...
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The Significance of Nationalism in Modern Japanese Thought: Some Theoretical Problems
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Journal of Asian Studies (1971) 31 (1): 49–56.
Published: 01 November 1971
... © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1971 1971 T H E SIGNIFICANCE OF NATIONALISM IN MODERN JAPANESE T H O U G H T : SOME THEORETICAL PROBLEMS MATSUMOTO SANNOSUKE TVT ATIONALISM is an emotionally colored concept in many respects, and this l i makes it quite difficult for an outside observer...
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A Study of a Sixteenth-Century Tagalog Manuscript on the Ten Commandments: Its Significance and Implications
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Journal of Asian Studies (1986) 45 (2): 465–466.
Published: 01 February 1986
...Vicente L. Rafael A Study of a Sixteenth-Century Tagalog Manuscript on the Ten Commandments: Its Significance and Implications . By O.F.M. Antonio-Ma. Rosales . Quezon City : University of the Philippines Press , 1984 . xvi, 149 pp. List of Abbreviations, Notes, Bibliography, Index. $16...
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The Kataragama Pilgrimage: Hindu-Buddhist Interaction and Its Significance in Sri Lanka's Polyethnic Social System
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Journal of Asian Studies (1979) 38 (2): 253–270.
Published: 01 February 1979
... . 31
Sundaram
S. Shivapada
, Glories of Shaivism ( Jaffna, Sri Lanka : The Saiva Prakasa Press , 1954 ), pp. 69 – 80
. VOL. XXXVIII, No. 2 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES FEBRUARY 1979 The Kataragama Pilgrimage: Hindu-Buddhist Interaction and Its Significance in Sri Lanka's Polyethnic...
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The Rise of the Religious Significance of Rāma
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Journal of Asian Studies (1982) 42 (1): 209–210.
Published: 01 November 1982
...Arvind Sharma The Rise of the Religious Significance of Rāma . By Frank Whaling . New Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass , 1980 . xiv , 327 pp. Appendix, Bibliography, Secondary Works, Glossary, Index. Rs. 100 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1982 1982 BOOK...
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Barabaḍur: History and Significance of a Buddhist Monument
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Journal of Asian Studies (1982) 42 (1): 218–219.
Published: 01 November 1982
...Frank E. Reynolds Barabaḍur: History and Significance of a Buddhist Monument . Edited by Luis Gomez and Hiram W. Woodward Jr. Berkeley : Berkeley Buddhist Studies Series, Vol. 2 , 1981 . xvii , 253 pp. Maps, Figures, Plates, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $20. (Distributed by Asian...
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Ethnicity, Violence, and Khmer-Vietnamese Relations: The Significance of the Lower Mekong Delta, 1757–1954
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Journal of Asian Studies (2013) 72 (2): 367–390.
Published: 01 May 2013
... and nineteenth centuries pushed further south and west into the “Water Frontier” of the Mekong Delta. Nguyễn rulers moved into lands that had traditionally been claimed by the Cambodian monarchy and that were lightly populated by Khmers. Modern Vietnamese accounts emphasize the significance of 1757, when...
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Ancient Inner Asian Nomads: Their Economic Basis and Its Significance in Chinese History
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Journal of Asian Studies (1994) 53 (4): 1092–1126.
Published: 01 November 1994
... ” [Report on the excavation at Nanshankeng, Ningcheng County]. KGXB 1 : 117 –40. Ancient Inner Asian Nomads: Their Economic Basis and Its Significance in Chinese History NICOLA DI COSMO NON-CHINESE PEOPLE AS THE RONG, Di, AND HU are often portrayed in the traditional historiography of ancient China...
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Presidential Address: Reenvisioning the Qing: The Significance of the Qing Period in Chinese History
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Journal of Asian Studies (1996) 55 (4): 829–850.
Published: 01 November 1996
...Evelyn S. Rawski Abstract Thirty years ago, Association for Asian Studies President Ho Ping-ti summarized the state of Qing studies in his address, “The Significance of the Ch'ing Period in Chinese History” (Ho 1967). Since that time, there have been major shifts in scholarly perceptions...
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Archetypes in Japanese Film: The Sociopolitical and Religious Significance of the Principal Heroes and Heroines
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Journal of Asian Studies (1990) 49 (3): 647–648.
Published: 01 August 1990
...Kyoko Hirano Archetypes in Japanese Film: The Sociopolitical and Religious Significance of the Principal Heroes and Heroines . By Gregory Barrett . Selinsgrove, Pa. : Susquehanna University Press , 1989 . 252 pp. $47.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1990 1990...
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The Eurasian Economic Axis: Its Present and Prospective Significance for East Asia
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Journal of Asian Studies (2001) 60 (3): 731–759.
Published: 01 August 2001
... wider geoeconomic significance in that it constitutes the last interregional Triadic arrangement to fall into place, the others being the Asia–Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum (augmenting the transpacific axis) and the New Transatlantic Agenda (transatlantic axis). List of References...
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On Review of 1587, A Year of No Significance
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Journal of Asian Studies (1982) 41 (4): 806.
Published: 01 August 1982
... known of relevant studies on the relationship between religion and social structure among Turkic peoples, I would certainly have used them. GEOFFREY SAMUEL University of Newcastle, New South Wales On Review of 1587, A Year of No Significance Professor James Parsons' review of my book 1587, A Year...
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Family Life in a Northern Thai Village: A Study in the Structural Significance of Women
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Journal of Asian Studies (1979) 39 (1): 223–224.
Published: 01 November 1979
...M. Cristina Blanc Szanton Family Life in a Northern Thai Village: A Study in the Structural Significance of Women . By Sulamith Heins Potter . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1977 . xv, 137 pp. Plates, Bibliography, Index. $7.50 (cloth). Copyright © The Association...
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The Political Significance of Religious Wealth in Burmese History: Some Further Thoughts
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Journal of Asian Studies (1980) 39 (4): 753–769.
Published: 01 August 1980
... century and certainly after that period, was less significant than has been suggested, and that the institutional relation between throne and monkhood was by no means static. During the later dynasties, secular elites represented the principal threat to the centralization of resources. Further, in certain...
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The Significance of Jen Yu-wen's Magnum Opus on the Taipings
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Journal of Asian Studies (1974) 33 (4): 679–685.
Published: 01 August 1974
.... XXXIII, No. 4 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES AUGUST 1974 T H E SIGNIFICANCE OF J E N YU-WEN'S MAGNUM OPUS ON THE TAIPINGS* STEPHEN UHALLEY, JR. Yale University Press deserves special recognition for publishing in this fine edition the essence of Professor Jen Yu-wen's monumental life's work on the Taipings. I...
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The Significance of the Ch'ing Period in Chinese History
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Journal of Asian Studies (1967) 26 (2): 189–195.
Published: 01 February 1967
...Ping-Ti Ho Abstract Although the Ch'ing period is generally regarded as one of the better studied and understood periods of Chinese history, the existing fund of our knowledge is actually far from adequate. A systematic discussion of the significance of the entire period from 1644 to 1912 would...
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The Symbolic Significance of the Number Twelve in Ancient India
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Journal of Asian Studies (1962) 22 (1): 79–88.
Published: 01 November 1962
... . 11
Mbh. Sānti P.
139 . 13 – 17
ff. (Crit.). 12 Idem. 13
Mbh. Vana P.
187 . 14 There appears to be a relationship between the symbolic significance of the number twelve in ancient India and the number forty in Biblical literature. In Genesis VI–VIII...
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1587, A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline
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Journal of Asian Studies (1982) 41 (2): 327–328.
Published: 01 February 1982
.... COPPER Southwestern University at Memphis 1587, A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline. By RAY HUANG. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981. xii, 278 pp. Illustrations, Appendixes, Notes, Select Bibliography, Index. $19.95. The title of Ray Huang's book is misleading and unhistorical...
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