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Journal of Asian Studies (1987) 46 (4): 913–915.
Published: 01 November 1987
... of Michigan Cold Winds, Warm Winds: Intellectual Life in China Today. By JUDITH SHAPIRO and LIANG HENG. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1986. xvi, 212 pp. Notes, Index. $17.95. This is a book on intellectual life in China in the 1980s by the well-known writing team of Judith Shapiro and Liang...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1981) 41 (1): 73–80.
Published: 01 November 1981
... are raised that relate to the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, for instance, will the Russians continue their advance to the warm waters of the Indian Ocean (as suggested by the proponents of the Great Game thesis)? An understanding of the current situation in Afghanistan will provide clues...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1966) 26 (1): 67–88.
Published: 01 November 1966
... in a desert environment. Thus, it is well realized that in a temperate or warm arid region, the flow of water from springs or from exotic rivers or the availability of fresh ground water derived from distant rainfall or snow-melt may create green oases of productive agriculture. One such region is China's...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1997) 56 (4): 921–946.
Published: 01 November 1997
... amenities …” But my mother knew what she wanted. When she stepped off the bus in Tollington, she did not see the outside lavvy or the apology for a garden or the medieval kitchen, she saw fields and trees, light and space, and a horizon that welcomed the sky which, on a warm night and through squinted eyes...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2012) 71 (4): 1108–1109.
Published: 01 November 2012
... Speaking of Epidemics in Chinese Medicine helps to remedy that neglect by applying the insights of recent scholarship to the study of Warm diseases ( wenbing )—an important category in late imperial and modern Chinese medicine that historically “encompassed a range of illnesses from the common cold...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2011) 70 (2): 319–331.
Published: 01 May 2011
.... The 2010 World Development Report, the World Bank's annual flagship publication with the timely title Development and Climate Change , forecasts that rising sea levels due to global warming would submerge much of the Maldives and flood 18% of Bangladesh's land in dire climate change scenarios (World Bank...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2019) 78 (4): 837–848.
Published: 01 November 2019
...). When the economies of India and, especially, China began to grow rapidly in the 1990s, this could not but impact the pace of global warming. Ghosh contrasts the historical experience of Western countries—which grew rich upon a sustained exploitation of Earth's resources and especially fossil fuels...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2024) 83 (1): 212–216.
Published: 01 February 2024
... of globalization . It is fixated on the figure of the human, and its story is of increasing interconnectedness between human actors across the face of the Earth through our institutions and technologies. The planet, in contrast, corresponds to the concept of the globe in global warming . Its story, as narrated...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2014) 73 (4): 1001–1004.
Published: 01 November 2014
... riparian neighbor for any water stress. Neighborly relations in the region are not warm, and demand for water, as these economies industrialize and populations urbanize, is likely to grow faster than their capacity or willingness to forge equitable and sustainable agreements on the care of transboundary...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1981) 41 (1): 7–9.
Published: 01 November 1981
..., linked in their articulation as a contemporary response to the larger political situation in and around Afghanistan. Certain fundamental issues are raised that relate to the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, for instance, will the Russians continue their advance to the warm waters of the Indian...
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Far Eastern Quarterly (1946) 5 (2): 237–238.
Published: 01 February 1946
...Earl Cranston BOOK REVIEWS 237 spirit of compromise and adjustment and warm reasonableness which may find solutions without violent clash or harsh suppression. The book shows a philosophic outlook, broad learning and an attractive literary style. Anyone who wants an exceedingly readable...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2019) 78 (4): 972–973.
Published: 01 November 2019
... in distant places” (p. 41). Archaeologists and paleo-climatologists have identified long swings in monsoon precipitation through the centuries: periods of cooling and warming have alternated until the present warming. Even if written sources are few, the earth sciences have discovered much about...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1972) 31 (3): 589–590.
Published: 01 May 1972
... interpretation, he found an attentive audience even among those initially unsympathetic to his stand. Harry Benda was not a man who tolerated fools easily, and an indifferent student was likely to get short shrift from him. But he had a warm heart as well as a sharp tongue, and he had a sense of humor...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1991) 50 (3): 645–646.
Published: 01 August 1991
... to another. In the space of six short pages, for example, in "Guidance Some Asian Religious Communities Offer," he writes of the Vedas, the Qur'an, the writings of Motoori Norinaga, a Shinto apologist, the Lotus Sutra, the Jaina Angus, and the writings of Guru Nanak. However, I am most impressed by his warm...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2005) 64 (2): 442–443.
Published: 01 May 2005
... of culture. Speci cally, she suggests that Wang s concerns about overconsumption found medical expression both in his emphasis on depletion as a primary cause of disease and in his reliance on warming and qireplenishing drugs. Cultural factors similarly conditioned Wang s apparent departure from fuke...
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Far Eastern Quarterly (1946) 5 (2): 238–240.
Published: 01 February 1946
... and companion with whom to visit those remote regions designated by the title of this volume, this book would serve as such a guide. It is replete with information both rich and reliable, full of careful observations and intelligent interpretation. The narrative is animated by a warm-hearted interest not only...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1999) 58 (2): 497–498.
Published: 01 May 1999
.... Favorable climatic trends aided these developments. Marks shows convincingly that seventeenth-century global cooling damaged harvests and that eighteenth-century warming improved them. Warming climate, growing population, and increasing commercialization generated the great boom times of eighteenth-century...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1959) 18 (4): 489–490.
Published: 01 August 1959
...-revolutionary deeds" (pp. 1540-62). Mr. Jen confesses that he belongs to no political party but "from youth unto old age" he has been "a truly warm sympathizer of the T'ai-p'ing T'ien-kuo." His nonpartisan position, apparently, has not helped him to maintain an objective attitude in appraising T'aip'ing...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2016) 75 (4): 929–955.
Published: 01 November 2016
... , no. 1 ( 2014 ): 62 – 69 ; Andreas Malm , Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming ( New York : Verso , 2016 ) ; and Christophe...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1959) 18 (4): 490–491.
Published: 01 August 1959
... counter-revolutionary deeds" (pp. 1540-62). Mr. Jen confesses that he belongs to no political party but "from youth unto old age" he has been "a truly warm sympathizer of the T'ai-p'ing T'ien-kuo." His nonpartisan position, apparently, has not helped him to maintain an objective attitude in appraising...