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Sparks: China's Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future (HB) by Ian Johnson
55.00 AUD
Category: History
Using history to challenge Communist Party rule Sparks: China's Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future describes how some of China's best-known writers, filmmakers, and artists have overcome crackdowns and censorship to forge a nationwide movement that challenges the Communist Party on ...Show more
The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao by Ian Johnson
24.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a revelatory portrait of religion in China today-its history, the spiritual traditions of its Eastern and Western faiths, and the ways in which it is influencing China's future. The Souls of China tells the story of one of the world's great spiritual revivals. ...Show more
The Souls of China The Return of Religion After Mao by Ian Johnson
55.00 AUD
Category: History
In no society on Earth was there such a ferocious attempt to eradicate all trace of religion as in modern China. But now, following a century of violent antireligious campaigns, China is awash with new temples, churches, and mosques - as well as cults, sects, and politicians trying to harness religion f ...Show more
Van Diemen's Land : An Aboriginal History by Murray Johnson; Ian McFarlane
39.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
The history of Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land is long. The first Tasmanians lived in isolation for as many as 300 generations after the flooding of Bass Strait. Their struggle against almost insurmountable odds is one worthy of respect and admiration, not to mention serious attention. This broad-rangin ...Show more
Wild Grass - China's Revolution from Below by Ian Johnson
22.99 AUD
Category: History
A compelling history of Chinese resistance to state oppression, told through the stories of three remarkable individuals In Wild Grass, Pulitzer Prize-winning Ian Johnson describes a China caught between the desire for change percolating up from below and the ossified political structure above. He recou ...Show more
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