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In this first academic book focusing on the culture of desire in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the author believes that only by comprehensively exploring the various new concepts about desire in that period can we make an in-depth discussion of the novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties as a special narrative style. "Phoenix Library·Overseas China Studies Series: Desire and Fictional Narrative in Late Imperial China" closely links the maturation and development of this important genre with the increasingly complex discourse on desire in that period. The first three chapters of the book are an outline of the background history and theory of desire as a socio-cultural phenomenon. The last seven chapters are a close reading of a series of specific works of Ming and Qing novels, trying to depict the extremely complex development trajectory from "desire" to "emotion" in Ming and Qing novels.

The Great Depression of the 1930s was a global event that profoundly affected China's modern history. Since all countries at that time had moved away from the silver standard, the world's monetary system was dominated by the gold standard, and China was almost the only country in the world that still adopted the silver standard. Therefore, when the price of silver as a commodity in other countries in the world fluctuated, it would have a direct impact on China's financial and economic production. This book specifically demonstrates this transmission effect through the performance of the cotton spinning and silk reeling industries in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River during the Great Depression. When it finally could no longer withstand this impact, the Nationalist government had to actively carry out currency reform and abolish the silver standard. This currency reform led by the government has faced the challenges of complex international relations and severe domestic economic conditions from the beginning. Although the fiat currency reform to get rid of the silver standard was initially successful, foreign exchange reserves were still insufficient and fiscal and financial control was ineffective, which paved the way for greater chaos in the Chinese economy later.

By analyzing the supply and demand of silver in the world in the first half of the 19th century, that is, during the Jia, Dao, and Xian dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, this paper analyzes how China's currency system, which used both money and money, was involved in the world economy, thus causing China to be organically eroded by the world. The author analyzes the role of opium and silver in the balance of payments from the clues of international trade; analyzes the social disorder caused by the currency system and the social unrest within China caused by insufficient government tax revenue from the use of silver and currency; discusses the ideological debates caused by economic phenomena from the perspective of intellectual history, and analyzes the views of the main schools of economic thought during this period and its comparison with Western thought of the same period. Finally, the author extends the ideological debate caused by economic development to the discussion of world outlook and system, and analyzes the relationship between China and the world in the 19th century from the different levels of external, internal, and internal and external integration. This kind of research that integrates multiple disciplines and perspectives is rare.

This book takes the Tibetan culture, the Chinese regional and national culture rooted in the fertile soil of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, as the main object, and uses the Tubo Silk Road, which communicated exchanges and exchanges among ancient civilizations, as the basic clue. It examines the historical trajectory of the emergence, development and prosperity of the ancient civilization on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, explores its magical and colorful inner secrets, and integrates academic research and knowledge popularization. It is hoped that readers can gain knowledge, wisdom and enlightenment from it.

During the war and turmoil between the two Song Dynasties, politics took precedence over economy and culture, and autocratic imperial power expanded into dictatorship. Some intellectuals who tended to be conservative turned to Confucianism and regarded moral reconstruction as the way to save the nation. This conservative thought was finally established as national orthodoxy. This was the "Neo-Confucianism" that influenced later generations of China for nearly a thousand years. However, for the development of thought and culture, this was a Pyrrhic victory. Chinese intellectuals and the ideas they created, which were once unbridled, brilliant, and full of extroverted vitality in the 11th century, became inward, conservative, closed, and introspective under the influence of orthodoxy, and lost the power to innovate.

This book is divided into two parts: the first part is about Lishui Tongji Weir, mainly based on the text of the Tongji Weir protection plan, including an overview of Tongji Weir, special assessments, protection planning and measures, and historical inscriptions; the second part is about the research on ancient water conservancy in Zhejiang, including water conservancy construction in the past dynasties, water conservancy management and concepts, water conservancy technology and development, water conservancy inscriptions, etc.

This book is a treatise on the history and thoughts of Shao Tingcai, a backbone figure of the East Zhejiang School. While describing Shao Tingcai's history and ideological achievements, it also focuses on the characteristics of Shao Tingcai's history and thoughts, as well as his important role in the Yaojiang Academy School, in order to enable readers to fully understand and understand Shao Tingcai.

Xinye Village is located southeast of Jiande City, Zhejiang Province. It is a "famous historical and cultural village in China" and a "national key cultural relic protection unit". The author is a cultural person who came out of Xinye Village. This book uses the method of cultural anthropology and uses rich and reliable first-hand materials to conduct a panoramic study of Xinye Village, and examines its origins. It fully demonstrates the cultural heritage of Xinye Ancient Village.

Mr. Chen Qiaoyi is a famous contemporary historical geographer and authority on "Li Studies" in my country. Zhejiang University held the "Mr. Chen Qiaoyi's 90th Birthday Celebration and Academic Seminar on the Development of Historical Geography" in November 2011. In addition to receiving academic papers, the conference also received a number of reminiscences and informative texts full of affectionate descriptions of interactions with Mr. Chen. The academic papers have been compiled and officially published by Zhejiang University Press in February 2014. This book intends to collect retrospective and informative articles into a volume to reflect Mr. Chen's academic contributions and research experience.

Small streets and alleys, historical buildings, inner city rivers, both sides of the canal, bridges, wet markets, small shops and vendors, snacks... The author deeply discovered the Hangzhou of Hangzhou people.

"Australian Society and Culture" is an English expansion course textbook for non-English majors in Chinese higher education institutions after they have completed the College English Level 4 study prescribed by the National Education Commission. It comprehensively introduces this country constructed by multiculturalism from the history of Australia's indigenous people, the establishment of the Australian nation, the country's geography, politics, economy, culture, literature, media, film industry and sports. Australia is located in the Asia-Pacific region. Its geographical location determines its important role in future world politics, economy and diplomacy. Therefore, understanding a country like Australia is an indispensable part of building an interdisciplinary knowledge framework for young students in the 21st century. A deep understanding of Australia's culture, politics and economy can help students learn and share Australia's multicultural achievements, and accumulate knowledge and experience for future interdisciplinary research.

Through more than 20 years of historical research and personal visits in recent years, the author of this book has accumulated a large amount of detailed historical materials, pictures, and hand-drawn drawings. This book aims to enable readers to understand the general overview of the city waterways, alleys, alleys, and courtyard houses in the ancient city of Beijing from a macro perspective. It also wants to enable readers to understand its regulations, shapes, structures, functions, advantages and other appreciation standards and scales, connotations and tastes from a micro perspective. It fills the popular gap in the field of Beijing architecture. A major feature of this book is that in form, pictures are used to represent descriptions, texts are used to explain pictures, and pictures and texts complement each other, making the rigorous narrative simple and clear. This book is a long-selling book and is suitable for readers who are interested in Beijing's history and architecture.

The two authors, Long Teng and Qu Manli, spent a year planning their two-month trip, starting from Xi'an, passing through the Gansu Hexi Corridor, crossing the Han-Ming Great Wall and Jiayuguan, entering the Western Regions, setting foot on the Pamir Plateau, then moving to the southern route of the Silk Road, and finally ending up in the Taklimakan Desert. The authors Long Teng and Qu Manli explained the background information and historical stories of each place according to the walking route, integrated the description of national characteristics and natural scenery, displayed the folk customs along the Silk Road today, and excavated the relics of the Silk Road. Try your best to comprehensively display the past and present of the Silk Road through detailed pictures and vivid text.

"Peking University Geography Teaching Series: World Cultural Geography (2nd Edition)" is compiled to train students to observe and analyze the occurrence, development and spatial distribution characteristics of cultural phenomena in the world from a geographical perspective. Specific contents include: basic research methods of world cultural geography, division of world cultural regions, world population distribution and population migration, the origin, spread and regional differences of agriculture, the origin and spread of cities, regional differences and characteristics of urban forms, the spatial distribution and interrelationships of the world's major languages, religions and races, the geographical discovery and the formation of the world colonial system, world geopolitics and the spatial structure characteristics of the world geographical system, global economic integration, urbanization phenomena and their accompanying political, economic and social issues, etc. "Peking University Geography Teaching Series: World Cultural Geography (2nd Edition)" comprehensively absorbs the contents of a large number of relevant latest textbooks and research works at home and abroad, and adopts maps, photos, charts and other forms of expression, striving to vividly and easily display the basic spatial differences and changing processes of the world's cultural geography pattern. In the arrangement of the content, the textbook pays attention to the combination of special topic introduction and comprehensive analysis, and the combination of spatial difference analysis and time change analysis. It attaches great importance to cultivating two abilities of college students, namely the ability to observe and analyze cultural phenomena in the world from a geographical and spatial perspective, and the ability to view the development and change process of cultural phenomena in the world from a time perspective.

The earth is the foundation of human existence and the stage for human activities. Human beings' behavior of relying on, utilizing and transforming the earth has become various fields of geographical research. Historical geography is the study of the geography of the past. "Fifteen Lectures on Chinese Historical Geography" covers the main areas of historical geography research - territory, environment, political regions, agriculture, transportation, military, cities, etc.

This book has the distinctive characteristics of concise style, rich information, easy reading, and recommended on hand. It truly makes it possible to know all the world geography knowledge in one volume. This book is carefully compiled by nearly 30 experts and scholars who have long been engaged in regional physical geography and human geography. With their profound knowledge and unremitting exploration, they scientifically, rigorously and vividly tell us the rich and colorful world geographical knowledge. The book is divided into six parts. The first part introduces the composition of the universe, the structure of the earth and the basic overview of the four oceans. The last five parts briefly describe Africa, Asia, Oceania, the Americas (North America and South America) and Europe. Then, it takes countries as a unit, uses vivid and fluent language, scientific and informative data, and is supplemented by " "Country Overview", "Historical Chronology" and other related lists introduce in detail the geographical features, natural resources, economy, customs, transportation, tourism and other aspects of more than 200 countries and territories in the world. They interpret the world's natural and human geography from multiple perspectives and systematically and comprehensively display the regional customs and humanistic characteristics of countries around the world. It can be said that this is a convenient and practical encyclopedia of world geography.

This book uses a variety of column settings to present the celebrity's style from different aspects. "Celebrity Profile" introduces the celebrity's growth experience and major achievements; "Inspiration for Talent" provides an in-depth analysis of the reasons why celebrities become successful; "Related Links" tells the relevant background and anecdotes of the celebrity's growth. At the same time, this book also selects nearly 200 precious pictures, using portraits, cultural relics, monuments and other elements closely related to celebrities, to restore the life scenes of celebrities and reproduce history.

This book has eight chapters in total, including the Mystery of Ryukyu (an overview of the history of Ryukyu), the road to tribute (the relationship between Ryukyu and China in the Ming Dynasty and the tribute system in Southeast Asia), the situation of the country's subjugation (the relationship between Ryukyu and the Qing Dynasty and the beginning and end of Ryukyu's destruction), the elegy of the last generation (the situation of Ryukyu during the Republic of China and the process by which China finally lost control over it), where is the homeland? (Analysis of Ryukyu's modern structure from several documents and treaties before and after World War II), cultural soul (Ryukyu's current situation, customs and people, and the origin of its culture and Chinese culture), contested areas (Ryukyu's maritime situation with East Asia and the competition for world political forces), and the road to restoration (the future direction of Ryukyu and the situation of the "Ryukyu Restoration Movement"). According to the historical context, it will explain clearly the beginning and end of the Ryukyu civilization and some major and minor events in international relations that occurred and unfolded around the country's history in modern times. It will integrate various perspectives of history, culture, law, and politics to think about the past and pay attention to the reality.

The book "Pulse of the City: Illustrated Altar Temples in the Ancient City of Beijing" is a companion volume to the book "Pulse of the City: Illustrated Ancient Buildings of the Ancient City of Beijing". The content of this book mainly describes: 1. The evolution, current situation, architectural features and sacrificial purposes of the altars in Beijing; 2. The heavenly features involved in the altars in Beijing 3. The history, current situation, architectural features and purpose of worship of Beijing's three major temples; 4. The history, current situation, architectural features and purpose of worship of Beijing's three major temples; 5. The historical figures, gods and earthly objects involved in Beijing's three major temples. This book will describe the altar temples in Beijing with a large number of photos and drawings, as well as easy-to-understand words with humanistic content. Sacrificing sacrifices to gods, earth, ancestors, and people who have contributed to future generations is a Chinese tradition. It shows that the Chinese people respect, pray, be grateful, repay, commemorate, remember, and establish a sense of honor and disgrace to gods, earth, ancestors, and people who have contributed to future generations.

This book is compiled based on the precious photos of Dr. Sun Yat-sen in the collection of Nanjing University. It covers the biography of Mr. Sun Yat-sen's magnificent life as he engaged in the revolutionary cause and devoted himself to the progress of China. The book is full of pictures and texts, and the content is vivid. The rare and rare photos show readers a comprehensive, three-dimensional and flesh-and-blood image of a revolutionary's work, life, family, and love. This is a rare masterpiece dedicated to Dr. Sun Yat-sen's birthday.

This book continues the writing style of the previous three books. It takes discovering interesting historical truths as its mission, writes history easily, and interprets it interestingly. It adheres to a fragmented writing form and does not pursue grand works or grand narratives. It is a popular historical work tailored for history lovers who have limited reading time and are unable to read in depth. But at the same time, many of the historical facts presented in this book are also quite thought-provoking and thought-provoking, and have a very good educational and guiding role.

Key topics of social science planning in Zhejiang Province. Project establishment project of the "Song Studies Research Center", a key research base for philosophy and social sciences in Zhejiang Province. It is planned to plan the "Song Studies Research Series" based on "Song Studies Research". The prosperity of Wenzhou in the Song Dynasty was amazing. The development of Wenzhou's regional culture and the formation of the Yongjia School in the Song Dynasty were inextricably related to the imperial examination. However, the Wenzhou imperial examination in the Song Dynasty has never attracted the attention and attention of the academic circles. Based on the examination of Wenzhou's imperial examination situation in the Song Dynasty, this book makes an overall assessment of the Wenzhou imperial examination situation in the Song Dynasty, summarizes the characteristics and development trends of the Wenzhou imperial examination in the Song Dynasty, analyzes the reasons for the prosperity of the Wenzhou imperial examination in the Song Dynasty, and then discusses the formation and interactive relationship between the Wenzhou imperial examination and the Yongjia School in the Song Dynasty.

He built the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, which was still the main artery for transportation between the north and the south thousands of years later; he swept away the land for military conquests in western Liaoning, and the prosperous age of the Sui Dynasty was overthrown. Is he a villain who killed his father and brother, or is he an ambitious emperor? Is he a rebellious sinner, or is he a talented and elegant man?

As one of the more successful business gangs in China in modern times, the Ningbo Gang is an important factor in its success because it is good at liaison and focuses on utilizing the power of the community. Wherever there is the Ningbo Gang, there must have been social organizations such as the Ningbo Chamber of Commerce for hundreds of years. This book takes the history of the organizational development and changes of the Ningbo Chamber of Commerce as the main line, and sorts out the development and changes of the Ningbo Chamber of Commerce organization in order to clarify the history, examine the reality, and open up the future.

The book is richly illustrated with text and English-Chinese bilingual explanations. It is a popular cultural book for readers at home and abroad. Using traditional West Lake folklore as a carrier, it uses vivid language and wonderful illustrations to introduce West Lake culture to domestic ordinary readers and foreign friends, thereby spreading Zhejiang culture and promoting Zhejiang civilization. The book is planned to have fifteen to twenty stories.

This book is an academic monograph on the history of the Huang family in Zhuqiao, Yuyao. Based on the approximately 800-year history of the Zhuqiao Huang family, and the life stories of the representative figures of the Zhuqiao Huang family, we will consider the cultural attributes, handed down spirit and social ecological environment of the family's survival and development from the perspectives of family culture and genealogy. Through the study of representative figures of the Zhuqiao Huang family, this book aims to reveal the family's cultural value orientation in different historical periods, the family's cultural soft power, and its significant contribution and far-reaching influence on the historical and cultural process of modern China.

In the second decade of the 21st century, we saw a magnificent epic - on the vast Eurasian continent, there were two epic trade routes. One of them connected Chang'an and Luoyang at the east end of the continent, and the other connected Rome and Venice at the west end of the continent. Silk, porcelain, tea... "Made in China" is not only the value of goods, but also art. It is synonymous with delicacy, elegance and nobility, which fascinates the world. The two Silk Roads, land and sea, were both commercial roads and cultural roads. For thousands of years, countless ethnic groups and cultures from the East and the West met and merged here, composing a thousand-year ode to cultural exchanges.

Wenzhou is one of the famous hometowns of overseas Chinese in China, but most of the existing research focuses on overseas Chinese from Wenzhou in Europe. So far, no research monograph on overseas Chinese from Wenzhou in Japan has been published. However, tracing the immigration history of Wenzhou, it is not difficult to find that Japan, like Europe, was also one of the main emigration countries for early Wenzhou people. This book is compiled based on the oral recording materials collected by the author while studying in Japan. It records the ups and downs of life experiences of 54 Wenzhou residents in Japan, and truly reproduces the historical change process of the overseas Chinese society of Wenzhou in Japan.

By tracking the historical evolution, construction technology, and previous repairs of the Baoguo Temple Hall, this book considers the hall architecture in the context of Song Dynasty architecture and eastern Zhejiang regional architecture, fully discerns its history and local characteristics, analyzes its era and regional background, and deeply understands its dependence on the architectural soil of the entire eastern Zhejiang region. At the same time, it provides a new and unique perspective for further understanding of Ningbo regional architecture.

This book is intended to be a biographical work. It provides a brief overview of Wang Huiwu's life and selects the most representative deeds in Wang Huiwu's life to describe the character's personality. It mainly focuses on Yu Wang Huiwu's discussion of the First Congress of the Communist Party of China that was finally held in Jiaxing and the birth of the party on the red boat in Nanhu. It fully demonstrates the inevitable historical connection between the red boat in Nanhu and Wang Huiwu and strengthens Wang Huiwu's position in the history of the founding of the party.

The author of this book re-traveled the westward migration path of Zhejiang University in 2016. On the one hand, he traced the history of Zhejiang University's westward move. On the other hand, he also gained a real understanding of President Zhu's philosophy of running the school and the spirit of seeking truth based on reading Zhu Kezhen's diary. It is a spiritual journey of Zhejiang University's history and the motto of seeking truth through reading and walking.

In recent years, with the improvement of China's internationalization and international status, overseas Chinese immigrant groups have received more and more attention and attention from society and academic circles at home and abroad. This book starts from the international cutting-edge cultural anthropology and body theory, focusing on cultural perception, cultural genes, and cultural memory, and studies the living conditions of Chinese overseas immigrants from a new perspective. The research subjects of this book are mainly immigrants from Wenzhou and Qingtian, Zhejiang. This group is a new immigrant after the reform and opening up. At present, there is a lack of relevant research in the academic circle. This book contains 14 academic papers on the overseas immigration issues of China (Zhejiang) written by Professor Fan Jieping and his team (Zhejiang University 985 Project Phase III "Cross-Cultural Research Base") and domestic and foreign experts. The papers cover cultural anthropology, sociology, communication, education, political science, economics, history and other research fields.

The tombs of early Europeans are an important starting point for grasping Western burial traditions and cultural traditions. On the one hand, early European tombs were born out of Roman burial customs, but are fundamentally different from the latter's concepts. How to understand the connection between the two is of special significance in understanding Western culture; on the other hand, early European tombs profoundly reflect people's understanding of fundamental issues such as the soul, body, and resurrection, and are a key to our early Western cultural tradition. This book starts with two representative types of tombs and saints' tombs in early Europe, highlighting the Europeans' understanding of death under the influence of Christian culture during the Roman Empire: they tended to view death as a short sleep, after which they rose from the ashes like a firebird (phoenix). The book contains about 100,000 words and more than 70 pictures.

This book takes the place names of Beijing as the object of investigation, and comprehensively, systematically and in-depthly examines the place name culture of Beijing's urban and suburban areas from the perspective of cultural linguistics. By tracing back to the existing place names, it sorts out the place name cultural resources of Beijing's urban and suburban areas based on the reasons for naming and renaming of place names, and analyzes their cultural connotations. From the perspective of proper names, we examine the feudal government offices, economic life, garrison guards, social consciousness, social psychology, religious beliefs, ethnic integration, immigration status, clan concepts, historical figures (including national heroes), historical events, legends, concepts of five colors and five elements, landmarks, and many other information. This allows readers to understand the socio-economic development, ethnic migration and integration, religious beliefs, military activities and political changes in Beijing through the place names of Beijing in history; it can also provide a glimpse into the thinking characteristics, ideological concepts, psychological characteristics, aesthetic characteristics, etc. Of the Chinese nation, which is of great help to the construction of humanistic Beijing.

The Xianxia Ancient Road is located at the strategic point of the three provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been a very important commercial and military passage connecting Zhejiang and Fujian, and connecting the north and the south. The author of this book uses the footsteps of contemporary people, the digital camera that symbolizes modern technology, the ancient pen, and the architect's vision of paying attention to urban and village settlements. Taking the basic nodes on the ancient road as a unit, he walks, photographs and writes to connect an ancient road in a geographical fact and humanistic sense.

This book takes the subject of geopolitics itself and its basic theoretical issues as the research object. Based on a complete understanding and study of Western theories (including mainstream theories and non-mainstream theories), and on the basis of learning from and digesting the beneficial elements, this book gives a detailed introduction to the subject nature, theoretical structure and basic characteristics of geopolitics. This book also studies the geopolitical status and strategic choices of China as a major geopolitical power, and proposes that although China is divided into two geopolitically, it must merge into one in terms of strategic choices, taking into account both sea and land, connecting the two major zones of "heart and edge", and balancing the east and west directions. These new perspectives provide a frame of reference worthy of attention for national decision-making and diplomatic strategic choices.

This is a picture book to popularize knowledge about the Great Wall of China. It introduces the distribution, construction history, related allusions and legends, defense methods, and existing conditions of the Great Wall in the form of storytelling. It takes the father and his daughter traveling along the Great Wall as the main line, and connects the typical pass areas of several provinces in China where the Great Wall exists, allowing readers to understand a more complete view of the Great Wall.

This book is the first collection of interviews officially published by Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management that records the growth and development of alumni. The book shows the deeds and demeanor of 39 outstanding alumni. Although most of them have left school for a long time, everything seems like yesterday when the clouds and rain parted. Their weathered and colorful life experiences, their wise and philosophical life remarks, and their spirit of self-improvement and hard work will undoubtedly become an intangible asset for current students and even those who are about to enter the society and start a career.

This book was first published in 1925. It is a masterpiece by happy Renlong, a giant in the study of Chinese art history in the West. It is still regarded by Western scholars as the "Bible" for studying ancient Chinese sculptures to this day. The text part mainly introduces the historical evolution of Chinese sculpture from the 5th to the 14th century, as well as the artistic characteristics and representative works of each period. The nearly one thousand pictures in the catalog are arranged according to time and province, which not only focus on the artistic characteristics of sculptures in different regions in the same period, but also present the evolution of styles in the same region in different periods. A considerable part of the Chinese cultural relics collected by these overseas museums, art galleries, antique dealers, and private collectors have disappeared, and some historical sites and cultural relic collections have suffered repeated disasters and have now disappeared from the world, which shows the preciousness of this book.

This book is a reprint of "Hillier's World Geography (Revised Edition)". This book is a children's book. Mr. Hillier, a famous American education expert, has devoted his life to explaining the wonderful and colorful world geography to young readers in simple and easy-to-understand terms with children's easy-to-understand writing, humorous expressions, and accurate and reliable facts.

The subtitle of this book is "Research on the Historical Geography of the Baiyu Mountains on the Southern Edge of Ordos in the 10th and 11th Centuries." As the subtitle reveals, this book mainly discusses the natural and human geography conditions of the Baiyu Mountains and surrounding areas in the early Western Xia Dynasty, involving natural landscapes, residential structures, product resources, transportation roads, trade circulation, etc. This book was written in the 1960s and has great academic and historical value. It has been cited by many domestic Xixia academic circles and historical geography circles. I believe that the publication of this book will be helpful to academic research in this area.

This book uses "potential" as the essence of writing, and uses the method of historical and logical deduction to explain the characteristics of "Warring States Policy". It believes that the reasons for the potential energy of "Warring States Policy" are four "potentials": "time" is the original cause, "people" and "place" are the motivation, and the "event" is the dynamic formed by the first three, and is the basis for the generation of new potential energy. From the perspective of potential energy, this book analyzes and discusses the thinking logic of each school in "Warring States Policy", the strategies and techniques, historical narrative characteristics and characters of "Warring States Policy".

"The Construction of the Heartland" uses rich historical materials from multiple countries (including China, Japan, the United States, folk and official historical materials), and based on previous research, explores the social, economic and ecological changes in the North China hinterland from 1853 to 1937 in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China and their causes. In the book, the author Pomeranz describes the social situation in the inland areas of North China, especially Henan, Shandong and other areas at that time, including a comprehensive description of the local finance, farming, transportation, taxation conditions and farmers' resistance struggles, and also compares the development of the inland and coastal areas of North China at that time. He believes that the development of social ecology and natural ecology in inland North China showed signs of decline during this period. Pomeranz not only painted a vivid and magnificent ecological portrait of the North China inland, but also used sociological theory, historical geography, social regional theory and other multiple perspectives to analyze the reasons for the decline of the North China inland. He pointed out that under the background of the country withdrawing from economic and policy support for local society and coastal areas, at this time, the inland of North China was encountering war and natural disasters, and decline was an inevitable result. China's hinterland is not inherently "backward"; this situation is more caused by the country and the current situation.

"Turkish Studies" is sponsored by the School of History and Culture of Shaanxi Normal University and the Turkish Research Center. It is a continuous and professional collection of Turkish studies. The collection focuses on the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey, comprehensively examining their history, culture, politics, economy, military and diplomacy and many other aspects. It focuses not only on the study of Turkey's own history and politics, but also on Türkiye's interaction with the world. This is the first publication of this book, which mainly focuses on the national governance of modern Turkey, including its problems and dilemmas, achievements and revelations, thereby deepening the relevant discussions on world history and international politics.

As a large lake that once existed in the lower reaches of the Yellow River during the historical period, "Dayeze-Liangshanbo" is closely related to historical and geographical issues such as the evolution of political regions, river water conservancy, and land reclamation. It is also famous for its "fishermen's caves" and "stealing burrows" in the Song and Jin Dynasties, and has always received special attention from the ancients. Using modern historical geography methods, this book analyzes the general laws of the Yellow River's influence on the evolution of its downstream lakes, and explores the interactive relationship between the Yellow River, lakes and human activities in southwestern Shandong.

Tanzania is located in eastern Africa and consists of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Tanganyika is rich in sisal and is known as the land of sisal; Zanzibar is rich in cloves and is known as the land of cloves. Therefore, Tanzania is also known as the land of sisal or the land of lilac. Tanzania is rich in tourism resources. Africa's three largest lakes, Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi), are all on the border with Tanzania. Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, is world-famous. This book presents readers with an overview of Tanzania's history, politics, economy, military, society, culture and diplomacy.

Mauritania is located in northwest Africa and is known as the "Desert Country". The country is the earliest and most thoroughly Islamic country in West Africa. It is also a multi-ethnic country. Common religious beliefs play an important role in the unity and harmony of all ethnic groups. The country is both an Arab and an African country in terms of geography, humanities, and society. It has both Arab and African cultural traditions and customs, so it is known as the "Arab-African Bridge". It established diplomatic relations with China in 1965 and the two countries have friendly relations. This book presents readers with an overview of Mauritania's history, politics, economy, military, society, culture and diplomacy.

Southwest Associated University has been running the school for more than eight years and has been very effective in talent training and academic research. It is recognized as a "miracle" in the history of Chinese education. Among them, as far as geography is concerned, he has published several pioneering geographical monographs and many geographical papers, which have become important academic achievements that must be paid attention to in the history of modern geography. This book compiles some geographical academic articles by the five major geography professors of National Southwest Associated University, Zhang Yintang, Hong Fu, Lin Chao, Tao Shaoyuan, and Bao Juemin, in order to understand the characteristics of Southwest Associated University's academic research. It is an important historical material for studying the history of modern geography.

This book systematically studies the relationship between man and land and the evolution of the ecological environment in the Dianchi Lake Basin in the historical period. It focuses on the relationship between the Dianchi River and the changes in the Dianchi Lake, the relationship between the decline of the Dianchi Lake water level and the retreat of the water area and the formation of the lake basin plain on the north and east banks of the Dianchi Lake, the relationship between the population source of the Dianchi Lake area and the development of the Dianchi Lake, and the relationship between the Dianchi Lake area and the development of the Dianchi Lake. Issues such as the rivers flowing into the lake from Dianchi Lake for irrigation, the landforming characteristics of the lakeside of Dianchi Lake, and farmland development have important academic value and practical significance. They can promote and enrich research on the development history of the Dianchi Lake Basin, local history of southwest China, economic history, environmental history and other related fields, and promote the sustainable development of the Dianchi Lake Basin and the construction of ecological civilization.