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Datong: A Historical Guide

By: Kim Hunter Gordon,Jesse Watson,Edward Allen

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Datong: A Historical Guide

By: Kim Hunter Gordon,Jesse Watson,Edward Allen

In modern times the coal capital of China, Datong was once the capital of empire and one of the most important cultural centres of northern China. A controversial reconstruction of its old city has attracted recent attention, but Datong’s lasting attraction is its artistic and architectural heritage. The Northern Wei (386-535), a dynasty founded by outsiders, established its capital in capital in Datong from 398 until 494. The artistic legacy of that period, the Buddhist carvings at the Yungang Grottoes, illustrates how foreign motifs and styles interacted with native Chinese aesthetics to establish forms that would dominate the iconography of East Asia. The city remained an important military, religious and mercantile centre throughout imperial China, with spectacular wooden temple architecture from the Liao and Jin dynasties (907–1271) is preserved to a greater extent here than in any other region of China.

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7502261443

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Breaking God's Flail

Chan Sculpture and the Death of a Great Khan in Song Dynasty Hechuan

By: Kim Hunter Gordon

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Breaking God's Flail

Chan Sculpture and the Death of a Great Khan in Song Dynasty Hechuan

By: Kim Hunter Gordon

In the Southern Song dynasty, Hechuan was the wealthiest county in the Sichuan basin, sat at a strategic point at the confluence of three major river routes. The two spectacular relics left here from the period demonstrate how two outside influences, one cultural and one military, left their mark not just in Sichuan but changed the face of the whole Chinese empire. The lucid sculpture at Laitan’s Erfo temple is the only three-dimensional representation of the Chan school’s defining transmission narrative. The emphasis on monastic lineage, real personages and achievable enlightenment for the laity is clearly expressed in the sculpture here and was designed to conform to, and court, the Chinese Confucian elite. This book gives a statue-by-statue guide to the iconography at this unique cliff site plus an introduction to the Chan school and its relationship with local elites. The Song stronghold at Diaoyu fortress is lauded in patriotic historiography as the ‘Mecca of the East’, credited to have broken the dreaded ‘flail of God’ (that is, the Mongol war machine) as it poised to ravish Europe and the Islamic world. But with Europe and Islam at war with one another and the Mongols set to establish a glorious but short-lived new dynasty in China, the narrative is reassessed in this the first English language work on the subject.

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Kim Hunter Gordon

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7502256636

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9787502256630

The Social Construction of Disease

From Scrapie to Prion

By: Kiheung Kim

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The Social Construction of Disease

From Scrapie to Prion

By: Kiheung Kim

A historical exploration of scientific disputes on the causation of so-called ‘prion diseases’, this fascinating book covers diseases including Scrapie, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Firstly tracing the twentieth-century history of disease research and biomedicine, the text then focuses on the relations between scientific practice and wider social transformations, before finally building upon the sociologically informed methodological framework. Incisive and thought-provoking, The Social Construction of Disease provides a valuable contribution to that well-established tradition of social history of science, which refers primarily to the theoretical works of the sociology of scientific knowledge.

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329

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Routledge

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113423712X

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9781134237128

Growing Your Home-based Business

A Complete Guide to Proven Sales & Marketing Strategies

By: Kim T. Gordon

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Growing Your Home-based Business

A Complete Guide to Proven Sales & Marketing Strategies

By: Kim T. Gordon

The ability to sell, market and promote a service or product is vital to home-based businesses. This guide provides techniques for those with no sales or marketing expertise, showing how to: create a company image; create strategies for generating new business; and plan, select and place media.

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0133661709

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9780133661705

Cracking the ACT

By: Geoff Martz,Kim Magloire,Theodore Silver

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Cracking the ACT

By: Geoff Martz,Kim Magloire,Theodore Silver

Presents ACT study tools including subject reviews, test-taking strategies, essay guidance, two full-length practice tests with explained answers, and access to another full-length practice test online with the option to get the practice essay graded.

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640

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Princeton Review

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0375765867

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9780375765865

For the Love of Dogs

By: Kim Campbell Thornton,Virginia Parker Guidry

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For the Love of Dogs

By: Kim Campbell Thornton,Virginia Parker Guidry

An illustrated overview of the history of "man's best friend" throughout time, information about various breeds and behaviors, and more!

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Publications International

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0785324410

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9780785324416

Cracking the Act 2008

By: Geoff Martz,Kim Magloire,Theodore Silver

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Cracking the Act 2008

By: Geoff Martz,Kim Magloire,Theodore Silver

A guide to preparing for the ACT, based on the Princeton Review coaching course, offers advice on test-taking, specific suggestions for each section of the exam, and four full-length practice exams with answers and explanations.

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Princeton Review

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0375766359

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9780375766350

Book's by Kim Hunter Gordon

Datong: A Historical Guide

Datong: A Historical Guide

Breaking God's Flail

Breaking God's Flail

The Social Construction of Disease

The Social Construction of Disease

Growing Your Home-based Business

Growing Your Home-based Business

Cracking the ACT

Cracking the ACT

For the Love of Dogs

For the Love of Dogs

Cracking the Act 2008

Cracking the Act 2008

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