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Beyond the Pass : Economy, Ethnicity, and Empire in Qing Central Asia, 1759-1864 $21.34 James A. Millward Book “This is a strikingly original, thoroughly researched study of the conquest and administration of the vast region of Xinjiang under the Qing empire. It is an outstanding work that deserves wide attention from all readers interested in modern Chinese history. Millward opens a field almost completely unexplored in Western scholarship and presents new conclusions that reshape our vision of modern China.” Peter C. Perdue, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Beyond the Pass examines the fiscal and ethnic policies that underlay Qing imperial control over Xinjiang, a Central Asian region that now comprises the westernmost sixth of the People’s Republic of China. By focusing on a region of the Qing empire beyond the borders of China proper, and by treating the empire not as a Chinese dynasty but in its broader context as an Inner Asian political entity, this innovative study fills a gap in Western-language historiography of late imperial China. As analysis of the revenue available to Qing garrisons in Xinjiang reveals, imperial control over the region in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries depended upon sizeable yearly subsidies from China. In an effort to satisfy criticism of their expansion into Xinjiang and make the territory pay for itself, the Qing court permitted local authorities great latitude in fiscal matters and encouraged the presence of Han and Chinese Muslim merchants. At the same time, the court recognized the potential for unrest posed by Chinese mercantile penetration of this Muslim, Turkic-speaking area. They consequently attempted, through administrative and legal means, to defend the native Uyghur population against economic depredation. This ethnic policy reflected a conception of the realm that was not Sinocentric, but rather placed the Uyghur on a par with Han Chinese. Both this ethnic policy and Xinjiang’s place in the realm shifted following a series of invasions from western Turkestan starting in the 1820s. Because of the economic importance of Chinese merchants and the efficacy of merchant militia in Xinjiang, the Qing court revised its policies in their favor, for the first time allowing permanent Han settlement in the area. At the same time, the court began to advocate provincehood and the Sinicization of Xinjiang as a resolution to the perennial security problem. These shifts, the author argues, marked the beginning of a reconception of China to include Inner Asian lands and peoples – a notion that would, by the twentieth century, become a deeply held tenet of Chinese nationalism. James A. Millward is Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University. Cover illustration is from a bilingual edition of the Qianlong Atlas, c. 1175, based on the map drawn by Father Benoist. This detail of the region around Jiayu Guan is used courtesy of the British Library (India Office records Map collection x/3265/1-10, roll 10). This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the original 1998 publication. You can find more reproductions editions from Stanford University Press on QOOP.com. Contents LANDMARKS 20 The Lay of the Land 21 The Historical Terrain 25 High Qing 36 FINANCING NEW DOMINION 44 Planting the Frontier 50 Local Sources of Revenue 52 Merchant 72 Xinjiang Military Deployment 77 Tea and the Beginnings 91 Proper 91 The Southern Commissaries 92 The Qing and the Silk 101 Sancheng Goes Too Far 105 Nayancengs TeaTax Plan 106 109 CHINESE MERCANTILE PENETRATION 113 The OpenGuan Policy 114 135 The Southern March 138 Manchu Cities or Chinese Cities? 149 QING ETHNIC POLICY AND CHINESE MERCHANTS 194 TOWARD THE DOMESTICATION OF EMPIRE 232 CHARACTER LIST 255 NOTES 261 BIBLIOGRAPHY 315 INDEX 343 The Yili military complex c 1809 78 6 American Life in Autobiography : A Descriptive Guide $14.38 Richard G. Lillard Book This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the original 1956 publication for Stanford University Press. Margaret Fell and the Rise of Quakerism $20.41 Bonnelyn Young Kunze Book Focusing on the formative period of Quakerism in seventeenth-century England and the role of one vigorous and authoritative woman, this study offers new insights into the religious, social, and family life of Margaret Fell. The book probes Fell's pivotal role, in close relation to George Fox, in the architecture of the early Quaker church order. It investigates Fell's role in the development of the Quaker women's meetings, a unique seventeenth-century Quaker institution. It also offers a fresh historical perspective of this socially prominent sectarian woman in terms of her family relationships, the household economic unit, the neighborhood network, and the wider sectarian religious community that extended far beyond her home, Swarthmoor Hall in rural north-west Lancashire. The author marshals evidence to argue that is was in keeping with Margaret Fell’s social status, permanence of place, personality, and skills learned in the domestic sphere, that she was a co-leader, along with George Fox, in the first fifty years of Quakerism. At the time of original publication, Bonnelyn Young Kunze was Adjunct Assistant Professor of History at LeMoyne College, Syracuse, New York. Fellowships from the University of Rochester and the Shakespeare Library, and travel grants from Clemson University, enabled her to complete the research and writing of this book. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the 1994 Stanford University Press edition (isbn 0804721548). Find more reproduction works from Stanford University Press at QOOP.com. Contents Margaret Fells 13 The Swarthmoor Farm 65 Margaret Fells Charitable 83 Feuding Friends 101 We Have Been a Suffering People under Every Power 131 Margaret Fell and Womens 143 A SeventeenthCentury 169 Fells Worldview 187 Fells Spiritualist 197 Fells Work to Convert the Jews 211 Conclusion 229 Notes 235 Appendix 290 Index 318 Copyright Entrance To Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Rob Nunn image Another old shot, from back in November '08. Lovin' the new monitor! www.robnunnphoto.com/ facing the Delaware Shawn Martin image

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International Arms Control: Issues and Agreements $23.68 Stanford Arms Control Group, Edited by John H. Barton and Lawrence D. Weiler Book This is a reproduction edition from the 1976 publication. This is an exhaustive analysis of national and international arms control: its history, philosophy, cultural context, technology, economic and political ramifications, achievements, and future prospects. The book reflects the combined contributions of the Stanford Arms Control Group, an interdisciplinary group of nearly twenty faculty members who have been jointly teaching an undergraduate arms control course at Stanford University since 1971. The book will assist the general reader in understanding and forming intelligent opinions on such issues as the role of doctrine in military strategy, the difficulties posed by rapidly changing technology, and the value limitations of arms control as a way to prevent war. It is also designed as supplementary reading for courses in international relations, diplomatic history, and foreign policy. An appendix contains the text of eighteen major arms control agreements. The volume concludes with discussion questions and suggestions for further reading. John H. Barton is Professor of Law at Stanford University. Lawrence D. Weiler is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. This is a reproduction edition based on a scanned copy of the original work: Title International Arms Control: Issues and Agreements Authors Stanford Arms Control Group, John H. Barton, Lawrence D. Weiler Editors John H. Barton, Lawrence D. Weiler Publisher Stanford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0804709211, 9780804709217 Length 444 pages The Stanford Arms Control Group: John H. Barton, Richard Brody, Gordon A. Craig, Alexander Dallin, Sidney D. Drell, Donald Dunn, Thomas Ehrlich, Alexander L. George, Joshua Lederberg, John W. Lewis, Robert D. North, Wolfgang Panofsky, Peter Paret, Henry Rowen, Jan Triska, Lawrence D. Weiler, Franklin B. Weinstein Invited Participants in the Review Conference at Stanford, August 1974: Anne Cahn, Steven Canby, Albert Carnesale, Harold Feiveson, Leslie Fishbone, Ralph Goldman, James Gustin, Roman Kolkowicz, Joseph Kruzel, George Quester, Eric Stein, Samuel Williamson Contents Introduction 1 Arms Control: Cultural Context and Motivations 9 Modern Disarmament Efforts Before World War II 31 The Changing Nature of Strategic Weapons 46 An Overview of the Negotiations Since World War II 66 Agreements and Treaties Other than SALT and the NPT 94 Strategic Doctrine 123 The Institutions of Arms Control 151 The Negotiation of SALT I 172 SALT, 1972-1975 208 The Economics of Arms and Arms Control 228 Regional Arms Control: The European Example 249 Control of Conventional Arms 271 Control of Nuclear Proliferation 288 Towards an Evaluation of Arms Control: Unanswered Questions 310 Appendixes 323 Discussion Questions 419 Suggested Further Readings 425 French Instituions: Values and Politics $13.27 Saul K. Padover with the collaboration of Francois Goguel, Luis Rosenstock-Franck, and Eric Weil Book FRENCH INSTITUTIONS Values and Politics By Saul K. Padover with collaboration from Francois Goguel, Louis Rosenstock-Franck, and Eric Weil Publishered in 1947, this is one of a group of four related studies on French politics and society planned for the Hoover Institute Studies. This group also includes a study of national character by Rhoda Metraux and Margaret Mead, and two studies of French political symbolism and elites by Daniel Lerner and the RADIR staff. These, together with Mr. Padover's study of French political institutions and values, may give the reader an overview of the dynamics of modern France as a participant in the world political community. Dean Padover's volume, worked out in collaboration with three prominent French scholars, surveys the conflicting values in the traditions of the French Revolution and French conservatism. It then examines what has happened to these values under the impact of twentieth-century social problems, war, and defeat. This study was initiated as part of the RADIR Project (Revolution and the Development of International Relations), of which Mr. Padover was a consultant. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the original: Title: French Institutions Author: Saul K. Padover Publisher: Stanford University Press 1947 ISBN: 080473271X Big Wheels On Tree G & D image Old Times Big Wheel on tree Central America Cable Car Days in San Francisco $18.18 Edgar M. Kahn Book For more than a half-century the cable cars of San Francisco have been one fo the city's most characteristic features. Here, where this form of transportation originated, it still possesses a distinctive charm which no San Franciscan or visitor ever completely forgets, no matter how far he may foam from the city of the hisll beside the Golden Gate. This is an informal narrative. Through its pages march many notable characters of the city's eventful past, and many a long-forgotten anecdote with all its variety and flavor has here been retold. Time has continued to take its toll of the cable cars since the first editio f this book was published four years ago. It is well therefore to have the story brought up to date. In this new edition Mr. Kahn has added new illustrations, rewritten entirely the last chapter on the present status of the cable cars, and has added a more complete account of the Market /Street Cable Railway Company and the Sutter Street Calbe Railroad Company. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the original edition. Please view the preview before purchase. Take Control of Safari 4 $19.99 Sharon Zardetto Book Go beyond basic Web browsing in Safari 4 with this definitive guide from long-time Mac expert Sharon Zardetto! You'll find detailed coverage of new Safari 4 features like Top Sites and searching the page content of your bookmarks and history, along with essential advice on smart ways to keep track of where you've been, load multiple Web pages at once, search both the Web and the content of pages you're reading, fill out forms automatically, keep track of passwords, download files, use RSS to keep up with your favorite Web sites, and manage your Web-browsing history. This ebook will boost you up the learning curve on tasks including:

• Maximizing the fun and utility of the new Top Sites feature
• Loading multiple Web pages at once in tabs
• Easily using keyboard shortcuts to control tab loading
• Re-arranging and closing tabs at will
• Finding what you're looking for on the Web, on Web pages you've once visited, and on the current Web page
• Getting inspired to organize your bookmarks
• Setting up a handy bookmarks bar
• Populating your bookmarks bar with menus
• Accessing your bookmarks bar via the keyboard
• Syncing bookmarks among multiple Macs or to an iPhone or iPod touch
• Importing Firefox bookmarks
• Setting up downloads so you can find downloaded files on they're on your Mac
• Using RSS to conveniently track what's new with your favorite Web sites
• "Snipping" a Web page so that it appears as a Dashboard widget

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