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An analytic bibliography of periodical articles on controversies in modern Chinese intellectual history, mainly focused on the May Fourth movement and the Post-May Fourth periods..

Describes various efforts at reform of the traditional Chinese examination system and its eventual abolition. Includes chapters on the history of the system, efforts at reform prior to 1900, and abolition after 1900.

This is an inquiry into the dynamics of local and regional government in China, as illustrated by the policies of the warlord Yen Hsi-shan. The schemes Hsi-shan tried to carry out in Shansi constitute one of the last systematic attempts in China to bring about reform along conservative lines.Originally published in 1967.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Authorities from five continents have combined their knowledge to produce this first multiple-authored work on paleopathology … a welcome addition to the libraries of medical practitioners in all disciplines, anthropologists, and human biologists as well as general and medical historians; introductory chapters place the subject in wide perspective. Subsequent chapters cover parasitology, geographic studies, individual and regional somatic disease, accidental trauma and surgical intervention, and mental abnormality, Several classic papers supplement contemporary contributions.