John griffith ed (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. 1983. New. Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Very Good. 1983. New. Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. . . . .

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Very Good dj. First American Edition. [very slight bumping to a couple of corners, light age-toning to top edge of text block; jacket moderately worn at edges and extremities, front panel a little rubbed]. A collection of the film writings of the pioneer British documentarian John Grierson.…

Dvd. Zustand: Very Good-. In original case. Minor scratches to DVD. Case in VG. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Zustand: Good. 8vo. 48 pp., Soft Covers, Very Good. Illustrated. With Compliments dedication plate present.

68 Seiten, 3seitige Werbebeilage, Mit zahlreichen s/w Fotos. In englischer Sprache. Der Rücken stärker beschabt, Name und Stempel auf dem vorderen Deckblatt, einige Knickspuren. Insgesamt aber durchaus noch ordentliches Exemplar Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 223 Original-Klammerheftung, 22x29cm, Zustand: 3-. …

Zustand: New. This important new book explores the influences of global environmental discourses and local traditions and practises in twelve countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Editor(s): Yencken, David; etc.; Fien, John (Griffith University, Australia); Sykes, Helen (Trust for Young Australians, Australia). Translator(s): Maclean, Rupert (UNESCO Office for Asia and the Pacific). Series: Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 160 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1F; 1MB; RNA; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635. . 2000. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Sole edition of this collection of 32 images used by anti-Christian agitators in central China to whip up anti-foreign sentiment. They "appeal directly to the folk and elite traditions of China's classical past. In vivid colours, they depict graphic violence. and show graphically the growing conflict between western missionary views of China and Chinese views of the Western presence" (Perdue). The treaties signed at the end of the Opium War authorized western missionaries to proselytise in the Chinese hinterland. During the late 19th century, when Chinese agriculture and rural life faced steep decline, missionaries became popular scapegoats. "The original causes might be a dispute over land or water rights, or an inappropriate marriage, or an illicit love affair, but the conflict could easily metastasize into large scale violence" (Perdue). During the 1891 riots, hundreds of Chinese Christians and two western missionaries were killed. The editor, the missionary John Griffith, based this publication on a pamphlet attributed to the Hunanese official Zhou Han (1842-1911), who used a publishing outfit in Changsha to disseminate a large quantity of anti-foreign literature. Zhou's images employ colour, allegory, and popular folk custom to "attack religious heterodoxy and sexual deviance with violent rhetoric. They portray the Christians as animals, who know nothing of the moral codes that define humanity. The pictures portray the Western missionaries as goats and their Chinese followers as pigs. The play on words linking 'Jesus' as 'master' (zhu) with 'hog' (zhu), or 'Westerner' (yang) with 'goat' (yang), reduced the Christian believers to a bestial level. The use of the color green, indicating 'cuckold,' in the characters referring to Christians signified the undermining of the family by the alien believers. In a number of these images, the animalistic Christians are brought before a god or magistrate, who sits in judgement and offers them as sacrifices by having their throats slit" (Purdue). Peter Perdue, "The Cause of the Riots in the Yantgse Valley (1891) - Introduction", available online. Landscape quarto. With 32 full-page colour woodblocks, colour Chinese title page. Original printed wrappers, recent purple thread xianzhuang stitching, front cover lettered in black, rear cover with decoration and Chinese text in red, black, and green. Housed in custom burgundy quarter morocco box. Contemporary manuscript notation on front cover. Wrappers and edges of leaves creased and bumped, rear cover rather worn, recent adhesive tape repair to Chinese title page, verso of final folded leaf sometime laid down onto rear wrapper, illustrations bright, stab-holes from original binding visible in gutter: a very good copy of a fragile work.…