This volume summarizes the results of a research project organized at Mainz University in Germersheim; Germany. It focused on the Jewish community in Kaifeng in China (12th to 19th century). In recent years; increasing research has been done about the history and culture of the Jews in China; and in the future; more academic interest in all questions connected with it can be expected. Main topics are the perception of Chinese Judaism in European history as well as in Chinese society itself; the self-image of the descendants in Kaifeng and their present status in China; and how China deals with foreign ethnics and religions as part of its own history and identity. These topics were discussed from various interdisciplinary points of view. The authors from Australia; China; Hong Kong; Israel; Great Britain; France; and Germany are prominent sino-judaists who present their latest results of research in the light of new facts and approaches.
#5688220 in Books Histoire and Collections 2007-07-01Original language:FrenchPDF # 1 .65 x 12.56 x 9.35l; #File Name: 2908182467128 pages
Review
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful. The French have invaded the By A CustomerFirst off; let me convey that this is the first time I have purchased a book on military uniforms; so my review will be more of a brief description since has not posted any info on this book. All text written in this book; is written in French. This is wouldn't be too much of a problem if I understood french; and since the majority of the book is made of pictures; but "should" have posted info on this; and it would be nice to actually understand the descriptions. But let me remind you again; this book doesn't contain vast amounts of text in the first place. The illustrations are all well done as well. If I understood French; this book would most likly recieve 5 stars. But; because of the french text; and not posting info on this; the book becomes nothing more then a very nice picture book if you do not understand the french language.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A good pictorial book not deserving of 5 starsBy A CustomerThis book features some nice (not great) artwork on various bits of uniforms and accessories as worn by French troops from Fontenoy onwards to Waterloo. The artwork; which is illustrative as opposed to being artistic; is unfinished in places; various items are depicted and; would be more useful if the items were named in the illustrations.Thus; there is no rigorous classifcation of uniform details; merely a random survey of various uniforms and troop types.For the price; one can get more information elsewhere; and in English; too).
