China Perspectives
About the Book Series
The China Perspectives series focuses on publishing original and translated works by leading Chinese scholars, writing about both global topics and China-related themes. It represents the complete portfolio of Taylor & Francis Books in China, which covers Humanities & Social Sciences, Education, Mental Health and Psychology, Science and Technology, Engineering, as well as many interdisciplinary themes.
This is the first time that any of these books have been published or translated into English for international readers. The series aims to put forward a Chinese perspective, give insights into cutting-edge academic thinking in China, and inspire researchers globally.
To submit proposals, please contact the Taylor & Francis Publisher for China Publishing Programme, Lian Sun ([email protected])
Oral Epic Traditions in China and Beyond
1st Edition
By Chao Gejin
September 25, 2023
This volume is the masterpiece of Chao Gejin, one of the best-known Chinese scholars of epic studies, during the last several decades between the 20th and 21st centuries. The discussion ranges from Homeric and Indo-European epics to renewed discoveries of age-old African and Asian epics. The author...
Organizational Transformation and Order Reconstruction in "Village-Turned-Communities"
1st Edition
By WU Ying
September 25, 2023
Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, a state-led urbanization has evolved into a "city management" in China: A large number of villages were demolished; cultivated land was centralized; and peasants went to live in apartments, which led to the widespread emergence of "...
Research on Investment Scale and Allocation Structure of Chinese Higher Education Finance
1st Edition
By Yongmei Hu, Yipeng Tang
September 25, 2023
Based on a systematic literature review, the book aims to forecast the investment scale of Chinese higher education and the allocation structure of different types of higher education institutions in the next decade. The authors first introduce the complex setting of Chinese higher education ...
Research on Migrant Children’s Educational Choices and Fiscal Policy
1st Edition
By Hui Zhang
September 25, 2023
Drawing from global insights and the education supply and demand theory, this book investigates migrant children’s education in China, as well as the educational financial policies, which serves as both a background and possible solutions. From a comparative perspective, the education fiscal ...
Shifting Traditions of Childrearing in China: Narratives from Three Generations of Women
1st Edition
By Xin Guo
September 25, 2023
Unique in its intergenerational approach to understanding motherhood in China, this book sets out to study Chinese mothers’ experiences of childrearing, emphasising that gender is not immutable and that motherhood is not isolated from other social domains. The author adopts an historical and ...
The Dual-Entity of Market Competition: Establishment and Development of Mezzoeconomics
1st Edition
By Yunxian Chen
September 25, 2023
The relationship between the government and the market lies at the heart of Economics as a discipline. This title approaches this issue with a new lens termed mezzoeconomics—A branch of modern economics that mainly studies regional economic entities and the allocation of regional resources after ...
The Educational Hopes and Ambitions of Left-Behind Children in Rural China: An Ethnographic Case Study
1st Edition
By Yang Hong
September 25, 2023
This monograph highlights the educational experiences of rural children who are 'left behind' by their migrant worker parents in China, analyzing how this situation impacts on their aspirations and self-identity. Via an ethnographic and qualitative case study of a rural school in southwest China, ...
The Many Roads to Becoming Modern: A History of Collectivism in Rural Jiangsu Province
1st Edition
By Chen Jiajian
September 25, 2023
The Many Roads to Becoming Modern explores "collectivism" in the context of contemporary rural Chinese history. Following the history of a southern village from 1949 to the present, the author attempts to understand the origin and current state of "collectivity" in rural China. Along with other ...
The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Citizenship
1st Edition
Edited
By Zhonghua Guo
September 25, 2023
Two assumptions prevail in the study of Chinese citizenship: one holds that citizenship is unique to the Western political culture, and China has historically lacked the necessary conditions for its development; the other implies that China is an authoritarian regime that has always been ...
The Transformation of American Political Culture and the Impact on Foreign Strategy
1st Edition
By PAN Yaling
September 25, 2023
This book examines the interplay between political culture and diplomatic strategy in the U.S., revealing the transformation of American political culture and its impact on the country’s foreign strategy. The theoretical pivot of this study is an analysis of the dynamics of political culture and ...
Toward Multimodal Pragmatics: A Study of Illocutionary Force in Chinese Situated Discourse
1st Edition
By Lihe Huang
September 25, 2023
Classic pragmatic theories emphasize the linguistic aspect of illocutionary acts and forces. However, as multimodality has gained importance and popularity, multimodal pragmatics has quickly become a frontier of pragmatic studies. This book adds to this new research trend by offering a perspective ...
Understanding the Professional Agency of Female Language Teachers in a Chinese University: Rhetoric and Reality
1st Edition
By Xiaolei Ruan
September 25, 2023
Centering on a qualitative study of three female English teachers in Shanghai, China, the book explores female language teachers' perceived discrepancies and agency exercised in their teaching, research and teacher learning practices. By adopting multiple research methods, such as narrative ...