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From "Lying Low" To "Harmonious World": Changes In Chinese Foreign Policy From The 1970s To The 2000s, Charles Monahan Murray Jan 2014

From "Lying Low" To "Harmonious World": Changes In Chinese Foreign Policy From The 1970s To The 2000s, Charles Monahan Murray

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No abstract provided.


An Overlooked Dimension Of The Korean War: The Role Of Christianity And American Missionaries In The Rise Of Korean Nationalism, Anti -Colonialism, And Eventual Civil War, 1884-1953, Kai Yin Allison Haga Jan 2007

An Overlooked Dimension Of The Korean War: The Role Of Christianity And American Missionaries In The Rise Of Korean Nationalism, Anti -Colonialism, And Eventual Civil War, 1884-1953, Kai Yin Allison Haga

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This dissertation reveals how religious factors affected the development of the Korean War. Much prior research has analyzed the causes and nature of the Korean War, in part because of the war's impact upon later events, from the Cold War to the present day geopolitical standoff. Though the war has been much-studied, religious factors have rarely been included in these analyses. This de-emphasis of religion may be a justifiable simplification in general war historiographies, but not in the specific case of Korea. This current study uncovers the unique role of religion in Korean-American relations and in Korean culture and politics, …


(At)America.Jp: Identity, Nationalism, And Power On The Internet, 1969-2000, Gretchen Ferris Schoel Jan 2004

(At)America.Jp: Identity, Nationalism, And Power On The Internet, 1969-2000, Gretchen Ferris Schoel

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" america.jp" explores identity, nationalism, and power on the Internet between 1969 and 2000 through a cultural analysis of Internet code and the creative processes behind it. The dissertation opens with an examination of a real-time Internet Blues jam that linked Japanese and American musicians between Tokyo and Mississippi in 1999. The technological, cultural, and linguistic uncertainties that characterized the Internet jam, combined with the inventive reactions of the musicians who participated, help to introduce the fundamental conceptual question of the dissertation: is code a cultural product and if so can the Internet be considered a distinctly "American" technology?;A comparative …


Lost Chances In Sino-American Relations: The Burden Of Myth, Culture, And Ideology, 1949-1953, Kai Yin Allison Haga Jan 1997

Lost Chances In Sino-American Relations: The Burden Of Myth, Culture, And Ideology, 1949-1953, Kai Yin Allison Haga

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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: Mao Zedong's Quest For Revolutionary Immortality, Ronald R. Mcleod Jan 1990

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: Mao Zedong's Quest For Revolutionary Immortality, Ronald R. Mcleod

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The Quiet Diplomacy: President Eisenhower And Dien Bien Phu, William Stuart Maddox Jan 1990

The Quiet Diplomacy: President Eisenhower And Dien Bien Phu, William Stuart Maddox

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Slavery In The United States And China: A Comparative Study Of The Old South And The Han Dynasty, Yufeng Wang Jan 1988

Slavery In The United States And China: A Comparative Study Of The Old South And The Han Dynasty, Yufeng Wang

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Pluralism And Genocide: Case Study Of The Genocide In Bangladesh, 1971, Nahleen Ahmed Jan 1987

Pluralism And Genocide: Case Study Of The Genocide In Bangladesh, 1971, Nahleen Ahmed

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No abstract provided.


The Sino-Soviet Dispute In Africa, 1974-1978, Charles Andrew Waters Jan 1982

The Sino-Soviet Dispute In Africa, 1974-1978, Charles Andrew Waters

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No abstract provided.


The Mythical Monolith: American China Policy And The Sino-Soviet Split, 1945--1972, Rhonda Smither Blunt Jan 1978

The Mythical Monolith: American China Policy And The Sino-Soviet Split, 1945--1972, Rhonda Smither Blunt

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No abstract provided.


The Evolution Of The Soviet Bloc, Robert L. Hutchings Jan 1975

The Evolution Of The Soviet Bloc, Robert L. Hutchings

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No abstract provided.