Chinese Research Perspectives on Educational Development

531 Pages·2018·4.151 MB·English

by  Dongping Yang

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HISTORICALDICTIONARIESOFASIA,OCEANIA,AND
THEMIDDLEEAST
JonWoronoff,SeriesEditor
GuamandMicronesia,byWilliamWuerchandDirkBallendorf.1994.
Palestine,byNafezY.NazzalandLailaA.Nazzal.1997.
Lebanon,byAs’adAbuKhalil.1998.
Azerbaijan,byTadeuszSwietochowskiandBrianC.Collins.1999.
PapuaNewGuinea,SecondEdition,byAnnTurner.2001.
Cambodia,byJustinCorfieldandLauraSummers.2003.
Kyrgyzstan,byRafisAbazov.2004.
Turkmenistan,byRafisAbazov.2005.
Vietnam,ThirdEdition,byBruceLockhartandWilliamJ.Duiker.2006.
India,SecondEdition,bySurjitMansingh.2006.
HongKongSARandtheMacaoSAR,byMingK.ChanandShiu-hingLo.2006.
Pakistan,ThirdEdition,byShahidJavedBurki.2006.
Iran,SecondEdition,byJohnH.Lorentz.2007.
GulfArabStates,SecondEdition,byMalcolmC.Peck.2008.
Laos,ThirdEdition,byMartinStuart-Fox.2008.
BruneiDarussalam,SecondEdition,byJatswanS.Sidhu.2010.
Mongolia,ThirdEdition,byAlanJ.K.Sanders.2010.
Bangladesh,FourthEdition,bySyedurRahman.2010.
Polynesia,ThirdEdition,byRobertD.Craig.2011.
Singapore,NewEdition,byJustinCorfield.2011.
EastTimor,byGeoffreyC.Gunn.2011.
PostwarJapan,byWilliamD.Hoover.2011.
Afghanistan,FourthEdition,byLudwigW.Adamec.2012.
Philippines,ThirdEdition,byArtemioR.Guillermo.2012.
Tibet,byJohnPowersandDavidTempleman.2012.
Kazakhstan,byDidarKassymova,ZhanatKundakbayeva,andUstinaMarkus.2012.
Thailand, Third Edition, by Gerald W. Fry, Gayla S. Nieminen, and Harold E. Smith.
2013.
Syria,ThirdEdition,byDavidComminsandDavidW.Lesch.2014.
ScienceandTechnologyinModernChina,byLawrenceR.Sullivanand NancyY. Liu.
2014.
Taiwan(RepublicofChina),FourthEdition,byJohnF.Copper.2014.
Australia,FourthEdition,byNormanAbjorensenandJamesC.Docherty.2015.
Indonesia,ThirdEdition,byAudreyKahin.2015.
Fiji,byBrijV.Lal.2016.
People’sRepublicofChina,ThirdEdition,byLawrenceR.Sullivan.2016.
Israel,ThirdEdition,byBernardReichandDavidH.Goldberg.2016.
NewZealand,ThirdEdition,byJanineHaywardandRichardShaw.2016.
Nepal,SecondEdition,byNandaR.ShresthaandKeshavBhattarai.2017.
Burma(Myanmar),SecondEdition,byDonaldM.Seekins.2017.
Yemen,ThirdEdition,byCharlesSchmitzandRobertD.Burrowes.2017.
ChineseEconomy,byLawrenceR.Sullivan.2018.
Malaysia,SecondEdition,byOoiKeatGin.2018.
Tajikistan,ThirdEdition,byKamoludinAbdullaev.2018.
PostwarJapan,SecondEdition,byWilliamD.Hoover.2019.
Iraq,ThirdEdition,byBethK.Dougherty.2019.
DemocraticPeople’sRepublicofKorea,SecondEdition,byJamesE.Hoare.2019.
ChineseEnvironment,byLawrenceR.SullivanandNancyLiu-Sullivan.2019.
SaudiArabia,ThirdEdition,byJ.E.Peterson.2019.
RepublicofKorea,FourthEdition,byJamesE.Hoare.2020.
ChineseCulture,byLawrenceR.SullivanandNancyLiu-Sullivan.2021.

Historical Dictionary of
Chinese Culture
Lawrence R. Sullivan
Nancy Liu-Sullivan
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